Principal's Comment

 Kia Ora Kevinians and Supporters of the College,

Welcome to Term three! Term three is a time of consolidation and consultation as students and their families look forward to completing the year's assessment tasks and planning for the year ahead.

Mr Herbst has been doing a lot of work to ensure that the nuts and bolts of Cambridge are in place and our PN staff Mrs De Souza and Mrs O' Neill are doing the same for our NCEA entries.

It has been great to see the parents and caregivers who were able to attend our student led conferences tonight. It is always worthwhile for our young people to be able to talk about how they feel they are getting on with their studies and their school environment with our staff and supported by whānau.

I would like to invite any families who were not able to make it, who have concerns about their students to feel free to reach out to their child's teachers at any time. Whilst we set this time aside as a matter of course, we are happy to hear from families whenever the need arises.

The third term goes by very quickly and with the addition of the Cambridge examination period this year, we are facing a shorter than normal term four for senior students before they are into examination mode. If you have any concerns around Cambridge or NCEA, or if you feel your student is not where they need to be, please check with us sooner rather than later.

Those enrolled in Level 1 NCEA courses need to be aware that because of the changes made to NCEA, external examinations are making up a large component of the course and must be attended. Over the next few weeks we will be looking at how we award excellence in the Year 11 cohort given the mixture of NCEA and Cambridge that most students are doing and the emphasis on external examinations and assessments in NCEA. At this stage we are thinking there will be a minimal number of A or B grades needed, Excellence endorsements in NCEA and in addition, how students achieved in RE will also likely be a factor as that is the one subject all students take. We will clarify this in the coming days but at this stage that is the most likely scenario.

Have a great weekend everyone.

God Bless

Jo