Academic Achievements and News

33 Scholarships plus 4 Outstanding Scholarships = 37

St Paul's Collegiate School has gained a total of 37 Scholarships in the 2011 Scholarship exams and that is with a total student population of 630 students
The results are as follows:

                                             Scholarships        Outstanding

Accounting                                   2           
Biology                                        4
Calculus                                       8 
Chemistry                                    3                                2
English                                        3
Geography                                   1
History                                         1
Media                                          1
Physics                                        3
Science                                        1
Statistics                                      7                               2    
Total:                                          33                                4

NCEA Results 2011

NCEA RESULTS FOR 2011:


St Paul’s students gained outstanding results in the 2011 National external examinations.  Pass rates for National Certificate (NCEA):


Level 3 -  83%  (87% in 2010)  -  9% above national average


Level 2 -  89% (90% in 2010) - 8% above national average


Level 1 - 92% (67% in 2010) -   16% above national average

OUTSTANDING NCEA STUDENTS FROM 2011:

YEAR 13:   

Level 3 with Excellence Endorsement


        • Jason Coventry
        • James Kennedy
        • James Lin
        • Catherine McRae
        • Melissa Oosterwijk
        • Reece Patterson
        • Connor Spence
        • Evan Wilson
        • Elizabeth Wilson
        • Chang Zhai
        • Jason Coventry

Level 3 100% in Subject
        • Ally French - Photography
        • James Kennedy - Chemistry
        • Melissa Oosterwijk - Statistics
        • Evan Wilson - Calculus
        • Chang Zhai -  Calculus

YEAR 12:

Level 3 with Excellence Endorsement
        • Olivia Thompson

Level 3 100% in Subject (Centurions)
        • Olivia Thompson  - Statistics, Calculus      
                                          
Level 2 Endorsed with Excellence    
        • Remy Campbell
        • Jonathan Eyers
        • Alex Hargreaves
        • Daniel Kim
        • Nina (Yu-Nung) Lee
        • Liam O’Donoghue
        • Belinda Pedersen
        • Mitchell Proudfoot 
        • Elizabeth Rajan
        • Rosie Searle
        • Rose Spence
        • Maia Tapsell

Level 2 100% in Subject
        
• Scott Ham - Chemistry
        • Daniel Kim - Chemistry
        • Nina Lee - Japanese
        • Linda Lin - Accounting
        • Kieran Merriman - Photography
        • Liam O’Donoghue - Chemistry
        • Belinda Pedersen - French
        • Bon Scott  - Art Design
        • Rosie Searle - Physics
        • Maia Tapsell - English

YEAR 11:   
Level 1 Endorsed with Excellence
        • Antonia Anda
        • Sheng Cao
        • Hannah Clare
        • Mark Davis
        • Phoebe Earnshaw
        • Holly Ho
        • Sharleen Lu
        • Meg Morbey
        • Paul Newton-Jackson                    
        • Vincent Reilly
        • Jess Reilly
        • Fiona Thorpe

Level 1 100% in Subject
        
• Hannah Clare - Accounting
        • Sharleen Lu – Maths
        • Lucas Martin – PE
        • Paul Newton-Jackson - Music
        • Jess Reilly - PE
        • Fiona Thorp - French
        • Sam Woolerton -  Accounting

Our students performed impressively once again in the National examinations for the 2011 academic year.


IGCSE - Cambridge Examination Results - January 2012

Our results in the IGCSE (Year 11) and AS (Year 12) examinations were again outstanding.


Overall highlights included:


• A 98% pass rate at IGCSE level.
• An 88% pass rate at AS level.
• 49% at IGCSE grades were at A or above (80% or above)
• 21% of IGCSE grades were at A• (90% or above)


Subject highlights included:


IGCSE Music
Paul Newton-Jackson topped New Zealand in this examination.  Two students gained A• grades (i.e. 90% and above).  They were Paul Newton-Jackson and Christopher Whiteley.


IGCSE Chemistry
Four students gained A• grades.  They were Mark Davis, Hannah Clare, Quinn McKay and Jessica Reilly.


IGCSE English
Six students gained A• grades.  They were Paul Newton-Jackson, Hannah Clare, Nicholas Don, Samuel Woolerton, Christopher Whiteley and Dominic Scott-Jones.


IGCSE Maths
Six students gained A• grades.  They were Andrew Huang, Sharleen Lu, Mark Davis, Jessica Reilly, Geraldine Fish and Brittany Smith.


IGCSE Physics
Eight students gained A• grades.  They were Hannah Clare, Christopher Whiteley, Vincent Reilly, Samuel Woolerton, Mark Davis, Jessica Reilly, Andrew Huang and Quinn McKay.


AS English
One student gained an A grade (80% or better).  She was Jaimee Hugo.


AS Mathematics
Five students gained A grades.  They were Daniel Kim, Linda Lin, Remy Campbell, Liam Buchanan and Samuel Woolerton.


ICAS GOLD MEDALS


In December 2011, at a special ceremony in Auckland, two of our students received gold medals for their performance in the ICAS (International Competition and Assessments for Schools) Science examinations.


Chang Zhai topped New Zealand in Level 3 Science while Conor Robson topped New Zealand in Level 2 Science.


These medals are very prestigious and were the only gold medals in Science awarded to New Zealand students.  We are very proud of these two exceptional scholars.



 

Scholars Ties for NCEA 2011 (presented 2012)

SCHOLAR’S TIES LEVEL ONE 2011

A total of 46 awards will be made to our 2011 Year 11 cohort. The top ten students are listed below.


 Calculated using grade point average of best five subjects including English and Mathematics.


1. Paul Newton-Jackson    93% Including equivalent of 100% L1 Music, 100% Cambridge English
                                                        and top NZ IGCSE Music student
1. Hannah Clare               93% Including equivalent of 100% L1 Accounting
3. Jessica Reilly                90% Including equivalent of 100% L1 Physical Ed
3. Christopher Whiteley     90%
3. Samuel Woolerton         90% Including equivalent of 100% L1 Accounting
6. Mark Davis                    89%
6. Vincent Reilly                 89%
8. Quinn McKay                 88%
9. Antonia Anda                 87%
9. Holly Ho                        87%
10. Geraldine Fish              85%
10. Sharlene Lu                  85% Including equivalent of 100% L1 Maths
10. Fiona Thorp                  85% Including equivalent of 100% L1 French


Other Year 11 (in 2011) students who were also awarded Scholar’s Ties at the academic assembly held on Friday, 10 February 2012 were:


Andrew Huang                 84%                 Brittany Smith                              77%
Including equivalent of                             Jacob Robb                                  76%
100% L1 Mathematics                              Victoria Blomfield                         75%
Shani Fernando                83%                 Keegan Frost-Jones                      75%
Meg Morbey                     83%                 Navroz Gill                                   75%
William Guest                   82%                 Matthew Husband-Dravitzki           75%
William Heald                   82%                 Jonathan Ring                              75%
Oliver Tomic                     82%                 Toby Way                                    75%
Alexandria Ashford            81%                 Alec Wilson                                  73%
Nicholas Don                    81%                  Peter Winkelmann                       73%
Mark Swarbrick                 81%                  Lovely Dizon                               72%
Josh Walpole-Smith           81%                 Joshua Malpas                             71%
Scott Finlayson                 80%                  Fransois Eksteen                         70%
James Hunt                      80%                  Lucas Martin                              70%
Dominic Scott-Jones          79%                       Including equivalent of
Samuel Holmes                 78%                       100% L1 Physical Education
Devon Kyle                       78%                  Bradley Morton                           70%
Phoebe Boyes                   77%                  Panasann Pattanakulchai             70%
Phoebe Earnshaw             77%

SCHOLARS TIES LEVEL TWO 2011


A total of 45 awards will be made to our 2011 Year 12 cohort. The top ten students are listed below.


 Calculated using grade point average of best four subjects including English.
• Denotes re-award


1. Olivia Thompson*      95% Including equivalent of 100% L3 Statistics and 
                                                     equivalent of 100% L3 Calculus
2. Maia Tapsell              92% Including equivalent of 100% L2 English
3. Charlotte Dumble       91%
3. Jonathan Eyers*         91%
3. Linda Lin *                 91% Including equivalent of 100% L2 Accounting
3. Rosie Searle               91% Including equivalent of 100% L2 Physics
7. Alex Hargreaves*       90%
7. Liam O'Donoghue•     90% Including equivalent of 100% L2 Chemistry
7. Belinda Pedersen*      90% Including equivalent of 100% L2 French
10. Nina Lee*                88% Including equivalent of 100% L2 Japanese
10. Mitchell Proudfoot*   88%


Other Year 12 (in 2011) students who were also awarded Scholar’s Ties at the academic assembly held on Friday, 10 February 2012 were:


Daniel Kim*                  86%                         Rebecca Wilson*             77%
Including equivalent of                                  Remy Campbell*             76%
100% L2 Chemistry                                       Robert Carmichael*         76%
Rose Spence*                85%                         Peter Grierson                76%
Liam Buchanan*            84%                         David Back                     74%
Elizabeth Rajan*            84%                         Lily Kang*                      74%
David Rooney*              83%                         Kieran Merriman             74%
Sebastian Colson*          82%                         Catherine Moser             74%
Claire Sayer*                 80%                         Bradley Nieper                74%
Harrietanne Embling       79%                         Mantez Singh-Thandi*     74%
Hannah Raza                 79%                         Joshua Tye    74%
Bon Scott                       79%                         Brenna Cockrem*           73%
Including equivalent of                                   Harshitha Colonne           72%
100% L2 Art Design                                        Danielle Le Sueur           72%
Scott Ham*                    78%                         Alastair Carmichael*       71%
Including equivalent of                                   Luke David*                    71%
100% L2 Chemistry                                        Hayden Fahey                 70%
Mathew Burke*              77%                          Louise Ford*                  70%
Andre Hay*                    77%                         Scott Hilliar                     70%
Jaimee Hugo*                77%                         Ross Noble                      70%