Academic Achievements and News
St Paul's Collegiate Wins Waikato University ChemQuest Competition
Our students showed their exceptional skills, knowledge and strength in chemistry in the Waikato University ChemQuest Competition for Year 12 Students. The team of Paul Newton-Jackson, Hannah Clare and Mark Davis beat 65 other Waikato BOP Teams.
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43 Scholarships including 14 Outstanding Scholarships
This result is the best ever in the History of St Paul’s Collegiate School and ranks us very highly nationally. Our students gained 43 Scholarships, including 14 Outstanding Scholarships (in 2011 we gained 37 scholarships of which 4 were Outstanding Scholarships). Belinda Pedersen, Charlotte Dumble, Sheng Cao and Olivia Thompson are Outstanding Scholars Award Winners which means that they are in the “top 60” students in New Zealand and they receive $5000 per year for three years for their University studies. Congratulations to the following students!
Belinda Pedersen – Chemistry (Outstanding), Statistics (Outstanding), Calculus (Outstanding), Biology, Physics
Charlotte Dumble – Chemistry (Outstanding), Biology (Outstanding), Statistics, Calculus
Sheng Cao – Chemistry (Outstanding), Statistics (Outstanding), Calculus (Outstanding), Physics
Olivia Thompson – Chemistry (Outstanding), Science (Outstanding), Statistics (Outstanding)
Jonathan Eyers – English, History, Music
Robert Carmichael – English, History, Media
Rose Spence – English, Biology, Physical Education
Paul Newton-Jackson – Music (Outstanding), English
Liam O’Donoghue – Science, Statistics
Conor Robson – Statistics, Calculus
Elizabeth Rajan – Accounting (Outstanding)
Lovely Dizon – History
Louise Ford – English
Peter Grierson – History
Jaimee Hugo – Art History
Daniel Kim – Chemistry
Linda Lin – Statistics
Conor Merriman – Statistics
Rosie Searle – Statistics
Sam Tharratt – History
Sam Woolerton – Statistics
Christopher Whiteley – Calculus
A summary of subject scholarship results is as follows:
Scholarship Outstanding
Accounting 1
Art History 1
Biology 2 1
Calculus 3 2
Chemistry 1 4
English 4 1
History 5
Media 1
Music 1 1
Physical Education 1
Physics 2
Science 1 1
Statistics 7 3
NCEA Results 2012
NCEA RESULTS FOR 2012:
St Paul’s students gained outstanding results in the 2012 National external examinations. Pass rates for National Certificate (NCEA):
Level 3 - 85% (83% in 2011)
Level 2 - 91% (89% in 2011)
Level 1 - 94% (90% in 2011)
OUTSTANDING NCEA STUDENTS FROM 2012:
YEAR 13:
Level 3 with Excellence Endorsement
Remy Campell
Sheng Cao
Charlotte Dumble
Johnathan Eyers
Keegan Frost-Jones
Daniel Kim
Nina (Yu-Nung) Lee
Linda Lin
Liam O'Donoghue
Belinda Pedersen
Elizabeth Rajan
David Rooney
Olivia Thompson
Rosie Searle
Rose Spence
Joshua Walpole-Smith
Christopher Whiteley
Level 3 100% in Subject
Charlotte Dumble – Chemistry, Calculus
Linda Lin – Chemistry, Statistics
Belinda Pedersen – Phuysics
Claire Sayer – Sports Science
Rose Spence – Sports Science
YEAR 12:Level 3 with Excellence Endorsement Shen Cao
Christopher Whiteley
Level 2 Endorsed with Excellence Antonia Anda
Joseph Chen
Sheng Cao
Hannah Clare
Mark Davis
Geraldine Fish
William Guest
Holly Ho
Andrew Huang
Sharleen Lu
Meg Morbey
Paul Newton-Jackson
Jessica Reilly
Vincent Reilly
Fiona Thorp
Josh Walpole-Smith
Sam Woolerton
Level 2 100% in Subject
James Atherton – Physical Education
Phoebe Boyes – Accounting
Joseph Chen – Mathematics, Physics
Ezekiel Crawford – Art Design
Hannah Clare – Chemistry
Keegan Frost-Jones – Mathematics
Youngmin Goo, Mathematics
Andrew Huang – Physics
Sharleen Lu – Chinese
Meg Morbey – Physical Education
Paul Newton-Jackson – Drama, Physics
Panasann Pattanakulchai – Art Design
Jessica Reilly – English, Physical Education, Chemistry
Fiona Thorp – French
Josh Walpole-Smith – Mathematics
YEAR 11:
Level 1 Endorsed with Excellence
William Broderick
Jessica Chanwai
Joseph Chen
Hemashri Govender
Sahil Patil
Daniel Johnson
Youngming Goo
Jordan Ogilvy
Level 1 100% in Subject
Joseph Chen - English
Youngmin Goo – Accounting
Harry Pickernell – Art
Jordan Ogilvy – Music
Our students performed impressively once again in the National examinations for the 2012 academic year.
IGCSE - Cambridge Examination Results - January 2013
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 100% pass rate at AS level.
Subject highlights included:
IGCSE Chemistry
Four students gained A• grades. They were Youngmin Goo, Sahil Patil, Callum Connell, Aditya Sakalkale.
IGCSE English
Three students gained A• grades. They were Jordan Ogilvy, Joseph Chen, Zachary Watson.
IGCSE Mathematics
Four students gained A• grades. They were Jordan Ogilvy, Youngmin Goo, Sahil Patil, Thomas Harsant.
IGCSE Physics
Three students gained A• grades. They were Jordan Ogilvy, Youngmin Goo, Sahil Patil.
AS English
One student gained an A grade (80% or better). This was Paul Newton-Jackson.
AS Mathematics
Five students gained A grades. They were Joseph Chen, Andrew Huang, Sharleen Lu, Jessica Reilly, Hannah Clare.
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Scholars Ties for NCEA 2012 (presented 2013)
SCHOLAR’S TIES LEVEL ONE 2012
Calculated using grade point average of best five subjects including English and Mathematics. The top ten students were:
A total of 39 awards will be made to our 2012 Year 12 cohort. The top ten students are listed below.
1. Joseph Chen 96%
2. Jordan Ogilvy 96%
3. Youngmin Goo 93%
4. Jessica Chanwai 90%
5. Tobias Dean 90%
6. Sahil Patil 90%
7. Daniel Johnson 86%
8. Kendal Buchanan 85%
9. Aditya Sakalkale 85%
10. Hemashri Govender 83%
Other Year 11 (in 2012) students who are also awarded Scholar’s Ties are::
Thomas Harsant 82%
Jasper Hankins 81%
Sean Vartiainen 81%
Damon Hayward 80%
Ben Clark 79%
Taylor Deakin 79%
Harry Pickernell 79%
Sukhjit Sarai 78%
Josephine Wilson 78%
Sam Masterson 77%
Tim Fletcher 76%
Micayla Kim 76%
Loren Morse 76%
Zachary Watson 76%
Rachel Brandt 75%
Elizabeth Main 75%
Brielle O’Connor 75%
Benjamin Brogden 74%
Hannah Lockwood-Geck 74%
Courtland Lee 73%
Dylan Wallbank 73%
Christopher Chilcott-Parker 72%
Oliver Clausen 71%
William Kenna 71%
Joshua Moss 71%
Callum Connell 70%
Cameron Downey 70%
John Penyas 70%
Mason Zhou 70%
SCHOLAR’S TIES LEVEL TWO 2013
Calculated using grade point average of best four subjects including English.
* Denotes re-award
A total of 43 awards will be made to our 2012 Year 12 cohort. The top ten students are listed below.
1.= Paul Newton-Jackson* 98%
1.= Jessica Reilly* 98%
3. Hannah Clare* 93%
4. Antonia Anda* 92%
5. William Guest* 90%`
6. Joshua Walpole-Smith* 90%
7. Sharleen Lu* 90%
8. Christopher Whiteley* 89%
9. Fiona Thorp* 87%
10. Holly Ho* 85%
Other Year 12 (in 2012) students who were also awarded Scholar’s Ties at the academic assembly held on Monday 18th February 2012 were:
Meg Morbey* 84%
Mark Davis* 84%
Geraldine Fish* 84%
Vincent Reilly* 84%
Victoria Blomfield* 82%
Ezekiel Crawford 82%
Samuel Holmes* 81%
Shani Fernando* 80%
Andrew Huang* 80%
Jill Wang 80%
Aran Geerts 78%
Dominic Scott-Jones* 78%
Phoebe Boyes* 77%
Lovely Dizon* 77%
Nicholas Don* 77%
illiam Heald* 77%
Mark Swarbrick* 77%
Devon Kyle* 75%
William Lockwood-Geck 75%
Sean Rooney 75%
Oliver Tomic* 75%
Toby Way* 75%
Joseph Chen* 74%
Jordan Davies 74%
Phoebe Earnshaw* 74%
James Hunt* 73 %
Caleb Lingman 73%
Ke Shi 73%
Brittany Smith* 72%
Callum Windley 72%
Xiaojing Wang 70%
Jonathan Ring* 70%
Navroz Gill* 70%
SCHOLAR’S TIES LEVEL THREE 2012 (gained by Level 2 student)
Sheng Cao 100% Christopher Whiteley 86%