Academic Achievements and News

St Paul's Collegiate Wins Waikato University ChemQuest Competition

Paul Newton-Jackson, Hannah Clare & Mark Davis

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%