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Managing the school’s database 18 May 2020 Meet our academic secretary and database administrator, Trish Ure. Read more
Feeding minds and stomachs 18 May 2020 Meet our school librarian and tuck shop operator, Judy Clarke. Read more
Young Piper’s Podium Performance 14 May 2020 Seumas Eade (Year 10) had no expectations when competing in the World Online Piping and Drumming Championships except to gain experience of competing at that level. Read more
A summer of toil reaps rewards 13 May 2020 St Paul’s students and staff received recognition at the recent Hamilton Cricket awards for their efforts in the 2019/20 cricket season. Read more
Students take out Waikato Speech Competition 30 April 2020 While speeches are traditionally delivered in front of a live audience, the Waikato regional competition of the Race Relations Speech awards held in mid-April 2020, were presented via Zoom due to NZ’s Covid-19 lockdown. Read more
Never Ending Laundry 30 April 2020 St Paul’s laundry ladies, Mary, Jacky and Kumari are charged with the care of washing, drying and pressing laundry for our boarding students. Read more
Pitch Perfect 30 April 2020 There’s no doubt creating the perfect cricket pitch is a like a work of art and Ian Boyle can claim the title as one of the country’s best grounds curators. Read more
Hunger Busters 30 April 2020 Feeding students three meals a day is no small feat. Read more
We have moved to distance learning 26 March 2020 Since the country’s alert level 4 Covid-19 lockdown was declared for Wednesday 25 March, St Paul’s Collegiate School has been operating a Distance Learning Delivery model. Read more
Book Tuk-Tuk Drives Change in Young People’s Lives 19 March 2020 St Paul’s sponsored “Book Tuk-Tuk” has been changing lives in the slums of Phnom Penh since its operation in 2017. Read more
Gold for St Paul’s triathlete 20 February 2020 A golden weekend for St Paul’s triathlete Oliver Larcombe saw him crowned as the New Zealand under 19 boys champion. Read more
Arts and music welcome new teachers 19 February 2020 The arts and music departments at St Paul’s welcome three new staff members in 2020 – Mr Jonathan Cameron, Mrs Delwyn Ringle and Mrs Sonya Pearce. Read more
New staff welcomed in our economics and English departments 19 February 2020 Mr Cameron Stapleton, Mrs Caroline Collie and Mrs Therese Fitzsimmons are welcomed new staff to our economics and English departments in 2020. Read more
Social Sciences welcome three new staff 18 February 2020 We welcome three new staff into our Social Sciences department at the start of 2020. Read more
New sports staff and coaches welcomed in 2020 18 February 2020 At the start of 2020, we welcomed new teachers and coaches to our sports department. Read more
Jana Stokes ranks high amongst top scholars in the country 12 February 2020 Results from the 2019 New Zealand Scholarship examinations have confirmed some impressive results for 11 St Paul’s students who passed their scholarship exams. There were a total of 26 scholarships received with two being outstanding scholarships. Read more
Cambodia Creates Lifelong Memories 12 February 2020 Students and staff of St Paul’s made their way to Cambodia in December 2019 as volunteers to work alongside and assist the ongoing service work currently undertaken by the charity Flame in the slums of Phnom Penh. Read more
St Paul’s has a Summer of Swimming Success 30 January 2020 While most spent summer in the water cooling off, St Paul’s swimmers were blazing in competitions and setting new records. Read more
Relishing Reality in the Malawi Slums 12 December 2019 Daniel Rickman, a 2019 school leaver, is currently spending 10 days in the slums of Malawi, seeing the harsh reality of living conditions in the south-eastern African country. It’s all part of his selection as a World Vision Youth Ambassador. Read more
Paul Cakebread Adds to Mathematics Department 26 November 2019 The mathematics department has increased their numbers with the arrival of Paul Cakebread at the start of term four. Read more