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YEAR 9 & 10 2024 OPTION SELECTION   Our Year 9 and 10 option selection for 2024 is now open. Please click on the website below and read the information under the JUNIOR tab. This information includes how the options work for each age group, the junior option booklets and the online selection forms.   https://sites.google.com/papamoacollege.school.nz/course-selection/junior-school   Option selection closes at 5pm on Friday 22...

Congratulations to Year 8 Student Layla Clarke who won the Peoples Choice Award and Second Place in the Intermediate category at this year's Young Innovators Awards (yia!) Evening on Wednesday 6 September. Layla developed an Emotional Attendance App that allows you to check in and mark your emotions during attendance each day. Layla received $750 for Second Place and $200 for the Peoples Choice Award! Well done also to Brooke Barry (Y12) who was selected as a Finalist for her 'Driveway Worm'. Learn more about yia! and see the Finalist...

Congratulations to all the Pāpāmoa College students who participated in the AIMS Games held in Tauranga from Sunday 3 September until Friday 8 September. It was an outstanding week filled with enthusiasm, sportsmanship and unforgettable moments. Overall Individual Medals Karin Aono (Y7) - Gold, Gymnastics Artistic Open Junior Advanced Anneka Forlong (Y7) - Gold, Canoe Racing Year 7 Girls Mixed Team Relay William Chugg (Y8) - Bronze, Swimming 100m Backstroke Matthew Witehira - Bronze, Para Cross Country Team Player Medals These players...

Good luck to all our Year 7 & 8 LMS students who are competing at AIMS games this week. For more information, draws and live streaming go to the AIMS...

The New Zealand Secondary Schools Winter Tournament Week and Rugby by The Beach took place from Monday 28 August until Friday 1 September. It was an incredible experience for our students. Thanks to all the participants, coaches, managers, staff and supporters who made these events a huge success. Netball  Our students showed incredible growth in confidence throughout the week and finished united as a team. They showed great attitude and sportsmanship against tough opposition We are proud of their determination and...

The 2023 LMS Speech Finals took place on Friday 1 September. Congratulations to all the Finalists for the high standard and quality of their speeches. Well done to the winners Layla Clark (Y8) and Sade Willet (Y7) who will go on to represent the College at the WBOP Speech Finals later this month. Layla's speech was entitled 'Lies' and Sadie spoke on 'Why we shouldn't live on Mars'. Runners-up were Arianna Ehrler (Y7) whose speech was on 'Why kindness is important', and Charlie Given (Y8) who spoke very eloquently on grief.  The other...