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** CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING IT TO THE 2014 NATIONAL FINALS YOU ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST! ** FPSNZ Facebook Share your memories of FPS on Facebook! || The t-shirts are $22 + GST = $25.30 We have tried to keep cost increases to a minimum. Carey Park have kept the accommodation costs the same, but have added an extra $5 a head for cleaning ($10 a head all up for cleaning). We know you would prefer to pay this rather than have to clean toilets and peel veges and so on. This is the only increase we have made. Team Registrations (4 students and coach) - $1015 + GST = $1167.25 Individuals - $203 + GST = $233.45 per person CmPS - $233.45 x the number of students + the coach (includes GST) This covers 2 nights accommodation, 6 meals, cleaning, evaluation and administration costs. Extra Meals for visitors - or - a day visitors fee (Saturday) - all day with 3 meals, $45. This year, Global Issues Teams will be sitting their booklets in one space, in line with the International Competition. Y, JB and J teams will sit their booklets in the Gym at camp; Middles and Seniors will sit their booklets in the Henderson Valley School. Also in line with the International Competition, you will not be allowed to write on the back of your booklet - any work on the back of pages will not be marked. You will be given ONE extra page where you could write extra parts of your challenges and solutions, but these need to be carefully numbered for the evaluators and is not recommended. For the Plan of Action, you have two pages to write on, plus one extra page for an diagrams or drawings (extra writing beyond diagram labels on this page will not be marked). We will send you the information about this, with a sample booklet, in an email.
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 * Breakfast $12
 * Saturday Lunch $17
 * Dinner /Sunday Lunch $23

The Saturday night activity is still compulsory, but will be a completely different format - you'll find out more when you get to the Finals.

How to use this wiki:

All of the information you need for the finals can be downloaded from this page.If you want to ask a question you can either phone or email Julie (094274627 admin@fpsnz.co.nz), or, if it is a general question, post it by clicking on the discussion page (on the grey bar at the top of this page), then either Julie or Robyn can answer it. You can monitor the discussion so that you will know if the question has been answered. The advantage of the discussion page is that everyone will be able to see the question and answer. We'll post everything on this page so that you don't get lost! Feel free to pass the URL for this wiki onto your students and their whanau.

This year we have two different t-shirt colours available. One is a turquoise blue, the other is tie-dyed. The approximate colours/designs are below. The tie-dyed shirt has more yellow and orange on the bottom. T-shirt sizes are all adult sizes - XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL. (The tie-dyed shirt only goes to 2XL). The sizings are usually generous. Email your orders to Julie - number and colours of each size by Friday 17th October. **This is a non-negotiable date**. We will have no spare shirts so they must be preordered. There are always some people who want them after they see them, but this is not possible.
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Please fill these in and return to Julie by ** Wednesday 15th October. **
 * Registration Forms and TShirt Orders **
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** Emergency Contacts ** Please fill in this form and either email back to Julie or bring with you and hand in at registration. If you have a form of your own, just give us a copy of that.

** Practice Future Scene ** Here is a practice future scene for you to use if you want.. ** Information to Download: ** We know that most of you have been before, but there have been some small changes to most of these documents. Costs are in the information letter.

The information letter gives you all the basic information you will need for the weekend:

A list of all the teams and individuals coming to the Finals. Your students or school might all like a copy of this:

A 'to do' list to keep you on target:

For Global Issues competitors, the descriptor for the topic and a reading list: An introductory powerpoint - especially good for Juniors: The projected timetable for the weekend. There may be some changes but you will get the final timetable in your folder when you get to Carey Park. How to find your way to Carey Park:
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Booklet procedure and rules for Global Issues teams:

Rules of Carey Park. Please make sure your students are aware of these: If you want some generic information for publicity, you can use this document. If you'd like a specific email for fundraising, ask Julie as she has a template of a letter she can personalise for you.

Some exciting options for your free afternoon on Saturday. Feedback from your evaluators ALoU Tool Congratulations to those of you who are mastering the new step. The biggest comment from the evaluators (apart from so many telling us this is going well) is that there is little evidence of the criteria being evidenced in the choice of solutions and in the thinking on the ALoU. The evaluators are developing a rubric for their marking. This will change over time, but this will be used at the National Finals. Have a good look at this - I think it will help you out.

Guidelines for Dramatic Presentations - Global Issues: For those of you who haven't been before, as part of the competition, on Sunday morning, Global Issues Problem Solving teams have to do a short dramatic presentation of their plan of action. We will have a DVD to show on Saturday afternoon and also coaches who have been before are always willing to give you some ideas. Download the information here to help you as well. PLEASE NOTE: We have been unable to change the .pdf and haven't been able to locate the original file. Props and the quote will NOT be available until you get back to camp on Saturday afternoon. We try to make this competition fair to all and it isn't fair to go away on Saturday and prepare for your Dramatic Presentation. It is expected that Ys, JBs and Js will start their preparations at 3.30 when their quote and props will be available and Middles and Seniors may start at 4.30. If we find any team bringing prepared props back to camp on Saturday afternoon, they will be confiscated.