MARIST COLLEGE Catholic School for Girls, Years 7 to 13 Term 3 - Number 2 Friday 31st July 2020 31 Alberton Avenue, Mt Albert, Auckland 1025 | Ph 09 846 8311 | Email [email protected]| www.maristcollege.school.nz From the Principal We have had a busy week at Marist with many events now in full swing. Thank you to our teachers and the LOGOS team for organising and facilitang our Year 7 and Year 13 Retreats. Retreats are a great experience where our students get to reflect on what is important in their lives and the lives of others. Thank you to our families who aended our whanau Hui. It was great to have new families join our Hui to discuss their future aspiraons for their daughters and to introduce the Vicar for Māori, Manuel Beazley to the school. We are looking forward to working with parents who have volunteered to support the growth of Tikanga Māori at Marist College. Staff Update Welcome Priscilla Tuhua to our Guidance team. Priscilla will be at Marist on Tuesdays to offer counselling to our young women. Congratulaons to Mrs Walker who has welcomed baby Charlie to her family, and Mrs Hsu who has welcomed baby Jozefien to her family. We look forward to meeng our new Marist addions. Finally, we farewell Mr Doyle our Business Manager this week who is leaving Marist to pursue a posion at James Cook High School in their senior leadership team. We wish him all the best and know that we will connue to stay connected in the future. Te Aroha o te Atua Mrs Raechelle Taulu, Principal From the Deputy Principal Hearing the voice of our community is very important to the successful running of a school. In the last week of the holidays we surveyed the parent body and the staff about engagement reporng and, based on the feedback, we have made some changes. The engagement reports will connue on a bi-weekly basis in a Week B. As we run a 10-day metable, this allows teachers to have seen all their classes before the reports go out on the Week B Friday. There sll might be some gaps when staff or students have not been at school, but these should be minimised by having a two-week period of reporng. Discussion with staff about what constutes engagement has led to the changes in criteria and the heading being used. From Friday 14 August, the engagement reports will be under the following heading and use these 4 criteria: Engagement in Learning 4 Always completes classwork. Always on task. Manages self effecvely. 3 Usually completes classwork. Usually on task. Usually manages self effecvely. 2 Needs prompng to complete classwork. Somemes on task. Can manage self but needs refocusing 1 Of concern. Needs constant reminders to stay on task. Not managing self effecvely. KEY DATES Term 3 2020 Week 3 (A) Cook Island Language Week Aug 4 Tu Parent Teacher Interviews School Closing 2:30pm Get to Go Challenge Y9/10 Y10 Camp Fundraiser - orders due today 5 We Assembly/VJR/Student Council/Internaonal Netball Mini Tournament Croaan Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day 6 Th 10J Mass Fono 6:30pm Y10 Camp Fundraiser Samosa collecon 7 Fr Staff Only Day - No students Y7/8 CZ Netball Tournament Rotaon 2 - 6 Week 4 (B) 10 Mo Y10 Camp Samosa fundraising delivered PTFA meeng 7pm staffroom 11 Tu Parent Teacher Interviews School Closing 2:30pm Y12 Class Play 6:30pm Audience aged 15+ 12 We LEM Assembly BOT Special Character Meeng 7:30am 13 Th Y9 Netball - Myscs BOT Review 7:45am 14 Fr Marist Day Mass 9:30am in the Marist Gymnasium Rotaon 1 - 5 UPCOMING EVENTS: Aug 15 Sa The Asumpon of Mary 15 Sa PTFA Social Evening 25 Tu Y13 Mother Daughter Breakfast 7:30am Sept 9 We Visual Arts Showcase 10 Th Muſti Day - Cans not coins 11 Fr Combined Colin & Chavoin House Mass 8:45am School Ball 7pm 18 Fr Senior exams start 21 - 24 Senior exams 24 Th Last day Term 3 25 Fr Staff Only Day
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MARIST COLLEGECatholic School for Girls, Years 7 to 13 Term 3 - Number 2
From the PrincipalWe have had a busy week at Marist with many events now in full swing. Thank you to our teachers and the LOGOS team for organising and facilitating our Year 7 and Year 13 Retreats. Retreats are a great experience where our students get to reflect on what is important in their lives and the lives of others.
Thank you to our families who attended our whanau Hui. It was great to have new families join our Hui to discuss their future aspirations for their daughters and to introduce the Vicar for Māori, Manuel Beazley to the school. We are looking forward to working with parents who have volunteered to support the growth of Tikanga Māori at Marist College.
Staff UpdateWelcome Priscilla Tuhua to our Guidance team. Priscilla will be at Marist on Tuesdays to offer counselling to our young women.
Congratulations to Mrs Walker who has welcomed baby Charlie to her family, and Mrs Hsu who has welcomed baby Jozefien to her family. We look forward to meeting our new Marist additions.
Finally, we farewell Mr Doyle our Business Manager this week who is leaving Marist to pursue a position at James Cook High School in their senior leadership team. We wish him all the best and know that we will continue to stay connected in the future.
Te Aroha o te Atua
Mrs Raechelle Taulu, Principal
From the Deputy PrincipalHearing the voice of our community is very important to the successful running of a school. In the last week of the holidays we surveyed the parent body and the staff about engagement reporting and, based on the feedback, we have made some changes.
The engagement reports will continue on a bi-weekly basis in a Week B. As we run a 10-day timetable, this allows teachers to have seen all their classes before the reports go out on the Week B Friday. There still might be some gaps when staff or students have not been at school, but these should be minimised by having a two-week period of reporting.
Discussion with staff about what constitutes engagement has led to the changes in criteria and the heading being used. From Friday 14 August, the engagement reports will be under the following heading and use these 4 criteria:
Engagement in Learning 4 Always completes classwork. Always on task. Manages self effectively.
3 Usually completes classwork. Usually on task. Usually manages self effectively.
2 Needs prompting to complete classwork. Sometimes on task. Can manage self but needs refocusing
1 Of concern. Needs constant reminders to stay on task. Not managing self effectively.
KEY DATESTerm 3 2020Week 3 (A) Cook Island Language WeekAug 4 Tu Parent Teacher Interviews School Closing 2:30pm Get to Go Challenge Y9/10 Y10 Camp Fundraiser - orders due today 5 We Assembly/VJR/Student Council/International Netball Mini Tournament Croatian Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day 6 Th 10J Mass Fono 6:30pm Y10 Camp Fundraiser Samosa collection 7Fr StaffOnlyDay-Nostudents Y7/8 CZ Netball Tournament Rotation 2 - 6
Week 4 (B) 10 Mo Y10 Camp Samosa fundraising delivered PTFA meeting 7pm staffroom 11 Tu Parent Teacher Interviews School Closing 2:30pm Y12 Class Play 6:30pm Audience aged 15+ 12 We LEM Assembly BOT Special Character Meeting 7:30am 13 Th Y9 Netball - Mystics BOT Review 7:45am 14 Fr Marist Day Mass 9:30am in the Marist Gymnasium
Rotation 1 - 5
UPCOMINGEVENTS:Aug 15 Sa The Asumption of Mary 15 Sa PTFA Social Evening 25 Tu Y13 Mother Daughter Breakfast 7:30amSept 9 We Visual Arts Showcase 10 Th Mufti Day - Cans not coins 11 Fr Combined Colin & Chavoin House Mass 8:45am School Ball 7pm 18 Fr Senior exams start 21 - 24 Senior exams 24 Th Last day Term 3 25 Fr Staff Only Day
Student Retreats
Thoughts on Year 7 Retreat:During prayer time we reflected on all the nice things people have said to us and we made a clay token to symbolise it. Gracie GrinterI thought retreat would be boring and I wouldn’t enjoy it because I have never been on a retreat before, but oh boy I was wrong! Retreat was so much fun. Aslan PochingMy favourite activity was creating characters because it was fun to make someone and create their personality. Lila MannThe highlight of the day for me was creating a vision board because I got to learn more about myself. Overall, the retreat was a great learning experience for everyone. Soeun ParkI had a super marvelous time. All the Logos leaders were really nice and the kids in 7T too! Rylee DiazI had a great time and would like to do it again. Taylor ClaytonWe did lots of amazing group bonding activities but also spent some time alone, able to reflect on our lives.
Sophie JamesI will rate this day a 500 out of 10! Isabella Nand
Your daughter will need to meet all criteria for a number to receive it. If a student regularly receives 1, you can expect to be contacted by the classroom teacher, or Dean where necessary, to look at how we can support your daughter in engaging in her learning. There will be a crossover period this week as we shift to the new headings. You will receive Week 1 and 2’s engagement reports on Monday 3rd August with the current criteria before we shift to the ones above.
As you already know, live reporting of assessments is available on the Portal. Today you will receive a PDF summary of all results currently loaded there. This is useful if you want a printable copy, as it is not possible to print from the Portal. Parents of Year 11-13 students will also receive an NCEA summary showing credits gained and standards yet to be assessed. This summary will be sent out again in Week 8 – the live reporting for Years 7-10 and the additional summary for seniors.
The parent teacher interviews are also a great way to engage with your daughter’s teachers and have that vital face to face contact. Five minutes may not seem like a lot of time for an interview but used effectively it can make a huge difference to your understanding of your daughter’s progress. Good questions to ask a teacher could be: How readily does she pick up concepts in your class? What are her strengths? How is she tracking towards achieving standards offered? (for senior students) How could she be more successful in this subject?
We are very much looking forward to seeing you at our interviews and sharing your daughter’s learning journey with you.
Ms Lucy Hill Deputy Principal Administration
On Tuesday 28 July, we had a year 13 retreat at the Mt Albert War Memorial Hall. This retreat was run by the Logos team. It was so nice to see familiar faces again and to reconnect with each other. The retreat was a good experience as we got to reflect on our year and time at Marist
We learnt that school is a journey and that we need to remember the fun and challenging times we have faced together as a year group, for they all form our experiences at school.
It's the memories that we’ve made with the people we have met and grown with that have shaped our lives. These memories are something we will cherish and hold dear to us far into the future.
We were able to reflect on the fact that everything that happens at school is a learning experience that we can apply in our lives and the
lives of others, especially to the younger year levels in our school.
It was a great experience to just have the day to stop and think of how we can make the most of our last 14 weeks of school, and how to give back to the community that has continually nurtured and supported us through our time at Marist.
Thank you Logos for running such a reflective and eye opening retreat. This is a day we will continue to remember and look back on.
Love,
Palu and Maria
Year 13 Retreat
July Holidays Course Update
Special Effects MakeupI very much enjoyed going to the course and meeting lots of new people and building my skills with makeup. Especially SFX which was something kind of new to me.
I have never done it before but I have seen it done on people. When I went to the course I learnt skills about it and I then I put them into action.
Taylor Timmermans
STAR courses completed in the July holidays:• Nicole Bamfield – L3 Communications
• Kathleen Lasham – L3 Leadership
• Natalie McMurray - Leadership
• Kafo Filo’Atu – L2 Communications
• Taylor Timmermans – L3 Special Effects Makeup
CommunicationsI enjoyed this course and I have gained skills in communication that I will take with me into my adult life – NicoleI got offered a great opportunity to go on a communication course where I learned the different ways of communicating. This course helped me build my confidence even more and it is worth 10 credits. WOW! How cool is that and all you have to do is sit, listen and learn. So worth it. - Kafo
Gateway courses: First Aid and Health & Safety CoursesDuring the holidays while many of their peers were relaxing after the longest term ever, many Y12 and Y13 students were back at school, learning life skills and gaining credits in First Aid and Health & Safety. On Tuesday 14 July, 21 students undertook a full day course in Hazard & Risk Management provided by Safety n Action. Using the idea of organizing a “Colour Run” fun run event, the students had to plan a run route, identifying potential risks and planning steps to be taken to eliminate or minimize these. Successful completion will earn them 8 Level 3 credits to count towards NCEA.
Then on 15-16 July, 23 students attended a Comprehensive Workplace First Aid course, also held at school with a trainer from First Aid NZ. Students learned how to do CPR, the protocol “DRSABC”, what to do if tending to burns, breaks, and bleeds, and the signs to look for in conditions such as stroke, heart attack, diabetes, epilepsy, and asthma. They also covered a basic introduction to health & safety in the workplace. Most of the students participated as part of their learning for the Gateway work experience programme. Skills in First Aid and knowledge of Health & Safety are very useful in any workplace and are a bonus for a young person to be able to add to their resume.
The SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare FestivalWe have been having a busy but enjoyable time in the Performing Arts Department! Firstly, during Term One and Two, a group of students were involved in The SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival.
Unfortunately, due to Covid 19, things were done a little differently this year. Instead of performing live at the Auckland Central Regional Festival, students had to submit a video of their performance. We had three entries this year.
Laci Sampson, Danidi Wijethunga and Zara Bernard performed a scene from Romeo and Juliet. Meila Taie, Joyena Sun and Theresa Augsburg also performance a scene from Romeo and Juliet.
And finally, Grace Cartman, Elizabeth Bentley, Olivia Bear, Matariki Wikaire and Bailey McMahon directed and performed multiple scenes from The Taming of the Shrew. This final group received the Best Costume Design Award for Auckland Central and Grace Cartman received the One To Watch Award for Auckland Central.
Well done to all of these groups for the hard work they put into their performances and for staying committed despite the additional challenges this year. We hope to see you back next year!
Year 11 Drama Commedia dell’Arte and Year 12 Performing Arts Technology MasksLast week the Year 11 Drama class performed Commedia dell’Arte scenarios to other Year 11 students for their assessment. The class learned a lot about this theatre form and had a great time becoming Commedia dell’Arte characters and creating their own scenarios.
We were so grateful to have a few Year 12 Performing Arts Technology students make masks for our performance. Check out the photos of the performances and the masks in action!
GETCONNECTED: The Marist College School App is available now. Download ‘SchoolAppsNZ’ from your App Store. Open the app and search ‘Marist College’.This app will give you fast and easy access to our communication alerts, absence notification, useful links, newsletters and much more.
2nd XI HockeyIt was great to see the girls finally get on the turf for the first game of the season. They played extremely well for having such a short amount of training. They all put in 110% effort and really played together as a team. Defence was working hard, and our awesome goalie Rose got player of the day for her great defence work!
The girls also showed great sportsmanship and did Marist proud. Unfortunately it was a loss of 5:0, but a great game to watch! Looking forward to next game.
Marist Junior Football Awesome game tonight with Marist Juniors winning 2:0 against St Dominics. We got off to a roaring start with Millie and Ava scoring goals and working excellent combinations and crosses. With that lead we gave players the chance to play in some new positions. In the second half St Doms were on attack, but Paige and our defence were up to the task. Paige even had a cracking shot from the deep. This earned her Player of the Day. Well done team.
NetballAll of our netball teams have officially started their competition! We had an amazing start with all of our girls getting out there and into the game.
Thank you to all the volunteers and parents that are a part of our Marist team. This weekend we have an undefeated battle between Marist Premier and St. Marys’ competing for a spot in the top three of our grade. All our senior girls are playing from 8am to 12:30pm, so please come along to support!
S P O R T S U P D AT E
2019 Sport Awards Trophy Winners! Please return your trophies to
the sports office by 7th August. Thank you.
Year 10 Camp Support Vouchers($25, $50, $100)This is an opportunity to support our Year 10 students getting to Tongariro Hillary Outdoors camp in November. If you are in a position to buy a voucher, these are available to purchase on the Marist College Website, under the online store. You could either specify a Year 10 student’s name, or have the voucher go towards a pool of money that the Finance department will allocate to students in financial hardship. Thank you for supporting Marist students to attend this awesome camp.
Reminder - LIBRARY BOOK RETURNSCould students please return all library books that were issued before/over the holidays. They are now overdue. There are reserves from other students on many of these books.Thank you
MANY THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE:
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Competition
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Win: Cool Prizes (including an Instax Smartphone Printer
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School Physio Open NowMiriam Margison’s physio clinic is now open.
Hours are: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri 8-2pm (8-8.30am will be strapping for students in preparation for daily sport).
Bookings are essential and available online.
The new Marist College School App for families and students is available now. Go to the App Store on your Android or Apple device and search ‘SchoolAppsNZ’ to download. From the app search ‘Marist College’ to find us.
This app will give you fast and easy access to our communication alerts, contact details, absence notification, useful links, newsletters and much more.
A web version of the app is also available for students. Please go to https://maristcollege.apps.school.nz/portal/
SAMOSA FUNDRAISER Year 10 Camp We're delighted to bring you a delicious Samosa Fundraiser for the Year 10 Outdoor Education Camp. Samosas are a delicious snack that are great in lunchboxes, for sports days, girls nights, boys nights...any night! There are 3 options to choose from: Lamb, Vegetarian or Butter Chicken
Cost: $20 per bag of 10 The samosas will arrive freshly baked on collection day (Thursday 6th August), so they are perfect to enjoy straight away, or you can pop them into the freezer at home. Don't miss out, get your orders in and ask your family, friends, neighbours and workmates if they'd like to place an order with you as well.
THE EASIEST WAY TO ORDER AND PAY IS ONLINE: https://maristcollege.ibdn.nz Details: • Orders: Last date to place your order for the first collection date is Monday 3rd August 2020, 3pm. There will be a second collection
date in September.
• Payments: The easiest way to pay is through our online store. The online store is available at the link above or through the online store icon on our Marist College School App (https://maristcollege.apps.school.nz/install/). Alternatively cash payments can be delivered to the school office (by Monday 27th July 3pm). Please enclose a completed order form (below) and full cash payment, in a sealed envelope with your full name on the front.
• Collection: All orders must be collected on Thurs 6th August between 12noon and 3:20pm. Each Marist family is responsible for collecting and distributing any samosa orders they have taken on behalf of other people.
• If you wish to provide your own container for the Samosas, please ensure it is delivered to the school by 9am on Thurs 6th August. It must be clearly labelled with the name your order is under along with what you ordered ie (x20) butter chicken, (x10) lamb.
Only use the form below for cash orders. Online orders do not require this form.
Parents Full Name: Email: Mobile:
Type ($20 per bag of 10) Number of Bags (10 per bag) Total
