MARIST COLLEGE
Catholic School for Girls
Term 1 - Number 7
Friday 20th March, 2015
YEARS 7 TO 13
KEY DATES
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
WEEK 8 (B)
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Resilience is the Key
‘We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the
future’
Franklin Roosevelt (1940)
As many of you are aware the Pastoral Goal for 2015 is to provide opportunities
and experiences that build resilience in all students. So far we are seeing a very
positive response to this initiative throughout the school. Tutor Groups are using
inspiring video clips and relevant messages to promote and raise awareness of
the importance of being resilient. Senior leaders are incorporating the essential
messages of bouncing back after challenges into their Assemblies and each
week staff Professional Learning Development includes updates on innovative
strategies which give students the necessary skills to deal with challenging
situations appropriately in the classroom, developing feelings of competence,
belonging, usefulness, empowerment and optimism.
Everyone can learn through experience to be resilient. Parents and families are
vital to the success of this initiative and to help students keep life in perspective.
We have organised for parents, an informative and entertaining presentation by
John Cowan who comes highly recommended.
Mar 23rd M BOT Meeting, 7:00pm
24th T HPV, Boostrix immunisation
Raising Awesome Girls 7:00-8:30pm,
school gymnasium, parents only
25th W Caritas Mufti Day
Yr 11 PE Camp till Friday
26th Th Yr 7 Retreat, 7R & 7M
Fono Meeting, 6:00pm
27th F Yr 7 Retreat, 7S & 7T
Caritas Challenge
Rotation 7-4
28th S Caritas Challenge
Shakespeare Festival
Australian Music Group Rehearsal,
2:00pm
29th Su Shakespeare Festival
WEEK 9 (A)
Mar 30th M OTJ Day - Yr 7
Apr 1st W Music Fundraising Concert 7pm
2nd Th Last Day Term 1
‘John has been writing and speaking about family life since he joined The
Parenting Place in the mid-nineties. John has knack for taking on tough topics
and presenting them in a way that makes people laugh, think and then act. His
own family, consisting of his wife Naomi and three young adults, still talk to him,
so he must have done a few things right.’
CARITAS MUFTI AND
FUNDRAISING DAY
Wednesday 25th March
Gold Coin Donation to
support the Philippines
and Sausage Sizzle
So please play your part and support us in giving our girls the best possible guide
for the future to navigate their way through life’s obstacle course.
Raising Awesome Girls next Wednesday March 24th 7:00-8.30 for parents
of Year 7 to 10 girls and Raising Awesome Girls April 29th for parents of
Year 11 to 13 girls. Both presentations are in our school Gymnasium, entry
from Alberton Road, gold coin donation.
YOUTH MASS
ST PATRICS CATHEDRAL
29th March, 7:00pm
Blessing of palms for
Palm Sunday
Ann Dale
Ann Dale
Deputy Principal
FAMILY FESTIVAL THANK YOU
The annual Family Festival was held last Thursday and it was wonderful to see our College community together and a great
way to start the school year. The girls took to the stage with their cultural dances and performed to a packed audience, they
really were fantastic! Fortunately despite threatening to rain, the weather behaved and we had a lovely evening.
This festival is organised by the PTFA in conjunction with the College and this year we
are fundraising for more shade and seating for the school. The success of the
Festival has enabled us to bank in excess of $13,000!
All this would not be possible without the help and hard work of our dedicated parents
who donated, cooked and helped on the stalls and the teaching and administrative
staff and Year 13 students. The PTFA are also very grateful to Alberton 4 Square
who gave so much support to make this event possible. We are also grateful to Cocacola and the ASB bank and the many volunteers who made the day a success.
Thank you from the Marist College PTFA
Caritas Mufti Day - Wednesday 25 March. Gold coin donation to support the Philippines
31 Alberton Ave, Mt Albert, Auckland 1025
www.maristcollege.school.nz
Ph: (09) 846 8311 Fax: (09) 815 1441
E-mail: [email protected]
OUR LENTEN JOURNEY, WEEK FOUR
HABITS OF MIND
John 3:14.21- “The light has come into the world”
6. Striving for Accuracy:
Check for errors;
Measure at least twice; Nurture a desire for
This week’s Gospel is about God’s unconditional love for us as His exactness, fidelity and craftsmanship.
children. As Christ meets with Nicodemus, he talks of God’s plan for
us and He reminds us that God sent Jesus into the world, not to
condemn, but to set us free from sin. As the pressures of earthly life
get in the way, it is easy to forget God, but, as we make this journey
over the 40 days of Lent, we are to remember that all that we do is
for God. “Everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it, for
fear his actions should be exposed; but the man who lives by the
truth comes out into the light, so that it may be plainly seen that what
he does is done in God.” At Marist, as we journey towards Easter, let
us try to remember God in all that we do, striving to put our faith into
action, as we become people of aroha, humility and compassion.
Chantal Hoeft
CODE CLUB
Unitec is hoping to begin one of the nation-wide code clubs. It will be
free to all Intermediate and College age students. The plan is to hold
CONGRATULATIONS
it in the Unitec Computing Department’s labs, on a Friday afternoon 4
 On Tuesday the 17th of March Sarah Christiansen
to 6pm, once a month.
and Ivanja Po’Uhila competed in the Greater
Auckland Athletics Championships. Ivanja won the
The program will be suitable for any age student who would like to
Senior Girls Shot Put with a throw of 14.17m. Sarah
learn about what coding is. Unitec staff and student volunteers will
placed 2nd in the Senior Girls High Jump and 3rd in
run each evening.
the Senior Girls Triple Jump. Excellent work girls!!
If
you
are
interested,
please
contact
Miss
Ronald
[email protected] who will collect your contact details
and pass them on to Unitec.
Earlier in the week Year 9M were hard at work practising
their Monologues for their upcoming assessment.
More information on code clubs can be found at http://
www.codeclub.org.nz/
SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
The SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Auckland Central
Region Shakespeare Festival starts with two Marist College entries
at 4pm on Friday 27th March. The venue is the Centennial Theatre at
Auckland Boys Grammar. Come and support Year 10 Drama
performing the forum scene from Julius Caesar and Mirabai Pease,
Hannah Brown and Ellen Ranum performing a student-directed
scene from Macbeth.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DUES SPONSORSHIP SCHEME
The Attendance Dues Sponsorship Scheme - has been created to assist
families who may need financial support with the payment of attendance
dues, for students attending Catholic schools in Auckland Diocese, both
primary and secondary.
The purpose of the sponsorship scheme is to allow parents or caregivers
facing financial hardship another option to seek relief where they may be
reluctant to approach their school for help.
The existing financial hardship scheme – operated by your school – is
also available to parents or caregivers facing hardship and we do
encourage families facing financial difficulties to please contact your
school office.
Application forms are available from school and parish offices, or can be
down-loaded
from
the
Catholic
Schools
Office
Website:
www.catholicschools.org.nz (go to Property and Finance / Finance /
Attendance Dues)
If you have any queries or require assistance with the payment of
attendance dues under the sponsorship scheme, you are invited to
phone in confidence, Carol Krebs (Ph. 360 3069) at the Auckland
Diocese office.
Applications to the sponsorship scheme for 2015 attendance dues will
be accepted by the Auckland Common Fund Ltd up to November 2015.
CARITAS CHALLENGE - 28 MARCH
One day of difference for a lifetime of change
The Caritas Challenge is an annual event aimed at
schools and youth groups to build solidarity with those
living in poverty or injustice. It offers hands-on
experiences that are fun and informative, while raising
funds for various causes.
There are four themes for this challenge:
Move It | Live It | Sweat It | Stop It,
to know more about them visit
http://www.caritas.org.nz/caritas-challenge
This year Marist College is a part of this event and we
are going to do the “Sweat it Challenge” which
involves making items that help meet the needs of
others while thinking about and praying for young
people who experience and endure physically
demanding conditions daily.
So if you are available, please join us on Saturday 28
March from 9 to 3 p.m. in 311/ 312. You could enjoy
an hour or two with us or the whole day!
For parents of Year 7 to
10 students