MARIST COLLEGECatholic School for Girls, Years 7 to 13 Term 2 - Number 12

Thursday 2nd July 2020

31 Alberton Avenue, Mt Albert, Auckland 1025 | Ph 09 846 8311 | Email admin@maristcollege.school.nz | www.maristcollege.school.nz

From the PrincipalThursday the 2nd of July marks the end of the longest term that we hope our staff and young women will ever experience in their time at school. For 22 weeks we have been either physically or virtually engaged in some form of spiritual, pastoral, or academic activities in our school. Now it is time for a well-deserved break.

This week as a school we began our Matariki preparations in Whanau. We have many activities that are going to take place over the holidays and in week 1 of Term 3. We warmly wish all our families a happy new year and hope that you enjoy time with your whanau to remember those loved ones who have passed on and celebrate new beginnings together.

Have a safe and blessed break. Te Aroha o te Atua

Mrs Raechelle Taulu, Principal

KEY DATESTerm 3 2020Week 1 (A) Y8 Life Education Week 20 Mo Term 3 begins 21 Tu Year 13 Retreat 22 We Assembly VMW Y13 SavY Workshop P4 23 Th 10J Market Day B1 Y12 Home Ec trip 1:20 - 3pm Honolulu Lulu 24 Fr 7M & 7T Retreat Rotation7-4

Week 2 (B) 27 Mo BOT Meeting 6pm M301 29 We Assembly VKA 30 Th 10S Mass 31 Fr 7S & 7R Retreat Rotation1-5

UPCOMING EVENTS:Aug 6 Th Fono (Mini Expo) 6:30pm 14 Fr Marist Day 15 Sa The Asumption of Mary 15 Sa PTFA Social Evening 27 Th Hui 6:30pmSept 9 We Visual Arts Showcase 11 Fr Combined Colin & Chavoin House Mass 8:45am School Ball 18 Fr Senior exams start 21 - 24 Senior exams 24 Th Last day Term 3 25 Fr Staff Only Day

GET CONNECTED: The Marist College School App is available now. Download ‘SchoolAppsNZ’ from your App Store. Open the app and search ‘Marist College’.

We were grateful to have been able to hold a very successful Family Festival on 12 March before Covid-19 turned all of our lives upside down. Thank you to everyone who got involved in helping run the stalls and all the families who came along to support the evening and watch our wonderful young women perform.

Our Marist families were particularly hard hit by Covid-19 and during the eight weeks over lockdown, the PTFA distributed almost $15,000 worth of groceries to families who needed to a bit of extra support.

In June we were fortunate to receive a donation of 45 pallets of frozen food from McCains. This food was delivered to school on 4 June in a massive truck and transferred to a refrigerated container parked outside Raechelle’s office. With the assistance of St Mary’s Parish Foodbank, within a week all 45 pallets of food were distributed across Auckland to families in need. A special thanks to Warwick, Chris Judd, and Dianne McCardle for making that happen.

At our June meeting, the PTFA voted unanimously to carry on making funds available for groceries and other essential supplies to our Marist College families throughout winter. The PTFA is fortunate to be in a good position to be able to provide this support but our resources are, of course, finite. If anyone would like to support this initiative, you can follow the link below to purchase a virtual grocery voucher on the College’s Online Store. All donations received are tax deductible and will be used to fund groceries and other essential supplies to go to our Marist College families.

https://maristcollege.ibdn.nz/ or use the Online Store icon on our school app.

God bless, Gerard Thompson, PTFA Chair

Update from the PTFA

Important School InformationThank you to our parents and students who completed the online survey relating to school bell times, engagement reports, and timetable changes. We will share these results and school information relating to these before the end of the holiday break. We will ensure that you have time to plan and organise your daughters should there be changes to our school daily organisation.

• A Family Feast - Hākari: Matariki is a special time when the whole family gets together to feast and give thanks. Try baking rewena (Māori bread) or star-shaped sugar cookies. (recipe: https://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/articles/star-shaped-sugar-cookies/)

• A New Harvest - Kotinga: During the holidays start your very own vege patch! Matariki is a time to harvest the winter vegetables and prepare your vege garden for the new plants. Try planting radishes, lettuce and sugarsnap peas.

• Acknowledging the family - “Pinepine te kura, hau te kura”: Look through your family’s photo albums, learn about your whanau and remember those who have passed. Share family memories. Make sure you write them down so you will always remember these special stories.

• Crafts - Mahi toi: Make your own star craft wall hanging, make an origami star, weave a harakeke whetu (flax star), or make a window display of stars painted with glow in the dark colours.

• New beginnings - Nga timatanga hou: Create goals for the coming lunar year or renew your resolutions.

• Matariki Event- Whakanui: Attend the Matariki Festival on top of Mt Roskill (Pukewīwī/Winstone Park, 1129 Dominion Rd) on one of the upcoming Sundays (5 July and 12 July, 11am-2pm). Bring your own kite to fly and take part in the various activities including a guided walking tour, a kōauau making workshop, traditional games and sampling of kawakawa tea. Attend a session on Matariki at Stardome with your whanau and friends.

Kia pai tou tatou Matariki | Happy Matariki everyone!KarakiaTīmatangaKiahoratemarino

KiawhakapapapounamutemoanaHeihuarahimātātouiteranginei

ArohaatuArohamaiTātouiātātoukatoa

Huiē!Tāikiē!May peace be widespread

MaytheseasbelikegreenstoneA pathway for us all this day

Let us show respect for each other Foroneanother

Bindusalltogether!

Me pēhea matou e whakanui ana a Matariki i te kāinga - How to celebrate Matariki during the holidays at home

Year 7 French Three Little Piggies PlayAt the start of the term we were told we were going to be doing a play about “Les trois petits cochons” (The three little pigs) in French class.

Everyone practised a lot and we enjoyed using French with our classmates. We learnt French with catchy songs and hand actions, which were really cool! The class made lots of props and cool houses. Alodia personally thinks that the straw house was the best.

Yesterday, we performed our play in front of the class (all of us by heart!), and it was amazing to use another language fluently! At the end of the day, it was so cool that I could have talked about it for ages.

Alodia, Zariah, Shantel, and Cyan 7S

31 Alberton Avenue, Mt Albert, Auckland 1025 | Ph 09 846 8311 | Email admin@maristcollege.school.nz | www.maristcollege.school.nz

FootballA well deserved 2:1 victory over St Cuthberts for the Marist Gold team. An exciting and action packed game up against some tough defense with our girls coming out with the win. Well done!

Awesome result tonight vs St Mary's. We won 9:3. With Millie scoring five goals, Ava two, Pippa one and Cadey scoring an awesome goal. Ava and Izzy showed great skills with setting up and assisting in the scoring of the goals. The player of the day was Cadey, with her goal keeping and then her goal in the second half.

S P O R T S U P D AT ESports Results

Asalittletreat,theYear13Frenchclassenjoyedanauthentic“petitdéjeunerfrancais”atourlocalcafé,LesPyrénées.ItwasalovelywaytoendTerm2whilespeakingFrenchandeatingdeliciousFrenchfood.Bonnesvacancesàtous!

Frida Kahlo's Cake Bake Competition

Decorate a cake in the style of your favourite art work!Some of the awesome creative entries submitted

and eaten today are shown below.

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/

Get Connected!Our new School App is available NOW

Sacramental Sacramental Programme 2020Programme 2020

Enrolments are taking place now in A302 (Liturgy Office)

The programme involves preparation to receive the Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Holy Eucharist and Confirmation. Lessons will commence early in Term 3 and will take place during Break 2 on Thursdays. The Bishop will confer the sacraments at our Final Mass.

MANY THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE:

Win: Cool Prizes (including an Instax Smartphone Printer and 2 x A5 Bamboo Slates plus more...)

Claim FameDesign the 2020 Marista yearbook cover(s)

or have your work featured on the pages within

Create: Any styleWeave, paint, photograph, sketch, sculpt...

Open to Marist Students of all year levels.See Marist College website for categories, rules and entry forms

www.maristcollege.school.nz/webspace/4187

Competition

Marista 2020

Save the date: Saturday 15 AugustMarist College PTFA will be holding a casual social evening for parents, live streaming the All Blacks vs Australia game with drinks and nibbles plus some music/dancing afterwards.

School ChargesA friendly reminder that Term 1 and Term 2 should be fully paid. Payment can be made via the Parent Portal, online banking or at the school office. If you wish to discuss your daughter's account please contact Veronica Yates on v.yates@maristcollege.school.nz

Save the date: Friday 11 SeptemberMarist College School Ball

Careers ExpoMount Albert Grammar

Tuesday 4th August, 4 - 7pmIncluding exhibits from:• Lincoln University• ITC• NZDF• AIS• Ignite Colleges• UNITEC – performing & screen

arts/architecture/landscape architecture/interior design/sport/all trades/animal & environmental science/business/nursing

• AUT• Queenstown Resort College• NZ College of Chiropractic• Excel• Victoria• Cut Above Hair/Elite Beauty • Competenz• ETCO• PIHMS• Media Design School• Education USA• Whitecliffe/NZ Fashion Tech

• Crown• Spirit of Adventure• Auckland University• MIT• Nth Shore Aero Club• Canterbury University• MAGS Farm• Massey University• NZ Marine• Otago University• MITO• BCITO• MAINZ• Waikato University• Techtorium• NZ School of Food & Wine• Southern Wings• NZ School of Tourism• NZ Institute of Sport• NZ College of Massage• NZ Management Academies• NZ Culinary Collective• NZ Police• NZ Institute of Quantity Surveyors

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 (Friday 4th September), 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 is Monday 31st August 2020, 3pm.• 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 24th August 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 Fri 4th September 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 onFriday 4th September. It must be clearly labelled with the name your order is under along with what you orderedie (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

□ Lamb

□ Vegetarian

□ Butter Chicken

Total enclosed: $

Questions? Contact Kate Middleton at k.middleton@maristcollege.school.nz