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MARCELLIN COLLEGE 2019 School Pillar: Aroha Ki Te Mahi │Love of Work
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Newsletter, Wednesday 6 March 2019 Rāapa 6 Poutū-te-rangi 2019
Kia Ora, Talofa Lava, Malo E Lelei, Pagbati, Kia Orana, Vanakkam, Namaste, Ni Hao, Greetings It was wonderful to have so many parents come and celebrate our 2018 NCEA achievers with
us, your presence reminds our young people that they are not alone on their journey, that they
are surrounded by family, friends and teachers who want them to reach their potential and be
successful.Thank you for taking the time to be this witness.
Our “meet the teacher” afternoon was again well supported and I thank parents who took
the opportunity to put a name to a face and make connections with the teachers your student
spends their day with. Education is very much a partnership between school,home and student and we need all parents
involved to be able to make the biggest difference for our students.
Our NCEA results which have pass rates of around 90% for levels one, two and three only occur because of the investment
everyone puts into their children, their nieces and nephews, their students.
Last Tuesday evening a number of staff attended the Diocesan Annual Mass for teachers in catholic schools where the
ministry of teaching is blessed and affirmed. It was wonderful to see Christ the King church, Owairaka, overflowing with
700+teachers. Catholic education is in safe hands when we have so many dedicated and committed teachers taking care of
the rangitahi of Tamaki Makaurau diocese.
This Saturday(9th March) we hold our open morning for prospective parents and students to see us in action. Please share
this with your family and friends so they “come and look”.
Polyfest practices continue this week. Next Tuesday (12th March) is our fiafia night which I hope many of you take the
opportunity to attend. I am looking forward to seeing our Diversity group on stage on Thursday and our Tongan and
Samoan groups on stage on Friday. You will do us proud!
The theme for Lent 2019 is Peace, Love and Life: Rongomau, Aroha me te Oranga
We have six week to focus on our spiritual growth and renewal It is a time of reflection as we endeavour to understand
more fully God’s great love for us and prepare to celebrate the Paschal Mystery; the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus.
Prayer unites us; it makes us brothers and sisters … It is in prayer that our hearts find the strength not to be cold and
insensitive in the face of injustice. In prayer, God keeps calling us, opening our hearts to charity. — POPE FRANCIS
Optima Quaere, Rapu i te pai Seek the Best Jan Waelen Principal
Important Dates / Rānui
MARCH 2019 ● Wednesday 6th March Year 12/13 Art Trip Pah Homesteads at 9.50am ● Wednesday 6th March Ash Wednesday Liturgy at 1.50pm ● Saturday 9th March Open day tours at 10am to 12pm ● Tuesday 12th March Fiafia Night 6pm ● Thursday 14th March -Saturday 16th March Polyfest ● Wednesday 20th March Year 13 Biology Field Trip ● Thursday 21st March Year 7 and Year 8 Retreat ● Friday 29th March Year 11ENV Science trip
APRIL 2019 ● Wednesday 10th April 2019 Year 10 Girls Dream Catcher Day ● Friday 12th April 2019 End of term/holy week liturgy
2019 Term Dates Term 1: Friday 1st February - Friday 12th April Term 2: Monday 29th April – Friday 5th July Term 3: Monday 22nd July – Friday 27th September Term 4: Monday 14th October – Friday 4th December
Important Events Coming Up This Week
Open Day Our Open Day for 2020 enrolments will be held on Saturday 9th March. We will have two tours on the day 10am and 12pm. Please tell your families and friends.
General Notices School Times
There has been a change to bell times during the day. School starts at 8.40am - 3.15pm and we ask that you please give a timeframe of 3.25pm to pick up students to help with the flow of traffic and avoid chaos at the gate. New bell times are as specified:
8.40am - 8.50am Karakia and notices 8.50am - 9.50am Period 1 9.50am - 10.50am Period 2 10.50am - 11.10am Interval 11.10am - 12.10pm Period 3 12.10pm - 1.10pm Period 4 1.10pm - 1.50pm Lunch 1.50pm - 2.15pm Kaitiaki activities 2.15pm - 3.15pm Period 5
If you need to pick your student up from school during the day, you must advise the school office and collect your student from reception. Contacting students during class time is not permitted and contact should be via the school office.
School Website and Facebook Page For all our new families, please keep an eye out on our website www.marcellin.school.nz for news and information. You can also access our official Facebook page by clicking on the ‘Like us on Facebook’ link on the Marcellin College website, where we put up all photographs of events happening at our school.
Contact Details If any of your contact details have changed i.e. contact numbers, email address, physical address, please email [email protected] with these changes.
Uniform A reminder to parents that students are expected to be in full uniform at all times. This includes black leather shoes, white socks for girls and school socks for boys, the Marcellin jumper or vest and the Marcellin jacket. Term 1 and Term 4 students can also wear black roman jandals. Please ensure all items of uniform are labelled. Thank you for your support. We are happy to resell all used uniforms but it needs to be in good wearable condition. For second hand uniform you can contact Claudia Koenig on 022 355 6995.
Library The school library is a learning area that we encourage students to stay and use to complete homework and assignments after school. Monday and Friday the library opens from 8am to 3.15pm, and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8am to 5pm.
Chromebooks/ laptops Year 9 - Year 11 It is compulsory for all Year 9 to Year 11 students to have a Chromebook or laptop. They need to be fully charged each day. Every chromebook (or laptop) needs to be logged onto the school system during school hours. Students should see Mr. Barbafiera to set this up.
Lockers Lockers are still available for students to hire for the year. Small lockers are $40, medium lockers, $50, large lockers $60 and padlock is $12.50. Students wanting to hire a locker for the year can see Mele at student services.
Marcellin Spirit Team A reminder to students and their parents/guardians that whānau points are able to be viewed in the KAMAR portal. So, jump online and see how many points you've accrued so far this year!
Ms. A Hunt
What's Been Happening Around the School
Ash Wednesday Our Lenten season has officially begun today and reflected on this at a school liturgy, where all students received the ashes. A great way to begin Lent is to spare a few minutes and have a listen to podcasts from Father John O’Connor. Fr John will be sharing daily reflections on his blog throughout the Lenten season. You can follow this link or join Food for Faith on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & Linkedin. His website is foodforfaith.org.nz
Pillar badges The following students received the ‘Love of Work’ pillar badges at the full school assembly yesterday: Margaret Tunai, LJ Cunningham, Nivea Ironside, Andrew Malua, Matthew Villamil, Yolanda Huang, Johan Endersby-Bakker, Zeus Greening, Jaylyn Burgess, Nela Henoa, Selina Palu, Joseph Chavez, Kaezzar Arsenio, Lasita Maletino, Hacienda Rata, Jenned Lomboy, Nathan Gacuscan, Robin Filoa, Fifita Amasaia, Jin Li-Tepania-Ahdo, Suchit Mathur, Sione-Filipe Langi and Dion Price. Each student was nominated by their tutor teacher, for outstandingly showing the ‘Love of Work’ pillar in class.
Marist Leadership Forum On February the 21st Ma’afu (Head boy), Jet (Deputy), Letyna (Deputy) and Louena (Head girl) attended a Marist leadership forum in Christchurch. Over the course of four days we participated in leadership activities that focused on shaping us into better Marist leaders whilst deepening our understanding of Marist values. We were fortunate enough to meet one of only two brothers located in Christchurch - Brother Osmund. Brother Tipene from Sacred Heart also attended and Dan Dungey organised the weekend. We brought back with us to Auckland a wide range of knowledge from other Marist schools located all over New Zealand, we brought back new friendships and a multitude of memories. None of this would have been possible without the full support of the school, who gave us this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Louena Valu, Head Girl
Spirit of Adventure On January 29th to the 1st of February, I was privileged to be part of the Spirit of Adventure as part of my role as Student Representative of the Board of Trustees. I flew down to Invercargill, to where I then bused down to Buff, a really small suburb in the edge of Invercargill with 40 other Student Representatives around the whole of New Zealand. We sailed down to Stewart Island where we slept on sea for 2 nights. Anchoring our ship, we paddled to Stewart Island and took a 3-hour hike to where we met wild life kiwis and other native New Zealand birds. On the second day we paddled to another island, where we took another hike to a beach where we swam in the clear sea water as the water around our ship was surrounded by sharks. Other than hiking around islands, I also got to help work the sails of the ship and steer! Utterly grateful for the experience, the memorable adventure, but also for the good friendships made. Highly recommend Spirit of Adventure to anyone and everyone.
Scolastica Samoa Fa’aluaseu Filipo, BOT Student Representative
Athletics Day On Tuesday 19th February we held our annual full school athletics day at Trust Arena in Henderson. This annual fixture is a great Whanau competition which gives students an opportunity to participate in a wide range of Athletics events and earn points for their Whanau group. It is all so an opportunity for our students to display their athletic ability, competing against each other with the goal of qualifying to the College Sport Athletics Zone Championships. This year, participation in events was at an all-time high and we saw a number of school records broken throughout the day. In the end, MacKillop was the winning Whanau in what was a close competition and great day out for the students and staff!
Mr. C Bitchener, Sports Co-ordinator
Academic Assembly Thank you to parents and family members who attended our school academic assembly last week on Tuesday 26th February. We celebrated the success of our scholars for 2018.
Meet the teacher evening ‘Meet the teacher’ evening was held on Thursday 28th February at 3.30pm-7pm. Thank you to parents, caregivers and family that came along.
Auckland Athletics Central Western Zone Competition 2019 On Wednesday 27th February we took 13 students from Year 9 - 13 to Trust Arena to take on the best from other Colleges in our region. We had students participating in Shot Put, Discus, High Jump, Long Jump, 200m and 100m. The team performed well with a couple of outstanding performances from a few Athletes. Special thanks to Miss Stenberg, Paris Latu and Taamilo Stowers for officiating high jump on the day.
Mr. C Bitchener, Sports Co-ordinator
Samoan Posiva Night The Samoan Polyfest group had a posiva on Saturday March 2nd at 6:30pm in the school gymnasium. The posiva was to raise money for the groups uniform and all preparations for the upcoming Polyfest Festival. The group raised around $7,500.00. Chairman of the Samoan Parents Komiti Mr. Joe Fuiava thanked the parents, families, friends and all that supported the posiva. During Mr. Fuiava’s remarks he said, what a massive achievement in raising money for our children and their preparations for polyfest. We should all be very proud.” More than 200 came to support the posiva. They also had a glimpse of the groups uniform.
Soifua Aukuso Victor
International Students
It was a pleasure having Peruvian girls visiting our school. We enjoyed having them and they also had a great time at Marcellin College. We wish them good luck for their future endeavours.
Year 12 Biology Field Trip
As part of their NCEA core assessment all students studying Level 2 Biology at Marcellin College took part in a field trip to the Arataki Visitor Centre in the Waitakere Ranges on Wednesday 27th February.
Congratulations Congratulations to Aniseto Filo and Joe-Edwards Pole on being selected to play in the New Zealand Tag Football (NZTG) Sanctioned Junior Oceania Indigenous Invitational Cup tournament. The tournament is held next week on March 8th at Ngati Otara Park. Also congratulations to Aniseto Filo’s younger brother Atelea Filo on being selected to play in the Under 14 Pasifika Inivtation Tag tournament which is also held at Ngati Otara Park, Otara Auckland.
IF YOUR CHILD IS DOING SOMETHING FANTASTIC OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL TIME, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT IT AND SHARE IT WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY-EMAIL YOUR
STORIES (AND PHOTOGRAPHS) TO: [email protected]
Samoan Newsletter / Hāmoa Newsletter E faatalofa atu ile paia o Matua, Aiga aemaise le fanau i lenei vaiaso. O le amataga lenei ole vaitausaga ole Fagafulu ile kalena a le Ekalesia Katoliko. Ma o se vaitau taua tele foi e tatou te manatunatu ai i lo tatou Faaola aemaise lona togiola mo a tatou ma a tatou agasala. Faamanuia le Atua i lenei vaiaso. ASO TAUA Aso Lulu, 6 Mati – Aso ole Lefulefu Aso Toanai, 12 Mati – Open Day, 10m – 2pm Aso Lua, 12 Mati – Fiafia Night Polyfest Aso Tofi, 14 Mati – Polyfest Aso Faraile, 12 Aperila – Tuua le Kuata 1 Po Siva: E momoli atu le faafetai tele i matua, aiga aemaiseuo ma fanau na lagolagoina la tatou posiva ile vaiaso na tea nei. E silia ma le $7,500.00 na maua i le faamoemoe. E momoli atu ai le faafetai tele mai le taitaifono o Matua Samoa le susuga Joe Fuiava ona ole lagolago a Matua. E sau se taimi logopuialii lea o lo outou paia i le seleni atoa aemaise se upu mai le taitaifono. Fonotaga Matua Samoa: O le a fono Matua ile afiafi ole Aso Lulu, Mati 6 ile itula e 5pm ile afiafi. O le a talanoaina ai nisi mataupu taua mo le polyfest aemaise tapenaga ale fanau. Open Day: O le a faia le Open Day ile Aso Toanai 9 o Mati. E lua vaega ua vaevaeina iai le Open Day. O le 10am ma le 12pm. O ni avanoa lelei nei mo aiga e iai ni fanau e fia aoaoina ile Aoga e auai mai e maimoa ma fesilisili I faiaoga e uiga ile Aoga. Faamolemole e logologo atu i aiga ma uo e uiga i lenei faamoemoe. Polyfest 2019: O lea e auai le Samoan group ile Polyfest o lenei tausaga. O loo faagasolo ia faataitaiga ma aoga siva. E fautuaina Matua o iai fanau i totonu o le ausiva ina ia tagai ane i pepa faataga aemaise faasilasilaga mo fonotaga. E manaomia le lagolago a Matua mo lenei faamoemoe ole fanau aemaise le Aoga. Taimi Amata ole Aoga: Ua iai se suiga i taimi ole Aoga ma e fautuaina le utagia mai e Matua ma Aiga o nei taimi aemaise lava le taimi tuua. Faamolemole e finagalo malie Matua, e piki le fanau ile3:25pm mai totonu o le lotoa a le Aoga ina ia faigofie ai le gasologa o taavale ma le poloka. 8.40am - 8.50am Karakia and notices 8.50am - 9.50am Period 1 9.50am - 10.50am Period 2 10.50am - 11.10am Malologa muamua 11.10am - 12.10pm Period 3 12.10pm - 1.10pm Period 4 1.10pm - 2.15pm Malologa umi 2.15pm - 3.15pm Period 5 Afai e fia vave piki lou alo mai le Aoga ae le’i oo ile taimi tuua, e fautuaina lou fesootai mai ole Ofisa muamua ona e le toe faatagaina le fesootai ile fanau i taimi o vasega. Website ma le Facebook Page ale Aoga O loo i ai le website a le tatou Aoga e mafai ona e silafia ai mea uma, e te asiasi ane ilewww.marcellin.school.nz e te maua ai faamatalaga uma faatatau ile Aoga. O loo iai foi le tatou Facebook Page e te asiasi ane i luga ole website lena o loo iai le vaega e te fesootai sa’o ai le Facebook Page. Omiomi ane le LIKE ma e maimoa loa i ata ma faamatalaga e uiga i vaega eseese o loo tutupu i totonu o le tatou Aoga. Suiga i tuatusi ma faamaumauga: Faamolemole, afai ua iai se suiga i tuatusi, telefoni poo faamaumauga foi e uiga ile fanau Aoga ma aiga foi, e fautuaina le fesootai mai ile Ofisa ile telefoni poo le email foi ile [email protected]. E taua tele le utagia mai o lenei itu ina ia mafai ona lafo sa’o atu ia faamaumauga aemaise foi tusi mai le Aoga i lou tuatusi.
Toniga Aoga: E faamanatu atu i Matua,e tatau ona laei mai ele fanau ia le toniga sa’o ale Aoga i taimi uma. O kuata 1&2 e mafai ona laei mai e alii ma tamaitai ia roman jandals uliuli/enaena. Ia mautinoa foi o loo maka lelei le toniga a le lou alo ma le fefiloi ona faigata lea ona saili. O loo maua ia toniga tuai mai ia Claudia Koenig ile telefoni 022 355 6995. Chromebooks Year 9-11: Ua faamalosia le tatau ona iai le chromebook e faaaogaina ele fanau i totonu o vasega 9-11. E tatau lava ona iai le chromebook ale tamaititi aua o le a faaaogaina i totonu o vasega taitasi. Fesootai mai le Aoga mo nisi faamatalaga. Soifua Aukuso Victor
Tongan Newsletter / Pānui Tonga MARCH 2019
● Pulelulu ‘aho 6 Ma’asi Foomu 6&7 Trip ki Pah Homestead ‘I he 9.50am
● Pulelulu ‘aho 6 Ma’asi Ash Liturgy ‘I he 1.50pm
● Tokonai ‘aho 9 Ma’asi ‘Aho ‘oe taki mamata ‘ I he apiako ni ‘I he taimi 10am ki he 12pm (open day tours)
● Tusite 12 Ma’asi Fiafia night 6pm
● Tu’apulelulu 14 ‘o Ma’asi - Tokonaki 16 ‘o Ma’asi
Polifesi
● Pulelulu 20 Ma’asi Biology Trip foomu 7
● Tu’apulelulu 21 Ma’asi Retreat foomu 1&2
● Falaite 29 Ma’asi Trip e Kalasi Saienisi e foomu 5
‘EPELELI 2019
● Pulelulu 10 Epeleli 2019 Girls Dream Catcher Day foomu 4
● Falaite 12 ‘Epeleli 2019 Tutuku e ako Teemi 1 & Holy week Liturgy
2019 ‘Aho e ngaahi Teemi Teemi 1: Falaite 1 Fepueli – Falaite 12 Epeleli Teemi 2: Monite 29 Epeleli – Falaite 5 Siulai Teemi3: Monite 22 Siulai – Falaite 27 Sepitema Teemi 4: Monite 12 Okatopa – Falaite 13 Tisema
NGAAHI ‘AHO MAHUINGA
TAIMI ‘O E AKO
‘Oku ‘I ai ‘a e ngaahi fe liuliu’aki he ta’uni ‘’e taimi kamata mo e tuku ‘o e ako.’I he ta’u ni ‘oku kamata ‘a e ako he 8.40am ki he 3.15pm
Taimi Fo’ou
● 8.15am-8.30am Karakia and notices ● 8.40am-8.50am Piliote 1
● 8.50am-9.50am Piliote 2
● 9.50am-10.50am Malolo Si’isi’i ● 11.10am-12.10pm Piliote 3
● 12.10-1.10pm Piliote 4
● 1.10pm-1.50pmMalolo Lahi ● 1.50pm-2.15pm Kaitiaki Activities
● 2.15pm-3.15pm Piliote 5
Open Day ‘Oku fai ‘ae Open Day ae ako ihe ‘aho Tokonaki 9 ‘o Ma’asi, ‘oku fakaafe’I atu kimoutolu matua kemou lava mai. Fakaafe’I mai mo homou ngaahi maheni. ‘Oku kamata ‘ae ‘a’ahi ‘ihe 10am pea moe 12pm. Contact Detail
Matu’a tauhi fanau kapau oku liliu ho fika telefoni, pe koho email address, kataki fakamolemole o imeili mai ki he marcellin.school.nz ‘okapau oku ‘iai ha ngaahi feliuli’aki ‘I he ngaahi me’ani malo auptio
Laipeli
Oku ataa ‘ae laipeli kihe fanau ako kenau nofo I he tuku ae ako o fakaosi enau ngaahi assingement pe gaue fakaako. Oku ava ae laipeli ihe Monite moe Falaite mei he 8am-3.15pm pea ‘ihe ‘aho Tusite, Pulelulu moe Tu’apulelulu meihe 8.15 kihe 5pm. Valaako
Matu’a moe tauhi fanau koe fakamanatu atu pe kia tekimoutolu fekauaki moe valaako etau fanauako, aia koe tamaiki fefine su lanu uliuli pe koe detention su sitokeni lanu hinehine tamaiki tangata oku iai pea e sitokeni ako ma’ae fanau tangata su uliuli leta, fakmanatu atu pe kihe fanau takitaha ke tohi enau hingoa he nau ngaahi falni fakamafana mo enau ngaahi saketi ,mahuinga pe etau fetokoni aki koe uhi ki he lelei etau fanau ako kole atu pe ke mou sio mau pe oku kakato enau valaako mo tonu pea nau toki mavahe mai ki apiako malo aupito
Kapau oku mou fiemau ke donate ha vala kihe ako, pe fktau vala sekeni heni pea fetuutaki mai kia Claudia Koenig 022 355 6995
Chromebook foomu 3 ki he foomu 5
Ngaahi matua tauhi fanau kotoa pe oku foomu 3 mo foomu 5 homou fanau oku mahu’inga ‘aupito ki he fanau ko’eni ke nau taki taha omi mo’enau Chromebook, koe’uhi kenau lava o fai ‘enau ngaahi ngaue fakaako mo faka’osi enau ngahi homework.
Polifesi
‘I he ta’u ni foki ‘Oku kau atu foki ‘a e fanau ako Tonga , Samoa ki he Polifesi ‘o e ngaahi ako kihe 2019. Koe Polifesi ‘I he ta’u ni ‘oku kamata ia ‘I he ‘aho 13 Pulelulu ‘o Ma’asi ki he ‘aho Tokonaki 16 ‘o Ma’asi. Ko e Ngaahi Kulupu Koto ape ‘oku kau atu ki he polifesi na’e kamata ‘enau ngaahi akoe faiva ‘I he tuku e ako ‘ I he ‘aho Falaite, Pulelulu moe Tusite pea ‘oku kau ai moe ‘aho Tokonaki ‘ I he akofaiva koe ‘aho Tusite ,Pulelulu, Falaite oku kamata ‘enau ako faiva meihe 3.30 ki he 5.30 Tokonaki kamata enau akofaiva mei he 10.00am ki he 1.00pm.Mei he ‘aho 4 ki he 14 ‘o Ma’asi e lele ai ‘enau akofaiva mei he 3.30 ki he 6.30. Kapau oku mou fiema’u ke mou ‘ilo ki ha toe fakaikiiki fekau’aki moe ngaahi me’ani koe Taki ki he kulupu Tonga Ko Keleni Pele. kemou toki fetu’utaki ki ai Malo ‘aupito. Malo ‘aupito Mele Fangaloka
Notice Board Information
Mangere Bridge Vipers Netball Club
Registrations are now open for the 2019 season. We cater for all age groups age 5 up.
For more information and to register please go to www.sporty.co.nz/mangerebridgevipersnetballcluband click on
the Registrations Tab. Any questions please do not hesitate to call me on 0274810396.
Michelle Stanaway- President Kind regards
Michelle Stanaway President
Mangere Bridge Vipers Netball Club
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