YEARS 7 TO 13

MARIST COLLEGE

Catholic School for Girls Term 2 - Number 07

Friday 5th June, 2015

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The significant number of students involved in Performing Arts is commendable. We have so many talented girls participating in a wide variety of groups ranging from Shakespeare drama, Marist Stella Choir, Stage Challenge, Marybelles Choir, dance and musical groups. There will be an opportunity to see these at a Performing Arts Showcase - Come out to Play on Monday, June 22nd at 6:30pm, $5.00 entry, children under 5 free. Tickets will be sold at school reception from Wednesday, June 10th.

The venue is the school gymnasium for this Performing Arts Showcase with a theme of childhood. The evening features the Marist College Stage Challenge entry for 2015 as well as many other groups. Make sure you get a seat for this Marist celebration of childhood through dance, drama and music.

Principal

NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

600 performers, 49 performances, 19 different plays. We are proud of the Marist girls’ achievement at the St James Theatre, Wellington at Queens Birthday weekend.

Congratulations to Mirabai Pease, Ellen Ranum, Hannah Brown and Sylvie Pease. The girls received a book for the school library Shakespeare and Me as their prize for being the Most Courteous and Cooperative School at the Festival. They also achieved the more serious award of Best Understanding of Text out of the 33 student-directed performances. Special congratulations to Mirabai Pease who received the cup for overall Best Student Director!

KEY DATES

WEEK 8 (A) June 10th W Big Sing 12th F Year 11 Business Trip Year 12 Geography Trip, CBD Rotation 7-4

WEEK 9 (B) June 15th M PTFA Meeting 7pm (Staffroom) 18th Th Year 11-13 Parent Teacher Interviews

School Closes at 1:20pm 19th F Champagnat House Mass, 8:45.

School Gymnasium Forum for Parents on Marist Charism,

11:00 to12noon, School Library Rotation 1-5 N.B. School closing at 1:20pm on Thursday 18th June for Year 1-13 Parent Teacher Interviews. Most HCD and Kiwi Coachline Buses will pick up students early and be at school at 1:30pm. The Papakura bus will come at the normal time.

SHARING THE LOVE FOR MUSIC

Music month is celebrated throughout New Zealand during May. This year this was particularly important as we marked the 30 year anniversary of this wonderful initiative. Every Friday the sound of music filled the Atrium with Lunch concerts. We had performances from all music groups at school – the Jazz band, the School Orchestra, Marybelles and Marist Stella choirs. Our newly formed rock group Lights out got great support and probably their own fan club!

The highlight of the music activity was the Orchestra visit to Morningside Kindergaten, where we were met by keen audience. The little boys and girls learned about different instruments and their sounds – they were especially impressed by the trombone! The music of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” was captivating and everyone tried to clap and conduct along the rhythm of Tourdion. Who knows – maybe we have inspired a future Mozart!

PASIFIKA AND MAORI FONO/HUI IS ALIVE AND WELL AT MARIST It was extremely gratifying to see so many of our parents, students and staff gather at last Thursday’s fono/hui/meeting based on Years 7 and 8 Junior Mentoring Programme. It was a special time for our junior students to introduce their ‘big sister’/mentor to their parents and find out first hand of what mentoring is all about.

It is an integral part of the programme to make this connection between home and school as together we can achieve so much more. We invite any of our Year 9 and 10 Pasifika and Maori families to come along to our fono/hui next month on Tuesday 16th June.

Thank you Parents for your attendance and support. Mrs Tagomoa

31 Alberton Ave, Mt Albert, Auckland 1025 Ph: (09) 846 8311 Fax: (09) 815 1441 www.maristcollege.school.nz E-mail: admin@maristcollege.school.nz

HABITS OF MIND

15. Thinking Independently: Willing to work with others and welcome their input and perspective; abide by decisions the work group makes even if I disagree somewhat; Willing to learn

from others in reciprocal situations.

MARIST SPORT SPIRIT SQUAD

Please join us in your Marist colours with your pompoms at the following games this term;

Week7 - Friday 5th June - 7/8 Waterpolo vs Mt Roskill @ 6:45 @ Epsom Girls Grammar Week 8 - Monday 8th June - 1st XI Football vs Western Springs @ 4pm @ Western Springs College

Week 9 - Friday 19th June - 2nd XI Hockey vs AGGS @ 4:30 pm @ Mt Roskill Grammar Week 10 - Thursday 25th June - Basketball U15 vs Dio @ 5:30 pm @ Mt Albert Grammar

Please support us as we represent Marist College in sport this winter!! Recommended for all students playing winter sport. Keep up the good work and remember to thank your coaches, managers and supporters!

POMPALLIER SHIELD

Pompallier Shield is an interschool speech and scripture competitions between all the Catholic high schools in the Auckland diocese. The categories are Maori scripture, junior scripture, senior scripture, junior speech and senior oratory.

This year Marist college had 5 students, who represented our school in each category with true Marist spirit. It was a great opportunity for the participants to not only make friends, but to reflect and listen to the Gospel and see the perspective of other young people.

Junior speech participant Yohanna D'Costa and senior oratory participant Leah Pereira both placed second in their categories and Maori scripture, junior scripture and senior scripture participants Amanda Dalgado, Madyson Ierome Fatu and Allebina Pailate are also to be commended on their participation in this competition. Congratulations overall winner Santa Maria College. Leah Pereira

THE YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE

Getting to know…

SR. SR. SEINI FATAI SM

First Profession: 2000, Christ the King Parish, Owairaka Perpetual Profession: 2007, St. Mary’s Parish, Mt Albert.

Ministry and Community: Teaching at Marist Convent School Lami, Suva, Fiji – 2001 to 2003 Teaching at Marist Convent School Levuka, Ovalau, Fiji – 2004 Studying at Auckland University Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand –

2005 to 2008. Teaching at Bishop Viard College Tawa, Wellington, NZ – 2009 to 2013 Studying at Good Shepherd College Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand –

2014 Teaching at Marist College Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand – 2015 Eucharistic Minister in the parish [St. Mary’s Parish] and Spiritual Director

for the Junior Legion of Mary. Hobbies/Interests: Walking, singing, dancing, listening to lovely music and spending time

with family and friends!!

SENIORS MEET THE TEACHER EVENING

YEARS 11 - 13

Meet the teachers Thursday June 18th, 2015 Times 2:30pm – 6:00pm

Online Bookings Open: May 29th, 2015 9:00am Online Bookings Close: June 17th, 2015 6:00pm

Go to Website www.schoolinterviews.co.nz Once on website:

Type L9P9Z for Event Code and enter

Next screen asks for: Parent’s full name Email address Book for _____students (number) Students’ name (s) Click “GO” All fields are mandatory Next screen asks for student’s subjects and teachers. If booking for more than 1 child a box for each child is on the screen. Fill in Box(es) and click “GO” Next screen gives you a list of your appointment times with each teacher per child. Also Gives you the option to: Cancel interviews Add another student Add interviews Reschedule interviews Print your interviews Note: To allow as many parents as possible to meet their daughter’s teachers please book one 5 minute slot per teacher or a maximum of 10 minutes if your daughter has the same teacher for 2 or more subjects. Remember to leave 5 minutes between appointments as you will need time to reach the next teacher. Click on Finished and the computer will email your interview confirmation to you. If one of your daughter’s teacher does not show on the screen then he/she is fully booked. * If you don’t have the use of computer please call Anne-Marie Ward on 846 8311 extension 719 or email a.ward@maristcollege.school.nz she will make the required appointments for you.

NB: To allow as many parents as possible to meet their daughter’s teachers please book one 5 minute slot per teacher or a maximum of 10 minutes if your daughter has the same teacher for 2 or more subjects