Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa, warm greetings to you all! At last! Students have the chance to break free of some of the restrictive habits picked up during our lockdown, and they’re embracing the opportunities. Sports teams are busy enjoying the chance to train, build teamwork and compete against their peers. We have had a tramping group explore Stewart Island last week. Huge numbers of students are participating in Wednesday Snowsports - more than we’ve had for some time. Competitive academic teams have tested their mettle against other schools. Students are engaged with a range of field trips. Guest speakers are again active in visiting our students. Last, but not least our Prom is being held next Friday - preparations are nearing completion! It seems strange to be excitedly celebrating the events that we normally take for granted. So, we hope that you enjoy this newsletter and the snapshots of a few of our Three Day Learning Event activities. Make sure that you too are taking advantage of the opportunities available to us while this awesome warm weather lasts.

Ka kite anō au i a koutou! Jason Reid

Principal’s Message

Issue 7th August 2020

This Issue: 1 Stewart Island Tramp

2 Principal’s Message

3 Lost Property

4 New Caretaker

5 Homework Year 7-10

6 3DLE Activities

7 Effort Grades

8 Maths Week

9 Cottage Meetings

10 Arts Department

11 3DLE Activities

12 Student Planners

13 Whole School Conferencing

14 3DLE Activities

15 College Values

Upcoming Events: Mon 10th Maths Week / Otago Uni Trip

Tues 11th Aoraki Boys’ Badminton

Thurs 13th Aoraki Girls’ Badminton/ LipSync auditions

Fri 14th Prom / Aoraki Cross Country/ LipSync auditions

Sun 16th Aoraki Netball A&B

Mon 17th Aoraki Snowsports

Tues 18th Cottage Meeting Fairlie

Wed 19th Excellence Awards Assembly

Thurs 20th Yr 10-13 Exams / Cottage Meeting Tekapo / Rugby Vs Roncalli / Student Leader applications open

Fri 21st Yr 10-13 Exams

Lost Property

Welcome to our new Caretaker

Several school jerseys Black jacket size M,

Anko brand

Pair of boys woollen

socks with a red top

Silver ring

Dolphin pendant Boys school socks Peach drink bottle Two black drink bottles

Several school ties Navy blue hat and scarf Pair of grey and black

Nike shoes

A warm welcome to our new caretaker Michael Bosman. He would like to introduce himself with his pepeha:

Ko Maungatere te maunga (Mt Grey) Ko Rakahuri te awa (Ashley River)

Ko Tūāhuriri te tangata

Ko Tuahiwi te marae

Ko Maahunui te tuarua te wharenui Ko Michael Bosman tōku ingoa

Ko Ngāi Tūāhuriri te hapū

Ko Ngāi Tahu te iwi

Homework for Year 7-10

3DLE Activities - Wool you or wool you not? The group visited the Wool Scour plant in Timaru.

Year 7/8 Year 9 Year 10

Week 4 Rimu: Needs and

Wants poster

Mathletics

Art: Bring a plastic bottle

or can

Mathletics

Art: Bring a plastic bottle or can

Social Studies: Financially re-

sponsible

Mathletics

Week 5 Rimu: Needs and

Wants poster

Mathletics

Mathletics Science: Exam revision

Mathletics

Effort Grades Term 3 Weeks 1-2

Dobson Cassie Anderson

Cameron Dobbs

Briannah Hadfield-Broatch

Katsuko Ikai

Eilish McDonald

Xarnie Reihana

Katey Anderson

Daniel Dobbs

Kaitlyn Hawkes

Hamish Johnson

Connor McLay

Marcus Wilson

Jack Cassie

Christopher Guiney

Gracie Hellmrich

Brisea Lagos

Eshaa Pasaol

Shay Young

Nathan Clarke

Emma Guiney

Maggie Holtham

Ben MacDonald

Eshee Pasaol

Godley Lucy Barnes

Damian Clements

Jacob Heap

Sam Linklater

Meg Murdoch

Lexie Biggs

Ciaran Guiney

Lachlan Hurst

Carys Lloyd-Forrest

Spencer Prosser

Josh Boon

Katrina Guiney

Ben Jordan

Caleb Marris

Hamish Ryall

Rebecca Boon

Ceara Harris

Luke Jordan

Abbigail Murdoch

Macaulay Gemma Anderson

Avish Dutt

Isabelle Lett

Isabelle Miles

Niall Phillips

Hannah Bates

Maya Edmondson

Jasmine McDonald-

Lamatoa

Nick Miles

Lilly Price

Hudson Berge

Grace Habberfield-Short

Ashlynn McOsker

Kaleb O’Neill

Ben Slade

Hayden Divers

Hope Herrick

Thomas Mehrtens

Bella Parke

Dezmon Whistler

Tasman Poppy Geary

Olivia Hollows-Booth

Kaia McKenzie

Willow Peake

Jamela Gorospe

Alex Holmes

Hamish O’Connor

Conner Potter

William Gorospe

Lilley Johnson

Luke O’Connor

Archie Waymouth

Evelyn Holden

Charlize McKenzie

Tarn Peake

George Waymouth

A couple of problems to start maths week.

1.Here are six faces of a cube

Here are three views of the completed cube

Can you put his information together and draw the net of the cube?

2. A paddock is rectangular in shape, it is twice as long as it is wide and has an area or 1000square me-

tres. To the nearest metre how long is its perimeter fence?

All answers to Mrs Fox by noon on Friday 14th, either via the school office or email

susanf@mackcollege.school.nz.

All correct entries will go into the prize draw.

Good luck

Maths Week 2020

Cottage Meetings - Update

As mentioned in our last newsletter, our community consultation meetings take place in Fairlie and Tekapo this year. Here are the details of each meeting: Fairlie, 7:30pm on the 18th of August in the College Staffroom

Tekapo, 7:30pm on the 20th of August at 1 Sam’s Place, Lake Tekapo Township

3DLE Activities - Stewart Island Tramp

Student Planners Student Planners—This Fortnight

The manufacturer of your children’s planners produces some items for parents to consider as they help their child make good use of their planner. Here is an item that relates to what’s in the planners over the coming fortnight:

To live a fulfilling and meaningful life, it is important for students to learn how to apologise to others they have upset or done the wrong thing by. Similarly, when the shoe is on the other foot, they need to be prepared to forgive others who have upset them. And, also it will benefit their own wellbeing when they forgive themselves for silly things they have done.

It is amazing how much emotional energy gets used up every day by people holding grudges. In some ways this situation is quite understandable, because it takes a considerable amount of courage to open our hearts to say sorry or forgive others who have upset us. The issue can be that others may not be prepared to accept our apology and forgive us, and that’s where courage comes in.

Making the effort to at least try, will lift a load off our shoulders. And to do this, students will have to use strengths to their fullest. While many students know about and talk about their strengths, they don’t often use them. Apologising and forgiving are ideal opportunities for students to consciously and deliberately practise using them, and from this comes personal growth.

Whole School Conferencing On Thursday September 17 from 10am to 5pm we will be trialing whole school conferencing.

As all staff members have been allocated interviews, normal lessons will not be running that day. Stu-dents are only in attendance for their interview. Each conference will be 15 minutes The 3-way learning conferences for each student with their caregivers and teachers are a main part of our reporting to you in Term 3. The focus at this time of the year is on how the student is managing their learning. The reason we do this, is to support students to develop as effective and independent learners. Our expectation is that students will accompany their parents/caregivers to the Learning Con-ference with their staff mentor. Full written reports for all students will be issued on Tuesday 15 September. Please bring these to the conferencing with you. If you have any questions please contact school. Denise Dooley

3DLE Activities - Build an Electric Bike

3DLE Activities

3D Modelling Character for Games:

Comic Books (Manga):

3DLE Activities

Music Video Making:

PE43 - 4Free: