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Marist Catholic School Herne Bay News

Issue 1, Term 4, 24TH October 2018

Our Charism

As Marists, we think, judge, feel and act in the way of Mary

Our Mission

Quality learning opportunities, with Jesus Christ as our guide

Dear Families, A warm welcome back to Term 4. I would like to extend a ‘Welcome to Marist’ to new families and students.

We know that your time at Marist will be rewarding and enjoyable.

A busy start to the term 4 with so much happening.

On Tuesday 16th October our Year 6s and Mrs Adrienne Faulkner and I went to Our Lady Star of The Sea School to formally hand over Mrs Louise Campbell to her new school. The students of Mrs Campbell’s new school were very excited to have her join them as their new principal. The Chairman of their Board of Trustees presented us with a gift, a beautifully crafted wooden cross that will hang in our foyer. Our students sang beautifully and enjoyed making some new friends. We all wish Mrs Campbell the very best for the future and will miss her.

Oral Language Festival Finals – Inner City Schools Cluster Last Thursday, Matisse van der Veer (Rap), Sophia Jongco (Spoken Word Poetry), Billy Simpkins (10sq Flash Talk) and Lily-Grace Barrington (Prepared Speech) represented Marist at the Oral Language Festival Finals.

Our students represented us so well in their categories and the competition was very strong.

A big congratulations goes to Billy Simpkin for winning 1st place in the 10sq Flash Talk and to Sophia Jongco winning 2nd place for her Spoken Word Poetry.

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Congratulations to Luca Joint Rotondo who won 2 Gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 Bronze medal at the New Zealand Nationals Surf life saving Competition. Congratulations to Kate Danaher who came second at both her events at the Halbergs.Well done Luca and Kate! So proud of both of you! Staffing news: At the end of this year we will sadly be farewelling Mrs Adrienne Faulkner. Adrienne has been at Marist for 4 years as Senior school team leader and sports co ordinator.She has successfully implemented great learning programmes and many sports iniatives for our students at Marist. Adrienne has decided to undertake further study and we wish her the best for her future endeavours. The job vacancy has been advertised and soon interviews will be held to find a teacher to fill this position. I will keep you updated about this position. Uniform: As we are in Term 4 and summer is round the corner, a reminder that students need to be wearing their summer uniform, sandals and their Marist sun hat. Warm regards and abundant blessings, Sharon Menezes Acting Principal Events at the end of last term: Visit to Whaiora marae We visited Whaiora marae and experienced being part of a powhiri. The students enjoyed activities organised by the teachers and a lovely lunch thanks to our Marist PTA. Thank you to Rangi Fiu and Deyne Te Marino supporting us with the kaikaranga.

Senior School Production: The Case of the Missing School:

What a fabulous, entertaining and an amazing production that was! The students performed brilliantly and entertained parents and the community for 2 evenings. Special thanks to Adrienne Faulkner, Lina Rahimi and Katherine Bartlett for working tirelessly and training our students for the production. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered their time to help with the props, costumes and more. We deeply appreciate your support.

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Louise’s Farewell: It is always said to say goodbye and at the end of last term we farewelled Mrs Louise Campbell. In the 3 and a half years that Louise was at Marist she led the school and worked hard to ensure Marist went from strength to strength and is well set up for the future and our continued school growth.

Kia ora We are pleased to update you on the Principal recruitment process. Applications closed last week and we are delighted with both the number and calibre of candidates. This is a reflection of the esteem with which Marist is held in the Auckland education community. This week we meet as a board, guided by Kerry Mitchell from The Education Group and Phil Mahoney from the Catholic Schools Office, to shortlist the candidates ready for the interview process. We will continue to keep you updated on our progress. Thank you for your continued support of Sharon and the team during this time. We are hugely grateful for their commitment, professionalism and hard work.

Prayer for the Beginning of Term 4

God of wisdom and might, You have chosen this time for a new beginning.

This new beginning can help us to begin afresh and try harder.

This new beginning can help us to do new things and try out new skills.

This new beginning can help us work together for the good of everyone.

Help us all make the most of this new beginning.

Amen.

God bless you all during our last school term for 2018! Katherine Bartlett, DRS.

School Liturgy for All Saints Day

On Thursday 1 November at 2.15pm we have a School Liturgy celebrating All Saints Day. The

Liturgy will be held at the school hall. We look forward to seeing you all there for this special

occasion!

BOARD UPDATE

DRS CORNER

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Religious Education: Communion of Saints Strand

We are currently learning about the Communion of Saints -Te Kotahitanga O Te Hunga Tapu.

The following is an outline of your child’s learning:

At Level 1 (Years 1 & 2) children will learn about:

1) The holiness of Mary because she is close to God.

2) What makes people holy and how these qualities are seen in the lives of the Saints.

3) The saintliness of ordinary people can inspire others and lead them to God.

4) Celebrating Saints’ lives including appropriate prayers.

At Level 2 (Years 3 & 4) children will learn about:

1) Sad times that are part of people’s lives, ways to cope with them and how faith in

God gives people strength in sad times.

2) Death and what happens to life after death in the light of Christian hope.

3) The meaning of Te Wa the journey of life from a Christian perspective.

4) The relationship between choices people make every day and life after death

At Level 3 (Years 5 & 6) children will learn about:

1) The meaning of the Communion of Saints

2) Saints and Inspiring People, who through their holiness and the witness of their lives

are witnesses of the Holy Spirit – Te Wairua Tapu and role models for people today.

3) Scripture stories of Mary’s Faith journey.

4) Mary is a model for living and discipleship.

With the teaching of these learning objectives, we would like your children to gain the ‘big

picture’ understanding that the Communion of Saints inspires and gives hope. To guide your

children, you could start talking at home about Saints and other inspiring people and their

qualities.

Sacramental Programme 2019

The Ponsonby Herne Bay Parish have their next Sacramental Programme beginning in February

2019. Forms are available on the website: ponsonbyhernebayparish.org.nz/sacramental-

programmes

Marist Athletics Day

Wednesday November 7th

Junior Athletics 5 – 7 yr olds

9.15 – 10.30 (approx.)

Senior Athletics 8 – 11 yr olds

(11.00 – 1.00)

Morning tea at 10.30

1.50 – 2.45 Junior Class Relays and Senior House Relays

ALL WELCOME! We need parent helpers on the day so if you are able to help please email

Juniors: patsy@maristschool.co.nz Seniors: adrienne@maristschool.co.nz

Many children are not bringing their PE uniform to school and we are having practices 2-3 times per week. I understand some wear our PE uniform for their touch teams, however the priority is for school use.

SPORTS CORNER

mailto:patsy@maristschool.co.nzmailto:adrienne@maristschool.co.nz

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Many thanks

Adrienne Faulkner, Sports Coordinator

Join the MARIST school group for the Weetbix TRYathlon on Sunday 9

December at Keith Hay Park, Mt Roskill.

On the day we will have our School gazebo where we can all meet and enjoy

the day together.

Enter now and receive the Early Bird Discount price of only $40.00 - a saving

of 30%! Be quick though as events sold out last season.

We have created a SCHOOL GROUP for the event and have a specific link to join our SCHOOL GROUP with ease!

https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=31832&G=68650

The TRYathlon is open to Kiwi kids aged 7-15 years of all sporting abilities.

If you have any further questions about the event please contact our parent organiser, Lucy O’Mahony onlkom67@hotmail.com

If you have a child in your whanau who is due to turn 5 during the 2019 academic year, now is the time to be in touch to enrol them. We are allocating places for 2019, so if you haven’t yet got enrolment forms in for your child please do so with urgency.

Mathematics ICAS 2018

Year Name Results

Year 4 Hub 3 Aiofe Omeri Participation

Year 4 Hub 3 Christian Delute Participation

Year 4 Hub 2 Oscar Gillespie Participation

Year 4 Hub 3 Imogen Bartlett Participation

Year 4 Hub 2 Eloise Shannahan Participation

Year 4 Hub 3 Leanna Valisto Merit

Year 4 Hub 3 Izzy Gardner Merit

Year 4 Hub 2 Rico Mc Williams Merit

Year 4 Hub 3 Lucas ‘Aho Credit

Year 5 Hub 3 Sophie Dyer Participation

Year 5 Hub 3 Pearl McDowell Participation

Year 5 Hub 3 Emilia Young Participation

Year 5 Hub 3 Samantha Nebres Participation

Year 5 Hub 3 Victoria Tang Credit

Year 5 Hub 3 Nixon Bernard Credit

Year 5 Hub 3 Noah Stanway Distinction

ENROLMENTS FOR 2019

CONGRATULATIONS

https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=31832&G=68650mailto:lkom67@hotmail.com

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Year 6 Hub 3 Allegria Arnould Participation

Year 6 Hub 3 Analeisha Augustino Participation

Year 6 Hub 3 Olevia Barron Afeaki Participation

Year 6 Hub 3 Josh Benoza Participation

Year 6 Hub 3 Kate Danaher Participation

Year 6 Hub 3 Sophia Jongco Participation

Year 6 Hub 3 Coco Monreal Participation

Year 6 Hub 3 Heaven-Leigh Schmid Participation

Year 6 Hub 3 Billy Simpkins Merit

Year 6 Hub 3 Luca Joint-Rotondo Credit

Year 6 Hub 3 Finn Lloyd Credit

Congratulations to the following MVP winners:

14 September 21st September 19 October Camryn Lochhead Amelia Williams Agnes Hardy Chan Meleisea-Murray Jordan LaHood Max McCracken Madaleine Ferreira Gypsy Gregg Eula David Isaac Galang Tim McIntyre Emilie Davies Loyola Va’auli Sadie White Sebastian Drake Monty Simpkins Summer Samuela Patrick Innes Ardyn McCarthy Knox Thawley India Nash Emilia Young Doug Bosma Josh Benoza David Bagay Coco Monreal

Please save the date for our end of year Marist Parent's Social Night, Friday 23rd

November. More details to come.

Raffle tickets and payment due this Friday 26th October. Please do your best to

return all sold and unsold tickets by this date.

Calendar Art make fantastic Christmas gifts and family mementos. Order forms

due back Tuesday 30th.

We will be running the Marist Uniform Shop again this term and are looking for summer stock. Next shop day will be

Friday 9th November before and after school. We will also collect winter stock to prepare for next year if your

children have outgrown their uniforms.

Christian Delute 15 September Rosamund Tuohey 10 October

Olivia He 16 September Dillon Cate 10 October

Alexander Fullerton-Smith 23 September Izzy Gardner 12 October

Noah Madden 24 September Sophie Danaher 12 October

Macy White 26 September Ellias Alderton 13 October

Jose McCarthy 30 September Ivy Watson 13 October

Madaleine Ferrier 1 October Sebastian Faust 13 October

Sebastian Palmer-Roche 4 October Maren Carter-Tattle 14 October

Tom Mowbray 4 October Grace Marshall 16 October

Jessica Dorbu 4 October Maximo Dadah 23 October

Monty Robertson 4 October Oscar Gillespie 24 October

PTA CORNER

BIRTHDAYS

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ART CLASSES AFTER SCHOOL AT MARIST HERNE BAY - spaces still available! Looking for a creative outlet for your child? Quality, artist led art classes for children aged 6 - 13 will continue this term on TUESDAYS, starting in week 2. A supervised afternoon tea 3pm - 3.30pm, workshop 3.30pm - 5pm. For more info and to book http://www.creativematters.co.nz/artworkshops-for-children.html

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Irish Dancing

Katherine Kelly is returning on Thursday lunchtimes to take Irish Dancing classes. She is starting a beginners class at lunch time starting on the 8th of February.

If you are interested in your child/ren learning Irish Dancing please be in touch with Katherine on katkelly.walton@gmail.com

We offer group and one-on-one lessons on piano, guitar,

keyboard and ukulele. Woodwind, strings and brass will also be

offered should there be sufficient demand. For year 1s and 2s -

Musical Jam, our fun, instrumental prep programme is a great

way to get started.

To enrol for lessons at school, please visit www.lewiseady.co.nz

http://www.creativematters.co.nz/artworkshops-for-children.htmlhttp://www.lewiseady.co.nz/

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Kelly Club is excited to be at Marist Catholic School to run our Before and

After care and holiday programmes. At Kelly Club we provide quality

childcare in safe and fun surroundings. Our friendly staff are passionate

about working with children and are comprehensively trained on behaviour

management techniques, first aid and activity planning/delivery.

Our Programmes are focused around sports, cooking, art and craft activities as well as structured ‘free-time’ after a busy day at school. These activities will be incorporated into themed subjects each week that give children the opportunity to extend their learning outside of the school classroom. All Kelly Club programmes are MSD approved and WINZ subsidies will apply. Kelly Club operate from 7am on school days. If you need to drop your child at school prior to 8.20am they will be sent to Kelly Club and families will be charged for this service. Kelly Club operate in the afternoon from 3.00pm to 6.00pm.

Swimming lessons will continue for the next 3 weeks. Wednesday 24th Oct – In Our Beat concert at 7pm at Victory Church auditorium. Thursday 25th Oct – Inner City Schools Basketball tournament Monday 29th Oct – 2 Nov – Book week Thursday 1st Nov – All Saints Day liturgy at 2.20 pm Friday 2nd Nov – Book character parade at 9.15 am Wednesday 7th Nov – Marist Athletics

SACRED HEART PARISH

16 VERMONT STREET, PONSONBY

Weekly Mass Times:

Sunday: 10.30 am (includes children's liturgy)

Vigil: 5pm Saturday

Monday to Thursday: 8.00am

Friday: 12.00 noon

Saturday and Public Holidays: 8.00am

KELLY CLUB

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

TERM DATES 2019

SPECIAL CHARACTER

Confessions:

Friday: 11:30am to 11:55am

Saturday: 4:15pm to 4:45pm

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP PARISH

82 KELMARNA AVE, HERNE BAY

Weekly Mass Times:

Sunday: 8.30 am

Monday-Saturday: 7.00am

2018 Term 1: 31 January – 13 April 2018 Term 2: 30 April – 6 July 2018 Term 3: 23 July – 28 September 2018 Term 4: 15 October – 14 December