MARIST COLLEGECatholic School for Girls, Years 7 to 13 Term 1 - Number 2

Friday 7th February 2020

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

From the PrincipalHappy Waitangi Day. I hope that you all had a great day reflecting on the past and the future as one country.

This week we received our Scholarship results from 2019. Scholarship exams challenge our young women to demonstrate a high level of critical thinking and abstraction while being able to integrate prior learning and ideas into complex situations.

Marist College had eight young women achieve Scholarships in the subjects of Biology, Drama, and Painting. Each receives the recognition of being one of the top academic achievers. Only 3% of all New Zealand students achieve a scholarship in any subject area, as well as a monetary reward for their hard work.

Congratulations ladies. I look forward to recognising your achievement at next week’s Academic Assembly and look forward to seeing our 2020 Year 12 and 13 students taking up the Scholarship challenge.

2019 Scholarship Recipients• Aayah Al-Abri Scholarship - Biology

• Olivia Fromont Scholarship - Photography

• Harriett Ashton-Shepherd Scholarship - Drama

• Yohanna D'Costa Scholarship - Drama

• Frances Glynn Scholarship - Painting

• Rebecca Lengauer Scholarship - Painting

• Catherine Campbell Scholarship - Biology

• Sylvie Pease Scholarship - Drama

Te aroha o te Atua,

Mrs Raechelle Taulu Principal

KEY DATESTerm 1 2020Week 2 (B) 10 Mo PTFA Meeting 7pm staffroom 11 Tu Swimming Sports - Competitorsonly 12 We Assembly - Academic Badges & Scholarships 13 Th Inaugural Mass 9:30am St Patricks Cathedral (All Welcome) 14 Fr Golf Day - All sports fundraiser Rotation2-6

Week 3 (A) 19 We Assembly - Student Leaders PTFA New Parents mixer 6:30 - 8pm 20 Th Mass 9T Tiritiri Matangi trip 8M & 8T 21 Fr Tiritiri Matangi trip 8S & 8R House Assemblies

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23-29 YoungMaristNeighbours

UPCOMING EVENTS:Feb 25 Tu Athletics Day (whole school) 26 We Ash Wednesday Y10 Drama Trip, Pop Up GlobeMar 6 Fr Y7 Zoo Trip 12 Th Family Festival 4 - 7:30pm 18 - 21 Polyfest 26 Th Chanel House Mass 8:45am 31 Tu Open Afternoon 3 - 6pmApr 8 We Holy Thursday Liturgy 9 Th France Trip Leaves Last day Term 1 Staff Only Day, no students

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Gateway Barista Course

Congratulations to MaggieandLuluBrownfield who competed at the Bay of Plenty Show Hunter Summer Championship in Rotorua, Auckland Anniversary weekend.

Maggie competed in 9 classes over two days with her young pony Brooklyn Rockstar (Minnie). Maggie placed in three classes and successfully qualified her pony to compete at Horse of the Year 2020.

Lulu competed in 8 classes over two days with her pony Tuff Enuff III (Tuffy). Lulu won one class (Category B Pony Hunter 70cm) and placed in five others. Lulu had also previously qualified her pony to compete at Horse of the Year 2020.

Well done ladies.

On January 20th, before school officially opened to students for 2020, a group of enthusiastic new Year 12 students assembled at 8.30am in the Food Technology room.

They were tidily presented in uniform, but not the Marist school uniform. Instead these students were wearing the black and white standard attire of café staff, and their purpose at school was to train in customer service and barista skills.

13 students completed the programme over three days at school, gaining credits in customer service, teamwork, personal presentation, and coffee making. Following successful completion of the course, each student will undertake five x four-hour shifts of work experience at different cafes around Auckland, during weekends this term. Congratulations on a very successful course girls, and we look forward to seeing you in our local cafes soon!

Overdue Library BooksThere are still a large number of books still out from 2019. These are due back

now. Please return them to the library as soon as possible. Thankyou

School Physio OPEN NOW

Miriam Margison’s physio clinic is now open (now part of the wellness clinic situated in the Marist School House).Hours are:Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri 8-2pm (8-8.30am will be strapping for students in preparation for daily sport and all other appointments available after that) Bookings are essential and available online here.The physio room is also available for rehabilitation at break times with bikes and equipment available for students to help with their injuries to get back into their sports in due course.

Please Note: Please contact the school promptly if any of your details have changed and need updating. Particularly addresses, phone numbers or

emergency contacts, etc. Thank you for your cooperation

You’re invited to our open day

Saturday, February 15th

Merryland Childcare Centre

Vis i t Merry land Chi ldcare Centre!

We are holding our open day on:

Saturday, February 15th, from 10am to 12pm.

Come and have a chat with our teaching team, tour the centre, learn about our educational programme and ask any questions you have. If you would like to schedule a time for your visit on that day, please call us on 09 600 2352/ 0226270212 or email merrylandece@gmail.com

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5 weeks to go til the

MARIST COLLEGE

2020Thursday March 12th

4 - 7:30pmWe need your donations!

Please start collecting your good quality second-hand sports gear for our sports stall along with high-quality second-hand girls/womens clothes for our new op-shop stall; plus items for the bottle bank and raffle hampers. This includes specialty food items, sauces, alcohol, unwanted gifts for all

ages, buyers-remorse-unused purchases, donated items from your business or workplace. There will be a drop off on the 29th February (so you can

make this extra day count!) with times to be advised PLUS we will also have some drop off times/days during the week - so please keep an eye on the

newsletter and Facebook page for those details.Questions? Contact: Nina Crowe (ninawilde@hotmail.com),

Kelly Clancy (kjmclancy@yahoo.com) or Gerard Thompson (gerardt@barker.co.nz)