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Year 17 Issue 28 of 40

Public Office Hours 8.15am -

3.30pm Monday - Friday

From our Principal, John Maguire

Kia ora tatou ngā whānau,

It’s been a quick turnaround between the newsletters of this week and last, however, never a dull moment around Garin College.

This week we farewelled our Korean students who have been with us since the begin-ning of Term 3. The students were from rural areas of Korea and came as part of a group of 150 students studying all over New Zealand. The five students hosted by Garin have been in classes in Year 9 and 10 in the mornings and studying English full time in the afternoons. In this short time our visiting students have embraced so much of what Garin and Nelson has to offer. We say farewell confidently knowing they are all returning to Korea with improved English language skills and that they are richer for the opportunities they have had whilst here. I particularly thank our Director of Interna-tional Diana Murdoch and our International staff Jacqui Cleary and Denise Gerrish and all our homestay families who have cared for and hosted these students.

This week we have had our Mixed Hockey, Netball Senior A team, Invitation Netball Team, Football and Badminton players competing in the NZSSSC Winter Sports Tournament. Many of our students and teams have travelled to attend their competition events. We will look forward to hearing the progress of these teams on their return. My thanks to Justine Butler, Vanessa O’Brien, Sarah Rankin, Tracy Stock, Henry Kersten and Keryn Kercher, who have supported our teams to prepare and compete in this tour-nament.

Garin Annual Sports Awards evening is being celebrated next week on Thursday 12 September here in the College Gym. Thank you to our Sport Leaders, Tele Likiliki and Zac Lackner for their leadership of sport in the College and for the planning and preparation they have undertaken to make this an exciting celebration of sport for the College. Tele and Zac have been greatly supported and guided by our Sport Coordinator, Mrs Martine McCabe throughout the winter sports season and particularly in preparation for the evening. I look forward to joining the celebration and the opportunity to meet many of our coaches, managers, staff and parents who have worked tirelessly to support our students and make sport the success it is at Garin.

Next week we celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week). Kia Kaha te reo Māori is the theme for this year’s Māori Language Week. ‘Kia Kaha’ is a well known phrase in New Zealand, meaning ‘be strong’. We often talk about language health, strength, and revitalisation. So when we say ‘Kia Kaha te Reo Māori’ we’re saying - ‘Let’s make the Māori language strong'. Our Ngā Amorangi Rahania McDonald and Christian Andrew will lead activities and events for us throughout this week. We look forward to our students and staff learning, enjoying and having fun speaking Te Reo. House points will be on offer over the week for student participation and involvement in the activities organised.

Ko tōu reo, Ko tōku reo, Te tuakiri tangata, Tīhei uriuri Tīhei nakonako (Your voice, my voice. It is an expression of identity, Behold the message and the messenger).

Mā te Atua koe e tiaki - May God be with you

John Maguire Principal

Take a Moment:

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela

C a l e n da r :

2-6/9 Winter Sports Tournament

5/9 Teacher Only Day

6/9 Mid term break (school closed)

12/9 Garin Sports Awards

20/9 Student BOT Rep voting opens

23/9 Year 12 Journey

30/9 End of Term 3

GARIN COLLEGE ANNUAL CLUB GARIN

SPORTS AWARDS

12th September at 7pm

Guest Speaker: Richard Ussher

Tickets on sale now! Don’t miss out!

$10.00

Tickets can be purchased from the school office. Eftpos, Credit, Cash.

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2019 Student Board of

Trustee Representative

Election

Any student enrolled full time in Year 9 and above, under the age of 20, is eligible to stand for election and vote in the school election to be a student representative. Student trustees have equal standing, voice, accountabilities and vote as other board members. The timeline for the election is as follows:

23 August call for nominations 6 September nominations close 20 September voting opens 25 September voting closes 26 September results are announced

News from the Sports Desk…

Congratulations to: Year 9 student Lucy Smith received the Junior Umpire of the Year Award from Nelson Netball

Centre. This is a superb achievement, well done Lucy!

Year 12 student Keri Snodgrass - player and Sarah Rankin - coach, of the premier team that won the premier grade final on Saturday. Keri was also selected by Nelson Netball Centre as the Most Promising Secondary School player for 2019. This is an outstanding achievement, well done Keri!

The Garin 10B netball team won the Collegiate 6 final on Saturday. What a superb effort by the team and their coaches Nik Palmer and Rochelle Roberts. Nice work!

and submitted

Whakaari Matua

Senior Production:

A Night of Noir

September the 11th

Garin College Drama students are hard at work rehearsing for their Senior Production:

‘A Night of Noir’ to be held at Garin College in the Dance Drama Room (O3)

September the 11th 5.30 - 7.30 pm.

The students will be performing a variety of extracts, the style

of most are dark comedy, hence the name of the show. You are warmly invited to attend the performance. There will be a gold

coin donation to help cover any costs

Uniform Shop — amended hours

Due to the Practice exams held in the Gym the uniform shop open hours will be amended to 5pm to 6pm, for the week of 14-18 September.

NEW ENROLMENTS FOR 2020

Appointments are available from Tuesday 10 September to Wednesday 18 September evenings and weekends.

Heather Tonk, Uniform Shop Manager, Text only 027 417 1063 for an appointment.

LEARNING DISPOSITIONS IN RELIGIOUS EDCUATION

The Religious Education Faculty is currently exploring how we move beyond simple knowledge acquisition and focus on skills and dispositions that will prepare our students for their futures.

In the image below are the characteristics we are looking to develop.

Generosity

Are centered on the Gospel values of commitment, compassion and community.

Have a personal attitude that focuses on serving others through the example of Jesus Christ.

Aroha

Respect the dignity of all human life. Promote social justice for all, especially the most

poor and vulnerable in society. Recognise the gifts they have been given by a lov-

ing God and the giftedness of others. Form positive relationships, showing care and

consideration for one another.

Integrity

Constantly strive for academic excellence. Have the ability to set goals and work towards

achieving them. Are resilient and independent with a ‘can-do’ atti-

tude. Actively seek, use and create knowledge using

faith and reason.

Rangimarie

Use their God-given talents in promoting the good of society.

Are active participants in social, sporting, Christian spiritual and cultural activities

Continue to grow in leadership through service to others. Actively promote stewardship of the earth for the

good of all.

New Life

Are active in seeking their place in the community and how they can positively contribute to it. Recognise that failure is not final and that we can learn from the challenges we Encounter.

Actively seek a relationship with the person of Jesus Christ who brings salvation to all. Form an understanding of Hauora and how they can support their personal well being and the wellbeing of others in the college community.

Kia ora Garin whānau Did you know that all students have access to not one health nurse but two? Their name's are Andrea and Helen, and here is a little information about each of them. If you ever want to make an appointment, just drop by and see Kate, or send her an email and she will sort it out for you.

Tēnā koutou, my name is Andrea Staufer, I will be working with Helen in the Stoke and Richmond areas. I have been a Public Health Nurse for 10 years, as part of my role I also coordinate the School Based Immunisation Programmes. I live in Richmond with my husband and two children and am an active member of our community through sports, St John and community activities. I look forward to meeting you soon, and working with you all. Andrea

Kia ora my name is Helen Omlo and I co share looking after the schools in the Tahunanui, Stoke and Richmond areas. I have 4 children, 2 adults and 2 school aged children that kept me young and active. I have been involved in my children’s sports and schooling activities for a long time and I am a Scout Leader. I have been a Public Health Nurse for 19 years as I really enjoy supporting students and their whanau. Helen

The art rooms will be available on Saturdays from 10am for senior students to work on their folio submissions.

Dove Catholic Fellowship for Women is meeting

on Saturday 14 September at 2pm. Margot Fletcher, our

wonderful musician, has agreed to share with us on this

occasion. Join us for Praise and Worship and to hear

Margot speak, followed by fellowship. We look forward to

seeing you Parish Centre at Our Lady of Perpetual Help,

William Street, Richmond. For Women of faith or no

faith. Contact Mary 0211749383.

For more information. www.dove.org.nz

IMPORTANT NOTICE

PARENTS OF YEAR 10 STUDENTS

Special Assessment Conditions

Special Assessment Conditions (SAC) provide extra help for approved students when they are being assessed for their NCEA so that barriers to achievement can be removed and they then have a fair opportunity to achieve credits. The support is used for internal standards and external (exams) standards. Examples of SAC are use of a writer or computer, rest breaks, Braille or enlarged papers, or reader, extra time. If your child has sensory, physical, medical and/or learning difficulties/disabilities e.g. dyslexia, dyspraxia, that might be able to be supported or reduced considerably with appropriate assistance, they may be eligible for SAC assessment. For a student to be eligible for SAC they must be working at expected levels - the use of SAC is to remove their barriers to learning. If you would like to nominate your child and you have not already discussed this please email our Special Edu-cation Needs Coordinator (SENCO) Lou Maguire, before the end of Week 7 Term 3, 6/9/2019 loumaguire@cloud.garincollege.ac.nz

A student with possible need, will be tested and the various types of assistance can be trialled in Term 4, 2019 in preparation for Level 1 in 2020. Contact will be made with you about the needs identified for your child, and we will trial various supports that may help your child’s achievement. This helps to determine if an application can be made to NZQA for assessments, and for which SACs. If you have any cognitive assessments or medical letters of diagnosis, these could be forwarded to the SENCO in support of your child’s application. If your child is a diabetic and will need rest breaks for testing or eating during an exam SAC application is required or any other medical condition that required treatment/management within a three hour examination. If you have already submitted cognitive assessments to Lou, your student will be on the register for SAC application. If unsure whether you have submitted any cognitive assessments please email Lou Maguire. (email see above) Whilst we do the application, all decisions for Special Assessment Conditions are at the discretion of Educational Psychologists at NZQA.