From the PrincipalKia Kaha te Reo MāoriI tēnei wiki ka whakanuia e mātou Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Kikī rawa te wiki nei i ngā kōwhiringa ka āhei i ā mātou kōhine me tō mātou kaimahi kia urua ai ki te kīī atu, ki te ako hoki i te Reo Māori hei taonga hirahira, hei taonga oranga o Aotearoa noa.

He mihi nui tēnei ki a Whaea Viki Jonas rātou ko Matua Terry Tauroa, ko Whaea Te Amo Herewini, ko Whaea Jane Heeni Bowman, hei waihanga ētahi akoranga ki ia wā-ā-whanau, ki ia wā kainui hoki. Pērā I te waihanga putiputi mai i ngā rau o te harakeke, me te whakaritenga o tō mātou rōpū kapa haka whakaari i Kura Tuatahi o Mārihi hei whakanuitia anōtia te wiki nei kei waenga i te hāpori o Mārihi.

Ka taea hoki e mātou ngā kaimahi te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro mai i te ipurangi herenga ki tētahi wānanga whakatoihara i te tauira Māori. Ahakoa pea tēnei ā-whakaaro noa, ā-mahi kē rānei. Ko Anton Blank te kaitūā pā. Rawe āna mōhiotanga ki tēnei kaupapa me āna tauang, ā, me pēhea kia ūkatingia ai te tūmomo mahi nei.

He wiki nui tēnei hei whakahōnoretia te Tikangarua i tau ai i te Tiriti o Waitangi.

He maioha nui nōki ki ēnei kura tauira hei whakapakari hei whai atu i ēnei kaupapa me ō rātou Tikanga ki rō tō tātou kura nei. Ko Emma Mokomoko rātou ko Matariki Wikaire, ko Sophie Sorenson.

This week we celebrated Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. It has been a week full of opportunities for our taitamahine and our kaimahi to engage in Te Reo Māori and learn the importance of keeping the language alive in Aotearoa.

Thank you to Whaea Viki Jonas, Matua Terry Tauroa, Whaea Te Amo Herewini, and Whaea Jane Heeni Bowman for creating our whanau time lessons, lunchtime activities including, teaching the art of weaving beautiful putiputi harakeke, and organising our Kapa Haka performance for Marist Primary.

Our kaimahi have also had the opportunity to participate in a seminar on racism and unconscious bias facilitated by Anton Blank. It truly has been a celebration of our biculturalism.

A special thank you to our students, Emma Mokomoko, Matariki Wikaire, and Sophie Sorenson, who have really driven these activities and shared their culture with our school.

Mā te Atua me te wāhi ngaro tātou e tiaki e manaaki

Whakakitenga Motuhake

Ka whakanui hoki mātou a Xavia Hayward. I whiriwhiringia hei kaiwhakamutunga i te Whakawhiwhinga-Toikupu-ā-Mōtu nei i 2020. He rawe tēnei whiringa mō ngā tuhinga o te kōhine nei. Ka pai Xavia!

Congratulations to Xavia Hayward for being chosen as a finalist in the National Schools Poetry Awards 2020. This is a significant achievement for a young writer. Ka pai Xavia!

Te aroha o te Atua

Mrs Raechelle Taulu, Principal

MARIST COLLEGECatholic School for Girls, Years 7 to 13 Term 3 - Number 6

Friday 18th September 2020

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

KEY DATESTerm 3 2020Week 10 (B) Mental Health Awareness and Chinese Language WeekSeptember Bodysafe talks during PE 21 Mo BOT Meeting 6pm M301 22 Tu Y7 Boostrix/Y8 HPV catchup 11:30am 23 We Samosa fundraiser collection day tbc Y7 - 10 Level meetings 24 Th tbc Combined House Mass (Chavoin/Colin) 8:45am 25 Fr tbc Y12 Leadership Day Last day Term 3 School closing 3pm Rotation 3 - 7

Week 1 (A) Term 4 2020Oct 12 Mo Term Four begins PTFA Meeting 7pm 14 - 20 Senior Exams 15 Th tbc Staff Mass 16 Fr Y10 Geo Guest Speaker P4 Rotation 1 - 5

UPCOMING EVENTS:Oct 21 We Mufti day (Marist Youth Network/Catholic Caring) 23 Fr tbc Sacramental & Marist Day Mass 8:45am tbc Y7 & 8 Social 23 - 24 tbc Whanau Noho Marae

Te wiki o te Reo MaoriKia Kaha Te Reo Māori was the theme of this year’s Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Our Marist whanau wholeheartedly took part in the activities organised embracing the opportunity to learn more about Te Reo and Tikanga. The celebrations started at 12pm on Monday when we joined thousands of others in the country in the Māori Language Moment. Throughout the week we sang many waiata, played Māori games and Kahoot quizzes, learnt our pepeha and took part in competitions. Our Kapa Haka group gave a concert at Marist Primary, while socially distancing.

Our special thanks to Whaea Jane, Matua Terry’s wife who taught us how to weave beautiful flowers from flax and made delicious Parāoa Parai, Māori fried bread for the staff on Friday.

Although Te Wiki is coming to an end for another year, we encourage everyone to keep learning and using their Te Reo. As New Zealanders, it is our taonga and we are all responsible for making sure it will not only survive but will thrive.

On Wednesday 16th Break 2, Marist students joined with Whaea Jane (Matua Terry’s partner) to learn how to make some beautiful roses made from flax for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. We were very grateful to have this opportunity as Whaea Jane was so skilled with flax-making. The students ended up making around a dozen flax roses all together. Thanks Whaea Jane!

Emily Seal (Yr 10)

The Kapa Haka group had a great time preparing and performing for Marist Primary for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. We felt privileged singing our favourite songs to our little brothers and sisters. Making fried bread was really fun and seeing all the staff with their happy faces brought smiles to ours. Kia ora Whaea Jane for sharing your culture with us along with Matua Terry and to Whaea Viki Jonas for all your help with our Kapa Haka.

Sophie Sorenson (Yr 10)

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

Year 10 Camp Support Vouchers ($25, $50, $100)

This is an opportunity to support our Year 10 students getting to Tongariro Hillary Outdoors camp in November. If you are in a position to buy a voucher, these are available to purchase on the Marist College Website, under the online store. You could either specify a Year 10 student’s name, or have the voucher go towards a pool of money that the Finance department will allocate to students in financial hardship. Thank you for supporting Marist students to attend this awesome camp.

GET CONNECTED: The Marist College School App is available now. Download ‘SchoolAppsNZ’ from your App Store. Open the app and search ‘Marist College’. This app will give you fast and easy access to our communication alerts, absence notification, useful links, newsletters and much more.

Gateway Work Experience in Tourism!Two Year 13 students were scheduled to complete a Gateway Programme in tourism with Air NZ at the Auckland Airport domestic terminal in the April holidays … until Covid-19 arrived and killed that plan. With the borders closed, lockdowns, and greatly reduced flights, Air NZ cancelled all plans for work experience programmes for the foreseeable future, and there are no international tourists touring NZ at present. This posed a significant problem for how these students could still gain meaningful work experience. Fortunately an attraction close to the airport and open to tourists became an option – Butterfly Creek offered to host Muriel and Sarai for work experience in the July holidays. It was a great opportunity for them to get to work with tourists in an interesting environment. When I visited them they were very excited to show me around the attraction and demonstrate how much they had learned about it.

Jenni Catley, Gateway Coordinator

“I was disappointed when I heard that we couldn’t work with Air New Zealand because I was looking forward to it but it was good to go to Butterfly Creek instead, the people were nice and we had a lot of fun.” Sarai Time-Matafeo“Working at Butterfly Creek was fun, I gained a lot of experience from it. It was nice that I knew some of the girls who work there because they used to go to Marist.” Muriel D’Cruz

Year 10 Outdoor Education Mountain Biking day The class had an epic day out at Woodhill mountain biking, while demonstrating their responsible behaviours. They had a great attitude and showed resilience with the harder courses. So proud of their effort!

Swimfit! Our third session of swimfit was a hard one! The girls pushed themselves to keep going, and we are seeing improvements each week. It’s been a great success so far.

S P O R T S U P D AT EKia ora koutou, Te Wiki o Te Reo MaoriSport is still postponed until further notice but we will keep you updated with any information we receive.

However, we are all looking forward to Sport in Term 4 and beyond. ‘HAVE A GO’ is the theme for the remainder of the year.

We are calling for the return of all sport uniform, gear, and equipment. If you have been issued gear and equipment from school, this will need to be returned to the sports office ASAP please.

Stay well, Keep safe and Be Kind.

Please contact sports@maristcollege.school.nz for further information and questions.

Nga mihi nui

Marist RugbyWelcoming Rugby to Marist.

Our Marist Rugby Girls 1st XV and 7s teams had their first training session Wednesday evening. What a great turnout! The team is training towards an U15 7s 4-week festival in October, and the 2021 XVs Girls Secondary School Winter season (Monday evenings)

Megan Grayson - Auckland’s Women Rugby Development Manager attended the team’s first training to share her knowledge, and to welcome our girls into the Rugby Family.

LOOK out for Marist!”

Marist Volleyball JuniorsThe student-athletes arrived for their 7am trial Thursday morning. It was impressive to see our players giving it a go and progressing throughout the morning session.

However we are in need of Coaches.

Volleyball Junior Season Central Zone starts on the 15th of October, COACHES urgently needed for our two teams. If you are interested or need more information please contact our Sports Office sports@maristcollege.school.nz”

Congratulations to Xavia Hayward for being chosen as a finalist in the National Schools Poetry Awards 2020. This is a significant achievement for a young writer. Well done Xavia!

Walk and TalkWalk and Talk has been a successful 2020 initiative set up by the senior girls and staff at Marist College to encourage comraderie and wellbeing. We have a conversation while walking around the block at lunchtimes. A great chance to meet new friends and a welcome break during those long days when we have been sitting learning all day, a chance to get some fresh air stretch our legs and share a moment talking while walking!!!!

Marista Magazine Advertising Support OpportunityThe Marista is Marist College’s annual yearbook publication, produced for our students, families and communities. It is a compilation of your daughter's achievements and successes, shares our progress and experiences and includes information and photos from our community, special events, sports, cultural groups and activities, and other areas of school life.

If you, your family or your business would like to support the production of this publication, you/your family could sponsor a page or your business could advertise your products/services to our community. Sponsorship and advertising price ranges from $58 to $690.

For more information please contact Katie Mareva by email at k.mareva@maristcollege.school.nz

Please Note:Fleece jumpers will not be a part of the

Marist College uniform in 2021

Bay of Islands Trip: 29 September – 2 October 2020

Kia ora koutou, if your daughter is signed up for this trip, the payment ($250) is due now. Please pay it to your daughter’s school fee account

and specify “Bay of Islands trip”.Ngā mihi nui, thank you very much for paying promptly.

Learn to Sew - Thread Room School Holiday Workshops + Term 4 Classes

Sew a Fabric Face Mask! Pt Chevalier Monday 28th September 9am-3pm. Ages 8+

Sew a Panda!

Pt Chevalier Monday 5th October 9am-3pm. Ages 8+

Term 4 Classes Mondays 3.30 & 5.00 classes Point Chevalier School See website for more: www.threadroom.co.nz

Reminder: Library Book Returns

Thanks to all students for returning their overdue library books promptly. Automated

overdue notices have commenced again. Thank you.