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Year 18 Issue 1 of 40

Public Office Hours 8.15am -

3.30pm Monday - Friday

From our Principal, John Maguire

Tēnā koutou katoa ngā whānau,

As the year begins, it is a joy to recognise the focus and energy our students have on re-establishing friendships and making new friends after the long summer break. Our Powhiri and opening Liturgy were the highlight of our celebrations this week, evident throughout the week has been a true sense of manaakitanga as we welcome our new

students and all those returning to the College. The wairua of Garin is alive and well as caring, happy relationships are built between students and between teachers and students. Thank you to all parents, caregivers, whānau and members of our community who came along to celebrate and support of our students as we begin the New Year. We are excited to welcome our staff returning from leave during 2019, Matua Simon Pimm, Teacher

of Te reo from Study leave, Andrew Penman Teacher of English from Refreshment leave and Janelle McGregor Teacher of PE from Parental leave. We wish Jeremy Cumming every success as he begins his new role as Assistant Principal while retaining his role as Director of Religious Studies. It gives me great pleasure to announce and welcome our new staff to the College, Mrs Kathryn Hunt - Teacher of Music, Ms Yaȅlle Pochon - Teacher of Technology Fashion Design, Mr David Sinclair - Teacher of Maths, Mrs Annie Millard - Teacher of Drama, Mrs Markelle Ward - Teacher of Religious Education, Mr Warren Keith - Teacher of Technology, Mrs Brenda Helliwell - Careers Adviser and Mr Chris Abdul-Wahhab - Accounts. We farewell Technology teacher Russell Maxwell, I thank Russell for his service to the college since 2015 and wish him every success in his teaching career beyond Garin. Congratulations to our 2019 NCEA levels1, 2 & 3 students on their success and achievement in NCEA. We are extremely pleased and excited by the NZQA provisional NCEA results for 2019. Overall Garin NCEA results are outstanding and remain comparatively well above the National Standard for Decile 8 – 10 Schools. I look forward to sharing the confirmed results when these become available. Due to the high temperatures and the need to keep cool, students are asked to wear their correct summer uniform throughout Term 1, however, formal school uniform is required to be worn when required for significant school events and celebrations. To ensure the safety and wellbeing of the students, we advise students to wear their sunhats, stay within the shade, and wear sunblock. Students are reminded to keep hydrated, we have free cooled and filtered water stations where students can refill their drink bottles. We look forward to a wonderful year of fun, leaning, engagement and success, God Bless, Ngā mihi nui John Maguire

Take a Moment:

Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. St. Francis of Assisi

S c h o o l C a l e n d a r :

Mon 3rd Feb Nelson Anniversary, school closed

Thurs 6th Feb - Waitangi day, school closed

Friday 7th Feb - Teacher only day, school closed

Congratulations to our Twinkle Scholarship Recipients for 2020

Catholic Character Scholarship: Grace Hall Y12, Josh Hall Y12, Liam Gleeson Y9, Maria Benson Y9, Ollie Galpin Y9, Felicity Isle Y9.

Arts Scholarship: Sophia Harvey Y9, Mia Coldicott Y9, Cherry Moore Y10, Zoe Hefferen Y10.

Academic Scholarship: Toby Churchman Y9, Cassidy Hardiman Y9, Riley Houia Y9, Maddie Hall Y10, Ruaíri Moorhead Y11.

Sport Scholarship: Harry Pugh Y10, Keri Snodgrass Y13, Sophia Kersten Y13.

St Peter Chanel Scholarship: Finn Campbell Y9.

Deans for 2020:

Māori Dean - Matua Tom Speers Y9 Dean - Sarah Rankin Y10 Dean - Lou Maguire Y11 Dean - Katrina Eggers Y12 Dean - Roman Birch Y13 Dean - Henry Kersten

Pōwhiri

Attendance Dues

Parent

Curricular Club Garin

Donations Donations

Capital Projects

(solar panels, student seating, etc)

Parents/

Caregivers

Garin College

Archdiocese

of Wellington

(ADW)

Club

Garin

Garin

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Education

Trust

Arts, Sports, Service (O’Shea, Stage Challenge,

sports equipment, minivan, kayaks, tents,

science and photography equipment)

Where is Your Money Going?

A few parents have commented to me and to members of the Board that they do not really understand where all the money goes which they are paying to the school, Club Garin, the Catholic Schools Board and the Garin College Educational Trust. I believe that a picture paints a thousand words and as such have enclosed a small diagram of where your money goes.

As a parent\caregiver sending your child to a Catholic School you have signed an agreement to pay the Archdiocese of Wellington (ADW) attendance dues which this year total $1,040. This essentially covers the loans which the ADW has raised to finance the building of Garin College.

As a parent\caregiver you have been asked to pay a donation to the Garin College Education Trust (GCET) which is $175 per family or $150 per individual student. These funds are collected by the college and are handed over to the GCET. The college can then make a request to the trust for financial assistance with major capital works such as the expansion and modernisation of our canteen and the installation of solar panels on the Technology block.

As a parent\caregiver you have been asked to pay a donation to Club Garin (CG) which is $60 per year or $15 per term. This money is collected on behalf of CG. CG also raises funds through sponsorships and grant applications. All these funds have enabled CG to contribute to the college so that our students benefit in the Arts, Sports and Service, by supporting O’Shea, Stage Challenge, sports equipment, minivans, kayaks, science and photography equipment just to name a few.

As a parent\caregiver you have also been asked to contribute a curricular donation which is $150 per family or $100 per individual. This money is collected by the college and stays with the college. It is used to support the delivery of the curriculum by contributing to the costs of resources and materials, the costs of our teacher aides and the equipment used by the various faculties to teach our children.

We are extremely grateful to those parents who manage to pay all of these donations but understand that not all parents can afford to pay these. If you do not wish to pay the donations please contact Denise who will remove the ‘charge’ from your statement. Please note that any unpaid donations are cleared from your account at the end of the year.

Note that all donations will allow the payee to claim a 33% rebate from the Inland Revenue Department.

I hope that the above has provided you with an oversight of where some of your money goes which Garin College

collects from you.

Kia ora Garin Whānau and welcome back to 2020! The Garin Health Team are getting back into it, with Kate the School Guidance Counsellor seeing students from now, and Miriam and Nicki the NMIT student counsellor's back from Week 3. Jay Blazek our Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Clinician is back again and will be in Monday 2pm -3pm, and we have some exciting things coming with our Health Nurse doing lunch time drop in clinics. If you want to see any of the team, or you think someone at Garin might benefit or be interested, please fill out our Online Referral Form, speak to a member of staff, or e-mail Kate the School Guidance Counsellor We are a friendly bunch, and remember no problem is too big or too small! Enjoy the long weekend, Ngā mihi mahana, Kate the Counsellor

Novo Coronavirus

As you will have seen in the media the situation is rapidly evolving internationally concerning the coronavirus. The health of all our students and staff is our priority. The Ministry of Education provided us with the following key messages: If your child/student is unwell they should not be at school.

Symptoms include fever, coughing and difficulty breathing. If you have a particular concern about your child/students’ health please contact the Healthline on

0800 611 116 or your GP for medical advice. If your child/student may be at high risk of exposure because of time spent in China or close contact with

someone confirmed with the virus, please delay start of school for 14 days.

For all absences please contact our School Office on 03 543 9488 or email our Attendance Officer Maree Hall e-mail: mareehall@cloud.garincollege.ac.nz to advise of dates and reason for your child/students absence.

If a student attends school while showing symptoms the Ministry of Education of advised the Principal can preclude them on reasonable grounds (Section 19 Education Act) The student has to stay away for the infectious period.

Thank you for your support and cooperation at this time, we will continue to provide updates from the Ministry of Education and Nelson Marlborough District Health as they are received.