Year 19 Issue 12 of 40

7 May 2021

Public Office Hours

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Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koutou ngā whānau, Welcome back to all students and staff for the start of Term 2. I do hope that everyone enjoyed the holidays, made the most of the beautiful day time weather and got used to the cooler mornings and evenings as we move through autumn to our winter months. I welcome our new students to our College and trust that those here will do everything they can, to quickly make them feel like part of the College whānau. I also wish every success to a few of our senior learners who have graduated toward employment or further study at NMIT at the end of term 1, we thank them for the contribution they made to Garin College throughout their years of learning. We have an extremely busy term ahead of us in our learning programmes and co-curricular activities. This term we particularly look forward to the wonderful celebration Te Wairua o Nga Mahi Toi - The “Spirit of the Arts”. The Arts Faculty and our Arts Leaders - Millie Pumphrey and Josh Hall, supported by Alice Knoef - are now well underway with planning and organising this event. We look forward to celebrating the opening of Mahi Toi with our Mass of Creativity in week 3 of the term. Student engagement in learning is of top priority at our school. We celebrate the positive relationships our teachers and support staff enjoy with our students. We know that it is through these relationships that each classroom is a positive and challenging space where learning can flourish. I wish our students every success this term in their learning and achievement and look forward to meeting many of you at our Senior parent-teacher conferences during week 3 of this term. You will see that the conference bookings are now available online. The O’Shea Shield competition will be held in Porirua, Bishop Viard College, next weekend. Our team of 13 Students are well prepared for this competition and are looking forward to the challenge ahead of them. The opportunity to celebrate young people and our Catholic Special Character with all the Catholic secondary schools from across the Diocese is the highlight of this event. We wish our students every success and thank our staff for their energy and commitment to supporting the group. I would like to extend my thanks to Ms Martine McCabe for her leadership in establishing our sports teams for our winter codes. It is wonderful to see students trialling and being placed in teams for the winter ahead. It is a very different picture to last year and one we are very grateful for. I wish all our coaches and managers an enjoyable season as you nurture our young people to their many successes. To the students, I want you to remember that the attitude, competitive but fair-mindedness and spirit that you bring to your practices and games is recalled by others long beyond the game and the score. I enjoy joining the sidelines and feel pride in the lived values of the college evident in your game skill, respectful team culture and commitment. Ngā mihi manaakitanga John Maguire Principal

From our Principal, John Maguire

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

14th - 17th May - O’Shea Shield / ShowQuest

Wed 12th May - Queen Charlotte Sports Exchange

Tues 18th May - Teacher Only Day (School closed)

NCEA Change Implementation

19th - 20th May - Senior Levels (Years 11-13) Parent/Teacher Conferences

Fri 21st May - Mass of Creativity 11.40am-12.50pm (Launch of Mahi Toi)

Fri 4th June - Student Work Day

Mon 7th June - Queen’s Birthday Weekend

22nd - 24th June - Mahi Toi

Friday 25th June - Mahi Toi Showcase

Spread love everywhere you go Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier Mother Teresa

April 2021

Where is your Money Going?

Application of your Donations: Garin College Education Trust (GCET) which is $175 per family or $150 per individual student Club Garin (CG) which is $60 per year or $15 per term Contribute a curricular donation which is $150 per family or $100 per individual

School Donations enable the College to provide an extensive range of curriculum learning opportunities for all learners. We greatly appreciate the generosity and support of all parents & whanau though the Donation Scheme. Thank you. Due to a broad range of factors not all parents/caregivers can contribute to the donation programme. If you are unable to pay or do not wish to pay the Donations please contact our Accounts Assistant Denise Gerrish by email: denisegerrish@cloud.garincollege.ac.nz who will remove the charge from your school finance statement. All 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.

Garin College values any and all donations greatly as they help us to provide an enhanced curriculum for all of our learners.

College Donations: During the 2020/2021 year specific donations have been put towards promoting and enhancing student wellbeing through counselling services and wellness promotions. Donations help to support our IT programme providing laptops for students to use as needed on a daily basis.

GCET Donations: During the 2020/21 school year, your donations have enabled the purchase of significant capital items supporting teaching and student learning. Library books and resources, moveable staging cubes for Drama, Photography lighting and studio equipment, Music digital mixer for performance and recording, Outdoor Education Satellite communicator, PE classroom mobile group desks and field line marker, portable staging for performances in the Gym and storage facility for this staging.

On behalf of all teacher’s staff and students, I thank you for your generosity and support for student curriculum and learning.

John Maguire, Principal

What are we learning at Garin College???

Today, I had the privilege of visiting classrooms to see the range of learning that our Garin learners were participating in.

In Year 9 Art with Mrs Furlong Taylor, they are exploring the concept of pop culture art and the strategy of mixing colours together to create a layered effect. Learners selected a word that had meaning for them and are creating (after a design process) a final product applying all the skills they have learned. We have some very talented young people!

In Year 11 Geography they are studying the impact of Earthquakes and the structure of the Earth’s core. Mr Bucknall presented the examples we can see through the Christchurch and natural landscape of Wellington. He modelled to our learners the concept of Tectonic Shift through the example of his car scrapping my car! I’m not sure about the example, but learners seemed to enjoy this analogy!

In Year 9 Drama with Mrs Millard, they are exploring the genre of Musical & Bollywood. Learners are selecting and then creating a dance movement performance totally created by their group. It was amazing to see how quickly they can self organise, self manage and have the opportunity to create! The Bollywood example in the photo was well thought through thinking about the relationship with the audience and the story they were telling through movement.

In Year 9, Science with Mrs Moorhead, they are exploring the concept of convection and refraction through an analysis of the human pupil. They had a range of learning to develop their understanding which ultimately led to the creation of their own personal hologram. The learners were able to articulate what they were learning and definitely re- taught to me this aspect (sorry to my Science teacher Mr Gaffney).

Until next week, Jeremy Cumming

" Teaching & Learning @ Garin College

Ready to Learn

This term we are working in partnership with Garin learners to focus on being ready to learn. We are looking at how your son/ daughter can be active participants in their learning. Not simply sitting there being passive and a bystander - school is something done to them. Ready to learn is about shifting the ownership of learning from teachers to Garin learners, enabling students to have the understanding, ability, and opportunity to be part of the learning design and to take action to intervene in the learning process, to affect outcomes and become powerful lifelong learners. The attributes & behaviors we are setting in our classes are:

Be on time to class Bring a charged device and charger Bring a writing utensil and paper One device at a time Ask first before using phones Engage in your learning Wear the correct uniform

Year 11 - 13 Parent Teacher Conferences 2021 Kia ora Koutou, We are holding our Year 11, Year 12 & Year 13 Parent Teacher Conferences on Wednesday 19th & Thursday 20th May from 3:30 - 5:30pm in the Redwood Block. The length of each conference is five minutes and will enable you to discuss with our teachers the learning, progress and next steps in learning for your son or daughter. Please make sure when making a booking that you allow one interview space (5 minutes) before moving onto the next interview as they occur across several rooms. Please note Mrs Eggers & Mr Kersten (Year 12 & Year 13) Deans are there in a teaching and learning capacity. If you would like to set a meeting with them, please set this through an email to them directly. If there is a teacher who you would like to see and are unable to on both days, please email them and they can organise an email response for you. Garin learners are also encouraged to attend the interviews so they can share with you their learning and the progress they are making. The system allows one interview per Garin learner per teacher. Multiple bookings for one child cannot be made for equity across all Garin Whānau. We have produced a two minute video which will provide a step by step process in order to do this. Click on this link for the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MdMd2Nb01rV7eu2f03nM7TjKSW65hAna/view?usp=sharing

" Teaching & Learning @ Garin College

Year 11 - 13 Parent Teacher Conferences 2021 Cont... Please note it shows Year 9 & 10 Conferences which is the same process for the Year 11 - 13 Conferences you are booking. The Booking system will open on Wednesday 5th May through the KAMAR Portal. The Booking system for Wednesday 19th May Conferences will close on 9am Monday 17th May The Booking system for Thursday 20th May Conferences will close on 9am Tuesday 18th May Unfortunately, we will not be able to make additional bookings after these times. Apologies for the delay in the Parent Teacher Conference Booking system being released due to a technical issue. Your patience and understanding is appreciated. If you have any questions please contact Paul Bucknall and Jeremy Cumming on paulbucknall@cloud.garincollege.ac.nz jeremycumming@cloud.garincollege.ac.nz Ngā Mihi, Jeremy Cumming & Paul Bucknall

Learning Information for Year 9 - 13 Learners at Garin College

For Year 9 & 10, NCEA Level 1, 2 & 3 Learners you are able to view their 2021 results and comments. You can view the subject, grade and credit weighting they have received. These updates are automatic and occur in real time as soon as our staff have uploaded their results into KAMAR. To view how to look at Live Reports and their NCEA Results please follow the steps below:

1. Log into KAMAR Parent Portal 2. To view Live Reports for 2021

3. To view Live Reports from 2019

4. To View Live NCEA Results for 2020

I cannot access the Parent Portal!

If you cannot access the parent portal please email jeremycumming@cloud.garincollege.ac.nz

A username and password will be sent through to you.

" Teaching & Learning @ Garin College

Special Character Term 2, Week 12

This Sunday is the Sixth Sunday of Easter - Acts 10:25-48, Psalm 98, 1 John 4:7-10, John 15:9-14 Jesus knew he would soon die and rise to new life – this was a sign of his love for everyone. Jesus knew his disciples would struggle to understand why he had to leave, why he had to die. He knew they would find it difficult to accept the things that were to come. So he went to great lengths to reassure them of his love and asked that they would trust and have faith. He asked them to go and share his love with others. “A new commandment I give unto you, that you love

one another, as I have loved you. By this shall all men (and women) know you are my disciples, if you

have love one for another.” [John 13 v 34] Can it be this simple? What about the people we find difficult to love? What about people who cause us fear or pain? Despite all these challenges, the message is clear. The love that Jesus talks about in today’s Gospel requires of us cooperation and sacrifice, but not out of duty or obligation. “This surrender comes from the absolute security of knowing we are loved and cherished by a God who wants the best for us and for those around us. Such surrender brings joy and freedom and a delight in following him and living the loving way” [www.liturgycentre.org]. Prayer In our homes, at work and at school Help us to love one another in what we think and say and do Help us to love one another when there are arguments and when we disagree Help us to love one another when we are tired and not feeling our best Help us to love one another every moment of every day, whether it’s easy or hard Help us to love one another Amen.

Please note the following dates for this year's Sacramental Programme to be hosted at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Richmond. This is a combined School and Parish Initiative and is open to Garin students: Sacrament of Reconciliation Sunday 16th May: Family Mass - followed by morning tea and an introduction to the Sacrament of Reconciliation Reconciliation Session 1: 23rd May Reconciliation Session 2: 30th May Reconciliation Session 3: 13th June Sunday 20th June: Family Mass - followed by morning tea * RECONCILIATION 27th June (Note: No session on Queen’s Birthday weekend) Sunday 18th July: Family Mass - followed by morning tea Sacrament of First Holy Communion Sunday 15th August: Family Mass - followed by morning tea and an introduction to First Holy Communion First Holy Communion Session 1: 22nd August First Holy Communion Session 2: 29th August First Holy Communion Session 3: 5th September Sunday 12th September: Practice * FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: 19th September and Family Mass. If you would like more information about these or any other sacraments, please contact Markelle Ward.

Sacramental Programme 2021

‘Love as Jesus loved’

Mahi Toi 2021

Information for Students and Families 2021

Week 8 of Term 2, Wednesday the 23rd and Thursday the 24th of June, all normal school activities at Garin College goes on hold while everyone gets involved and we have a fun packed time in a school-wide celebration of the Arts. From Sunday the 20th of June, the gym and school start to transform with the stage going up, windows being decorated and students totally preoccupied with the up and coming event. Every year the Arts Captains come up with a Theme for the festival, this year's theme is:

“Once upon a time…”.

The celebration of Matariki will be included in our festival and activities will be based around a scripture and whakatauki which reflect the celebrations for the week. This year the official start of Mahi Toi will be Wednesday the 23rd of June with the opening ceremony in the morning and concludes on Thursday the 24th of June at 3.10pm. During this time students will be either participating in or watching performances in music, dance and drama and the Catholic primary schools will usually visit during these days. All students will be involved in House Singing and other students will be chosen to participate in various other house activities. The House competitions are a large part of Mahi Toi and the competition is fierce but fun. Workshops - All students will be involved in a workshop on Wednesday morning. These workshops will run for periods 3 and 4 and during this time we will have a space in the Library for junior music performances and in the drama room for junior drama/dance performances . Performers will still be able to sign up for workshops and students will take turns being audience members. The senior school and confident juniors will get the opportunity to perform throughout the Wednesday and Thursday in the gym. Each student must enter 1 x workshop and 1 x other event (excluding house events) with a maximum of 5 events. These events include things such as:

Cake decoration

Wearable art (RAW)

Music, dance or drama performances

Creating and submitting an art work or photograph Friday the 25th of June will be school as normal for most students, we will have some students rehearsing for the community showcase. We will have a dress rehearsal/afternoon show from 3.30pm which would be a great time to bring younger or older members of the family. The official community showcase will be held at 7pm that night. We usually charge a small entry fee to help cover costs. Last year we had to get creative to work around COVID and had a number of online events for students to enter and a full Mahi Toi House Day later in the year which was a lot of fun. We hope we won't have to repeat this for 2021.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us, Sarah Pumphrey (Arts Coordinator ) sarahpumphrey@cloud.garincollege.ac.nz

or Sharlene Belcher (Head of Department) sharlenebelcher@cloud.garincollege.ac.nz

Term two has gotten underway with a hiss and a roar as several winter codes kick off for the season this weekend. On Wednesday we host Queen Charlotte College for our annual sports exchange. Students will compete in Rugby 7s, Netball, Basketball, Badminton and Football, It promises to be a great day and parents and whanau are warmly invited to come along to lend their support. During the holidays Garin College students travelled to various points of the compass to compete in their chosen sports:

Year 12 student Rebecca Loach, Year 10 student Mya Kettle and Year 9 student Finn Russ travelled to Auckland to compete at the AON National Swimming Championships. Rebecca competed in the 200m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke, and 50m breaststroke and gained top 10 placings in both the 100m and 50m events. Mya competed in the 50m breastroke, where she achieved a top 10 placing. Both Rebecca and Mya achieved top 10 placings in the relays. Finn Russ competed in the 50m freestyle, 50m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 200m individual medley and the 100m backstroke. Finn won gold in the 50m butterfly,100m free multiclass,100m back multiclass and silver in the 50m free multiclass.

Year 12 student Tasmyn Bradley travelled to Auckland to represent Nelson in the Halberg Games. Tasmyn entered 6 disciplines - athletics, boccia, wheelchair basketball, rowing, crossfit and badminton - and had an awesome time competing and making new friends with competitors from around the country.

Year 13 student Tay'a Masoner travelled to Christchurch as a member of the Nelson U17 girls basketball team that competed in a qualifying tournament for Nationals to be held later in the year. The team succeeded in their quest and will travel to Dunedin to represent the region at the Basketball NZ National Competition which will be held in July.

We congratulate these students on their outstanding successes in their chosen sports. Martine McCabe, Sports & Recreation Coordinator

SPORTS HQ

WANTED!

Preloved Netball Uniforms

Help support the next generation of avid Garin netballers by returning preloved Garin College netball uniforms to the school office. We have 12 teams and would love to rehome any unwanted playing kits for the 2021 season. THANK YOU

SHOWQUEST 2021

Garin College has a team of 50 students putting together another fantastic performance for

Showquest 2021. We would love you to join us at the Theatre Royal

on May the 14th.

Showquest tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at the Theatre Royal - https://www.theatreroyalnelson.co.nz/show/showquest-2/

The event will run from 7.00pm at Theatre Royal, with doors open from 6.30pm.

Door sales will be available on the night, tickets may sell out so we would strongly encourage

whānau and friends to buy tickets online in advance. The night will be an amazing celebration of creative students, with Showquest stage performances

followed by the Toi wearable art showcase.

Participating students do not need to buy tickets as their entry fee is paid separately.

Reading Challenge

Our annual Garin College Library Reading Challenge starts on Monday, and will run until the end of the month. Every student is challenged to read for pleasure over the 3 weeks, and record the number of pages read, to earn House Points. There are also prizes for the top individual readers in each House, as well as for the whanau with the best participation. Mrs Ditzel is keen to help each student choose a book that they will enjoy - so challenge her to find a story you can't put down! Above all, challenge yourself – If you don’t think of yourself as a reader, give it a go for these 3 weeks. Remember, every page counts, so you don’t even have to finish the book in that time. And if you are a keen reader, how many pages can you read? Can you take out the individual top prize? (Apologies to parents of bookworms – you might not get much out of them over the next 3 weeks!)

Twilight Creative Art Class There will be an after school creative art class running every Tuesday for all Senior Visual Art, Photography and Design students. It starts Week 2 (May 11th). In R3 and R5. 3.10pm until 5pm.

Students are expected to work independently on their folio work.

11:00am – 12:30pm Gym: Badminton – girls and boys 11:30am – 12:00nn Rugby Pitch: Snr Boys Rugby 7s 11:30am- 12:30pm Netball Courts: Senior B Netball Senior A Netball

12:30pm – 1:30pm Football Field 1st X1 Football 1:00pm – 2:30pm Gym: Girls Basketball Boys Basketball 1:30pm – 2:30pm Netball Courts: Junior Netball Courts

Queen Charlotte College Sports Exchange Programme Wednesday 12th May 2021

at Garin College