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Year 18 Issue 5 of 40

Public Office Hours 8.15am -

3.30pm Monday - Friday

From our Principal, John Maguire

Take a Moment:

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ANNE FRANK

Tēnā koutou katoa ngā whānau,

On Wednesday we marked the beginning of the Lenten season with our Ash Wednesday Liturgy. The theme for this year’s Lenten season is ‘Renewed by the Spirit’. Pope Francis challenges us all to be transformed and renewed by the Spirit so that we can follow the path of love, when we do this we become God’s ambassadors on Earth. Pope Francis’s words encourage us to reflect on the significance of Lent and the Journey each of us travel in our preparation for Easter. As a school community we are called to travel the Lenten Journey together, to support each other and together bring about change and be Christ in the lives of others.

Our Annual Colours Assembly celebrates the success of our students from 2019 in Level 1,2,3 NCEA who gained Maroon Colours and Gold Endorsed colours for their outstanding academic achievement. To all of those students congratulations - you set yourselves goals and worked so hard to fulfil them. You are role models to those coming along through the years behind you of what can be achieved with this commitment to your learning. Thank you to Matua Simon Pimm, Head of Faculty Languages, for his personal account of his life long journey of learning. He demonstrated to the students the need to ‘dig deep’ and find the resilience to persevere and find the people around you and opportunities that give you the support you need to make the learn-ing happen.

After wide consultation with students, staff, Board of Trustees, Parents and community our strategic plan for the next 3 years has been established and is set in the diagram below. Three main goals of Ako - Learning, Wairua Ora - Well being and Whanaungatanga - Community. We are excited to be mov-ing forward with goals that we believe have come strongly from the direction of all involved with the school and look forward to working hard to progress these to enhance all that is already great about our College. Given the goals are shared we invite your participation in achieving them.

In the coming weeks we have a few opportunities where I would like to welcome and encourage you to join us at school. These opportunities are to strengthen your knowledge of the school and the commitments we make to move forward collaboratively with you.

Firstly our Year 9 Parent evening next week 4 Wednesday March 5.30pm. This evening is to give all Year 9 parents the opportunity to hear key messages relevant to their child settling into learning and life in Garin, and messages that will support you in how to use the parent portal, how to view our two weekly Te Aho reports and why these are significant to tracking progress of your student. Most importantly it gives us some time to experi-ence kanohi te kanohi - face to face connection with class teachers to hear the expectations in each subject area, to see the classrooms where your child attends each day. Teachers will outline the mahi they are doing with each class. We look forward to this and know from previous meetings that parents find it a great opportunity to meet other parents but also to feel like they really know what is happening for their child at Garin.

The other opportunity I want to encourage as many as possible to attend is our Whānau Wellbeing Evening.

We have some expert providers NZIWR (New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience) supporting our school on how to enhance Well being for us all - students, whānau groups, whole school, staff and community. In establishing why this is such a need for us all, the collective input of all will inform how we move toward this goal. We want to establish a model of well being that is unique to the needs and values of our community. Through this meeting you support us and your child to collectively build the Wairua Ora for Garin College.

Mā te Atua koe e tiaki - May God be with you John Maguire, Principal

From our Principal, John Maguire

S C H O O L C A L E N D A R :

Mon 2nd - 6th March - Year 11 Journey Programme

Wed 4th March - Year 9, Meet the Parents Evening

Mon 9th March - Family Wellbeing Night

Wed 11th March - NCEA Parent Information Night

Fri 13th March - House Games Day

Mon 16th - Fri 20th March - Year 10 Journey

Mon 30th & 31st March - Year 9/10 Parent Conferences

Fri 10th April - Good Friday, School closed

Fundraiser 2020 Quiz Night Friday 13th March, Garin gym from 7pm onwards

$10 per person (includes savoury snacks) Teams maximum of 8 people

Tickets available from the school office from Tuesday. Alcohol free, family friendly event.

Raffles, games and refreshments available for purchase with cash.

AN EVENING FOR PARENTS OF YEAR 9 STUDENTS WEDNESDAY 4TH MARCH 2020 - PLEASE SAVE THIS DATE

Parent/Caregivers of new Year 9 students are encouraged to attend an evening on Wednesday 4th March (5:30 - 7pm). It will be held at Garin College in the Library. The purpose of the night is for you to meet your son/daughter’s core class teachers and have an understanding of the learning they will be completing in 2020. There will be an opportunity to meet other parents and to talk to the Senior Leadership Team and staff in the areas of Catholic Character, Curriculum, Sport and Music.

NCEA INFORMATION NIGHT FOR PARENTS WEDNESDAY 11TH MARCH 2020 - PLEASE SAVE THIS DATE

We would like to invite you and your daughter/son to an education evening we’ve called “Understanding NCEA” to be held in the Garin College Library on Wednesday 11th March, 7 - 8pm.

The focus will be on Year 11 students and their parents, however parents and students at all year levels are welcome to attend.

The aim of the evening is for you to find out more about achievement under NCEA and what is involved in assessment in a variety of subjects. Further explanation of the school's Assessment policy and the students’ rights and responsibilities with regards to assessment through Years 11-13 will also be provided. Some time will be spent emphasising student skills and issues such as the implications of positive study habits from the outset, planning the year and managing time.

Before we meet we would also appreciate questions you would like answered during this session. Please click on this link to add your questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2tMP67GiwiuV_GUS3ToQFGOkjR5-QpF2wcoV3yfLPOuryEw/viewform?usp=sf_link

We look forward to seeing as many as possible of our year 11 NCEA Level 1 students and their parents or caregivers at this meeting. We are keen to do all we can to ensure our students are fully advantaged and supported to be successful with NCEA.

Teaching and Learning at Garin College

Our Lenten Journey Begins

With Ash Wednesday this week, we enter the season of Lent. The theme for this year is Renewed by the Spirit, Kua Whakahoutia e te Wairua. “God wants to speak to the world by your life…… do not abandon the path of love” [Gaudete et Exsultate, Pope Francis].

In Gaudete et Exsultate, Pope Francis explains what it means to

be renewed. God sets us on a path in the world. We are called to

live God’s commandment to love and serve one another as Jesus

loves and serves us. Over time we can get weighed down by dis-

tractions, temptations, doubt, grief and suffering. To be renewed

by the Spirit is to encounter God and allow Him to guide us, giving

us strength to live out our journey of faith. In our renewal we can

reach out with hope and love to those in need.

JAM 2020

Here at Garin, our JAM [Justice And Ministry] Group is underway with discussions about Caritas involvement

for 2020. If you would like to join this group which organises the Caritas Challenge, Fundraisers, Organisation

and set-up for Masses and Liturgies, Charity events, and other Community initiatives - please see our

Service Leaders Sarah Lane or Josef Scott.

Mission Expo 2020 - A Call to Everyone Whakaaturanga Mīhana 2020 MISSION EXPO UPDATE: Saturday 21st March, 2020 Time: 11am - 2.30 pm Where: Garin College, Champion Road, Richmond, Nelson

Planning continues for 21st March so don’t forget to add this date to your calendar. Cardinal John will be here

to open the Expo and there will be a short Powhiri at 11am. There are now over 20 groups and organisations

who have indicated they will have booths on the day. Games, food, BBQ’s, activities and entertainment are

being organised. So spread the word - this is for EVERYONE in our community - Save the Date!

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME 2020 For any information about the Sacraments of Baptism, Reconciliation, Confirmation

and Eucharist (First Holy Communion), please do not hesitate to contact Markelle

Ward (ADRS - Garin College).

"Faith Facts"

Yr13 Journey Camp

With Lake Rotoiti camp over and done, we year 13’s feel as though we are moving into the next stage in our lives. This being our last camp, it felt to many of us to be the last time that we would all come together as a year group to challenge ourselves and each other to push our boundaries and to have a good time. I think that it is safe to say that coming back from this camp we all feel as though we are a closer, more tight-knit group. Challenges such as raft racing, kayaking, search and rescue and bush skills kept us busy during the days, and reflection in the evenings led by our teachers helped us to look back on how these activities and the friends we made while doing them would be memories that we would look back on in the future. This reflection time also allowed us to consider how despite the fact that at the end of this year we will all be traveling on the different journey’s that God has chosen for us, we will always be connected by the experiences that we have had at Garin. We owe all of this to our teachers and the staff at Whenua Iti, without whom we wouldn’t have been able to have these amazing experiences. These are surely experiences that will live on in our memories forever. Written by:Tegan Fleming

REMINDER

NETBALL TRIALS Saturday 29th February If you’ve missed registration email: vanessaobrien@cloud.garincollege.ac.nz

Board Required

Private Board arrangement required for a Year 10 female student

attending Garin College

Please contact Marianne on Home: (03) 732 3536 Mobile: 027 389 3951

email: marianne.omalley@yahoo.com

Many thanks for your consideration

Richmond St John Youth Division

Ever thought about learning first aid or what to do in an

emergency,

Here's your opportunity. Our Penguins (6-8yrs) and

Cadets (8-18yrs) meet Wednesday's 6.30pm to 8pm

during school terms.

Come along to learn fantastic life skills, build confi-

dence and make lifelong friendships, we would

love to see you.!

Transport required on the occasional wet

morning from Berryfield Drive for a Year 12

female student. Please Phone or Txt

022 4077 632.

From the Sports Desk Congratulations to ... Tennis ace Harry Pugh on his selection for the New Zealand 14 Years and under Tennis Team, which will travel to Australia in March to compete at the World Teams Event. Harry is one of three boys selected for the team. It is a great honour to be chosen to represent New Zealand and we congratulate Harry and his family on this awesome achievement. Harry Pugh and Kvido Tayerle, who won the boys Division 2 title at the Senior Tasman Secondary Schools Tennis Championships played in Richmond last week. Nice work guys!