NewsletterJuly72016

July 7th 2016

CARMEL COLLEGE

Act justly, love tenderly, walk humbly with your God – Micah 6:8

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From The principal CARMEL COLLEGE• Attendance records for the student for each period of each
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Tena koutou katoa. Nga mihi nui atawhai. sure we have

We are always looking for ways to enhance our • The daily notices – reminders for students about meetings
partnership with our parents to ensure we are
working together to support the learning of all each day.
our students.
• For the senior students, a record of their NCEA attainment – how
Earlier this year, we opened the Carmel portal
(there is a link from our Carmel College website many credits they have achieved, whether those credits are at
- https://kamar.carmel.school.nz/student/index.
php/). This is available to all our parents and all our students. Achieved, Merit and Excellence, how many more they need

Over the last few weeks, I have been talking to some of the senior to gain the relevant certificate, if they have met the numeracy
students to see if they or their families were accessing this portal.
Sadly, from these conversations, there doesn’t seem to be much and literacy requirements.
uptake so I thought we should take this opportunity to remind our
community about their access to this information. We are working on developing online reporting so that students and
parents have access to learning progress and teacher’s comments
From our portal, when you logon, you have access to: as it happens rather than twice a year as is currently in place. We
• Your contact details – addresses, emails and phone numbers. are liaising with a number of schools who are already using this
process to work out the most effective way to implement this.
Parents can check these for accuracy and notify the school if
these need to be updated. If you have forgotten your password, please contact Sharlene
• The school calendar – you can see everything that is happening [email protected] and she will be able to assist you.
at the college. We are also looking for feedback about how we can continue to
improve with this portal so please email Sharlene if there are any
comments you would like to make.

Students Support De Paul House Parent Teacher Interviews

Last Thursday, we were given the opportunity of volunteering at the annual St Vincent De Successful Parent/Teacher Interviews were
Paul fundraiser breakfast, held at the Spencer on Byron hotel. After an early start, some held recently. Thank you to all those parents
competitive raffle ticket sales, and a delicious breakfast, we were treated to an enthralling who attended.
speech by Prime minister, Mr John Key. His address included thanks to the St Vincent
De Paul community and the topics of Auckland’s housing crisis and Brexit didn’t go by Year 7 -10 evening - 57 teachers met with
unmissed. The highlight of the morning was meeting Mr Key himself. Overall it was a 314 parents with 788 bookings being made.
fantastic experience and one to remember. Tharushi Wijesinha, Head Girl
Year 11-13 evening - 50 teachers met with
Pictured here 137 parents with 592 bookings being made.
with John Key are
Old Girls and Associates
from left; Nairy Annual Mass
Yaghobian, Tharushi
Another successful Old Girls and
Wijesinha,Valencia Associates Annual Mass and Afternoon
Ngadi and Nicole Ye tea was held on Sunday June 26. Past staff
and students welcomed the chance to visit
Carmel College Year 12 Business Students recently the school and to catch up with old friends
made, marketed, and sold ‘Earth’s Scents’ candles and colleagues. Many thanks to the Year
at Takapuna Market raising $210 for De Paul House. 13 students who played a role in this
Students involved in this project were Lucy Kim, Emily occasion along with Sr Anna,
Brendel, Alice Houlbrooke, Emma French, Maddie Lianne Florance and Pru Armstrong.
Orsbourn, Cin Yasatharo and, pictured here, with De
Paul House Manager Jan Rutledge are Laura Ennor PLEASE NOTE:
and Lucy Fitzgerald.
Having trialled publishing our newsletter
fortnightly the decision has been made
to revert back to weekly newsletters.
This will enable communication of news
to be more current and information to
reach parents in a more timely fashion.

North Shore Catholic Community of 2. Approval of a proposed Community of Learning by the Minister
Learning – Update June 2016 of Education
3. Endorsement of a set of Achievement Challenges by the Minister
We have been meeting with our contributing Catholic primary of Education
schools and Rosmini College to discuss the possibility of forming a
Community of Learning. The six schools in the proposed Community Our proposed Community is at the Step 2:we are looking to seek
are: Carmel College, Rosmini College, and the contributing primary approval to form a Community of Learning from the Ministry and,
schools: St Leos, St Josephs, Stella Maris and St Mary’s. By working concurrently, we are working on our Achievement Challenges. These
with these schools, we are meeting the student pathway criteria Achievement Challenges are developed following an in depth look
that is one of the major reasons for establishing a Community. The at our student achievement information at both NCEA and National
other criteria involve the number of schools and a commitment to Standards level. This has been an interesting exercise to see where
develop a set of Achievement Challenges. we might invest more effort to raise achievement: not only for those
not achieving but also for those who are achieving and can do better.
Communities of Learning are part of the Government’s programme To date, our focus has been on writing, mathematics and reading
of Investing in Education Success (IES). More than $359 million and comparing the achievement levels of different groupings of
has been set aside to support the initiative. students and at different points in their learning journey. We are also
keen to ensure that, when we set these Achievement Challenges,
Research shows that within schools, the quality of teaching has we have a focus on teaching and learning styles which
the biggest influence on whether students succeed. IES has been support the students.
designed with this in mind and is intended to help raise achievement
by: The next steps are for the Community to be formally approved
• improving teaching practice across New Zealand by the Minister and a set of draft Achievement Challenges to be
• enabling teachers to work together and benefit from each other’s completed by the beginning of Term 3. These will then be discussed
knowledge and experience in staff meetings and at Board level. We intend to seek endorsement
• helping all students benefit from the skills and knowledge of great of the Achievement Challenges later in the year and to have the
teachers from across a group of schools Community of learning operational in 2017.
• helping schools work together so it’s easier for children to move
through the education system. In the next update, we will explain more about the benefits of
working as Community including opportunities for staff to become
There are three main steps in forming a Community of Learning: involved either as ‘across-schools’ teachers or ‘in-school teachers’.
We will also update you on where we are at with the Achievement
1. Expression of Interest and preliminary discussions amongst Challenges.
interested schools Chris Allen,Raukura Atawhai Principal

Stage Challenge

Last Thursday, 75 girls
from Years 7-13 gathered
together at the very early
hour of 6:45am, ready to
go off to Stage Challenge.

At the beginning of the year,
a group of Year 13 leaders
consisting of Annika Anderson,
Caitlin Ashdown, Sarah
Shanahan, and Lauren Hunter
came together to create an
idea that the audience could
easily relate to, as well as be
enlightened from. Thus, our
theme of ‘Cindypendent’ was
born, wherein we put our own
modern twist on the classic
fairytale, ‘Cinderella’. We did
this in order to portray a message that is important to us as young women today; “You don’t need a prince to be a princess.” From a
young age, we have been taught that in order to have a happily-ever-after, the princess needs to marry the prince. However, we wanted
to show that girls like Cindy can take control over their own happy ending and gain the independence and courage to be themselves.

With the invaluable guidance from our supervising teachers Ms Buddle, Ms Palmer, and Ms Kelly, and the help of Year 11 students Hannah
Jang, Morgan Johnson and Vileshka Karunaratne, we created a performance that showcased the girls’ impressive talents, as well as give
those new to dancing a chance to shine and develop their skills, while also creating new friends in a safe, fun, and comfortable environment.
After two terms of organising, choreographing, producing, and teaching, the leaders,
dancers, and the crew who helped behind the scenes left it all on stage, and therefore,
can all be extremely proud of what they achieved and the family they created.

Carmel came away with 4 awards on the night;

Award of Excellence for Choreography

Award of Excellence for Performance skill

Award of Excellence for Concept

Award of Excellence for Costuming

Congratulations to everyone and a special mention to Claudia Lee in charge
of costumes, and the Choreographers, Annika Anderson, Caitlin Ashdown,
Sarah Shanahan, Vileshka Karunaratne, Hannah Jang, and Morgan Johnson.
Sarah Shanahan,Year 13, Head of Choreography

Girls Tough It Out As leaders of the Carmel College Service Group, we had never
underestimated the goodwill of our girls; in fact you could say that
As part of the Year 13 Physical Education and Year 12 Sport and the day only confirmed our judgements. Well done to all who were
Outdoor Education course students took part in the Tough Guy/Gal involved and we encourage you to look into how you can support
Challenge last week. Alzheimers New Zealand: www.alzheimers.org.nz/supportus

Service Group meets every Week A Tuesday in room H2.09
Sophyia Hilario and Annabel McCarthy, Year 13

Students from the EQUIP’D Pasifika Training Group, a Harbour Inaugural North Shore Readers’ Cup
Sport initiative for Pasifika Girls, also took part in the Tough Guy/
Tough Gal Challenge. Introducing our inaugural North Shore Readers’ Cup team who
Thursday 30 July was a very MUDDY day, for students of the Pasifika competed keenly for the Readers’ Cup for Year 9 students.
Equip’d Training group and those of Year 12 SOE who attended this
year’s Tough Guy and Gal Challenge at Woodhill. It was a day full The team was selected from a wonderful group of keen readers
of obstacles including swamp crossings, a spiders web net climb, and have been preparing since Term 1. The team decided on the
beautiful native bush trails, tunnels, hurdles, a climbing frame, not name Sisterband inspired by the name of one of the six books they
to mention, mud mud and more mud!This was a very beneficial needed to read, called Brotherband by John Flanagan. The team
experience for us girls because it enabled us to challenge ourselves competed strongly coming 4th in a very close competition. The
as well as to use team work to get through the obstacles. We would students thoroughly enjoyed the event and look forward to helping
especially like to thank our Equip’d trainers from Harbour Sport, with next year’s Year 9 team. Pictured below from left;
who motivated us throughout the entire course to keep going, as Lauren Collett, Nicole Lay, Danielle Meek, Andrea Samson and Librarian,
well as parents and teachers who came to support us on the day. Mrs Taylor. Absent: Maddy Lord & supporter Caitlin Blewden.
Joyce Vanila-Moriarty

Students who participated in and completed in the Mudrun were;
Maria Gonzales, Petilise Jones, Malia Tolu, Veiongo Kakau, Folole
Naufahu, Katalina Aloisio & Joyce Vanila-Moriarty.

Service in Action SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DUES SPONSORSHIP
SCHEME
Sunday the 3rd of July proved to be no ordinary day for members
of the Carmel College Service Group. Twenty dedicated student The Attendance Dues Sponsorship Scheme - has been created
volunteers ventured on a donation collection for Alzheimers New to assist families who may need financial support with the
Zealand’s Auckland branch. Donning their purple vests and official payment of attendance dues, for students attending Catholic
ID badges, the volunteers were stationed at the entrance and schools in Auckland Diocese, both primary and secondary.
exits of Countdown supermarket at Glenfield Mall, extending their The purpose of the sponsorship scheme is to allow parents or
collection buckets to generous members of the public. We had a caregivers facing financial hardship another option to seek relief
very successful day. Alzheimers New Zealand “strives to reduce where they may be reluctant to approach their school for help.
the stigma associated with dementia” by educating and providing The existing financial hardship scheme – operated by your school – is also
support services for people with Alzheimers and their affected available to parents or caregivers facing hardship and we do encourage
families. The money kindly donated by members of the public families facing financial difficulties to please contact your school office.
will go towards Alzheimers New Zealand’s efforts and services in Application forms are available from school and parish offices, or can be down-
rehabilitating and supporting those in our community living with loaded from the Catholic Schools Office Website: www.catholicschools.
dementia. org.nz (go to Property and Finance / Finance / Attendance Dues)
If you have any queries or require assistance with the payment of
attendance dues under the sponsorship scheme, you are invited to phone
in confidence, Carol Krebs (Ph. 360 3069) at the Auckland Diocese office.
Applications to the sponsorship scheme for 2016 attendance dues will
be accepted by the Auckland Common Fund Ltd up to November 2016.

Year 10 Food Technology Burger Competition

Congratulations to the following student pairs who won the ‘Design A Burger’ competition in their respective
Year 10 Food Technology classes;

Heather Lock and Tayla Dalton Emma Psaila and Isabella Cattermole Frankie Slight and Brooke Landale

Science Success Staff visit to Shanghai

Congratulations to Lily Cameron-Lee, As part of the school’s commitment to raising
Year 13, who has received a scholarship the profile of Asian languages and culture Mr
from Rotary to attend the Science Forum Rouse recently visited Shanghai in China. The
in London. Her four week trip, in August, trip was fully funded and organised by the Asia
will include a visit to Paris and the CERN New Zealand Foundation for eight days and
in Switzerland. Bon Voyage Lily! Mr Rouse also secured additional funding from
the Ministry of Education to extend the stay
Musical Success for an additional four nights to secure a sister
school agreement with Jincai North School.
Congratulations to Calista Ngadi, Year The early part of the trip involved a series of
7, who won one Gold and one Bronze meetings and presentations that focused on the growing business and trade
medal for the 11 Years and Boogie links between China and New Zealand. Later in the trip participants had the
Intermediate sections of the NZ chance to visit a ‘small’ semi-rural primary school with 1200 students. After
Modern School of Music Annual Music the initial shyness there was much hand shaking, cheering and waving.
Competition for pianists, guitarists and Carmel College is currently considering the possibility of taking a group
singers from all over Auckland. of students to China next year to experience Shanghai,a city of 26
million people and take in some of the other sites around the country.

Aroha in Action Poster Competition

This year, the Years 7/8 classes are staging a production called ‘Aroha in Action’. The show which covers four nights with two separate casts
follows the quest of Aroha as she travels through many and varied settings to save her sisters. Alongside the production, a poster competition
was run, with many girls across Years 7 and 8 entering their designs. From this talented work, two winning artworks were selected. The poster
below on the left is the winner of the Best Poster section. It has been chosen for the clarity and effectiveness of the design.The artist is Kiara

Tablizo in Year 8. The poster
will be used to promote the
production. The second poster,
on the right, has won the Best
Artwork section because of
its intricate detail and how it
captures the essence of the
story. The artist is Sophia
Frawley in Year 8. This poster
will be developed into a mural
as a part of the entryway to the
show. Congratulations to both
girls who have won a $50 gift
voucher each ​t​o be spent at
Whitcoulls.

Can you help?

The Year 7/8 cohort is looking for
wooden barrels, chests, wooden
buckets, nets, big ropes and
other props that you’d expect to
see on a dock. If you have these
lurking about at home, would
you be willing to lend them for
the 7/8 production in Week 3?
If so, please email Katy Body
on [email protected].

Sports News Visiting Australian netball teams

Swimming On Monday Carmel was privileged to host a Junior and Senior Netball
team visiting from the Darling Range Sports Academy in Perth. Our
Congratulations to the following students who recently swam at Senior 1 and 9/1 team relished this opportunity and enjoyed playing
the Auckland Distance, Reverse Distance and Relay Champs at against teams with the Aussie flare. Congratulations to Robyn Spark
Westwave in Henderson with some fantastic results and medals. (Y9/1) and Jazmin Pirie (Senior 1) who were identified as the player
Most of them are within their own age group. of the match by the opposing teams. Senior 1 team is pictured here
with the visiting Senior team.
Caitlin O’Reilly
Bronze for the 4 x 50 free relay
Bronze for the 4 x 50m medley relay

Judo Saacha McCormack-Goeth
Silver for the 4 x 200m free relay
Bronze for the 4 x 100m free relay
Bronze for the 4 x 100m medley relay

Congratulations to Jurlina Carroll in Year 10.
Jurlina recently competed in the East Coast Judo
Championships. The standard was very high and she
fought in the very competitive U57Kilo junior girls
category. She fought very well and was rewarded
with a Gold Medal.

Advanced student coach programme Waterpolo

Congratulations to Jazmin Pirie, Year12, who has almost completed An awesome result for the Junior League water polo team this term;
the Advanced Student Coach Programme with officially the top girls team on the Shore! They battled against a few
Netball North. After completing the last of her tough boy’s teams this term and in the final game playing for bronze
Community coach award modules, Jaz, with 3 beat Kristin boys with a last second goal, to win 7-6!
other students from North Harbour will be the first
graduates in NZ in this programme. Carmel is Well done girls and thanks to coach Dylan Smith, manager, Melissa
incredibly lucky to have a student coach with this Spark and of course, the constant cheerleaders...the parents.
passion and commitment to the sport.
We’re all looking forward to next term’s competitions and the National
Synchronised Swimming Challenger cup competition in October.

Congratulations to the following students pictured below from left Girls are pictured below from left to right;
who competed in the recent North Island Synchro Championships. Back row: Bene Catlin, Rebecca Conlon, Niccole Tatarzycki, Claire
Nina Brown, Year 8, Claudia Fraser, Year 12 and Rona Costello, Shoko, Heather Poe-Lock, Maxine Stoute, Jorgia Bult, Natasha Young.
Front row: Johanna Clarke, Brianna Mahoney , Robyn Spark, Kelly Park.
Year 7.
Nina Brown’s
team won Gold
in the 13/14/15
team event and
her and her
duet partner
won Bronze in
the 13/14/15 Duet. Claudia Fraser won Bronze in the Aquanaut
Duet category and also participated in the North Island Schools
Championships for Carmel College. She was placed 8th for College
Solos. Rona Costello’s team won Gold in the 12U Team event.

iSport Foundation Student Leadership Day To all of the U14 and U16 water polo girls playing in the International
Pan Pacific Youth Water Polo tournament over the holidays, we
On Wednesday last week the Sports Council students were lucky wish you the the best of luck.
enough to attend the iSport Foundation Student Leadership Day.
This event involved 500 students from 50 Auckland schools. During Congratulations to Shannon Hughes and Shannon Seedall who
the day we listened to many inspiring speakers which included were part of the winning team (U18 A North Harbour) who picked up
sporting stars Temepara Bailey, Richie McCaw and Sir John Walker. Gold in the Auckland league. Grace Platt playing for the Waitakere
In between speakers we split into small groups and talked to them U18 team won a Bronze medal.
as well as playing some Maori games. It was a great day where
we met lots of students from other schools who loved sport just as GOOD LUCK
much as we did. It was a great experience that we took a lot out of.
The take home message from this day was “believe you can”, don’t Good luck to the girls who are competing in Netball tournaments
let those negative voices you hear prevent you from reaching your over these school holidays!
goals! Thank you to the Sports department staff, Claire Magness
and Natalie Milicich for joining us and organising the day for us.
Shannon Hughes, Year 12

World Youth Day Auckland Experience

World Youth Day Auckland Experience will be held on 30 & 31 July.
Leaders please do register your groups. Registrations are open for
individuals, volunteers and a support group (for parents and adults
over 35 years). To register, go to www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/youth-
young-adult-ministry/registrations-for-world-youth-day-auckland-2016.

World Youth Day Volunteer Day

World Youth Day Volunteer day will be held on Tuesday, 12 July,
10am-5pm at Pompallier Diocesan Centre, Ponsonby. If you are keen
to help us out with some minor preparations for #WYDAK16 register
with Rochelle ([email protected]).

Dates for Term 3 2016

25 July Term 3 sta rts AIMES AWARDS
04 Aug CARMEL/ROSMINI CAREERS EXPO
04 Aug LIFE EDUCATION YEAR 7 & 8 UNTIL 19 AUG REWARDING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE NORTH HARBOUR REGION ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE
12 Aug MERCY CUP
29 Aug TOURNAMENT WEEK BEGINS APPLICATIONS OPEN 29 JUNE
02 Sep YEAR 11-13 STUDY DAY
05 Sep ASSESSMENT WEEK BEGINS ALEX VERSTER (25) BRITT KINDRED (17) EMILY SCOTT (25) IAIN LAM (11)
10 Sep YEAR 11 DRAMA PRODUCTION UNTIL SEP 15
15 Sep YEAR 13 RETREAT (2 DAYS) DOUBLE BASS, 2015 WINNER SURFING, 2015 WINNER SINGER, 2015 WINNER ACADEMIC, 2015 WINNER
20 Sep SPORT/GROUP PHOTOS
21 Sep CELEBRATION SERVICE 6-9PM WWW.NORTHHAROURCLUB.CO.NZ
23 Sep MERCY DAY MASS / TERM 3 ENDS
GRANTS FROM $3,000 TO $30,000
Treasurer Needed for Lake Pupuke
Waterwise CATEGORIES AIMES AWARDS AIMES EMERGING JUNIOR
A The Arts Achieving Excellence in their TALENT AWARDS EXCELLENCE
The Lake Pupuke Waterwise needs a committee member I Innovation chosen category. Recognising individuals who AWARDS
who will take the role of Treasurer. There are approximately M Music display considerable promise in Exclusively for those
4 committee meetings per year, the club is in good financial E Education UP TO $15,000 their chosen category. aged 10 - 13 years
health and is not only very well run but also provides a S Sport PER WINNER WITH
wonderful opportunity to help teach children basic seamanship AN ADDITIONAL UP TO $5,000 UP TO $3,000
skills. There are only 5-10 transactions a month, the majority Service to the Community AWARD TO THE PER WINNER PER WINNER
of which are by automatic bank payment and so requires SUPREME WINNER
only elementary book-keeping skills as the processes
are well set up. The outgoing Treasurer will be happy to ENTRY CRITERIA:
provide a good handover until you are up and running. Be able to demonstrate the achievement of excellence in chosen category; Be aged between 10-25 years (Junior Excellence Awards 10-13 years;
Please contact [email protected] for further
information. AIMES Awards & AIMES Emerging Talent Awards 14-25 years) as at 5th August 2016; Have lived in the North Harbour region and/or can
demonstrate a strong affiliation with the North Harbour region for a period of not less than three calendar years.
Chaplain For The Deaf required
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 5PM FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2016
The Catholic Diocese of Auckland wishes to employ a part- www.northharbourclub.co.nz • [email protected]
time pastoral chaplain to the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
Community. Applicants must have fluency in New Zealand
Sign Language, knowledge in the Catholic faith, experience
of working in both Deaf and Hearing workplace environments,
the ability to communicate using a variety of media, hold a
current NZ drivers licence and be willing to work flexible
hours including some weekends. To view a full position
description, please visit our website www.aucklandcatholic.
org.nz. Please send applications (application form, cover
letter and CV) to Leanne Kilgour [email protected] by
1st August 2016.

Change of Civil Defence App

If you have been using the Civil Defence App it will not work
after 30 June. It is being replaced by the Red Cross Hazard
Alerting.
Auckland residents are being advised to change their civil
defence phone app from the current Auckland Civil Defence
app to the new national Red Cross Hazards app by 30 June,
2016. Download the Hazard App to help you and your family
prepare and respond to hazards in New Zealand.
For details and to download the new Red Cross Hazard
Alerting App go to: http://www.aucklandcivildefence.org.nz/
alerting/