Campion College Newsletter

Term 1, Week 2 - 6 February to 12 February 2023

KIA ORA

Kia ora parents and caregivers, Nau mai, haere mai, greetings.

We hope you enjoy this week's panui.

Have a wonderful week and stay safe out there!

KARAKIA FOR OUR STUDENT LEADERS

Father, we pray that our students will become committed servant leaders.

Plant in their hearts a sense of gratitude for the many blessings they have been given.

Grant them the joy that comes through serving others.

Help us to inspire them through the way we live our lives in service to others.

Mary Our Good Mother, pray for us

St Marcellin Champagnat, pray for us

St Mary MacKillop, pray for us

St Edmund Campion, pray for us.

INVESTITURE MASS

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On Thursday, 9 February, we celebrated Mass at St Mary, Star of the Sea. During Mass our student leaders were given a special blessing from Father Richard and received their leadership badges. It was a wonderful celebration which was made all the more special as we were able to join together with members of the wider community in our church.

Thank you to Mr Matt King took photographs of the Investiture Mass. Photos can be viewed here.

2023 STUDENT LEADERS

In last week's newsletter we introduced our Prefect Team. This week we introduce the rest of our newly elected student leadership team.

Eucharistic Ministers: David Liti, Roman Seaton and Sandira Halaifonua

BOT Representative: Jacqueline Nankivell

Marcellin House Captains: Tara McCormack and Hamish Swann

Hato Maria House Captains: Cleo Ciochetto and Harfateh Singh

MacKillop House Captains: Abigail O’Dey and David Liti

Gregory House Captains: Elly Lincoln and Rewi Nankivell

Student Council Reps:

V01 Imogen Chappell

V02 Hamish Swann

V03 Ebonie Rose Hitchens-Drower

V04 Cassandra Pritzwald-Stegmann

V05 Angus McInnes

V06 Aiden Mill

V07 Rosie Moran

V08 Sophia Seaton

V09 Ekrose Kaur

V10 Aliyah Bannister

V11 Rebecca Kanz

V12 Sacha Sims

V13 Blair Hills

V14 Roman Seaton

V15 David Liti

V16 Saskia Diamond

V17 Jeroen van den Heuvel

V18 Jacqueline Nankivell

V19 Tanay Goldsbury

V20 Oscar Page

Peer Support Leaders: Ruby Aitkenhead, Imogen Chappell, Saskia Diamond, Jade Effman,

Beatrice Fawcett, Maia Ferguson, Tanay Goldsbury, Laurence Guite, Eve Hampson, Lily Heuser,

Kelly Hogan, Matthew Joblin, Carlos Latu, David Liti, Tara McCormack, Angus McInnes,

Dara Mulrooney, Jacqueline Nankivell, Isabelle O'Sullivan, Oscar Page, Kylie Pinto, Pippa Rhodes, Lien Ruelens, Ruby Sadler, Ella Saunders, Sophia Seaton, Sacha Sims, Alice Sparks,

Danielle van Aswegen, James van Aswegen, Jeroen van den Heuvel, Luca Vita.

NEW WHĀNAU BBQ

We would like to invite our new students and their whānau to join us later in the term for a BBQ at school. More details to come!

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to Year 12 student, Alice Sparks, who competed in the Gisborne Surf Lifesaving Championships. Alice and her team took out the title for under 17 tube rescue. You can read all about Alice's achievements here.

Year 12 student, Flynn McGregor, who took out the top spot in the first round of the under 18 boys division in the Gisborne Boardriders Club Junior Series. See the full story here.

KAT VANDERBILT - MISSIONARY IN TRAINING

Some of you will remember Kat Vanderbilt who was a Year 13 student last year. Because of her opportunity to serve as Special Character Prefect, Kat learned about poverty and served in awareness campaigns in Tairawhiti. She has said that this opened her eyes to the extent of injustices left to be addressed and revealed that God has given her a skill-set suited to these issues. Since leaving Campion College, Kat has traveled to Florida to attend the Discipleship Training School. After 12 weeks of training, she will go on a 6-8 week mission trip to share the Gospel of Jesus.

We ask you to keep Kat in your prayers as she undertakes her missionary training and outreach. Kat's family have set up a Give A Little page for anyone who may feel moved to donate (https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/kats-ywam-orlando-dts-mission-trip). It also includes a link to her Blog (https://katvanderbilt6.wixsite.com/katsupdates) where people can subscribe to follow along as she goes through the program. As a token of her appreciation, Kat has created a piece of art that will be sent out to donors.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Our school photos will be taken this Thursday. To ensure discount prices, you must return the completed order form with payment to the School Office before 12 noon on Tuesday, 14 February 2023. Orders made after the discount cut-off date will be at standard order prices. All students should have received an order form. Spares can be obtained from the Office.

ANZAC SPEECH COMPETITION

The Gisborne RSA, is this year holding a speech contest for this year’s ANZAC Day Service on Tuesday 25 April 2023. They are inviting the youth of the Gisborne – Tairawhiti District between the ages of 12 and 15 years to enter this contest. The speech is to be no longer than 3 minutes long and to be about the subject matter CHUNUK BAIR and the ANZACS. Please see Mrs Sadler if you have any questions.

STATIONERY REQUIREMENTS

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Stationery requirements for Years 7 - 10

- A Chromebook or Laptop

- A calculator - fx82AU PLUSII (or better) - available via Kindo

- 3 x 1B5 exercise books

- 2 x 1E5 exercise books

- Pens and pencils

- A ruler

For senior students, a Chromebook or Laptop is also required. Pens, pencils and either a 1B5 or refill paper is also useful.

CHROMEBOOKS

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Campion College is proud to partner with the Manaiakalani Outreach programme in helping improve learning through digital fluency. One of the benefits of this is that Manaiakalani sources an appropriate chrome book for students to purchase. For 2023, Manaiakalani is recommending that students purchase the Acer C734-C1SD Chromebook.

Please note that if you do not wish to purchase the Acer C733, then any chrome book or similar laptop will work as a suitable device for student use in the College. If you have any queries please contact your child’s learning mentor or the College Office.

How to purchase:

The catalogue with recommended and trialled Manaiakalani products can be accessed here.

You can add yourself into a membership group that will give some discounts following the instructions below:

HOW TO USE YOUR DISCOUNT

1. Go to pbtech.co.nz then click 'Create account' or 'Sign-in'

2. If you are creating a new account, update your details then type BYOD123 where it says 'Membership Key' then click 'Register'

3. If you are signing in to your existing PB account, head to My Account > Settings > Personal Details then type BYOD123 where it says 'Membership Key' then click 'Update Details'

4. Start saving!