Principal's Reflection
Tena koutou te whānau
He moana pukepuke e ekengia e te waka
A choppy sea can be navigated
I would like to thank our parents for their support as we embark on COVID - Phase Three. In this current phase the only close contacts are household members. Please continue to use our usual absences notification via SchoolAPP or phone the office if your child is absent due to a family member being positive. Your child’s teacher will be notified and distance work made available for your child.
In the case of your child testing positive please use the covid@marian.school.nz email. We will email the families of the class that a student has tested positive and advise close monitoring of symptoms. Our prayers and thoughts are with our students and families who are affected with COVID. If families need any support please email our family Worker: Tricia Robinson - trobinson@marian.school.nz
Our parent community has been fantastic keeping us notified of their household cases and collecting children when required. We will keep our families notified as we are informed of cases. Please ensure you are monitoring for symptoms. We can do this together.
On a positive note we have seen tremendous development in the seamlessness of our distance learning. We are taking a blended approach to our teaching programmes to ensure our student’s learning has minimal disruption across both the classroom and at home. This is working well. This ‘hybrid learning’ model is an educational approach in which schools provide remote and onsite learning at the same time, using a range of technologies and approaches, including paper-based learning. Due to COVID-19, and in particular the Omicron variant a major shift will be a change from thinking about face-to face/onsite learning as the dominant way that learning is delivered, to one where learning is designed from the outset to be delivered seamlessly in three ways (onsite, online and paper based) where required.
As we begin the season of Lent let us reach out to support members within our community who are experiencing isolation due to COVID with prayers, contactless drop offs, or a friendly phone call.
Ma te Atua koutou e manaaki
Arohanui, Debra
Gospel Reflection
Gospel Reflection: Luke 6: 39-45
In Sunday’s Gospel Jesus talks about seeing a speck of dust in someone else’s eye, but not seeing the wooden log in our own eye. It is much easier to notice the mistakes that others make, than it is to realize when we have made a mistake or done something wrong ourselves.
Jesus is saying we must change the way we act before we can expect anyone else to change.
God can help us. God will fill our hearts with goodness and love, hope, courage and generosity. Filled with these things we will not be able to stop ourselves from wanting to share them with others. So if we let God fill our hearts with goodness and love, we will be able to speak words that share that goodness and love with others.
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Ash Wednesday
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent. It is a time when we look at how we can prepare ourselves for Easter. Throughout Lent we pay particular focus on prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
To explain these:
Prayer means developing a closer relationship with God and spending more time talking to God in prayer.
Fasting: this is something we can go without or give up - whether it be food or something else we like, so that we appreciate what Jesus gave up for us by dying on the cross.
Almsgiving means we give to others whether it be helping the old or needy, giving time to others or giving of our worldly goods. We are here to be servants to others and live as Jesus lived for the good of all.
As we begin Lent, a word from Pope Francis in his homily for Ash Wednesday several years ago.
“Lent is not a time for useless sermons, but for recognizing that our lowly selves are loved by God. It is a time of grace, a time for letting God gaze upon us with love and in this way change our lives”.
MASS
Today 100 students were able to celebrate Mass in the Cathedral with other students participating from their classrooms via live streaming. After Mass the students walked over to the Cathedral and the students were able to receive Ashes from outside, in class groups.
Many thanks for the generous donation of grocery items that have been given to the Hamilton Combined Christian Foodbank- a great start to our Lenten pledge of Almsgiving.
Prayers
We pray for Ms Gerritsen who is now home from hospital recovering from a broken ankle. We wish her well with her recovery.
God Bless,
Nicki Whyte DRS
Upcoming Events
- Learning Discussions - Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 February
- Teacher Only Day - Friday 1 April
- L3 Tennis - Tuesday 22 and 29 March and 5 April
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Year 3-8 Choir 2022
Expressions of interest'
If you are interested in joining our 'Marian Singers' Choir this year, please let your class teacher know.
Mrs Clark will be circulating a doc during week 5 & 6 for names to be added.
We welcome Year 3 singers this year, and would love a range of boys and girls across Year 3-8.
Once we are able to begin singing practices we'll let you know ❤️
In the meantime, all singers who sign up will be shared a folder of songs to sing along to at home.
Arohanui ki a koutou
Mrs Clark
Room 14
Choir 2022
Marian Catholic School Jacket
These jackets are supplied through our sportswear supplier Kukri and are of a very good quality. They are a soft shell, water proof material with a polar fleece lining.
We have some sample sizes in the school office if you would like to come and have a look and try out the sizes before purchasing.
Child sizes available: 3-4 yrs, 5-6 yrs, 7-8 yrs,
9-10 yrs, 11-12 yrs, 13-14 yrs.
The cost is $70.00 each.
Adult sizes: X-small, Small, Medium, Large
The cost is $80.00 each.
Delivery of the Jackets are approx. 8 weeks from
order placed.
Payment must be made before we order.
To place an order please contact Jardine McIntyre:
jmcintyre@marian.school.nz or come into the
school office.
Last day to order: Friday 18 March
