CANS FOR CHRISTMAS
Today it is ‘Cans for Christmas!’.
During Covid people donated money or grocery vouchers instead of cans because of restrictions. $10,000 was raised for Saint Vincent De Paul.
Cans for Christmas is a simple way to make a change.
We feel thankful and proud that we are able to help the St Vincent De Paul Society who then help those in need.
Lucia B and Matilda (Hub 2)
‘Cans for Christmas’ was established in 2015. There are 47 schools, both catholic and non catholic schools, helping and donating,
People gather cans of food together for people who don’t have any. A truck comes and it takes the cans to the St Vincent de Paul food bank.
This is the 7th year running. Seeing all of the cans makes us grateful that we are able to help people in need.
Thank you to St Vincent de Paul for organising Cans for Christmas.
Luke, Alex B and Mila G (Hub 2)
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| Tallying up the number of cans - there were 696 cans! | Displaying the cans | Packing up the cans for the truck |
Tallying up the number of cans -
there were 696 cans!
Displaying the cans
Packing up the cans for the truck
THOUGHTS & PRAYERS
CHAOS AT THE GATES
You may have noticed that we have had to close half of the gate on Alberton Ave as adults have been driving into the staff car park and turning into the driveway while children are walking through.
This is a Health & Safety issue and ONCE AGAIN you are asked to please not turn into the driveways on either side of the school.
Please pass this message on to anyone who collects or drops off your child/ren. Our children are precious and can easily go unnoticed around our driveways.
PLEASE adhere to this request. It is getting so dangerous out there!
TERM 3 CALENDAR
Friday 30 September - Celebration Assembly, 2.30pm at St Mary's
Friday 30 September - Term 3 Ends
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY
On Tuesday our Marist team of Years 3-6 boys and girls raced against Catholic schools across Auckland at the Catholic Schools Cross Country event. The children put in the mahi for weeks leading up to it, which paid off to combat a very challenging course with the famous ‘Killer Hill’. Our value of hautoa -courage- shone through when they successfully completed it with many strong finishes. Below the top ten placings out of a run of 55 children in each race:
- 2nd - Jack (Year 3)
- 3rd - Sadie (Year 3)
- 4th - Ava W (Year 5)
- 5th - Lilia (Year 3)
- 6th - Sophie W (Year 4)
- 7th - Cayden (Year 3)
- 8th - Beatrice (Year 4), Indie (Year 5)
- 9th - Kate (Year 5), Kaedyn (Year 6)
- 10th - Toby (Year 3)
Thank you to all the parents who gave up their time to marshal or run at the training sessions, and to those who supported the Marist team on the day. It was a great day made possible with everyone’s continuous help and support.
Well done runners!
“We ran as fast as the wind but it was very tiring.” Ethan
“After all of that running it felt like my glutes were on fire!” Harrison
“We enjoyed the running and it was really fun.” Eliza
“The hardest part of the run was running up Killer Hill!” Georgia
“At the start of my race I felt nervous but I came 3rd!” Sadie
“I was excited to be running.” Cayden
“I liked running and getting a day off school.” Olivia
“I came 29th and it was very tiring and exciting.” Zach
“I enjoyed crossing the finish line and supporting everyone.” Indie
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TINKERCAD
Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use tool for 3D design, electronics, and coding. It's used to imagine, design, and make anything!
Hub 1 used Tinkercad to design solutions to problems in our Marist school environment related to biodiversity. We planned and designed our innovation and then created a prototype using the 3D modelling tool Tinkercad.
Here are some examples of our prototypes:
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| Gabriel’s bird feeder to attract native birds. On the top tier there is a shallow bowl containing water and below on the bottom tier there are 2 bowls of seeds. It is raised high away from pests. | Arlo’s design for a rat trap. It has a door that closes once a rat stands on a pressure plate. There’s another pressure plate inside it that triggers a pop-up button on top of the trap to signal that a rat has been caught. There is poison inside for the rat to eat. | Seraphina has re-designed our vegetable garden to prevent snails and slugs from eating the cabbages. It has coffee grounds surrounding them. |
Gabriel’s bird feeder to attract native birds. On the top tier there is a shallow bowl containing water and below on the bottom tier there are 2 bowls of seeds. It is raised high away from pests.
Arlo’s design for a rat trap. It has a door that closes once a rat stands on a pressure plate. There’s another pressure plate inside it that triggers a pop-up button on top of the trap to signal that a rat has been caught. There is poison inside for the rat to eat.
Seraphina has re-designed our vegetable garden to prevent snails and slugs from eating the cabbages. It has coffee grounds surrounding them.
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| Hunter’s design for a rat trap. It has a blue entrance at the front with tube is a tunnel for the rats leading them through a light blue ring attached to a leaver that will catch the rat. The green cube is the lure. The cylinder at the back is where you can lift a hatch to drop the food into. | Giana designed this butterfly garden which is high up on a fence away from pests. The blue cylinder represent swan plants inside the garden Above the garden is a feeder with sugar water in it. | This is Nathan B’s design for a bee house called a BFO. The stars represent the flowers, the purple cylinder is where the bees enter. The blue dome is transparent so we can check up on the bees. The colours I have used are the colours that attract bees. The house could be hung or placed on the ground. |
Hunter’s design for a rat trap. It has a blue entrance at the front with tube is a tunnel for the rats leading them through a light blue ring attached to a leaver that will catch the rat. The green cube is the lure. The cylinder at the back is where you can lift a hatch to drop the food into.
Giana designed this butterfly garden which is high up on a fence away from pests. The blue cylinder represent swan plants inside the garden Above the garden is a feeder with sugar water in it.
This is Nathan B’s design for a bee house called a BFO. The stars represent the flowers, the purple cylinder is where the bees enter. The blue dome is transparent so we can check up on the bees. The colours I have used are the colours that attract bees. The house could be hung or placed on the ground.
MARIST MEALS
This year we are continuing with Marist Meals - a pastoral care initiative. These meals are provided to families in the school & parish community when a little extra support is needed (e.g. a new baby, sickness, bereavement). With the impact of covid and many of our school and parish families isolating or unwell, it would be great if we could fill up the freezer so we can help lighten the load for families during these challenging times.
If you would like to contribute, we welcome any homemade, brought meals or baking for our freezer. Meals can be dropped off to the school office.
Containers available at the school office.
THE VILLAGE SQUARE HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES
Sign up for The Village Square’s awesome October School Holiday Programme and enjoy our amazing line-up of activities and adventures! Choose from our on-site Club House activities and off-site Adventure Seekers trips each day. Our programme runs from three convenient Central Auckland locations (Balmoral, Epsom & Parnell), and will be run from 3rd – 14th October. We’re flexible, so you can sign up for as few or as many days as you need, plus we’re open from 7.30am-6pm – perfect for busy parents.
Check out our website for more details at villagesquare.org.nz/shp-enrol or phone 09 555 5193.
