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    • Pohiri for the Mercy Asia Pacific Meeting April 2019- Watch the Video
      • Saint Mary's College Wellington students rock the Pōwhiri for the Mercy Asia Pacific Meeting! Saint Mary's College Wellington students rock the Pōwhiri for the Mercy Asia Pacific Meeting hosted by Ngā Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa Sisters of Mercy New Zealand in Thorndon! Posted by Mercy Women New Zealand on Wednesday, April 3, 2019

    • Open Day
      • On Thursday, 13 June we will be holding our annual open day.  This is an excellent opportunity for prospective students and their parents to visit our school and find out what we can offer. We are in the process of planning an interesting and informative programme and look forward to meeting you then.

    • Learning Conversations
      • Learning Conversations will be held on Friday 07 June 2019 for ALL students. We look forward to all students and an adult from each family attending a meeting where each student will discuss their learning progress with their parents and kaiako. Interviews start at 8.30am and end at 4.30pm and each learning conversation lasts for 15 minutes. Appointments – families can make an appointment on our online booking system at www.schoolinterviews.co.nz code =  k4yfj Venues – All Learning Conversations are in ako rooms St Mary’s College will contact workplaces to release parents on request if there are issues getting time off work. Parents contact kaiako directly about this please. There are no lessons on Friday 07 June 2019 – so we need to see all students and their families to ensure there is a good use of learning and teaching time. After their appointment, students should use the rest of the day to study.

    • Notification of Additional Industrial Action
      • As you are aware, the PPTA has initiated industrial action in support of the teachers’ collective agreement claim. The strike this Wednesday, 29 May, is the first action to be taken. We have now been notified that further action will take place over the last 5 weeks of this term. The action is a mix of rolling strikes (different regions striking on different days of the week) and rostering home (different year levels not taught across the country on certain days – so the specified year level doesn’t come to school that day). This is the plan: Tuesday  4 June                 Year 9 rostered home Tuesday 11 June                Year 10 rostered home (Sacred Heart Exchange TBC) Friday 21 June                   Wellington region strike day – school will be closed                                                      Tuesday 25 June                Year 11 rostered home Tuesday 2 July                   Year 12 rostered home As is always the case, action could be called off at the last minute if negotiations are heading towards a settlement. Please listen to the media – it is likely they will know before we can inform you. We all hope there will be a palatable solution in the near future. If that doesn’t eventuate I will be in touch about Term 3 action before the end of this term. Regards  Helen Hardwick

    • NCEA fees announcement
      • Please see the link below for an announcement about the removal of NCEA fees. https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/news/ncea-scholarship-fees-removed/

    • O’Shea Shield Competition
      • Congratulations to all the students who worked so hard to prepare for the O’Shea Shield Competition.  St Mary’s achieved some amazing results and our final placing of third is a credit to you all.

    • St Mary’s placed 3rd in O’Shea Shield Competition
      • Last weekend we took a team of 16 students to St Peter’s College in Palmerston North. They competed in Debating, Oratory, Maori Scripture Reading and English Scripture Reading, Junior Prepared Speech, Religious Drama, Impromptu and Religious Questions. The girls did St Mary’s proud and we ended up coming third out of 17 schools.  A great effort. The girls and coaches had put in hours of work in preparation and I thank them all for their efforts. Mrs Donne Sklenars                 

    • 2019 O’Shea Shield Competition
      • This weekend 16 girls will be participating in the O’Shea Shield Competition.  This year it is being hosted at St Peter’s College in Palmerston North. The events include Debating, English and Maori Scripture Reading, Oratory, Junior Prepared Speech, Impromptu, Religious Questions and Religious Drama.  There are 17 Catholic Secondary schools in the competition. We ask your prayers for the weekend. The girls and coaches have put in a tremendous amount of work for this weekend. We wish them all the best. O’Shea Team 2019 DEBATING Samantha Samaniego Catherine Ramoo Simone Lenora RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS Melissa Ready Daphney Rodrigues Xyryll Gayagoy RELIGIOUS DRAMA Eden Vaatstra Anna Rodgers Faafetai Fiso Lennox Kennach Renee Stasiewicz IMPROMPTU Claudia Harach ORATORY Tukasi Paongo SCRIPTURE READING – ENGLISH Toloumu Faletolu SCRIPTURE READING – TE REO MĀORI Isabelle Pou JUNIOR PREPARED Eden Bacani

    • 2019 Board of Trustee elections
      • We will shortly be posting out the nomination forms for Parent representative positions on the Board of Trustees. If you have any questions and/or an interest in being a Parent Representative on the Board of Trustees see: https://www.trustee-election.co.nz/becoming-a-trustee/ Alternatively contact Catherine Ryan Catherine.Ryan@stmw.school.nz  or Stephen Corkill – BOT Chair bot@stmw.school.nz.   If you have any questions about the election process please feel free to contact Penny Cole on returning-officer@stmw.school.nz.    

    • Kilbirnie Mosque Mural
      • Please see the following article that appeared on Stuff. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/112158931/st-marys-college-students-artwork-dedicated-to-muslim-community-needs-wellington-home

    • Young Enterprise
      • Young Enterprise team “It’s a Wrap” were recently awarded second prize at the Nationwide Young Enterprise photo competition.  Here is their amazing photograph:

    • Board of Trustee Elections
      • Board of Trustee Elections are held every three years, and will be held across May and June this year.  The election is about ensuring that we have strong parent representation on our Board of Trustees, who are charged with governance of St Mary’s. During the election process we will keep you up-to-date with information and requests via email and by post.  It is therefore key that we have all your current postal address and email details. You can check and, if necessary, change these on the Parent Portal. If you have any questions and/or an interest in being a Parent Representative on the Board of Trustees see: https://www.trustee-election.co.nz/becoming-a-trustee/ Alternatively contact Catherine Ryan Catherine.Ryan@stmw.school.nz  or Stephen Corkill – BOT Chair bot@stmw.school.nz.   If you have any questions about the election process please feel free to contact Penny Cole on returning-officer@stmw.school.nz.    

    • Netball Trials
      • The second trial for all Year 9 netball trialists will be held after school at 3.30pm on Tuesday 26th March. The second trial for Year 10’s will take place on Thursday 28th March at 3.30pm. Both trials will finish about 5.30pm. A list of students selected to trial for the Junior A team is on the sports noticeboard. This trial will take place on Thursday 21st March at 3.30pm on the gym court.

    • Badminton Registrations
      • If you are interested in playing badminton this year then please join the badminton google classroom and fill in the form by Tuesday 4 p.m. The code is rqgeovk

    • Support After the Christchurch Attacks
      • We were all deeply shocked and saddened by the events that took place in Christchurch on Friday afternoon. If your daughter appears to be affected by these events the following agencies are here to help: Victim Support – 0800 842846 Mental Health Foundation – text 1737 Youthline – text 234, phone 0800 376633 St Mary’s has an onsite Guidance Councellor (Christel Dodunski) and she can be contacted at: christel.dodunski@stmw.school.nz  The Ministry of Education has also provided some useful information for parents and caregivers at: www.education.govt.nz/news/tips-for-parents-and-educators-supporting-children-and-young-people We are aware that students may have had access to the graphic online content that was posted on social media on Friday afternoon and evening.  Netsafe provides some useful information for helping young people deal with upsetting online content.  This can be found on: www.netsafe.org.nz/upsetting-content

    • Changes to the Hawkestone Street intersection
      • New Zealand Transport Agency and the Wellington City Council are making changes to Hawkestone Street to prevent commuters from using the intersection as a shortcut to skip ahead of queues when travelling southbound on SH1.  The following map (which is from the NZTA website) shows the proposed new layout. hawkestone-street-intersectionHawkestone-Street-improvements-map Any construction will take place between 7pm-5am on 18-20 March, and 7pm-5am on 7-12 April. For further details contact NZTA or Wellington City Council.

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