POMPALLIER CATHOLIC COLLEGE Te Kāreti Katorika o Pomapārie

“Diligere Verum” “Love the Truth” “Arohatia te Whakapono”

Newsletter 12 : 16 August, 2019

VISION STATEMENT

Pompallier Catholic College is a Catholic community with a Marist charism that challenges all students to excel in their endeavours. We promote Christian values, excellence in learning and quality relationships to enable students to be outstanding citizens. Our College shall be a place where

all “...encounter the living God who in Jesus Christ reveals his transforming love and truth”.

When considering alternative choices of behaviour as a response to some event or situation, we might sometimes use the WWJD approach, “What would Jesus Do?” The WWJD emerged in the 90’s and encouraged people to behave in a manner that would demonstrate the love of Jesus via their choice of behaviour.

“WWJD” encouraged many to work for peace, feed the needy, care for the sick, be guardians of the earth, to seek and act justly, and give generously. These are all great things to do and are frequently held up as evidence of us being engaged in helping to make the world a better place, and for us to be like Jesus to one another. This is good sociology, but inadequate theology, because we are not subcontractors or volunteers building the kingdom of God via our own efforts. Neither does it give due recognition to the presence of evil within the world and our own limitations when it comes to addressing our daily temptations.

The WWJD approach needs to get in behind the WDJD, “What Did Jesus Do?” for a more comprehensive understanding of the Gospels. By intentionally putting some “skin-in-the-game”, Jesus confronts the depravity of evil present to varying degrees in all of humanity and its social structures and kicks it into touch. This did not occur via his being the “third match official”, and calling down a penalty or red card, but by his being at the bottom of the ruck subjected to shoulder charges and sharpened sprigs. He defeats violence (evil) by being subject to it and emerging from it into a new game now being played. That is what Jesus did and that is why we can now play the new ultimate game if we so desire.

Unfortunately, all of us fall short of being the ideal player in some manner or another. All of us are incapable of perfection because we live in a world where evil, in its many forms, is an everyday presence. However, the most radical teaching of Christianity is that ALL people can

get into this game by virtue of the incarnation, suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus. This happens irrespective of whether you are currently on the field, in the grandstand, or off playing some other game. You are no longer shut out from the ultimate game. There are no red cards and no exclusions on the basis of sexuality, age, ethnicity, behaviour or politics. That’s the “Good News”, that’s why knowing that we are all sinners is a reason to rejoice thanks to the grace of God.

Richard Stanton PRINCIPAL

2020 ENROLMENTS

2020 Enrolment application packs are available from the

College office, or on our website:

www.pompallier.school.nz

Non-Preference Enrolments close 2 September

Preference Enrolments close 23 September

For any enrolment queries please contact Kelli Adams: admin@pompallier.school.nz

2020 CURRICULUM BOOK

The 2020 Curriculum booklet, which has detailed course information on subjects available next year, is now available to view on our website:

2020 Curriculum Booklet

If you have any queries please contact your child’s Year Level Dean.

UPCOMING EVENTS - Term 3

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AUGUST

Sun 18 - Fri 23 Year 13 PE Tongariro Trip Mt Ruapehu

Wed 28 WPSSA Cross Country Champs Barge Park

Wed 28 Otago University Course Planning 11.20am

Thu 29 Bishop’s Mass College Hall 12.35pm

Fri 30 Future Trades Day NorthTec 9.00am - 3.00pm

SEPTEMBER

Mon 2 - Fri 6 NISS Mixed Hockey Tournament Taupo

Wed 4 WPSSA Cross Country Champs

Sat 7 Youth Mass SFX 6.00pm

Sun 8 - Fri 13 AIMS Games Tauranga

Tue 10 Victoria University Course Planning College Library 9.20am - 10.15am

Wed 11 - Fri 13 Senior Drama Production College Hall TBC

Fri 13 Humanitarian Law Workshop Red Cross Centre TBC

Sun 15 - Fri 20 Year 10 Hillary Outdoors EOTC Trip Tongariro

Mon 16 - Fri 20 EDGE Exams Week

Tue 17 MCAT External Exam - Year 11 College TBC

Wed 18 NPS Cross Country Champs TBC TBC

Sun 22 - Fri 27 Year 12 PE EOTC Trip Ruapehu TBC

Tue 24 Auckland University Visit College Library 2.00pm

Fri 27 Last Day of Term 3

OCTOBER

Mon 14 First Day of Term 4 School starts 8.45am

SCHOOL MAGAZINE

LAST CHANCE TO ORDER !!!

The cost of the magazine is $20.00. Any family that wishes to purchase a magazine will need to pre-order one by clicking on the following link for further information and the ordering page:

Order 2019 Magazine

YEAR 11 DANCE NIGHT

SAVE THE DATE!

Tuesday 15 October, 2019

All our Year 11 students will be participating in a Dance Presentation Night on the above date. Please put the date in your diary - more information to come!

VIEWING STUDENT INFORMATION

Our Parent Portal allows parents to access some of the records we have for your child, like attendance, timetable, finance etc.

Click here to be directed to the log-in page.

Log on using your child’s name: firstnamedotlastname (eg: fred.flinstone) and the password they use at school.

Alternatively, phone the College office and request the Caregivers logon password. We will email this to the registered email address we have on our system for you.

JOINT SURVEY BETWEEN ST FRANCIS XAVIER and POMPALLIER

Earlier this week, you will have received an email from us regarding an online survey between our schools, on how we can make Mass more engaging, meaningful and accessible for families.

We would really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to complete the survey. The link is:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SFXandPOMCelebratingMass

The survey will close off at 8.00am on Monday 19th

August.

SPORTS DEPARTMENT NEWS : Term 3, Week 4

NETBALL RESULTS

Collegiate Team 1

3 Aug vs WGHS 9-1 lost 23 - 39

POD Stella Blake, FP Alissa Mackay

10 Aug vs WGHS 10-2 won 20 - 17

POD Jodie Orford, FP Siobhan Gibson

Collegiate Team 2

3 Aug vs CRS 1 lost 17 - 20

10 Aug vs CRS 1 lost 17 - 26

POD Chevaughn Snowden, FP Brooke Thompson

HOCKEY RESULTS

Mixed 1st

XI

5 Aug vs WBHS Black lost 4 - 6

POD Olivia Cyprian

12 Aug vs Huanui/Mangapai lost 0 - 3

POD Isaac Going

Mixed 2nd

XI

5 Aug vs Rodney lost 0 - 5

POD Dylan Hiini, FP Pierre Powell

JMC (Year 7 & 8)

2 Aug vs Maunu XI lost 0 - 3

POD Daniel Jones, FP Harry Trubshaw

8 Aug vs Mangapai 1st XI lost 1 - 3

POD Jessica Meyer, FP Macey Going

BASKETBALL RESULTS

Junior Boys

6 Aug vs Ruawai won 22 - 12

Senior Boys

6 Aug vs Kamo lost 14 - 40

STUDENT SUCCESSES

Hockey

The following students have made representative teams for Northland Hockey this year:

U13 Hatch Cup A Team: Alex Kite

U13 Hatch Cup Development Team: Harry Trubshaw

U13 Collier Development Team: Macey Going, Anabella Hugo and Jessica Meyer

U15 Boys A Team: Isaac Going and Ah Him Iamafana

U18 Womens Development Team: Tayla Adams, Olivia Cyprian and Rose Martin.

Congratulations to all these players!

Aerobics

Willow Clarke competed last weekend in Te Awamutu.

She placed second in Aerodance, second in ADP 4 Pairs, and third in ADP 4 Individual.

A successful weekend of Aerobics, congratulations Willow!

NOTE FROM HOCKEY NORTHLAND

Now that we are well into the season with some new and interesting rules being introduced, let’s use this as a reminder to play the game with respect. Passion and enthusiasm are the lifeblood of sport and when properly channelled, highlight everything great about hockey.

WHANGAREI PRIMARY SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS - Wednesday 28 August

The parents of the Year 7 & 8 students who have qualified, have had the permission slip emailed home, and hopefully these will all be returned by the due date of this Friday, 16 August.

As with any sports events, we require some help to supervise the runners.

We have also asked for MARSHALLS – volunteers from Years 9 & 10 need to return permission slips also by this Friday.

NORTHLAND PRIMARY SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY - Wednesday 18 September, Barge Park

If your child places in the Top 10-15 at the above event, they may qualify for the next opportunity. This will be run after the above event and requires parents/caregivers to take their own children along to compete.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL - TERM 4

Allyssa Lopez has met with some junior students who showed an interest in playing Volleyball.

Currently we don’t have any Coaches, but there is a fun event to be held at Tikipunga High School on Tuesday 19 November. We would need parent support for this, to assist with transport and as the Team Manager/Scorer

So, if your child is listed below and you are able to help out, please contact the Sport Co-ordinator immediately to allow further planning.

Interested students: Emma Golightly, Ruby Crawford, Isabella Ross, McStephen Dela-Cruz, Saoirse Kiely-Joyce, Destiny Lim, Kevin Chi, Marc Acuin, Jared Palmer, Ukeaba Biremon, Trenyce Morunga-Masoe, Neil Luna, Carla Matabilas, Aisha Atiq and Ella Fagan.

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ASB SECONDARY SCHOOLS SPORTS AWARDS

Sport Northland, Northland Secondary School Sports Association and ASB, are proud to present the 2019 ASB Northland Secondary School Sports Awards. These awards aim to recognise the sporting achievements of students from Northland Secondary Schools. It is an opportunity to showcase some of the amazing young people involved in sport.

If you are a Year 9-13 student, and you are competing in a Secondary Schools Sport at a high level, then you could be acknowledged for your achievements (at a high level would be getting placings and competing in representative events at regional/NZ level).

There are 20 sports codes listed on-line this year – any others are looked at by the regional association (i.e. Football, Netball, Hockey, Rugby, Swimming).

These awards are being held on Thursday 24th October at

the ASB Stadium.

Sport Co-ordinators, Coaches, or parents, are encouraged to make nominations for our students.

The form is very easy to follow, however if you wish for me to complete a nomination for your child, then you need to contact me with their performance details/results immediately please. A picture is also required.

The period of achievement is to have occurred from 1st

November 2018 to 14th October 2019.

NOMINATIONS CLOSE AT 12NOON ON WEDNESDAY 11

th SEPTEMBER.

On-line nominations can be found on the Sport Northland website, under Events, then Sports Awards – follow the link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevUmuL-HMCyw9F8zMtQR6zMrWK0L9n5RIEiTfq6XG6xPwuTw/viewform

Contact the Sport Co-ordinator if you have any questions chantelle.yorke@pompallier.school.nz

VOLLEYBALL - PLAYER & COACH TRAINING SESSIONS

On Sunday 25 August, the Development and Performance Lead, Rob Tarr, is offering development coaching programmes in Whangarei at the ASB Stadium. This is a great opportunity for athletes, coaches and students to develop their volleyball skills and coaching. They are offering:

1. Specialist serve & receive athlete coaching

2. Student coach qualification & Level 1 (GROW) VNZ national coaching qualification

Prices for the courses are the following:

Student coach & Level 1 qualification: $20 – 9.00am – 12.00pm

Serve & receive coaching: $20 – 12.30pm - 3.30pm. Players of all ability levels are invited.

There have been many of our Pompallier students interested in playing, but we have not had anyone to

coach them. The above sessions will be ideal, and maybe there could be some students interested in learning to coach – and in future possibly coach a Pompallier junior team. If you are keen, then let me know

ANYONE can attend, however they would like an indication of numbers – please see Mrs Yorke at the sports office to sign-up, and they will allow me to give a list of names, then you will simply pay the $20 (or $40 if doing 2 sessions), on arrival at the stadium.

RUGBY LEAGUE NORTHLAND

Rugby League Northland are now requesting interest for our Northern Swords Representative U15’s and U17’s Boys Teams, who will be heading away to the NZRL National Youth Tournament, October 7

th – 12

th .

Criteria for the Northern Swords U15 and U17 teams are as follows:

Players intending on trialling must be registered to Rugby League Northland in 2019 (either through a 2019 secondary school event or club competition).

Boys only.

U15’s – must be no older than 14 years of age at Jan 1

st 2019.

U17’s – must be no older than 16 years of age at Jan 1

st 2019.

Trial date: Sunday, August 25th 2019

Trial time: U15’s - 2.00pm. U17’s - 12.00pm.

Trial venue: Otaika Sports Park (Bluegoose)

Interested players must register their Name, DOB, contact phone or email to: corip@rln.co.nz

Chantelle Yorke SPORTS CO-ORDINATOR

438 3950 Ext 222

chantelle.yorke@pompallier.school.nz

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POMPALLIER PTFA

The Pompallier PTFA is looking for more members! If this is something you are interested in, come along to a meeting to find out what it is all about! We meet on the third and eighth Wednesday of each term, from 7.00pm - 8.30pm.

For more information please email: ptfa@pompallier.school.nz.

Remember, if you have a student success you would like to share,

email us at …

newsletter@pompallier.school.nz

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“STUDENT VOICE” ...

Should the voting age be lowered to 16? This is the question that is being asked in multiple countries such as Australia, the UK, the US and even New Zealand. The social justice principle, subsidiarity, is all about empowering communities and ensuring decision making happens at an appropriate level so that those affected can contribute. Not lowering the voting age goes against this principle. Leaving out an age group that is so affected by the votes of those a few years older than them is definitely not subsidiarity. Currently, 3% of all countries already have their legal voting age at 16, while the majority of the world, 87%, has it at 18. The argument against lowering the voting age focuses on points such as 16 year olds being too immature, or lacking enough life experience to vote. However, this is not the case. The youth of today are ready to vote and deserve to have a say in what happens in their community, and benefits of allowing youth to vote outweigh any negatives. Giving 16-17 year olds the right to vote could save the legitimacy of our political system. In New Zealand, the voter turnout figure has generally declined since it began. In 2017 only 79.01% of all those enrolled actually voted, and it was found that the age group not voting was the youngest one. At 16, most people live in a stable environment and their living conditions are not being moved around. At 18, many people are moving around and have to deal with many other issues and responsibilities in their lives and aren’t interested in voting. Lowering the voting age could stop the trend of youth disengagement, because it gets people into the habit of voting, and encourages young people to talk to adults around them about voting. This increases the chance of them voting. Youth today want to vote, they want their voices to be heard and they are informed and ready. Research has found that we are much more politically informed than many people think. In America, surveys, studies and researches have been done that have found 16-17 year olds have more political knowledge than those aged 18-80 years old. If adults, who are allowed to vote by their age, lack basic knowledge about the government that represents them, how can youth who score higher than them be classified as less knowledgeable? It is also important to note that currently neither knowledge or cognitive ability are preconditions for suffrage. It is difficult to judge what is a good vote and what is not, but it was found that in Austria, a country with a voting age of 16, that 16-17 year olds had cast votes that were more “congruent with party positions” and so concluded that lowering the voting age in Austria had no negative impact on the result. The youth of today have more access than ever to information, and they are ready and willing to vote. An Australian survey found that 60% of all participants wanted the voting age lowered. Youth today are much more involved in their communities and mature than ever, and deserve a say on what affects them. Laws surrounding things such as education affect young people the most, yet they have no say on how it affects them. Young people also have many adult responsibilities, but they do not yet have the right to vote. 16 is when the adult responsibilities begin to pile up, some are heavier and more important than others, even voting. In NZ, at 17, you are treated as an adult in the criminal system and will be tried as an adult. It is extremely hypocritical to label us as responsible adults when we commit a crime, but when it comes to voting to label us as immature and ignorant. We have no say in making the law over many issues that impact us the most, yet because we are underrepresented, these issues are also underrepresented, and unsolved. People under 18 are also expected to pay tax if they have a job that is normally taxed (which many people over 15 do), yet they do not have a say as to where their money goes. This is not subsidiarity. The world we are growing up in is the world we will soon inherit, the right to vote would give us a chance to change our future for the better. This world will become our world, and we are the generation who will have to deal with the effects of issues such as climate change, pollution and poverty. New Zealand was the first country to allow women to vote in 1893, linking us as a country to subsidiarity, but we grow away from this principle as we refuse 16-17 year olds the right to vote.

Written by: Evana Piskulic, Year 10

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HEALTH CORNER

The GUT, our second BRAIN ??!!

Scientific studies are discovering that a KEY aspect of increasing MENTAL SHARPNESS and restoring and maintaining mental and EMOTIONAL STABILITY, happens in the gut. The awareness that intestinal flora deficiencies are the root causes of a wide spectrum of IMMUNITY and mental problems is constantly expanding. Our good friend Hippocrates said over 2000 years ago, “All disease begins in the gut.” Research suggests that there are two closely related variables that will determine our gut health: the INTESTINAL MICRO-ORGANISMS and the GUT BARRIER.

The 100 trillion GUT FLORA comprise 75% of our immune system. We destroy healthy gut flora by eating sugar and processed foods, drinking alcohol, eating highly processed, gluten-containing grains and taking medication.

The GUT BARRIER is simply the skin of our intestinal pipe that runs through the body. It’s supposed to take waste out of the body, but when the skin is broken down by POOR NUTRITION, MEDICATION and STRESS, toxic waste leaks into the blood stream, causing a range of conditions from thyroid issues to arthritis to depression.

Are you loving your gut right now? Do you know one step you could take to bring you closer to a happy gut? Johanna Luiten-Parker, TIC HEALTH

SCIENCE REVISION GUIDES

2019 NCEA STUDY PACKS

SCIPAD REVISION WORKBOOK - $12.00

Write on revision. Available for:

Level 1 Science

Level 2 Biology - Chemistry - Physics

Level 3 Biology - Chemistry

STUDYPASS Foldout notes - $14.00 Revision guides - $14.00 Study Pack (notes & guide) - $22.00

Available for:

Level 1 Science

Level 2 Chemistry - Physics

Level 3 Chemistry - Physics

Please pick up an order form from your teacher or science technician. Please return order form with payment to the College office by Wednesday 28 August.

PTFA - UNIFORM DAY

Our PTFA will be holding a second-hand uniform sale on Tuesday 20

th August, from 8.00am - 9.00am.

They will be in the little room at the front of the administration block - on the car-park side as you come up the driveway.

Note: Cash only, no eftpos.

PAST PUPILS UPDATE

We congratulate the following past students who graduated from Victoria University of Wellington between June 2018 and May 2019:

Fraser Hunt: Bachelor of Commerce.

Tahlia Studdart: Bachelor of Arts.

Ellen Taylor: Bachelor of Arts.

Melani Waanders: Master of Information Studies.

STUDENT ABSENCES

If your child is going to be away from school, please ensure that you ring and let us know first thing.

In the case of illness, please make sure that you ring in each day your child is sick. Please note that medical absences for periods of three days or more require a medical certificate.

The Student Centre can be reached on 438 3950, Option 1, and has an answer phone, so you can leave a message outside school hours.

Please note: we do not accept email notification of absences. Thank you.

BUS PASSES ... If your child loses their pass, they can apply for a replacement by paying $6.00 to the College office.

A temporary bus pass will be issued, and a new pass will be ordered for them. As these are printed off-site, this can take up to a week to arrive.

REMINDER TO ALL VISITORS (including parents)

You MUST report to Reception upon arrival at the College.

Please do not go directly to your child’s classroom, or elsewhere in the College grounds, without signing in at Reception first. This is a Heath & Safety issue and is also a legal requirement.

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