QUALITY CATHOLIC BOYS’ EDUCATION In the Edmund Rice Tradition

Welcome, Kia Ora,

Namaste, Talofa lava, Kia

Orana, Ni Hao Ma, Malo e

lelei, Welkom, Faka’alofa

lahiatu, Dobro Dosli,

Magandang Bati, Karibu,

Bonjour, Sawadee, Guten

Tag, Konnichi Wa, Apa

Khabar, Selamat Datang,

Cead Mile Failte, Buenos

Dias, funyihng, Croeso

IMPORTANT DATES

11-12 July Y12 Work Experience

9-10 July

Parent / Teacher Meetings

12 July End of Term 2

17 July

Liston & St Dominic’s Ball

29 July First Day Term 3

Issue 123 5 July 2013

Scripture Quote: (Jesus said,) “Learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit.” Matthew 11:29

Liston News

Liston College’s Special Character Statement

This is what the Lord asks of you

“Act justly, love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God” Micah 6:8

Dear Parents and Caregivers Restorative Justice Training for Staff: Last Friday the staff had a follow-up professional development day to further develop the Restorative Practices in the College. While the focus was centred on relations between teachers and students, the whole staff – teaching and support – were together for part of the day. The essence of this approach is to address the relationship when some harm has occurred. It is a good way of holding people accountable for their actions and establishing what needs to be done to address the harm. All permanent teachers who are new to the school attend intensive training in the programme. This week five teachers attended the three day course. The fact that there is such importance given to on-going development is a sign of the Board’s commitment to this approach. We are in our third year of the RJ programme at the College and it is interesting that students in Years 7 – 9 especially are most familiar with the language and format of Restorative Practice. During this time there have been very few students who have been stood-down and there has not been a single student who has been suspended. While there is no doubt an element of good luck there is also no doubt that this approach to discipline is working. While I realise that you had to make arrangements to look after your son for the Teacher-Only day last Friday, I do thank you for your understanding and support to enable us to proceed with the day. Parent Teacher Evenings: By now you will have received your son’s report. Please refer to the information included in this newsletter which explains how to book a time to meet with your son’s teachers on either Tuesday 9th or Wednesday 10th next week. I look forward to meeting you there. Jubilee Committee: Preparations for next year’s 40th Jubilee are underway. The organising committee has met and planning is gathering momentum. More information will be available on the College website. I will inform you when it has been added. The celebrations will take place on Labour Weekend 2014. Old Boys Association: The Old Boys Association is now formally back in business. After several meetings and a lot of communication, a committee has now been established and several events are being planned to bring past students together. More information will be available on the College website. Holiday Tutoring Programme: A number of teachers of NCEA are offering tutoring opportunities during the term break. This is one of the reasons for our continuing outstanding NCEA results. I would ask you to encourage your son to take advantage of this opportunity to assist with his learning and achievement. I thank my staff who are prepared to give their time so willingly. If you are travelling during the break I wish you safe travel and return.

God bless you and your families.

C S Rooney Principal

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Sat 6 July 1st XI vs Kristin KRIS1 12noon 2nd XI vs MasseySocial LIST1 10am 14B vs Green Bay LIST1 9am 13A vs A/Grammar2 AGS2 9am 13B vs Massey LIST2 9am 13Gold vs Sunderland LIST2 10am Sat 13 July 1st XI vs Macleans MACL1 12noon Sat 3 August 1st XI vs Papatoetoe LIST1 12noon 2nd XI vs Rutherford RUTH1 10am 13A vs Macleans LIST1 9am 13B vs BYE 13Gold vs Parnell LIST2 9am Sat 10 August 1st XI vs Kings KING1 12noon 2nd XI vs Mt Roskill LIST1 10am 13A vs Massey MASS1 9am 13B vs A/Grammar LIST2 9am 13Gold vs Lynfield LIST2 10am Sat 17 August 1st XI vs Rosmini LIST1 12noon 2nd XI vs W/Springs WSPR1 9am 13A vs St Peters LIST1 9am Sat 24 August 1st XI vs Glendowie GLDW1 12noon 2nd XI vs Lynfield LYNF1 10am 13A vs Avondale B AVON2 9am Sat 31 August 13A vs St Kents LIST1 9am Sat 7 September 13A vs BYE

LISTON COLLEGE FOOTBALL FIXTURES

Year 7 & 8 students who have played football for the school & wish to go on the trip to Rotorua next term please collect a letter to parents from Cuz’s office.

FOOTBALL—Rotorua Trip

Term 3 2013

In 2014 I am planning to enter two teams (U15 & U18) in the Gold Coast Youth Cup, Australia.

The Tournament is held in the Queensland September / October School Holidays at the Carerra Stadium on the Gold Coast.

If your son is interested, please get him to collect from Cuz’s office a letter to parents and an application to travel.

Ian (Cuz) McLaughlan Co-ordinator in Charge of Football

FOOTBALL—Australia Trip

2014

eNEWSLETTERS

LATE TO SCHOOL / ABSENCES

Friendly Reminder to all Parents/Caregivers….

If your son is likely to arrive late to school please ensure you give him a note explaining his lateness, this way he will avoid having to do an after school detention.

If your son is absent from school for any reason, please phone the absentee line on 837 9807 or inform the main office on 838 9350. Alternatively, you can email your son’s absence to the email address below. When your son returns to school please ensure he has a note explaining his absence, preferably in his school diary.

Many thanks for your help in this regard.

Sharlene McNeil, Attendance Officer Absentee Line 09 837-9807 / Ph: 09 838-9350 Email: sharlene.mcneil@liston.school.nz

Did you know you are able to download the newsletter from our website?

www.liston.school.nz

Alternatively, you can email:

info@liston.school.nz with the subject line ‘NEWSLETTER’ and you will be emailed the newsletter.

The Newsletter is a pdf document and to view it you may need to download the Adobe Reader programme. This can be obtained at no cost via this link get.adobe.com/reader/

AUT: Campus Open Day for Maori and Pasifica Students School of Art and Design: Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th July 10am to 4pm.

AUT: Art and Portfolio Day: Thursday 18th July.

Waikato University Open Days for Engineering and Science. Thursday 18th and Friday 19th July.

University of Auckland Engineering Futures Evenings. Tuesday 6th August and Wednesday 7th August.

For further information and application forms on scholarships, please see Mr McKenty or Mr Cope. Application forms are now available for the following scholarships:

Smith and Partners Law Scholarship

Russell McVeagh Scholarship

PWC Foundation Scholarship

Massey University High Achiever Scholarships in Academic, Arts, Sports and Natural Sciences.

SCHOLARSHIPS

CAREERS NEWS (University Open days / evenings)

REFER TO DAILY NOTICES and CAREERS NOTICE BOARD FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION ON UNIVERSITY / AUT OPEN DAYS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

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UNITED NATIONS YOUTH CONFERENCE

Term 2 ends Friday 12 July

Term 3 starts Monday 29 July

Term 3 ends Friday 27 September

Term 4 starts Monday 14 October

Term 4 ends Tuesday 10 December

Achievement of NCEA Level 1 Japanese class students

All students who study NCEA Level 1 Japanese took part in

“Language Perfect World Championships 2013” last month.

The total number of the participants from around the world

was 225,000. Four Liston students have received a certificate

for the points they gained in the competition. Luke

Devereaux received a Gold Award, having earned 3189

points, placing himself in the top 2% of the competitors. Sam

Grant, Ji Hoon Sung and Matthew Swantika received a Credit

Award which goes to the top 20%. Congratulations boys!

CONGRATULATIONS SCHOOL TERM DATES

It’s All In The Mind

One day the Buddha, badly overweight, was sitting under a tree. A young soilder, trim and handsome, came along, looked at the Buddha, and said: “You look like a pig!”

The Buddha replied, “Well you look like God!”

“Why would you say that?” replied the rather surprised young soldier.

“Well,” replied the Buddha, “we see what’s inside us. I think about God all day and when I look out, that is what I see. You, obviously, must think about other things”.

Yes, how much of what we see outside ourselves is coloured by what is going on inside us. If we are happy within, we look at the world—and people in particular—positively.

If we are unhappy, self-centred, living a life that we know we need to change, or whatever, then that is going to colour how we view people and how we view life. Who

are you like—the Buddha or the young soldier? Blessings for today

Fr. Kevin Murphy, Chaplain

CHAPLAIN’S CORNER

For the month of August, McIntosh Dental will be taking

nominations for this year’s McIntosh Dental Orthodontic

Scholarship. Two deserving high school students will be given

the opportunity to undergo life-changing teeth straightening

treatment at no charge to the recipients. This treatment is

valued at $8,000 - $10,000 per student. For details on the

McIntosh Dental Orthodontic Scholarship and to place a

nomination, please go to:

http://mcintoshdental.co.nz/home/scholarship

MCINTOSH DENTAL ORTHODONTIC

SCHOLARSHIP

The Liston community wish Anthony Yelavich and

Conor O’Hanlon all the best for their attendance

at the Youth United Nations conference being

held in Wellington. Anthony and Conor flew to

Wellington on Thursday for the conference. UN Youth New Zealand is an organisation

which aims to educate, inspire and equip young New Zealanders in international affairs

and the work of the United Nations. For more information about UN Youth New

Zealand visit their website; www.unyouth.org.nz.

QUALITY CATHOLIC BOYS’ EDUCATION In the Edmund Rice Tradition

LISTON COLLEGE RUGBY

COLLEGE BALL

Liston & St Dominics Colleges Ball

When:

Wednesday 17 July 7pm –Midnight

Where:

Rendezvous Grand Hotel

Theme: City of Lights

Dress Code: Formal Attire

$90 per ticket

Available from the school office

Quiz Night Stretches Liston College Minds

The Henderson RSA was filled with Liston College family and friends last Friday night for a Quiz Night hosted by the Liston PTFA. The competition was rife between the 11 teams especially with names such as the Liston Warriors and Team All Stars. Our very own Liston College parent Trevor Dwyer did an amazing job as quiz master, dishing out the questions and keeping us all entertained with his great sense of humour. We received fantastic feedback from participants and the Henderson RSA provided a great atmosphere and venue. Many thanks to our major sponsor McIntosh Dental for your wonderful support, the Liston PTFA members for making it all happen, not to mention the prefects who came to help out on the night. Thanks also for the donated prizes from Auto Lab, Positive Negatives Photography, Exude Beauty and Henderson RSA.

So which team won? In third place was ‘The Valley’ and despite being the smallest team on the night, they were the first to guess the ‘quizzler’ determined by some very hard clues. Coming in at a close second was Mr Rooney’s group ‘Team All Stars’, well done team! But there was one clear winner on the night and that was team ‘Hazelminds’ who scored highly in ALL 6 rounds-fantastic effort and congratulations!

Many thanks to all those that attended quiz night. We had a great evening and through your generous support we were able to raise valuable funds for the College.

PTFA UPDATES

Liston College’s Under 15 team played St Paul’s College on Saturday 29 July. They won with a score of 25-10. William Olaaiga in Year 11 scored 3 tries. Well done boys.

QUALITY CATHOLIC BOYS’ EDUCATION In the Edmund Rice Tradition

For Sale Garden/Pedestrian Gates

Macrocarpa gates well constructed by the L2 Tech boys being sold to raise funds for the 2014 Liston Cricket Tour.

Several sizes/prices available

All enquiries to Bob Fagg (Tech Dept)

CRICKET TOUR FUNDRAISER

SCHOOL FEES

To those families who are all up to date: Thank you for your continuing diligence in paying school fees. Your fees are literally operating the school!

You will be receiving your son’s latest statement update in the next week, (but not if there is a nil balance or credit). Don’t forget these statements only show what is left outstanding, not the payments made. Please contact us if you don’t receive one as expected – there have been mail problems in the past.

There should be no subject fees, Diary or ID card fees left outstanding as these were due in term one. Please take care of them now if this is not the case.

Automatic Payments:

The important thing to remember is that you divide the present balance by the number of weeks left in the year to see if your current payments will cover the fees.

NCEA Fees:

All those with unpaid NCEA fees received an updated reminder over the last two weeks. Please pay these promptly to avoid it being sent to NZQA and late penalty fee added. Your son will need this fee paid just to access any credits achieved, whether or not he sits exams at the end of the year.

Sports Fees:

If your son is involved in a sport, you should have been notified of the fee after the first official practice and an invoice sent home following. It is important that you pay these immediately as this is what the sporting department relies on to pay for all entry costs, uniforms etc. All payments should be paid to the school office so that a receipt may be given.

DON’T GET BEHIND IN FEE PAYMENTS – it only makes things worse long term. Even a little amount by automatic payment each week makes a difference and gives you a good payment history with us should you need assistance in the future.

As always, if you are not going to be able to keep up with school fee payments for any reason, please contact Philippa straight away for us to be able to make arrangements this end.

Contact details: Philippa Muller (School fees only) Ph: 839 2297

Email: philippa.muller@liston.school.nz

NB: If you wish to pay by automatic payment installment or direct credit, please note the bank details following. Liston College Bank details: ASB Henderson Branch 12 3039 0320830 00 Please quote student's name on all bank transactions, thank you.

REMINDER!

The Liston College Board of Trustees has agreed to offer a special incentive for those who pay full fees by the end of October. All families who qualify will go into the draw for three prizes of Pak’N’Save Vouchers – very handy when coming up to Christmas time! We suggest you try to schedule your payments so the last one is made by 31/10/13 (and please note this must include ALL fees).

QUALITY CATHOLIC BOYS’ EDUCATION In the Edmund Rice Tradition

PARENT/TEACHER EVENINGS – Tuesday 9 & Wednesday 10 July

As you are aware, we are offering parents time to meet with your son’s subject teachers over two evenings.

TUESDAY 9 JULY – FROM 6:30PM TO 9:00PM

WEDNESDAY 10 JULY - FROM 6.30PM TO 9.00PM

We would like to encourage you to attend our Parent/Teacher evening to discuss with the subject teachers

any concerns you have or to clarify what steps you can take to extend your son. For senior students, it is an

opportunity to find how they can best attain the necessary credits on offer in their particular

subjects. For all students, it is about helping them to achieve personal excellence.

The interview booking process is completed via the internet. You must make an appointment because

teachers may not be able to see you without an appointment.

Step 1: Go to the Liston College website

Step 2: Click on “Parent Teacher Interviews”

Step 3: Entry code for parents is: ZTN67

Step 4: Click on “Go”

Step 5: Enter details:Parent’s name can be entered for example as “B Smith”

Enter email address

Choose to enter interviews for 1 or more students

Enter student’s full name – there may be more than one “T Jones” in

the school

Step 6: Click on “Go”

Step 7: Use the drop down menu to choose subjects

Step 8: Use the drop down menu to choose the correct teachers

Step 9: Choose either Tuesday or Wednesday for your interviews

Step 10: Click in the boxes to choose times. If possible leave ten minutes between

interviews to ensure you are on time for the next interview. Sometimes that will

not be possible.

If you have no internet access you can still book by using a friend’s computer or please phone the

office to arrange a booking time.

PARENT / TEACHER INTERVIEWS

QUALITY CATHOLIC BOYS’ EDUCATION In the Edmund Rice Tradition

LISTON COLLEGE SCARF ORDER FORM

Order your 2013-2014 Entertainment Book from the office or on-line at:

https://www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/995l13

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

The Liston College Scarf is now available for ordering & purchase.

Scarves cost $25 each and will have the initials of the student embroidered onto the scarf. This personalises the scarf and also helps in finding the scarf if it is misplaced.

Delivery of the scarf will be approximately 3-4 weeks after the order is placed.

Orders can be paid for, placed and picked up from the school office.

Name of Student:

Year Level: Form Class:

Method of payment: Cash / Eftpos / Cheque

Parent Signature: Date:

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ENGLISH & ESOL TUTOR

Qualified New Zealand Teacher

- 1 to 1 lesson - $30 / 1 hour

- NCEA English Level 1 - 3

- Term 2 Holiday Programme

Phone: Kathleen 022 196 6706

ksfinlay@gmail.com

MONTE CECILIA CELEBRATING 100 YEARS AS A MERCY SCHOOL This year Monte Cecilia Catholic School will celebrate 100 years as a Mercy School. On 26th August 1913 the Sisters of Mercy purchased the property and moved in the orphans from Star of the Sea in Howick, which had been damaged by fire thus establishing the long Mercy tradition at Monte Cecilia School. To celebrate this momentous occasion we are going to hold a Centenary Celebration Weekend. A basic outline of the weekend is as follows:

Saturday 24th August at 5:30pm: a Dedication Mass will be held at St John Vianney Parish Church in honour of all past and present pupils, parents and staff of Monte Cecilia school.

Saturday 24th August from 7:30pm to 12pm: a formal evening in the beautifully renovated The Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre. Ticket prices will be $80 for a single and $150 for a double. The ticket price covers a compli-mentary glass of bubbles, music and a beautiful selection of hors d'oeuvres whilst surrounded by exquisite art work. To book a ticket(s) please email monte100years@gmail.com . Get in quick before tickets sell out.

Monday 26th August: celebrations will take place at school. There will be morning tea for adult visiting guests in the garden area of the The Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre. Speeches, a liturgy and student performances will also take place.

Sound FX Holiday Experience

Experience an exciting explosion of sound with Sound FX at MOTAT this July school holidays! Enjoy learning about

the role sound plays in our lives through a range of interactive activities including a live radio show

presented by Phineas Phrog, creating the illusion of sound effects on paper or making your very own rain stick. Plus the whole family can get hands on with the

Fonterra Science Roadshow. Opens from 13 – 28 July

"The myth of Matariki, one brave man brings light to the darkness,

this week on www.catholictv.net. Great for sharing with a friend.