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QUALITY CATHOLIC BOYS’ EDUCATION

In the Edmund Rice Tradition

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

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

Thursday 28 & Friday 29 June Year 12 Work Experience

Tuesday 3 July

Liston and St Dominic’s Ball

Monday 16 July Term 3 starts

Thursday 19 July

Team Photographs

Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 July 6.30 - 9.00pm

Parent Teacher Interviews

Issue 109 29 June 2012

Scripture Quote:

(Isaiah said of the Messiah,) “He will be gentle to those who are weak, and kind to those

who are helpless.” Matthew 12:20

Liston News

Dear Parents and Caregivers

SCHOOL REPORTS Your son’s mid year report is enclosed with this news-letter. This is a full report and covers the first half year. Please take the time to read the teachers’ com-ments carefully and discuss with your son all ele-ments of this report. Next term you have the oppor-tunity to come to school and discuss your son’s progress with his teachers.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS On the 24 and 25 July, 6.30 - 9.00 pm, there will be an opportunity for Parents and Caregivers to discuss their son’s academic progress with his teachers. Please make the most of this opportunity. Details on booking interview times can be found in this newsletter. If you are not able to make the Parent Teacher Interviews, arrange an alternative time with your son’s teachers.

ERO REPORT Earlier this year, Liston College was reviewed by The Education Review Office. The full report is now public and is available on the school’s website for those who may wish to read it. More in the next Newsletter.

RETREATS Last week, Year 11 and 12 students had the opportunity to attend their annual re-treat run by Father Kevin and the LOGOs team. The students entered into the spirit of these days very well. These are an important part of College life. Thanks to the college staff that assisted (see article later in this Newsletter).

FUNDRAISING This last week the Prefects and a group of Year 12 students have been busy raising funds for the Catholic Caring Foundation. They are to be congratulated for their initiative and hard work (see article later in this Newsletter).

May God bless you and your families.

P. D. Houghton Acting Principal

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I’ve been speaking to your parent-grandparent- rela-tive-friend over the past few weeks in the lead-up to, and at, my son’s Baptism. They made a comment in conversation that they wished you would baptise your child and that they were worried about it.

Now I’m sure you get comments from them all the time, and that every man and his dog wants to have a say in our parenting but, as a young parent, I want you to know a bit more about Baptism.

People these days seem to be putting off baptising their children for some time. Sometimes it’s only done just before they need to get into that Catholic high school they want to send them to. Maybe this is because there is a lower infant mortality rate, or because people are practicing their faith less fervent-ly, or because many Protestants baptise later, or be-cause people seem to trust today that an infant would not be excluded from Heaven.

Baptism isn’t just another ceremony, a big fuss of taking your child to church and then having to organ-ise something to have afterwards. The Catechism calls Baptism “the priceless grace of becoming a child of God.” Baptism is receiving the grace for salvation. This gift speaks of the love that God has for every individual he has created and of his desire to have everyone in a relationship with him, a relationship that will grow from infancy with the beautiful faith of the child.

Baptism allows the child to become a member of the Church – the largest institution in the world, found

internationally and with a rich tradition that allows unlimited opportunity and experiences (after all, this is God’s Church). Opportunities and community that don’t come through being “nothing.”

People often say that they won’t baptise their child but will support them in their decision later on if they choose to go down that route. As a child, I re-ceived the sacraments later in my teen years, rather than at infancy. I found that way much harder than, say; I had grown up in the faith. There was a frus-trating few years of waiting, wanting to receive the sacraments that would allow me to more greatly live the faith I had chosen and conform to the faith of my wider family.

It was a struggle to find someone to work with to organise receiving catechesis, and then the actual sacraments.

And while Baptism is a great gift, Baptism alone sure-ly isn’t enough. Faith, by nature, grows by hearing and seeing. As part of the ceremony of Baptism, the parents are individually blessed to receive graces to aid the nurturing of the child. In my opinion, with parenting being one of the biggest challenges that I will undertake in my life, every grace is needed to help with all that we face in trying to grow the best child we can.

So you may presume your child will reach Heaven with Baptism. But through Baptism, you can have confidence in knowing your child will be reclaimed for Christ and welcomed into Christ’s kingdom. To

Dear Parents who haven’t baptised their children,

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Student on-line Competition

Sunday 29th July is Caring Sunday.

The Caring Foundation is holding an on-line competi-tion for all students attending Catholic Schools or Catholic Parishes so they can learn more about the great charity work funded by the Foundation here on our “doorstep”. Students can go to our website www.caringfoundation.org.nz. They will be able to read about how to make an auto-matic $3.00 donation by texting (subject to parental approval).

Please encourage your children to take part in the competition and learn more about the work of the Catholic Caring Foundation helping families and children in need here in our Diocese.

quote Catholic writer, Holly Rutchik, as a parent, even when my child’s not with me, I need to know where she is.

There is some urgency about Baptism. So much so, that canon law says that parents are obliged to see that their infants are baptised within the first few weeks and if in danger or death, to be baptised with-out delay. I admit, though, that it says something that as a passionate Catholic I learnt of this urgency a few weeks ago, even after my son had been in neo-natal intensive care.

You’ll have to excuse that this is written by a mother and not a theologian. This is merely why I think Bap-tism is something important and person-changing for my children.

Sincerely

A young mother

Chelsea Houghton formerly worked for the Catholic Youth Team in Christchurch and is now a stay-at-home mum.

SPORTS AWARDS The Under 15 Rugby Players of the Month, for June are:

Best Forward - Adrian Choat Best Back - Freedom Vahaakolo

Each of these players received a Rebel Sports Gift Voucher sponsored by EasyMoves Ltd - thank you to Mr and Mrs Etting for their support of this award.

PTFA Merit Awards Each term, students are placed in a draw for the PTFA Merit Awards. This term they were sponsored by Franich Jewellers, West City. Term 2 winners were:

Years 7 & 8 Israel Alfante Years 9 & 10 Julius Tulai Years 11, 12, 13 Anthony Yelavich

SENIOR RETREATS Last Friday saw the last of the senior retreats take place at the Friary in Mt Roskill. These five days of

retreats for all students at Years 11 and 12 are an important part of College life and help build on the Edmund Rice Spirit of Presence, Compassion and Liberation. Father Kevin and the team from LOGOs introduced these groups to the themes of: “Flip the script: making good choices”, at Year 11 and “Preparation for Catholic Leadership”, at Year 12. The team engaged and challenged the students in many ways each day. As Daniel, one of the LOGOs leaders said: “being male is a matter of birth; being a man is a matter of choice.” There has been very posi-tive feedback from many of the boys about their day on retreat.

NCEA Log - on for Seniors Students entered into Levels 1 - 3 NCEA subjects must register on-line to check their entries, the cur-rent status of their internals, as well as their final results in January 2013. To do so:

1. Go to www.nzqa.govt.nz/learner-login 2. Click register 3. Complete your details online

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24 hours, 13 Prefects, their quest - funds to raise It all started at 1.30pm Thursday 21 June and finished 1.30pm Friday 22 June. Thirteen Prefects rowed continuously in shifts to raise funds for the Catholic Caring Foundation.

The Prefects, lead by James Devereaux, rowed non-stop on a rowing machine powering a light bulb for 24 hours. They were not out to break any records but to raise funds.

The Erg-a-thon is fundraising for the Catholic Caring Foundation which the Prefects chose to support, as they support over 40 organisations in and around Auckland including Edmund Rice Camps, The Logos project and Attitude.

In the breaks the Prefects were planning for term 3, studying, playing games and reflecting on the year so far.

This group of young men wanted to challenge them-selves and create an awareness of the Catholic Caring Foundation among the students. Mr Roberts, the Year 13 Dean, said that he was “very impressed with the initi-ative taken by the Prefects to organise and participate in a such an event in an effort to raise funds for the Catho-lic Caring Foundation.”

James said that this year’s Prefects were out to find a different way to raise funds for charity. As a number of the boys had rowed for the school, the idea of using an “erg,” that many of them had trained on for rowing, seemed like a good idea.

Fundraising for the Catholic Caring Foundation was supplemented by a mufti day and a sausage sizzle or-ganised and run by a number of Year 12 students. The events raised over $2500.

Ronald Manalili rowing hard out for charity

What the Prefects get up to during their breaks

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Tuesday, 24th and Wednesday, 25th July

from 6.30pm – 9.00pm

Instructions for arranging Interviews with Teachers via the College Website

1. Enter the Liston College website: www.liston.school.nz

2. Click on “Parent Teacher Interviews”

3. Entry code for parents is – FMBK3

4. Click on “Go”

5. Enter details: Parent’s name can be entered 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

6. Click on “Go”

7. Use the drop down menu to choose subjects

8. Use the drop down menu to choose the correct teachers

9. Choose either Tuesday or Wednesday for your interviews

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, so to facilitate movement of parents, the teachers will be seated in alphabetical order around the Gymnasium. If interviews are arranged so that the teachers are in alphabetical order it will be easier to move from one teacher to the next

11. Once completed click on “Finish” and you will receive an email with your interview times

McIntosh Dental Invisalign Scholarship For the month of July, McIntosh Dental will be taking nominations for this year’s McIntosh Dental Invisalign Scholarship.

One deserving high school student will be given the opportunity to undergo life - changing teeth straightening treatment at no charge to the recipient. This treatment is valued at $8,000 - $10,000.

For details on the McIntosh Dental Invisalign Scholarship and to place a nomination, please go to: www.mcintoshdental.co.nz/scholarship

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This last weekend, Richard Moore, one of our Year 12 students, took part in the National Diving Championship and achieved the following outstanding results:

1st Group A Boys (16-18 years old) Synchro

1st Open Men’s Synchro

2nd in Group A Boys 1m

2nd in Group A Boys 3m

2nd Open Men’s 1m

Immunisations The Public Health Nurses will be offering a school based immunisation programme to Year 7 pupils early in Term 3. This is for Boostrix – one injection that offers protection against Tetanus, Diptheria and Whooping Cough (Pertussis).

They will be providing an information session on July 18 at the school and your sons’ will come home with an in-formation pack about this. Please take the time to read it and return the consent / non-consent portion of the pack – even if they are immunised at the family doctor (he will not need to repeat the immunisation).

Any queries please contact: Vicki Jamieson, Public Health Nurse, Child and Family Service, Waitakere Hospital: Phone 4868920 ext: 6364.

Eddy’s helpers, aka the Edmund Rice Service Group, is set to become an active part of the parish scene in West Auckland. On Saturday 16th July, this group of enthusiastic Year 11, 12 and 13 students, led by a dedicated group of Liston College Prefects, participated in its first ser-vice exercise on at Te Atatu Holy Family Parish.

Eddy’s Helpers was established at the start of Term 2 by a group of Pre-fects with other senior students joining them. The aim of the group is to offer practical support to those in need in our community, in the Ed-mund Rice Tradition.

As Mrs Cathrine Skelton, the Director of Religious Studies, said “it is great to see that the tradition of service is alive and well in the young people of today.”

The group began clearing away what had become a rubbish area. This made way for bark to be laid and would eventually lead to the land being used by the parish and community. The Parish Priest and Old Boy of Liston College, Father Andrew Matthew, was very thankful and pleased with the work the group had done.

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Is your child needing help? Don’t wait until the end of the year—intervene now!!!

5:1 ratio Streamed classes 16+hours Full Revision of Syllabus Outstanding Tutors See Mr Swanink for more information Cost per course $ 220 www.nceacampus.org 02 999 31 600

Subject Level Teacher Date Time Room

English Level 3 Mr Worth 11th July 9-12 F7

English Level 1 and 3

Internal Re-sits

Mr Worth 13th July 9-12 F7

Computer Studies Level 1 Mr Swanink 4th July 9-3 C3

Computer Studies Level 2 Mr Swanink 5th July 9-3 C3

Biology Level 3 Mr Burge 2nd and 3rd July 9-3 E5

The following Tuition Classes are being provided by teachers dur-ing the forth-coming holidays. As the external examinations ap-proach, teachers may offer after school tuition or tuition classes during the next holidays. It is in your son’s best interest to take advantage of such opportunities.

Graphics, Technology and BCO Classes

Any Level 1 to Level 3 Graphics, Technology or BCO stu-dents wishing to do “catch-up” work during the holidays should see their Teacher. Workshops will be available by prior arrangement with staff.

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Date Division Opponent Ground Kick off Field

30-Jun Senior A1 Glendowie College LIST1 12noon home

21-Jul Senior A1 Kristin School KRIS1 12noon away

Senior B2 Rangitoto College LIST1 11:30am 1

14B1 Rosmini College LIST1 10am 1

13B1 (Maroon) Mt Albert Grammar B LIST1 9am 1

13B West (A) Sunderland College LIST2 10am 2

13B West (Gold) Avondale College LIST2 9am 2

28-Jul Senior A1 Macleans College MACL1 12noon away

Senior B2 Lynfield College LYNF1 10am

14B1 Takapuna Grammar TGS1 9am

13B1 (Maroon) St Kentigern College 1 STKT2 9am

13B West (A) Massey High School LIST1 9am 1

13B West (Gold) Lynfield College LYNF1 9am

4-Aug Senior A1 Kings College KING1 12noon away

Senior B2 WestLake Boys Nasser LIST1 10am 1

14B1 Macleans College MACL2 9am

13B1 (Maroon) Auckland Grammar 1 LIST1 9am 1

13B West (A) Lynfield College LYNF2 9am

13B West (Gold) Sunderland College LIST2 9am 2

11-Aug Senior A1 Northcote College LIST1 12noon home

Senior B2 Orewa College OREW1 10am

14B1 Rangitoto College LIST2 10am 2

13B1 (Maroon) Botany Downs Sec College LIST1 9am 1

13B West (A) Avondale College LIST2 9am 2

13B West (Gold) Massey High School MASS1 9am

18-Aug Senior A1 Rosmini College LIST1 12noon home

Senior B2 Glendowie Colege 2nd XI GLDW1 10am

14B1 Westlake Boys Clarke WGirl1 9am

13B1 (Maroon) Kristin School LIST1 9am 1

13B West (A) Liston Gold LIST2 9am 2

13B West (Gold) Liston A LIST2 9am 2

25-Aug Senior A1 Glendowie College GLDW1 12noon away

Senior B2 Mt Roskill Grammar LIST1 10am 1

14B1 St Kentigern College 1 LIST2 10am 2

13B1 (Maroon) Auckland Grammar 3 Ak Dom 2 9am

13B West (A) Sunderland College LIST1 9am 1

13B West (Gold) Avondale College AVON3 9am

1-Sep 13B West (A) Massey High School MASS2 9am

13B West (Gold) Lynfield College LIST1 9am 1

to the staff and parents who help and support our School’s Sports Teams.

Without your help and support we as a school could not offer the wide range of sports that we do.