E pupiri ana te atawhai i a te Atua i tona aroha.

Mercy holds us in God's loving care.

Catherine McAuley

The Gospel challenges us to reflect “who is my neighbour?” This focus on our interconnectedness with others, especially with those whose lives we seek to touch and transform, explains why te mana whakahaere – mutual enhancement – is one of Mercy’s core values. In our willingness to walk alongside others we allow ourselves to be changed and enriched by those we accompany. Never has such values been more pertinent as the world is challenged with COVID19.

Kia ora

How quickly the term has flown and we have been blessed with a wide variety of teaching and learning - microbits, floorball, gymnastics,  literacy woven throughout the inquiry about the rights of the indigenous people, rights and responsibilities as we consider the election process, the arts - music, drama and visual and of course our padder tennis. Then we have ended with the two-week-long foci for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and Social Justice. What has underpinned all of this is the introduction of our own ‘Learning Tunnel.’ This unique tool for our school has shown a significant impact on the learning conversations that we are hearing in the classroom and has promoted far greater student agency. Ngā mihi nui to our tamariki and kaiako for embracing this initiative with such skill.

Thanks to all who joined us for our whānau sharing last week - the students love having you in their rooms and hopefully you were able to learn something more about te Reo Māori during the sharing - I know Te Maunga even created their Kawhe Cafe to promote the school-wide task of the week which was to teach parents how to ask for tea or coffee. We hope you have tried this! Thanks too to all the whānau that joined us for the open evening where Te Maunga shared with you all the value of the intermediate years at St Anthony’s. I must say, we were thrilled with the students who took such delight in promoting their learning and the many opportunities that they experience - the level of passion and independence they showed with the opportunity was impressive. Quite a number thrived with the chance so we may have some great salespeople in the making!

COVID19 has meant that we will now be holding the student-led Talent Quest in Term 4. Please check that your tamariki who want to be part of this talent sharing have signed up. We are looking forward to seeing a range of talent in action from music, drama, acrobatics, poetry, etc showcased on this afternoon. 

What a great feeling it has been to be back in our spiritual home today - first for our Mercy Feast Day liturgy and then again for Assembly. Thank you to everyone for joining us. Special thanks to those parents who give us an hour or two of your time each week to support our literacy and maths programme as well as sorting/putting away the journals etc. We are grateful for your help. 

We ask that you all be blessed with a restful break as a whānau. Safe travels if you are on the road and we look forward to wonderful Term 4 when we see you all again. 

Ngā manaakitanga

Denise

Mercy Values

• Aroha (Compassion)

• Tika (Justice)

• Awhinatanga (Service)

• Aroha ki te Rawa Kore (Care for the Poor and Vulnerable)

• Tapu o te Tangata (Respect for Human Dignity)

 

Today the children have been learning about these Mercy values and how we can show these in our daily lives.

A Day at the City Gallery 

Te Maunga headed off to the city to visit the City Art Gallery in Civic Square. The first thing we had to do was get there. We caught a public bus and followed all the COVID rules, one of them was to wear a face mask.

When we arrived in town we walked to the gallery.  We all had to put our things in a large box and we were introduced to Claire, Ms.Revill’s friend who works at the Gallery.  She was kind of nice to take us to the gallery art room to learn some new art techniques. We had three pieces of paper, two white and one black. The first technique was called scumbling. Then we used blending and scruffito. After that, we looked at some exhibitions in the gallery. The exhibition was called A Place Apart. 

The artworks in the exhibitions were very interesting and I’ve never seen designs like that before. One of the artists used a drop cloth for their canvas. Her designs for the paintings were funny and really cool. The other person that we looked at used black to bring out the people in the paintings and they were very interesting.  

 After we looked at the exhibitions we planned what we were going to do for our art piece. We had to pick our favorite piece of art for our background and then all the other two pieces of work we cut out into shapes to bring out our art piece. I was trying to go for a bird design with clouds and the sun. when everyone was finished, we all put them on one table. It was really cool seeing everyone’s designs and finished artworks. Every single time I walked around I saw that every single one of the artworks looked different from different angles.

 Once we’d finished, we thanked Claire for her time and she said that she was happy to come to our school and teach us more about art.

We had lunch and went back then kept looking at the other exhibitions at the gallery. There were some really cool ones, my favorite one was looking at all the declined packages that hadn’t been let in at an American airport. The funniest one was a kids’ hoodie that had a sausage stuck in one of the pockets.

At about 2, we caught the bus again and headed back. On the ride back I was thinking about all the techniques that I learned and how I could get better at it. That was my amazing day at the City Art Gallery.

Here our some of our versions of the art techniques we learnt - come and see the rest in Te Maunga when we move back to Level 1

Billy Proudfoot Year 7

YOOBEE

I went along to the St Catherine's Trade and Technology Show and I enjoyed learning about Yoobee. The Yoobee stand included booklets and two screens, one with a car racing game that someone designed, and the other was an animation. There was a book filled with projects that people have done such as designing perfume bottles, logos, simulations, everything! There was a pamphlet with courses that you can take in secondary school like animation, graphic design, comic design, etc. You were allowed to play the car game (X-Box) and race your partner and you were allowed to watch the animation. I was told how they make digital labels and designs but I learned the most information about animation. 

Animations are made in frames. You have to draw each frame, each time you make a new one, slightly move the lines. Animations take a long time, depending on what style you are doing, it can take longer. First, you have to start with the sketch, then the base colours, then lighter and darker shades for a more 3d look, then detail and shading, highlights, and extra detail. To make your frames, you have to choose what FPS (frames per second) you would like. 1 FPS would give you a very short animation and it wouldn’t be very smooth. But if your animation was 30 FPS you would have a very smooth look and nice clean movements. The higher your FPS is, means that you have to draw more frames, therefore, taking a longer time. Animated movies can take years to complete, Frozen took four years to animate! Animations can vary in style and length.

I now know a great deal more about animations.

Petra Bouras

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Due to everyone's efforts, the kākāriki and kāhā have been seen for the first time on the Miramar Peninsula! Well done to all those who help with this important focus. You can read more about the work of Predator Free in this Impact Report

If your child has been enjoying school padder tennis lessons then Padder Tennis NZ is holding a holiday camp this coming holidays.  Just click on the link below for more information.

Elements Rhythmic Gymnastics

Rhythmic Gymnastics is a mix of dance and gymnastics. It develops hand-eye co-ordination through the use of apparatus – rope, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon. We are the only Rhythmic Gymnastics Club in the Wellington region.

If your son or daughter loves to dance and is looking for something a little different, then come along to a class and give it a try! Email info@rhythmicgym.nz to arrange a FREE trial.

We have classes available from Mon to Sat, min. numbers apply. Our classes are in Thorndon, just opposite the Botanical Gardens.

For more information about Elements and our classes, visit rhythmicgym.nz

Sunday 20 September: 11am-3pm Bee Awareness Open Day

Bring all the family for crafts, honey tasting and learn all about bees from our beekeeper.
You can purchase our delicious honey from our shop – but be in quick, there are limited amounts available!

1pm Beekeeper’s talk. Children’s crafts & activities all day

Suzanne Aubert Heritage Centre, 2 Rhine Street (off Murray St), Island Bay. Contact (04) 282 1953 | heritagecentre@compassion.org.nz

Easts Junior Cricket - Girls & Boys

Come play cricket at Easts Junior Cricket Club for 2020/21 season!

The club is pleased to offer 'no fees' this season. 

Season starts slightly later, on November 14, with practices starting up in Term 4.

Register online at http://www.eastsjuniorcricket.co.nz/

We offer a range of cricket including mixed, girls-only, and league (formerly rep) cricket format.

Any questions, contact club co-convenor Brian Gardner  briangardner055@gmail.com

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BIG KIDS (OLDERAGEOUS)
Our BIG KIDS programme is aimed at children aged 10-14 years. Providing them with a space, focused adult attention and loads of resources. This programme is tailored to draw out older children’s interest in creating and using their imagination and creativity in a hilariously fun atmosphere. Bookings essential. BOOK NOW!
Venue: Pavillion at Wellington High School, Taranaki St, Mt Cook, Wellington 
8.30am–3:00pm $69 and after care 3:00pm-5.15pm $15

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