MAC IMPORTANT NOTICES
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HELPFUL INFORMATION
Please refer to our Parent and Caregiver Handbook (located on our website) for a comprehensive guide and information for students at MAC.
- Absences: Let us know about sickness/appointments/late arrivals/other absences from school, please email: absence@mtaspiring.school.nz
- For all enquiries about accounts: fees@mtaspiring.school.nz
- For financial hardship: fees@mtaspiring.school.nz
- For the latest apprenticeship & job opportunities see the MAC Website https://mtaspiring.school.nz/career-pathways
THANK YOU TO MARTINEZ!
A big thank you to Martinez Charcuteria Autentica for their donation of handmade sausages for the BBQ at this week's 'Meet the Parents' evening. They were much appreciated and enjoyed by all. Check out their great range of products at our local New World supermarkets.
FURTHER INFORMATION ON BOOKING LEARNING CONVERSATIONS
All parents and caregivers will have received an email this week with information on how to book Learning Conversations. Learning Conversations are held with your child's whānau teacher and not the class teacher (there will be an opportunity to meet your child's teachers next term). The letter you have been emailed details your child's whānau teacher, but please note that the first letter of the code beside the whānau teacher's name relates to the house your child is in. When looking for the teacher to book, please disregard this first letter (house code), eg. PCEH book with CEH (Hamish Crosbie). If you have any technical problems, please get in touch with Dean Sheppard on sheppardd@mtaspiring.school.nz
INSPIRING THE FUTURE
Inspiring the Future is a new programme for schools across Aotearoa, where members of the community share their career stories - their jobs, the pathway they took to get there, and challenges/successes they experienced - with students in fun and inspiring events.
The aim of the programme is to show children a wide range of career opportunities, including those they may not be aware of, and to challenge stereotypes that can hold them back.
We’re interested in running Inspiring the Future events locally and need our whānau and members of the community to sign up to share their stories with students. It’s a great way to get involved with local schools and to inspire young people to one day be in your role or involved with your wider industry.
Signing up as a role model doesn’t mean you have to participate in events. You can accept or decline event invitations as you wish based on your availability.
To find out more and sign up please visit inspiringthefuture.org.nz
Any questions please email Charlotte at careers@mtaspiring.school.nz
FESTIVAL OF COLOUR
Elephant Talk - Student tickets
Come and support our music and drama students, along with a group of MAC alumni, who are collaborating on this original piece as part of the Festival's Community performance.
The show explores the ongoing effects that technology and the pandemic have had on the next generation of young adults and their ability to connect and move through awkward moments. The audience listens to intimate conversations between friends and observes them in all their clanging awkwardness. As you make your way to a live fundraising concert you plug into a playlist of original songs on your device and ponder the importance of those vulnerable yet poignant conversations.
Tickets are still available for all shows from Monday 27 March to Saturday 1 April, with a special student ticket price of $15 for Tuesday evening, so grab your friends and come along!
https://nz.patronbase.com/_FestivalOfColour/Productions/2314/Performances
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR NCEA STUDENTS
Key Reminders:
Some key reminders for students about NCEA and the valid and fair management of our assessments at MAC:
Get your work in by the deadline date. Extensions are not a right.
Don’t plagiarise or copy others work (online or friends or AI).
Don’t take time off to finish internal work - be organised (fairness).
You have the right to appeal a grade within reason - talk to your teacher or the head of learning area.
Keep track of your progress - particularly around literacy and numeracy and in UE approved subjects in Y13.
Be organised and communicate well with teachers.
How to pass NCEA:
Level One: 80 credits which include 10 literacy and 10 numeracy credits. Literacy credits can come from English and many other subjects. Students who sat and passed the literacy or numeracy pilot in 2022 or this year will have those credits counted for NCEA and for the literacy and/or numeracy requirements in 2023.
In order to gain an excellence endorsement 50 excellence credits are required. A merit endorsement requires 50 merit or excellence credits at or above the level.
A course endorsement in a particular subject requires 14 merit or excellence credits including at least three credits from an external assessment (excluding PE). Credits must be earned in the same calendar year for a course endorsement.
Level Two: 60 credits from Level Two plus 20 from another level. Level One literacy and Numeracy. Endorsements are the same rules as for Level One.
Level Three: 60 creditsfrom Level Three plus 20 from Level Two or better. Level One literacy and Numeracy. Endorsements are the same rules as for Level One.
University Entrance: See here for full details, but the key points are:
Level Three
Three UE approved subject passes of at least 14 credits total.
Level one Numeracy
Level two literacy (requires 5 approved reading credits and 5 approved writing credits.
Contact Ms Ashton if you have any major issues.
ATTENTION MAC MUSIC STUDENTS
Please see the information attached below from Wānaka Musicians Society on their music tuition awards.
SHOWQUEST 2023
Showquest is Aotearoa’s biggest performing arts competition for schools. This event challenges students to create a performance centred around a theme that combines Art, Music, Dance, Drama, Culture and Technology. This year's performance will be in Invercargill on Friday 19 May.
SCHOOL CLUBS
Magic The Gathering Club, Friday lunchtimes, Soc Sci 4 - between the playground and the field.
Bring your best commander decks!
HPV VACCINATION PROGRAMME
Thank you to all those parents who have already returned the completed HPV form. An email has been sent home to parents of students who still need to return this form. A reminder that all forms need to be completed, even if you are not giving consent for the vaccination. No student will be vaccinated without their parent/caregiver’s consent.
The HPV vaccination is also available free of charge through your practice nurse or doctor up to their 26th birthday. Delaying the vaccine may mean your child needs more injections to be protected, as people aged 15 years and older need three injections.
The first round of the vaccination will be delivered on Monday 13 March.
For any further information please phone the Public Health Nurse for your school, or look up www.health.govt.nz/hpv
SPRING BULBS FUNDRAISER FOR SPAIN TRIP
At the end of this year, a group of students from Years 11 and 12 are going on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Spain. To make this possible we are doing some fundraising to help bring down the cost of the trip for everyone.
To order bulbs, please fill in the form on this link: https://forms.gle/2PYH5yNGNL3GXa8Z6 Orders close Friday 24 March at 5.00pm.
If you have any questions please email Lucy: radfordl@mtaspiring.school.nz
COLLEGE FUNDRAISER
An adventure town deserves an adventure playground at school.
Quality, well designed playgrounds mean students who are physically and mentally healthier, with minds prepared for learning.
Help 'Parents and Friends of MAC' raise funds for a new adventure playground for students. If every student contributed $67, there could be a new adventure playground available next year! We know that’s not possible for all, so we’ll be fundraising and applying for grants. Please help if you can - either by visiting our "Givealittle" page https://givealittle.co.nz/org/mount-aspiring-college, or parents of the school - please select the link below which will take you directly to the myKindo site. All payments generate an automatic receipt.
If you would like to donate directly to the school bank account: Westpac, Wanaka, MAC Board of Trustees 03-1739-0027820-00 Ref: playground.
If you are interested in getting involved with 'Parents and Friends of MAC', please register your details in the form linked on our website.
SCHOOL BUSES - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
For your information: Bus routes and timetables, and eligibility criteria can now be viewed on our website: https://www.mountaspiringcollege.nz/school-bus-lists.html If route stops or times are updated these will be reflected here, but we will always try to notify you if we are aware that any changes have been made.
Here is some further information on the bus loading sequences:
FREE HEALTH ADVICE
Public Health Nurse, Pip McLean runs a clinic in the First Aid room every Monday lunchtime. No appointment is necessary - just drop into the First Aid room at the start of lunch.
HAVE YOU MOVED? / ARE YOU MOVING?
We are required to have your correct physical address on file. If you have moved recently, or are about to do so, please email office@mtaspiring.school.nz to supply the updated information.
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