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
CAREER PATHWAYS - UPCOMING DATES
4 April - MITO trip for seniors interested in an automotive career; tour automotive industries, tour Highlands and meet Hayden Paddon. Enquiries to careers@mtaspiring.school.nz
7/8 May - Otago University & Polytech Open Day Year 13 tertiary trip to Dunedin
BLAST PROGRAMME - WINTER 2023
BLAST 2023 is fast approaching for Term 2. The aim is to empower Wānaka’s youth to improve overall wellbeing through healthy choices and positive relationships. The programme is facilitated by Wānaka Police working alongside Kahu Youth and The Fit Collective. The group will meet every Wednesday and Friday at 06:45 to participate in activities to improve strength and fitness, increase self-confidence, motivation, make new friends, engage with local Police and most importantly, have fun. Breakfast is provided before heading off to class. Application forms will be available at the student counter. These must be completed and returned by 3 April. Please see this information sheet.
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
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 credits from 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.
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 be viewed on our website at the following link: 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. Ministry numbers have recently been updated (see below).
Here is some further information on the bus loading sequence at the college:
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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