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Ad Summa Greetings to the Marsden family
Issue 12 April 2015
“To be truly transformative, the post-2015 development agenda must prioritize
gender equality and women’s empowerment. The world will never realize 100 per
cent of its goals if 50 per cent of its people cannot realize their full potential”.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Inside this issue
Gala
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Year 8 – William Pike Challenge 4
Year 9 – Leadership Day
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Year 8 Camp by Madison Taylor
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Scholars’ Assembly
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Mindfulness and Christian Prayer
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Sports News
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Marsden Primary
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Uniform Shop
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Marsden Collegiate School
Marsden Avenue, Karori
Private Bag Karori
Wellington 6147
Phone 04 476 8707
enrol@marsden.school.nz
www.marsden.school.nz
International Women’s Day has been observed
since in the early 1900’s, a time of great
expansion and turbulence in the industrialized
world that saw booming population growth.
Great improvements for women have occurred
since then. We do have female astronauts and
prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into
university, women can work and have a family,
women have real choices.
However the unfortunate fact is that women
are still not paid equally compared to their
male counterparts, women still are not
present in
equal numbers
in business
or politics,
and globally
women’s
education,
health and the
violence against
them is worse
than that of
men.
Hannah Bascand
There is still a way to go if, as Ban Ki-moon
says, the world is to realise 100% of its goals.
International Women’s Day is relevant in
today’s world, in continuing to highlight issues
for women and girls.
I had the pleasure of attending three
International Women’s Day events during
March. The annual Zonta Breakfast at
Parliament celebrated the achievement of
women, with guest speaker Marilyn Waring,
CNZM. It was wonderful that school girls and
women from throughout Wellington were
able to hear about women’s struggles in
politics. Another event I attended was run to
support the Daya Trust. The Daya trust works
to empower women and girls in New Zealand
and India through education. It was a privilege
to hear of the work of noted community
worker and successful businesswoman, Ranjna
Patel. Women from South Africa, Niue and the
Cook Islands spoke as guests of the Australian
High Commission, telling their stories of being
women in their countries.
It is important to hear the stories of women
who make a difference – some who are well
known and others who have worked quietly in
the background to achieve amazing feats. We
need to tell these stories and to remember that
we still have a long way to go to empower our
girls for their future.
A story of a young Marsden Old Girl who
is making a difference is one related to
International Women’s Day. Hannah Bascand,
a final year medical student at the University
of Notre Dame in Australia, was selected to
travel to New York to attend and present
at the United Nations Commission on the
Status of women. Hannah has a particular
interest in women’s health and the fields of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology and so prepared
and presented a research poster looking at the
equality of care and treatment across the world
for women with gynaecological cancers.
Hannah’s is just one story of the difference
Marsden girls can and do make in the world.
I look forward to sharing more with you
throughout the year.
Jenny Williams
Principal
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School community unites
to stage a fantastic Gala
Raffle
Sweet stall
Deli
Marsden Cafe student helpers
Cake stall helpers
Marsden Cafe
Entertainment
Craft stall
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It was always going to be difficult to top the success of the 2013 Marsden Gala, but
the school community rallied around and the 2015 Gala was an unqualified success!
After months of planning and countless volunteer hours spent in preparation the
weather cooperated, the stalls opened for business and the crowds turned up to enjoy
a fantastic event.
What made the day so successful was the enthusiastic way the school community
got behind the Gala - students, staff, parents, families, old girls and the community
gave willingly of their time, talents and resources. We are also extremely grateful to
the businesses that supported us, starting with our principal sponsor, Jennifer Catley
of Just Paterson. Without their generosity, we would not have managed to achieve as
much as we did, we are really thankful.
We are delighted to
report that the provisional
total in excess of $63,500
our best ever result!
The Gala was a financial
success as well as a
great community event
- a perfect start to the
fundraising for our
new building.
Thank you again for your
support and hard work.
Nicola McFaull and
Nicky Reed
Gala Co-Convenors
A HUGE thank you to all our sponsors and donors!
Principal sponsor
Sponsors and donors
ANZ
ASB
Berry’s Jewellers
Building Intelligence Group
Crawford Crafts
Emporio
ES Design Interiors
Florence Boutique
Fuji Xerox
Gipps St Butchery
Gipps St Deli
Hutt City Panel & Paint Ltd
Kaffee Eis
Labels
Loui Seok
Maison Therese
Marsden Books
Meat Direct
Minijeeps, Aircastles and Merry Go Rounds
Miramar Fruit Supplies
New World, Karori
Revive Coffee
Schoc Chocolates
Sweet Bakery and Cafe
Tamara Jane Cupcakes
Thorndon Green Gardens
Tinakori Bistro
Twigland Garden Centre
Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office
And special thanks to all our parents,
friends, Marsden old girls, staff and
students who have contributed so
much to this Gala!
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Year 8 with William Pike
Year 8 William Pike Challenge
The William Pike Challenge is a year long programme our Y8’s are doing (Marsden is the
first school in Wellington to do the Challenge). The girls will participate in eight outdoor
activities, 20 hours of community service over the year and they need to try a new sport
or start a new hobby.
William Pike came to school to launch the programme on the 24 February 2015 where
he talked to the Y8’s about the challenges he has overcome. He survived a volcanic
eruption, Mt Ruapehu, which led to leg amputation and now wants to challenge young
New Zealanders to embrace the outdoors. His motto is “Every day’s a good day”.
The Y8’s completed their first outdoor challenge when they learnt to sail with “Volvo
have a go” programme in week 2. The girls went in groups of ten and spent the day
learning to rig an optimist, sailing and how to get back in the boat if it capsized. It was
a great week with all the girls rising to the challenge of sailing. Thank you to the parents
who came and helped each day.
Year 9 Leadership Day
Year 9 students enjoyed a wonderful day at the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club
in February. Ocean Sports encouraged and supported the girls as they sailed and
kayaked out in Wellington’s inner harbour and Maaike of Personal Branz ran an
excellent workshop on strategies for building confidence and leadership. We are very
appreciative of the generous support from the Infinity Foundation for this fabulous day.
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Rock climbing
Teamwork
It started off with a short visit to Höglund Glass, a glass blowing factory. Next we
were off to the WOW museum, with a look at the impressive car collection. Next we
stopped for lunch at Rabbit Island where we had a sand sculpture competition. Group
4 made a Merman and we won! We finished up the day with a swim at the Wave
Pool, which was really fun. When we got back to camp we had a slumber party and
watched a movie.
Kayaking
Year 8 Camp
High ropes course
by Madison Taylor
Don’t we all wish we could be at camp every day? I know that’s how Year 8 feels. Our
5 days at Bridge Valley were filled with fun, adventure and facing your fears.
On Monday 9 March, a sleepy bunch of Year 8’s arrived at the Interislander departure
gate at 7.00am. For me, the trip over on the Interislander was a new experience (if you
don’t count a trip when I was 5). When we arrived at Bridge Valley around 9 hours
later, we were all exhausted. Little did we know that the next day was going to be
even more action packed than the first.
The next day, after breakfast, we were sent off to our first activities. For Group 4, this
was Archery. Apart from a few arrows landing in trees, the activity was successful.
After this great start, the rest of the day seemed to fly by. We had Quad Biking, Shooting, Abseiling and a visit to Claudia, the camp pig. Before we knew it, it was time for
Wednesday’s day trip out into Nelson.
For me, Thursday was the best day. There were so many fun activities such as Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Caving, High Ropes and the confidence course. A highlight was
the High Ropes, even though it was hard. A low light was while caving getting a huge
scratch from an unknown object in the dark. The best part of the day was the last two
activities. We did the Iron Girl competition
and Group 4 won! We were so happy.
They also opened up the waterside for the
first time and it was really fun.
At the end of the evening each cabin performed a skit they had been working on.
All of the plays were so good so we were
surprised when we won!
Camp was amazing and I wish we could
have stayed longer although it was nice to
sleep in my own bed, without moths.
The Merman
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Mindfulness and Christian prayer
You may be aware that in some of our PPP classes, our students are learning the
technique of Mindfulness by practitioner Cheryl Strawbridge. Mindfulness is the
intentional, accepting and non-judgmental focusing of our attention on the emotions,
thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment.
Being able to recognise and reflect on our emotions is an important skill for our girls to
learn during a time of busyness, stress and anxiety - which we all experience from time
to time. It can help us achieve greater self-awareness, peace and inner calm.
Christians throughout the centuries have used centering prayer as a way of achieving
this same self-awareness, inner calm, peace and connection with God. Christian
centering prayer has been the core of most monastic traditions, such as the work of
St Benedict, friar Meister Eckhart, Thomas Merton and Richard Rohr.
Scholars’ Assembly
Scholars’ Assembly
Congratulations to our brilliant scholars
honoured in a special assembly on
Monday 16 March. Parents of those
students who were awarded Scholars’
colours joined Principal Jenny Williams
for Morning tea in the Cultural Centre
beforehand. Thank you for braving the
wet weather and special thanks to guest
speaker Old Girl, Madeline Ash. We
loved the green hair! Madeline gave a
fascinating speech on entry into a US
University.
While Mindfulness is particularly designed to be a secular journey focused on the
improvement of self, this differs from the Christian contemplative tradition. Christian
prayer and meditation is grounded in the reality that we are not alone, God is involved
in our journey and our struggles can be shared with Him. Christian centering prayer
focuses beyond the personal benefit of self-awareness and wholeness, and towards
our personal contribution to a greater common good. This focus is grounded within
the wider community through acts of service and care for others. In other words,
centering prayer with a Christian focus on God and Jesus amplifies our focus on care
for others, as an expression of our self-improvement.
I look forward to building on the techniques our girls will learn through their
Mindfulness classes and also helping them to focus on the needs of others. If you
would like to know more about centering prayer, have a look at Richard Rohr’s website
Center for Action and Contemplation www.cac.org
Sarah King
Chaplain
PROUDLY SUPPLYING HAND ROASTED
COFFEE TO MARSDEN SCHOOL
Madeline Ash at Scholars’ Assembly
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Sports News
In the 3000m intermediate girls final
we had two girls in the top 3 with Ruby
Leverington and Alexandra McKendry
coming 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Christy Robinson 2nd at College Sport
Tennis Open
On February 25th 2015 Marsden
represented by Christy Robinson at the
College Sport Wellington Tennis Open at
the Renouf Tennis Centre in Brooklyn.
After 3 outstanding games, which she
won with great ease, Christy met Tamara
Anderson from Onslow College in the
final. Christy ended up going down 2-4
3-5, but they had a very close match with
some amazing rallies.
Christy Robinson at CSW Tennis Open
Marsden also came a very impressive 3rd
place in the Senior Girls 4x100m relay!
Congratulations to all the girls who
competed in the Girls Zones Athletics on
March 2nd, it was a very successful day!
Year 7/8 UWH Team at first mini-tournament
Year 7/8 UWH win GOLD in their
first tournament!
Emma Fulbrook sets new girls
Javelin record
The Year 7 & 8 Underwater Hockey team
had an extremely impressive start to their
season winning the gold medal at the
first Mini-Tournament of the year.
After the Girl Zones Athletic Sports held
at Newtown Park, Emma Fulbrook now
holds the Wellington Senior Girls Javelin
record! She threw an OUTSTANDING
44.34m, beating the old 28m record by
a whopping 16 metres. This impressive
throw will very likely send Emma to the
Regional Athletic sports that will be held
on the 18th March at Newtown Park.
Despite only having four players and
having to use ring-ins from Wellesley
for the first four games (due to netball
trials), they managed to win! The four
original girls played all eight games with
no subbing and little rotating – quite
a feat for Underwater Hockey. It was a
wonderful afternoon and the girls are
all very happy and ready for their next
tournament in three weeks!
The team was made up of 7 Year 6-8
girls: Ilona MacKinnon, Victoria Rose
Manu, Samantha Lloyd-Evans, Sophie
Kennedy, Moya Bird McKenna, Emma
Drayton, Emma Egley and their coach
Holly Seath.
Other Samuel Marsden athletes
impressed at Girl Zones as well, with
Rachel Witkowski leaving as the Senior
1200m Walking Champion, and finishing
3rd in Senior High Jump. Kirstin Baker
sprinted strongly and finished 4th in the
senior 100m final.
Lucy Preston won the Intermediate girls
400m final, and Imogen Skelton came
3rd in both the Intermediate 800m and
1500m finals.
Kirstie Baker wins Gold with WLG
U19 Touch team
Marsden’s Touch Rugby captain Kirstie
Baker was part of the U19 mixed
Wellington team that participated
in Senior Touch Rugby Nationals in
Auckland, March 2015.
They won their grade and came home
with gold medals! Congratulations to
Kirstie on this success and for all of her
hard work with our school’s Touch team.
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Marsden
Primary
Grace, Zoe, Grace and Mia Y5 fascinated by monarch butterfly
Highlights in Preschool this term have included their Art and Drama; seeing Guji Guji
at the Capital E Arts Festival and the fantastic work that went alongside that; and the
visit of the fabulous Goodtime Music Academy. We have welcomed into Preschool,
Chinese Language Assistant Miss Lulu Jiang, who has been teaching the boys and girls
songs in Mandarin and talking to them about Sun Wukong also known as the Monkey
King. Lulu has really enjoyed getting to know our children and works perfectly with
them at their level. She also teaches Mandarin to the girls in the Upper School.
Cassia and Anahera making spaces in Preschool
Capital E Arts Festival was attended by many schools in the region and our classes
came back with lots to talk about after their trips to see Squaring the Wheel, Carnival
of the Animals and Guji Guji.
Thank you to all those families who have supported our annual Fiji Service Trip by
buying Subway lunches and contributing to the sausage sizzle/mufti day. St James
Anglican School is a little primary school in the town of Levuka on Ovalau Island with
students from Year 1-8. We have bought lots of sports equipment, ukuleles, had
donations of art materials and netball skirts, and the team of Y12/13 girls have been
busy creating and trialling lessons for the classes and making resources. Mrs Barlow
and I leave with the team on Easter Sunday and return to Wellington on the Monday
of the second week of the holidays. In the six years we have been visiting the school,
we have formed strong relationships and really enjoyed seeing the progress of
the children.
Chinese Language Assistant Lulu plays melodica
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We have welcomed (young) Old Girl
Poppy Shelton to the Library team
recently. Poppy and her two sisters
Bryony and Lucy are Marsden girls and
know the place well!
News from the
Uniform Shop
When they read and re-enacted the
myth of Maui and the Sun, Year 1 had
had lots of discussion around teamwork.
Overlaying our Curriculum Learning Areas
are five Key Competencies: Thinking,
Managing Self, Using Language, Symbols
and Text, Participating and Contributing,
Relating to Others. These skills are
fundamental to the success of our
lifelong learners.
With winter on its way it is time to start getting
organised for Winter Sport and School Uniforms.
Recently we enjoyed a wonderful reenactment of Palm “Thursday”. Tilly the
donkey led the procession around the
courtyard and into the Chapel with the
girls waving their “palms” and singing
“Make way, Make way for Christ the
King”. Inside the Chapel the gospel
story was read, and then we sang as we
processed out. Each year group spent
time with Tilly and her friends: Woolly
the sheep, Curly the goat, rabbit, guinea
pigs, a chicken and a rooster. Tilly has
a cross which goes down her back and
across her shoulders. We learnt about the
legend which says many donkeys have
this cross on their back since Jesus rode a
donkey on Palm Sunday. They are known
as Jerusalem donkeys. Thanks to Beverley
from Zippity Zoo who brought Tilly to join
in with our procession and to Chaplain
Sarah King for organising this event.
Celia McCarthy
Director of Marsden Primary
Netball/Hockey Tops
$65
Football/Volley Ball Tops $51
Palm ‘Thursday’ procession
Sports Skirts
$48
Rowing Socks
$16 – wool blend
Beanies
$19 – sports only
Scarves
$39
Rugby Jerseys
$97 – $103
Rain Jackets
$67
Tracksuit Jackets
Years 5–13
$95 – $132
Tracksuit Pants
Years 5–13
$65 - $94
Polyprop Gloves
$10 per pair
Tights – Years 1–6
$15.50 per pair
Pantyhose
Years 7–13
$9.50 per pair
Long Sleeve Blouses
$44 each
Navy Sport Thermals
$30 each
Hoodies
$48 – incl one embroidery
Navy Jacket
$50 – incl one embroidery
Supporters Jacket
$48 each – pale blue
Ties
$26 each
For those with wool allergies we now have a small
supply of a new 3 layer jersey. The first layer (closest
to the skin) is coolmax, the second is spandex with
the third being wool. These are $89 each.
We also have Fleece Vests on special. These usually
retail for $72 and for March and April they will be
$50. These add extra warmth under Tracksuits and
Jackets.
Contact us on 04 476-8479 or email
sonja.braddock@marsden.school.nz
We are a team Y1 re-enact Maui and the Sun