Villa Maria College | Prize what is of Value

Our Mission

Empowering each young woman to determine her potential, live Gospel values, confidently embrace life-long learning and as a Mercy woman be inspired to make a difference.

We are a state integrated Catholic secondary school for girls in years 7 – 13.

The foundation for everything we do is our Catholic faith, which we express through our Mercy charism.

Villa Maria College aims to offer spiritual formation and pastoral care in the tradition of Catherine McAuley, and the Sisters of Mercy who founded the College in 1918.

Centennial Website Launched

All you need to know about our 100th birthday celebrations in 2018

www.villamaria100.co.nz

Upcoming Events

September 2016

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			1 1st XI Football 1st XI Football Aug 29 – Sep 1 all-day Avonhead Park 2nd XI Hockey 2nd XI Hockey @ Hamilton Aug 29 – Sep 2 all-day Enrolment Interviews Enrolment Interviews Aug 29 – Sep 2 all-day Interviews for 2017 students Hockey – Federation Cup Hockey – Federation Cup Aug 29 – Sep 3 all-day SISS Netball SISS Netball @ Nelson Aug 29 – Sep 1 all-day NZSS Basketball Zone 4 NZSS Basketball Zone 4 Aug 31 – Sep 3 all-day Canterbury Model EU Canterbury Model EU Sep 1 – Sep 2 all-day 6 x GATE students are attending this 2 day conference held at UC Core Transformers Day Core Transformers Day Sep 1 all-day 9-12pm SLT at Villa 1-4pm Transformers at Core, Madras St (relief for P4 and 5) Parent Consultation for Sexuality Education. 7:00 pm Parent Consultation for Sexuality Education. Sep 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm We invite all parents from Years 7-13 to the Parent Consultation and Information Evening for Sexuality Education. This is in the Library from 7.00pm-9.00pm	2	3	4 Rowing “have a go” morning 9:30 am Rowing “have a go” morning Sep 4 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am Come along to give rowing a go. 9.30 – 11.30 at Kerrs Reach on both Sundays. 4th and 11 Sept
5 Enrolment Interviews Enrolment Interviews Sep 5 – Sep 9 all-day Interviews for 2017 students Teacher Only Day Teacher Only Day Sep 5 all-day	6 Choral Festival Choral Festival Sep 6 all-day Rehearsal in P5 today Multi-ball Multi-ball Sep 6 – Sep 7 all-day Otago Tertiary talk Subject Otago Tertiary talk Subject Sep 6 all-day Student Board reps talk Student Board reps talk Sep 6 all-day Student Board reps to present at assembly today. Voting will be in VG on Monday 12 September	7 Change of Bells Change of Bells Sep 7 all-day There is no VG today so we start with Period 1. 8:30-9:25 Period 1, 9:25-10:20 Period 2, 10:20-10:40 Interval, 10:40-11:35 Period 3, 11:35-12:30 Period 4, 12:30-1:25 Lunch, 1:30-2:30 Choral Rehearsals. Choral Festival Choral Festival Sep 7 all-day Rehearsal in P5 today Y7&8 Aerobics 9:00 am Y7&8 Aerobics Sep 7 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Forming Faith Together-2 7:00 pm Forming Faith Together-2 Sep 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm New families and daughters induction	8 Choral Festival Choral Festival Sep 8 all-day Rehearsal in P4 today Early Finish Early Finish Sep 8 all-day Scheduled classes finish early today at the end of P4, ahead of Subject Choice Evening tonight. We will supervise any students who parents have indicated will remain at school. Tertiary talk Subject Massey Tertiary talk Subject Massey Sep 8 all-day Subject Choice Evening 6:00 pm Subject Choice Evening Sep 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Subject choice evening for Years 10, 11, 12 to look at subjects choices for 2017.	9 Choral Festival Choral Festival Sep 9 all-day Rehearsal in P3 today Multi-ball Multi-ball Sep 9 all-day NZSS Swimming NZSS Swimming @ venue TBC Sep 9 – Sep 11 all-day Student Assembly Student Assembly Sep 9 all-day At VG time in Hall	10	11 VMC Netball Prizegiving VMC Netball Prizegiving Sep 11 all-day Netball Prizegiving is at 4pm today in the Auditorium Rowing “have a go” morning 9:30 am Rowing “have a go” morning Sep 11 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am Come along to give rowing a go. 9.30 – 11.30 at Kerrs Reach on both Sundays. 4th and 11 Sept
12 Choral Festival Choral Festival Sep 12 all-day Rehearsal in P5 today Lincoln Tertiary talk Subject Lincoln Tertiary talk Subject Sep 12 all-day Multi-ball Multi-ball Sep 12 – Sep 13 all-day Victoria University talk Victoria University talk Sep 12 all-day Victoria University liaison will be at the CDC today at 10:50am for subject choice for 2017 Voting for Student Board reps Voting for Student Board reps Sep 12 all-day Voting for the Student Board representative is in VG today	13 Choral Festival Choral Festival Sep 13 all-day Rehearsal in P3 today CPIT Applications session CPIT Applications session Sep 13 all-day Forming Faith Together-3 7:00 pm Forming Faith Together-3 Sep 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm New families and daughters induction	14 Choral Festival Choral Festival Sep 14 all-day All day HPV Programme HPV Programme Sep 14 all-day Dose 3 for Y8 students	15 Year 13 Retreat 7:00 am Year 13 Retreat Sep 15 @ 7:00 am – Sep 16 @ 2:00 pm Y13 Retreat at Glentui Meadows 2017 Subject choice deadline 2017 Subject choice deadline Sep 15 all-day All students need to have completed their 2017 subject choices on the portal by today.	16	17	18
19	20 Special Assembly – mental health awareness Special Assembly – mental health awareness @ Hall Sep 20 all-day Liv Kerr will be running a special assembly about mental Health	21 Whanau Hui – Discovery Programme Whanau Hui – Discovery Programme @ LIRC Sep 21 all-day This day will kick off our inaugural Discovery Programme encouraging Maori girls to consider their pathways beyond Villa Maria College. Presentations from staff from Tertiary Institutions around New Zealand will occur. There will also be time for Careers Guidance and presentations for whanau. P5: all...	22 Sports Exchange Sports Exchange Sep 22 all-day Australian visitng school exchange involving hockey at Numweek Park, Senior A basketball, and Senior A and B netball at Villa.	23 Last day of Term 3 Last day of Term 3 Sep 23 all-day Mercy Day and Mass Mercy Day and Mass Sep 23 all-day Reports Reports Sep 23 all-day Senior reports uploaded to Parent Portal Year 11-13 Reports Uploaded to Kamar Year 11-13 Reports Uploaded to Kamar Sep 23 all-day	24 2016 Reunion Day 2016 Reunion Day Sep 24 all-day This day consists of Mass, lunch, tour, photo display, year group photos and possibly a speaker. It is for year groups when they began at Villa up to 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006. NZSS Cycling NZSS Cycling @ Palmerston North Sep 24 – Sep 26 all-day	25
26	27	28	29	30 Student Assembly Student Assembly Sep 30 all-day At VG time in Hall