Notices -


Thursday 6th of June, 2024

Meeting / Practices Location When Staff
All Students 40 Hour Challenge Hype Day 🧡 E/MN Quad Fri 7 Jun 1:30pm BRW
  Our annual hype day is back! Come along at lunch on Friday to pie-a-prefect or splash-a-teacher. We'll have live music and emcees. EFTPOS will be available if you don't have cash. To make things even better, we'll have a bake sale at morning tea. All funds raised will go towards MAGS' fundraiser for World Vision. What we would love even more is if you could sign up and fundraise with us! Go to https://my.worldvision.org.nz/ss/fSiHbt/mt-albert-grammar-school and sign up now.

 
All Students Pasifika and Māori English Study Space E16 Mon 10 Jun 3.15pm PEH
  Pasifika and Māori English Study Space!

Starting up Week 7, Monday 10th June 3:15pm to 4:15pm in E16. This space is open for all Pasifika and Māori students from year 9-13. There will be teachers and Senior English students there to assist and mentor, along with light refreshments.

Please note – 11HSA students must attend their HSA tutorials instead.

 
All Students Spelling Club E11 Tue 11 Jun 11:10 BRW
  Spelling Club will 🐝 back next week. As usual, there will be games and prizes. We look forward to seeing you all!
PS the time has come for junior students to sign up for the National Spelling Bee. If you're keen, come along and let Miss Barlow know you want to register or that you'd like more info.

 
All Students Spoken Word Club Meeting N15 Thu 6 Jun 12:30pm WOL
  Bring fresh poems to share.

All welcome

 
Notices Staff
All Students 2024 MAGS ART SHOW GNT
  Enter the 2024 MAGS Art Show! This year’s theme is ‘Light and Shade’ – there are plenty of awesome prizes to be won and you can sell your work for $$ with heaps of Professional Artists! Come to the Art Dept to grab a canvas (or provid your own). All entry details are on our Google Classroom – just fill in the form then upload your artwork (or hand it to your teacher!) and you’re set. Google Classroom code: kpdz4x7 Any Questions just email Mrs Gauntlett sgauntlett@mags.school.nz

 		  
All Students Donut fundraiser - Tuesday 11th - interval HBS
  Donuts! The curling team will be selling Krispy Kreme donuts and drinks on Tuesday interval outside the new library.
$3.50 donut, $2.50 Coke/Coke Zero - $5 donut+drink combo deal. Other treats from $2
EFTPOS available

 		  
All Students The Barfoot and Thompson Young Author’s challenge PEH
  The Barfoot and Thompson Young Author’s challenge has started up. The theme this year is “The Choice I made” and entrants are encouraged to write a short story detailing a choice they made (good or bad) and where that choice led them to. The maximum word count for secondary students is 750 words. Entries close: Friday 2 August 2024.

See here for further details: https://www.barfoot.co.nz/about-us/supporting-our-community/young-authors-challenge

 		  
All Students The Sargeson Short Story Competition PEH
  Entries are open for Aotearoa's richest short story competition, the Sargeson Prize.
The winner of the Secondary Schools Division takes home $2000 and also receives a one-week summer writing residency at the University of Waikato, with travel, accommodation and meals covered, and one-on-one mentoring on their work! Second prize is $1000 and third is $500.

See here for further details: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/about/faculties-schools/arts/writing-studies/sargeson-prize/

 		  
All Students Writing Anthology PEH
  The English leaders are compiling a collection of excellent student writing pieces to be published at the end of the year. If you have completed, or if you complete a piece of writing this term, that you would like to be considered please email through to your year level's English leaders:
Year 9: Lucia and Lucy (llaskey@students.mags.school.nz, lknowles@students.mags.school.nz)
Year 10: Bharavi and Divija (bsharma@students.mags.school.nz, dsagar@students.mags.school.nz)
Year 11: Johnny and Isobel (jgilmore@students.mags.school.nz, iknowles@students.mags.school.nz)
Year 12: Elisabeth and Epeli (ecoventon@students.mags.school.nz, eprescott2@students.mags.school.nz)
Year 13: Ryan and Brianna (rshen@students.mags.school.nz, bmccready@students.mags.school.nz)

 		  
Juniors only Fred Free Read Aloud Competition PEH
  Are you interested in participating in a competition of elocution and oratory? The English Department will be holding the Fred Free Read Aloud Competition in Term 3. Students will have the chance to compete against each other in the reading aloud of specific texts. No prior experience needed. First place will receive a prize. Complete the following form to register your interest: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSPxtPraYFNaZGI1ckv0eekVPkUsOHVxea1OoUx4go6E8deA/viewform?usp=sf_link

 		  
Juniors only Junior Internal Basketball League BRO
  Basketball league for those year 9 & 10 students that trialled but did not play in a school basketball team this year or for those that would like to play and did not attend a trial.

Please register using the form below.
https://forms.gle/DcHHsauAsqQNQriv5

Cost is $50 per player. Games on Saturday’s from 3:00 to 5:00pm at school.

Questions contact: flynn.brocklehurst@mags.school.nz

 		  
Seniors only Kate Edger Foundation creative school competition PEH
  Year 12 and 13 students are invited to enter the 7th annual Kate Edger Foundation Creative School Competition.
The theme this year is “feel the fear…and do it anyway”. This year's theme should challenge and inspire you to share your stories of courage, spontaneity, bravery, creativity, success, overcoming barriers and whatever else has inspired you to just go for it.
Entry options are Artwork, Photography, Poetry, Prose or Video.
There are monetary prizes: 1st prize is $1,000, 2nd prize is $500 and 3rd prize $300.
Entries close 8pm Monday 24th June 2024

See here for further details: www.kateedgertrust.org.nz

 		  
Seniors only NO ESS Scholarship today DKY
  Due to 2-1-2 etc