Weekly Notices, Term 4, Week 3

Bonjour Whanau. I hope you have had a lovely weekend as we head toward November. It looks like the cold weather might finally be behind us and we look forward to increasingly warm sunny days at school. Please ensure your child has a hat at school every day as they must be wearing it in term 4 when playing outside. We only have a limited supply of spare hats at school. Year 3 teachers have been testing the children in class and we will continue to do so this week. Please encourage your child to do their best during testing so we can see how much progress each child has made.

Swimming!

This week we have swimming with coaches from the Swim School so please remember to bring along swimming attire, and a towel every day this week. Other items that can help make the experience more pleasurable for the tamariki are goggles and a swim cap. Please also make sure that all uniform items are clearly named to avoid potential loss or confusion in the changing rooms. We will be swimming even if the weather is wet. If your child is unable to swim, they will need a note from their caregiver to excuse them from this activity.

Grandparents and Grandfriends Mass

Friday we had our Grandparents' / Grandfriends' Mass and that was a wonderful occasion too. It was great to have Andrew Chinn playing alongside Mrs Tiedt. I heard from a parent that her parents, new to the area, had swapped phone numbers with four other Grandparents and intend to catch up with them for coffee later on. There seemed to be a lot of food for morning tea so it was awesome that parents supported this day. A huge thank you to Mrs Mines and Mrs Dobson for organising the day for us.

Andrew Chinn

Andrew Chinn was awesome and the children just loved his workshops and concert. Andrew was blown away by the children’s singing at Mass. One of the songs he stopped singing so he could just enjoy hearing them sing.

Returning Student

We have a student returning to school on Monday who has had cancer.  He has been away since 2021. His immunity has been compromised due to the treatment he has received and he is particularly susceptible to chickenpox and measles. 

Any cases of chickenpox or measles, in the school community, need to be reported to the school office immediately to ensure his health is not compromised. 

He is looking forward to coming back to school as are his friends.

Colour Fun Run

Colour Fun Run - Order your prize

The last day to order your prize is Monday 31 October, please log in to your profile at

https://app.schoolfundraising.co.nz and order it. 

Teacher Only Day

We have a Teachers’ Only Dayon Monday 7th November. There will be no school for children on this day. If you require after-school

care you can ring Maryanne Roling from Glenholme Afterschool Care. Mary Anne’s contact number is

347 0709 or 0211 215599

Holiday Reading Log

Holiday Reading Logs are due now.  We will have a lucky draw at our next assembly.

Term 4 Dates

Friday 4th November Year 6 Retreat Day

Monday 7th November. Teacher Only Day

Friday11th November. Kahui Ako Ahurei at JPC. Junior and Senior  Kapa Haka performing 

Friday 18th November. JPC Orientation Day for Year 6s

21st -25th November.  Camps in Taupo for Totara students ( 5 & 6)

Tuesday 6th December Junior Tryathlon 11.00 am Year 0 to 3 at school

Thursday 8th December Tryathlon/Swimming Sports for Years 4 to 6 at Aquatic Centre

Monday 12th December End of year Mass. 9.00 am

Tuesday 13th December Big Day In (Y6) 

Wednesday 14th December Prizegiving - 9:30-11:30 

Thursday 15th December Missioning - 11-12:00

Thursday 15th December Last Day of the term

Events to note for Week 3:

Swimming - Everyday

Thursday - All Saints/All Souls Liturgy 

Thursday, 3 November⋅12:15 – 12:45pm

Friday - Last day of the week!

Please check the blog, school app and weekly notices to ensure that you keep informed about all that we are doing at school this term. It is going to get even busier as the term progresses and I would hate for anyone to miss out on anything. If you are having any issues with any of these platforms or need to update your details, please contact me at my email davidb@stmarysrotorua.school.nz or call the office.

See you all tomorrow ready to learn.

Mr Bach and team Kahikatea

Weekly Notices, Term 4, Week 2

Weekly Notices, Term 4 - Week 2

Welcome to Week 2! I hope that you have enjoyed this glorious long weekend with your whanau and are ready to jump into another action-packed week of learning and exploring. It is the time of the rosary and the tamariki have loved using the beads that we have in class to support in learning their prayers. Some have asked if they can bring their own Rosary Beads into class. This is absolutely fine with me but only if they have permission from their special people and feel that they can look after them carefully while at school, as I can not oversee that while teaching.

Events to note for week 2:

Swimming - Everyday

Athletics - Year 4 only

Thursday - Andrew Chinn visit and concert

Friday - Grandparents/Grandfriends Mass 9am.

Saturday - Working Bee.

How cool was the colour run on Friday?! Thank you to those families and friends that came to cheer us on and help us on the day!

Colour Fun Run Thank you everyone for your support for our Colour Run. It was an awesome event and lots of fun. There are lots of photos on our Facebook page You are able to go online now and order the prizes.   This needs to be done by October 31st.    Prizes will be delivered to school. https://schoolfundraising.co.nz/

Swimming!

This week we have swimming so please remember to bring along swimming attire, and a towel every day this week. Other items that can help make the experience more pleasurable for the tamariki are goggles and a swim cap. Please also make sure that all uniform items are clearly named to avoid potential loss or confusion in the changing rooms. We will be swimming even if the weather is wet. If your child is unable to swim, they will need a note from their caregiver to excuse them from this activity.

Athletics for Year 4 Students Only.

Good luck to our year 4 students competing in the Athletics Day tomorrow! We look forward to hearing about how hard you tried in your events when you return to school.

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Rotorua Interhouse Athletics 9:00 am – 2:30 pm  Tuesday 25th October 2022 International Stadium, Ground 2, Devon Street West, Rotorua Event Overview The Interhouse Athletics is for our middle and senior school students - Years 4, 5 & 6. The Interhouse Athletic Sports will be held at Field 2 by the stadium in Rotorua. Years 4 – 6 students need to be taken to / dropped off at the  International Stadium, ground 2 Devon Street West Rotorua on Tuesday 25th October Students sign in at the stadium gate and then go to their appropriate age group area. Interhouse Athletics will finish at approximately 2:30 pm on Tuesday. Children need to be collected from the International Stadium, ground 2 by 3:00 pm at the latest. Children may come to Interhouse Athletics in their house colours or their school PE gear. Children will need – sunhat, sunblock, warm clothes, lunch & a drink. Should the event need to be cancelled, this information will be put on Educa/App/Facebook by 7:30 am

GRANDPARENTS/GRANDFRIENDS MASS;  Friday, October 28th at 9.00 am (PLEASE NOTE TIME) This Friday we have our Grandparents / Grandfriends Mass, 9am at St Mary's Church, we ask that you find a seat at the church prior to 9 am as children will be sitting with their classes.  We would love to have all our special Grandparents and Grandfriends at school with us on this day.   After Mass, Grandparents are invited back to the classes to share in morning tea with their grandchildren (there will be tea and coffee provided in the hall)  We ask all children to bring a plate to share for morning tea.

WORKING BEE We intend to have a working bee this Saturday, October 29th. There are a number of jobs that need to be done. If you are willing to help, can you please let the office know? The projects include painting, spraying the cobbles, painting wooden  Christmas Trees, building two picnic tables, playground equipment maintenance, replacing a damaged panel on a classroom wall and maintenance work on our unicycles and putting together new unicycles. I’ve been amazed at the support we receive for our working bees and I would really appreciate your support with this one too, please.  Come along and meet other parents and enjoy morning tea and a delicious lunch. Children are welcome also. For catering purposes please let Shanelle know in the office if you can assist, even if it is just for an hour or two.

We have a Teachers’ Only Day on Monday 7th November. There will be no school for children. If you require after-school care you can ring Maryanne Roling from Glenholme Afterschool Care. Mary Anne’s contact number is 347 0709 or 0211 215599

Please check the blog, school app and weekly notices to ensure that you keep informed about all that we are doing at school this term. It is going to get even busier as the term progresses and I would hate for anyone to miss out on anything. If you are having any issues with any of these platforms or need to update your details, please contact me at my email davidb@stmarysrotorua.school.nz or call the office.

See you all tomorrow, bright eyed and bushy tailed!

Mr Bach and team Kahikatea

Weekly Notices - Term 4, Week 1

 

Weekly Notices, Term 4 - Week 1

Welcome back to Term 4. I hope you all enjoyed your break. It seems unbelievable that it is the final term for the year and what a very busy term it will be too.

Thanks to Richard and Deb for making sure that our environment looks top-notch for the start of Term 4.

 

THE MONTH OF THE ROSARY. This month is the month of the Rosary.

 

THE COLOUR RUN  is happening this Friday.  

It is the final week to get sponsors. Please continue in getting sponsors.  If you haven’t made a profile yet, there is still time.  We can keep going right to Friday and then the fun will begin. https://schoolfundraising.co.nz/  After the event the children will be able to order their prizes online. Orders need to be done by 31 October.

 

The organisation of the Day

The Colour Run is finally upon us!! 

The students have done an AMAZING job fundraising and it is now in the final week for getting sponsors.  The colour run will take place this Friday afternoon the 21st of October starting at 1.30 pm

 

Students must wear old clothes for the run…they will be covered in coloured chalk by the end of it!  (Rest assured it does wash out). Please send a change of clothes and a towel as there will be a water activity. They cannot use their sports uniform or their school uniform when taking part. 

 

We invite you all to come along and watch the fun unfold!

If you would like to be a parent helper on the day please let Brigitte Holmes know.  

brigitteh@stmarysrotorua.school.nz or text 0272121206.

The PTA helpers will be about but we will need more hands to help with safety, please volunteer if you can. 

 

GRANDPARENTS/GRANDFRIENDS MASS;  Friday, October 28th at 9.30 am 

Join us for Mass with Catholic songwriter and singer, Andrew Chinn leading our singing. We would love to see as many Grandparents/Grandriends as possible there with us.

 

TEACHER ONLY DAY:

We have a Teachers’ Only Day on Monday 7th November. There will be no school for children. If you require after-school care you can ring Maryanne Roling from Glenholme Afterschool Care. Mary Anne’s contact number is 347 0709 or 0211 215599

 

WORKING BEE:

We intend to have a working bee on the second Saturday after the holidays, October 29th. There are a number of jobs that need to be done. I really appreciate the support we get from you, so thank you in anticipation. Children are welcome and we will have a BBQ lunch.

  

SWIMMING

The pool is in perfect condition for swimming. Thanks to Richard for preparing the pool. The water temperature is around 30 degrees, so it is warm. The pool is a great facility and we expect that children will have their swimming togs with them when their class is timetabled for swimming. Please make sure that togs, towels and goggles are clearly named,

Rooms 15, 16. and 17 swim in week 2 (24 to 28 Oct) and in week 3 they will have the Make a Difference swimming program every day.

 

SUMMER UNIFORM

Students are to start Term 4 in full summer uniform. Our Uniform Shop is open Mondays (8.30-9.00am), Wednesdays (2.30-3.00pm) & Fridays (8.30-9.00am) during term time. The girls’ summer dresses are currently only available from our school uniform shop. Please don’t forget children need to wear the school sun hats in term 4.

We also sell school uniforms via our school website. You can order and pay online and pick up your uniform from the school reception after you have been notified by email that the uniform is ready to pick up. Hopefully, this will be easier for those parents who find it difficult to get to our uniform shop.

HOLIDAY READING LOGS

Please make sure you return these to school this week. If you misplaced yours, just write your child's name, class number and the books read on a piece of paper. This term we aim to have 100% returned.

TERM 4 DATES.

Friday 21st October. Colour Run at school 1.30 pm

Tuesday 25th October.  Athletics Sports for Yr 4 to 6 students at Rotorua Stadium

Friday 28th October. Grandparents/Grandfriends Mass 9.30am 

Friday11th November. Kahui Ako Ahurei at JPC. Junior and Senior  Kapa Haka performing 21st -25th November.  Camps in Taupo for Totara students ( 5 & 6)

Tuesday 6th December Junior Tryathlon 11.00 am Year 0 to 3 at school

Thursday 8th December Tryathlon/Swimming Sports for Years 4 to 6 at Aquatic Centre

Monday 12th December End of year Mass. 9.00 am

Tuesday 13th December Big Day In (Y6) 

Wednesday 14th December Prizegiving - 9:30-11:30 

Thursday 15th December Missioning - 11-12:00

Thursday 15th December Last Day of the term

We are looking forward to seeing everyone back tomorrow for a fun-filled and busy term of learning and experiences. Enjoy the last day of the holidays.

David Bach and Team Kahikatea

Weekly Notices, Term 3, Week 10

Welcome to Week 10, the last week of Term 3 2022. The October School Holidays start at the end of the week, as does the new fishing season on Saturday the First, so everybody can probably guess what Mr Bach will be doing all day Saturday. This week we have our School Production, Little Red Rocking Hood that will dominate proceedings, with a Dress Rehearsal on Tuesday and matinee and evening shows on Wednesday and Thursday. The evening shows are sold out but there are still tickets available for the matinee shows. Mrs Trask has done a magnificent job with her organisation and direction of the show and we are looking forward to seeing children in action. Some parents and caregivers still need to send in production clothes for their children. Please see the notice sent home or last week's blog for details.

NETSAFE. Tuesday 5:45pm in Room 14. 

 

This is an opportunity for our community to get advice from online experts. Help keep yourself and your whanau safe online. This is an open event so please bring your friends and whanau.

Chromebook Programme Meeting for Year 3 Parents and Caregivers

Year 3 Parents: 

Meet at 5:15 pm to hear about our 1:1 Chromebook programme then stay on for the Netsafe presentation.

School Fun Run

Room 16 won the prize of ice cream sundaes for the class by raising the most money last week. Well done Room 16 children.

Xmas Box

We have had a couple of items come through for our charity Christmas box collection. Thanks to the Stahlhut family for their contributions shown by David and Simon below. See the information below if you wish to contribute.

This term we are taking part in Operation Christmas Child. Each class has a shoebox that they will pack with different gifts, prayers, and letters. This will be sent to a child across the world who would not normally receive a gift on Christmas Day. Your child may wish to put a little something special into the box. Look at  “Operation Christmas Child Videos 2022” which has some inspiring videos and ideas.

The Week Ahead

Monday - - Queen Elisabeth Life Commemoration Public Holiday

Tuesday - Dress Rehearsals for the School production

Room 15 and 16 Library

Wednesday - School production Matinee and Evening Show

- Room 17 Library

Thursday - School production Matinee and Evening Show

Friday - - Rollerskating in the hall, sausage sizzle, and juicy $1.50 each  

Enjoy the rest of the long weekend.

David Bach and Team Kahikatea

Assembly Is Back On

Assembly is back on this Friday - Week 9 - 23rd September 

Room 16 is running the School Assembly this week on Friday. There are many children who have individual parts to play in the assembly and all of them will be participating in a song and dance. All parents, extended family, and caregivers are invited to attend, this Friday the 23rd of September, at 2:05pm in the School Hall. 

Weekly Notices, Term 3, Week 9

 Welcome, all parents and caregivers to Week 9 with Spring well and truly in the air. There are now only two weeks until the holidays at the end of Term 3. A reminder that next week on Monday the 26th of September we will be commemorating the Queen's passing with a one-off public holiday and therefore there will be no school on this day. We are also getting close to the opening day of our School Production in Week 10. The children have been practising hard and Mrs Trask has been doing a fantastic job in putting everything together with the children. The evening shows are already sold out and only tickets for the Matinee Performance now remain.

Fun Run

Mrs Bowen's doing a great job with the Fun Run organisation.

On Friday October 21, we will be holding our sponsored event.

 School COLOUR Fun Run!

Fantastic Fundraising

The effort and enthusiasm from students has been fantastic and we’ve had a

great start to our big fundraiser for the year, as we were unable to hold a Gala

Day.

Can your child come up with ideas to help them fundraise - chores, helping a

neighbour in the garden, and I am sure there are many more ideas they can

think of.

Please keep sharing your child's link

Go to schoolfunrun.co.nz,

share your online fundraising link via SMS, Email and Social Media. If someone

would like to sponsor your child and give them cash, they can do this.  Please

take the money to the office, with your child's name and room number and we

will be able to add the amount to their profile.

THANK YOU! For the support we have received from everyone.  It

isn’t too late to make a profile for your child if you haven’t done

one yet. 

Top Class for Week 2 of the Promotion

Be the class that raises the most for the week

and win ice cream sundaes for your class Golden Time

Week 1 classes who will receive juicies.

Congratulations to Room 3 and Room 12.

Xmas Box

We have had a couple of items come through for our charity Christmas box collection. Thanks to the Stahlhut family for their contributions shown by David and Simon below. See the information below if you wish to contribute.

This term we are taking part in Operation Christmas Child. Each class has a shoebox which they will pack with different gifts, prayers, and letters. This will be sent to a child across the world who would not normally receive a gift on Christmas Day. Your child may wish to put a little something special into the box. Look at  “Operation Christmas Child Videos 2022” which has some inspiring videos and ideas.

Production Clothes

Some children are yet to bring their clothes for the production. Please see the notes below if you haven't already sent in your child's costume.

Once you have found an option for your child’s costume, please keep it safe for a few weeks and then put it in a named bag and bring it to school to give to your class teacher in WEEK 8. This way we can check everyone has a costume and have them all ready to go for Week 9 Rehearsals and Week 10’s shows. 

It is only two weeks to go and it is Showtime. Everything seems to be going along smoothly thanks to Mrs Trask's great organisational skills. She is doing a fantastic job of keeping all staff and children informed about what is going on

Wednesday Mr Macmillan hosts the Principal’s luncheon at 11.45 in the staffroom. Invitations will be given to children tomorrow.

The Week Ahead

Monday - normal school day

Tuesday - Room 15 and 16 Library

Wednesday - Room 17 Library, Junior Kapa Haka

Thursday - normal school day

Friday - Friday at 11.00 am in the hall the JPC band is coming to us to perform.

Rollerskating in the hall, sausage sizzle, and juicy $1.50 each  

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

David Bach and Team Kahikatea