LIVESTREAMING TOMORROW'S ASSEMBLIES
This is our last few days together in Kakano 1-3. It has been a pleasure teaching your little cherubs this year and we will all be sad on Thursday when they leave us. We will be keeping an eye on them next year to see how they are getting on! They'll always be "our kids". Big hugs and best wishes to Agnes and her family - Agnes is moving a little further away than Kahikatea team. We have loved having Agnes in our little whanau and know that she will find lots of new friends, and new adventures, at her new school.
We have lots going on this week. Are you ready for the sprint to the finish?
Duathlon
Tomorrow we have our Duathlon. Due to Covid restrictions we will not be allowing any spectators at the event. We will try to take some photos and put a post on Educa. Your child will need their togs and towel. They will be running around the astroturf and field. They may want to wear their sneakers too. They can wear their House colours or their P.E. kit for the event.
Meet the Teacher
Tomorrow your child will have the opportunity to meet their new teacher. This is an awesome and exciting opportunity to see their learning space for next year.
Prizegiving
Prize giving is on Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. Those children who will be receiving a prize have been notified in their reports. Due to Covid restrictions we will not be allowing any spectators at the event. We will try and take photos from the event and are hoping that we can live stream it - we'll let you know asap.
Thursday 12pm finish
Our last day of term is on Thursday. We finish early at 12p.m. Please can you pick up your child by this time. If you require child care you can ring Maryanne Roling from Glenholme Afterschool Care. Mary Anne’ s contact number is : 347 0709 or 0211 215599
Swimming
Kakano 3 are back in the swimming pool this week at 8:45 a.m. Kakano 1 & 2 are welcome to join them. As it's the first slot your child can come in at 8:30 a.m. with the older kids. Remember to bring your swimming gear every day.
Readers and Resources
There are still a few books that need to be handed in. Please, check at home for any readers, library books or school resources and return these asap. Your Sunshine books online logins are still active for anyone wanting to use this instead. https://www.sunshineclassics.com.au/
Thanks for your understanding and support.
Magazine
We still have copies of the school magazine available for $10.00. Only 100 magazines have been printed and they're a great memento of 2021.
Save Our Babies Annual Christmas School Bag Kaupapa
Kahira Olley, the founder of Save Our Babies Charitable Trust, runs an annual Christmas school bag kaupapa. This means that children get a school bag full of gifts.
If any of the St Mary’s community would like to support this she is hoping for some school bags for 12-16 year olds.
You are welcome to donate a bag full or just a bag or just something to go in the bag.
Some ideas are - a dress (to wear Christmas Day)
- a pair of shorts and a t.shirt
- a pack of underwear
- toiletries and nice smellies
- game
- chocolates/lollies/goodies
- Lastly, don’t forget the school bag.
If you would like to see some of the other wonderful work that Kahira does please look at her facebook page.
Any questions please phone Rachel Schuster on -027 446 1351
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE ITEM/ITEMS PLEASE LEAVE THEM IN THE SCHOOL RECEPTION.
This week
Monday
- 11:30 a.m. Duathlon
- Meet the teacher 2 p.m.
Tuesday
Prizegiving 11:15 a.m.
Wednesday
Thursday
Early finish 12 p.m.
Our last full week for 2021. Wow! That went fast. Kakano 1 and 2 have swimming this week BUT there are Big Day In events all week so it’ll be a bit topsy turvy. Bring your togs everyday - just in case.
Readers and Resources
Our resource room is in desperate need of an overhaul. To allow our incredible support team to get this done we are trying to collect and shelve all of our readers and we will not be sending books home. Please, check at home for any readers, library books or school resources and return these asap. Your Sunshine books online logins are still active for anyone wanting to use this instead. https://www.sunshineclassics.com.au/
Thanks for your understanding and support.
Hour of Code
St Marys is participating in the Hour of Code this week. Computers are everywhere! We use them for work, to take photos, to keep in touch with our families and even to do the grocery shopping. Computational thinking helps nurture problem-solving skills, logic, and creativity. Anyone can learn the basics of coding and you don’t even need technology. https://www.csunplugged.org/en/
Big Day In
On Thursday, the Year 2 CREW will have a whole day of fun to celebrate a fabulous year of work and play. Children can come to school in mufti but, please make sure that they are dressed for a day in the sun - t-shirt with shoulders covered, sunhat… They will also need their togs and towel.
End of Year Mass
Due to Covid restrictions, our end of year celebrations are happening in-house. Our end of Year mass will be attended by our Totara Team (year 5/6) and, we hope, will be shared online. Next week's prize giving has also had to be made Red light friendly - stand by for more information about this, later.
Food Bank
The Young Vinnies are collecting food for the food bank. Thank you to the whanau who have already contributed. We welcome any donations of non-perishable food.
This week
Monday
- Kahikatea Big Day In
Tuesday
Year 0-1 Big Day In
Wednesday
Year 6 Big Day in
Thursday
Our Big day In
Friday
End of Year Mass
Next Week
Monday
- Duathlon (no bikes needed this year).
- Meet the New Classes
Tuesday
Prizegiving (sorry, no parents but we’ll find a way to share)
Wednesday
Scrub down and pack up (This should be a fun day)
Thursday
Missioning of the Year 6s
End of school
LIVESTREAMING TOMORROW'S ASSEMBLIES 9:15am Totara Prizegiving https://youtu.be/ uK68b_gXrOw 11:15am Kakano Prizegiving https://youtu...
