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St Paul’s Catholic School
Thursday 29th August, 2019
Vision: At St Paul’s we know, love and serve God.
Mission: To provide a collaborative, holistic learning environment founded on Catholic ideals.
A gentle reminder of our school’s values:
S elf-less Whaiaro-iti
T rustworthy Whakapono
P roud to be Catholic Ngakaunui Ki a Katorikia
A dventurous Rikarika
U nderstanding Mohiotanga
L oving Aroha
S triving for Excellence E Tohe mo te Hiranga
Kia Ora Koutou,
Another busy week at St Paul’s Catholic School. We had a great day for our annual school cross
country races yesterday; a fantastic effort was shown by all, ka mau te wehi! Thank you to Mrs Ashton
for your wonderful organisation and to all the teachers and parents who helped make the day a
success.
If you have not done so already, please book in for a time to take part in Student-Led Conferences
(A celebration of Learning!) next Tuesday afternoon. The conferences begin at 1.00 pm and finish
at 6.00 pm. A reminder that school finishes at 12.00 noon on this day. Please note, that there can be
up to four Student-Led Conferences happening at any one time in each classroom.
The purpose being:
Years 1-3
Take part in or lead discussions with my classmates, my teacher and my parents about my learning.
Years 4-8
Talk about what I have learnt in this piece of work, why I needed to learn it, how well I’m achieving and
what my next learning steps are.
Following is the type of questions parents can ask their children about their learning on the day. There
will be copies of these questions, or questions that are similar to these in classrooms during the
conferences to use as prompts:
a. What are you learning?
b. Why are you learning this?
c. How will you know when you have learnt it?
d. What are you most pleased with?
e. What was the trickiest part?
Also, your child may talk about their learning celebrations and talk to you about the ‘Learning Pit’!
There are places in this world where it is easy to feel the presence of God, and where prayer comes
easily and there are times and occasions when it is easy to see God at work in the lives of others; and
as we look back to see God at work in our own lives.
There are also times when we might wonder where God is?
We can discover God in the presence of other people, in nature, in so many different places and so
many ways throughout our lives.
A question we might ask: Where have I seen God recently?
Sometimes, we first need to open our eyes, and we will discover that God is in this place, and we did
not even know it.
Ma te Atua koutou e Manaaki, God Bless you all.
Shaun Emms
Shaun and I were at a Principal and DRS conference last week. The conference
was discussing the new Religious Education curriculum which is set to come in
2021. The curriculum will be stream lined from Year one to Year thirteen,
so there is no primary and secondary Religious Education programs as they are
too separate and should be a continuation of learning.
We listened to an amazing speaker called “David Wells”. He had created a
special powerpoint that was aimed at leaders in Religious Education. David was
able to explain and upskill us DRS’s and principals in the writings from our Pope
and previous Popes. The Catholic Church faces many criticisms in the media
but he articulated that we need to hold on to our faith and the principles of
Jesus Christ. Bishop Steve spoke to us about some challenges— how we
proceed with children who are becoming “transgender” etc. Something that
struck me, was that if we live like Jesus Christ, then we don’t sit in judgement,
but we think of these young people in the image and likeness of God.
The entire two days was inspiring and uplifting and, at time challenging. All the
speakers we listened to were informative and inspired me to come back to St
Paul’s with the latest information and thinking which is fantastic.
FATHER’S DAY
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than a tool kit, fits neatly in Dad's smartphone and has great offers for dining, movies, activities
and travel - all the things he loves to do with you :) Purchase now and go in the draw to win the
ultimate Father’s Day gift. Anyone who purchases a Membership during August will go into the
draw to win 2 tickets to see Fleetwood Mac, along with accommodation at Stamford Plaza in
Auckland, plus a $400 gift card courtesy of Prezzy Card.
PARENTS’ WEBSITE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
The MOE are developing a website with information for parents:
It includes Term dates, Special Education needs, list of all schools in NZ etc. The goal of this website is to
provide a central place to give parents information and answers to commonly asked questions.
They are also after feedback and ideas of what parents want included in the website.
go to www.parents.education.govt.nz
Children’s Liturgy every 2nd Sunday. All Welcome
Being present at the celebration of Sunday Mass is the highlight of our week.
We encourage Parents & Caregivers to bring their children along.
Altar Servers for next Sunday 1st September are:
Thomas Calder Ella Hall
YEAR 5 & 6 CAMP
On Wednesday 4th until Friday 6th (2 nights), the year 5 & 6 children
will be participating in our bi-annual outdoor education programme
around Waitomo, Pirongia and Raglan.
We will be staying at Pirongia Forest Park. The cost for this is
$250.00 per child.
There will be two fundraising events, to assist with Adult costs, that have
been agreed upon.
1. Walkathon—20th Sept 11am—1pm (Forms have gone out)
2. Sausage Sizzle
Dates for these to be confirmed.
The fee for camp must be paid by Friday 22nd November.
STUDENT LED CONFERENCES
Tuesday 3rd September 2019 - 1pm—6pm
Whole School—Rooms 1-6
Forms to book times went home with eldest in family on Tuesday this week.
School will close at 12.00pm
St Anne and St Anthony Term 3 Disco
The disco will be hosted in the hall on
Friday 6th September
Theme: Spring
Time: 5:30 - 7:00pm
Food: Chicken Nuggets and Chips
Combo: Nuggets, chips, and a drink.
Drinks: Bottled Water and Punch
Items for sale:
Lollies - Sour Strips, Zombie Chews, Photo Booth $2
Face painting
Games:
Guess the lollies 1 for 50c or 3 for $1.00
Four Corners, Limbo, Dance Off, Best Dressed
Raffle:
Spin the wheel
SUBWAY Subway Pickups - Friday - Subway
Thankyou to the Term 3 - (Horotiu)
parents who have 12.30pm
offered to help out Week 6 - 30/8 Jaime Hall
with Subway
pickups this term. Week 7 - 6/9 Natalie Harnett
If you can help on
any of the un- Week 8 - 13/9
marked days, Week 9 - 20/9
please let Kay
know. Week 10— 27/9
BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS FOR DIRECT CREDIT.
OUR ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR DIRECT CREDIT OF ACTIVITY OR OTHER FEES IS:
ASB TeRapa 12-3454-0056352-01. Please put your family name in particulars and what
the payment is for in the reference.
Week 5 - Term 3, 2019
Student of the Week Other Awards
Room One Isabel Room One Kari Clarke,
McLaughlin For always being kind to other
children both in our class and in the
playground. Thank you for always
Room Two Emerson allowing other children to join in
Mark your game.
Room Two Adam McLaughlin,
Room Three Jorja “Awesome reader” for his amazing
Kaan reading abilities during our animal
studies.
Room Four Ella Room Three Stella Cole,
For working hard at writing your
Emms speech.
Room Five Marshall Room Four Lily Simpson-Sullivan,
For showing creativity and
Jones organisational skills during Drama.
Michael Room Five Victor Solomon,
Room Six The Fantastic manners award for a
Douch great attitude in class today.
Emerson Room Six Daniel Eastwood,
Charism For showing responsibility during
Award Mark Kapahaka.
COOK ISLAND JACKET FOR SALE
Size: Adult SM . Jacket has never been worn and still has tag on it.
$50.00. Please see Kay at the office.
Friday Assembly: Tomorrow Friday 30th August
Join us in the hall at 2.30pm for our assembly.
LOST PROPERTY
We have a huge amount of lost property. In particular, Polar Fleeces
and a mega amount of socks (mainly grey ones).
If your child is missing anything, please get them to check our lost
property area.
Friday Assembly:
Tomorrow Friday 30th August.
Join us in the hall at 2.30pm for assembly .
Summer Uniform
It’s almost that time again! Term 4 means the return of the
Summer uniform. The regulation summer school uniform is as
follows:
All students must have brown or black sandals, and a sun hat.
Girls: Summer Tunic (available for purchase at The Warehouse at The Base).
Senior Girls: White blouse, summer skort.
Boys: Blue polo shirt, grey summer shorts.
All uniform requirements (except the sandals and girl’s tunic and white
blouse) can be ordered through the school office.
ABSENTEE
Yummy Stickers NOTIFICATION.
Keep eating those apples If you wish to notify the school of your child’s
and other fruits with absence from school, you may TXT me on
Yummy Stickers. 0278483779 before 9.15am or still phone the
You will receive house school office on 8248603 and leave a voice
message in the absentee option as normal.
points when Yummy You can also send an absentee message via
Stickers are brought to FlexiBuzz. This will be seen as an email in
school. Please give them to the Office email inbox.
your teacher.
Monday - Guitar/Ukelele
St Paul’s Catholic School Ngaruawahia Wednesday -
Thursday - Singing/Keyboard
CALENDAR TERM 3, 201
2019 Friday - Subway
Friday - Singing/Keyboard
Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
26 27 28 29 30 31 Sept 1
MUFTI Fathers Day
6 YELLOW DAY
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
7 SCHOOL Room 4 DISCO
CLOSES AT Mass
12.00 noon
Student Led
Conferences
1-6pm
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
8 Manual Room 5 Firewise
Mass
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
9 Interschool RM 6 Mass Speech Walkathon
X-Country Finals
Community
Give Back
Day
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
10 Manual End of Term Tauke MUFTI Daylight
Mass Concert L?@A D?B Saving Starts
TCDE 3
Room 1 & 2
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