Sincere apologies from Gina for the incorrect list of names of children baptised yesterday.  Acacia Davey received the Sacrament of Baptism along with the other seven children however, Maddy Osborne did not!    

Winter School holiday Boredom Busters

Winter holidays are here at last. Time to give the winter bugs a break and find some time to rest and recuperate. 

We all need to have some fun during this time too so here are some boredom busters to get you started:

• Porirua Library has the “Matariki School Holiday Programme” and other activities (Free)

• Wellington City Libraries holiday events for kids (Free)

• School holiday fun in the Wellington Region

•  Wellington event Info here

• Hutt Valley event info here

• Kapiti Coast event info here

• Get creative  - lots of ideas online try some of these:

• Creative School Holiday Activities from Kidspot (Free) 

• NZ School holiday crafts Pinterest

Sign up for a children's library card at one of the Porirua City Libraries and keep those reading miles ticking over ……………………………..

2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young People

Finalists

Need some more holiday reading ideas?

There are some wonderful books in the awards finalists list so check them all out today.   

Take a look at which finalists we have in our school library collection here! 

Winners will be announced at a ceremony held in August. 

Who’s your favourite?

Coming up in Term 3……

• Aug 8th: Perform Educate Story Quest show - check out the books in the performance here