Hello, Kia ora, Talofa lava, Hola, Namaste, Mabuhay, Ciao, Kia Orana, Ahalan,  Konnichiwa, Ni hao, Selam,  Xin chao,  Bonjour,  Bula, Dzien/Dobry, Shalom,  Dia duit, Mauri, Halo, Bom dia, Gidday, Guten Tag, Hej   

Mai i te Kopae ki te Urupa, tatou ako tonu ai - From the cradle to the grave, we are forever learning.

Kia ora koutou e te whānau,

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend and made the most of the settled weather.

Sadly the winter bugs are out in force and we are reminded that cold, flu and Covid viruses are back with us. Please help us to keep the whole community well by keeping your children at home if they are sympomatic. 

This week we welcomed Brooke and Harold the Giraffe in the Life Education van.  All the children visited the van and engaged in interactive lessons that support their health and well being.  For many of our younger students, this is their first encounter with Harold.  If you want to read a bit more about this great initiative follow this link: https://www.lifeeducation.org.nz/who-we-are

The children have been entertained by the diggers and trucks on the field over the last week and we are very excited to see the progress so far.  For safety reasons, the field has now been fully enclosed with fencing and there is strictly no access through the field gates.  Parking opposite the gate area will also be unavaliable to free up access for trucks, etc. Although this is a bit of an inconvenience, the end product will be well worth it.  

Kia pai tō rā whakatā - Have a great weekend.
Donna McDonald - Principal

Room 1 loved visiting Harold in the Life Education Trust truck. We learnt about friendships and how to be friends. In particular, it's about the words we use and our actions that show friendship.

A very warm welcome to Sofia Lavin and her family, Robert, Jennifer and Danileigh.  Sofia has joined Miss Garner and the students in Room 3. We wish you all many happy years as part of our St. T's community.

It may be worth making a note of the following important dates for this term, however, more may be added or removed so keep a check and you can also refer to the calendar on our website.

Wednesday, 12th June - Scholastic Book Fair starts
Friday, 14th June - Book Character Dress Up Day Parade
Wednesday, 19th June - Board of Trustees Meeting - 6p.m.
Friday, 21st June - Uniform Fittings  Please call the office to book an appointment.
Wednesday, 26th June - Matariki Celebration at school
Friday, 28th June - Matariki - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, 2nd July - Regional Cross Country Competition
Friday, 5th July - End of Term 2

St. T's Angels vs Paremata Piranhas

Please mark this in your calendar and spread the word!
Thursday, 12th September 9.30 - 11.30a.m.
Much more information to follow.

For catering purposes, please click on the link if you know you will be attending.
https://forms.gle/9FDv6t8efe3hBbrj9

As part of our Camp 2024 fundraising efforts, here are some great offers to ward off the cold:

Bags of pine cones - $25  (approx. 15 - 20kg dog food bag)
Pine firewood (trailer load) - $350 (includes splitting and delivery)
Trailer of pine rounds (unsplit) - $50
Bring your own trailer and pick your own wood - Donation to school

For pine cones, please use the reference 'Pinecones' and your name. Once paid, pop into Room 10 straight after school to collect. Please return your bag after use.
For wood, please use the reference 'Wood' and your name.
Payment should be made to our school account 12 3254 0109325 00.

For all other details, please contact Karl Simonlehner on 027-4862871 or email him on simonlehnerkarl@gmail.com and he will tell you how it works.  Well worth finding out more about it and then we're all winners!

Please feel free to spread the word beyond our school community.

If you have any of those large dogfood bags, please send them along to Room 10.

For Term 2:  There will be a total of 8 Fridays that pizza will be available for you to order.  They are:

Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, NOT in Week 5 (31st May - No school - Teacher Only Day), 6, 7, 8, NOT in Week 9 (28th June - Matariki - No school) and then again in Week 10.  

To order pizza and/or ice blocks for your child, please follow ONE of the two processes below:
1. ORDERS FOR THE TERM: Pizza will be available for 8 WEEKS this term. So if ordering for the term, just multiply by 8. If you decide part way through the term, then calculate how many Fridays are left. Send an email to the team, outlining the following information for each child you are ordering for BUT in one email is fine.

Child’s Name:
Room No.:
Number of pizza slices - please specify if gluten free
Number of ice blocks
Cost: $1.50 per pizza slice and $1 per ice block
Multiply the order total by the number of Fridays.

2. WEEKLY ORDERS: These need to be sent to the same email address, with the same order details as in Option 1 and also paid into the same bank account number.
VERY IMPORTANT: The deadline for weekly orders is at 3p.m. on a Thursday. Unfortunately, no late orders can be accepted.

If you would like to pay in advance for a set number of weeks but not all
the weeks in this particular term, please feel free to email these details to
the team.
If your child is new to our school and only starts part way through the term,
simply adjust the number of weeks for the remainder of the term.
kaiorders@stp.school.nz
Payment by internet banking only to 12 3254 0109325 00 using the
reference PIZZA. The team would appreciate a screenshot of your
payment, sent to their email address.

NEWSLETTER APP
Here is the link to download the Schoolzine App.  At the end of set up, you are asked for a passcode and this is 3025. 

An important update for SZapp has been released to accomodate for iPhones which have been intermittently receiving push notifications.

SZapp is available from the App Store now.

Users with automatic updates enabled on their device will recieve this update automatically.

Community Connections

School Calendar

We're still collecting Yummy stickers which earn us points for sports equipment.  A chart is attached for you to use and copies are also available from the Office.

If you would like to order a picket, please complete the attached form and return to the Office.  The cost is $35 per picket.