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,

Only 2 more sleeps until our March Madness Fair and we have everything crossed for fine weather.  We still need helpers on the day so please let us know if you have a couple of hours spare on Saturday to help out.  Thank you for the support we have recieved so far; we are looking forward to a fun, successful day fundraising for our school pool.

The senior school headed to Cannons Creek Pool today for their swimming sports.  They have been training hard this term in our school pool so are prepped and ready to go.

We have our first School/Parish Mass for 2025 on Sunday, 30th March.  All children are expected to attend in full school uniform.  More details of where to meet, etc. will come from teachers.

Vatican News:
On Monday evening, 17th March, the Holy See Press Office issued the following medical update on Pope Francis who is receiving care at Rome's Gemelli Hospital.
The Pope's condition is stable, with slight improvements thanks to respiratory and motor therapy.  He is using high-flow oxygen therapy with nasal cannulas less frequently and at times, can do without oxygen therapy. At night, he uses non-invasive mechanical ventilation.  The Pope spent the day in prayer, resting and doing some work.
We continue to pray for his recovery.

This is how we do it! 
Thanks to Week 6's SPARKs for setting a great example of our School Values.

For all absences, lateness or medical appointments:

You MUST email the Office, leave a message on the answerphone or use the HERO app. 

If the absence is longer than 3 days, this includes holidays during the school term, notification MUST be in writing to the Office as well as to Donna and your child's classroom teacher.

MARCH
Saturday, 22nd March - March Madness Fair  11a.m. - 3p.m.
Thursday, 27th March - Board of Trustees Meeting - 6p.m.
Friday, 28th March - School Photographs
Sunday, 30th March - Whole School/Parish Mass 9.30a.m.

APRIL
Friday, 4th April - 2p.m. Uniform Fittings
Friday, 11th April - End of Term 1

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All pool keys need to be returned to the Office by no later than Monday, 31st March, please.  It would be much appreciated if this deadline is adhered to.

Cakes/Sweets Baking Donations 

Thank you so much for supporting our school by donating to the Cake Stall at our 2025 March Madness Fair!  

All families will have been given one box to fill with a donation of delicious baking, to be returned to school on Friday, 21st March by 10a.m. if possible please. If you require more than one box because you would like to fill it with additional baking, please contact Marilyn Majid 0211109559.

All boxes should be dropped off to the Junior Block  Kitchen down by Room 1. 

A suggested category of donations per class: 

• Rooms 1/2 /3 –  Cupcakes – frosted or unfrosted would be very welcome! 
• Rooms 4/6 /7 –   Cakes 
• Room 8 –  Biscuits 
• Rooms 9/10 – Slice/Fudge/Small sweets e.g. Truffles, Cake-Pops, Coconut Ice.

Please note – The above categories are only a guide, in the interests of having a variety of goods to sell.  If you have a special recipe that you would like to bake but that isn’t in your suggested category above, please feel free to do that instead! All donations are welcome and very gratefully received! 

Rooms 1/2/3 Cupcake classes – if you would prefer to return your cupcakes without icing, we would be happy to decorate these on your behalf!

Cakes / Sweets Baking Donations – continued… 

A fun extra (but OPTIONAL!) twist this year…   If you would like to, please decorate the box provided (before filling it with baked goodies!) to enter our St T’s BAKING BOX Competition!  Let your imagination run wild!  

Your baking box can be decorated in any way you like. 1st/2nd/3rd places will be awarded for creativity and originality. 

We can’t wait to see what our school community comes up with! Please make sure to stop by when you drop off your box so that we can take a photo of the creator and their creation! 

Make sure you put your name and classroom number on the return sheet above in case you are one of our clever finalists!  Winners will be named in the school newsletter after the event.  

IMPORTANT: Please make sure the decorating doesn’t interfere with opening the box to get to the yummy things inside! All boxes need to remain clean on the inside to store your baking and easily able to be opened and closed, to preserve freshness and hygiene. 

Thank you and GOOD LUCK! 

For anyone making cupcakes for the Cake Stall,  if you would prefer to return your cupcakes without icing, we would be happy to decorate these on your behalf!  What a bonus, right?!?!

Photographs are taken of ALL STUDENTS, regardless of whether parents decide to order them or not and there is no obligation to do so. A notice regarding having a family/sibling photograph taken on the day will have been sent home with your child.  If you would like to take up this offer, then please fill in your details and return it to the Office.

For Term 1:  There will be a total of 7 Fridays that pizza will be available for you to order for - that is for every Friday of the term until we break up.

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 7 WEEKS this term. So if ordering for the term, just multiply by 7. 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.

Check out our fabulous personalised school hats!  Order form attached.

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.