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,

This has been a busy week in school leading up to our Easter celebrations.  The Catholic Character leaders have been working hard leading a range of activities across the school.

Last Friday night, they led the Parish community in the Stations of the Cross in the Church.  This week they have been leading the whole school each morning to pray through each station.  This is such a great example of leadership in action.

Our Room 1 children have been exploring different ways of talking to God through prayer. They have learned that this is a good time to talk and listen to God.

We have been very fortunate to have had paramedics from the Hato Hone St. John's Ambulance working with the children this term.  They have been learning basic emergency response and how to take appropriate action.  These lessons have been well received, well pitched and interactive.

Tomorrow morning is our Easter Pageant and the first time we are going to try and present it outside.  We are praying for sunshine however, we do have the Church as our Plan B.  The children have been practising hard with their speaking parts and singing so please join us at 10a.m. tomorrow.  We will have a cup of tea and hot cross buns for all the adults afterwards in the Staffroom and we would love you to join us. 

Just a heads up - we will be holding the first of our Parent Information Evenings next term on Thursday, 15th May at 6p.m. in the Hall.  During the evening, we will be discussing IT communication (HERO and Seesaw), consulting on the Health Curriculum including the sexuality unit that is taught and unpacking some of the new Mathematics Curriculum and how that is being implemented at St. Theresa's.  We would love you to join us and will be providing supervision for those children who need it.

Have a wonderful term break and a happy and safe Easter.

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

Thank you for all your help and support over this busy term - we really appreciate what you do for us and we recognise that lots of activities/functions/events couldn't happen without everyone pitching in.  We so lucky to have such a caring community.

On behalf of all our staff members, we wish you a happy and holy Easter and a good break over the holidays.

With Mother's Day coming up soon after the holidays, on the first day of the new term we will be sending home a book of 10 raffle tickets to each family for our MOTHERS' DAY RAFFLE.  We have SIX - yes, SIX - prizes up for grabs!  These will be drawn on Friday, 9th May just in time for Mothers' Day on Sunday, 11th May.

Tickets are only $2 each - a real bargain!  Payment can be made in cash, by Eftpos at the  Office or via Internet banking (12 3254 0109325 00).  Please return the butts and payment in the envelope provided or something that is named!  If you want to sell more books, please let Gina know and she can organise to get them home to you.

Thanks in advance for your support!

We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of our community and have the following items still available:

Apologies for not adding a photo of all the children who participated.  A great time was had by all!  Thanks once again, to the parents who helped out on the day.

Just a heads up for Pizza Fridays in Term 2.

This will start up in Week 1 and will run for 8 Fridays - There will no pizza on Friday, 20th June as it's Matariki and no one will be here!

The full instructions on how to order, etc. can be found further down in this newsletter.

APRIL
Friday, 11th April - Our Easter Liturgy 10a.m.
Friday, 11th April - Hot Cross Bun Morning Tea
Friday, 11th April - End of Term 1

MAY
Wednesday, 14th May - Board of Trustees Meeting - 6.oop.m.
Thursday, 15th May - Parent Information Evening - Maths Curriculum and HERO at 6pm
Friday, 16th May - Uniform Fittings from 2p.m.  Please call the Office to book an appt.
Thursday, 22nd May - Powhiri and Mass of Welcome 9a.m.

JUNE
Monday, 2nd June - King's Birthday NO SCHOOL
Friday, 13th June - Uniform Fittings from 2p.m.  Please call the Office to book an appt.
Tuesday, 17th June - Makariki Community Event here at school - 5p.m.
Thursday, 19th June - Teacher Only Day - NO SCHOOL
Friday, 20th June - Matariki - NO SCHOOL
Friday, 27th June - End of Term 2

Winter school uniform is worn in Terms 2 and 3.  Please check the website for full details of what is required.

The expectation is that all children wear the correct uniform, at all times.

Just a reminder - school hoodies are part of our sports uniform.  Whilst they can be worn at school, this is not allowed when coming to school or leaving and also for formal occasions like Mass or Assembly.

There will be two on site uniform fitting opportunities in Term 2 - Friday, 16th May and Friday, 13th June.  Please call the Office if you would like to book an appointment.

12th April Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Vigil:  6.00pm Mass
13th April Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord:  9:30am Mass
14th April Monday of Holy Week:  9.00am Mass No Adoration – school holidays
15th April Tuesday of Holy Week:  9:30am Mass
16th April Wednesday of Holy Week: 9:30am Mass and 7:30pm Chrism Mass in Wellington at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hill Street, Thorndon
17th April Holy Thursday:  7:30pm The Lord’s Supper Mass and 9:30pm to midnight Altar of Repose (Adoration)  (No 9.30am Mass on this day)
18th April Good Friday:  9.00am Walk of the Cross from Plimmerton Boating Club and 3.00pm Celebration of the Passion of the Lord  (No 9:30am Mass on this day)
19th April Holy Saturday Easter Vigil:  6.00pm Mass
20th April Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord:  9:30am Mass
21st April Monday within the Octave of Easter: (No Mass, liturgy of the word or adoration)
22nd April Tuesday within the Octave of Easter:  9.30am Mass

From the start of this year, we have been utilising a new SMS (HERO) for our school invoices to parents.  At the end of April 2025, we will not have access to any tax receipts from our previous SMS, for any previous years.  You will have been sent a receipt for any payments made through the old system.  If you need any of your tax receipts, please search your emails.  

For Term 2:  There will be a total of 8 Fridays that pizza will be available for you to order for - that is for every Friday of the term until we break up except on Friday, 20th June (Matariki).

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.

To make things easier and if you already have the HERO App, you can report your child's absence via this form of communication.  Obviously, it's still an option to leave a message on the Absence Line or via email to the Office.

You need to download the App anyway, as much more information will become available to you via this platform and it will become our main means of communication.

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

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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.