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,

The Ministry of Education recently launched a PARENT PORTAL website. This provides a lot of information and support material about the English and Mathematics curriculums. It is age and stage appropriate for all year groups,  providing a good insight into these learning areas. You can choose your child's level and find ways to understand what they do at school and how you can support them with their learning. 

We had a lovely pōwhiri and Mass this morning, welcoming 5 new students and their whanau to our school community. Despite the crisp temperature, the sun shone and the children gave a warm welcome to our new friends. It is always a delight seeing students taking on their special roles with such enthusiasm and pride. Congratulations to the flag bearers, big buddies, conch blowers, karanga girls, singers and soloists, altar servers, Kapa Haka leaders and everyone involved. We love seeing the positivity and enthusiasm the children display at these special events.

 

It's that time of year again!  With the colder weather come the usual bugs.  As we are inside a bit more during the end of Term 2 and into Term 3, those bugs are more contagious.  Please be vigilant and watch out for symptoms of coughs and colds, etc. and keep your children home so that we can minimise the spread.

Donna McDonald is now on Sabbatical until early Term 3. I will be Acting Principal during this time.

Kia pai tō rā whakatā - Have a great weekend.
Deborah Norris - Acting Principal

In Room 1, we have been learning about ourselves and each other. We created our self-portraits and used colours that we love. When we looked at each other, we noticed that we are all different. We have different skin colours and our hair is different. We also noticed that some things are the same. Some of us are the same height, some of us love the same colour, we love the same songs and we like the same food. We all love playing.
Room 1's ocean mural shows how we are treating the ocean. We need to notice and do a better job!

A very warm welcome to the newest member of Room 2!  Welmar Odendaal, brother of Annah in Room 6 and son of Frans and Juan started his school years last Friday.  We wish him many happy times as part of our St. T's community.

MAY
Wednesday, 28th May - Catholic Schools Day
Thursday, 29th May - Senior Cross Country 11.15a.m.

JUNE
Monday, 2nd June - King's Birthday NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, 3rd June - Interschools Cross  Country
Thursday, 5th June - Kakano & Pihinga Cross Country - 11.15a.m.
Wednesday, 11th June - Scholastic Book Fair arrives
Friday, 13th June - Book Character Dress Up Day
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

You should all have received your child's own individual code for ordering class and individual photos online from School Memories.  If you have misplaced the details, please let Gina know and she will provide you with your child's number.  THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO ORDER.

If you haven't already enrolled younger siblings of current students, please let Gina know so she can send you an enrolment form.  For planning purposes, we need to know the numbers of students who will be starting school at St. T's over the next few years.

There has been a strong response to this news!  We ask for patience and understanding whilst stock is being sorted.  At this stage, the cotton socks will only be available in early(ish) June and the cost will be $15 per pair.  These are obviously not compulory - just another option.  Our usual woollen socks are still available as they previously were.
If you would like to purchase any, please email our supplier directly:  Bernadette Chapman b.chapman093@gmail.com or call her on 04-2125611.

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.

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

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.

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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.