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.

Talofa lava,

Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoan Language Week
The 2025 theme is 'Ia malu lou sā.  Folau i lagimā. - A well-grounded self is a successful self'.

The Cultural leaders have been teaching classes some Samoan phrases and songs during the week. It is great to see these students being so well prepared and stepping up with their leadership skills.  E lelei le Atua!

The classes are all practising and preparing for St. Theresa’s annual Sasa Battle which will be held this Friday. It has been awesome to see so much passion, energy and enthusiasm going into the buddy class rehearsals this week.

Last Friday afternoon, we turned off the power as we supported the Caritas  STOP IT Challenge. We raised just over $500 for Caritas. The Government's NZ Aid Programme supports this by quadrupling what we raised so our $500 will become $2000. Thank you all for your support with this initiative. 

A huge congratulations to the 28 St. Theresa’s students who competed at the Interschool Cross Country event this week at Queen Elizabeth Park. We are very proud of you!

Manuia le aso - Have a good day.
Deborah Norris - Acting Principal

A really great week for the SPARKs from Week 5.  It's all about letting your light shine and setting a good example and that's exactly what they did!

We congratulate all the children on giving it their best at our annual Cross Country races last week.  The top 5 winners are listed below and some of them will have been to the Interschool Cross Country on Tuesday. 

On Thursday, 19th June, we have a Teacher Only Day so our school will not be open for instruction.  This is a day designated by the Ministry of Education which is for curriculum purposes, with a focus on Maths.
Friday, 20th June is Matariki so also no school on that day.

SAMOAN LANGUAGE WEEK: Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa 

This week is Samoan Language Week. The 2025 theme is ‘Ia malu lou sā. Folau i lagimā – A well-grounded self, is a successful self’.

On Wednesday:  Our cultural leaders visited each class sharing their Samoan culture  with our tamariki and teachers.
On Friday: After Assembly, we will be having our Sasa battle. Lots of practice of the Sasa is happening with our buddy classes this week. This is such a fun and competitive event!

Please mark this date in your calendar.  Full details will be in next week's newsletter.

JUNE
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

We’re looking for several crockpots to serve hot chocolate at our Matariki celebration on Tuesday, 17th June. If you have one you can lend us for the evening, please email bronagh.barber@gmail.com.

We also need volunteers on the night to help serve hot chocolate and soup. If you can spare an hour or two, we’d love to hear from you! pandf@stp.school.nz

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.

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.

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.