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- Deborah Norris - Acting Principal's Note
- Gospel Reflection - Sunday, 8th June, 2025
- Sparks of God - Term 2, Week 5
- Class of the Week - Room 3
- Senior Cross Country Results
- Interschool Cross Country Results
- Learning Hub Update from Sarah Hunt, our Librarian
- Teacher Only Day Reminder
- SAMOAN LANGUAGE WEEK
- Our Matariki Celebration - Tuesday, 17th June at 5p.m.
- Important Dates Coming Up in Term 2
- Matariki Celebrations - Calling for Crockpots and Volunteers!
- Pizza Fridays - Term 2, 2025
- St. Theresa's Secondhand School Uniform Shop - Bag a bargain!
- Personalised Bucket Hat information and order form
- Quick Links to our website
- Yummy Apple Stickers
- Link to download Schoolzine App
Deborah Norris - Acting Principal's Note
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 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
Gospel Reflection - Sunday, 8th June, 2025
Pentecost Sunday
John 20:19-23
In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples and gives them the gift of the Holy Spirit. When He did this, He sent His disciples to go and continue His work of reconciliation and forgiveness of sins. We are reminded at Pentecost that the same spirit is still with us today and we can pray to the Holy Spirit to help guide us.
Sparks of God - Term 2, Week 5
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!
This term in Room 3, we have been learning all about honey bees and their duties.
We know that God created bees to help many plants grow by pollinating them, especially flowers, fruits and vegetables.
We also know that honey bees make HONEY! We did a lot of learning about how they make it.
We created these posters in groups, to showcase our learning and to show others how honey is made.
We worked really hard on our drawings and are super proud of our work.
We hope you like them!
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.
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
Year 4 Girls | Myla Grimwood | Maddie Phillipps | Chloe Rousell | Yadani Warkina | Molly Skirrow |
Year 4 Boys | Jonty Francis | Isaac Kerr | Levi Willis | Henry Wakefield | Jeyton Kapua |
Year 5 Girls | Amelie Gear | Emilia Bleach | Georgia Price | Addie Johnstone | Tessa Hasse |
Year 5 Boys | Tom Wakefield | Alex Hesp | Frankie Dolan | Josiah van Zyl | |
Year 6 Girls | Ellie Anquetil | Ava Stace | Mya Phillipps | Krystal Song | Niamh McMinn |
Year 6 Boys | Sammy Cato | Tobias Deere | Noah Kerr | ||
Year 8 Boys | Edi Simonlehner |
Interschool Cross Country Results




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!
Our Matariki Celebration - Tuesday, 17th June at 5p.m.
Please mark this date in your calendar. Full details will be in next week's newsletter.
Important Dates Coming Up in Term 2
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
Matariki Celebrations - Calling for Crockpots and Volunteers!
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.
St. Theresa's Secondhand School Uniform Shop - Bag a bargain!
Personalised Bucket Hat information and order form
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.
Link to download Schoolzine App
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.