Kia tau te Rangimarie ki a kautou. Peace be with you and welcome back to Term 4. It is hard to believe that we are in week 3 already. This term sees us continuing to face the ongoing challenges of Covid-19. We ask for your continued patience, support and prayers as it is now more than ever that we must continue to live out our faith and unite in support of one another and work to ensure the safety and well being of every member of our school community.

As the term progress, you will receive a lot of communication about the happenings of the school. We will endeavor to give you as much notice as possible if we have to change or move events. Please know that we are doing the best we can to ensure that all our calendar events planned for the term are able to go ahead in some capacity.

I would like to take this opportunity to talk about the journey that Pope Francis has called us all to embark on Synod 2021-2023. This is an exciting time for us and the Catholic Church as we are all invited to come together in dialogue to reflect, think and evaluate and what the future holds. I encourage you to take part and become involved. A really good place to start our local diocese’s website and newsletter.

Ehara taku toa, I te toa takitahi, ēngari e toa takitini. My success is not mine alone, it is ours. The greatest success we will have is from working together.

Ngā manaakitanga

Teresa Shanks

At the end of last term the senior school students created cards that were sent to the Catholic Schools in Auckland, letting them know we were thinking of them during Lockdown. Last week, we started to receive emails from some of these schools expressing thanks and gratitude for reaching out.

Principal St Ignatius Catholic School, St Heliers

"We received two gorgeous cards of encouragement from children at your school today, boosting our team"

Principal Our Lady Star of the Sea School, Howick

START OF DAY

Our school day begins at 8.55am. We encourage all our students to please be at school before then, so they are able to prepare for the day ahead. We have noticed over the last couple of weeks, a lot of students arriving late. If you know that for some reason you are going to be late, please give the office a call.

DROP OFFS & PICK UPS

A reminder that when you are picking up or dropping off, we encourage mask wearing. We are aware that the lack of mask wearing is causing concern and we ask that where possible we all play our role in being responsible citizens and wear a mask and socially distance during Alert Level 2. During afternoon pick up, parents may enter the Moeller St gate and wait by the concrete edge of the junior playground. This is to help with social distancing due to limited space on the footpath. Please do not come up any further as we have noticed parents starting to do so and this has begun to cause a few issues. These safety measures are in place to not only help protect you and your child/ren but also our staff. We need to continue to work together for the wellbeing of everyone.

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS

Under Alert Level 2 if you require any uniform items, please contact the school office on 06 844 2144 or email admin@reignier.school.nz for further information. Thank you for your support.

We are after a handy man or woman, who may be able to help us create a large cross for a display in our office area. We are looking to source some board and someone who would be able to cut out the cross and then mount it on our wall space. If you think that you may be able to help in some way please contact Mrs Shanks principal@reignier.school.nz as we would love to have this display made by the end of the year.

Junior School Athletics - Friday 5th November

Senior School Athletics - Friday 12th November

Senior Poetry - Thursday 2nd December

Year 6 Graduation Dinner - Thursday 9th December

Prizegiving - Monday 13th December

End of Year Mass - Thursday 16th December