The Lenten season is now well underway and this year has been following Pope Francis' 2022 message of focusing on changing our behaviours and doing things for others.

Our students have been focused on having outward looking Lenten intentions. Our tamariki have written their own lenten intentions centered around making others' lives better and these were then offered up at our Ash Wednesday Liturgy. Our Lenten intentions now sit in our foyer and will go to Mass with each team so that these intentions are also offered up at Mass.

"Let us not grow tired of doing good" " When we sow for the benefit of others, we share in God's own benevolent love: "it is truly noble to place our hope in the hidden power of the seeds of goodness we sow, and thus to initiate processes hose fruits are reaped by others" (Fratelli Tutti, 196). Sowing goodness for the benefit of others frees us from narrow self-interest, infuses our actions with gratuitousness, and makes us part of the magnificent horizon of God's benevolent plan".

https://slmedia.org/blog/let-us-not-grow-tired-of-doing-good-pope-francis-message-for-lent-2022

Ngā mihi nui

Janet and the Team @ OLA

Today in Room 11 and 12, Felicity, from Office Max, came to introduce coding to our Tamariki. What an incredible opportunity it was!

“I liked pretending to be a car” said Declan.

“I liked teaching Indi how to drive” said Caleb.

“I liked making the code for Indi to follow” said Chloe.

Move it Monday - Encourage tamariki to get moving. Start your walk or wheel week with an active commute to school.

Travel Together Tuesday - Celebrate by walking and wheeling to school with your friends and whanau..

Whacky Wednesday - Decorate your bike with something bright; look bright, be bright, stay bright.

Thoughtful Thursday - Help the planet. Walking and wheeling helps create a healthier planet! How else can you help our environment?

Funky Feet Friday - Dress your feet. Wear your funkiest footwear - think wheelies, gumboots, football boots or jazz up your trainers with glitter, tinsel, feather - go wild!

As part of Walk or Wheel Week we are very excited to have won the opportunity to have Pedalmania Bikes visit our school on Tuesday 7th March, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. They will bring a selection of strange, clever, crazy and bizarre pedal powered bikes for the children to ride. To participate in this activity children must bring a bike helmet to wear. If your child does not have a helmet, Pedalmania have a small number for them to use.

Frances Chum - Diocesan Certificate of Attainment in Religious Studies

Danielle Marston - New Zealand Certificate in Christian Studies – RE

(back row, from left) Harrison, Allie, Lewis, Joseph and Mayme-Lola & Niamh

(front row, from left) Daryll, Olivia, Violet, Sofia, Isaac

(back row, from left) Charlie, Saskia, Lyla, Niamh and Violet

(front row, from left) Daniel, Emman, Juan, Phu, Mila, Vienna

• This coming Monday, 6th March, we invite any parent/guardian who is interested in joining the PTA or being a friend of the PTA. Meetings are held in the staffroom starting at 7p.m. It is our AGM, so the perfect time to get to know what we do!
  
  
• Our Easter Raffle is currently being organised. Be on the lookout in the coming weeks for further information.
  
  
• Secondhand Uniform Sales - Wednesday 8th March between 2:45p.m. and 3:15p.m.

God Bless

Janet and the Team at Our Lady of the Assumption School