Me Whakakotahi, Kia Maarama, Kia Pono, Ki Te Karakia

Together We Learn, We Pray, We Serve

The excitement and enthusiasm for our learning in Team Bethlehem has been amazing after the holidays.

The children have loved delving into all sorts of new Seesaw activities with a nursery rhyme theme. It has been such a pleasure for the teachers to see and hear how much fun the children are having with their learning. We have also enjoyed meeting for prayers as a team, praying the Rosary each day in October. We are so grateful that we can continue this tradition of prayer together, just as if we were at school.

Well done Team Bethlehem.

Keep up the good work!

Mrs Tanya Rowe (Team Leader)

Nazareth Experiences

We were so excited to welcome our students back after a two week break. Even though we would have loved to see them at school, we could actually sense the excitement of just seeing each other on the screen. Quickly they settled into the morning routine of praying the Rosary and as teachers we had to make sure that they were engaged in a prayerful way. Thank you to our parents for joining us and making sure the students had their rosaries every morning.

The big excitement at the moment is the engagement in fairy tales and students are using their wildest imagination to read and write about fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast, Jack and the Beanstalk and Hansel and Gretel. Then they are using their knowledge of Maths to build giants and castles using 3D shapes around the house. Students were also watching for birds in their gardens and reading about the Bird of the Year. Hopefully our Kotare, Kereru and Kea birds get a spot this year! Check out the video about Markuz Sitchon practising sprints on the pavement.

Sentences about Jack and the Beanstalk:

1. Jack's mother was of medium height and she was about 34 years old. She was wearing a puffer jacket with farming ripped jeans. (Charlie Bower)
2. He was very gentle and always spoke gently to his mum. (Zaidee Marikit)
3. Jack was tired and sweaty when he climbed up the beanstalk because it was going up to the sky. (Giarn-Ruby Lee)

Sentences about Dragons and Mystery:

1. What happens if a dragon eats something spicy? Smoke comes out their ears and they blow smoke. (Marian Celebre)
2. There once was a dragon named Fire having a birthday party in the town. (Alex Al-Haddad)
3. The mysterious girl uses her magic to make the witch disappear. (Pippa Browne)
4. During the night the mythical creatures came soaring through the sky. They came from the spirit world and consisted of dragons, elves, fairies, unicorns and angels from god. (Iraia Sialeipata)

Sentences about Beauty and the Beast:

1. You would never believe how strong the beast was and he also saved my life. (Zane Ruka)
2. Dear Papa, when I went to get you from the castle, I did not like it. (Zachary Lai)

Mrs Bernadette Paulse (Team Leader / DRS)

Saint Anthony was born on 15th Aug 1195 at Padua in Lisbon. His childhood name was Fernando Martins. He studied in a local catholic school. In the age of 15, Fernando joined a monastery of St Vincent and studied theology.

Later when he became a monk he changed his name to St Anthony. On 13th June 1231 he died due to illness.

Within one year of his death he was canonised as St Anthony.

St Anthony of Padua, is considered as the patron saint of lost or stolen items.

Me mahi tahi tatou mo te oranga o te katoa.

We should work together for the wellbeing of everyone.

This rings true today as we still find ourselves in lockdown, 2 weeks into Term 4. However, this has not dampened our spirits as we have had a successful start to the term by having the Rosary everyday. It's been great to see students eagerly participating during our online meetings by sharing their learning.

We have collected (unedited) student voices to share, with regards to their view of the lockdown.

This Lockdown has been hard because it has been going on for so long. I find online learning fun but I miss my friends and teachers a lot. We have had lots of fun family times in our lockdown, family walks and even karaoke. I enjoy spending time with my family during lockdown. Waking up every morning and hopping on zoom is exciting because you get to see your friends and teachers. I would call the morning the best part of the day. Even though we are in lockdown we are still very blessed because all our family and friends have kept healthy and are not affected by Covid - 19. By Kiara

Hi my name is Troy. These are some of the negatives of lockdown and the positives:

I think the positives of lockdown are you don’t have to do so much work. Also you don’t have to wake up really early, you can sleep in till 10am if you really wanted to. The negatives of lockdown are you can’t really see your friends, sometimes it gets quite boring at home all day. You don’t get to see anyone else other than your bubble. If you really wanted to get fast food you couldn’t, if you wanted to go outside near people and nature you can’t.

Pros & cons of lockdown by Enzo Collado

Lockdown has been good and bad. The good things are we get to exercise more often because we don’t have to go anywhere. Lockdown also enables us to spend more time at home with your family and get to know each other well, since we get bored stuck at home you are also allowed to take a walk so we can get more fresh air. In lockdown we get to sleep longer. The most important thing to say about lockdown is that we get to learn new chores and new talents. Now the bad stuff/cons is waking up late. It is also a con because when lockdown ends and we can go to school it will be hard to wake up early. In lockdown we can’t see our friends in person. We can only see them in our zoom meeting but it’s different when you see them in person, you have a much better feeling. This is the worst one of them all your parents are at risk of losing their job so then if they lose their job you might not have enough money to buy enough food. While we're in lockdown we can’t have birthday parties with lots of people and they have to be outside gatherings. We also can’t dine in with friends and family instead we have takeaways that are only limited to enjoy within your bubble.

My Lockdown Experience - By Jan Maglangit

Learning online is challenging, not being able to communicate with your peers doesn’t help with it. Lockdown has been a wild ride for me, first the sudden appearance of lockdown then the different style of learning! But you have to admit, there is good stuff that comes in with lockdown too, like not having to wake up early! The fun part about lockdown is meeting with your friends in call or zoom meetings because you are able to talk about what is happening and have fun too. Lockdown has trained me to be more independent and better alone, there are many ups and downs but it has always been fun.

Hi I am Varaidzo and I am going to tell you about my version on lockdown. Everyone has things they love and things they hate. For me I loved drawing and coloring all day long. And one of the things I hated was having to do my online work on a laptop. Personally I prefer writing in a book or anything that uses a pencil but I am slowly getting used to it. But it's sad knowing that Auckland might be in lockdown for Christmas if we get more cases. But let's hope that we can get out of lockdown soon so that we can see each other before the end of the year. Thank you for reading this paragraph on lockdown.

My Lockdown - Daniel Scott

My lockdown starts in week 4 of term 3, I was at home doing my homework and staying at home was quite boring. So I occupied myself by playing with my toys, playing games and having some outings with my family too. When the holidays came my family and I still had nothing to do, so we went around the neighbourhood a few times, and we also played in our backyard too. When the holidays came to an end we tried and made the most of it, we set up the pool and swam a few times (but it was freezing), and we played outside for a long time. After the holidays at the beginning of term 4 I had to get back into the swing of things and get some work done, so I set up my device and went on to google classroom and then I tried to get some work done before school starts.

Mrs Jelinda Adams (Acting Team Leader)

The Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time there was a young wolf who lived in the forest. He had a wonderful home - a cave on the side of a hill, surrounded by trees, a river and a waterfall. He was happy, and his pack all lived happily ever after.

Until one day… a team of pigs arrived in Wolf Hollow. They cut down all the trees, made the river all muddy and horrible. They had ruined Wolf Hollow. The wolves wanted to get revenge so they sent someone out to get the pigs. The wolf went out and decided to blow down their house and eat the three little pigs. So first he went to the straw house and with a huff and a puff he blew the house down, but the pig escaped to the brick house. Then he went to the stick house and with a huff and a puff and he blew the house down. The pig escaped to the brick house with the others. Then the wolf tried to blow the brick house down but it was too strong. He tried to go through the chimney but the pigs had the fireplace on.

The evil pigs cooked the wolf and ate him for dinner.

Rapunzel (The witch's point of view)

(Narrator) Once upon a time there was a girl called Rapunzel-

(the witch) No, no, no, no, NO! This “story” has been told all wrong! I’ll tell you it the RIGHT way. It's MY turn to tell the tale NOW. HEHEHEHEHE!!!

Now I was minding my OWN BUSINESS and keeping my fingers to myself and I had nothing to do with royal Fibbergibbits. I was happily keeping myself young with this magic flower of mine, and I mean MINE! Of course I kept it to myself because of the ol’ power thing. Then I lived for many years and PLANED to live for many years to come because I treasure my life and I didn’t plan on losing it soon! But there goes the neighborhood, the queen got sick! Not that I cared anyhow. Just because she was pregnant It takes a LOT more than THAT to convince ME to feel sorry, HA! But the king refused to let her die and searched for my flower. THat dum-dum found it and used it all! For revenge AND to keep me young I stole his “little princess” and off I went and raised her. As you know I raised her and She grew up to be a beautiful and artistic princess. But you know how the (fake) story goes- (Narrator) Can I continue?

NO! So the thief came, yada yada yada yada to go see LANTERNS while I was trying to get that little traitor Rapunzel Shut your mouth or I'll shut it for you! (Inhales) a birthday present. Then she turned on me and found her parents and killed me! How cruel is that! I fed her, gave her a roof and a bed and even some extras and she killed me.

That’s the TRUE story of THE WITCH.

Rapunzel

Come here you frog-faced blob of camel spit!

THE END

With the beginning of Term 4 in lockdown, Emmaus are focusing on a Literacy Concept with Dr Suess as a warm up to the unit.

Emmaus have been applying figurative language to create their own 'Loosely Seuss' story. Dr Seuss has had an enormous effect on children's learning to read with fun, quirky stories and characters that attract children to his work. This was achieved by using alliteration, similes, metaphors and personification.

For Maths, the children used 'Green Eggs and Ham' to collate data and graph different aspects of the book. For example some children plotted the most frequently used words. They then needed to select a graph that would accurately represent this data. Collating the data was a big task but they learnt there were only 50 different words in the whole book. Dr Seuss was challenged by his publisher that he could not write a book with 50 words or less - he did.

We have also started a six week unit of creating a digital Emmaus Yearbook as a keepsake for the future. A competition is being held for the cover page and the back page. The children will complete two tasks each week about themselves and memories of the year we have had in Emmaus. It will be exciting to see the end result!

With so much time spent in our homes, the children were given the task of creating their dream bedroom - money was no object so they had a lot of fun creating their room on a graphic design programme. Not only did they need to navigate the programme, they also needed to work out the math scale from a drawing to a 'real life build'. Most children gave themselves a lot of space with ensuites and walk-in wardrobes.

I am pleased with the children's continuing effort with distance learning. They are showing resilience and managing of self that is impressive. Keep up the awesome mahi Emmaus!

Mrs Anneke Walker - (Emmaus Team Teacher)

May Josiah Mika's legacy live on in our hearts, as well as the lives of the children he will be impacting through this amazing foundation. Please support this worthy cause.

Kia Ora Parents and Caregivers

The videos on the links below provide an opportunity for your children to keep active and develop new skills across a few different sports. Little equipment is required for each activity and can be continued each day to challenge and progress further. Best wishes to all.

Play Pilates - Juniors

Play Pilates 1

Play Pilates 2

Play Pilates 3

Play Pilates 4

Soccer Skills

Individual skills advanced

Individual skills

Basketball

Dribbling Fundamentals 1

Dribbling Fundamentals 2

Cricket

Batting.mp4

Bowling.mp4

Catching.mp4

Keepie Uppie.mp

Mr John Frings - Sports Co-ordinator

Monday 1st November

All Saints Day - Celebrated Online in Teams

Thursday 4th November

All Souls Day - 12:15pm - Whole School Online Liturgy (tbc)

Friday 5th November

School Athletics - CANCELLED

Friday 5th November

9am - 12 noon - St Mary's College Orientation Day - (tba)

We are seeking a highly capable and experienced Executive Officer. Our Executive Officer will provide executive support in governance, legal, property, finance, treasury, human resources, risk and compliance as well as supporting the General Manager on strategic projects and initiatives. It’s a busy and very interesting role working with a great team of people. The role will assist our GM to collaboratively manage the leadership team.

While handling strategic and operating information with integrity and confidentiality, you will have the experience to prioritise tasks that change frequently. Of course, strong skills in most of these applications is important - MS word, Excel, SharePoint, Mailchimp, Infoodle and PowerPoint. Our senior team is also advanced in their use of these applications.

We’re looking for a people person with great communication, relationship and administration skills. Sound judgement, accountability, discretion, initiative and the ability to work autonomously, efficiently and professionally are essential for the success of this position and its reputation.

Please visit the Diocesan website www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz to view the full advertisement and position description. Applications are via SEEK and close on 3 November.

Please remember to download our school APP to receive regular updates and reminders.

Term 4, 2021 - Monday 18th October to Wednesday 15th December 2021

Term 2 - Monday 2nd May - Friday 8th July 2022

Term 3 - Monday 25th July - Friday 30th September 2022

Term 4 - Monday 17th October - Friday 16th December 2022

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Teacher Call-Back Day

Wednesday 2nd February 2022

ACCORD Teacher Only Days

Thursday 3rd February 2022

Friday 4th February 2022

Monday 27th June 2022

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Auckland Anniversary

Monday 31st January 2022

Waitangi Day

Sunday 6th February 2022

Observed: Monday 7th February 2022

Easter

Good Friday - 15th April 2022

Easter Monday - 18th April 2022

Easter Tuesday - 19th April 2022

ANZAC Day

Monday 25th April 2022

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY

Monday 6th June 2022

MATARIKI

Friday 24th June 2022

LABOUR DAY

Monday 24th October 2022