Tēnā koutou kātoa e te whānau,

Welcome to the new school year. I trust you all had a wonderfully restful summer break with your whanau. 2022 is promising to be another eventful year full of exciting opportunities and challenges.

This year we are lucky to have Ruth O'Leary and Jo Fleet join our teaching staff. They will be job sharing in Eden 6 and are very much looking forward to becoming part of our St Michael's whanau. Mrs. Marion Brits has taken refreshment leave for 2022 and will return to us in 2023.

We also have new families to our school this year. A huge welcome to all the new children and their whanau, we hope you enjoy your time at St Michael's Catholic School. We currently have a small number of non preference spaces available for this year and we always welcome Catholic families to our wonderful little school. If you know of families who wish to enrol their children at St Michael's please send them to the school office for an enrolment pack.

As we are currently at Covid Red Level and are following our school procedures, some events that were planned for this term will sadly have to be postponed. We will however celebrate Pancake Tuesday but will do so within each class. Our Ash Wednesday Liturgy will also have to take place in class bubbles. Unfortunately parents will not be permitted to attend these events but we will post photos on Seesaw and the school Facebook page. Please let your child's teacher know if you are not yet connected to Seesaw or the School App. You will be missing vital information if you are not connected.

Rachael McLanachan

Te tumuaki o te kura Hato Mikaere

CHURCH NEWS

Mass Times - Red Level Procedures

ST MARY’S

Sunday 10am - Vaccination Pass Required

5pm - Vaccination Pass Required

Monday 9am - Vaccination Pass Required

Wednesday 12:05pm - Vaccination Pass Required

Reconciliation 11:15am - 11:45am

Friday 9am - Vaccination Pass Required

Reconciliation 8am - 8:30am

Saturday 9am - Vaccination Pass Required

ST. MICHAELS

Saturday Vigil 5pm - Vaccination Pass Required

Sunday 8am - Vaccination Pass Required

11:30am - No Vaccination Pass Required

Tuesday 5:30pm - No Vaccination Pass Required

Reconciliation 5:05pm - 5:20pm

Thursday 9am - No Vaccination Pass Required

Reconciliation straight after Mass

Limit of 100 people at each Mass with Vaccination Pass,

Limit 25 without Vaccination Pass

Online booking required for the Sunday Masses

Please follow the Covid Protocols - wear a Mask, Scan / Sign in, Sanitize and keep

Two Meter Distance

Parish Priest: Fr. Thomas Thanniyanickal cmf

Email: kunjcmf1986@gmail.com Phone: 022 565 9017

Assistant Priest: Fr. Prakash Somu cmf

Email: prakashreddycmf@gmail.com

Secretary: Andrea Tuki

Office Hours: Monday: Closed - Tues. - Friday.: 8am - 2.30pm

Phone: (07) 348 0289 ext. 2

Email: catholicrotorua@xtra.co.nz

Face Book: Saint Mary of the Cross Mackillop, Rotorua

Postal Address: 40-44 Seddon St, Glenholme, Rotorua 3010

A very warm welcome to the following new families. We hope you will enjoy your time with us at St Michael's School.

Channing De Toit (Galilee)

Ethan Carruthers (The Ark)

Derick Siju (Eden 6)

Zaiden Sleet (The Ark)

Quinn Walsh (Galilee)

Alana Wesley (The Ark) sibling of Hansel and Tai

Lucah Williams (The Ark)

Next board meeting Date: Thursday 17 February

At each BOT meeting - twice a term - policies are reviewed. If you would like to communicate with the BOT, you are welcome to email our independent e-mail address; botstmichaels@gmail.com or alternatively, send letters to the school in an envelope marked "Board of Trustees."

You are also welcome to attend any meeting, however, if you would like to have speaking rights, you need to request this from the chair using the email address. This email address can be accessed by Nick Horton (Chair)

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