Tēnā koutou kātoa e te whānau,

What a fantastically, colourful day we had at school last Friday. The children participated in our inaugural Colour Fun Run, organised by our P.T.A. The children ran their hearts out while navigating various obstacles including a giant water slide, all the while being pelted with coloured powder. By the looks of the photos, the staff certainly had just as much fun as the children. On Monday we had some staff and children with interesting colours in their hair!

A huge thank you to the St Michael’s P.T.A who organised this event for the children, not only did we have so much fun but we also raised a considerable amount of money to go towards building a bike track for the kids.

It was lovely to be able to invite our community back to school albeit in a safe Covid way. We hope to be able to have our whole school community back next term to celebrate our children’s talents.

Next week our senior students will be attending Camp Totara Springs. This outdoor experience is very much looked forward to by the children and staff. We are looking forward to three days of fun, learning and self exploration. A huge thank you to the parents who have taken time off work to come along to the camp as support staff. These outdoor experiences would not be possible without your help.

Next week is the beginning of Holy Week. Holy Week begins with the commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, climaxing with the commemoration of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday and the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday. Holy Week concludes with Christ being laid to rest in the tomb on Holy Saturday followed by the celebration of Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday.

With the commercialisation of Easter, it is easy to get caught up with Easter eggs and hot cross buns and forget about the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. I look forward to seeing our school community at Mass on Easter Sunday.

Reminders:

Colour Fun Run: Don’t forget to log in to claim your child’s prizes from the Fun Run. You have until Wednesday evening to claim prizes, don’t miss out!

Easter Raffle: All ticket stubs and money are to be returned to school by Monday at the latest. We plan to draw the raffle before school ends on Thursday next week. We still have a few tickets to sell, if you are able to sell more, please drop in to see Cristy at the office.

School closes for the Easter break at 2:50pm on Thursday and reopens on Monday 2 May for Term 2. We wish you all a safe and faith filled Easter and look forward to another exciting term of learning and fun.

Stay safe and well everyone,

Ma te Atua koutou e manaaki,

Rachael McLanachan

Te tumuaki o te kura Hato Mikaere

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

Devam Narotam ( The Ark) sibling of Eshani.

Teaghan Morta (The Ark)

Next board meeting Date: Thursday 19th of May

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)

The PTA wish to thank everyone who participated in the Colour Fun Run on Friday. We all had such an awesome time!
Prizes need to be claimed by today so make sure you log in to your account and choose your prizes.
All money needs to be collected and returned to the school office by the end of this week.

Raffle: This week is the last week to bring in items for the raffle. Please bring money and raffle ticket stubs to the school office by Monday next week. The raffle will be drawn on Holy Thursday next week.
Thank you for your support.

If you have any concerns or issues please email pta@stmichaelsrotorua.school.nz

Thanks

PTA Committee