PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
“He mea hanga mīharo, ki tō te Atua Āhua”
Wonderfully made in Gods image
“Jesus looked at them and said “With man this is impossible, but not with God. All things are possible with God
(Mark 10:27)
Nau mai haere mai i te wiki waru.
Kia Ora e te whānau, Hello, Ni Hao, Malo e lelei, Hallo, Kamusta, Namaste, Talofa,
Welcome to the last week of this first term. I want to thank you all for being so understanding and supportive throughout this term as we have navigated our way through this pandemic. We feel very lucky that our school has not been widely affected and that we have contained the spread across the school.
We began Holy week with the arrival of fresh bouquets of flowers for each teacher from the Malcolm family - THANK YOU!
A whole school liturgy was held in the hall, led by our competent student leaders: Hannah and Molly. As we moved through the week our students have recalled the events leading up to the death of Jesus’ by crucifixion and his resurrection. Learning has included a variety of engaging activities including practical experiences; eating a Jesus meal, dramatising Gospel stories and dressing up.
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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:
Congratulations to the following students: Kassi, Sariah, Xander, Elaijah, Lilla, Joe, Milly, Ezalea, Teddy, Georgia, and Regan who last week demonstrated the skills of being caring, organised, and focussed learners.
A fantastic effort!
LIVING LIKE JESUS AWARD:
Well done to Lucy N, Greer, Ehtzio, Genesis, and Fairlane who received certificates last week. A fantastic effort!
CBG HOUSE REWARDS
Last week St Mary MacKillop house won the CBG house points and Micah was the winning individual. Well done Micah!
MESSAGE FROM OUR SCHOOL LEADERS
Kia ora koutou
This is our last week of school for term one.
On Monday the school had a special Liturgy for the start of Holy Week. The school leaders read out different descriptions about symbols that are related to Holy Week and those symbols were; bread, wine, crown of thorns, a heart, three big nails, a bandage, a bowl, and a towel, a white cloth, a candle, and palm and 10 children from Room six brought them to the prayer table while they were being read out.
At the end of Liturgy the Easter raffle winners were drawn. We raised $239.50 and sold around 500 tickets.
The winners were drawn by a number generator wheel. Thank you Paola for coming to the Liturgy and drawing the winners. The first prize went to Mrs Maricel Dabu and the second prize went to Neve Barrett. Congratulations and we hope you enjoy your prizes.
Reminders:
-Make sure to wear the correct school uniform.
-Bring a smile to school.
-Next Term is term two and we will be wearing winter uniforms.
-Today is the last day of school.
Hope everyone has enjoyed their last week at school
- Hannah & Molly
CATHOLIC CHARACTER
Easter Mass Times
Holy Thursday –7pm @ St Joseph’s
Good Friday—3pm @ St Joseph’s
Easter Vigil—5.30pm @ St Patrick’s
Easter Sunday—9.30am@ St Joseph’s
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PFG Update (St Joseph's Parents and Friends Fundrasing Group)
Hi everyone
We hope you all have been enjoying your hot cross buns!! Again thank you for your support and speedy pick up, we sold 180 packs!!
Next term we are working on bringing back the winter lunches. We are hoping for a Pie day Friday! Please remember this is also a slow burner fundraiser for us, we add a little on top to help fund the money we put into the classrooms/school throughout the year.
All going well Yarrows frozen cookies and croissants will also be back for our next big fundraiser. Yummy!
Our next meeting will be held on Monday 9th May, if you wish to join us or find out more about us, please send an email to the address below.
Have a wonderful Easter break and a safe school holidays! See you in term 2
Facebook page: St Joseph's Parents and Friends Group - Waipukurau
Email: stjosephspfg@gmail.com
Sarah Martin - Chair and the PFG committee.
