PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Tēnā koutou kātoa e te whānau,
Welcome to Week 6! This week we are feeling blessed that Covid has not yet impacted too much on the day to day running of St Michael's School.
We do have 4 children currently isolating due to a positive test result and a few children isolating due to being a household contact, but so far we have had no staff test positive for Covid-19.
We are continuing to follow our Red Level procedures and have kept children and staff in their team bubbles in order to prevent any spread throughout the school.
Please continue to be vigilant in checking your children for symptoms and keep them at home if they show any signs of illness.
We are one of the few schools in town who have not had an outbreak of Covid, been forced to double up classes or close the school. We wish to stay open for as long as we can which means keeping our staff in particular, Covid free.
We have had a few children showing signs of anxiety around Covid. We are trying to keep things as normal as possible at school to keep our kids from becoming anxious. The children who have become unwell are displaying mild cold symptoms and are recovering quickly.
Next Thursday we will celebrate St Patrick's Day at school. This is a long running tradition at St Michael's that stems back to the Irish Mercy Sisters who established our school in 1958. On St Patrick's Day we celebrate by wearing green to school and enjoying a green cake stall. The money raised is sent to CARITAS to help support them in their work.
On Friday next week the PTA have organised the Colour Fun Run. At this stage we are still expecting to have this event at school but we will make a decision on Monday next week as to whether we postpone it until later in the term. We want all children to be able to participate and don't want anyone who has to isolate to miss out. Thank you to the families who have signed their children up and have started to raise money. The money raised will go towards developing a bike track at school.
Our amazingly hard working PTA have also organised the Easter Raffle which will be drawn on Holy Thursday. Each Friday we will send out a list of items that we are collecting the following week. Thank you for supporting our Easter Raffle. Money raise will also go towards building a bike track around our school.
Stay safe everyone and remember that you can contact your child's teacher through emails or via Seesaw. If your family is self isolating and you need support, please do not hesitate to call the school office and we will help out in whatever way we can.
Rachael McLanachan
Te tumuaki o te kura Hato Mikaere
2023 John Paul College Enrolments
Online registration for 2023 JPC enrolments are now open on the JPC website https://jpc.school.nz/
The 2023 enrolment process time frame is as follows:
• 1st March – online registration portal is opened
• 21st May 2022 – Open Day – 8.30am to 12.30pm
• 27th May 2022 – online registrations close
• June 2022 – enrolment interviews held (dates TBC)
• 2023 enrolment acceptances notified before 8th July
• Placement Test / Orientation dates to be confirmed (October? November?)
Please don't leave it too late, you will need to get a new preference card from the Parish office. Your child will not be accepted into JPC without a preference card. If this is an issue for you, please come in and speak with Rachael.
Board of Trustees
Next board meeting Date: Thursday 24 March.
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)
Upcoming Events For Term 1
- Thur 17th March - St. Patricks Day
- Fri 18th March- PTA Colour Fun Run
- Thur 24th March - Rice Day
- Thur 31st March- Grandparents Day - TBC
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