Newsletter Term 3 Week 2
St Patrick's School Masterton 2nd August 2022
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Kia ora koutou,
As you are all now aware, our school is undertaking a parent election for five vacancies on our School Board of Trustees. We have employed Canterbury Education Services (CES) to undertake the election process on our behalf. This year with legislative change, our nomination form and full instructions on how to place your nomination into our own School’s Election website have been emailed or you will have received it by post if they didn’t have your email in the database. Nomination papers are also available at the school office.
In light of last week's incidents where a range of school's received a bomb threat, I thought it was relevant to share with you our school procedures so that you would know what we do in this situation. The wording below is taken from our school procedures:
In the event of a bomb threat, we have procedures in place to minimise risk to everyone on school grounds. We seek the advice of the New Zealand Police if a threat is made. St Patrick's School follows the advice of all authorities and may evacuate the immediate area if advised. As a general rule, we move all people at least 100 metres away from any item that is suspected to be explosive.
If the school receives a bomb threat over the phone, we follow the guidelines below.
The person receiving the call should try to keep calm, and not interrupt the caller.
The person receiving the call should take notes, or ask for help to record information from the call. We keep a copy of the New Zealand Police's 'Bomb Threat Checklist' with the school phone(s). If we receive a suspicious phone call, we pay attention to:
-the caller's voice
-type/tone of language
-background noises.After the call, we report it immediately to the police.
If you have any questions or would like any further clarification please do not hesitate me here at school.
One of our current school strategic goals is around the development of our curriculum and in particular our reporting processes. Behind the scenes for the past year we have been working on developing this process so that we are able to keep parents & whanau updated regularly with what is happening for children here at St Patrick’s.
We are delighted to say that we are now in a position to implement this updated process. Our overall aim has been to get a balance of sharing information as well as meeting with whanau across the entire year and not just at a couple of key points, traditionally mid and end of year. Attached below is an overview of what this process will look like so please do spend some time reading this.
Our next step has been to ask for an example uniform to be created, which will then be on display in the school office area and at which point we will ask for more feedback on this. We will also ensure that we will give you a breakdown of costings plus a potential timeline of transition if we are to go ahead. We will share further details as and when they are available.
Listed below are key events that are currently planned for term 3:
July 28th to 5th August - Life Education Van @ school
August 9th - Vision & Hearing Testing
August 8th to 12th - Maths Week @ School (orgainsed by Chris Day)
August 12th - Masterton Schools Mufti Day/ Food collection
August 17th - BOT meeting @ 7pm
August 22nd to 26th Book Week (organised by Penny Thomson)
September 7th - Student Led Conferneces (from 1.30m)
September 5th to 9th - Kindness/ No to Racism week (organised by Kim Teahan)
September 12th - 15th - Te Reo Māori Language week (organised by John Murray)
September 28th - BOT meeting @ 7pm
Week of 26th September - Kapa Haka Festival (date TBC)
September 30th - Final day of Term 3
Ngā mihi o Te Atua,
Steve Wheeler
Principal
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Virtue of the Month: Modesty/ Ngakau
- proud of your achievements whilst being considerate of teh feelings of others
- wearing your uniform with pride
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love - Ephesians 4:2
Term 3 School Theme
Principle: Solidarity
Enduring Understanding: We are all one human family, loving each other as we walk together
Whakatauki: Na koutou i tangi, na tatau katoa/ When you cry, your tears are shed by us all
- Further detail for parents/ caregivers - We are one human family. Our responsibilities to each other transcend national, racial, economic and ideological differences. We are called to work globally for justice. The principle of solidarity requires of us that we not concern ourselves solely with our own individual lives. We need to be aware of what is going on in the world around us.
Front of school parking
Masterton School’s Mufti Day
Sausage Sizzle - Friday
Last year the school moved to using ‘SchoolDocs’ to create a website for our school policies and procedures. As part of this process, throughout each year, as we review our policies we will ask for feedback from staff, board and parent communities.
During term 3 of this year we are reviewing and asking for feedback on the following policies:
- Student Wellbeing & Safety
- Staff Wellbeing & Safety
Please read these policies and give your feedback by following the instructions below:
Visit the website https://stpatsmstn.schooldocs.co.nz/1893.htm
Enter the username (stpatsmstn) and password (kindness).
Follow the link to the relevant policy as listed.
Read the policy.
Click the Policy Review button at the top right-hand corner of the page.
Select the reviewer type "Parent".
Enter your name (optional).
Submit your ratings and comments.
If you don't have internet access, school office staff can provide you with printed copies of the policy and a review form.
Mini-Ball Registrations
Mini-ball is for children Years 3-6. This is played Wednesdays after school. Games start 17th August and runs for 17 weeks. Price to be confirmed. Games are played at the YMCA. Registrations close Friday 5th August
https://www.cognitoforms.com/KimBurrows/MiniBallRegistration
Hockey
This week (5th August):
St Pats Paddys v Opaki Orange 4pm @ SMS turf
Netball
School Disco
2022 Term Dates:
Term 3: Monday 25 July - Friday 30th September
Term 4: Monday 17th October - Tuesday 20th December
Updated Cohort Entry & Enrolment Information:
2022 Term 3 start dates: Monday 29th August
2022 Term 4 start dates: Monday 17th October & Monday 21st November
Sushi, Noodles & Chicken Wings - Tuesdays
This is available on Tuesdays. Both the Sushi and the Noodles are $4 each and the Chicken Wings are $2.00 each. Orders must be in by 9am on Tuesday morning. Please order from your child's class.
Subway - Wednesdays
Pita Pit - Thursdays
Contact Us
Email: office@stpatsmstn.school.nz
Website: https://stpatsmstn.school.nz
Location: 132 Chapel Street, Masterton 5810, New Zealand
Phone: +64 63 775 043
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stpatsmstn