Newsletter - Week 7 Term 3

Newsletter 26 7 September 2022

Principal's Message

Dear Parents,


Tēnā koutou katoa.

Ka mihi ahau ki te Atua

Ko ia te timatanga me te whakamutunga o ngā mea katoa.


After a soggy start to the week, we are all happy to see the sunshine. The students love being outside on these beautiful clear days.


We farewelled Miss Bowie last Friday and welcomed the fabulous Shelly Taylor as the new teacher in Room 15. Thank you to all the parents who wished Miss Bowie well, we are sure she will find success in all that she does.


We are not selling tickets to our school show through the office this year. Tickets can be bought online from Eventbrite. There is only a certain number of tickets for each show so once they are sold that is it. The price is $6.67, a funny price because we have to add GST and Eventbrite’s commission on top of the $5.00 we charge. If any parent is unsure about accessing Eventbrite, we have set up a QR code to scan on the digital calendar in the school office foyer; scan this and you will be directed to Eventbrite. Alternatively, please see production notice below.


Last week our students had lots of awesome opportunities which they thoroughly enjoyed :


  • The Fluoro Golf Day was a great success; thank you Golf NZ for providing this event.
  • Mr G took some students to a chess tournament at Mokoia Intermediate, our teams were placed 2nd, 4th and 6th. Clarie de los Santos won the top girl and Alvin Biju was third overall, well done to you all.
  • A group of senior students played 7's against Otonga - and won.


Thanks to all of the parents and teachers who make these events possible. We sincerely appreciate you all.


This week some information will go home from our P.T.A. about our School Fun Run which will take place on the 21st October. This is our major school fundraising event. There will be a presentation at assembly this coming Friday, and a notice will also go home on Friday. The students are going to love it ... and they will be excited!


Mr Macmillan is offsite for a couple of weeks, touring the countryside. He will be looking at School Management Systems, Structured Literacy in other schools, attending an RE workshop and then on to Christchurch for an NZCPPA Exec meeting and then the NZPF conference. He will return to us in Week 9.


Take care and enjoy the sunshine while it is here.


Ngā mihi nui

Brigitte Holmes

Acting Principal

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OUR LOST PROPERTY BIN IS WELL AND TRULY OVER-FLOWING.


ALL UNIFORM ITEMS WILL BE SET OUT ALONGSIDE THE SCHOOL HALL

THIS COMING FRIDAY FROM 8.30AM TO 3.30PM (WEATHER PERMITTING)


PLEASE SUPPORT THIS EVENT!!!

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DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES

This week Totara Team are leading the Nativity of Mary Liturgy. The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the day on which we celebrate Mary’s Birthday. It takes place each year on the 8th September. It is celebrated on this date as it is exactly 9 months from the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The celebration of Mary’s birthday makes her feast day different from that of the feast days for other saints. Normally we celebrate their feast days on the day they died. However, we celebrate Mary’s on the day she was born.


The birthday of Our Lady is an important feast day as we rejoice in the joy she was to bring to the world by giving birth to Jesus, the Son of God. By celebrating Mary’s birthday, we are also honouring Jesus and the precious gift of life.


Mary was always faithful to God’s will. She was faithful at the stable in Bethlehem, she was faithful on the flight to Egypt, and she was faithful at the foot of the cross. We should follow her example and be faithful to God’s will in our lives.


Thank you to those who have donated to the Operation Shoe Box appeal. Operation Shoe Box is where each class is given a shoebox to fill with some little gift ideas for a boy or girl who could do with an extra smile on Christmas Day. If you are able to provide a donation that would be amazing. Donations can include - toys, school supplies, hygiene products, clothing, hair accessories etc.


Items NOT to include are: Toothpaste, sweets, lotions and liquids; used or damaged items; war-related items; seeds, gum, chocolate or food items; religious or political literature; medicines, aerosol cans, sharp or fragile items


God bless you and your family this week.

Sara Mines and Lorna Dobson DRS.

LITTLE RED ROCKING HOOD

PRODUCTION UPDATE: TICKETS ON SALE NOW -


Please purchase a ticket for all adults and children attending (not children who are performing in the show).

Wednesday show classes: Rooms 1, 3, 5,14 and 15, and Kakano : K2, K5, K7 and K8

Thursday show classes: Rooms 2, 4, 12, 16 and 17, and Kakano: K1, K3, K4 and K6


Main Characters for the Wednesday Shows:

WOLF: Mahaki LITTLE RED: Freyja GRANNY: Kaya CHIEF OF POLICE: Makahae


Main Characters for the Thursday Shows:

WOLF: Lucas LITTLE RED: Rosa GRANNY: Ivansha CHIEF OF POLICE: Rushil


All POLICE PEOPLE, BOY BAND, JAZZ DANCERS and ROCK N ROLL DANCERS are required for BOTH DAYS / NIGHTS.



TICKETS ON SALE NOW - CLICK HERE

ST MARY'S SCHOOL PTA

The PTA AGM was held on 24 August 2022.


  • Thank you to Jenni McGowan, PTA Secretary, for all she work she has put into all of our meetings and recording our monthly meeting Minutes.
  • Thank you to Giovanna Cleworth, PTA Treasurer. Giovanna does a lot of work behind the scenes and the PTA could not run without her. Thank you Giovanna for everything you do.
  • Thank you also to Juanita Conder for being a constant support and source of knowledge to the PTA.
  • The PTA has been extremely lucky to have had years of support from Lorraine Thomson as the Teacher Representative. Lorraine was incredible in the role and we thank her for her support over the years. We warmly welcome Brigitte Holmes as the new Teacher Representative on the PTA.
  • A massive thank you to Viv Radley, Kathryn Taylor and Maria Riini for continuing to come and cook sausages for our Tamariki every Friday. Thank you also to Leonie Annett and Jan Andrews for counting the sausage sizzle money.
  • Thank you to the Plummer family at Ngongotaha 4 Square for their support of the sausage sizzle. All funds raised go back to the school and we could not continue without all of your support.
  • To ALL our PTA members thank you all for everything you do and your contribution to the PTA and our School.


Let's look back on our year :


  1. The 2021 PTA raffle organised by Juanita Conder was another great success.
  2. The PTA has adjusted its meetings and now offers Zoom meetings for those who cannot make it to the monthly meetings in the staffroom.
  3. Gala plans for 2022 were cancelled due to the state of community health.
  4. September - we launch our first colour Funrun Fundraiser - Event takes place on 21 October.
  5. Mother's & Father's Day stalls are always a highlight - thanks to the organisational skills of Rebecca Hesom.
  6. In the past few months there has been a real emphasis on promoting the Caring Committee. Tara Hurley has taken on the organisation of the caring outreach and we are so grateful to her. Thank you to all who have provided meals and thank you to Shanelle McCashin for her assistance with organisation.

WE NOW START our preparation for Gala 2023. Please let us know if you would like to become part of the organising committee - all offers gratefully accepted.


Sarah-Louise Tapsell

PTA Chairperson.

CHESS CLUB

A very busy 2 weeks of Chess Tournaments!

BOP Interschool teams championships at Tauranga:

Entered 2 teams, 9 players. Total of 17 teams playing.

Team 1 2nd, Team 2 8th.

Individuals - Alvin Biju 1st overall with 7/7 wins.

- Tamba Kortequee, 1st in group 3.

- Claire Delos Santos, 2nd in group 4.


Online combined Tauranga/Dunedin Regionals:

Entered 2 teams, 16 players.

Team 1 1st, Team 2, 2nd.

Individual - 4 players filled top 4 places.


Taupo Regionals:

Entered 2 teams of 8 players per team.

Team 1 1st, Team 2 2nd.

Individual - 5 players finished 2nd or 3rd equal.


Rotorua Regionals:

Entered 3 teams, 23 players in total.

Team 1 2nd, Team 2 4th, Team 3 6th.

Individual top 4 : our players were 3rd, 6th, 8th and 10th.


Nationals:

Nationals are to be held in Rotorua on 22/23 October.

We have qualified the maximum of 8 players for the teams event. In addition we have qualified for an amazing 10 children for the Individual Championship. (To qualify they have had to have finished in the top 3 or 3rd equal in any of the Regional or Online tournaments they have played in.)


WELL DONE EVERYONE & SPECIAL THANKS TO MR G.

YUMMY STICKERS

Please return your sheets with Yummy Stickers - full sheet, half sheet, whatever you have collected. These need to be with us by 23 September for processing. Funding goes to buying new sports equipment.

SPORTS NEWS

Rotorua Schools Mini-Marathon

This will be held 16 September at the Rotorua Events Centre. Registrations have now closed.


Touch Rugby

Touch registrations are online! Please go to our St Mary's website and under sports you will find the registration tab. This needs to be done and paid for by the 15th September.

Please note grading games are Saturday the 24th of September.


If you are attending your child/childrens' sporting events and have some good photos to share, please send to sports@stmarysrotorua.school.nz with a notation about the occasion.


Please regularly check our school website for information about the sport/s your child is playing. If you have any sports queries please do not ring the office. Contact for the Sports

Co-ordinator is : sports@stmarysrotorua.school.nz. or mobile 0272857579

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