Week 3 Term 4

 Thank you for sending in a shared morning tea on Friday. Having so many Grandparents and parents visit the class with the students was lovely.

This week:

Monday

Camp meeting for students at school. 

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Library - bring books to exchange

Friday

Year 6 Retreat - starting and finishing at school. 

Year 5 Leadership day at school. 

Sausage sizzle (Not for year 6 students)

Colour Fun Run - Order your prize

The last day to order your prize is Monday 31 October, please log in to your profile at https://app.schoolfundraising.co.nz and order it.  

We have a Teachers’ Only Day on Monday 7th November. There will be no school for children on this day. If you require after-school care you can ring Maryanne Roling from Glenholme Afterschool Care. Mary Anne’s contact number is 347 0709 or 0211 215599

Learning about time

 We have been learning about time. Today a few students made water and sand timers to investigate units of time. 

Week 2 Term 4

Thank you everyone for your support for our Colour Run. It was an awesome event and lots of fun. There are lots of photos on our school Facebook page

You are able to go online now and order the prizes.   This needs to be done by October 31st.    Prizes will be delivered to school. https://schoolfundraising.co.nz/

Tuesday

Athletics - information below. 

Wednesday

Thursday

Library - bring books to exchange

Friday

Sausage sizzle

GRANDPARENTS/GRANDFRIENDS MASS;  Friday, October 28th at 9.00 am (PLEASE NOTE TIME)

This Friday we have our Grandparents / Grandfriends Mass, 9am at St Mary's Church, we ask that you find a seat at the church prior to 9 am as children will be sitting with their classes.  We would love to have all our special Grandparents and Grandfriends at school with us on this day.

 

After Mass, Grandparents are invited back to the classes to share in morning tea with their grandchildren (there will be tea and coffee provided in the hall)  We ask all children to bring a plate to share for morning tea. 

Interhouse Athletics

9:00 am – 2:30 pm 

Tuesday 25th October 2022

International Stadium, Ground 2, Devon Street West, Rotorua

Event Overview

• The Interhouse Athletics is for our middle and senior school students - Years 4, 5 & 6.

• The Interhouse Athletic Sports will be held at Field 2 by the stadium in Rotorua.

• Years 4 – 6 students need to be taken to / dropped off at the  International Stadium, ground 2 Devon Street West Rotorua on Tuesday 25th October

• Students sign in at the stadium gate and then go to their appropriate age group area.

• Interhouse Athletics will finish at approximately 2:30 pm on Tuesday. Children need to be collected from the International Stadium, ground 2 by 3:00 pm at the latest.

• Children may come to Interhouse Athletics in their house colours or their school PE gear.

• Children will need – sunhat, sunblock, warm clothes, lunch & a drink.

• Should the event need to be cancelled, this information will be put on Educa/App/Facebook by 7:30 am

WORKING BEE

We intend to have a working bee this Saturday, October 29th. There are a number of jobs that need

to be done. If you are willing to help, can you please let the office know? The projects include painting, spraying the cobbles, painting wooden  Christmas Trees, building two picnic tables, playground equipment maintenance, replacing a damaged panel on a classroom wall and maintenance work on

our unicycles and putting together new unicycles. I’ve been amazed at the support we receive for our working bees and I would really appreciate your support with this one too, please.  Come along and

meet other parents and enjoy morning tea and a delicious lunch. Children are welcome also. For

catering purposes please let Shanelle know in the office if you can assist, even if it is just for an hour or two.

Teachers’ Only Day

We have a Teachers’ Only Day on Monday 7th November. There will be no school for children. If you require after-school care you can ring Maryanne Roling from Glenholme Afterschool Care. Mary Anne’s contact number is 347 0709 or 0211 215599

School Fun Run

 

TWO DAYS TO GO: Keep collecting sponsors for you.  If you haven’t made a profile yet, there is still time.  We can keep going right to Friday and then the fun will  begin. https://schoolfundraising.co.nz/ If you someone has given you cash, please bring it to the office by Friday morning. After the event the children will be able to order their prize online. Orders need to be done by 31 October.

Colouring Competition: Need to be in by Friday. Bring to the office, Room 3 or to your classroom teacher. Don’t forget to put your name, room number and year group on the back.

Organisation of the Day

The Colour Run is finally upon us!! 

The students have done an AMAZING job fundraising and it is now in the final week for getting sponsors.  The colour run will take place this Friday afternoon the 21st October starting at 1.30pm

 

Students must wear old clothes for the run…they will be covered in coloured chalk by the end of it!  (Rest assured it does wash out). Please send a change of clothes and towel as there will be a water activity. They cannot use their sports uniform or their school uniform when taking part. 

We invite you all to come along and watch the fun unfold!

If you would like to be a parent helper on the day please let Brigitte Holmes know.  

brigitteh@stmarysrotorua.school.nz or text 0272121206.

The PTA helpers will be about but we will need more hands to help with safety, please volunteer if you can. 

Swimming

 We have started swimming and it is great to see everyone having fun in the pool. 

Week 1 Term 4

Term 4 is upon us, it is very busy for our senior students. Please make sure you have the school app to receive updates via alerts and check our class blog as upcoming events will be posted weekly. 

We are swimming each day this week. 

Uniform

Students are to start Term 4 in full summer uniform. Our Uniform Shop is open Mondays (8.30-9.00am),

Wednesdays (2.30-3.00pm) & Fridays (8.30-9.00am) during term time. The girls’ summer dresses are

currently only available from our school uniform shop. Please don’t forget children need to wear the

school sun hats in term 4.

We also sell school uniforms via our school website. You can order and pay online and pick up your

uniform from the school reception after you have been notified by email that the uniform is ready to

pick up. Hopefully, this will be easier for those parents who find it difficult to get to our uniform shop.

Colour Fun Run

THE COLOUR RUN  is happening this Friday.

 It is the final week to get sponsors. Please continue getting sponsors.  If you haven’t made a profile yet, there is still time.  We can keep going right to Friday and then the fun will begin. https://schoolfundraising.co.nz/ 

After the event the children will be able to order their prizes online. Orders need to be done by 31 October.

This week:

Monday

Swimming

Tuesday

Swimming

Wednesday

Swimming

Thursday

Swimming

Library - bring books to exchange

Friday

Swimming

Sausage Sizzle

The colour run will take place at 1.30 pm

 Students must wear old clothes for the run…they will be covered in coloured chalk by the end of it!  (Rest assured it does wash out). Please send a change of clothes and a towel as there will be a water activity. They cannot use their sports uniform or their school uniform when taking part.

We invite everyone to come along and watch the fun unfold!

If you would like to be a parent helper on the day please let Brigitte Holmes know.  

brigitteh@stmarysrotorua.school.nz or text 0272121206.

The PTA helpers will be about but we will need more hands to help with safety, please volunteer if you can.

Coming up:

GRANDPARENTS/GRANDFRIENDS MASS;  Friday, October 28th at 9.30 am 

Join us for Mass with Catholic songwriter and singer, Andrew Chinn leading our singing. We would l

ove to see as many Grandparents/Grandriends as possible there with us.

We have a Teachers’ Only Day on Monday 7th November. There will be no school for children.

If you require after-school care you can ring Maryanne Roling from Glenholme Afterschool Care.

Mary Anne’s contact number is 347 0709 or 0211 215599

Interhouse Athletics Day 2022

Our annual Athletics Day will take place on Tuesday, October 8th. Please click on the form below

to help us organise the event. We need this information urgently please.

Athletics Day Form

Brooklyn's awards ceremony

 During the holidays Brooklyn was awarded a top 3 prize for a competition he had worked very hard on throughout last term. We are super proud of his achievements.