NEWSLETTER ~ TERM 2 - No 3– 17 May 2018

St Joseph’s School Has Got Talent It is back! St Joseph’s School Has Got Talent is back

to entertain us. If it is anything like last year it will

be a wonderful event where we can celebrate the

many talents of the students at our school. Auditions

will take place next week. This will be followed by

semi finals the following week. The SJS Has Got

Talent final will take place on Thursday 31 May.

Newsletter Correction - Sunday Class Mass

In last week’s newsletter Hanrahan 1 and kealy 1

were listed down for class mass on Sunday 27 May.

However there was a swap made earlier on this year

so Hanrahan 1 and Kealy 2 will not be attending

Mass on that day. Instead Kealy 1 and McAuley 3.

Mrs Culling has provided an updated list of class

masses so that the correct information is included in

future Newsletters.

St Joseph’s School Dances Two school dances will be held on Friday 25 May.

Yr 4-6 dance from 5.30pm—7.00pm

Yr 7-8 dance from 7.30pm—9.00pm.

Food and drink will be on sale in the hall thanks to

our PTA. The School Council will be selling tickets

before school next week—Cost $5.

Reminders Friday 18 May Senior Winter Sport Begins

Friday 18 May Michael Mangan visit

Sunday 20 May Pentecost

Monday 21 May- Wednesday 23 May

SJS Has Got Talent Auditions

Monday 21 May Junior School visit Botanic Gardens

Tuesday 22 May Board of Trustees meeting, 5pm

Friday 25 May Hanrahan 1 Liturgy

Friday 25 May School Dances

Sunday 27 May Kealy 1 Mass & McAuley 3

(8.30am, St Gregory’s Church)

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK - Aaron Richards

Sporting Success

Cantabrians are well known for their love of sport.

Catholic schools take their passion for sport to

another level. St Joseph’s School is no exception.

We are committed to providing students with a

range of sporting activities to assist them to

develop their physical skills and develop a joy for

physical activity.

Last week the school held its School Cross

Country. Every child from 5 to 13 years of age

participated in this event. I was not only impressed

with the speed of some of our best runners but also

the determination of those who accepted the

challenge and gave it their best. The results are on

the following page.

Thanks to Mr McGuire and the team who

organised the school Cross Country as well as

managing the team which participated in the North

Zone competition yesterday. A huge

congratulations to the 48 students from St Joseph’s

School who represented the school at the North

Zone Cross Country.

The sporting opportunities do not end there. This

week Senior Team students will participate in the

Christchurch School’s Winter Sport Competition.

St Joseph’s has a number of rugby, football, netball

and hockey teams that will play in a ten week long

tournament against other schools throughout

Canterbury.

This term the Middle School students will walk to

the Redwood Action Indoor Sports Stadium every

week to learn how to play volleyball. This will

conclude at the end of the term with a volleyball

tournament.

Baby Celebration

A huge congratulations to Rachel Cook and her

partner Graham who celebrated the birth of

Benjamin last week at Christchurch Women’s

Hospital. On behalf of the school community I

would like to extend our best wishes and prayers to

the family.

The Spirit came and your Church was born, in wind and fire and words of power. The Spirit came blowing fear aside, and in its place weak hearts were stronger. The Spirit came as your word foretold, with dreams and signs, visions and wonders. The Spirit came and is here today, to feed the hearts of a world that hungers.

MARIAN COLLEGE—OPEN DAY Monday 28 May, 1-3pm star ting with Pr incipal’s

welcome at 1.00pm. Please note that there is a

Wilsons car park on Barbadoes Street and next to

Marian College on Moorhouse Avenue.

WELCOMING TEAM Perhaps you have wondered what small Act of

Service you could offer our Parish?

Well, one of them is becoming part of the

Welcoming Team. The most important part of the

role is to greet people with a welcoming smile as

they come into Mass. Full training is provided.

Please sign up on the clip board in the foyer or

contact Irene Maguire on 027 6229415, to join the

team.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Saturday 19

th and Sunday 20

th May

Presentation of ‘Our Father Prayer Card’ and the last Holy

Item for the Prayer Mats. At either the 6.00pm Saturday

or 10.00 am Sunday Mass .

PRE-SCHOOL MUSIC Welcome into Term two of our Magnific Monday

preschool Music at the Parish Centre - 9am cuppa &

Chat with other school mums and our wider

community. It's fabulous to bring people together and

to enjoy an educational and fun time with your

children. We would like to invite more families to

come and join us. Music starts at 9.30 during school

term. Hope to see you there. Contact Nessa for more

details if you wish on 027 3040 392.

PTA NEWS

LUNCHES TOMORROW—HOT DOGS $2.50 Thank you to our volunteers—Phil & Jeannette Brown.

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS All unwanted Entertainment Books should have been

returned to the school office by yesterday. If you do

not wish to purchase a book and have not yet returned

it, please ensure that it is returned by tomorrow.

Thank you.

SJS CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS There was a large turnout of parents at the School

Cross Country event last week. We congratulate all

our students for training and participating in this

annual event. The top 6 in each age group from Y5-8

competed yesterday in very wet and cold conditions

at the North Zone competition.

The results from last week are:

Year 8 Boys Year 8 Girls

1st Finlay Neale Jarrah Prentice

2nd Samuel Woodgate Zoe Blacklow

3rd Finn O’Donnell Melissa Drury

4th Matthew Glen Lily Lysaght

5th Noah Newsome Tegest Mengistie

6th Liam O’Reilly Carys Spratt

Year 7 Boys Year 7 Girls

1st Luke Gallagher Isla Martin-McKenzie

2nd Lachie Claridge Kate Young

3rd Jack Christie Johanna Wylaars

4th Edmund Sullivan Catherine Grant

5th Caleb Stevens Emma John

6th Hamish Meates Ruby Moore

Year 6 Boys Year 6 Girls

1st Jaeger Pryce Jorja Rennell

2nd Harrison Short Quinn Baker

3rd Louis Sharp Gabrielle Segar

4th Adam Robertson Sophie O’Sullivan

5th Max Corry Cerys Jones

6th Patsy Fowley Molly Maynard

Year 5 Boys Year 5 Girls

1st Lachie Bendall Zara McDonnell

2nd Lucas Romero Eliza McDonnell

3rd Angus Patrick Claudia Vivian

4th Will O’Donnell Hannah O’Sullivan

5th Harry Gorman Luca Forde

6th Randal Young Matilda Maynard

Year 4 Boys Year 4 Girls

1st Tom Kreft Emma Corry

2nd Rory Webster Bella Berry

3rd Isaac Kearns Tayla Ryder

Year 3 Boys Year 3 Girls

1st Lachie Walsh Lola Romero

2nd George Townshend Grace Ford

3rd Cole Baxter Olivia Vivian

Year 2 Boys Year 2 Girls

1st Zac Ryder Rosa Baxter

2nd Azhley Bernardino Amarlie Graham

3rd Natinael Ezezew Amelia Kelly

Year 1 Boys Year 1 Girls

1st Charlie Fyall Novia Day

2nd Alek Stephens Miriama Peterson

3rd Finn Robertson Arabella Anderson