Principals Piece E ngã mãtua, tena Koutou, Talofa Dear Parents/Caregivers, An extra newsletter for the end of Term. Term 1 has raced by and we hope you have a fantastic and restful break with your families and loved ones. Term 2 starts Monday April 29th at 8.45am. BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTIONS: In June this year are the triennial Board of Trustees Elections. Our Board has five Parent Representative positions. Becoming a Board Member is a great way to give back to the com-munity and provides a real insight into the education of your child. If you are interested in finding out more, please read the flyer that will be sent home next term and come along to our candidate information evening on 1st May at 5 pm. The New Zealand Schools Trustees Association have a website with some further infor-mation: The date for the BOT Elections for 2019 will be Friday 7th June. A flyer will be sent out with all the relevant information. The current BOT would like to invite any-one that is interested to come to an information even-ing on Wednesday, May 1st at 5pm. The role of a trus-tee can be defined as:Trustees are active leaders in their schools and need a balance of skills and experi-ences. They need to work well in a team, be able to put plans in place for the school's future, ask challenging questions and have good communications skills. It

helps to have an under-standing of financial matters and the educa-tion sector and experi-ence in managing peo-ple. We still have $16,500 of invoices still to be paid. Could you please make sure your winter sports fees are paid otherwise children cannot play. Could you also make sure school accounts are up to date. Winter sports starts next term. Thank you to all those who have volunteered to coach/manage teams. We know this is a commitment, however we do need peo-ple to help otherwise children will not get to play their chosen sport. Next term sees a change in the uniform with shoes to be worn. NO SNEAKERS. Black school shoes are required and grey socks for the boys. Girls can wear navy socks to the knees or full-length navy stockings. If your child does not have a note for any change in the uniform they will be ques-tioned by the teacher. It is imperative children wear the correct uniform at all times. God bless, James Murray Principal

St Joseph’s Catholic School,

Fairfield

88 Clarkin Road, Fairfield

PO Box 957, Hamilton Phone: (07) 855-5434

Email: admin@stjosephs.school.nz

Website: www.stjosephs.school.nz

11th April 2019 Issue 6

Inside this issue:

PTFA News

Winter Uniform

WFPS Swimming Results

and more….

School Focus

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, Cycle C This Sunday, called Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week. Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday are called the Triduum, three days that are the highlight of the Church year. There are two Gospels proclaimed at today's Mass. The first Gospel, proclaimed before the procession with palms, tells of Jesus' triumphant entrance into Jerusalem. Riding on a borrowed colt, Jesus was hailed by the crowds as they shouted blessings and praise to God. This event is reported in each of the four Gospels. Luke's Gospel is the only one to report the exchange between Jesus and the Pharisees as Jesus enters Jerusalem. Jesus' response shows that this event, and those yet to come, are part of a divine plan. We hear this echoed again in Luke's description of the Last Supper when Jesus speaks of Judas' betrayal, saying that the Son of Man “goes as has been determined.” At the Liturgy of the Word on this Sunday, the events of Jesus' passion are proclaimed in their entirety. In Lection-ary Cycle C, we read the passion of Jesus as found in the Gospel of Luke. We will hear these events proclaimed again during the Triduum when we read the passion of Jesus from the Gospel of John. Throughout Luke's Gospel we see that Jesus' words and actions proclaim the Kingdom of God. This motif continues throughout Luke's passion narrative. Jesus appears to be in total command of events at the Passover meal as he hands over the kingdom to his disciples. He welcomes them to the Passover meal announcing that this will be his last until the Kingdom of God is fulfilled. As throughout Luke's Gospel, however, the disciples show little understanding of this kingdom that Jesus often an-nounces. Following the meal, the disciples argue about who is the greatest. Jesus takes the opportunity to distin-guish the meaning of leadership in the Kingdom of God from the forms of leadership seen in the world. Jesus initiates a conversation with Simon and predicts his denial. Jesus then instructs his disciples to prepare them-selves for the events that will follow. His words reveal an awareness of the challenges that all of them will face in the days ahead. As the disciples and Jesus enter the Mount of Olives, Jesus indicates the importance of the disci-ples' time in prayer, telling them that through prayer they will be able to face the challenges ahead. As he prays, Jesus is tested. In the garden, an angel is sent to strengthen him and to prepare him for the events ahead. After this moment, Jesus is again in charge of the events and circumstances. In Luke's Gospel, Jesus is portrayed as active and vocal throughout his passion. When one of the disciples strikes the high priest's servant, Jesus heals the man, an event reported only in the Gospel of Luke. Jesus stops the disci-ples' protest against his arrest by noting that this is the “time for the power of darkness.” Jesus engages and re-sponds when brought before the Sanhedrin; his words speak about the “power of God” that will bring about the reign of the Son of Man. When questioned by Pilate, Jesus responds with just one phrase; yet before Herod, Jesus refuses to speak. When Luke describes the Way of the Cross and Jesus' crucifixion, he calls to our attention many events that are not reported in the other Gospels. Throughout his Gospel, Luke has paid heed to the women who accompanied Jesus. Now, on the road to Calvary, Jesus speaks to the women who walk with him. Only Luke reports Jesus' words of forgiveness spoken from the cross. And only Luke reports the dialogue between Jesus and the good thief. Final-ly, in contrast with the Gospels of Mark and Matthew, Luke reports no words of abandonment spoken by Jesus on the cross. Instead, Jesus, in full command until his death, commends his spirit to his Father and takes his final breath. Throughout Holy Week, we will continue to reflect on the events of Jesus' passion and death. As we meditate on the cross, we ask again and anew what it means to make the statement of faith that Jesus, in his obedient suffer-ing and dying, revealed himself to us as God's Son and brought to fulfillment the Kingdom of God.

PTFA

EASTER RAFFLE

Head Co-ordinator:

Clare Williams

Helpers:

Karla Schwarz, Kirsty

Parker

Thank you to everyone

who supported the

annual Easter Raffle

through selling tickets

and donating items;

the raffle made an im-

pressive $6,443.80.

Congratulations to the following people who were the

winners of the Easter baskets:

Juliet Parker, Zita, Amanda Wong, Andrew Archibald,

Mike Turner, Kate Duggan, Liz Kelly, Dale Trevett, P.

Huntley, James Turner, Phuong Thai, Irene Mutter,

Hilton, Andrew Hay, Casey Toni, Jennifer Statler,

Colette Brooks, Connie Newton, Susan Hong and Tracy

Svendsen.

On Friday 12th April at 1.30pm during the Easter litur-

gy, we will be awarding prizes to those students that

sold the most tickets plus drawing out spot prizes for

other ticket sellers.

A big thank you also to these businesses and families

who donated goods, services and cash donations

which all went towards making up the hamper prizes:

Jessica and Daniel, the owners of Heaphy Terrace Four

Square; Kirsty Parker, owner of Sweet Pea Parties;

family of Yunho Choi, Kmart Te Rapa, Prolife Foods

and Cookie Time.

2019 ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

Co-ordinator: Brigid Pitcaithly

The new Entertainment Book is now available for

pre-order. If you are considering getting an Entertain-

ment Book, please go through our PTFA account as

you will be helping fundraise for our school. Books or

digital subscriptions cost $65.

Entertainment books are a good fundraiser for the

PTFA, we made $819 last year, through people buying

their books or digital subscriptions through this link.

School App Update Please ensure that you update the St Joseph's School

App on your phone.

You will not be receiving any alerts from us until the up-

date is complete. The school app is one of our main

methods of communication with families.

If you open the app on your phone you will be given

instructions on how to complete this update.

Ukulele Group Our ukulele group will start in Week 2 of Term 2. More

information will be given out at the beginning of next

term or if you have any questions, email Dianne Felix:

d.felix@stjosephs.school.nz.

Winter Uniform

A reminder that next term students will be expected to

start wearing our winter uniform. Because of the new

uniform implemented last year, it does not differ too

much; visit our website for more information. Please

make note of the following:

Girls Shoes: Must be leather lace-ups (no canvas

or branded shoes) - Years 0-2 are permitted to

wear Velcro fastening shoes

Girls Socks: Can either be long navy socks (below

the knee) or navy stockings

Boys Shoes: Must be leather lace-ups (no canvas

or branded shoes) - Years 0-2 are permitted to

wear Velcro fastening shoes

Boys Socks: Plain grey socks

ANZAC Poppies Wanted After the school holidays could you please drop off any

unwanted ANZAC poppies to the school office. We

would like to use them in our Term 2 School Production.

WFPS Swimming Results

Congratulations to our team of Year 7 and 8 swimmers

that competed at the Waikato Full Primary School

(WFPS) Swimming Sports at St Peters. Every swimmer

can be incredibly proud of the effort they put in against

the best in the Waikato.

St Joseph’s showed what a dominant force they are by taking out 2nd place overall... great work team!!

Year 7 Boys:

Nathan Tebbutt - 1st 50m Butterfly, 100m Individual

Medley, 2nd 50m Breaststroke, 1st 100m Individual

Medley, 1st 100m Backstroke, 1st 50m Freestyle, 1st

Overall

Dominic Miller - 3rd 50m Backstroke, 1st 100m Free-

style, 4th 100m Backstroke, 2nd 50m Freestyle, 4th

Overall

William Peoples - 3rd 100m Breaststroke, 4th 50m

Breaststroke

Year 8 Boys:

Callum McCabe - 2nd 100m Freestyle

Year 8 Girls:

Iris Wainui- Mackle - 2nd 50m Backstroke, 1st 100m

Breaststroke, 3rd 100m Freestyle, 2nd 50m Breast-

stroke. 4th Overall

Year 7 Freestyle Relays:

Dominic Miller, Yuri Sakamoto-Aish, William Peo-

ples, Nathan Tebbutt - 1st Overall

Year 7 Medley Relays:

Yuri Sakamoto-Aish, William Peoples, Nathan Teb-

butt, Dominic Miller - 3rd

Help Us Win a School Van!! In the lead up to 2019 AIMS Games, our school is taking part in the Anchor Bottle Cap Cup.

We are asking all families, friends, neighbours and workplaces to collect ANCHOR milk bottle caps

from any bottles with the ANCHOR logo on the lid and drop them into the school office. 1st Prize is a

brand new school van!!!

Please help us to collect as many caps as possible until 10th June. Ideas of ways to collect extra bottle

tops are:

1. Walk down your street on recycling day and collect any in the recycling containers

2. Ask your parents to collect them at work

3. Collect them at home

4. Ask neighbours

5. Ask friends

FAQS What is the Anchor Bottle Cap Cup? The Anchor Bottle Cap Cup is a promo-tion where our school collects Anchor bottle caps through students, staff and their families purchasing any Anchor white milk product. Our school can collect the caps in the provided collection box in the school office and then we send them off to be counted. The school with the most caps collected will win themselves a School Van and the school placed 2nd will win a school visit with Tom Walsh plus other great prizes to be won!

What are the dates of the promotion? The promotion will run from the 1st of April 2019 till the 10th of June 2019, so be sure that all collected bottle caps are submitted before then so we don’t miss the deadline.

How do I collect bottle caps? Simply buy any eligible Anchor milk product and deposit the bottle caps in the collection box in the school office. We will then send the bottle caps away for counting and recycling.

What products’ bottle caps are included? Any Anchor fresh white milk bottle cap is eligible in the 300ml, 1L, 2L or 3L sizes. This includes the Blue, Lite, Trim, Calci+, Protein+, Silver Top, Organic Blue, Organic Trim, Zero Lacto Blue and Zero Lacto Trim, a2 Milk™ Blue and a2 Milk™ Lite

Our school is smaller than others, do we still have a chance to win? Yes! This year they are having one prize pool and to give every school an equal chance, they will be calculating the average number of bottle caps collected per school per student.

What happens to the bottle caps? Once our school has collected the bottle caps and sent them away, they will be counted, cleaned and recycled. Last year over 55,000 bottle caps were recycled into farm fence posts used on dairy farms.

Sacred Heart Open Day Thursday 9th May

Parents/caregivers and students are invited to visit the school at 11.00am-12.30pm or 1.30pm-3.00pm. An Open

Day registration form needs to be completed. Enrolment Packs are available on the Sacred Heart Girls' College

website, can be collected from our main reception, or will be available at our Open Day.

For preference students, a current signed Preference Card from their Parish Priest is required with their completed

enrolment. Year 8 students will also be invited to experience Sacred Heart for a half day in Term 2. There will be

more details to follow.

We wish to receive enrolments by Friday 28th June. Whilst we do accept enrolments throughout the year this is

our key close-off date. Transition meetings will take place following confirmation of enrolment.

St John’s College Info Evening

Tuesday 14th May

Click here for more information