Strength & Kindness Team

‘Decorated Cupcake Fundraiser’

Friday 26th August

Bring your decorated cupcake to the school office before school. Cupcakes will be displayed and on sale for $1 in the school office at morning break.

All money raised will go towards

‘Operation Christmas Child’

Preparing for the future in a Catholic environment Hei whakatakatū mo te wā ka heke mai nei I roto I tea o Katorika

August 23rd, 2016 Term 3, Week 5

Kia ora Whanau ma,

I am sure that by now, many of you are aware of the upcoming ‘Teacher’s Paid Union Meeting’ on Tuesday 13th September. The teaching unions believe that the bulk funding "Global Budget" proposal is the single biggest threat to

quality teaching in many years. Some of the believed effects are that it could drive schools to hire fewer teachers,

increase class sizes, narrow the curriculum and casualise the teaching workforce. This meeting for all Primary & Secondary School Union members starts at 1.30pm and because of this will affect normal school operations. On this day

we ask that you please pick your child up at 1pm. All teachers and support staff will be attending this meeting and at school there will only be a skeleton staff in place to supervise those children that cannot be picked up early. If you do

have any questions or concerns about this day please do not hesitate to contact me here at school.

Hollie at her baptism Last week’s walking bus Year 6 students at ‘Fussbuster’ training

I have noticed that in the last couple of weeks a number of non-regulation uniform items are being worn to and at school. This includes such items as children wearing sneakers, wrong socks and mufti PE gear. Please support us by

ensuring that your child has the correct uniforms and that they wear these at school. Thank you for your support.

So far we have held two community consultation meetings and it has been fantastic to hear the views of those that

attended. Please take note of the upcoming meetings and if you have not yet attended, come along and ‘Have your say’ as we plan ahead for the future direction of our school.

Ngā mihi o Te Atua

Steve Wheeler Principal St. Patrick’s School Community Consultation

Wednesday 24th August - 2.30pm

Friday 26th August - 9.30am

Monday 29th August - 6pm

This is the final year of our current School Strategic Plan

period and we are very keen to hear from the community as we plan ahead for the future. The meetings will focus on

hearing your views on three key questions that will help guide

us in our planning:

What would you like our school to look like in 2020? What skills/ competencies/ qualities do you want a Year 6

leaver to have? Whether our current vision matches what we are aiming for

and if not what could it be?

All parents & caregivers are invited to join us at one

of the meetings, in the school staffroom, for a cup of coffee/ tea to informally talk about and share your ideas about

the future ahead.

Netball – Saturday 27th August St Pats Clubs vs Southern Steel– 9am Ct8

St Pats Diamonds vs BYE St Pats Hearts vs – MPS Cyclones - 10am Ct10

St Pats Spades vs Te Kura Rangiatea – 10am Ct9

Hockey – Saturday 27th August – both teams are playing in Finals! St Pats Shamrocks vs Marty Magic – 9.45am Turf1

St Pats Paddys vs Gladstone Go Sticks – 10.30am Turf2

Soccer

Please click on the link below to find out when your

child is playing – link to the draw

Miniball – Wednesday 24th August

St Pats Allstars vs DPS Wildcats – 5.30pm Ct2 St Pats Flyers vs Lakeview Crushers – 4pm Ct1

Congratulations to Hollie Gare on her baptism last week and best wishes for the Mobberley family who are being baptised

later this week.

First Communion Mass and Celebration Sunday 11th September 10am

Wairarapa REAP Science Workshops

For the last two Monday’s Max and Casper have enjoyed attending Chemistry themed workshops with other children from Masterton Primary Schools. These have been organised by Wairarapa REAP and have been a huge success!

Upcoming Events

24th Aug Community Consultation meeting – 2.30pm

26th Aug Community Consultation meeting –

9.30am

26th Aug Cup Cake Sale

29th Aug Community Consultation meeting – 6.00pm

31st Aug Art-Splash in Wellington

13th Sept Teacher’s Paid Union Meeting 1-3pm

23rd Sep Last day Term 3

10th Oct First day Term 4

14th Dec Last day Term 4 – 12pm finish

Walking Bus: Chanel College If we are going to get cold and wet we won’t

walk. From 8.20am on there is supervision and at

8.30am sharp we walk. Let your child walk to school with us. Supervised by a teacher and for many children the

only opportunity to walk to school.

Week 5 of the Green Gold term: This week we

celebrate all the children who over the years have been

part of the Enviro-teams that once a fortnight give up 20 minutes of their lunchtime to work as a group and look

after the chooks, gardens and worm farm or any other job that needs doing. Each group has a leader/s who

helps to supervise their team.

Oral care Waste: Last week to bring this in as we are sending it off at the end of the week. There are 20 prize

draws of $1000 to win!

Plants for the Gala: Any plant donations for the plant stall are welcome and we are always grateful for any

donations of seed raising mix or potting mix. Even an opened bag that has a little left in it we would love! At

the last Gala we received an array of plants that families

had been growing at home which helped the plant stall raise a good total for the school.

Sports Notices

Room 7 are hosting assembly this week. Everyone is

welcome.

Catholic Character

Kia ora whanau ma,

Yesterday we celebrated Catholic Schools Day with the other schools from the Wairarapa that make up our Catholic family. This year’s theme was ‘Extending the horizons of hope - changing lives’. It was a wonderful morning with the children enjoying a shared liturgy, break time games and activities and finishing with a sharing of the many talents that our schools have. Follow this link to watch some of the highlights. Thanks Mr Day for your great video and of course all of the staff members from all the schools who helped make it a special celebration.

Later in the newsletter you will find a message from Cardinal John Dew who reminds us what we stand for as a Catholic School and the importance of celebrating this.

If you currently have children in the McKenna Syndicate I am sure that you are now all aware that the three classrooms have wonderful new furniture. The updating of the furniture is one part of our journey as we look to implement ‘modern learning practices’ across the school. The furniture is not just more comfortable and colourful but also enables children to have more choice of where to work and learn depending on the task they are doing. Please pop in and have a look when you can and soon we will be upgrading furniture in our two other syndicates.

This week is ‘Bullying Free NZ week’ and teachers will be making reference to this in their classroom programmes. Bullying is a part of society that has no place and is something that we work with the children on and try to develop their understanding of why it is wrong and how it can affect others. Below is our school ‘WITS’ poster that we encourage children to use if they ever do feel uncomfortable or threatened in a situation.

A very valuable resource that you, as parents/ caregivers, may find helpful can be found at www.bullyingfree.nz. Something that I also came across recently was a poster designed by a child which explained their understanding of bullying. It contained the message that:

When someone says or does something unintentionally hurtful and they do it once, that’s

RUDE

When someone says or does something intentionally hurtful and they do it once, that’s MEAN

When someone says or does something intentionally hurtful and they keep doing it – even

when you tell them to stop or show them that you’re upset, that’s BULLYING

Today, syndicate newsletters for Term 2 will be available for all families. These contain useful information for the term ahead and help you to know what learning experiences your child will be taking part in. Please make sure you get the chance to read them.

Finally, it is always great to hear that students who have moved on from St. Patrick’s continue to perform and shine. Congratulations to Taylor, Maia, Kairi, Sian and Boaz who have all been selected in the Wairarapa Year 7 Rep netball team. It was also fantastic to see so many ex-St. Patrick’s students in the Chanel College Cultural Group performing at the Wairarapa Choral Festival held at the end of last week. Ngā mihi o Te Atua

Steve Wheeler, Principal

Kia ora whanau ma,

Yesterday we celebrated Catholic Schools Day with the other schools from the Wairarapa that make up our Catholic family. This year’s theme was ‘Extending the horizons of hope - changing lives’. It was a wonderful morning with the children enjoying a shared liturgy, break time games and activities and finishing with a sharing of the many talents that our schools have. Follow this link to watch some of the highlights. Thanks Mr Day for your great video and of course all of the staff members from all the schools who helped make it a special celebration.

Later in the newsletter you will find a message from Cardinal John Dew who reminds us what we stand for as a Catholic School and the importance of celebrating this.

If you currently have children in the McKenna Syndicate I am sure that you are now all aware that the three classrooms have wonderful new furniture. The updating of the furniture is one part of our journey as we look to implement ‘modern learning practices’ across the school. The furniture is not just more comfortable and colourful but also enables children to have more choice of where to work and learn depending on the task they are doing. Please pop in and have a look when you can and soon we will be upgrading furniture in our two other syndicates.

This week is ‘Bullying Free NZ week’ and teachers will be making reference to this in their classroom programmes. Bullying is a part of society that has no place and is something that we work with the children on and try to develop their understanding of why it is wrong and how it can affect others. Below is our school ‘WITS’ poster that we encourage children to use if they ever do feel uncomfortable or threatened in a situation.

A very valuable resource that you, as parents/ caregivers, may find helpful can be found at www.bullyingfree.nz. Something that I also came across recently was a poster designed by a child which explained their understanding of bullying. It contained the message that:

When someone says or does something unintentionally hurtful and they do it once, that’s

RUDE

When someone says or does something intentionally hurtful and they do it once, that’s MEAN

When someone says or does something intentionally hurtful and they keep doing it – even

when you tell them to stop or show them that you’re upset, that’s BULLYING

Today, syndicate newsletters for Term 2 will be available for all families. These contain useful information for the term ahead and help you to know what learning experiences your child will be taking part in. Please make sure you get the chance to read them.

Finally, it is always great to hear that students who have moved on from St. Patrick’s continue to perform and shine. Congratulations to Taylor, Maia, Kairi, Sian and Boaz who have all been selected in the Wairarapa Year 7 Rep netball team. It was also fantastic to see so many ex-St. Patrick’s students in the Chanel College Cultural Group performing at the Wairarapa Choral Festival held at the end of last week. Ngā mihi o Te Atua

Steve Wheeler, Principal

Swimming Lessons

We can now confirm that swimming lessons will be taking place at the start of term 4 for Brigidine and

McKenna classes. If you have an Automatic Payment (AP) the cost will be added to your account, otherwise

we ask that the lessons are paid for by the start of

Term 4.

Brigidine & McKenna Syndicates - 6 swimming

lessons over a two week period including the cost

of buses to and from the pools - $40 per child

Kildare Syndicate - 2 hour water safety session -

cost to be confirmed.

Artsplash - 31st August The trip to Wellington is next Wednesday

The cost is $20 per child.

Each child must wear a long sleeved white (girls)

or grey (boys) shirt. No polo shirts please. Each

child will need a coloured wig, wide headband or

baseball cap (that can have sequins stuck on)

Please return final notices as soon as possible.

Lost Mila Hrstich has lost her named long-sleeved polar-

fleece. If you have this please return it to the

school office.

St Patrick’s School Gala – Saturday 29th October

Needs for the gala – if you can help with any of these please contact Michelle Beaver (027)512-7730:

We are looking for a parent/caregiver/grandparent to run our silent auction.

Items that we can sell in the silent auction

Anyone who can help co-ordinate activities or help in any way

St. Patrick’s School 2016 Basic Fact-a-thon

Important reminders: All money can now be brought to the front

office. We would like all money to be in by Friday 26th August.

A reminder that everyone who returns their sponsorship money goes into a prize draw for their class which will be drawn at assembly on Friday.

We hope that you will support this venture because if every child was to raise $10 then that

alone would raise $2500 for our school!

Matharapa Maths Competition 2016

Nine students from the Kildare’s represented the school in the annual inter-schools Matharapa Competition. While the overall title was taken by Douglas Park School this year, our teams performed incredibly well. Charlie Karaitiana won the title of top individual student in round 1. The Paddy’s, made up of Charlie, Jack and Jack O’Dowd were overall winners for round 2. Just when you thought we couldn’t do any better, our all girl team made up of Chelsea, Anna and Renee took away the title of winners for round 3. Our third team, the Shamrocks, saw Travis, Ana and Jemma confidently take on other teams from across the region. An excellent result for the school. Your places in the team were all well-deserved and we all very proud of you.

PTA Fundraiser Free 10x13 inch portrait. Just pay the $15 sitting fee. Saturday 10th September. The full $15 goes to the school & $10 of any

additional photos. All families have received a form – return to the office.

2015 St. Patrick’s School Music CD

We are excited to announce that the 2015 school music CD is now available for sale from the school office. The CD contains songs sung not only by the whole school but also the amazing school choir. Each CD is a bargain at $20. They will sell out, so get in early to avoid disappointment.

To listen to quick teaser of the wonderful songs follow these links to our Facebook page or go to the Principal’s Blog.

Wheels Day Every Monday at school is wheels day. This means that children are allowed to bring their scooters to school and use them on the hard court area at break-time and lunch-time. We do ask that if your child brings their scooter that they also bring a helmet to wear.

Useful Links School Website – click here

Brigidine Syndicate Facebook Group – click here

McKenna Syndicate Facebook Group – click here

Kildare Syndicate Facebook Group– click here

Desks for Sale We still have some brown desks & chairs for sale. Desks are $10 and chairs $5. This is the final few days that these will be on sale so get in quick!

Sausage Sizzle Fridays $2 a sausage. Order at the school office

by 9am on Friday.

Wairarapa Parish Mass Times

St Patricks Church-Masterton:

Vigil Sat 5.00pm & Sun 8.30am & 10.00am

Weekday Masses: Tues 5.00pm Wed-Fri 9.15am, in J Wagg Room during winter

St Anthony of Padua Church -

Martinborough:

Vigil Sat 5.30pm

Weekday Wed 10.30am

St Marys Church - Carterton:

Vigil Sat 5.30pm;

Weekday Mass: Thurs 9.15am

St Teresa of Avila Church - Featherston:

Sun 10.00am,

Mon 9.00am at the School

Tues & Thurs 9.00am at Fr Morrison's

residence, 38 Wakefield Street, Featherston

Friday 9.30am in the Church

Sacred Heart Church - Greytown:

Sun 8.30am

Weekday Mass: Wed 10.00am

Guitar Lessons in School Ross is doing guitar in school again this

year. For more information please ring him

on 378-8802 or 0226915419

Piano Lessons in School Hilary is teaching piano in school again this

year. For more information please ring her

on 379-9022

"Red Star Junior Cricket Registration”

Friday 16th September 2016 between 4pm and 6pm

Herbert Street Clubrooms.

or via our website www.redstarcricket.org.nz

or email Mark Elliott on mark.sheryn@xtra.co.nz

“Red Star Cricket is the complete cricket

club where everyone will get a go."

CHANEL COLLEGE

2017

ENROLMENTS

The deadline for Chanel College 2017 enrolments is:

Friday 23 September

2016

Please get your enrolment forms to the

office as soon as possible to ensure your

application meets the deadline. If you would like an enrolment pack,

please contact the Chanel College office

on (06) 3700612.

Thank you