1. Newsletter No 8 Ce l l Ph o ne s f or St a rs h ip H o sp i ta l
A big thank you to Mr Mike McRandle for rounding up all those
1 June 2011 old cell phones from his work for us! What a great idea! Keep
collecting those phones! Ask your friends, family and work mates
On your bike:
Dear Parents/Caregivers to help us collect as many unused or broken cellphones as we
*Keep your eyes on the road.
can! These will be recycled and at the same time raise money for
*Keep left and don’t wobble.
Tena koutou nga mihi ki a koutou - greetings to you all. 11/06 Matthew Ham Starship Hospital and we earn rewards for the school in the way
*Signal if you are going to turn.
of brand new IT equipment! The box is ready and waiting to be
15/06 Courtney Gray *Be prepared to stop quickly.
This Sunday we celebrate the Ascension of Our Lord into heaven. filled with your pre-loved phones in the office!
Let us pray…
Congratulations to Nicola, Callum & Lauren on the
Lord our God, open us up to your Spirit living within us,
that we may live fully each day of our lives.
birth of their new daughter and sister, Savanah.
Congratulations to the following for the great
Touch us, that we may become more aware work over the last two weeks:- Rebekah
of all that is around us,
Caldwell, Evelyn Hancock, Helena Broers, Caitlin
growing in a sense of wonder and awe
O’Loughlin, Jorja Higgs, Matthew Burroughs, News and Updates from the happenings around the Board table: Last Meeting 17.05.11
and in appreciation for all that we see and hear and touch,
taste and smell. Christine Chandler, Diane Tay, Jessica Ruck,
Jacob Walker, Ethan Evans, William Foster, *Strategic Planning: Part of Board duties involve looking ahead and ensuring the vision and goals of the school
May we live in such a way
that we never take anything for granted, Keely Cooper, Ellen Burroughs, Sean Wilkie, reflect the best path forward. Progress has been made on confirming the objectives and indicators in the strategic plan.
but always be appreciative and express our thanks Tanesha Etwell, Liam Brown, Jacob Etwell, *ICT: St Patrick’s web site has had a lot of work completed by Miss Sutherland and the teaching team. The blog and
to those who are part of our lives. Samara McIntyre, Maria Hancock, Kane Webb, class pages are showing us all where this learning is heading. Keep up the good work it is inspiring seeing where
Amen. everyone is being led in this.
Stevie Hamblyn, Blake Scott, Carenza Rosie,
*Principal’s Report: Mrs Coleman spent a week in Melbourne Catholic schools recently. She reported their system
Theo Clark,. Cassie Falloon, Elijah Cullen-Reid,
Young V inn ies: Following the Family Mass last Sunday, our Young Vinnies, differs markedly to ours and NZ schools are doing very well, especially around special character and with the
Saskia Barlow, Connor Falloon, Natalie Schofield,
with the help of parents, parishioners and a school family, collected pinecones in incorporation of computers into the class. They too have national testing which has similar challenges being faced. An
Dylan McDonald, Breanna Walters, Madison
Woodend. They all did a fantastic job collecting dry pinecones perfect for excellent week and she believes we have a lot to offer these schools.
woodburners. They are selling these at $5.00 per sack with the money raised O’Loughlin & Marco Foorde. *Finance: A review of the budget will be made shortly and the juggling act of balancing the books is looking
going to help families in need of basic food essentials within the community. reasonably good. In fact there may be some room for putting some extra $$$ into key areas and the teachers are
Please support this effort by our young people by letting Mrs O’Halloran or Mrs putting together a needs based analysis of where to direct those funds.
Arthurs know how many bags you want and dropping the money off with either *The Ministry of Education has advised this year’s funding for the remainder of the year will be from the roll at the start
of them. The bags can be collected from Totara. of the year, which is great news as we have lost some students after February.
Fri 03/06 – A Ham & C McKenzie
Fri 10/06 – T Wielsma & R Malone
*As always though we need every dollar and we will be reminding families who have outstanding accounts shortly.
Debating: Our intrepid team of Year 8 debaters (Fiona Maclean, Michael *Property: Over the July holiday break the ramp behind the Office block will be replaced due to its age. Maintenance
Malone, Bobbi Braxton and Hannah Hegarty) are in action yet again tomorrow is an ongoing necessity and the Board is very pleased with progress made over recent times in improving the site.
arguing the affirmative to a very tricky moot: that our grandparents had life
Class Mas s – Kahikatea will attend the 9am Mass Winter is now upon us and the new heatpumps installed in the last year should come into their own. With winter
easy. Their opponents are Ohoka 1. Best of luck team!
on Friday, 17 June. Please join us. months we will be monitoring drainage remedies on part of the site. The works carried out should see improvements
around the senior block. The field is still to be addressed and indicators are that this will be quite a significant cost,
Cros s Cou ntr y
Congratulations to our Kaiapoi Schools Cross Country Team
options are being explored to progress this project.
Thomas Coulston Jack Grundy Brandon Kuipers Holy H our: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is *Health & Safety: Fr Michael reported that church buildings may have to be strengthened in the future to meet the
Liam Veevers Jacob Walker Jake Wielsma being held between 2pm and 3pm tomorrow, 2nd June. new codes after the earthquakes. To date no information has been received advising the school of any changes to
Jacob McKay Dylan Oberndorfer Mitchell O’Hara An ideal opportunity to pray before collecting your building codes and the school has withstood them very well.
Peter McRandle Jaiden- Lee Manera Zach McKay children! *Next Meeting 21.06.11 @ 7pm
Matthew Falloon Leith McKenzie Connor Oberndorfer *If any of you have any ideas on contributing to the school do not hesitate to bring them to the Principal’s or Board’s
Tessa McKay Chessie Cooper Chantal MacDonald First Co m muni on attention. We welcome ideas and always strive to achieve the best we possibly can for our community.
Christine Chandler Courtney Gray Brianna Fitzgerald God’s blessings and congratulations to these children God Bless
Alexia Evans Charlotte Cossens Bobbi Braxton who make their First Holy Communion this Sunday: Mike McRandle
Well done all of you. Great effort and you represented our school wonderfully. Barnaby Bird, Zach McIntyre, James McSweeney, Finn
Tasker, Chantal MacDonald, Jazmyn Higgs, Marco MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Congratulations to the following children who qualified for the Pegasus Cross Foord, Megan Koppen, Jakeb Tane, Taylor White, Liam
Veevers, Taine Veevers, Shaun de Voil, Cassidy 9-Jun
Country Team. This event is on Wednesday 8th June at Rangiora Showgrounds. If 7-Jun 8-Jun Storyteller @ 10-Jun
you can help with transport please contact Alwyn McRandle. Fitzgerald, Matteus Sweetman, Ryan Wilkie, Chessie
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6 June Teacher only day ICAS Science 1.30pm
Thomas Coulston Jacob McKay Dylan Oberndorfer Cooper. Queens Birthday Xcountry Zones
Jaiden- Lee Manera Zach McKay Leith McKenzie Please keep these children in your prayers.
Tessa McKay Chessie Cooper Brianna Fitzgerald
Charlotte Cossens Bobbi Braxton Our heartfelt condolences to 15-Jun
the Hegarty family on the 13 Jun 14-Jun Young Vinnies to Rest 16-Jun 17-Jun
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A big thank you to Mrs Engelbrecht and her Mum Di. recent loss of their Father Science Alive Rimu & Home
They have donated 2 class sets of new sports balls and Grandfather. Rata Newsletter
(30 in total) with the help of Al and Hayley Chapman
from the Frontrunner at Bush Inn. The Frontrunner Eternal rest grant unto
crew sold them at a huge discount and also pumped them, O Lord, Pia no, Ke ybo ar d, V ioli n, Young performers 7 - 17 wanted!
them all up. Mrs Engelbrecht and her Mum (who lives and let perpetual light shine JACK AND THE BEANSTALK AUDITIONS God Bless
T heor y . Tui tio n MONDAY JUNE 6th TAColeman
in Ashburton) are pretty amazing and wanted to do upon them.
May they rest in peace. by Ma rg are t Maw 1 -2 pm or 2-3 pm
something for our school. Wow we are so lucky having Therese Coleman
Alfred Hall , cnr Knowles St and Nancy Ave,
such support - THANKS HEAPS. LT C L,AIRM T,D BM,TT C Mairehau Principal
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