Merry Christmas!

 Hi everyone,

This will be the last post for the year.  We just have a couple of things to organise for the last two days of the year.  The pool is still open so we will have our last swimming day tomorrow.  Please pack your child's clothes tomorrow.  Remember that school finishes at 12:30 on Thursday.

Tomorrow your child will bring home their school books.  You will notice that we have barely used any of the pages in your child's books.  Many of these books will be the same next year.  Please use them next year.  Your child's 2023 teacher really needs the glue sticks, tissues and white board markers etc that are part of next years stationary list.  If you have any questions about this you could ask at your korero mai appointment next year.

Lastly, Thank you very much for the support you have given your child and me to help make their start at St Mary's a happy one.  I hope that you have a joyful Christmas and a happy summer break.  See you all next year.

 Melissa xx

Last week for 2022

We are now in our final few days of school for 2022. Thank you so much to you, our wonderful Kākano whānau for a great year. The teachers wish you all a safe and blessed holiday period. 

On Friday the children brought home their reports with their class teacher for next year. There was also a holiday reading log in this envelope. It is so important to continue reading over the holidays! There will be a prize draw early next year.

Monday

We will be having our end of year school mass at 9am. Thank you for being at school on time and in correct tidy school uniform for this. It is a special mass to recognise our Year 6’s and all of their service to St Mary’s over time.

Wednesday

Whole school prizegiving is at 9:30. All whānau are welcome to attend this. If your child is getting a prize you would have received a slip of paper alongside their report. 

Thursday

This is our last day of school! We have a missioning in the morning to farewell the Year 6 students and school finishes at 12:30pm. Thank you for organising your child to be picked up at this time.

Thank you again for an awesome year 2022. Merry Christmas and have a happy new year!

Week 8

 It is hard to believe we are now in the last few weeks of school.  

As always, we have a lots going on this week, please read through the notices to make sure you know what is happening each day. Also could you please make the effort to name all your child's uniform. When we have swimming days the children take off all their uniform and we happened to have one very mixed up day last week. Three boys were missing their clothes and it took a while to sort this out. It was really easy with the boys that had their clothes named, jerseys, shorts and t-shirts.

Monday: Junior school Big Day In 

Your child needs their swimming togs, a named water gun (optional), sunhat and $5 for our hot chip lunch/ ice blocks/ and Christmas craft. All junior children can wear home clothes to school for our Fun day. Remember their sunhat because the weather forecast is sunny and warm. They will still need to bring their usual morning tea.

Tuesday: Junior Tryathlon; 11:15

Children can wear mufti today, clothes they can run and bike in. What to bring: bike/scooter, helmet, sneakers, togs. Make sure sunscreen has been applied before school. You are welcome to come and watch.

If Parents are available to help please contact your child's teacher.

 

Wednesday / Thursday

Normal school days although Mrs Bishop will be teaching the class on Wednesday.

 

Friday: Year 0-2 Assembly; 2:05

Our children will be hosting our final school Assembly.  Our Year 2 children will be organising the assembly with the support of our Year 0 and 1 children.  Some children will be bring home ‘words’ that they will be saying at our assembly.  All whānau are welcome to join us

 

 

 Swimming

This week Kākano 8 will not be swimming on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. They do need their togs on Monday - Big Day in and Tuesday - Junior Triathalon.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I can’t wait to share in a BIG Day of Fun tomorrow.

Week 7

We welcome back the senior classes from camp. By all accounts they had a great time last week. 

With the changeable weather and swimming at the moment the children are often misplacing clothing. It makes it so much easier if they are named, especially sandals and fleeces/jerseys. 

Here's the video we started our school assembly with.

Junior Tryathlon

Year 0-3 will have their Junior Tryathlon on Tuesday 6th December at 11:15 a.m. What to bring: bike/scooter, helmet, sneakers, togs. If Parents are available to help please contact your child's teacher.

 

Swimming

This week Kākano 5-8 are swimming all week. Please ensure your child has their togs and towel each day. 

The Week Ahead:

K5-8 are swimming all week

Monday - normal school day

Tuesday - normal school day

Wednesday - normal school day

Thursday - normal school day, Advent Liturgy

Friday -  sausage sizzle and juicies $1.50 each, roller skating at lunchtime.

Week 6

We are heading into the busy time of the year in our classrooms and across the whole school.   The Totara team (Yr 5 & 6) has their camps this week in Taupo. We all hope the weather plays ball and they are able to participate in all the planned activities and have a safe and joyful camp.

Back at school all the Kākano classes will participate in a street racket lesson this week.  Street racket is a new and innovative game using a bat and ball.  It bridges the skills needed for all racket sports in a fun way.

Calendar Art 

Calendar Art orders are only open until Wednesday 23rd November at 11.30pm.  They are a great gift or keepsake for your family.

If you would like to purchase:

 

1/. Go to www.kidsartworks.com

2/. Use the Entrance Code: KZ1410

3/. Enter your child’s room & name when prompted

 

Swimming

This week Kākano 1-4 are swimming all week. Please ensure your child has their togs and towel each day. 

The Week Ahead:

K1-4 are swimming all week

Monday - normal school day, racket ball K1-8

Tuesday - normal school day

Wednesday - normal school day

Thursday - normal school day

Friday -  sausage sizzle and juicies $1.50 each, roller skating at lunchtime.

Here's Mason participating in the Whaka 100 a few weekends ago. Ka Rawe Mason!

 

Calendar Art

Hello everyone,

I saw that the calendar art orders are available in our school newsletter.  They are a great gift for Christmas or a keepsake for your family.  Here is a short video of our masterpieces. (If your child started in term 4 they will not have any calendar art this year).

If you would like to purchase:

1/. Go to www.kidsartworks.com

2/. Use the Entrance Code: KZ1410

3/. Enter your child’s room & name when prompted

The order is open from 15th November 2022 until Wednesday 23rd November at 11.30pm.

Payment can be made over the website via credit card or account2account.

Ice blocks are for sale again tomorrow for $2

 

 

Week 5

Hello, I hope you have had a great weekend,

We are already half way through the term and we seem to be reaching higher temperatures. Please can you ensure your child brings a named water bottle so they keep hydrated. Also, please can you remind your child to bring their hat. St Mary’s has the rule - no hat, no play.  So if they do not have a hat, they need to sit in the shade. 

Swimming

This week K8 are swimming all week. Please ensure your child has their togs and towel each day. During our swimming weeks your child will not bring a book to read to you at the end of the week. Instead they will have a spelling activities to practice with you at home.

Kakano 8's school assembly on Friday 18th November - 2pm, School Hall

This week Kakano 8 will be presenting the school assembly. You are all invited to come along and watch. Most children will be speaking and they will all be doing a short dance to a book called 'Pete the Cat - Rocking in his School Shoes'.

Junior Kapa haka

Well done to all our children who participated in the Kahui Ako Ahurei on Friday. Our Junior roopu stole the show and looked awesome in their new outfits. You sang so beautifully and we were all so proud of you. Thanks especially to Mrs Thomson for organising the group-she did a wonderful job.

The Week Ahead:

K8 are swimming all week

Monday - normal school day

Tuesday - normal school day

Wednesday - normal school day

Thursday - normal school day

Friday -  Kakano 8's assembly 2pm in the hall. sausage sizzle and juicies $1.50 each, roller skating at lunchtime.