Week 8 Term 4

There will be a combined St Mary's /St Michael's float in the Christmas parade next Saturday. Students and parents could come dressed as Angels, Shepherds, Wise Men or stable animals (cows and sheep). If you are interested there will be more information being distributed this week. 

Monday 30th November.

• 10.30am Church Choir in Rm 15
• 3.15pm Student Led Conferences.

Tuesday 1st December.

Wednesday 2nd December.

• 8.45am School Singing
• 1.30-2.30pm ELL Picnic on the School field

Thursday 3rd December 

• 12.30pm Slip Slap Slop competition in Room 3
• Library is now closed.

Friday 4th November.

• Year 6 Retreat in Church Hall.
• 2..05pm Assembly. Room 7

Mr J's Photo on Friday, 27 November 2015

Using the tools on Imovie.

During Artastic students have been challenged to use many of the Imovie tools on an Ipad to create a short, fun video. Meleki and Brooke have used many tools (can you spot them) to make their video.

Week 7 Term 4

Ki ora,
We need some newspaper to cover our desks while working on our symbolism art this week.

Student Led Conferences

Monday 30 November 2015

Student Led Conferences will take place on Monday 30 November from 3.15pm to 7.00pm. The conference takes place in your child's classroom and bookings will be set at 5 minute intervals. However this does not mean that conferences are only limited to 5 minutes in the classroom. You may take as much time as you wish and other parents and students will also be present in the classroom at these times.
Bookings for your time slot may now be accessed:
www.schoolinterviews.co.nzCode: 6ARLU



The Working Bee was postponed on Saturday and will be now held next Saturday.

Monday

• Flag Referendum starts today. 
• Swimming

Poppy, Aimee and Charis have been very busy getting prepared to run our St Mary's flag referendum. Here are two videos they have made to help students, teachers and whanau vote.
 Information and how to vote.
Every student at St Mary's will have a chance to vote, whanau can vote at the school gates in the afternoon throughout the week.

• 10.30am Church Choir in Room 15
• 5.30pm Reading Together
• Swimming

Tuesday

• Interschool Athletics Team out with Mrs Todd. (Students have been notified)
• Swimming

Wednesday

• 9.50am Friday Enrichment class visits Trout Hatchery
• Swimming

Thursday

• 5.30pm Coaches Thank You in Library
• Last Library visit - all books to be returned and no more issuing this year.
• Order sausages and juicies for Friday today.
• Swimming

Friday

• Athletics at JPC - see the school website to check for cancellations. 

Student Led Conferences

Monday 30 November 2015

Student Led Conferences will take place on Monday 30 November from 3.15pm to 7.00pm. The conference takes place in your child's classroom and bookings will be set at 5 minute intervals. However this does not mean that conferences are only limited to 5 minutes in the classroom. You may take as much time as you wish and other parents and students will also be present in the classroom at these times.

Bookings for your time slot may now be accessed:

www.schoolinterviews.co.nz
Code: 6ARLU

Glenholme Afterschool Care

If your child attends Glenholme After school care, and you need them picked up by MaryAnne from JPC after Athletics on Friday, can you please let her know as soon as possible. She is happy to offer this service but would like an indication of how many need to be collected.

Quizy Questions #4

Poor year sixes

                                        Poor year 6's, they have to do a test!

           


                        Yay year 5's are having fun while the year sixes are                        doing their test B) 
                                                             

Here is a link to the Kapahaka blog where parents and Kapahaka students can get all the information about Ahurei this week.
http://stmaryskapahaka.blogspot.co.nz/

Week 6 notices and what is happening.

Firstly some school-wide notices.

WORKING BEE NOTICE

Saturday 20th November, we intend to have a working bee to complete a few jobs around 
the school. A notice was sent home on Thursday with the list of jobs and if you are able to 
help please indicate the jobs you might be able to help with and return the form back to 
SCHOOL WORKING BEE: 8.00AM -12 NOON THIS SATURDAY. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

Notice for Parents of 2015 Year 2 students

On Monday night we are holding an information evening for parents who have 
children who will be in Year 3 classes at St Mary’s in 2016
When: Monday 16 November
Where: Room 14
Time: 6pm - 6.45pm
Purpose: To provide parents with a better understanding of why and how 
 students use Chromebooks and Google Apps accounts in our Year 3-4 
We hope you are able to attend.

What's happening this week.

MONDAY 16TH NOVEMBER

• 10.30am Church Choir practice in Room 15
• 1.30pm Kapa Haka Practice in hall. 
• 5.30pm Reading Together. Staffroom
• 6.00pm Parent mtg for parents of Year 2 parents

TUESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER

• JPC Testing and Orientation for Yr 6 students.

WEDNESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER

• 8.45am School Singing
• 8.30-10.00am All Kapa Haka chn in Ahurei to meet Mrs Dunkley in hall. Chn need to be there on the dot.  Chn to be bused down to performance and back.         
• 2.30pm Parent mtg in Staffroom Student Led Conferences
• 7.00pm Ahurei Performance. Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre

THURSDAY 19TH NOVEMBER

• Library
• Order Sausages and Juicies for Friday today.

FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER

Middle and Senior School Athletics Sports at JPC. Go straight to JPC.
Remember: Sun hats, house colours, water, snacks and lunch, sunscreen, sports shoes, a fleece or jacket.

Quizy questiosn #3

Reminders for Friday

Friday is Mufti day! Wear what you like and bring a gold coin donation.

GoldenTime tomorrow will be a choice between Wheels or T ball.

Can you believe some students didn't vote!

And here's a heads up for next Friday.
A reminder that our Year 3 to 6 Athletic Sports will be held on Friday 20th at John Paul College, starting at 9.00am. The PTA are going to be selling sausages and juicies and classroom teachers will be taking orders for juicies and sausages at school on Thursday 19 November, the day before the Athletics. If you are able to assist on the day please inform Mrs Todd in Room 3.

Here is a link to the school newsletter if you haven't already ready it.

Lost camera

A camera belonging to a Grandparent was lost at school last Friday. The camera is a Panasonic LUMIX.  It is silver and in a black hard case. There are also a few accessories inside the case - adaptors and memory sticks. The family are very keen to have the two memory sticks returned as these contain precious family photos. Ella in Room 14 would love to hear from anyone who can assist with locating these items.

Reviewing the skatepark

Today we visited the Ranolf Street skatepark to try it out. We are writing reviews to share what we liked and what we think could be improved.

TopSportz Episode 9

What's happening this week.

Grandparents day was fantastic, it was really nice to see students interacting with their Grandparents/ Grand-friends and also to hear Mr Macmillan praise all of the help senior school students gave in preparation and running of the event.
On a similar note it was lovely to bump into so many R1 students over the weekend out living life to the fullest and to see how mature and friendly they were. Our school is blessed to have such wonderful children attending.

Isabella and Kyla capturing the action. 

Poppy sharing her wonderful speech with the audience. 

MONDAY 9TH NOVEMBER.
10:00am Swimming
10.30am Church choir Room 15
Lunchtime. Kapa Haka girls to Room 4 for making of poi

TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER.
10:00am Swimming
11:00am Skatepark visit (bring wheels, helmets, water to drink and snacks)
1.30pm Kapa Haka Practice Girls
2.15pm Kapa Haka Boys

WEDNESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER.
10:00am Swimming
8.45am School Singing

THURSDAY 12TH NOVEMBER.
10:00am Swimming
Library
1.30pm Kapa Haka Practice
PE (Athletics practice)

FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER.
10:00am Swimming
Mufti day. Proceeds for Needy Children Christmas Party at Mystery Creek, Hamilton.
Young Vinnies are organising
2.05pm Assembly. Room 5

Grandparents And Grand friends Day

Today we had an exciting day because we had grandparents and grand friends day. We had some cool performances which we all enjoyed. Everyone enjoyed the performance and all of the Grandparents and Grand friends were relaxinng. The day was fantastic because everybody was happy and having a great time. We are all waiting for next years grandparents and grand friends day to have some time together.

Skatepark trip postponed

Due to the poor weather today we will not be going to the skatepark.

We will reschedule for the coming weeks.

Wow! 25,000 problems.

Quizy Questions #2

The Garden Club!

Today in the garden club Hanaka and I were digging and pulling out some of the carrots and some of the beetroot that had gone to seed it was a really fun day of gardening. We do this every Monday which is really cool for us so if you want to come along come on Mondays all you will need are shoes and a hat.

Grandparents Day on Friday (update)

9.15am Mass
10.00am Morning Tea in classrooms. Children from each class to bring morning tea. Grandparents
to go into classrooms.
10.30am Performance on grass outside hall. Stage to be erected. Coffee will be served outside for
adults. Children with Grandparents/ Grandfriends can sit together outside during performance.

               1. Kapa Haka

               2. Fillipino Dance group

               3. Gymnastic Group

               4. Poetry Winner. Middle team. (Confirmation pending)

               5. Speech Winner. Senior Team (Confirmation pending)

               6. Pasifika Group.

AT END OF CONCERT- Playtime.

Can students please bring something small to share for morning tea.
I recommend a picnic blanket for sitting on on the field during the performances.

What's happening this week.

MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER

• Church Choir Practice at morning Tea
• Minecraft CompetitionEntries need to be sent in at the end of this week- if you need help to organise your pictures or video come and see Mrs Schofield in Room 14, Mon, Tues, or Wed.
• 10.00am All Souls/All Saints Liturgy in church
• 5.30pm Combined Hui for St Mary’s, St Michael’s and JPC. JPC Whare.

TUESDAY 3RD NOVEMBER

• 1.30pm Kapa Haka. Only Senior and Middle School Performance students.
• 2.00pm Junior chn to Kapa Haka
• P.E.

WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER

• Skatepark visit by Senior Students

THURSDAY 5TH NOVEMBER

• 1.30pm Kapa Haka. Only Performance chn. Senior and Middle
• 2.00pm Junior chn to Kapa Haka
• P.E.
• Library

FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER

• Grandparents’ Mass and Day (Times to be confirmed).
• Home reading books to be returned. 
• Sausage Sizzle