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From the Principal…. Kia ora koutou katoa, An enormous thank you to everyone in our St Patrick’s School Community for supporting our Compassionate Fundraiser yesterday, to help Mary Goulding and her family. A special thank you to Leo for leading this along with our Kaitiaki! Together we raised $300 to give the Golding family to assist with Mary’s recovery. Please keep them in your prayers. There is an update on Mary's Health in our Special Character News below. The Green Melon family portrait fundraiser is back for 2023: For just $20, you get a professional 10-15 min family photo session and a free copy of your family portrait. You can also buy additional prints or digital copies when viewing your photos. The entire $20 goes to St Patrick's School and will help to fund the new scooter and bike track When: Saturday 10th June 9-4pm Sunday 11th June 9-4pm Where: St Patrick's School Library 61 Fuller Street Kaiapoi HOW TO BOOK: Email pta@stpatkai.school.nz with your contact phone number and preferred day + time (#1 and #2 choice) or fill in booking form at school office or contact Rebecca 021361475 Please feel free to invite your family and friends to make a booking too! Every booking goes in the draw to win a $100 CBK Voucher! Today Mr O'Dowd and I attended the National Youth Leaders Day, at the Christchurch Town Hall with our Kaitiaki - Student Council and our Kātote group of schools. These Leadership days are an annual event and this is the first time that we have taken our student leaders. The theme for 2023 is 'Leading the Self.' Self-leadership is really important as part of our leadership journey. If you want others to trust and believe in you as a leader, you must trust and believe in yourself. Today our Youth Leaders were treated to a number of inspirational, challenging and courageous leaders including Brad Smeele an ex- Wake Board Champion, from Auckland, who after a tragic accident on his wake board became a quadraplegic. He has had some very tough and challenging times recovering and spoke about how he nearly gave up. He shared some amazing quotes that kept him going and helped him to move forward to be the best possible version of himself, despite his injury and disability. He spoke clearly about the need to understand control - only you can control your ATTITUDE, your EFFORT and your ACTIONS. He believes a winner is a loser who keeps on trying! All of the speakers (Julia Grace, Tammy Wells and Georgia Lines) had incredible stories to share with us and we will look forward to reading our Kaitiaki's reflections, on what this special leadership day meant to them. We welcome our new Office Manager Miss Janine Youngman, to our team on Tuesday 6th June. She comes to us from One School Global in Rangiora. We know that you will give her a warm, St Patrick's welcome! Wendy McDonald is going to be helping me with her induction to our school and her training in our Office systems. Please note that there will be no Yoga in the Hall @ 8.30am tomorrow as I have a meeting at St Joseph's Rangiora at that time. A friendly reminder that tomorrow is Wheels Day at St Patrick's School. Every Friday our tamariki are welcome to bring their scooter, skateboard or bike and helmets are compulsory. Everyone wears their St Patrick's School Sports uniform on a Friday and I wish our Year 5-8 students all the very best for their Winter Sports Competition again tomorrow! I hope all of our families have a relaxing and enjoyable ‘Kings Birthday’ weekend and if you are heading away, safe travels! Ma te Atua koe e manaaki me to whanau, God's blessings on you and your family,
Kind regards Trish McKendry Our school website: https://www.sporty.co.nz/stpatskaiapoi  |
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Congratulations to … the following students who received Principal's Awards during the last two weeks of term 2: Mia Jarvis, Jessica Young, Ella Drain, Athena Blake, Estel van Dam, Clare Boyd, Ruby-Jean Raharaha, Ruby Manera, Norah Pesefea, Elijah Hickland, Harrison Hickland x2, Naomi Svoboda, Leo Paterson x2, Kora Graham x2, Nathaniel Jerin, Cojay Manera, Gemma Whalley, Daisy Gordon, Mary Venzon, Serenity Obina, Axdyn Williams-Mills, Anna Orr, Elsie Joslen, Ruby McCarthy, Elijah Anderson, Sid Setter, Beau Liggins, Zach Robinson, Everest Rawson, Oli Szenkiel, Leah Duggan, Max Venis, Gabriel van Dam, Divine Venzon, Ciara Dean, Kassie Samson, Reuben Taylor, Charlotte Young Congratulations to … the following students who received Certificates in our School Assembly on Monday afternoon:
Special HERO Award: Leo Paterson Congratulations to … the following staff and students who had a birthday over the last two weeks: Stevie Wye, Mrs Culling, Sister Gael, |
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Parish & Special Character News….. New update from Mary's family: Thank You everyone for your prayers! On this great Feast day of Our Lady's visitation we are seeing progress! They’ve removed her oxygen tube that was down her throat and causing a lot of discomfort and they have brought her out of her drug induced coma. She can open both her eyes now. Although she is very disoriented she is beginning to respond to simple commands! My being proclaims the greatness of the Lord! ....God who is mighty has done great things for me, Holy is His name!!!
Please pray for…. ….. all of our children who are preparing for the first reconciliation and first holy communion.The first holy communion Mass is on Sunday 11th June @ 9am. …… those people in our school community who have ongoing health issues and need constant care, medication and support. Eternal rest grant to those people who have died recently, may perpetual light shine upon them, may they rest in peace. 🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕🙏💕 Please pray for all of those people who are unwell in our Parish and School Community, and those families who have recently lost a family member. May they Rest in Peace. Parents and whanau are most welcome to join us for our weekly School Mass, each Friday @ 9.30am. You are also welcome to come and join us for morning tea in our staffroom, after Mass. Our next School / Parish Mass & Art Expo is Sunday 18th June @ 9am Please click here for the Waimakariri Parish Website |
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PTA News Disco Thankyou to everyone who came and supported the Anti-Bullying Friday Pink Shirt Day Disco. We have donated $70 to this campaign. Green Melon Every person who books will go into the draw to win a CBK voucher! We still have timeslots available for next Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June for our Family Portrait Fundraiser. For only $20 you will get a professional family portrait 10”x13” valued at $60. This $20 goes directly to the PTA for the new Scooter and Bike track. See our Facebook posts for examples and or contact Rebecca 021361475 or pta@stpatkai.school.nz Scooter/Bike Track Do you have experience in construction or landscaping? We would love to hear from you if you or someone you know can help with designing our scooter and bike track. We also welcome any ideas and suggestions from our school community. Contact pta@stpatkai.school.nz or Rebecca 021361475 Family Donation Just a reminder that we offer the 2 types of Family donation each term.
If you would like to apply for either of the above, please see Trish McKendry and ask for an application. This is handled very discreetly with only Trish knowing the recipients so please don’t be afraid to apply. You have until the end of each term to apply. It takes a village, and we are very happy that we can offer this to our school community. Upcoming events
Thankyou for your continued support, Have a wonderful week ahead,
Kind regards
Rebecca Morgan (on behalf of the St Patrick's PTA)
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Term Two Dates: Weeks 6-10 Week 6 Term 2: 29th May - School Assembly 2.15pm 30th May - Kaitiaki Meeting / Pegasus Cross Country 31st May - Year 4-8 Kapahaka 1 June - National Youth Leaders Day - Kaitiaki 1st June - School Newsletter Published 2nd June - School Mass 9.30am 2nd June - Year 5-8 Winter Sport / Yoga 8.30am 4th June - Happy Birthday Mrs Culling Week 7 Term 2: 5th June - Kings Birthday - Public Holiday 6th June Science Magic Show 7th June - Sports Coaches 8th June - Sports Coaches 9th June - Year 5-8 Winter Sport / Yoga 8.30am 10/11 June - Green Melon Family Photos 11th June - First Holy Communion Mass 9am Week 8 Term 2: 12th June - School Assembly 2.15pm 14th June - Year 4-8 Kapahaka 15th June - School Newsletter 15th June - Board Meeting 6pm 16th June - School Mass 9.30am 16th June - Year 5-8 Winter Sport / Yoga 8.30am 18th June - Parish School Mass & Art Expo 9am Week 9 Term 2: 19th June - Year 7 & 8 Technology 21st June - Year 4-8 Kapahaka / Sports Coaches 23rd June - School Mass 9.30am 23rd June - Year 5-8 Winter Sport / Yoga 8.30am Week 10 Term 2: 26th June - School Assembly 2.15pm 26th June - School Reports published on HERO 27th June - PTA Meeting 6.30pm - Staffroom 28th June -Year 4-8 Kapahaka 28th June - Parents Morning Tea - Parish Lounge 9am 30th June- School Mass 9.30am 30th June - Last day of term - Happy Holidays
Term 3 begins Monday 17th July
Please note - these dates are being updated weekly and are subject to change. Parents are always welcome to join us for our fortnightly School Assemblies and our weekly School Masses.
Staff Only Days: Thursday 16th November - attached to Show Weekend
The dates for 2023 are on our Website https://www.sporty.co.nz/ |
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St Patrick's School have the following lunches available to purchase online via www.lunchonline.co.nz Every Tuesday - Sushi - a range of different options starts again next Tuesday 2nd May Every Friday - BBQ sausages with bread and tomato sauce (if required) GF options are available Extra lunch is also available if your child runs out of food from the Totara Kitchen, thank you to our PTA for organising this via Food Satisfy. |
Before & After School Care @ St Patrick's School Quality Child Care Provider Since 2009 OurKidz NZ OSCAR has been operational since December 2009 We offer: Before school programme from 7am to 8.30am After school programme from 2.45pm to 6pm or 3pm to 6pm for surrounding school communities. Our holiday programmes operate from 7.30am to 5.30pm daily and an option for families who require a half-day session which ends at 3pm. OurKidz NZ OSCAR is a Ministry of Social Development (MSD) approved provider and undertake accreditation reviews every two years by a member of MSD Accreditation team. With this accreditation approval we can offer parents/caregivers the opportunity of applying for the OSCAR Subsidy from Work and Income. To enrol please email ourkidz.oscar@outlook.com |
Sponsorship Opportunity……. If you would like us to promote and advertise your business on our newsletter or website please email Wendy office@stpatkai.school.nz $250. per year - Newsletter $350. per year - Website The money raised helps to buy more IT Equipment for your children. |
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Did you know we have Music Lessons @ St Patrick's School? Looking to learn an instrument?
Contact Erin Grigson at nzmsm.northcanterbury@gmail.com for more information or to sign up! |
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Aladdin’s Coming To St Patrick’s!
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Props required for our Aladdin Production ….. if you have any of these things that you could loan or donate please email esheeran@stpatkai.school.nz
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Congratulations to all of our place - getters in our St Patrick's School Cross Country! Thank you to Miss Conlan for all of your organisation!
Year 0-2 boys 1st Lachlan Miles 2nd Billy Moore 3rd Zach Struthridge Year 0-2 girls 1st Mae Paterson 2nd Neive Joslen 3rd Amaya Jenkin Year 3 Boys 1st - Archie Eustace 2nd - Cameron Orr 3rd- George Venis Year 3 girls 1st - Mia Jarvis 2nd - Jessica Young 3rd - Harper Evans Year 4 boys 1st - Axdyn Williams - mills 2nd Jamie Wirth 3= Jackson Oxley and Solomon van Dam Year 4 girls 1st - Paige godinet Howard 2nd - Anna Orr 3rd Elsie Joslen Year 5 boys 1st - Kaelan Stakenburg 2nd - Riley Paterson 3rd - Kidlat Magbanua Year 5 girls 1st - Lydia McKenzie 2nd - Sadie Hooper 3rd - Mary Venzon Year 6 boys 1st - Gabriel van Dam 2nd - Zavia Williams-Mills 3rd - Jaks Joslen Year 6 girls 1st - Ellie Phelan 2nd - Amelia Hannah 3rd - Divine Venzon Year 7 boys 1st - Beau Liggins 2nd - Elliot Taylor 3rd - Ben Yearbury Year 7 girls 1st - Ruby-Jean 2nd - Gemma Whalley 3rd - Mia Major Year 8 boys 1st = Leo Paterson and Michael Toli Year 8 girls 1st Ruby Manera 2nd Petra Lamont |
Photos from National Youth Leaders Day …. |
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