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From the Principal…. Kia ora koutou katoa, Our school has been a hive of activity this week as our children learn more about our Cultural Narrative (the story and history of our school), the Junior Whare practise for their Christmas Production, our Board and Staff prepare our Strategic Plan and Road Map for the next two years, and staffing and budgets for 2024 are finalised. It seems hard to believe that after this week, we only have four more weeks at school! We finish school for the school year on Friday 15th December @ midday. We start our 2024 school year on Wednesday 31st January from 8.30am. A reminder there is a Staff Only Professional Learning Day tomorrow: Thursday 16th November - attached to Show Weekend. Our school will be closed tomorrow while our Staff learn about the new Curriculum Refresh and start to write our end of year progress reports. Our staffing for 2024 - please note we have been given extra staffing for 2024, to start a 7th Class @ St Patrick's School, due to our increased roll. Junior Whare Team Leader: Jacque Culling NE / Year 1 Rimu: Mrs Cath Shaw Year 1 / 2 Rata: Mrs Jacque Culling Year 2 / 3 Matai: To be appointed next week - this position has been advertised and we have had 30 great applications so far! Interviews are next week. We wish Miss Conlan all the best, as she has been given leave to travel to England next year! We will miss you Miss Conlan! Middle Whare Team Leader: Emma Sheeran Year 4 / 5 Pohutukawa: Miss Amy Begg Year 5 / 6 Kauri: Mrs Emma Sheeran SENCO Senior Whare Team Leader: David Harrison Year 7: Mr Tom Elliott Year 8: Mr David Harrison DRS Release Teachers: Miss Rachel Cook Mrs Liz Leitch Miss Katherine Caldwell Mrs Lisa Moreton-Jones Teacher Aides: Mrs Louise Ellis Miss Hope Gordon Mrs Sooz Brinkman - White Miss Madeleine A'Court Please note your children will spend the morning with their new teacher and their new class on Friday 1st December at our school -wide Orientation Day. Spending time in their 2024 class enables our children to transition smoothly and positively into their new class, for 2024. This will also give everyone an opportunity to welcome our new students for 2024. More information will be shared about our Orientation Day next week. Please note that Uniform Orders for Term One, 2024, need to be emailed or dropped into Janine in our Office, by Wednesday 29th November. If your Year 8 child (2024) would like a Year 8 Hoodie with their name on the back, they also need to be ordered by this date. The HERO Parent App is being updated over the next couple of weeks. It’s important to us that whānau find joy in using Hero. Updates to the Hero Parent App will provide increased functionality, which will:
We will notify you when the update is available. We wish you all an enjoyable long Canterbury Anniversary weekend ahead! 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: Kyrvie Hipolito x2, Emmy Clapham, Rielly Paterson x2, Cojay Manera x2, Elijah Anderson, Amaya Jenkin x2, Neiva Joslen x2, Billy Moore x2, Spencer Miller - Masters x2, Ruby McCarthy, Elsie Joslen, Anna Orr, Ezekiel Simanjuntak, Serenity Obina, Mary Venzon, Jackson Oxley, Solomon van Dam, Neiva Joslen, Petra Lamont, Katey Burt, Zac Stuthridge x2, Leah Duggan x2, Eddie Sherbourne, Ruby - Jean Raharaha, Gemma Whalley, Stevie Wye, Francine Nocon, Ryker Frankish, Lauren Boyd, Archie Taylor, Ziya Simanjuntak, Zoya Daly, Lachie Miles, Ethan Bettjeman, Cameron Orr Student of the Week: Zoé Lay Congratulations to … the following children who received certificates at our Assembly last Monday:
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Parish & Special Character News….. We are planning another Baptism class in Term 1, 2024. Please email jculling@stpatkai.school.nz if your child is keen to be Baptised. The Baptism preparation classes are held here at school. Our Parish Mass is every Sunday @ 9am in our beautiful Church. All very welcome …. Please pray for…. … all those people who are suffering or have died during the recent violence in Gaza. …… 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. Please click here for the Waimakariri Parish Website |
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PTA News Fete We would love your feedback! Copy link below. We would appreciate your thoughts. https://forms.gle/YkLzxu1Hges5wNhx7 Christmas Raffle Our last fundraising event for the year! Thank you to everyone for your amazing donations. We will be selling raffles outside New World Saturday 25th November and Countdown on the 7th and 8th December- There is still one hour time slots available. If you can help sell these please pop your name on sheet in office. Your child should have come home with raffle tickets- more are available from the office. Tickets due back by Monday 11th December. The class with the highest average will get a hot chip lunch! Christmas Parade The Kaiapoi Christmas Carnival and Santa Parade is on Saturday 2nd December. We once again will be putting in a float for the parade. A permission slip will be going home in the next few weeks for your child to participate in this fun event. Last year we won the education float! Lets make this year even better! Second Hand Uniform The PTA has a second hand uniform shop, with affordable second hand uniform available to purchase. If you have any uniform items your child has outgrown or no longer wears, we would love to take them off your hands! Please just drop anytime into the office. Ice Block Fridays Every Friday $1 for a lemonade ice block outside the library. Scooter/Bike Track We have sponsorship opportunities available! 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. Please see the 2 attachments below for more information. Contact pta@stpatkai.school.nz or Rebecca 021361475 Family Donation Just a reminder that we offer the 2 types of Family donation each term. 1. This consists of the $150 to one family to assist in paying for an extracurricular activity for a child or children in that family. 2. We also have the donation of 1 term of swimming lessons to one child. We feel that it is so important for our children to have confidence in the water and participate in after school activities. We also understand that these things can come with a large cost so we are hoping this can help many families. The swimming lessons will be available at both The Kaiapoi and Rangiora pools and this is valid for whole year, it does not need to be used straight away. 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 · Raffle selling 25 November & 7th / 8th December · PTA Meeting 22nd November · Santa Parade 2nd December · PTA AGM 4th December · PTA Funday 14th December Thank you for your continued support. Have a wonderful week ahead.
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Parents are always welcome to join us for our fortnightly School Assemblies and our weekly School Masses. Term Four Dates: Weeks 6-10 Week 6: 13th November - School Assembly 2.15pm led by Matai 15th November - Kapahaka Year 1-8 15th November - School Newsletter Published 16th November - Staff Only Day 17th November - Show Day Week 7: 20th November - Year 7 & 8 Technology 22nd / 23rd November - Sports Coaches 22nd November - Kapahaka Year 1-8 24th November - Community Connect Cafe 8.30am 24th November - School Mass 9.30am Week 8: 27th November - School Assembly 2.15pm led by Rata 29th November - Literary Quiz @ St Francis of Assisi 29th November - Canterbury Athletic Sports 29th November - Kapahaka Year 1-8 29th November - Last date for Uniform Orders 30th November - School Newsletter Published 1st December - Orientation Day for 2024 classes 1st December - Community Connect Cafe 8.30am 1st December - School Mass 9.30am 2nd December - Kaiapoi Christmas Parade Week 9: 4th December - Year 7 & 8 Technology 4th December - Year 8 KHS Experience Day 4th December - PTA AGM @ CBK 5th December - Junior Christmas Production Matinee 11am 6th December - Sports Coaches / Kapahaka 6th December - Junior Christmas Production 5.30pm 7th December - Board Meeting 6pm 8th December - Community Connect Cafe 8.30am 8th December - School Mass 9.30am Week 10: 11th December - Year 6 Cycle Sense - Day 2 11th December - School Reports Published on HERO 12th December - Year 8 Leavers Dinner 6pm 13th December - Prizegiving (Church / Hall) 6pm -7.30pm 14th December - Year 8 Big Day Out 14th December - Year 1-7 PTA Christmas Treat day 14th December - Christmas School Newsletter 15th December - Final Year 8 Assembly 11am 15th December - Term 4 finishes @ midday The dates for 2024 are now on our website. |
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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 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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Congratulations to these amazing athletes who represented St Patrick's School with pride, at the Pegasus Zone Athletics Sports.
Good luck to Petra, Lydia, Zavia & Gabriel who are representing St Patrick's at the Canterbury Athletic Sports, on Wednesday 29th November, at Nga Puna Wai. |
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