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From the Principal…. Kia ora koutou katoa, Congratulations to our Year 4-8 Swimmers who participated with enthusiasm, energy and a competitive house spirit today @ our annual swimming sports! Thank you so much to the wonderful parents who came to help us and support, our staff team and Mr Elliott, our Sports Lead Teacher for his superb organisation and planning! Those children who received places / times in our Championship events will go on to represent our school at the Pegasus Zone Championships. There are photos from today's swimming sports, on our school facebook page for viewing. https://www.facebook.com/stpatkai Thank you so much for ensuring that your children had all of the swimming gear that they needed today and those who created some great house accessories to wear today! The House Spirit was evident and I particularly enjoyed watching the swimming races and listening to the incredible House Chants. So impressive! The results will be in our next School Newsletter. Over the last four years our school staff and Board have been working and consulting with our school community and Mana Whenua to learn about and research our Cultural Narrative (our school story and charism). As a result of this we have learnt about important people, places and historical events that have shaped who we are today, since our school first opened in 1926. Our first significant change is the names of our House groups to reflect our values and help us tell the story of our school, our Cultural Narrative. Your children all belong to one of these house groups: please note the colours of each house:
This term our students will learn more about the history and charism of our school. They will also learn about our new class names which will change next term. Change takes time and that is why we are introducing the changes gradually, so that our children understand why they are changing and understand the history behind all of the new names, before we change them. The new class names will be explained in our next School Newsletter. Please talk with your children about the new House names and let us know if you have any questions or need more information. Please note children are always placed in the same house as their brothers or sisters - families are in the same house group. Tomorrow Australian religious songwriter and singer, Andrew Chinn, will be visiting our school to share his songs with our children. Andrew’s songs, such as “These Hands”, “Rainbow”, “An African Blessing” and “Rise Up!” are used in classrooms and liturgies around Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada. The concert will take Next week (Thursday 29/2 and Friday 1 /3) we are welcoming Mr Tony Shaw (Catholic Education Review Office) and Mrs Sandra Shamy (DRS St Peter's Beckenham) to St Patrick's School. They are going to come in and review our Religious Education Programme at our school. They will be also talking to our students, staff and members of our school community. We look forward to welcoming them and finding out what is going well and what we can improve in our Religious Education programme! Please don't hesitate to email your child's teacher, Janine in our school office (office@stpatkai.school.nz) or me (principal@stpatkai.school.nz) if you have any questions, wonderings or information regarding your children. 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: Emilio, Kaelan, Max, Jaks, Odin, Paige, Eli, Theo, Spencer M x2, Jaxx 2x, Riley P x2, Paige x2, Ryker x2, Lauren, Sid, Lilah, Mae, Skyla, Scarlett, Indie, Zoe, Amaya, Billie, Quinn, Estel, Lachlan, Amelia, Bryn, Ziya, Charli, Evie, Kenz, Ellie, Happy Birthday to …. Ruby McCarthy, |
Parish & Special Character News….. Next week we are welcoming Mr Tony Shaw (Catholic Education Review Office) and Mrs Sandra Shamy (DRS St Peter's Beckenham) to St Patrick's School. They are going to come in and review our Religious Education Programme at our school. They will be also talking to our students, staff and members of our school community. We are planning another Baptism class in Term 1, 2024. Please email dharrison@stpatkai.school.nz if your child is keen to be Baptised. The Baptism preparation classes will be held and organised by our Parish Sacramental team. Please see the attachment below for details of the Baptism Programme. The sacrament of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion will also be offered this year. More information will be sent home to parents soon. You child needs to be in Year 3 and above to receive this Sacrament. 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 Easter Raffle The non uniform day will be March 8th, please bring a yummy easter treat or luxury grocery item and you can wear non uniform. We ask that each student can sell a minimum of 10 $1 tickets. More sheets will be available in the office. These will go out next week. We also have four dates for selling raffles between 9-5pm. Please sign up in the sign up sheet in the office, check out our facebook page or email us pta@stpatkai.school.nz. Kaiapoi New World :
Woolworths Waimakariri Junction
Thankyou so much for your support. Colour Fun Run We are planning an epic colour fun run on Friday March 22nd. Fundraising is all done online via Just Giving-, and every student who fundraises over $10 gets to choose a prize! Student will participate in a fun run with lots of fun coloured powder! Students will be given fundraising details within this coming week. We will need parent help. Please keep this date free if you are available to help, a sign up sheet will be popped in office beginning of March. All profits go to our scooter and bike track fund! 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 them anytime into the office. Thankyou. Ice Block Fridays Every Friday $1 for a lemonade ice block outside the library. Scooter/Bike Track We have sponsorship opportunities available! Keep an eye on our facebook page for details! 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. See attached sponsorship opportunities! 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 ● Easter Raffle Non Uniform day 8th March ● Colour Fun Run 22nd March Thankyou for your continued support, have a wonderful week. Rebecca Morgan PTA Chair |
Parents are always welcome to join us for our fortnightly School Assemblies and our weekly School Masses. Term One Dates: weeks 4-11 Week Four: 21 February - Kapa Haka - Year 1-8 22 February - Year 4-8 Swimming Sports / School Newsletter 23 February - House meetings / School Mass 9.30am 23 February - Andrew Chin Concert 11.20 am - families welcome Week Five: 1 March - House meetings / School Mass 9.30am - Parents Welcome
6 March - Kapa Haka - Year 1-8 7 March - School Newsletter 8 March - Dress up day for the Easter Raffle 8 March - House meetings / School Mass 9.30am - Parents Welcome Week Seven: 14 March - Sports Coaches - Year 1-8 14 March - School Board Meeting 6pm 15 March - St Patrick's Day Celebrations @ Spencer Park / Families Welcome / School Mass 9.30am 17 March - St Patrick's Day School / Parish Mass 9am & Annual St Patrick's School vs St Patrick's Parish Cricket Mass Week Eight: 20 March - Little Paddy's 8.30-12.30pm 21 March - School Newsletter 21 March - North Canterbury Swimming Sports 22 March - House meetings / School Mass 9.30am - Parents Welcome 22 March - School Colour Run - afternoon Week Nine: 25 March - Learning Conferences 3.15pm -7pm 27 March - Kapa Haka - Year 1-8 27 March - Learning Conferences 3.15pm -7pm 28 March - Holy Thursday - Stations of the Cross 28 March - Sports Coaches Year 1-8 29 March - Good Friday - School Closed Week Ten: 3 April - Kapa Haka - Year 1-8 3 April - Little Paddy's 8.30-12.30pm 4 April - School Newsletter 5 April - House meetings / School Mass 9.30am - Parents Welcome Week Eleven: 10 April - Pegasus Sport Spectacular 10 April - Kapa Haka - Year 1-8 11 April - Sports Coaches 12 April - House meetings / School Mass 9.30am - Parents Welcome 12 April - Last day of Term One - Happy Holidays 29 April - Term Two Begins The term dates for 2024 are now on our website. (click here)
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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 During Lent, fish burgers will be available instead of sausages, $4.00 each. Fish burgers will be available on Fridays, on the following dates: 16 February, 23 February, 1st March, 8th March, 15th March, 22nd March. 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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