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From the Principal…. Kia ora e whānau, We have appreciated your ongoing support and collaboration as we continue to navigate a busy and eventful term. Everyone here is looking forward to a break over Easter and a chance to recharge before the last 10 days of term 1. It has been amazing to celebrate so many learning milestones this term with your children as they continue to make progress in all curriculum areas especially in Mathematics and Literacy. I thank our teachers and students for the extra work they have put into our 3-Way Learning Conferences this week. Our students are very proud to share their learning progress and achievements with you. We are sad to farewell Whaea Emma at the end of this term. She has been instrumental as as a class teacher and our SENCO (Special Education Needs Co-ordinator), in the Learning Support area of our school. We will miss her sense of fun and humour, and the way she connects and builds positive relationships with our students and their whānau. We are planning a special Farewell for Whaea Emma with her Kauri class in the last week of the term. The Kauri teacher and Team Leader from the start of Term 2, is Mrs Erin Kreft, a talented and experienced teacher from St Joseph's School, Papanui. She will be coming to visit Kauri and Whaea Emma one day in the last week of the term, so she can meet her new class and find out how wonderful they are! We also farewell Mrs Louise Ellis as one of our Star Teacher Aides at the end of this term. Mrs Ellis is retiring from this role after twenty years at St Patrick's. She has made an incredible difference @ St Patrick's and given so much help and support to many of our children, whether she is working with them in their classroom or in our beautiful Library. Luckily Mrs Ellis has agreed to stay on as our Librarian and to assist Miss Youngman with our Uniform shop. We will be farewelling and thanking Mrs Ellis for her outstanding work over the last twenty years at a Special Assembly, on Thursday 11th April @ 11am. Families and friends are most welcome to join us for this Special Assembly for Mrs Ellis. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Rebecca Morgan and our hard working PTA, who have worked tirelessly over the last year with a Twilight Fete, Christmas Raffle, Easter Raffle and Colour Run to raise over $30,000 for our new Scooter & Bike Track. Our children were very excited to hear from Rebecca that our new Scooter & Bike Track is going ahead very soon! Thank you so much to all of our families who have helped with this fundraising events, sold raffle tickets and obtained sponsors for the Colour Run! Ruby and Indie raised the most money for the Colour Run so will be co-sharing the Principal for a Day award on the last day of the term - Friday 12th April. Over the next 3 weeks our school are participating in the following emergency practices (drills) as per our School Policy to practise these emergency procedures once a term. This week we practiced our fire drill, next week our earthquake drill and the last week of term is our Lockdown drill. Our teachers talk through these procedures with their class prior to the practice. Our School Board have recently approved our St Patrick's Strategic Plan for 2024 / 2025, after consultation with our School Community in 2023 and work with a Strategic Planner for some months. I have attached a copy of our 2024 / 2025 Strategic Plan for you to read. There is also a copy on our school website and in our school office. Please feel free to email me principal@stpatkai.school.nz if you have any wonderings, questions or feedback about this new Strategic Plan. I have included at the end of this newsletter a schedule for the Easter Masses and events at our St Patrick's Church, over the Holy Week. Your children have been learning about the significance and importance of Easter in the Church's Liturgical year in their Religious Education programme. Please note that Easter Tuesday (2nd April) is a School Holiday throughout New Zealand. 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. Wishing you all a very happy, holy & blessed Easter. Kind regards Trish McKendry Our school website: https://www.sporty.co.nz/stpatskaiapoi  |
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Congratulations to … the following students who received certificates in our School Assembly on Monday:
Congratulations to … the following students who received Principal's Awards during the last two weeks: Zoe McDonnell, Lycah Woodsford, Henari Awas, Esha- May McHugh, Jamie Wirth, Sadie Hooper, Aurora Smith, Ryker Frankish, Mia Jarvis, Cameron Orr, Paige Godinet - Howard x2, Jaxx Jarvis, Lauren Boyd, Emilio Adcock - White x2, Cojay Manera, Ben Mullink, Declan Crawford, Zavia Williams - Mills x2, Anna Orr, Gemma Whalley, Ruby-Jean Raharaha, Everest Rawson, Luke Pavell x2, Dylan Shiel, Scarlett Morgan, Elijah Hickland, Conor Shiel, Solomon van Dam, Kaelan Stakenburg, Anna Sullivan, Lilah Houghton, Estel van Dam, Violet Morgan, Harper Evans. Happy Birthday to …. Whaea Emma, Cameron Orr, Archie Eustace, Archer Frankish, Lauren Boyd, Macy Johnston, Conor Shiel, Max Venis, Eli Wright, |
Parish & Special Character News….. Last week we distributed notices about the opportunity to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion. If you did not receive this notice please see Janine in our Office.
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. 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 Please find attached the latest PTA News and Track Sponsorhip Information The Easter Raffle was drawn today by Rimu class and the lucky winners have been contacted. Thankyou for your continued support. Have a wonderful Easter. 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 9-11 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: 8th April - School Assembly 2pm and Swimming Awards 10 April - Student's of the Week - lunch with Mrs McKendry 10 April - Kapa Haka - Year 1-8 11 April - Sports Coaches 12 April - House meetings / School Mass 9.30am - Parents Welcome 12 April - Ruby & Indie Principal for the Day 12 April - Last day of Term One - Happy Holidays
Term Two Dates: weeks 1-2 Week One: 29 April - School Assembly 2.15pm 30 April - KHS to visit Year 8 1st May - PTA Meeting 6pm 1st May - Kapahaka Year 1-8 2nd May - School Newsletter 2nd May - Sports Coaches 3rd May - House meetings / School Mass 9.30am - Parents Welcome Week Two: 6th May - Uniform orders due 6th May - Year 7 & 8 Technology 8th May - St Patrick's Centenary Committee Meeting 6pm 8th May - Kapahaka Year 1-8 9th May - School Cross Country @ Kaiapoi Rugby Grounds 10.30am 10th May - House meetings / School Mass 9.30am - Parents Welcome The term dates for 2024 are now on our website. (click here) Thursday 26th September: School Photos 2024 Staff Only Days: Friday 31st May (attached to Queen's Birthday) Thursday 14th November (attached to Show Weekend) School Camp - Year 5-8 Hanmer Springs - 11-13 September
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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. In Term 2 we will return to BBQ Sausages in bread. 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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