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From the Principal…. Kia ora e whānau, As Term One draws to a close I would like to take this opportunity to thank our students, staff, parents and families for all of their amazing support and work this term. It has been a successful and eventful term with so many things to celebrate, achieve and enjoy, and you have all helped with this. Our school community is such an enjoyable one to belong to and our children benefit from your help, support and care. Your children are ready for a break however it would be great if they could continue: training for our school Cross Country (which is on Thursday 9th May), reading to you and you reading to them! This helps to maintain and build upon the wonderful progress they have made this term. We are sad to farewell Whaea Emma tomorrow. She has been instrumental as a class teacher and our SENCO (Special Education Needs Co-ordinator), in the Learning Support area of our school, for the last three years. 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 tomorrow @ midday in our School Library. Parents and families are most welcome to join us for this special Farewell. 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 visited Kauri and Whaea Emma yesterday, to meet her new class and find out all about Kauri class, what they love learning about, see their amazing passion projects and find out all of the important information about them! We are looking forward to welcoming Mrs Kreft to our school at our Mihi Whakatau, on Friday 3rd May. We also farewelled Mrs Louise Ellis, one of our Superstar Teacher Aides today. 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 so 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. A special thank you to all of her family and friends who attended Mrs Ellis's Farewell Assembly today. Mr O'Dowd also graced us with his presence to help us thank and farewell Mrs Ellis! 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. If you would like to read our St Patrick's School policies you can access them on our school docs website. Please click on the link and enter: Username: stpatkai password: green Ma te Atua koe e manaaki me to whanau, God's blessings on you and your family. Wishing you all a very happy, restful and enjoyable school holidays! 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: Evie Hancox, Kenz Britnell, Ella Drain, Amelia Hannah, Payton Powell, Ryker Frankish, Aurora Smith, Xander Smith, Elijah Anderson, Jackson Oxley, Billy Moore, Francine Nocon, Eddie Sherbourne, Toby Evans, Jasper Teika, Declan Crawford, Cojay Manera, Jaxx Jarvis, Riley Paterson, Anna Sullivan, Mila Sullivan, Cullen Collie, Paige Godinet-Howard, Elsie Joslen, Anna Orr, Mary Venzon, Ruben Rajan, Eli Wright x3, Huxley Dixon Congratulations to … the following students who received certificates in our School Assembly on Monday:
Happy Birthday to …. Billy Moore, Quinn Collie, Declan Crawford, Oakleigh Frisken, Charli Holland, |
Parish & Special Character News….. Our 2024 Young Vinnies Group attended an amazing Young Vinnies Commissioning Mass @ St Mary’s Pro Cathedral, on Tuesday evening. We have over 30 Young Vinnies this year at St Patrick’s and they are looking forward to helping others in need, in our Community this year. A big thankyou to the parents and teachers who helped with transport on Tuesday evening. (Please see photo below) The Young Vinnies will receive their badges tomorrow after Mass. 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 Let's celebrate Mother's Day on May 12th! We already have some amazing donations for a limited number of raffles! Do you have a business or know of a business that would like to contribute? Tickets for this amazing raffle will be available week 1 of Term 2 at $5 each and limited numbers! Thankyou already to Shadeofgrey Cottage for massage vouchers and The Sugar Room for a voucher too 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 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 / Mihi Whakatau 9am / 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 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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