Week 9

Bonjour everyone! It is the final week of the term, my where did the time go? Into some amazing learning this term!!
I would like to thank you for the support you have been providing for your children to help them with their learning this term! Thank you also to the parents who helped with transportation with the RSA trip. I thought it was quite a success, pictures to follow soon.

We are going into Holy Week. During Holy Week we go through Jesus' journey from when he was welcomed into Jerusalem with palms right up to his death and then His resurrection. There are a few liturgies taking place this week to remind us what we are preparing for. 

We will not be swimming this week as I would like to use this time to introduce the children to their online portfolios. 

Here's what's happening:
Tuesday: Stations of the Cross Liturgy 10am
Wednesday: Library
Thursday: Washing of the Feet Liturgy.
Friday: No School because of Good Friday

I wish you all a wonderful last week and a lovely restful holiday!

Here are the times for the masses

- Holy Thursday: 7pm St Mary’s

- Good Friday Stations of the Cross 10am - St Mary’s

- Good Friday: 3pm St Mary’s 3pm St Michael’s

- Easter Vigil Mass: 7pm St Mary’s


- Easter Sunday 8am St Michael’s, 10.00am St Mary’s 5.00pm St Mary’s


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Week 8

Kia Ora everyone! Hope you had a restful weekend.
We have a very busy week ahead of us. Can you believe we have 9 more days of school left.
Swimming sports day is on Monday. Please be at the aquatic centre by 8.45. Come in your house colours or comfortable mufti clothes. There will be sausage sizzle and juicies for sale if you would like to buy these for lunch. Don't forget your togs, sunscreen and hat.

We also have the middle school trip to the RSA and sculpture gardens. This outing will take up most of Tuesday.

On Friday the school is taking part in the Palm Parade where we 
re enact when Jesus came to Jerusalem on his Donkey. Please bring in Jesus clothes if you have any.

Please see details below about our Rice Lunch THIS FRIDAY

FRIDAY 27TH MARCH

PHILIPPINE CARITAS LENT APPEAL MUFTI DAY

CARITAS CHALLENGE

RICE LUNCH

Please bring a donation to cover mufti day and rice lunch

Mufti Day - please wear the colours of the Philippine flag

Rice Lunch - For lunch we will be having rice - this is to remind us that others in the world consider themselves fortunate if they have a bowl of rice a day as their only food.

Juniors: can bring morning tea

Middle students: fruit for morning tea

Senior students: if possible no morning tea

(Some bread will be available for those student who cannot eat rice- please let the teacher know prior to Friday so we can organise this)

(Students on special diets can bring their normal lunch- please let your teacher know)

At 10am we will be having our Palm Sunday parade - pray for fine weather so the Donkey is able to come.

We thank you for your support

God Bless

Teresa Rush, St Mary’s Catholic Primary School.

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We will need some parent to come and help with preparing the rice-

If you are able to help please contact Teresa Rush

teresar@stmarysrotorua.school.nz     or text 0272570668

Here's what happening this week

Monday: Swimming Sports Day at the Aquatic Centre

Tuesday: Middle School Trip to RSA

Wednesday: Annunciation Liturgy. All are welcome. Library.

Thursday: Leader's Commissioning 1.30 to 2pm

Friday: Mufti Day. Donkey Parade. Rice Lunch

Week 7

Guttentag everyone. The end of the term is very quickly getting closer. Still so much to do.
Swimming this week, please bring your togs. 

Next Tuesday ( 24th March) The middle school children are lucky enough to visit the RSA and the lovely Sculpture walk behind the District Council building. We need parent help and transportation in order for this to run smoothly. If you are available, please leave your name and number with me. I need at least 5 parents. 

Next Monday is swimming sports Day at the Aquatics. Please drop off your children at the Aquatic Centre by 8.45 am. 

We had a lovely afternoon exchanging our points for prizes. Keep up with the good behaviour and you shall get better prizes!

Here's what's happening this week.

Monday: Life Education
Wednesday: Library
Friday: St Joseph's Mass at 9am, all are welcome. Golden Time  (Icing cupcakes please bring in your favourite sprinkles)

Week 6

My new email address is
taiw@stmarysrotorua.school.nz

Nihau everyone!Wow I don't know where the time has gone for us to already be in week 6! A big thank you for all the support provided for the gala. The afternoon was a great success and is always a highlight in the kids eyes!

The children brought home their RE books to share with their family. Please can they have these books back to school this week so that activity sheets can go into them.

Please make sure your child is practising their spelling words each week. You will see them in the spelling tab. We had some improvement in results, yet we also has some test scores going backwards. This was the first week where we had this! Children have highlighted in their spelling book what words they can work on.

Here's what's happening this week

Monday: Life Education with Bernie and Harold the Giraffe.
Wednesday: Library
Friday: Spelling Test.Golden Time. Assembly. This week we will be exchanging our points for class dollars to buy things from the treasure boxes. 

Hope you have a great week.

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Week 5

Bonjour everyone! Hope you enjoyed the lovely weather over the weekend! I know I did! We had some more great spelling results this week where children got all of the list correct! What is great to see are each children's spelling results showing an improvement! Well Done everyone!

Last week the middle school classrooms were lucky to be given a Maths Whizz account to practise their maths skills every week. Please encourage your child to go on at home as part of their home learning. This is a really great programme that sets up and teaches skills specifically to your child's needs. If you need username and password information please send me an email and I will get back to you as soon as I can. Click on the maths whizz link here to get to the page.

We are swimming this week so don't forget your togs!

As the Gala is drawing near it would be great to see more items brought in this week for the occasion!

Here's what's on

Wednesday: Library. Kick It ( Please bring your PE gear)

Thursday: Gala 4pm to 7pm

Friday: Spelling Test. Golden Time. Assembly.



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Week 4

Kumusta everyone!
It's great to see so many of the children settling into the class routines. Congratulations to a few of our class members who have got 40/40 for their spelling last week. We have a spelling test every Friday morning and I test the children on the same list every week 
(please see the spelling tab) Children who get all their words correct then move to the mastery level list underneath that list. Please practise these words with your children. 
Here's this weeks notices:

Monday: Kick It: Please bring in your PE gear.( This session is a make up session that was missed last week)
Wednesday: Singing Practice. Library. Kick It.
Thursday: Gateway student Shayla O'Neill in class all day.
Friday: Golden Time. Assembly.

Please talk with your children about the promises they made for Lent. With encouragement, they will continue to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.

Have a great week!

Shrove Tuesday/ Pancake Day

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