Week 7

Birthday of Mary Mass on Friday - all welcome

FROM FATHER EAMON Training for new Altar Servers will begin on Wednesday 2nd September 3.30 pm at St Mary’s and a parent is also required to be present. Children are very welcome to serve at both churches. 

ENROLMENT FOR THE SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME At St Mary’s Catholic Church, 7.00 pm the 14th October and or 21st October there will be an information session. Dates will be given and for those who are not baptised in Rotorua, please bring a baptismal certificate. The children are required to be 8 by the 1st November 2015. Children who are not baptised and would like to become Catholic are also very welcome to be a part of this Sacramental Programme. The Sacramental Programme is beginning this year in November. Many children these days are supported in their faith by their grandparents, if this is the circumstances in your family please don’t be afraid to bring them along, with parent permission.

Monday

Pass It Seniors

10.30am Church choir in room 15. Years 2 and up.

Tuesday

Pass It Seniors

12.30pm Gym Club in the hall.

Wednesday

Kapa Haka group performing at Citizens’ Ceremony. Children attending the Citizenship Ceremony need to meet Mrs Dunkley at 12.30pm with their lunch in Room 4. We will eat and then leave by bus from the Church carpark - we will return to school by 2.20pm

8.45am School Singing
11.45    Library
5.00pm Camp Mtg for parents of Year 5 and 6

Thursdat

9.30am St Columbas Catholic School  Year 3 and 4 teachers visiting our Middle Team.

12.30pm Garden Club.

12.30pm Gym Club in the hall

Friday

9.00am  Mother of Mary Birthday Mass

12.30pm Pasifika Practice in Room 15 at Friday lunchtime. All welcome.

Corbin's Stop Motion Video

Corbin has made a Stop Motion Video with Lego Characters.  Great work, Corbin.

Fire Writing

When Avaani's father lost his home to fire a couple of weeks ago, we decided to do some writing about fires. The students could choose to write a story, a report or some information about fires. Here are some examples from the class.

Lily's Writing.



Patrick's Story Jethro's Writing Aaron Ash's Writing Millie's Writing Louis' Writing Maddy's Writing Riley's Writing Ella's Writing

Week 6

On Monday we are having School Photos. Please make sure students are in correct uniform and that the girls hair is tied up and away from their faces.

 MONDAY 24TH AUGUST
 School Photos.
 Pass It Seniors 10.30am
Church choir in room 15.
 3.30pm Homework Club

 TUESDAY 25TH AUGUST
 I am at a course Tuesday and Wednesday.
 Pass It Seniors 12.30pm Gym Club in the hall.

 WEDNESDAY 26TH AUGUST
 Out at a Course
8.45am School Singing
Math’s Night for Parents in Junior School Library

 THURSDAY 27TH AUGUST
 12.30pm Garden Club.
12.30pm Gym Club in the hall

 FRIDAY 28TH AUGUST 
12.30pm Pasifika Practice in Room 15 at Friday lunchtime. All welcome.
 2.10pm School Assembly.
 3.30pm Homework Club

Reader's Theatre

Stacy Gregg

News, and Inventions Week 5

Mandarin Beijing Opera

Golden Time Scavenger Hunt

Week 4

We have a Teacher Only Day on  Monday, so will expect to see everyone at school on Tuesday.

Pencils Pencils Pencils
Now that it is Term 3 we seem to have run out of pencil and pens, so we would like to ask if everyone can bring either a couple of pencils to school or 50 cents or a $1.00 so I can purchase some new ones.

Library Wednesday
Friday Assembly - Golden Time
 

Our Prayer Cards

Donovan Bixley/ Kakapo Recovery

As part of our Service for Mary Mackillop Feast Day, we have decided to support Millie who is going to raise money to help Kakapo Recovery.  We are going to make bookmarks that she can give away when people make a donation. We asked Donovan Bixley if he could draw a Kakapo for us, and then we all had a go at drawing our own. On Friday, the middle school all helped to colour them in.
He read some of the story Little Red Riding Hood, Not Quite.

Middle School's Shared Lunch

Our Tasty Shared Lunch

We decided as part of Mary Mackillop's Feast Day to share our lunch with all the Middle School classes. The food was delicious and the students had a great day, working together across the classes.

Mary Mackillop Feast Day- Service

St Mary Mackillop followed in Jesus' footsteps and served others, we are identifying ways we too can serve others like Jesus.

Donovan Bixley

We were very lucky to have a visit this week from Donovan Bixley. He is an Illustrator and Author. He spoke to the whole school at assembly and then visited all of the Middle Team and Senior team classes. He shared with us the process of how he takes a manuscript and then illustrates it.

Here is some research the students did before he came to see us.