Principal’s Message

Change- a word that invites many different responses in all of us from terror and resistance to excitement and joy! Our world is a world of change as we adjust to the new ‘normal’ that living with Covid 19 in our country has brought. We are grateful for our relative freedom here in Wellington but there are still limits on what we can do especially around celebrating school community events.

Our hard working staff show  flexibility and a proactive spirit as we set plans in place for  some of the key events that normally make up our end of year celebrations. Our Poroporoaki to farewell Celeste in a formal manner will go ahead under the conditions set out for an informal gathering. This restricts us to 100 people gathering in the hall on November the 5th with a selection of students, staff, guests and parents present. Today  we are pre-recording items from each syndicate that will be shown on that day. We will also live stream the event on our Facebook page so that children and whanau can view this remotely so if you follow our school page on Facebook,  please join us if you can. 

Change at the moment also means people in new roles. Dominique Vincent has joined us to teach the Piwakawaka Room (old Room12) for literacy and other release hours- we welcome her and wish her well. Clare James has taken on the SENCO role alongside teaching Room 3. Lucy Wooles, Jeannine Winton and Brenda O’Hare have stepped up into leadership roles supporting our Junior Marcellin syndicate, our middle ‘Garden to table ‘ team and our senior classes.  I have enjoyed my first week in the principal chair and am very grateful that I work with people who love their job and are passionate about seeing our tamariki thrive. 

Philippians 4:6

Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything.

Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done.

The month of October each year is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary. The liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated each year on October 7th. 

The Mysteries of the Rosary.

The 20 mysteries of the Rosary, help people meditate on  the major events of Jesus’ life. 

• The Joyful Mysteries - Mary is chosen, Mary visits Elizabeth, Jesus is born, Jesus is presented to the temple, then found preaching there.
• The Sorrowful Mysteries - Jesus in the garden, Jesus is whipped, He is crowned with thorns, then carries His cross, then He is crucified.
• The Glorious Mysteries - Jesus rises from the dead, He ascends into Heaven, the Holy Spirit visits, Mary is assumed into Heaven, then she is crowned Queen of Heaven and earth.
• The Luminous Mysteries - the Baptism in the Jordan, the Wedding at Cana, the Proclamation, the Transfiguration, and the Eucharist - Jesus shares His body and blood for our salvation.

(added by Pope John Paul 11 in 2002)

Over the next week children will be learning about the rosary and how it can help us focus on the events of Jesus' life. 

Chef of the Day, Matilda, Rm 5

Green and Cheese Fritters

19 October 2021

In today's session in the kitchen we made Green and Cheese Fritters , with Aleksandra! Me, Elaisa and Lydia were working on mixing the dry ingredients and adding in flour and baking powder. Vianna and Selena were working on the wet ingredients, they put 2 eggs in a bowl and were supposed to add in some milk. Unfortunately my group had already accidentally poured in the milk! But it didn't really matter because we fixed it by mixing them together. Something I thought went well was we worked together as a team! 

Gardener of the Day - Sam (Rm 5)

Term 4 Spring Observations

19 October 2021

Today I made observations in the garden.

Observation time

1. I noticed  3x new seeds developing.      
2. Sowing - Today I harvested some plants, like beetroot and lettuce. 
3. We planted into small containers:

Sunflower

Gemcorn

Bean

Tomato 

4. We had special tasks to do as well like:

Lettuce seeding 

Weed garlic bed

I saw bok choy was seeding and it was fine but it looked like it was dying.

I saw broad beans were flowering and it looked much cooler and spikey.

In Term 4 summer dresses may be worn by girls in Years 1-6,  these dresses are available through the NZUniform shop and online. Senior girls in Year 7-8 wear the white blouse and regulation skirt.

Girls can also wear navy blue school regulation shorts if they choose (not PE shorts or bike shorts).

Students are also required to bring a hat to school every day. We have a sun smart policy of No Hat No Play.

Please ensure your child comes to school wearing the correct uniform. They should wear black leather shoes or plain black sandals, clean and tidy uniform.

The PE uniform should not be worn to school or home, students must change into this at school.

If you are struggling to purchase a uniform please contact the office, we have several second hand options or we can help in other ways.