
- Wednesday 6th July 11am - House Basketball Tournament - THIS WILL BE A HOUSE COLOUR MUFTI DAY
- There will be no assembly next Friday in week 10.
- We will do certificates at 2.45pm next Wednesday. Families are welcome to come.
Reach for the Stars as Lifelong Learners in the Catholic Faith
Sacrament of First Reconciliation
Our Sacramental program is up and running. We have 12 children who are taking this faith journey together with their parents. In the past week, the children and their parents attended meetings and lessons for children preparing them for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Today 10 of our children received their First Reconciliation. We have 2 children who were not able to attend due to them being unwell. A huge thank you to all parents, prayer partners, and people who worked behind the scene to make this Sacrament journey for these children a blessing and a lifelong in the Catholic faith. A great and awesome attendance of our parents and family to our First Reconciliation. Thank you.
A reminder that our Parent Meeting for Confirmation-
Mon 25th July at 7.00pm at school.
Confirmation: Sunday 7th August at 9.30am at the Basilica.
First Holy Communion Sunday 25th September at 9.30am at the Basilica
Thank you for your support.
Special Character
The teachers and children are continually learning about the Church Strand for our R.E Curriculum.
These are our Key Ideas that you can talk about with your child at home of what they understand:
The Church is the people united with God
We all have a responsibility in the Church
There are formal responsibilities in the Church
The mission of the Church is to bring about the Kingdom of God on Earth.
Monday 28 June is the Feast Day of St Irenaeus. Saint Irenaeus was the first great theologian of the Church. His name, which means “peaceful” in Greek, matched the pattern of his life. He is noted for his defense of the Gospel against the various heresies of his day. As Bishop of Lyons, he was always a “good shepherd.” He died in the year 202. For us in New Zealand, Irenaeus gives us a link back to the Apostles as the first Bishop of New Zealand, Jean-Baptiste Pompallier was from Lyon.
In his homily on Sunday 6 March Archbishop Paul Martin spoke about God’s call: “...we celebrate the call of God to each of you…God is not a private call, something you get that you hold onto and dig a hole and hide away. It is a call that takes you beyond yourself to your brothers and sisters in faith. The very nature of God is Community - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He calls us to live in relationship with Him in community, with other people who want to respond to His call.”
(Archbishop Paul Martin, Extract from his homily, Rite of Election Mass 6 March in Inform, Issue 131- Lent 2022)
SPORTS DRAW - 1st to 7th July 2022
All sports codes have their full draws for the term/season on their respective websites and Facebook pages.
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NETBALL - information from North Otago Netball regarding our grades
JUNIORS:
Juniors will finish Friday 5th August.
Because every grade has uneven numbers, it means 1 team from each grade will have a bye game on finals day. The teams that have a bye on finals will do a festival/skills session so you can still be part of the day. There will be 2 sessions, Year 3-5 at 3.30pm and Year 6-8 at 4.15pm.
Year 1 & 2 will finish 29th July
Year 3 & 4 will continue with their round robin and finish 5th August.
Intermediate 2 will continue their round robin which takes them right through to 5th August with placings determined by final standings at the conclusion of the round robin.
We have 1 rain day allocated, and if required games will be pushed out 1 week, with finals being played no later than 12th August for Juniors, and 20th August for Seniors.
Netball - Friday 1st July
There is a sausage sizzle being held at the Taward Street netball courts on Friday. Please bring cash.
Future Ferns Yr 3/4
4.15 pm - St Joseph’s Maroon v Maheno Unicorns on court 4 (Unichem)
Yr 7/8 Section 2
3.30 pm - St Joseph’s Gold v Twizel Lightning on court 2 (McBrimar Homes) - at Taward Street
Umpires
4.15 pm - St Joseph’s Gold are on standby umpires
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Rugby - Saturday 2nd July
6 yrs
11.00 am - St Joseph’s v Kurow Chiefs at WCCP 7
EXCELSIOR RUGBY TEAMS
7/8 yrs
11.00 am - Excelsior v Kurow Highlanders at WCCP 8
9/10 yrs
11.00 pm - Excelsior v Kurow Brumbies at WCCP 2
11/12 yrs
11.00 am Excelsior Wolverines v Excelsior Bulls at WCCP 3
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FOOTBALL - Awamoa and Meadowbank teams - Saturday 2nd July
7/8 Grade - kick off at 10.45 am
Game 1 - Meadowbank v Awamoa Storm - Awamoa
Game 2 - Meadowbank v Awamoa Hurricanes - Awamoa
9/10 Grade - kick off at 10.45 am
MB Machines v Riverside Panthers - Showgrounds
AFC Aces v AFC Spurs - Awamoa Park
11/13 grade - kick off at 9.30 am
MB Marvels v Awamoa Rovers - Showgrounds
AFC Robins v AFC Falcons - Awamoa Park
AFC Ravens v Riverside Rangers - Duntroon
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MINIBALL AND BASKETBALL INFORMATION
Please note this week is the last week for miniball because the North Otago Basketball association are organising a new 3 x 3 miniball competition for years 5 & 6 children only for the first month in term 3. If your child is interested in making a team, please let Mrs Brien know asap as there is limited teams.
Yr 5/6 miniball 3 x 3 competition
Benefits of 3 x 3 - more touches, shots, handling the ball, passes, rebounds etc. for players. On average players will touch the ball twice as much as 5 v 5.
5 week competition for Yr 5 & 6
Date - every Tuesday from 26th July to 23rd August
Times - 3.45 to 5.45 pm
No of players - 4 to 5 per team
Teams - can be mixed, girls or boys
Games - teams will play 2 x 10 minute games each week of 3 v 3 half court basketball
No duty or refereeing required
$80.00 per team
Miniball - Tuesday 5th July - last day for miniball
**Note the Rebels team has two games this week**
4.45 pm - St Joseph’s Rebels v Weston Wildcats - court 1
4.45 pm - St Joseph’s Breakers v Pembroke Panthers - court 2
5.15 pm - St Joseph’s Rebels v Pembroke Penguins - court 2
Score bench
no score bench duty this week for either team
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Basketball - Wednesday 6th July
All basketball games are cancelled as Oamaru Intermediate has an interschool in Dunedin that day.
Score bench
none
JULY Friday 1 Tuesday 5 Wednesday 6 Thursday 7 Friday 8 Saturday 9 Monday 25 AUGUST Monday 1 Wednesday 3 Friday 5 Sunday 7 Monday 8 Friday 26 Wednesday 31 SEPTEMBER Thursday 1 Friday 2 Monday 12 Monday 19 Sunday 25 Tuesday 27 Friday 30 OCTOBER Monday 17 NOVEMBER Monday 14 Tuesday 15 DECEMBER Friday 16 | Technology for Yr 7 & 8 Miniball finishes for the season * Junior School Publishing Display * School house basketbal tournament and mufti day * St Kevin’s College application forms due in * Winning House treat today * Technology for Yr 7 & 8 Term 2 finishes Rugby finishes for 6 year olds * Term 3 starts in winter uniform Sacramental Programme - Confirmation 1st parent meeting at 7.00 pm Confirmation 2nd parent meeting at 7.00 pm St Kevin’s Open Day and Evening * Junior netball finishes * Sacrament of Confirmation at 9.30 am - note change of date Teacher Only Day - school closed School Cross Country Yr 7 & 8 camp Yr 7 & 8 camp Yr 7 & 8 camp Sacramental Programme - First Communion parent meeting at 7.00 pm Sacramental Programme - First Communion 2nd parent meeting at 7.00 pm First Holy Communion at 9.00 am Yr 7 & 8 interschool against St Mary’s Mosgiel in Oamaru Term 3 finishes Term 4 starts School closed - Teacher Only Day School closed - Teacher Only Day School finishes for 2022 |
Special Character
The teachers and children are continually learning about Church Strand for our R.E Curriculum.
These are our Key Ideas that you would like to talk about with your child at home, of what they understand:
The Church is the people united with God
We all have a responsibility in the Church
There are formal responsibilities in the Church
The mission of the Church is to bring about the Kingdom of God on Earth.
School and Family Mass
Thank you to Ruma Kakapo- Year 4/5 for presenting the Mass last week.
This week, there was no Mass due to the funeral of Terry at Church.
Next week Mass will be presented by Ruma Kiwi -Year 2/3
Parents are welcome to attend. We are looking forward to welcoming you all to our school weekly masses. Thank you.
Sacrament of First Reconciliation
A huge thank you to all parents who attended our first parent meeting for First Reconciliation. Also an awesome attendance of our parents and family to our Commitment Mass. Much appreciated for taking the time to attend and participate in this faith journey. Thank you.
A reminder that our 2nd Parent Meeting for Reconciliation-
Mon 27th June at 7.00pm at school.
First Reconciliation: Thursday 30th at 11.00am at the Basilica.
Thank you for your support.
Faith Facts:
Week 8 - June 20-24 (Green)
19 Corpus Christi SOLEMNITY June Suzanne Aubert Birthday | 20 Monday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time Weekday | 21 Aloysius Gonzaga, Rel Memorial | 22 Paulinus of Nola, B; John Fisher, B & M and Thomas More, M Opt. Mem. | 23 The Nativity of John the Baptist | 24 Sacred Heart of Jesus SOLEMNITY | 25 Immaculate Heart of Mary Memorial |
Lots of big feast days this week.
Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of Christ, the celebration of Eucharist
The Nativity of John the Baptist, celebration of the Birth of John the Baptist, Jesus’ cousin.
The Sacred Heart devotions are very old dating back to the 10th and 16th Century.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, a feast day for two of our schools, celebrates the humanity of Jesus and his love for us. Immaculate Heart of Mary, this day is to highlight Mary’s love for all people.
Malo Aupito/Thank you.
God Bless
Tua Misiloi