2.Special Character Week 8 Term 2 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

3. School Notices - Week 8, Term 2 2022

 QUOTE FOR THE WEEK

Birthday greetings to

Jac B, Milah A, Angelina P and Ian RR

Basketball sessions

Each class will be having a basketball session on Tuesday and we would like everyone to have their pe gear for these sessions.

Reminders

Monday 27th - Reconciliation parent second meeting at 7.00 pm

Tuesday 28th - Basketball sessions for each class

Wednesday 28th - Pie and Milo day

Thursday 30th - First Reconciliation at 11.00 am

Rippa Rugby Tournament

Yesterday our Yr 5/6 rippa rugby team played in the Hanan Cup Rippa Tournament against schools from North Otago, Mid and South Canterbury.  It was a cold and frosty start to the morning but as the day went on, the temperatures rose and it was a great day for rippa rugby.  Our team took the first game to settle in and lost by 2 tries and then warmed up to have a draw, then another loss by 2 tries and lost to the eventual winner coming from Timaru. The players improved throughout the day and gave it their all and were a pleasure to represent the school.  A big thank you to Garry and Sebastian Whiston for coaching the team and to the parents who came and supported them.   Photos in next week's blog.

Sports

Basketball Camp

Sports Draw

Is on another page in the blog.

Community Notices

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• Waitaki Draft District Plan  

Waitaki District Council is saying having drop-in sessions across the district for the Draft District Plan.  The proposed changes affect all community members, and we encourage everyone to come, and to also provide feedback, before more formal steps are taken. May you kindly assist by spreading the following information for us in your newsletter. I will also send a poster with the drop in session dates:

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  Waitaki District Council are having Draft District Plan drop-in sessions in Oamaru, Weston, Kakanui and across the district to give you an opportunity to ask questions on how the draft plan affects you or your property and for you to provide feedback. The Draft District Plan affects everyone in Waitaki District- whether you are a landowner, business owner, property owner or just a resident and regulates what you can and can't do on your property, business, zoning issues, town growth and some day-to-day activities. This is your opportunity to have your say.

   

  We will also have our Planning team at the sessions to assist you with mapping issues and discuss how your individual properties or farms might be affected by the proposed changes. Here are our drop in session dates:

   

  Oamaru Walk in Centre

  Waitaki Museum (Steward St entrance), 60 Thames Street, Oamaru  

  14 June 2022, 16 June, 21 June, 23 June - from 10am - 4:30pm

  28 June 2022, 10:30am - 7pm (all day session)

  Weston  

  20 June 2022, 11am - 3pm & 4pm – 7pm

  Weston Community Hall, 20 Main Street, Weston

   

  Kakanui

  22 June 2022, 11am - 3pm & 4pm – 7pm

  Kakanui Community Hall, 2 High Street, Kakanui

  Ōmārama

  30 June 2022, 11am - 3pm & 4pm – 7pm

  Ōmārama Community Hall, 35 Chain Hills Highway, Ōmārama

   

  Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

   

  Regards,

   

   

  Thaka Mandiwona District Plan Review Communications Specialist

4. Sports Draw - Fridy 24th to Thursday 30th June 2022

SPORTS DRAW - 24th to 30th June 2022

Sport Draws

All sports codes have their full draws for the term/season on their respective websites and Facebook pages.

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Netball - Friday 24th June

There is no netball this week due to Matariki Day.  The next game is Friday 1st July.

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Rugby - Saturday 25th June

6 yrs

10.00 am - St Joseph’s v Maheno at WCCP

EXCELSIOR RUGBY TEAMS - Club Day

7/8 yrs 

10.30 am - Excelsior v Maheno at WCCP

9/10 yrs

10.00 pm - Valley Blue v Excelsior - Weston

11/12 yrs 

Excelsior Bulls has the bye

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FOOTBALL - Awamoa and Meadowbank teams - Saturday 25th June

7/8 Grade - kick off at 10.45 am 

Game 1 - Meadowbank v Awamoa Storm - Showgrounds 

Game 2 - Meadowbank v Awamoa Force - Showgrounds 

9/10 Grade - kick off at 10.45 am

MB Machines v Awamoa Knights - Awamoa

AFC Aces v AFC Lasers - Awamoa

11/13 grade - kick off at 9.30 am

MB Marvels v Awamoa Ravens - Showgrounds

AFC Robins v Riverside Rangers - Awamoa Park

AFC Falcons v AFC Eagles - Awamoa Park

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MINIBALL AND BASKETBALL INFORMATION

St Joseph’s Breakers is mixed Yr 3 & 4

St Joseph’s Rebels is mixed Yr 5 & 6

There is a basketball camp in the July holidays for players from years 4 to 8. Please see the

poster in the school notice section and it is also attached to the email.

Miniball - Tuesday 28th June

3.45 pm - St Joseph’s Rebels v Weston Spurs  - court 2

4.15 pm - St Joseph’s Breakers v Fenwick Rockets - court 1

Score bench 

4.45 pm - St Joseph’s Breakers - court 1 (Forrest Family)

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Basketball - Wednesday 29th June 

3.50 pm - St Joseph’s Cavaliers v OIS Honey Badgers - front court 

Score bench 

4.40 pm - St Joseph’s Cavaliers - front court (Bradley Family)

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Rugby

Our 6 year rugby team enjoyed the Club Day at the Excelsior grounds on Saturday.

Football

William and Ares played against each other last week and both got Player of the Day! 

5. Diary Dates - Week 8, Term 2 2022

 

JUNE Friday 24 Monday 27 Tuesday 28 Thursday 30 JULY Friday 1 Friday 8 Monday 25 AUGUST Monday 1 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

Matariki Day - school closed  Sacramental Programme - Reconciliation 2nd parent meeting at 7.00 pm  Basketball sessions for all classes * First Reconciliation at 11.00 am  Technology for Yr 7 & 8  Technology for Yr 7 & 8 Term 2 finishes Term 3 starts Sacramental Programme - Confirmation 1st parent meeting at 7.00 pm Confirmation 2nd parent meeting at 7.00 pm * 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

1. Principal's News Term 2, Week 7, 2022

Reporting

The National Administration Guideline 1 for schools says that we must report to parents on progress and achievement in literacy and maths in plain language twice a year and also on the rest of the curriculum.

We are now doing this through the posts we share on Educa.  Some of the posts are stories of your children's learning that they or their teacher has chosen to share with you.

Some specific Educa posts are our formal reporting to you, the parents.  This term these posts are in Reading, Maths, and the Performing Arts.  As well as sharing some of your child's work, the teacher will make a comment and you will be given an indication of the curriculum level so you know how they are going compared with the expectation at their year level.  Use this graphic to help you know what that expectation is:

We can tell from our analytics which of the children's stories are being read and which are receiving comments.  At the moment about half of the posts read by parents also have a comment.  You get email notifications when a post is ready to view.  It would be lovely to see all the reporting posts read by parents and more comments given as these encourage your child in their learning and show that you value what they are doing.  This is so important for their engagement and progress at school.

Baptism

We have now started our Sacramental program for 2022.  It is really fabulous that some families have responded to our offer of Baptism and some of our students will be baptised soon and able to join the Sacramental program this year.  Please talk with me or go directly to Fr Wayne if you would like your child to be baptised.

Let Your Light Shine

We are now well into the drama recordings and looking forward to some external trainers in movie-making coming to work with our intermediate students next week.

Ma te Atua e manaaki a aroha,

(God bless, and love)

Lorraine

2. Special Character Week 7 Term 2 2022

Special Character

This term in our R.E Curriculum, the children are learning about the Church.
Church Strand Key Ideas

• 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 Hoiho- Year 5/6 for presenting the Liturgy last week.

This week, the school Mass was led by Ruma Kakapo- Year 4/5 

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.

 

Sacramental of First Reconciliation-

A huge thank you to all parents who attended our first parent meeting for First Reconciliation. Much appreciated for taking the time to attend and participate in this faith journey. 

A reminder that our Commitment Mass is this Sunday 19th June at 9:30am Mass and 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 7 -June 13-17(Green)

12 Trinity Sunday SOLEMNITY

13 Anthony of Padua, P & D Memorial

14 Tuesday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time Weekday

15 Wednesday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time Weekday

16 Thursday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time Weekday

17 Friday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time Weekday

18 Saturday of the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time Weekday

What is Trinity Sunday?  

Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Christian calendar. Trinity Sunday celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the three Persons of God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

There have been different symbols used over time to represent and explain the Trinity.

   

Malo/Thank you

God Bless

Tua Misiloi