QUOTE FOR THE YEAR
Birthday Greetings from December to January
Chris G, Maria H, Henry H, Chelsea K, Ricky K, Hila'atu L, Roger L, Dolleen M, Anashae M, Nicol R and Eizabel T
Buses - Next Week
All country buses will be running at the normal times as some of the high schools are open till next Friday. On Friday, the buses will only run in the morning and we ask for all families to collect their children from school that day.
Christmas and Holiday Mass Times 2023/2024
St Patricks Basilica
Christmas Vigil: Carols 8.00 pm, Mass 8.30 pm Christmas Day: Mass 9.30 am
Sacred Heart Church Kurow
Christmas Vigil: 6.00 pm Mass
Sunday Mass: January 7, 21 @12.00 noon
General Mass Times:
St Patrick's Basilica -Saturday Vigil 5.00 pm, Sunday 9.30 am
Sacred Heart Church - Kurow - 1st & 3rd Sundays @ 12 noon
Congratulations - Athletic Champions
At assembly last week, we acknowledged our 2023 athletic champions. Congratulations to the following students:
8 yrs - Jayden H and Manaia D
9 yrs - Alexander R and Angelina D
10 yrs - Siale T and Emily M
11 yrs - Liam L and Sephrin S
12 yrs - Jac B and Chelsea K
13 yrs - Xiao hui L and Eva F
Congratulations to Sephrin S who placed 3rd in the 100 m sprints at the North Otago Athletics.
Contact Details
If you are moving addresses in the holidays or your contact details change including emergency contacts, please email the office at office@stjoseph.school.nz
Farewell to the Following Families
We farewell the following families who leave St Joseph's for high school. We thank them for their contributions to our school and wish them all the best. Good luck in all your endeavours.
- Bradley, Coscos, Fatafehi, Fifita, Gibbins, Li, McLaren, Perez, Perniskie and Woodhouse
Helpers
We thank all our parents, family and friends who have helped during the year with our class and school activities. We always appreciate any help you give to the school.
Library Books
Can all library books please be returned to the office by Wednesday 13th December.
Lost Property
There is a large number of items in the lost property area, please come and check if they belong to your children. All leftover items will either be donated to the uniform shop or given away.
Road Patrol
Our road patrollers were acknowledged at assembly today for their duty this year.
Multicultural Day
Last Friday, our school celebrated Multicultural day. It was lovely to see parents, whānau and parishioners connect and celebrate the diversity of our school over tasty food and cultural displays. Our young children also showed us amazing performances. Thank you to everyone who came and shared this special day with us.
School Disco
Greetings and we hope that you and your family are well and keeping safe. We are writing to inform you that we are going to have our end-of-year school disco for years 1-6. How exciting to end the term with a school disco!
Here is the outline of what we are going to do for our school disco.
On Thursday 14th December, we are holding a school disco for new entrants to Yr 6 in the school hall.
- The time will be from 4.00 to 5.30 pm
- The theme is Christmas and we would love to see as many of the children dress up in the theme. (even a piece of tinsel put on you).
- The disco is for school children only and therefore we ask that no pre-schoolers attend as it is an end of year school celebration
- A donation of $2.00 each which gives you an entry ticket, glow stick, bag of chips and a drink.
- Entry is paid at the door.
- We hope to see many of our children participating and enjoying the disco next Thursday.
Many Blessings
Sarah & Tua
School Stationery
All class stationery lists will be sent out next week and will be on the website for 2024. If you purchase your child's stationery from OfficeMax online at: myschool.co.nz you will be able to purchase at their very low Back to School discount prices which are available from now until the end of February.
Alternatively, you can purchase packs online from www.paperplus.co.nz/back-to-school or in-store at Paper Plus. If you already have certain parts of the stationery list, contact Paper Plus Oamaru who will organise a custom pack for you.
Both companies enable parents to purchase their children's stationery at lower prices and both companies will make a donation to St Joseph's.
Sport Coaches and Managers
Thank you, thank you, thank you, words cannot describe how much you are appreciated for giving up your time in coaching and managing our sports teams. You are all superb and magnificent people who ensure that our children can play a sport. If you have managed a team and your name is not mentioned, please accept our apologies and we thank you very much for your time.
Basketball - Toby Lucas and Adele Whiston
Futsal - Rory & Wendy McGeown and various parents helping out
Miniball - Jan Roa, Judith Leo/Steven Tavendale, Bex Diedrichs/Melissa Smith
Netball - Paula Brien, Megan Fogarty and Katiana Taiti
Touch - Judith Leo/ Adele Whiston, Michael Pine/Justine Rodger Teagan O'Connell, Max Fatafehi/William Pardede
Subway Lunches
Today is the last day of the year for Subway lunches. We will notify you in 2024 when they resume again.
Touch Rugby Gear Bags
Can the coaches please return all the touch rugby gear bags to the office by next Tuesday.
Welcome New Students
We warmly welcome Amanda TA, Jewel J and Ioata F who started at our school recently.
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