Sports Draw - Week 2, Term 2 2016

Netball - Saturday 14th May

 Intermediate 1.1

10.00 am - St Joseph's Gold v OIS Ferns – Adore Spa

Intermediate 1.3

11.00 am - St Joseph's Rebels v Twizel Tussocks - BNZ

Year 5/6 Big Hoops

9.00 am - St Joseph's Ferns v Pembroke Blue – Court 2

Year 5/6 Small Hoops

9.00 am - St Joseph's Warriors v North Magic – Fitness 24

Year 3/4

11.00 am – St Joseph’s Maroon v St Joseph’s Steel (be there at 10.45 am to warm up and meet down by the Unichem court)

Year 1/2

10.00 am – Pearsons court

Umpires

9.00 am – Yneke Edzes and Harriet Heaphy

               - Tegan Souness  

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Rugby - Saturday 14^th May – Club Day

It is St Joseph’s Club Day this Saturday and everyone is expected to support each team and help out when required.  There will be a sausage sizzle and drinks available for the players.

5 yrs 

10.00 am – St Joseph’s Blue v Excelsior Tigers – St Kevin’s

10.00 am – St Joseph’s Maroon v Excelsior Vipers – St Kevin’s

7/8 yrs

10.30 am – St Joseph’s v Athies Gold/Old Boys – St Kevin’s

9/10 yrs

10.45 am – St Joseph’s v Excelsior/Old Boys – St Kevin’s

11/12 yrs

11.00 pm – St Joseph’s v Athletic – St Kevin’s

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Football - Saturday 14th May

Midget

11.00 am - St Joseph's Little Whites v Meadowbank Monsters – Showgrounds M1

Junior

9.30 am - St Joseph's White Knights v Meadowbank Minnions – Showgrounds J1

9.30 am – St Joseph’s United v Awamoa Aces – Awamoa Park

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Hockey – Tuesday 17^th May

Kwicksticks

5.00 pm – QuickSticks v West Navys

Hockey – Wednesday 18^th May

MiniSticks

4.00 pm – Mixed Monkeys v Pembroke Panthers

KiwiSticks

4.30 pm – Mixed Magic v Fenwick Ultimates

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Miniball - Tuesday 17th May

The draw was unavailable at the time the sports draw went to print.  Please check the school notice board or Facebook for the draw.

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Basketball - Wednesday 18th May

The draw was unavailable at the time the sports draw went to print.  Please check the school notice board or Facebook for the draw.

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1. Principal News - Week 1 Term 2 2016

Welcome to a new term

As you will have read in the letter from the board during the holidays, I have resigned and will be finishing at the end of this term. After ten wonderful years in Oamaru, it's time to return to my roots and spend time with my daughters and my elderly parents. Melbourne is where I started my teaching career, I haven't lived there for over thirty years and am looking forward to the move to Australia.

I began at St Joseph's as Assistant Principal and New Entrant teacher in Term 2, 2006 and then became principal in 2007. I have grown in my learning, leadership and my faith during this time and I thank the students, board, staff and Fr Wayne for their tremendous support and the opportunities I have had over the past ten years.

As our chairperson Bev Conlan said in her recent letter :"The school is in a strong position with excellent recent ERO reviews, a highly skilled staff and students who reflect the faith, values, and goals of our vision to Reach for the Stars as Lifelong Learners in the Catholic Faith. We are confident that the position of Principal will be highly sought after and that we will find an applicant to not only continue Jenny’s excellent work, but who will bring their own special talents to the role." 

I have full confidence in our St Joseph's Board of Trustees and the very well organised appointment process to know that an excellent principal will be appointed before the end of this year. There is another message from Bev today to keep you fully informed about the process. It's important to email Bev directly with any feedback to bevconlan@vodafone.co.nz. In the meantime, I will work with the Personnel Committee of the board to appoint an interim acting principal to take over the principal administrative tasks until the new principal starts. 

Thank you for all of your kind words and warm wishes and as one parent mentioned, we will be able to keep in touch through social media after I leave. In the meantime, we have another busy term ahead and I am keen to cherish every minute of my final term with you, our wonderful students and staff.

Peer Writing Programme

The staff have been working closely with our North Otago Resource Teachers Linda Schofield and Belinda Brosnan to prepare to launch our peer writing programme in Week 3 this term. Our goal is to improve writing across the school for all learners. This is one of our curriculum goals in our annual plan for 2016. The children will demonstrate how the Peered Writing programme works at our next Family Learning Hui Thursday 9th June and demonstrate all of the benefits not only academic but social and emotional benefits as well. Here are a few points about the programme:

• Children all get the same message and language for when they transition through the school.
• Helps all students, not just targeted learners but valuable for extending children as well.
• Inclusive, team approach across the whole school.
• Social interactions with all students and all abilities.
• Good for children's self esteem.
• Gives the children a deeper understanding about their learning.
• Successful with English Language Learners.
• First time we have done a whole school project of this kind and this is excellent for whole school professional learning and consistency of practise.
• Once children are confident about what is expected of them, they become very engaged in the process and enjoy it.
• Research proves this is the best way for children to learn and be able to articulate their learning.

Board Elections

All school parents and staff will have received nomination forms for the triennial board elections. Our board has space for seven parent trustees. Most of our existing trustees are keen to stand again, this leaves about two vacancies. If only two parents are nominated, then we won't need to have an election. If there are more, then we will move to the next stage of an election. Special thanks to Tony Brady who is our Returning Officer for our board elections.

As some of you will know, being a Catholic Special Character school, means we also have four Bishop's representatives on our board. They are members of the Parish who help to ensure the Catholicity of our school and Jesus Christ remains at the heart of all we do. Our Bishop Reps are Fr Wayne Healey, Bev Conlan, Adrienne Wylie and Des Burke. Bishop's Reps aren't elected but instead are nominated by the parish priest and approved by the Bishop.

Fr Chris Skinner

Our children were fortunate to have a visit from Fr Skinner on Tuesday. Here is a little information about him.

Chris is a Marist Priest from New Zealand living in Auckland.  As a singer/songwriter and recording artist, he has been writing and performing his songs for many years. His songs have been inspired by his faith and reflect a love of nature, a respect for life, the dignity of the human person and a commitment to peace and justice. In 2007 he was voted artist of the year on Southern Star Radio and his version of 'You Raise Me Up' won song of the year 2008 on the same network. His popular songs include 'Awesome God' and 'Sons of Gallipoli'.  Here are our children enjoying singing with Fr Chris. Message from Rebecca about our new afterschool childcare facility Dear Families, Next week Mon 9th May- Fri 13th May we will be running open afternoons at our Busy Bumbles venue in the St Joseph’s hall. We will be open 3-4pm for you to pop in and meet the lovely Jocelyn and let your children have some fun with all our new and exciting toys and games. Come along and take a look. We would love to meet you. Rebecca Scott Busy Bumbles Managing Director/Owner 03 3473031 0211553341 www.busybumbles.co.nz Mothers Day We wish all mothers a wonderful day on Sunday.

2. Special Character Week 1 Term 2 2016

On Sunday 12th June, children who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation in Term 4 2015 will be taking their next step on their Journey of Faith, receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. The children will begin their preparation lessons in weeks 5 and 6 of this term. As well as the preparation lessons we will be looking at the lives of some of the Saints. This will help the children when they come to choose a Saint's name for Confirmation. I will be sending home an information card that needs to filled in and returned to me. This is what the information card looks like.

At  St Patrick’s  Basilica, Oamaru,

on  Sunday  June 12^th   2016

Candidate’s Name:  

Name to be taken: 

Candidate’s Age:                       Date of Birth:

Father’s Name:  

Mother’s Maiden Name:   

Where Baptised: 

Candidate’s Parish: 

Sponsor’s Name:   

We will have a practice with Bishop Colin Campbell on Friday 10th June in the Church. Parents are welcome to join us. I will confirm the time nearer the date. After Confirmation we have morning tea in the hall. Each family is asked to bring a plate to share with their family, prayer partners and parishioners who may wish to join us. Parents from the children who were confirmed in 2015 are asked to help with the morning tea.
Mr and Mrs Wylie will be holding the parent meetings on Monday 23rd and Monday 30th May at 7pm at St. Joseph's School. Adrienne Wylie will be available to hold another meeting if this does not suit some parents. Adrienne will be sending a letter home to parents to inform them of these meetings.

On Monday 16th June St. Joseph's School will join with St. Kevin's College to celebrate 'Catholic Schools Day' with a Mass at the Basilica at 2.00 pm.

3. School Notices - Week 1, Term 2 2016

Altar Servers
Saturday 7th May - Elenoa & Halalova Asi, Seth Sinclair, Lachlan Brookes and Vince Vidallon
Sunday 8th May - Jonathan Jorgensen and Fritz Arsi

Birthday Greetings to:
Isabella Hanning, Hannah Miller, Bridie McGeown and Satua Paonga

Big Print Telephone Book
We are selling this community big print phone book so please put the word out to friends and family. They cost $10.00 each and are available from the school office.

Lions Club Junior Speech Contest
Those eligible to enter the contest are primary school pupils who are Yrs 5-8.  This contest will be held on Sunday 12 June at Fenwick School Hall starting at 9.45 am and finished by 12.00 pm.  For an entry form, please come to the office to collect them.

Lost
There are 4 school jerseys with the name Woodhouse on them.  Please check your child's jersey to see if they have the correct jersey.

Lunches
A reminder that Thai is available on Wednesday's from $5.00 to $6.00 and Subway on Friday's for $5.00.

Open Day and Evening at St Kevin's College
This will be held on Thursday 12th May and the Principal's welcome is at 1.00 pm and 7.00 pm. Each of the session times will include a tour of the college and a chance to talk with students and staff, as well as introduction to St Kevin's.  The afternoon session will also have a tour of the Hostel Facilities. If you have families that are interested but not able to make the day, they are certainly welcome to contact St Kevin's school office on 437 1665 and they can arrange a more suitable time.

Mufti Day - Friday 6th May
Tomorrow we are holding a mufti day and we are asking for a gold coin donation to help support the Westpac Chopper appeal.

St Joseph's School Ski Programme 2016
A letter will be going home in your child's bag tomorrow regarding the ski programme for this year. If you are interested in letting your child ski this year, please return the tear off portion and return it to the school office.

Welcome
We warmly welcome 5 new children to our school this week.  Chanel (Y8) and Morgan (Y5) Williams, Lily Wickham (Y6), Thomas (Y3) and Molly (NE) McGeown.

Winter Sports Uniform Hire

There are still a few families who have not paid the $5.00 uniform hire for their children's sports.  Please pay this by tomorrow morning in order for your child to receive a uniform for this Saturday's games.  Any queries, please contact Mrs Souness.

Winter Sports Draw
Look for the draw for each code further in the blog.

Uniform Shop
We are selling school ties for $15.00 each and also require more second hand winter uniforms including winter socks.

Community Notices

• Oamaru Tap Dancing Association is selling agria spuds for $12.00 per bag as their fundraiser.  Please contact Angel Asi on 021 110 0908 to order your spuds or pick them from Beaurepaires between 10.00 am and 12.00 pm this Saturday.
• Circus Aotearoa - this circus will be at the Oamaru Showgrounds on Friday 6th, Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May.  A flyer has gone home with each child with the times and prices.
• Pacific Art and Culture Classes - Tongan: Kahoa, make your own beautiful floral necklace is on Saturday 7th May from 2.00 - 4.00 pm.  Fijian: Masi, create tapa designs on table runners on Saturday 14th May from 2.00 - 4.00 pm.  Tuvaluan: Fou, design and make a floral garland or headdress on Saturday 21st May from 2.00 - 4.00 pm.  Samoan: Sei, construct your own floral hairpin to be worn on Saturday 28th May from 2.00 - 4.00 pm.  All ages are welcome.  The classes are free and to make a booking phone 433 0853 or email info@forrestergallery.com
• Fun with Manderin classes - is an interactive and engaging language programme for children between the ages of 3 to 7 years old.  Starting Saturday 7th May at St Kevin's College Confucius classroom.  Cost $30 for 9 weeks.  Adult classes are held every Wednesday for term 2 from 7.00 to 8.30 pm.  Cost is $30 for 9 weeks.  For registration and information, contact Angie on 434 5792 or 021 177 8189 or funwithmandarinoamaru@gmail.com

4. Winter Sports Draw - Week 1, Term 2

Netball - Saturday 7th May

St Joseph’s is on duty this Saturday and the children’s coaches have been told what time their duty is.  The games have not been assigned to any courts so please check what court you are playing on at the netball office.

Intermediate 1.1

9.00 am - St Joseph's Gold v OIS Diamonds

Intermediate 1.3

10.00 am - St Joseph's Rebels v Maheno

Year 5/6 Big Hoops

11.00 am - St Joseph's Ferns v Valley Tactix

Year 5/6 Small Hoops

9.00 am - St Joseph's Warriors v Fenwick Ferns

Year 1/2 and 3/4

Will start next Saturday.  Further information will be in next week’s blog.

Umpires

10.00 am – Yneke Edzes and Antonia Black

                   - Tegan Souness and Skyla Ludemann

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Rugby - Saturday 7^th May

5 yrs 

10.30 am – Excelsior Hawkes v St Joseph’s Maroon – WCS 9a
10.00 am - Valley Gold v St Joseph's Blue - Weston

7/8 yrs

10.30 am – Valley Gold v St Joseph’s – Weston

9/10 yrs

11.00 am – Valley v St Joseph’s - Weston

11/12 yrs

12.00 pm – Valley v St Joseph’s – Weston

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Football - Saturday 7th May

Midget

11.00 am - St Joseph's Little Whites v Awamoa Tigers – Showgrounds M3

Junior

9.30 am - St Joseph's White Knights v St Joseph’s United – Showgrounds J3

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Hockey – Tuesday 10^th May

Kwicksticks

4.00 pm – QuickSticks v OIS Red

Hockey – Wednesday 11^th May

MiniSticks

4.30 pm – Mixed Monkeys v Upper Waitaki Wasps

KiwiSticks

5.00 pm – Mixed Magic v Combo Cats

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Miniball - Tuesday 10th May

Early duty on the back court is St Joseph’s Thunder

Late duty on the front court is St Joseph’s Breakers

The first 2/3 weeks of competition will be grading games.  To encourage teams to do their referee and score bench duty, competition points will be deducted when duties are not done.

3.45 pm - St Joseph's Rebels v Fenwick All Stars - front court

4.45 pm - St Joseph's Breakers v Fenwick Breakers - front court

4.45 pm – St Joseph’s Thunder v Fenwick Lakers – back court

Referee and Score Bench

4.15 pm – referee - front court - St Joseph's Rebels

4.15 pm – referee and score bench – back court – St Joseph’s Thunder

5.15 pm – referee and score bench – front court – St Joseph’s Breakers

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Basketball - Wednesday 11th May

4.50 pm - St Joseph's Bolts v OIS Stars - front court

4.50 pm - St Joseph's Raptors v OIS Rams - back court

5.40 pm - St Joseph's Cavaliers v OIS Honey Badgers – back court

Referee and Score Bench

4.00 pm – referee - St Joseph's Raptors  - back court

5.40 pm – referee - St Joseph's Suns - back court

6.30 pm – referee - St Joseph's Cavaliers – back court

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5. Diary Dates - Week 1, Term 2 2016

MAY

Friday 6                    -  Chopper Mufti Day

                                    -  Celebration Kotuitui at 2.30 pm

Saturday 7               -  Winter sports starts for football, netball and rugby

Sunday 8                  -  Mother’s Day *

Monday 9                 -  Junior School swimming starts

Tuesday 10              -  Film makers group session 1

                                    -  Baptism meeting at 6.30 pm

                                    -  Home & School meeting at 7.30 pm

Wednesday 11        -  Junior School swimming

Thursday 12            -  School Mass with Yr 7 at 9.15 am

                                    -  Yr 8 Young Vinnies

                                    -  Open Day at St Kevin’s College *

Friday 13                  -  Junior School swimming

                                     -  Celebration Kotuitui at 2.30 pm

Monday 16               -  National Catholic School’s Day Mass with St Kevin’s at 2.00 pm at the Basilica *

Tuesday 17              -  Junior school swimming

                                    -  ICAS Exam – Digital Technology

                                    -  Film makers group session 2

Wednesday 18        -  Junior school swimming

Thursday 19            -  No school mass today

                                    -  Yr 7 Early Childhood Buddies and Young Vinnies

Friday 20                  -  Junior school swimming

                                    -  Celebration Kotuitui

Monday 23               -  Junior school swimming

                                    -  Confirmation meeting with parents at 7.00 pm in Ruma Koru *

Tuesday 24              -  Film makers group session 3

                                    -  Board of Trustee meeting

Wednesday 25        -  Junior school swimming

                                    -  Pagasama in hall from 6.30 to 7.30 pm

                                    -  Board of Trustees election

Thursday 26            -  School Mass with Yr 6

                                    -  Yr 8 Young Vinnies

Friday 27                  -  Junior school swimming

                                    -  Celebration Kotuitui at 2.30 pm

Monday 30              -  Confirmation meeting with parents at 7.00 pm *

Tuesday 31              -  ICAS Exam – Science

                                    -  Film makes group session 4

JUNE

Wednesday 1          -  Junior School swimming

Thursday 2              -  School Mass with Yr 5

                                    -  Yr 7 ECB and Young Vinnies

Friday 3                    -  Technology for Yr 7 & 8 at St Kevin’s *

                                    -  Celebration Kotuitui at 2.30 pm

Monday 6                 -  Queen’s Birthday holiday

Tuesday 7                -  Film makers group session 5

Thursday 9              -  Family Learning Hui from 6.30 to 7.30 pm

Friday 10                 -  Technology for Yr 7 & 8 at St Kevin’s *

Sunday 12                -  Sacrament of Confirmation

Wednesday 15        -  ICAS Spelling

                                    -  Junior Catholic Quadrangular Tournament in Dunedin for Yr 7 & 8

Friday 17                  -  Technology for Yr 7 & 8 at St Kevin’s *

Friday 24                  -  Technology for Yr 7 & 8 at St Kevin’s *