3. School Notices - Week 2, Term 3 2016

Altar Servers
Saturday 6th  August - Indya & Mackenzie Cunningham, Joshua Criddle and Troy Chikowore
Sunday 7th August - Rhea Ratgali, Seth Bartley, Jonathan Jorgensen and Henry Robinson

Birthday Greetings to:
Cruz Illingworth, Ally-May Rawson, Michael Misiloi, Warren Pardede and Fergus McMullan

Busy Bumbles - After School Care
Anyone wishing to enrol their children in After School Care or Holiday Programmes, please contact Mrs Jocelyn Marsh by emailing jmarsh@stjoseph.school.nz

Correction of Error
Last week in the Community Notices under 'A Fun Evening with Jo Seagar' I accidentally put the ticket price as $57.00 (which I thought was quite dear at the time) but it should be $15.00 (which is more affordable).  Sorry for any inconvenience caused.  Thanks Editor.

Cross Country - Please check the new information on this letter
Next Wednesday 10th August, we are having our annual cross country held at the Oamaru Race Course.  The Junior Hub 1 children will not be racing today but they will run their cross country on Friday 12th August at school at 2.00 pm.  The course is different this year to align with the new North Otago course that was run last year.  The entrance for parents will be through the main southern entrance and then walking round the track to the southern end.  Supporters can watch the races from the marked viewing area.  Please keep off the track.
Children will run in their year level not their age groups as in previous years.  Children can wear their PE gear to school and have with them warm trousers (navy or black), school jersey or jacket and a drink bottle.  Any children with asthma or allergies are to make sure they have with them any medications required and hand them to their class teacher.

The whole school will be travelling out by bus at 9.30 am.  Note change of year start times:

Yr 2     10.00 am
Yr 3     10.10 am
Yr 4     10.20 am
Yr 5     10.30 am
Yr 6     10.40 am
Yr 7     10.50 am
Yr 8     11.00 am

In order for this event to run safely, Mrs Souness requires a number of marshals.  Please let her know if you can help.  They also require a number of picnic rugs and tarpaulins for the students to sit on so if you have any can you please drop them off to your class teacher.

The postponement date for the cross country will be held on Tuesday 16th August at school.

Entertainment Books
Fergus McMullan's mum (Karen) is selling the Entertainment Book this year on behalf of the Rock and Mineral Club and the Oamaru Drawing Club.  If you would like one of these books, please phone or text Karen on 027 200 6873.

First Communion 
A reminder to email or return your replies regarding the First Communion meetings for parents by tomorrow to confirm your attendance.  The first parent meeting is next Monday at 7.00 pm and the second is Monday 15th August.

Home & School Raffle
This week each family received a raffle card to sell for their term 3 fundraiser. Please look out for this raffle card in your child's bag.  Thank you to the families who have already returned their sold raffle cards.  All sold raffle cards need to be returned to the school office by Monday 15th August as the raffle will be drawn on Friday 26th August or when all the tickets are sold.  They also require parents to assist us with the selling of raffle tickets at Countdown Supermarket on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th August from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm each day.  Shifts will be for 60 minutes each. Please contact Suzanne Mather by phone or text on 027 232 4115 or email jc.sjmather@gmail.com if you are able to help.

SPORTS DRAW

Netball - Saturday 6^th August – Goal-a-thon money is due back on Saturday

Intermediate 1.1

9.00 am - St Joseph's Gold v Valley Steel – Pearsons

Intermediate 1.2

11.00 am - St Joseph’s Rebels v Athletic Mini Maroon – Sport & Outdoors

Year 5/6 Big Hoops

10.00 am - St Joseph's Ferns v Pembroke Valley Pulse – Court 2

Year 5/6 Small Hoops  

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

Year 3/4

10.00 am – St Joseph’s Maroon v Valley Magic Blue

11.00 am - St Joseph’s Steel v Athletic Mini Bronze

Year 1/2

10.00 am –

Umpires

10.00 am – Tegan Souness

11.00 am – Antonia Black and Skyla Ludemann

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Rugby - Saturday 6^th August

5 yrs 

10.00 am – Union v St Joseph’s Blue – Ngapara

10.00 am – St Joseph’s Maroon v Excelsior Lions – WCS 9b

7/8 yrs

10.00 am – St Joseph’s v Excelsior – WCS 7

9/10 yrs

10.00 am – Athletic v St Joseph’s – WCS 5

11/12 yrs

11.30 am – St Joseph’s v Valley – WCS 2

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Football - Saturday 6^th August

Midget

11.00 am - St Joseph's Little Whites v Riverside Kiwis – Kurow School

Junior – Top 4

9.30 am – St Joseph’s White Knights v Meadowbank Minnions – Showgrounds J2

9.30 am – St Joseph’s United v Riverside Pumas – Showgrounds J3

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Hockey – Tuesday 9^th August

Kwicksticks

5.00 pm – QuickSticks v Papakaio

Hockey – Wednesday 10th August

MiniSticks and Kiwisticks

There is no more hockey for this grade.

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Miniball - Tuesday 9th August

Prize giving for Miniball will be held on Tuesday 23^rd August with semi-finals being played on Tuesday 16^th August.

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

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Basketball - Wednesday 10th August

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

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Community Notices

• Mandarin Classes - children from 3- 12 years old every Saturday starting August 6th at St Kevin's College Confucius Classroom and adult classes from Wednesday 3rd August.  Cost is $30 for 8 weeks.  Contact Angie on 434 5792 or 021 177 8189 for further information.
• Weston School Quiz Night - held on Sunday 14th August at 6.00 pm at the Northstar Restaurant and Bar.  All proceeds to Weston School for the Yr 7 & 8 camp.  Register your team by phoning Weston School office on 434 5445.
• North Otago Asthma Society Children's Fun Day - Saturday 3rd September from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm at the Waitaki Rec Centre.  Activities by Sport Waitaki, Subway lunch, goodie bag, all free. Registration essential.  For more information contact Fiona on 434 3202 or like North Otago  Asthma Facebook.
• North Otago Tennis  Association Annual General Meeting - held on Monday 5th September at 7.00 pm.  They are looking for new members and if you are interested in being on the committee please contact Julie on 027 429 4707

4. St Mary's Inter-school

Last Thursday we hosted St Mary's from Mosgiel in our annual inter-school in which we won the shield in rugby, football, netball and basketball.  Here are some photos from the day.

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5. Diary Dates - Week 2, Term 3 2016

AUGUST

Friday 5                      -  Celebration Kotuitui at 2.30 pm

Monday 8                   -  Ski Programme at Ohau

                                      -  First Communion Parent Meeting 1 at 7.00 pm in the staff room

Wednesday 10          -  Cross Country for Yrs 2-8 at the race course in the morning

Thursday 11              -  School Mass at 9.15 am

                                      -  Yr 7 ECB & Young Vinnies

Friday 12                   -  Junior Hub 1 Cross Country at 2.00 pm *

                                     -  Celebration Kotuitui at 2.30 pm

Monday 15                -  Maths Week

                                      -  Ski Programme at Ohau
                                      -  Home & School Raffle cards due back today *

                                      -  First Communion Parent Meeting 2 at 7.00 pm in the staff room

Tuesday 16                -  ICAS – Maths

                                      -  Board of Trustees meeting at 7.00 pm

                                      -  Cross Country postponement date for Yr 2-8 at school * note new venue

Thursday 18             -  School Mass at 9.15 am

                                      -  Mini Olympics from 11.00 am to 1.30 pm

Friday 19                    -  Scholastic Book Club orders due back today

                                      -  Daffodil Day – annual staff v Yr 8 netball game

                                      -  Celebration Kotuitui at 2.30 pm – Cross Country trophies presented

Sunday 21                  -  First Communion

Monday 22                 -  North Otago Cross Country

                                       -  Ski Programme at Ohau

Tuesday 23                -  Yr 6 netball tournament in Dunedin

Wednesday 24          -  Singing Cup Auditions for Yr 5-8 during school time

Thursday 25              -  North Otago Cross Country postponement day

                                       -  Yr 8 netball tournament in Dunedin

                                       -  School Mass at 9.15 am

                                       -  Yr 7 ECB & Young Vinnies

Friday 26                     -  Technology for Yr 7 & 8 at SKC
                                       -  Home & School Raffle drawn *

Monday 29                 -  Ski Programme at Ohau

Wednesday 31          -  Kids for Kids

SEPTEMBER

Thursday 1                -  School Mass at 9.15 am *

Friday 2                      -  Celebration Kotuitui at 2.30 pm *

Sunday 4                    -  Father’s Day *

Monday 5                   -  Ski Programme at Ohau

Friday 9                      -  Technology for Yr 7 & 8 at SKC

Monday 12                 -  Fire wise Programme for Yr 1-4

                                      -  Ski Programme at Ohau

Tuesday 13                -  Fire wise Programme for Yr 1-4

Wednesday 14          -  Singing Cup Finals in our school hall starting at 9.15 am

                                      -  Fire wise Programme for Yr 1-4 *

Thursday 15              -  St Joseph’s Sports Awards *

Friday 16                    -  Technology for Yr 7 & 8 at SKC

Friday 23                    -  Technology for Yr 7 & 8 at SKC

OCTOBER

Monday 31                 -  School Athletics

NOVEMBER

Monday 7                   -  Yr 8 Camp at Staveley

Tuesday 15                -  Yr 7 Camp 

1. Principals News - Week 1, Term 3 2016

Term 3 has had a very busy beginning.  I have been warmly welcomed by staff and students and am loving my time at St Joseph's. It has been great to meet parents as well.

The week started off with a very successful ski day held in beautiful weather at Ohau ski field.  Our thanks to Mr Cartlidge and his support crew.

School Mass
Father Wayne is unwell today so we were not able to attend Mass this morning.  We wish Father a speedy recovery and if all is well we will have our school Mass tomorrow at 9.15 am.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

St Mary's Interschool
Today our Yr 8 students are taking part in our annual interschool against St Mary's from Mosgiel at St Kevin's College.  The children enjoyed themselves and played with passion.  The sports on offer were netball, rugby, mixed basketball and mixed football.  We won all four games convincingly and thank Mrs Souness, Mr Cartlidge, Mr Cant and Mr and Mrs Whiston for all their help today.  Photos of the interschool will be shown in next weeks blog.

Manderin Teachers
Next Thursday, our Manderin language classes begin for students in years 4-8.  We warmly welcome Cynthia and Alice our Manderin teachers to our school.  They visited us today and introduced themselves to the staff so we are all set to begin next week.

Student Safety Survey

Last term the school surveyed our students on 'How Safe they Feel at School' and here is the result from this survey.

Jill Baird

Caretaker Principal

Below is a message from your new principal in term 4.

Kia Ora!   For those who don't know me, my name is Lorraine Frances-Rees and I'll be starting at St Joseph's in term 4 as your new principal.  From 2012 to early 2015 I was the year 7 teacher at St Joseph's, assistant principal and then deputy principal.  My boys Antonio and Daniel also went to St Joseph's and I had the very great privilege of teaching them both.  I am presently principal at St Joseph's in Pleasant Point.

I have a great love for St Joseph's school.  I'm looking forward to guiding the school into its future and working with our excellent staff to provide a nurturing and vibrant learning environment for our lifelong learners in the Catholic Faith.    

2. Special Character Week 1 Term 3 2016

The importance of prayer:  Jesus taught us to pray. St Luke tells us that Jesus prayed always. Jesus prayed before his choice of the 12 Apostles. He prayed in the synagogue and temple. He prayed in the desert and the garden. He prayed for long periods of time and for short moment in time. The Gospels rarely describe what his prayer was like, simply noting that he prayed often.
Make time for personal prayer. Make time to pray with your family. Take a look at the website Pray as you go. You can download the app too! It’s great!

PRAYER is a very big part of what we do at St. Joseph's. We all start our day with PRAYER and finish our day with a PRAYER.
In the holidays I reread a book called 'Painting Rainbows with Broken Crayons' by Bernadette McCarver Snyder. It is a small book with prayers for teachers, parents and caregivers. I am going to share the first one with you.
Look at me! Look at me! See what I DID. See what I FOUND. See what I MADE. See what I INVENTED. See what I BROKE.
No, no - kids never call our attention to something they broke. But they DO want you to notice, to look at their every achievement and discovery. Well, I guess adults like that kind of attention too, Lord.
So remind us how important it is to stop, look and listen to those young voices. Help us exult and rejoice with them as they discover things we have already seen or already know. Help us to give them our undivided attention - as we often wish others to give to us.
And thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to look at the world again through the fresh, shiny, innocent eyes of youth. Forgive us if we ever think we are too busy to pass up such a generous gift, such a wondrous chance to start over and to really see all the things we missed the first time around.
It's often said that children are today's investment and tomorrow's dividend. Help us to invest wisely, Lord -- not selfishly, not begrudgingly, but generously and joyously.
It's also said that teachers are people who make the little things in life count! Once we've taught those sweet little things to count numbers, Lord, help us to teach them to recognise the things in life that really count!
Then we can shout to you and say.
Look, Lord, Look!
Look what I DID!
Look what I ACCOMPLISHED!
Look what I TAUGHT!

3. School Notices - Week 1, Term 3 2016

Altar Servers
Saturday 30 July - Joseph & Sebastian Spillane, Bronson  Bartlett, Max Fatafehi and Isabella McNaught
Sunday 31st July - Jonathan Jorgensen and Arthur Cartlidge

Birthday Greetings to:
Vince Vidallon and Olivia Owen

Basketball Tournament
In the middle weekend of the school holidays some of our students were involved in the Network Waitaki Yr 7 & 8 Basketball tournament held at the Waitaki Recreation Centre in Oamaru.  Our students were involved in 4 teams being the North Otago Girls Development team, North Otago U13 A team, North Otago Penguins and our own St Joseph's team.  Well done to all of you.  The results were as follows:
- St Joseph's got 3rd in the boys development grade out of 8 teams
- North Otago Penguins (Campbell Fowler and Baxter Lewis) came 5th in the development grade
- North Otago A (Jacob Fowler, Duran Cooper and Sebastian Whiston) won the final of the boys A grade by in a very close game by only 2 points.
North Otago Girls (Tegan & Tessa Souness, Grace Keno and Antonia Black) came 3rd.

Dominican Celebrations
This Saturday evening July 30th at 7.00 pm, the Dominican Choir are special guests at the Dominican
Celebrations being held in our school hall.  There is a special Mass at 5.00 pm in the Basilica followed by a Pot Luck tea at 6.00 pm in our hall and at 7.00 pm, the evening entertainment will begin.  Everyone is invited to the Mass and meal as part of the parish celebrations.  Parishioners please bring a plate to share. The Dominican Choir is to let Mrs Brookes know ASAP if they are attending this celebration.

First Communion
Children who are going to receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist have received a notice to take home regarding dates of meetings.  Please either email your response or return the notice to the office.

Home and School
Telephone Books
In May we gave each family one Big Print Telephone Book to try and sell and asked for either the money and/or the book to be returned by 20th June. During the term we asked for the books to be returned otherwise you may be charged for them.  As there are over 50 families who have not yet returned this book, we are now adding $10 on to your school account.

Mid Winter Raffle
This will be the Home & School's fundraiser for term 3.  A number of local businesses have been very generous with some great prizes and vouchers for this raffle.  A raffle card will be given out to each family on Monday 1st August so please keep an eye out for this in your child's bag and support this great fundraiser for our school.

School Mass
Due to Fr Wayne being sick today, Mass has been postponed till tomorrow at 9.15 am.

Scholastic Book Club
Orders for the book club are due in on Friday 19th August to the office.

Singing Cup
Kia Ora all Year 5,6,7 & 8 students and whanau.  This year's Singing Cup is going to continue to promote our talents in singing as well as hold the prestige that was shown at last year's finals.  We encourage all year 5-8 students to audition.  There are House points for all entries.  Auditions are on Wednesday 24th August during school time.
Students will choose from the song list below and sing one verse and one chorus.  This year we are modifying the Duet competition to also include groups of 3-6 participants.  Auditions for duets/groups need to be able to present their song choice with harmony.  Duet/groups can be mixed girl/boy and mixed houses.  Song choices for auditions are:
Soloist:                                               Duet/Group
1.  Gifts                                              1.  Te Aroha

2.  Hold my hands                              2.  Holy Ground
3.  Ka Waiata                                     3.  Fa 'ata fai ' e

Finalists may choose their own song and accompanist.  Backing tracks may be used but they must only be instrumental. A TIME LIMIT of 3 minutes is required.  Finals and house finals will be held on Wednesday 14th September in our school hall starting at 9.15 am sharp.  Please note there is no evening Singing Cup presentation this year.

The Judge has the following Marking Criteria:

• Tune
• Volume
• Diction
• Timing
• Presentation

We are looking for 'excellence' and participation and look forward to the final results.  Kind Regards Leanne Brookes.

Welcome

We warm welcome 7 new students to our school this week.  Snow Kelly & Fitu Tuuefiafi to our new entrants class, Milly Campbell & Olly Wickham to our Yr 2 class, Charlotte Howell to our Yr 3 class, Phoebe Wickham to our Yr 4 class and Logan Howell to our Yr 7 class.  Absent from the photo is Fitu Tuuefiafi.

Community Notices

• PMP Distribution ... Deliverers Wanted - Would you like to earn some pocket money?  Be part of a dynamic team from a reputable and well-respected company and deliver advertising material and newspapers to local houses.  We require honest, reliable people aged 11 years and over in the following areas now.  (1)  Waitaki Herald and/or Circulars in the South Hill area and (2)  Waitaki Herald and/or Circulars in 2 areas in the  Weston area.  Contact Shannon on 027 390 8913.
• Girls Youth Group - Catherine Boyle (leader of ICONZ) has just started a girls youth group at Weston Church.   This is a girls only programme for girls aged 5-14 years and is based on the Girls  Brigade and is a modern revamp of it.  the programme runs on a Monday night from 4.00 to 5.30 pm during the school term.  Girls can look at Facebook (Iconz4Girlz) and can contact Catherine on 434 9390 or Jessie-May Tepper on 027 254 6168 for further information.
• Special Needs Pool Party - the North Otago Lions Club are sponsoring this pool party with the support of the Waitaki Aquatic Centrte on Saturday 20th August from 6.00 to 7.00 pm. Any person with special needs is welcome but must be accompanied by a support person.  To register contact the Aquatic Centre on 433 0410 and all registrations are required by Wednesday 17th August and are free.  After the swim they will supply a sausage and patty sizzle, drink and sweets so if any dietary needs are required, let them know and they will cater for them including carers.  For further information contact Myrel Parsons - Convenor on 437 0388 or email myrel@xtra.co.nz
• A Fun Evening with Jo Seagar - to help celebrate the publication of her fabulous new cook book called 'Elbows off the table, please'. Held on Wednesday 14th September at 7.30 pm in the St Kevin's College Auditorium.  Tickets cost $15.00 and is available from Paper Plus.  Jo will show her foodie gift ideas, how to lay a table, wrap special gifts plus lots of cunning tips and trips and to help make us all a little more thoughtful as we go about our daily lives and bring a little joy to others. 
• Scotts Own Sea Scouts Quiz Night - held Friday 12th August at 6.30 pm at the Scottish Hall, Tyne Street, Oamaru.  Cost $30.00 per team (no eftpos).  No more than 6 people per team.  Drinks, food, spot prizes.