School Production Notice

Dear Parents/Caregivers
The school musical, ‘St Jo’s X Factor’ will be held this Thursday 3^rd July at St Kevin’s College, in the auditorium. We will be presenting a 1pm matinee performance for the junior school, pre-schools and any parents that want to attend, followed by the main performance at 6pm.

 Tickets are available from the school office for a gold coin donation. Seating is limited so get in quick!

We will head down to St Kevin’s on Wednesday and Thursday this week for rehearsals. Buses will leave school shortly after 9am and the children will be back at school before 3pm. Please ensure that your child has a packed lunch and drink bottle on these days.

Each class has different costume requirements and your child’s teacher will let you know what to bring to school on Wednesday and Thursday for the dress rehearsals.

In order to be ready for the 6pm performance children will need to be at St Kevin’s by 5:15pm on Thursday. The home and school committee will be selling hot food from 5:00pm.

We look forward to seeing you there!

School Notices

1.  Altar Servers
Saturday 28th June - Mackenzie Cunningham, Joseph Spillane, Lachlan Brookes and Nicholas Plieger.
Sunday 29th June - Kelsey Mills, Rhea Ratgali, Tyler Bolitho and Joel Kunnethedan

2.  Birthday Greetings to:
Atlanta Williams-McDowell, Riley Little, Kristiana Whiston, Sam Keno, Alexie Phillips, Mya Lindsay, Lloyd Gutierrez and Joshua Arsi.

3.  Contact Details
Please let the office know if you have changed your address, phone number, cell phone number or email address recently.

4.  Senior School Production
Will be held on Thursday 3rd July at St Kevin's College Auditorium at 1.00 pm and 6.00 pm. Tickets are available from the office for a gold coin donation.  The Home and School sent a food order form  home yesterday and orders have to be returned to the office by Monday 30th June.  The food will be available at 5.30 pm on Thursday night and you pay for it when you collect your food.

5.  NZ Catholic Newspaper
This newspaper was handed out to every child yesterday and has stories and competitions in it.

6.  Welcome
We warmly welcome Roger Neri (Yr 6) who started school last week to Ruma Kahikatea.

7.  Congratulations
To Elenoa Asi (Yr 4) who travelled to Invercargill last week to compete in the Invercargill Tap Dancing competitions.  Elenoa tapped away to win 4 firsts, 4 seconds and 1 third placing in the 10 and under age group.  Well done.










Congratulations  to Taylor Pickworth (Yr 8), Tannah Rintoul (Yr 7), Tegan Souness (Yr 6) and Antonia Black (Yr 6) who were selected in the North Otago Rep Netball teams.  Well done.

School Notices

8. Mini Movers - During the term, Kate Cartwright from Sport Waitaki has been teaching the children Ki O Rahi which is the 20th century name for ancient forms of ball play on fields.

School Notices

9.  St Kevin's College Comment
Did you know?  Students need to learn how many days there are in a year, months in a year and hours in a day.  These can be fun things to talk about with them.  Work out how many seconds there are in a minute and an hour.

10.  Community Notices

• OSCAR Holiday Programme from the 7th to 18th July
• North Otago Rock & Mineral Club - Gemstone, jewellery and craft fair on 12 &13th July
• Kidsfest2014 held at the Oamaru Opera House from Friday 11th to Friday 18th July

 

Principal's News Week 8

      1. Learning: Performing Arts at St Joseph’s 2. Sport Waitaki  3.Sabbatical Sharing  4.Senior reading sessions 5. House Mufti Day

 

         

      1. Learning: Performing Arts at St Joseph’s

     Our Senior school learners are busy preparing for the biannual musical production next week. This year, Mr Cartlidge is directing our spectacular musical. Every class from Year 4-8 is performing an item. There are also group and individual performances that showcase our children’s God given talents. The St Joe’s Got Talent Show also has witty guest judges and compares. There are whispers that there might even be a reunion of the Spice Girls, look out for Ginger Spice!

Order forms for food will have gone home today. Contact the office if you have missed out. The Home & School will have the food available at 5:30 pm in the Red Castle beside the auditorium. Tickets for the 1pm matinee and the 6pm performances for Thursday are available for a gold coin donation from the office.

2. Sport Waitaki

Special thanks to Kate Cartwright who has been busy taking games and skills session with our children over the past couple of weeks. These sessions have been fun and challenging. Kate is finishing in this role at the end of the term and leaving Oamaru to travel overseas. I would like to acknowledge her excellent work in the community and wish her all the best for the future. We will certainly miss Kate and her valuable contribution to sport in our region.

                             

3. Sabbatical Sharing

I was fortunate to be invited to speak at the recent mid-year dinner for the North Otago Probus group. About 100 valued members of this community shared a luncheon at the Homestead and listened to my new learning. There were a few of our children’s grandparents amongst the group.

I am presently attending the NZ Catholic Primary Principal’s inaugural conference in Wellington and will share a video about my report to 100 colleagues from across New Zealand. I feel privileged to be able to share my learning beyond our school and proud to be able to represent St Joseph’s Oamaru at national level.

4. Senior reading sessions

Special thanks to Mrs Patterson who met with groups of senior school parents during the week eager to learn how to support their children’s reading. These sessions have been very successful across the school. Thanks to the parents that gave up their time to attend. There will be maths sessions next term. Thanks again to our committed staff and parents for modelling how to Reach for the Stars as Lifelong Learners in the Catholic Faith

     5. House Mufti Day

    A reminder that there will be a house colour mufti day next Friday for the last day of term. Children must wear their house colours and bring a gold coin donation. Our Year 8 leaders will be organising some fun filled sports activities. 

Principal’s News Week 7 Term 2 2014

1. Akoranga (Learning ) at St Joseph's 2.Cultural meetings 3.Congratulations!! 

4. Parent Updates 5. Whitestone LCN 6.Board Vacancy

1.Akoranga (Learning) at St Joseph's

Everyone is a learner at St Joseph's, even our parents. Mrs Burke has been leading reading workshops for junior school parents this week. These have been very successful. A message from Mrs Burke:

"Thank you for learning how to support your child with their reading strategies and having a deeper think about what they are reading. Thank you to the 14 parents who came over the week. If you would like any more information see Mrs Burke or email me sburke@stjoseph.school.nz. Looking forward to next terms sessions on Numeracy. Here are some handy literacy and numeracy links." 

http://www.abcya.com

http://www.seussville.com

http://www.roalddahl.com

http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/math.htm

http://teachertools.co.nz/lessons-and-more/

http://www.spellingcity.com/​

Mrs Patterson is looking forward to leading reading workshops for senior school parents next week.

You are invited to attend a session  run by Mrs Siobhan Patterson designed to help you to help your child in Years 4 to 8 at home with their reading.

The session will cover aspects such as:

· How to support your child with their reading strategies.

· Activities to support understanding of the text.

· Ways to help with research skills.

· Strategies to encourage reluctant readers

Over a week the session is being offered 3 times to allow you a chance to attend when it is convenient for you.

You are encouraged to bring your child with you so that you can be putting the ideas into practice.

If you are interested in attending please email Siobhan Patterson—spatterson@stjoseph.school.nz

2.Cultural meetings

On the evening of Wednesday 25th June there will be two cultural meetings in ruma koru. The Pasifika Fono will go from 6pm-7pm, followed by the Filipino Pagsasama at 7:30 pm. We look forward to welcoming all of our families along and sharing student learning action plans with you.

3.Congratulations!!

Well done to our Rippa Rugby team who were runners up at the competition in Pleasant Point yesterday. They lost by only 2 tries !!. See a photo of the team with their coach Chris Cant below. Thanks to Jason from North Otago rugby for supporting the team with intense training sessions over the past few weeks. 

Well done to our students who did so well at the Catholic Quadrangular tournament yesterday and thanks to Mrs Souness, Mr Moore and all parents who helped to supported this annual event. See the photos below.

4.Parent Updates

Updates on our parent reference group meetings and sports committee meetings can be accessed via this link. Thanks to our parents who contribute to these meetings.

Click here

5.Whitestone Learning and Change Network

Many of the initiatives that have begun to take place over the past year have come about through our learning and growth as a result of participation in the Learning and Change network of schools. Learn more about developments via this link.

Click here

Nikky Ryan, Janine Simpson, Lorraine Frances- Rees, Sharlene Carki, Rob Mill, Gary Shirley at the meeting held here on Tuesday afternoon.

6.Board Vacancy

Due to a job transfer, we have a vacancy on the board. We farewell and thank Dan Keno and wish him well with his job.  If you are keen to share your talents and skills with a forward thinking, collaborative and supportive board then please contact our chairperson Tua Misiloi or principal Jenny Jackson via the school office. This is an ideal opportunity for personal and professional growth and development. We have board meetings twice a term and subcommittee meetings twice a term as well. 

We also farewell Karen Stratton who will attend her final board meeting next week. Karen has been a Bishop's rep on our board for the past 5 years and a great chair and leader on our finance committee. We thank Karen for sharing her expertise with us over the years and wish her best wishes as she focuses on her  job. Bishop Colin has elected Bev Conlan, retired Duntroon principal and parishioner  into this vacancy.We welcome Bev to this new role.

Our Board Chairperson Tua, will be travelling to a special training session in Christchurch this weekend. Thank you Tua for leading the way by Reaching for the Stars as a Lifelong Learner in the Catholic Faith.

 Tua thanking Karen for her valuable contribution to the board over the past 5 years.