St Teresa's School Newsletter
Tuesday 12th May 2026
Wow! What a busy few weeks it has been!!
The basketball team have had a positive start to their season by taking an awesome attitude with them onto the court in the new gym. They commented that the balls were super bouncy, which made dribbling tricky. Both of the teams have been working well together, passing the ball, setting each other up for the shot when someone else was in a better position.
I had the great pleasure of taking Michael and Fletcher to Wētā Workshops last week for a special tour. They also worked with some of the Wētā staff to create amazing creature puppet heads using cardboard and tinfoil. What an amazing experience! The Wētā Workshops team really pulled out all of the stops for us!
Remember, it is not too late to order school photos. See the information on Hero, or message Zoe in the office for more information.
Finally, it has been great to see so many students participating in our cross-country practices. The students have been doing well to improve their fitness ahead of the cross-country event at Kahutara School on Thursday. Fingers crossed for fine weather!
All of the smiling helpers were certainly the icing on the cake - or the rice with the curries ;-D
A special shout out to the teachers for all of their time organising everything both before and on the day; to the Tawera who worked all weekend helping in all sorts of ways such as runing errands, shifting furniture and selling drinks; to Leah for helping long hours on both days, and helping move lots of the heavy furniture; to Erin and Kerry McBride for coming in both days to sell preserves, and for kindly donating their proceedes; to members of the St Teresa's Parish for helping our cause by donating yummy food and/or helping in the cafe; and to all of you - our school whānau - for your donations of food, time, or both!
Without you all, we could never have achieved what we did.
The staff and students here at St Teresa's School are so blessed to have such wonderful supporters.
If you have any photos from the weekend, can you please forward them to me? Particularly of the students performing Kapa Haka at the Fish and Chip opening night. It turns out that I am a shocker for forgetting to pull out my camera for events like this! principal@teresas.school.nz
Here are the certificate recipients from our last assembly
Our Values Awards celebrate students who have shown our school values of Faith, Justice, Love and Humility. In our last assembly, these went to:
Waiorongomai - Walter, Jean
Wairarapa - Alex, Lucca
Tauwharenīkau - Ava, Dante
Remutaka - William, Quiana
Tākitimu - Malachi, Elsie
And our Stars of the Fortnight were: Aylarose, Chester, Bella, Chloe and Michael
Congratulations everyone!
As some of you have discovered, there is a short supply of our school uniform at the uniform shop in Masterton at the moment. We are unsure why this is the case, and are currently working with the team to resolve this issue. Please bear with us. In the meantime, we do have a small selection of secondhand uniform here at school in varying conditions, that you are welcome to have a look at.
Also, please note that the uniform shop is no longer able to get our long-sleeved winter polo shirts. The students will now be able to wear the short-sleeved shirts all year round. To make sure your child is warm enough, they are able to wear a plain white or navy blue thermal underneath their school shirt. Please make sure that the thermal is not visible at the neckline, so it can be hidden underneath their polar fleece.
We also have a small selection of brand new size 10-16 navy blue polar fleece vests available for purchase. These are no longer available at the uniform shop, but if you think your child/ren would wear one, and would like to buy one, please get in touch with Zoe in the office. These can be a great addition to the winter uniform as an extra layer, and can be just the thing for the slightly cooler mornings in summer and autumn. The price ticket says $32.99, but please just make us a donation.
If you have any questions about our uniform, please visit our website for the complete list.
For a while now, we have been having trouble connecting with people who are ringing our landline number. Although the phone rings, we are unable to answer it, meaning that you either need to leave a message or Zoe has to ring you back. This is very frustrating for everyone! We have contacted numerous people to try to get this sorted, to no avail.
If you need to get in touch with us for any reason, PLEASE RING OR TEXT THE OFFICE CELL PHONE 027 733 1636
Your contact is important, and we would hate to miss something vital.
Alternatively, if the matter is not urgent or time sensative, feel free to contact your child's teacher directly on the school phone.
HOW CAN YOU HELP YOUR SCHOOL? SEE THE FOLLOWING ODD JOBS:
We are still struggling to get these jobs done. If you can spare even half an hour, we would love to hear from you.
🧰 putting our new bin shed which is set to arrive this week
🧰 staining 2 picnic tables
🧰 repairing/replacing a corner of seats in the quad
🧰 clearning the soil away from the building outside Waiorongomai to prevent the timber from rotting (urgent)
🧰 repairing taps on mud kitchen sink outside Wairarapa
🧰 deep cleaning lino area in the corridor outside the art room
🧰 fixing panels on the current greenhouse by triming and taping them in place
🧰 cateloging library books onto a spreadsheet
🧰 finish painting a shelving unit to make a pōtaka kai/food cupboard for our school
If you are able to help with any of these jobs, please contact Zoë or Liz. These can be completed anytime at your convenience. Materials and most tools will be supplied by school.
dSport Youth Group
We are very excited to share with you our dsport Youth Group programme of events from May to August. There are loads of fun activities on offer with something suitable for everyone.
dsport provides both sport and active recreation opportunities for people with physical disabilities across the wider Wellington region (including Hutt and Porirua). Our Youth Group sessions are open to those aged 5-18 years with a physical disability or visual impairment.
Parenting Courses
Reap House is offering free Parenting Workshops in the South Wairarapa from 1st May through to 30th June. There are a range of workshops to choose from - from Toddlers to Teenagers, Oral Language through to Digital Connection.
Please check out the following link for All the workshops in one place, and to register.
Contact Us
Email: office@teresas.school.nz
Website: https://www.teresas.school.nz/
Location: St Teresa's School Bell Street, Featherston, New Zealand
Phone: 027 733 1636
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/St-Teresas-Featherston/100057033717170/