St Teresa's School Newsletter

It’s been a great start to the term, and it’s lovely to see our learners settling back into routines with energy and enthusiasm.

A warm reminder that Grandparents Day is this Sunday, beginning with Mass at 10:30am at St Teresa’s Church, followed by activities and morning tea at school. We look forward to welcoming our beloved grandparents and special elders for this treasured event.

We also hold in prayer our students who are preparing to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation—may this be a time of reflection, healing, and grace in their faith journey.

If you missed out on a Whānau Learning Conversation, please get in touch with your child’s teacher—we’d love to connect and share how your child is progressing.

And finally, nominations are now open for our School Board Elections. We encourage you to consider putting yourself forward or nominating someone who can contribute positively to the strategic leadership of our kura.

Ngā mihi nui,
Lindsey Dailly
Principal

Sunday 27th July

Grandparents Day Celebration 10.30am - 1.30pm

Tuesday 29th July

Board Meeting 6pm

Friday 1st August

Remutaka Assembly

Thursday 7th August

Percussion Workshop

Friday 8th August

Tauwharenīkau Mass - join us at 9.30am

On Wednesday St Teresa’s hosted all the schools in our South Wairarapa sport group in a football tournament. It was a wonderful day, although a very cold start! All three of the St Teresa’s teams played well with lots of determination and excellent sportsmanship. A huge thank you to Koran, Leah, Jocelyn, Russel and Jess who were our amazing parent helpers on the day. Another special thank you to Nim and the Featherston Junior Football Club for all of their support on the day, and for providing all of the yummy food.

Monday evening saw the debut of the Featherston Cluster's Battle of the Books, held at Kahutara School. This event involved three of our Year 7 & 8 students, who battled against students from South Featherston and Kahutara schools to answer questions about four books that they had been reading over the last term. Our team worked collaboratively, answering questions about the characters, themes and text features.

Congratulations Emily-Jane, Lockie and Chris for winning first place, and taking home a big block of chocolate each.

On Tuesday 15th July, Sean and Ned, visited us from Australia to give us an exciting and thrilling talk about resilience. They taught us to Never give up, Encourage others and Do your best. If you fall, get back up and keep on trying. Sean told NED's story with impressive yoyo tricks and flips, and wowed us all!

The students have been practising these important messages around the school with their NED yoyos.

In Term 3, we will be holding our School Board Elections. We are now calling for nominations – either for yourself or someone you know – at 12pm **Wednesday 6th August 2025**.

Joining the School Board is a meaningful way to contribute to the strategic direction and ongoing success of our kura. It’s a chance to help shape the future of St Teresa’s, supporting our vision of Developing confident, compassionate lifelong learners who embrace Catholic faith.

Board members attend monthly meetings and play a vital role in governance – helping guide decisions that impact our students, staff, and wider school community. It’s important work, and incredibly rewarding.

Our school has achieved so much under the leadership of our current Board – from strengthened learning outcomes and increased roll numbers, to major building improvements and enhanced community engagement. We’re keen to continue this positive momentum and are looking for people who can offer their time, skills, and perspectives to reflect the diverse makeup of our school whānau.

If you’re passionate about education, community, and making a difference, we encourage you to consider stepping forward. Nomination can be submitted to Zoe at the school office. For more information please reach out to Zoe or Lindsey.

We've heard through the grapevine that a local Greytown holiday programme is sadly closing its doors. In response, we're opening early bookings for our Spring Holiday Hub Club for our school community before we advertise more widely. This gives you the best chance to secure a spot before spaces run out!

📅 Dates: Monday 22nd September – Friday 3rd October 2025
⏰ Time: 8.30am – 3.30pm
💲Cost: $40 per day (full days only)
📍Open to: All children in Years 1–8
✅ OSCAR Accredited

Bookings are open until 3pm, Friday 19th September 2025.
Please note: Bookings are only confirmed once payment is received.

CLICK HERE TO MAKE BOOKING

📅 Thursday 14th August – Evening Show at 6.00pm

📅 Friday 15th August – Matinee at 1.30pm and Evening Show at 6.00pm

🎟️ **Tickets are on sale now** from the school office – $5 per ticket (cash or electronic transfer). Preschoolers are free! All proceeds will help towards the cost of lighting, sound, and props.

Please check the Hero app for information about your child’s costume. We can’t wait to see the talent shine on stage!

FOSTA will also be running a stall with goodies to enjoy during the performance – so come along, support our tamariki, and enjoy a fantastic show!

Come and join us at our St Teresa's School Spring Gala 2025. (It's a little bit earlier this year - almost spring!) It is going to be another fabulous Gala!

* Date: Sunday 24 August 2025

* Time: 11.30 am to 2 pm

* Where: St Teresa's School Featherston, 63 Bell St and the ANZAC Hall opposite

We will have lots of plants and seeds for your spring planting, a great mix of stalls, baking, delicious preserves, a variety of food trucks, coffee cart, raffles, cafe, baking, white elephant, children's games. art, jewellery and more!

A notice will be sent home next week, do keep an eye out to see the options of how you can make our spring gala a success.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The St Teresa’s Spring Gala is run by our fabulous fundraising team to raise funds to benefit all our students.

Event link https://www.facebook.com/share/1B2Hhw5Luo/

St Teresa's School

Email: office@teresas.school.nz
Website: https://www.teresas.school.nz/
Location: St Teresa's School Bell Street, Featherston, New Zealand
Phone: 06 308 9064
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/St-Teresas-Featherston/100057033717170/