Principal's Message
NEWSLETTER WEEK 1 TERM 3 2025.
Welcome to Term 3. I hope the children enjoyed their break. The weather was mostly good for getting out and about.
I hope that children kept reading over the holidays and kept their reading logs up to date. They must bring their logs back by THIS Friday to be entered in the draw at this week’s assembly.
Welcome to our new children who started at St Mary’s this week: Aria Bebit, Lilly Boswell, Thaddea Calaro, Keyso Cambell, Rebecca Cumare-Vegas, Maddison De Loyola, Joshua Hunt, Abraam Joseph, Gynnly Madrid, Logan Maquire, Marlie Matthews, John Patterson, Emma Paul, Jack Richards, Ella-May Simmons. Lucy Sorrenson, Luca Stocchero and Arabella Vincencio. We ask for God’s blessing on these outstanding students as they begin their learning journey at St. Mary’s. Sarah Barnett, who has already been teaching in Kakano, will be teaching in the new class for four days and Sara Mines will be teaching our new students on a Friday. An excellent teaching combination, I must say.
We would like to thank Richard Malone for his dedicated service as our school caretaker. Richard has been a steady and reliable presence at our school, taking great care of the grounds and buildings and always ensuring things run smoothly behind the scenes.
Richard has resigned from his role at St Mary’s to take up a new position as a greenkeeper at a local golf course. We wish him all the very best in this new opportunity and thank him for his contribution to our school community.
Our Cultural Dinner is on Thursday in our school hall. This will be our 12th such dinner. All the past dinners have been successful and a lot of fun. All families are invited to bring a dish to share. Please bring a main meal dish, and we will provide the dessert. Come along and enjoy a fun night.
School reports will go home on Friday, 18th July. On Tuesday, 22nd July, and Wednesday, 23rd July, we have our school interviews. The conferences start at 3.15 pm and we do expect all parents and children to participate in this. Bookings are now open, and here is the link: https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code/srhxt
The interview's aim is for parents, students, and teachers to co-construct literacy, maths, and values/key competency goals.
Included in your child’s report is a whanau sheet to rate your child’s progress against each key competency area. Please bring this with you to the interviews.
The Key Competencies are capabilities that help your child learn. Using the scale, tick the box that best describes your child. Please bring this document to the interview because this will form part of the discussion to co-construct your child’s next learning goals at the learning conferences.
In September, parents from schools around New Zealand will be electing their school Board of Trustees for the next three years. We warmly invite all members of our school community to consider joining our School Board. You will be receiving an email next week calling for nominations.
Have a wonderful week.
Ngā mihi
David
TERM 3 DATES:
Monday 14th July: Start of Term 3
Thursday 17th July Cultural Dinner
Friday, 18 July, School Reports go home
Tuesday 22nd July, Parent conferences with teachers
Wednesday 23rd July, Parent conferences with teachers
Friday 8th August Mary MacKillop Mass
Friday 15th August Assumption Mass
Tuesday 19 August, Tough Guy and Gal
Friday 22nd August Gymnastics Festival MIGS Gym
Monday 25th August Golf Fun Day
Friday 29th August, Te Puke Gym Festival
Friday 5th September Teacher Only Day
Friday 12th September Kahui Ako STEM day at St Mary’s Rotorua
Friday 19th September, Last day of Term 3
Lucky Book Club
Lucky book orders due back 1 August 12 noon, no late orders please. Please ensure that your child’s name and classroom number are on the order form otherwise the order will remain in the office.
There are 2 ways of paying either 1) through the loop system which is on web page LUCKY Book Club | Scholastic New Zealand and selecting the parent’s tab, or 2) paying cash and sending the money and order form to the school office. If the order is a gift, then please mark this clearly and you will be contacted to collect the order from the office.
Lucky books donate the school 15% of the total amount spent to purchase extra books or on
classroom resources.
Thanks, Jenny
Winter sport & other tournaments information is up on the website. Good luck to all participating in a sports this term. Please remember our values and fair play.
Tough Guy and Girl
When: Tuesday 19th August 8.30am - 12.30pm
Where: Lakes Ranch, 79 Rotokawau Rd, Rotorua
Who: Years 3 - 6 children only
How: Own transport / carpool if possible (parents to organize)
Cost: $30
Click here to register! Registration closes 31st July 2025
FOOTBALL CLUB DUTY We have our last duty THIS SATURDAY! 19th of JULY, Please let me know if you are able to help. More people we have the better. Last duty went so well!
SPORTS PHOTOS
Please keep sending in and taking photos of our children playing sports. We love to see them and they all get used for the magazine pages at the end of the year. Please send to schooloffice@stmarysrotorua.school.nz
Netball - Please return dresses and team bags! We are still waiting on a few more. Any photos of teams will be much appreciated.
