Principal's Message
NEWSLETTER WEEK 5 Term 1, 2025.
We have officially farewelled Summer and welcomed Autumn. Fingers crossed that we can have good weather for the remainder of the week, especially for our Gala on Friday. The weather forecast tells us that we are in for a good day on Friday.
Gala Day week is upon us, so we all need to get behind our PTA and give them every ounce of support. Members of the PTA and staff have put in so many hours to ensure this gala day is a success. Please shout from the rooftops that we are having our Gala Day on Friday. Invite family, friends, neighbours and anyone else you can think of. You have been generous with donations of goods, and some of you have donated money and prizes. Thank you. We are still collecting goods right up to Friday.
This week, the last of our Senior Classes have been on noho marae overnight camp at Kearoa Marae`. A lot of preparation goes into the planning for these, and we have had great support from parents volunteering to come to the camp. I would like to thank the parents who have come on camp and the teachers who have made this outdoor experience happen.
Above is this week’s GALA DAY list of goods to bring to school. Of course, we will take anything right up to Gala Day.
See you all on Friday
Have a great week
David
TERM 1 DATES.
11th -13th March Special Character Review team in the school.
17th March, Monday School Swimming Sports
18th March, Maths Whizz visits to classrooms
21st March Friday, St Joseph’s Feast Day. School Mass
11th April Friday, the School Holidays start. Easter and ANZAC take place in the holidays.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL URGENTLY NEEDS NEW MEMBERS
“The Society of St Vincent de Paul is the largest Catholic lay
organisation in the Church. Our members take seriously the
commands of the Gospel to serve others and work for justice. We
work in a caring and practical manner to promote human dignity
and justice through personal contact with those in need.” (Mission
Statement) https://www.svdp.org.nz/
In Rotorua our St Michael's Conference (committee) runs a food
bank and two op shops (the money raised buys food) and home
visitations. We have general volunteers who help us but urgently
need more people willing to commit time to being members.
Members meet once a fortnight at 10am on a Monday at St
Mary’s Church for an hour of prayer, spiritual reading and
committee business as well as committing to a few hours a week
of practical voluntary work. One of our members, Sarah, is about
to retire after 8 years of dedicated service. Currently, she is filling
the roles of three people: Treasurer, Coordinator of the Foodbank
and Manager of the Westend Shop. Sarah is willing to train
people to take her place in each of these roles. We only have five
other conference members who are busy with other roles.
Without members we cannot keep open our two St Vincent de
Paul Centres at Te Ngae and Westend; their leases are up for
renewal this year. If we are unsuccessful in gaining new
members, then we will have to make the tough decision not to
renew the leases and close both shops and possibly the food
bank for good. If you are interested in becoming a member and/or
would like more information please contact me, Steve McLeod
(President) 027 766 7626 or email
Donation to the Gala! Pita Pit - Lunch online
During Term 1 Pita Pit will donate $1.00 from every Hot Lunch that is ordered through Lunchonline. Your children have a choice of Butter Chicken, Ham & Cheese Macaroni, Beef Lasagna, Chicken Nuggets, Wedges, Pies, Mini Pies and Sausage Rolls. These are available every day except Friday on www.lunchonline.co.nz
New cut off time in the morning is now 8.30am!
Thanks Phil and the Pita Pit crew
PLEASE HELP FIND!!
Tarquinn, in K2, has lost his greenstone. It is a very precious taonga (pictured below) to his family, as all three children's greenstones have been carved from the same stone as their father's greenstone. Please keep an eye out for it and send it to the school office or to Kakano 2 (K2) if you find it. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Term 1 sports registrations are now closed.
ROCK CLIMBING - Is there any children from St Mary's that already do rock climbing down at the wall? Or maybe interested. Please email the schooloffice@stmarysrotorua.school.nz
Winter sport information is up on the website. Here are some quick links:
CLOSING VERY SOON:
RATS Duathlon: Click here - Closes 3.15pm TODAY 5th March
Mountain Biking event: Click here - Closes 3.15pm 6th March
ShowQuest: Click Here - Closes 3.15pm 7th March
BIT MORE TIME:
Miniball: Click Here - Closes 3.15pm 14th March
Football: Click Here - closes 3.15pm 21st March
Hockey: Click Here - Closes 3.15pm 28th March
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
