Cardinal McKeefry School Newsletter
25 November 2016
Kia ora te whanau,
Welcome
Nau Mai Haere Mai
Fáilte
欢迎
Maligayang pagdating
Welkom
Willkommen
Добро пожаловать
Afio mai
Malo e lelei
Selamat datang
Bienvenida
Ahlan Wa Sahlan
Velkommen
Salam
Croeso
Youkoso
Mabuhay
Upcoming Dates
November
Mon 28 - Tue 29 - WPCA Over
night tramp Rm 1
December
Catholic Character
Catholic Social Teaching Principal 7 - Solidarity
The world’s peoples are interdependent. That means we need each other if we are to
live. We must work together if we are to go on living. And, when we share our lives with
our sisters and brothers around the world, we will become the best we can be. Even
though there are huge differences among us, we are still one family—the family of God.
We have planned two ways we can help our children to experience solidarity over the
coming weeks:
Mufti-Day
The first is a wear Red and Black Mufti day for the Kaikoura Earthquake on Friday 2 nd of
December. All gold coin donations will be going to the Red Cross Appeal for Kaikoura.
The Giving Tree
The second is our Catholic Social Services Christmas Giving Tree which will be in our
foyer again next week until the Monday of the last week of school. Some of the families
that Catholic Social Services works with over the year find Christmas hard. Otari Parish
will try to help them by giving them some gifts for Christmas. We invite you to bring along
a small gift for either children, teenagers or adults and place it under the tree in the
school foyer. If you wrap it, please indicate on the outside if it is for a man, woman,
teenager, boy or girl and approximate age it would suit.
Thurs 1 - Assembly Rm 2
Wed 7 - WPCA Snorkelling Rm 1
Thurs 8 - Christmas Liturgy 6.30pm
Fri 9 - Carols at Sprott House
Sat 10 - Community Carols
Sun 11 - Leavers Dinner
First Holy Communicants
Congratulations to Allen Rey Abenoja,
Gerardine Matafeo-Solia and Piper Taylor
for receiving their First Holy Communion
on Sunday
Wed 14 - School End of Year Trip
Thurs 15 - Leavers Assembly
Fri 16 - Last day of Term 4
2017
T e rm s :
Term 1
Wed 1 Feb — Thurs 13 April
Term 2
Mon 1 May — Fri 7 July
Teacher Only Day Tues 6 June
Term 3
Mon 24 July — Fri 29 Sept
Term 4
Mon 16 Oct — Tues 19 Dec
Teacher Only Day Tues 24 Oct
Christian Values
Enrolments for 2017
To help with the planning of classes in 2017 it is important that we are aware of any new
enrolments. If you have a child turning 5 in 2017 please get in contact with us to enrol
them for the next school year. In addition if you have family or friends who are
considering enrolling their children please encourage them to contact our office so we
can arrange a meeting to share our wonderful school with them.
Please also let us know if your family is relocating as it helps us to plan appropriate
farewells for your child/children.
Ngā mihi nui
Tania Savage
Ra whanau kia koe….
This week we celebrate Ananyaa’s birthday today.
Ngā Rerenga Kōrero — Maori Phrase of the Week
Kāore i kō mai, i kō atu i a koe!: There's no one else better than you!
Future Focussed
Love of Learning
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Shared writing from Room 5
We have been learning about the planets in our solar system. We worked in pairs to
compare the earth with one other planet. We found some interesting differences and
similarities and organised them in a Venn diagram.
We were reading about Jupiter. We discovered that one of Jupiter’s moons called
Ganymede is bigger than Mercury but it is not a planet because it orbits Jupiter.
Jupiter’s big red spot is a storm sucking up other storms on its way.
Deep and Nicholas
Our planet was Saturn and it has more gravity than earth. We also found that it
takes 29 earth years to orbit the sun. It has 53
moons.
Crystal and Sophia
Uranus has 13 rings made up of mostly dust and
these rings were discovered in 1977. It is the coldest planet and it has 27 known
moons. Some of their names are Ariel, Titania and Oberon. Uranus has a magnetic
sphere with water at its core.
Lily and Nell
Congratulations
Wesley competed in the National Inline Hockey Championships in Hamilton last month and was awarded MVP for the
year. His team placed 2nd at the Bauer Cup Championships and just missed out on a medal at this years Nationals.
Congratulations Wesley!
Summer soccer
The Summer of our Soccer discontent continues, with rain forecast for today. It's likely we will play regardless. Kelly
Sports are determined to get as much soccer in as we can before the end of the year, and may be playing games on
Tuesdays to try to catch up. A decision will be made shortly: stay tuned! Meanwhile, here is the draw for tomorrow:
Panthers: 4:00 pm pitch 2
Leopards: 4:00 pm, pitch 6
Cobras: 4:30 pm pitch 2
Cheetahs: 4:30 pm pitch 3
Strikers: 5:00 pm pitch 8
Golden Ninjas: 6:30 pm pitch 4
Cowgirls: 6:30 pitch 7
Cardinal Cougars: 7:00 pm pitch 1
Wolves: 7:00 pm pitch 2
Golden Ninjas: 7:00 pm pitch 11
Christian Values
Good luck, everyone!
Future Focussed
Love of Learning
P a g e
PTA News
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Christmas Croissant Fundraiser
We are selling our delicious frozen croissants as a fundraiser. Wake up to Christmas morning with yummy freshly
cooked croissants! Each bag contains 10 medium sized frozen croissants for only $12. This offer is open to yourself,
your family, friends, neighbours or work colleagues. Orders and payment are due back to school by Wednesday 7
December for delivery at school on Thursday 15th December at the tuck shop.
Please make payment via internet banking to PTA Cardinal McKeefry 12 3140 0357670 00
using your surname and croissant as a reference. You also have the option of
placing your green form and cash/cheque to the office, please ensure you have correct
money. Thank you for your support!
Otari Parish News
First Holy Communion
Congratulations to the 34 children from Otari Parish who celebrated their First Holy Communion on The Feast of
Corpus Christi this Sunday at St Teresa's Church. It was a beautiful warm spring day as we celebrated such a joyous
occasion in our Parish. A special thank you to Father Ron, Mary Anne Peetz, the Sacramental Programme team and
of course the parents and families who helped to prepare the children for this wonderful event in their faith filled journey.
Otari Parish Children’s Mass November 27th
Please come along to the Otari Parish Children’s Mass this Sunday, 10.00am at St
Teresa’s Church. This is a child friendly mass celebration and all families of the
parish are warmly invited to attend. If your child would like to participate please
contact Pat Gee on 0272466150.
Community News
For rent: Northland (Cheshire St) house available from
7th Dec. Large sunny 4 bedroom house with expansive
views over hills. Three spacious living areas, good indoor/
outdoor flow onto large flat fenced lawn. Call Sarah on 04
297 9152 or 021 0232 9772 for further details and to
arrange viewing.
LADIES PETITE GIFT FAIR - Friday 25th Nov 6-9pm
Our annual Northland Petite Gift fair is back !
This year there will be all the stalls you love with beautiful
locally made goodies and a few new ones to temp you!
Bring your friends and join us at Saint Anne’s Church Hall
Northland Village for a spot of Christmas shopping at this
fab social and local event. Find The Petite Gift Fair on
Facebook for more details. Or ph Anna 027 475 4243
Online Holiday Program | Four weeks of fun!
Become your own music producer with Activate Music
Academy’s Online Holiday Program! We’ll workshop your
songs, make new friends in the community forum, and get
creative to win awesome prizes. Complete beginner? Been
making beats for a while? We're going to have a great time
making music together! Register and find out more at:
https://activatemusic.academy/online-holiday-program/
Christian Values
This Saturday Fiona Haines Dance Academy is performing
Cinderella. Chloe, Blake, Dominic, Kezia, Amber, Bella,
Darcey, Laura, Izzy and Ruby from Cardinal McKeefry will be
dancing.
It will be held on
Saturday 26
November at the
Memorial Theatre in
Kelburn, and will run
for about two hours.
If you are interested,
there will be door
sales at the 12:00
and possibly the 3:00
performances for $25
per person. It is an
enjoyable afternoon,
so please come
along!
Future Focussed
Love of Learning