ST MARY’S SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 2 THURSDAY 3 MARCH 2016
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Uniform
Parents please take time to ensure that your child is sent
to school in correct uniform.
We see children
• with jewelry that is not part of the uniform
• shoes with no socks
• Incorrect socks
• Sports shoes
• Various coloured hair ties
A uniform policy was sent out in the second week of this
term. If you need another please call in to the office and
ask for one
Staff news
Congratulations to Teejay Lyne-Lewis for being the MVP
at a National Futsal tournament last weekend. Her team
gets to go to a tournament in Australia.
CLASS ASSEMBLIES/LITURGIES/MASS
4th March
Assembly
Rooms 4 & 5
4th March
Class Mass
Rooms 5 & 3
11th March
Class Mass
Rooms 7, 4 & 1
18th March
Assembly
Rooms 1, 2 & 3
18th March
Class Mass
Rooms 6 & 2
Holy Thursday
Wholes School
24TH March
30th March
Stations of the Cross
(time to be advised)
Easter Liturgy
9.00am
Rooms 5 & 3
CERTIFICATES
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Welcome to Cindy Towers. Cindy teaches our year 1
and 2 pupils in Room 2. Please make her welcome.
(Due to technical difficulties there will be no photo this
week)
Congratulations to Tee Jay Lyne Lewis for being the
MVP at a National Futsal tournament last weekend. Her
team gets to go to a tournament in Australia.
Sir Brother Patrick Lynch
Brother Pat Lynch CEO of Catholic schools retires at
the end of this month. We were fortunate enough to
have him visit our school and meet our children. He was
very impressed with St. Mary’s and thought our children
were superb.
Family Picnic/Campout
Thanks to all families who supported this school event.
A good time was had by all. There were also some
suggestions on how to improve it which bodes well for
the next one.
Thank you to Wespac and the Irwin family for the BBQ.
Bike Track
Work on the first part of our Bike Track 0- the Pump
track – will begin in the next few days.
Congratulations to the above children who received
Certificates for their hard work the past fortnight.
Joshua Lee, Emma Trask, Isabella Yarwood,
Anna Joby, Isaiah Nelmes, James Harrison,
Adrian Makiwa, Ciaran Flannagen. Ryder Krakosky,
Mekhaella Emphasis, Joshua McMahon,
Kaylee Osgood-Ashwood,Tino Mununganirwa,
Liam Harrison
COMMUNITY NOTICES
The Care Committee at St Mary’s school is in need
of more volunteers who could help with baking a
cake for new families to the school. If you would
like to help in this way it would be very much
appreciated. Please contact Vicky in the school
office on 357 5015 – many thanks.
SCHOOL TRIATHLON/BIATHLON
We wish to acknowledge and wish the following
students who celebrated their birthdays over the
past few weeks a very Happy Birthday.
Grace Dakin, Annalyssa Turia, Jack Pritchard
and Andrian Makiwa
School Absentee Number – 0210 279 5744
School Bank Account Number 01 0755 021505
KWAPA (Kids with a Positive Attitude)
(Due to technical difficulties there will be no photo this
week)
Congratulations to the above children for their
Great efforts the past fortnight. Kayne Teka,
Anna Matafahi, Mikaele Sae. Manu Rota-Harris.
Hayley Hesketh, Charlotte Matafahi, Aidan Martens
FORTHCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER
Wednesday 9th March
Interschool Triathlon
Thursday 10th March
Tabloid Sports Yr. 3-4
OLOL School
BOT Meeting 7.00pm
Tabloid Sports Yr 5-6
St James School
Good Friday – school
closed
School re-opens
Thursday 17th March
Thursday 17th March
Friday 25th March
Tuesday 29th March
Triathlon Results
Yr 4 Boys Triathlon 1st Kaleb Moody, 2nd Logan Boyd,
3rd Kanye Teka.
Yr 4 Girls Triathlon 1st Tyler Irwin, Catelyn McCormack,
Kaitlyn Mangeya.
Yr 5 Boys Triathlon 1st Ryan Harrison, 2nd Andy Richardson,
3rd Lachland Smith.
Yr 5 Girls Triathlon 1st Cathryn Cage, 2nd Annalyssia Turia,
3rd Ria Verma.
Yr 6 Boys Triathlon 1st Tyler Mumby, 2nd James Harrison,
3rd Mitchell Mead-Campbell.
Yr 6 Girls Triathlon 1st Rebekah Trewitt, Christina Trewhitt,
3rd Kayelyn McKenzie.
Biathlon Results
Yr 3 Boys Biathlon 1st Maia Turia, 2nd Amal Shijo,
3rd Cruz Leslie-Rehu.
Yr 3 Girls Biathlon 1st Jacoba Sae, 2ndPopply Milligan,
3rd Aimee Cooper.
Yr 4 Boys Biathlon 1s Eli Andrew-Bilton,2ndEthan Jane
3rd Nian Trocio.
Yr 4 Girls Biathlon 1st Ana Matafahi, 2nd Candace
Mitchell, 3rd Kazia Cunninghamme.
Yr 5 Boys Biathlon 1st Judah Lelea, 2nd Jack Pritchard,
3rd Paula Matafahi.
Yr5 Girls Biathlon 1st Karizma Vaipulu, 2nd Chisomo
Khamphambe, 3rd Grace Dakin.
Yr6 Boys Biathlon 1st Isyle Milligan,
2nd Jesse-James Dalziel, 3rd Adrian Makiwa,
Yr 6 Girls Biathlon 1st Anna Joby, 2nd Katie Waghorn,
3rd Dakota Williams.
2016 TERM DATES (subject to alteration)
Term
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Start
1st February 2016
2nd May 2016
25th July 2016
10th October 2016
Finish
15th April 2016
8th July 2016
23rd Sept 2016
14th Dec 2016
Character is how you treat those who can do
nothing for you.
Tricia Campbell (Editor) Suneal Singh (Principal)
Interesting Fact – Did you know?
Hummingbirds flap their wings 50-70 times
a second and are the only bird that can fly
forward and backward.
Tiny Hummingbird feeding on a
Zinnia flower.
Collect moments not things.
“I have wept in the night for the shortness of sight
that to somebody’s need made me blind. But I
never have yet had a twinge of regret for being a
little too kind.
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