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From the Principal's Desk....
Welcome to Week 8 everyone, and what a week it has been!
Ian Hunter, from our parish, and St Vincent de Paul wishes to pass on his thanks for
such a wonderful food collection. The quantity on their shelves is now well stocked
and the range of goods covers all the areas for those in need. Thank you once again
to our school community for your generous donations.
There would have been some tired students last night after an action packed day of wheels and the annual
Tough Kids Challenge. The Year 1 - 2 students were all eager for the seniors to leave today so they could have
the school to themselves for their scooters and bikes. I am sure they all had a fantastic time.
The annual Tough Kids Challenge was another huge success. We are so lucky to be able to put all of our Year
3 - 8 students on buses to attend this event and the wonderful wave of green is hard to miss! It is a great
way to get the students (and staff) out of their comfort zones and enjoy the end of term together.
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PCT Challenge - Police Competency Training Challenge
Congratulations to our Year 8 students Izzy Gibson, Annabel Connell, Will
Griffiths and Charlie Morrison. They spent last weekend with Mr Brown in
Wellington competing in the PCT Challenge with other regional winners from
across the country.
The Bluelight Police Competency Training Challenge is a tough obstacle
course. Teams of four must work as a team to navigate the course, lift, carry,
climb, balance, run and overcome a range of obstacles. Our students should
be very proud of their amazing effort. They finished in the top 10 out of over
30 teams from throughout New Zealand!
Parent-Teacher Interviews - Wednesday 7th December
An email was sent out last week informing you that we will be holding Parent-Teacher Interviews on
Wednesday 7th December. Time slots are already filling up fast!
School will finish at 12:30pm. The reason for closing the school early is to allow us to get through all the
interviews in one day.
We would appreciate it if you were able to collect your child/children at 12:30pm so that the Parent-Teacher
Interviews can begin at 1:30pm.
For those parents and caregivers who are unable to collect their children due to work commitments, we will
be arranging supervision in the afternoon until 3pm for any remaining children.
The 2016 Parent-Teacher Interviews will give you an opportunity to discuss your child’s learning and social
needs in a more formal setting. To make a booking for the Parent-Teacher Interviews, please cut and paste
the following link.
www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code?code=h7q56
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www.stpatricks.school.nz
Nutcracker Ballet
Congratulations to Charlie Morrison who competed
in the South Island Primary School Tennis
Championships Open Grade in Timaru on Monday
and Tuesday.
Charlie won the Year 7 and 8
Boys Open Grade Singles and
also won the Year 7 and 8
Boys Open Grade Doubles.
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Congratulations to Lil Riley who performed with the
Imperial Russian Ballet Company in the Nutcracker
on Sat 26th and Sun 27th November at the Isaac
Theatre Royal.
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Tennis Success!
Lil (was among 40 children) from Sharon Howell's
School of Ballet who were selected from
Christchurch ballet schools to perform with the
Imperial Russian Ballet Company in the famous
Nutcracker Christmas Ballet.
School Community Christmas Picnic
The School Community Christmas Picnic
will be held on Sunday December 11th
from 4pm - 6pm.
This is a lovely opportunity for the School Community to get
together before Christmas. There will be a BBQ, music and
games for the children. Please save the date now.
Charlie has had a number of recent sporting
successes and I am sure we will see many more in
the future.
Sandpit Extension Project
The PFA has kindly agreed to fund the extension of
the school sand pit. We have been generously
offered a dump truck and sand. We are now looking
for volunteers to help with construction of the
extension on the weekend of 28th and 29th January
2017.
If you are able to help in any way,
please pass on your name to
Selena (school office) or Kirsty
Mahoney (ph 027 240 5232).
Coffee Morning - Tomorrow Morning!
Christmas Battery Fundraiser!
We welcome you to come up to the
Staff Room when school starts at
9.00am for coffee and a chat this
Friday 2nd December.
Joe Morrison, a former pupil of St Patrick's, has been selected
to participate in an annual hockey exchange between St
Bedes College and Kings Bruton, a private boarding school in
Somerset, England.
It's a great way to meet other parents, especially if you are
new to the school. Pre-school children are most welcome to
come along.
In order to help subsidise this trip, he is selling Kodak
batteries. He has two options
available. All of the batteries
expiry dates are 2024.
Important Dates: Term 4, 2016
4th December
7th December
7th December
8th December
9th December
11th December
12th December
14th December
16th December
16th December
30th January
Year 8 Leavers Dinner
School Interviews
Canterbury Athletics Day
Junior Syndicate Trip
Room 3 Assembly 11:30am
School Christmas Picnic
12 Days of Christmas group to airport
End of Year Mass 6pm, Holy Trinity Parish
Room 7 Final Assembly 11:00am
School Finishes at 12:30pm
Term 1 Starts 8:50am
24 Pack of Kodak alkaline AA
batteries - $20.00
24 pack of Kodak alkaline AAA
batteries - $20.00
Please email [email protected] if you would like to
buy some batteries or place an order at the school office.
Thank you all for your support.