Newsletter - Week 7, Term 2 (14 th June 2017) Our Lady of the Rosary School Wainui Road, Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, 5010 Phone: (04) 566 3258 Fax: (04) 566 3159 Email: [email protected]Web: www.olr.school.nz Kia ora, malo e lelei, talofa lava, kia orana, namaste, ni hao, welcome, The School DISCO was a great success. THANK YOU to our FOS Commiee for organising the event for our students and to all our wonderful parents/caregivers that helped out on the night from selling, to cooking, to cleaning. Today is Support Staff Day. Our amazing Support Staff support the teachers and students in so many ways. We are very lucky to have such a dedicated team and we want to say THANK YOU! BIKE TRACK - It has been so pleasing to see so many families within the local community come and enjoy our OLR Bike track during the weekends. I personally have fond memories of teaching my own children to ride a bike and it is so joyful to see parents bring their children to learn to ride and enjoy the track as a family. PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE - As you are all probably aware, TV1 are presenng an interacve programme called What Next? The programme connues to pose quesons we as parents/caregivers to consider for our children. What new technologies, invenons/innovaons and opportunies will be available for our children for the future? How are we Caring for Our Common Home, our environment? What are we doing now to prepare our children? These are quesons we as a school connue to reflect on to therefore trial and change and implement new iniaves to meet the changing needs of our students learning. As we have menoned in previous newsleers, we as a school have been working with our students to build on their skills, atudes and knowledge to develop their growth mindset and Learner Agency. Learner Agency is all about preparing our students to make choices to prepare them for the future. It is also aligned with the Key Competencies in the NZ Curriculum; Thinking, Using Language, Symbols and Text, Manging Self and Parcipang and Contribung. Together as a community we will connue to work together in preparing our children for NOW and the FUTURE! Thank you to the FOS Commiee for supplying water boles to add to our emergency supplies at the Church. OUR SCHOOL VIRTUES: Faith – Whakapono Hope – Tūmanako Love – Aroha Charity – Manaakitanga A warm welcome to Rihari and Teeya and their family to Our Lady of the Rosary Community. Rihari has joined Room 2 and Teeya has joined Room 1. Intermediate Hub 2018 Meengs - Today - Hub Informaon Evening for 2018 at 6.30-7.15pm followed by a Camp Planning Meeng from 7.15pm to 8pm. All students who will be in our Intermediate Hub in 2018 are welcome to aend with their parents/caregivers.
Kia ora, malo e lelei, talofa lava, kia orana, namaste, ni hao, welcome, The School DISCO was a great success. THANK YOU to our FOS Committee for organising the event for our students and to all our wonderful parents/caregivers that helped out on the night from selling, to cooking, to cleaning.
Today is Support Staff Day. Our amazing Support Staff support the teachers and students in so many ways. We are very lucky to have such a dedicated team and we want to say
THANK YOU!
BIKE TRACK - It has been so pleasing to see so many families within the local community come and enjoy our OLR Bike track during the weekends. I personally have fond memories of teaching my own children to ride a bike and it is so joyful to see parents bring their children to learn to ride and enjoy the track as a family.
PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE - As you are all probably aware, TV1 are presenting an interactive programme called What Next? The programme continues to pose questions we as parents/caregivers to consider for our children. What new technologies, inventions/innovations and opportunities will be available for our children for the future? How are we Caring for Our Common Home, our environment? What are we doing now to prepare our children? These are questions we as a school continue to reflect on to therefore trial and change and implement new initiatives to meet the changing needs of our students learning. As we have mentioned in previous newsletters, we as a school have been working with our students to build on their skills, attitudes and knowledge to develop their growth mindset and Learner Agency. Learner Agency is all about preparing our students to make choices to prepare them for the future. It is also aligned with the Key Competencies in the NZ Curriculum; Thinking, Using Language, Symbols and Text, Manging Self and Participating and Contributing. Together as a community we will continue to work together in preparing our children for NOW and the FUTURE!
Thank you to the FOS Committee for supplying water bottles to add to our emergency supplies at the Church.
OUR SCHOOL VIRTUES: Faith – Whakapono Hope – Tūmanako Love – Aroha Charity – Manaakitanga
A warm welcome to Rihari and Teeya and their family to Our Lady of the Rosary
Community. Rihari has joined Room 2 and Teeya has joined Room 1.
Intermediate Hub 2018 Meetings - Today - Hub Information Evening for 2018 at 6.30-7.15pm followed by a Camp Planning Meeting from 7.15pm to 8pm. All students who will be in our Intermediate Hub in 2018 are welcome to attend with their parents/caregivers.
14 June Intermediate Hub 2018 Meeting. 6.30pm Camp 2018 Planning Meeting, 7.15pm 16 June Buddy Mass at OLR Church, Rms 7, 10, 9 20 June Interzone Cross Country 21 June Umu / Hangi meeting, all welcome, 5.30pm 23 June Buddy Mass at OLR Church, Rms 12 and 3 23 June Student Sacramental Programme session 9-10am 26 June KIWI Competition week 28 June BOT meeting, 7.00pm 29 June Sacramental Programme session 9-10am 30 June Hangi/Umu 3 July KIWI Competition week 7 July Mufti Mania 7 July Sacramental Programme session 9-10am 7 July End of Term 2 24 July Term 3 begins
OLRS Rising Star Gold Cards
Congratulations to: Xanthe, Isabella and Isadora
ENVIROSCHOOLS Update
NEW Garden beds
Out the back of the
school we now have three
new garden boxes so that
we can plant new
vegetables and fruit. We
haven’t planted any new
plants yet but we will
once the drainage system
is up and running. Our
goal is to have a
community garden for the
school and Waiwhetu
community. Noah Yr 7
Thank you to Jason Grimmett for his time and skills on fixing/maintaining our bikes here at school. It is very much appreciated.
Our condolences to Ajay’s family whose great grandad John, passed away last Friday, Stacey’s grandfather. Our prayers and thoughts are with you at this sad time.
Intermediate Hub Career Education speaker Terry Miller gave an enthusiastic presentation on research and development in the field of engineering to our Intermediate Hub students last week. The students were inspired by his creativity and his passion for inquiry.
Thank you to LC Scott for taking our school photos today. Each child has been given a ‘postcard’ with a ‘shoot key’ on it. You are able to login to http://www.lcscott.co.nz AFTER 5pm today and view and order photos. Please make your orders before 28th June 2017.
Hangi / Umu, Friday 30th June - Items still needed: Fresh fish - Does anyone go fishing and would you
be happy to donate some of their catch? Call all Fry Bread experts to help with making the
bread on the day, 30 June. Please contact Sarah, Rm 11, [email protected]
Our Lady of the Rosary School Virtues The children who showed the virtue of LOVE - AROHA in the classroom last week:
Rm 10 - Lachlan Rm 11 - Joelle Rm 1 - Aimee B Rm 3/4 - Jessica G and Emery Room 8 - Katriel Rm 12 - Joseph Rm 2 - Stella Rm 6/7 - Paige and Erin
Academic Excellence Certificates
were awarded to these students
throughout last week.
Well Done to you all!
Health Update Illness - Please keep your child/ren home from school for 48 hours after the last time they have vomited or had diarrhoea.
Slapped Cheek - Slapped cheek (also known as fifth disease) is a common childhood illness. It causes bright red cheeks – like you’ve been slapped – and a lace-like rash on the body. Slapped cheek most commonly affects children under 10 years of age. Some adults may get it if they are not immune from childhood. How is slapped cheek spread? Slapped cheek is caused by the human parvovirus B19 (no connection to the animal parvovirus). Slapped cheek is passed on in droplets from the respiratory tract of an infected person, mainly by close contact, coughing and sneezing. Once infected the time until symptoms appear is between 4 and 20 days. If you catch slapped cheek, you’ll be infectious for 5 or 6 days before the first symptom appears. You’ll stop being infectious once the rash appears. Slapped cheek rapidly spreads through schools and childcare facilities and is most common during winter and spring. Information from Ministry of Health NZ
Community Notice: PARENTS!!! its that time again... school holidays are approaching us. book your child in now to avoid disappointment in missing out on a placement with Kids Domain. Online bookings at www.kidsdomain.biz - lots of fun daily activities and prizes (for ages 5-14years) WINZ Subsidies are available for working and studying parents. Phone 027 4749573
The Holy Ocean By Aaliyah, Rm 7
Tizz! The sound of the scorching soft sand, burning beneath my big feet. Feeling the heat rays coming from the sun, tanning my body a crispy brown like toast. I quickly top toe,running as fast as I can to the cool, splashing sea. I am healed by the holy ocean. The ocean is a tornado of emotions. It can be calm and at times dangerous. I can hear the birds chirping up above me. As I look up I can see a whole new world of wonders, the deep blue hypnotising space in the sky makes me daydream. The waves, wave goodbye as I leave them with a smile.
God Bless, Noho ora mai, Karolina Surynt-Tapiki Principal
On Tuesday Rooms 1 and 3 went to Carter Observatory. We learned that Neptune is 3 billion kms away from the sun. Mars is not orange and brown, it’s just rust. Mia and Christopher, Rm1
It was very interesting watching the movie on the roof. The screen was like an upside down bowl! The movie was about life on other planets and then we saw the constellations and the Matariki stars. Jovan, Rm2
Troy used the inflatable planets to help teach us the order of the planets. The children in our class were holding rings (and hula hoops!) to compare the sizes of the planets with each other. Grayson - R2
Troy was one of our educators at Carter Observatory. He told us the difference between stars, planets and moons. Rhylan - R2
We played a game with Troy about how far the planets are from the sun. Elora had Neptune and she was all the way out the door! Annabel - R 2
We really enjoyed the trip to Carter Observatory on the bus! Thank you to all the wonderful parents and grandparents who helped us on the day. We will remember what Kendra and Troy showed us forever! Room 2
