Followers of Christ 29 June 2016 Newsletter No. 11 T2 Week 9 DATES TO REMEMBER July 1 st A ssembly Room 7 - 2.00 pm 6 th PTFA Meeting - 7.00 pm - all welcome 7 th Bible Reading Finals - 11 am 8 th Mufti Mania - gold coin donation 8 th Term 2 finishes - 3 pm 25 th Term 3 commences Principal’s Reflection Tē tōia, tē haumatia Nothing can be achieved without a plan, workforce and way of doing things. Today we celebrate the Feast Day of St Peter and St Paul. Saint Peter and Saint Paul were both foundation leaders of the church, working with both the Jewish and gentile communities, showing that the message of Jesus was for all people. Peter was a fisherman but gave this up to follow Christ. He was born with the name Simon but Christ named him Peter, which means rock. He was chosen as one of the Twelve Apostles and became a leader of the early Christian church. Saint Peter was the first Pope and is often depicted in statues holding a set of keys. These are the keys to the kingdom of Heaven. Peter was one of Jesus’ followers and we too, are trying to be powerful followers of Christ and follow in his footsteps, just as Peter did. Today we thank God for the life of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and ask that we too will be fishers of men. Our day began celebrating mass with our parish community. The mass was beautiful and I would like to congratulate the students on their respectful behaviour and outstanding singing. Following mass we processed over to our St Peter’s Community Hall for the cutting of our St Peter’s Feast Day cake. This is always a highlight for us with our eldest student, Miss Hailee Banner and our youngest student, Master Diamond Por, cutting the cake. All the students received a piece of cake to eat with their morning tea. After morning tea the students worked in their House Groups on a rotation of activities. These included: making origami paper fish, decorating painted rocks, viewing a video story about St Peter, and making St Peter’s Bookmarks. During these sessions the students worked with their Guardian Angels. The day concluded with an Inter-house Haka Competition with St Anne taking out the competition, 2nd St Nicholas, 3rd St Patrick & 4th St Therese. We have had a festive day celebrating our Namesake Saint and Special Catholic Character. CUPCAKE DAY Congratulations to our Young Vinnies who excelled themselves making and decorating their cup cakes to sell last Friday. Their were cup cakes of all colours awaiting the eagar customers! The Young Vinnies were thrilled to be able to donate $400 to the Saint Vincent de Paul group, who often support our families in many ways. BIBLE READING FINALS - YRS 4-8 The Bible Reading finals will be held in the last week of term - Thursday, 7 th July at 11am in the church. Everyone is invited to hear our confident readers of scripture in this competition. As with other years, the competition is going to be very high. Could last years cups please be returned ASAP. Thank you. MUFTI MANIA DAY All Catholic Schools will be holding a Muifti Mania day on the last day of this term.The money raised from this will go to a Catholic School in the Solomon Islands, Last year $15,000 was raised from NZ Catholic Schools taking part in Mufti Mania Day. This year the money will go to Saint John Bosco Primary School in Gizo in the Solomon Islands. They are wanting to repair school buildings and construct new toilets. We are asking for a gold coin donation for wearing mufti on the last day of this term. Children helping children. Catholic Character Review Team This week we have had Mr Greg Day (Lead Reviewer), Mrs Anne Marie Harland (Acting Principal St Columba’s School, Frankton) and Mrs Rhonda MacFarlane (DRS St Joseph’s School Fairfield) carrying out our review. The reviewers have observed each teacher teaching Religious education and have passed on some very positive comments. During the time in our school the reviewers have spoken to students, teachers, Mrs McCreery-our Director of Religious Studies, myself, our Board of Trustees, Fr Leonard and parents. Along with our documentation the reviewers are able to highlight many positive practices within our school and develop some next steps for us. Initial feedback has been very positive and all reviewers have commented on our wonderful children. You can all feel very proud!
Principal’s ReflectionTē tōia, tē haumatiaNothing can be achieved without a plan, workforce and way of doing things.
Today we celebrate the Feast Day of St Peter and St Paul.
Saint Peter and Saint Paul were both foundation leaders of the church, working with both the Jewish and gentile communities, showing that the message of Jesus was for all people.
Peter was a fisherman but gave this up to follow Christ. He was born with the name Simon but Christ named him Peter, which means rock. He was chosen as one of the Twelve Apostles and became a leader of the early Christian church. Saint Peter was the first Pope and is often depicted in statues holding a set of keys. These are the keys to the kingdom of Heaven.
Peter was one of Jesus’ followers and we too, are trying to be powerful followers of Christ and follow in his footsteps, just as Peter did. Today we thank God for the life of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and ask that we too will be fishers of men.
Our day began celebrating mass with our parish community. The mass was beautiful and I would like to congratulate the students on their respectful behaviour and outstanding singing. Following mass we processed over to our St Peter’s Community Hall for the cutting of our St Peter’s Feast Day cake. This is always a highlight for us with our eldest student, Miss Hailee Banner and our youngest student, Master Diamond Por, cutting the cake. All the students received a piece of cake to eat with their morning tea.
After morning tea the students worked in their House Groups on a rotation of activities.These included: making origami paper fish, decorating painted rocks, viewing a video story about St Peter, and making St Peter’s Bookmarks. During these sessions the students worked with their Guardian Angels. The day concluded with an Inter-house Haka Competition with St Anne taking out the competition, 2nd St Nicholas, 3rd St Patrick & 4th St Therese. We have had a festive day celebrating our Namesake Saint and Special Catholic Character.
CUPCAKE DAY Congratulations to our Young Vinnies who
excelled themselves making and decorating their cup cakes to sell last Friday. Their were cup cakes of all colours awaiting the eagar customers! The Young Vinnies
were thrilled to be able to donate $400 to the Saint Vincent de Paul group, who often support our families in many ways.
BIBLE READING FINALS - YRS 4-8The Bible Reading finals will be held in the last week of term - Thursday, 7th July at 11am in the church. Everyone is invited to hear our confident readers of scripture in this competition. As with other years, the competition is going to be very high.
Could last years cups please be returned ASAP. Thank you.
MUFTI MANIA DAYAll Catholic Schools will be holding a Muifti Mania day on the last day of this term.The money raised from this will go to a Catholic School in the Solomon Islands, Last year $15,000 was raised from NZ Catholic Schools taking part in Mufti Mania Day. This year the money will go to Saint John Bosco Primary School in Gizo in the Solomon Islands. They are wanting to repair school buildings and construct new toilets. We are asking for a gold coin donation for wearing mufti on the last day of this term. Children helping children.
Catholic Character Review TeamThis week we have had Mr Greg Day (Lead Reviewer), Mrs Anne Marie Harland (Acting Principal St Columba’s School, Frankton) and Mrs Rhonda MacFarlane (DRS St Joseph’s School Fairfield) carrying out our review. The reviewers have observed each teacher teaching Religious education and have passed on some very positive comments.
During the time in our school the reviewers have spoken to students, teachers, Mrs McCreery-our Director of Religious Studies, myself, our Board of Trustees, Fr Leonard and parents. Along with our documentation the reviewers are able to highlight manypositive practices within our school and develop some next steps for us. Initial feedback has been very positive and all reviewers have commented on our wonderful children. You can all feel very proud!
Science UpdateThe month of July marks one year since Mr L returned from his time on placement at the University of Waikato’s School of Science. This brought an end to phase 1 of the Science Teacher Leadership Programme and kicked off phase two.
During August 2015, a Science self-review was conducted. This research aimed to establish the state of Science teaching in our school at the time. The research also provided us with baseline data on the confidence of our teachers to teach Science as a subject, our students’ engagement with Science, and community perception. A similar review will be carried out again at the end of 2016.
This week, our school will submit a ‘Science Impact Report’ to the Royal Society of New Zealand. The report is a requirement by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Enterprise - the government department that funds the programme. Even though this report does not include data from a full ‘self-review’, it is a chance for our school to give an account of all the wonderful learning that has occurred so far this year.
In compiling the report, we could celebrate a multitude of Science experiences students have had over the last six months. A real strength of the classroom programmes were the way teachers were able to integrate Science learning into other parts of the curriculum, particularly Literacy. The report further includes data gathered from student surveys. One such survey, was the NEMP Science Survey that focused on student engagement. This questionnaire was completed by 12 year 4, and 12 year 8 students. Here follows a summary of responses:
‘How much do you like doing Science at school?’17 out of 24 students responded circling the ‘extremely happy face’.The other 7 students circled the ‘happy face’
‘How often does your class do really good things in Science?’Heaps = 2Quite a lot = 1Sometimes = 20Never = 1
‘How good do you think you are at Science?’Extremely happy face = 7/24Happy face = 13/24 Sad face = 0/24Extremely sad face = 0/24Don’t know = 4/24
‘Do you want to keep learning about Science when you grow up?Yes = 16/24Maybe = 8/24No = 0/24
Year 7 students completed an online ‘Science Engagement’ survey compiled by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER). Results from this survey were very positive, when compared to responses from August 2015. Overall, this report proudly celebrates student engagement and a marked growth in teacher confidence.
Next stepsOur teachers will continue their journey of professional development in the Nature of Science strand. We trust that our students will continue to be engaged through hands-on experiences.We are planning to get community members more involved in classroom programmes through opportunities to share their Science experiences with our students.
Science Evening in term 3 - an opportunity to share the content of the “Science Impact Report’ with our community, as well as, having a go at some of the experiments done so far this year.
FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
FOCUS: KINDNESSKāhoretakutoaitetoatakitahi,hetoatakitiniWe cannot succeed without the support of those around us.
What is Kindness?Kindness is showing you care, do-ing some good to make life better for others. It is being thoughtful about people’s needs. Kindness is showing love and compassion to someone who is sad or needs your help. Kindness is treating yourself and others gently, It is caring about the earth and all living things.
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kind-ness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greet-ing.”
Mother TeresaSUNDAY MASS TIMES:Saturday - 5.30 pm Sunday - 8.30 am
FOLLOW US: www.facebook.com/stpeterscatholicPhone 827 6623 for absenteesDebra A White, PRINCIPAL
COMMUNITY NOTICESFreedomBall,23July, 6.30 pm at Bridges Church, 28 Duke Street, Cambridge. Proceeds going towards a mission trip in Kolkata, India working with Freeset Gateway project. For tickets call 021220609, search Trade Me for “The Freedom Ball” or email [email protected]
Cleaner Required for household cleaning/chores. If you are able to help please phone 0272525778 for more information, and hours required.Kids Rock School Holiday Programme: Monday, 11th July-Friday, 22 July, at St Peter’s Catholic Community Hall. A timetable of events is included with this newsletter. For more information or to book please contact Moe Robinson mobile: 0210787316 or email: [email protected] website: www.kidsrock.net.nz
LUNCH ORDERSLunches are available for purchase on a Thursday only. Please write your child’s name on an envelope, ensure that the correct change is included and hand in to the School office BEFORE 9.00 am. No cheques please. Lunches will be available for the child to collect at 12.30 pm in the office foyer. A lunch menu is on the school website.
“Caught Being Caring”Campbell Durran-Wolff, Kingston Keijzer, Ben Ambler,
Olivia Bodle, Jake Millen, Shae Cockburn
CLASS AWARDSROOM 1: Logan Boss - for working hard with difficult words at writing time and having a go.Rose Kennedy - for being a good listener and sharing her enthusiasm for learning with others.Phoebe Jones - for being a kind friend, and helping others without being asked.ROOM 2: Diamond Por - welcome to St Peter’s Catholic School. You have made a wonderful start.Harlem Curran - for taking great strides in working independently, staying on task and becoming a powerful self manager.Campbell Durran-Wolff - for being a very enthusiastic learner.ROOM3: Harper Taane - for asking thoughtful questions, especially during Inquiry and Weekly Wonderings.Katie Millen - for fantastic work with her basic facts.Olivia Wood - for showing the Fruits and always being ready to help others.ROOM 4: Isabelle Sinclair - for sharing her ideas and understandings during science rotations and discussions.Olivia Bodle - for excellent explanation writing using topic sentences and supporting information.Nico Gall - for sharing his ideas and understandings during discussions at prayer time and RE.ROOM 5: Isaac Shen - for always giving his very best in all class activities.Hamish Durran-Wolff - for being Room 5’s ‘David’. Having the biggest heart - always kind to others, and a great member of the Room 5 team.Kendall Muir - for being a positive player in the Room 5 team. Always happy to reach out to others, showing a kind heart.ROOM 6: Alex Macrides - for a top quality ‘Tourist Brochure’ about Camp Bentzon.Keelah Bodle - for working hard and producing great results in her writing.Patrick Fisher - for a top quality ‘Tourist Brochure’ on Camp Bentzon.Josh Bam - for a top quality ‘Tourist Brochure’ on Camp Bentzon.Ashleigh Muir - for being an excellent role mole in our school.Eli Cody - for ‘huge’ growth in self confidence and being an excellent role model to all.Jujhar Singh - for giving quality peer feedback in writing.Danny Shen - for very pleasing progress in maths.ROOM 7: Josh Allen - for being a ‘powerful learner’ and putting 100% effort into all his work - and with a smile.Abel Joseph - for showing the gifts of gentleness and kindness throughout the day.Esme MacGillivray - for being a ‘powerful learner’ and tackling all new learning with enthusiasm.
PTFA NEWSFUNDRAISER - OXFORD PIES
Thank you to all the families who supported the Oxford Pies Fundraiser. Pies can be collected from the staff room on Thursday, 7th July 2016.
PTFA Meeting: Wednesday, 6th July @ 7.00 pm. All welcome.
North Island Schools Cycling ChampionshipWe have just been made aware that the North Island Schools Cycling Championships for Year 7 & 8 takes place on Saturday 9-Monday, 11 July. This is for road
and track cycling. Entries need to be in by Friday, 1st July. If you are keen go to www.redevents.co.nz for more info.
Next Friday (8th July) marks the end of Term 2. We wish you all a happy and safe holiday.
