Newsletter No. 34 St Benedict’s School Khandallah Absence Phone No: 939-3878 Answer Phone: 479-6878 Fax: 479-3879 Email: [email protected]Website: www.st-benedicts.school.nz School Blog: http://stbensepicblog.blogspot.co.nz School Calendar: http://www.st-benedicts.school.nz/Calendar 31 October 2017 We warmly welcome Mackenzie to Room 2, sister of Addy Stone. We hope she enjoyed her first day at school. Our thoughts and prayers are with the O’Styke family as they come to terms with the passing of Janine’s Grandmother and the Nahu family as they come to terms with the passing of Shayne’s brother in law. From the Board of Trustees At the Board meeting last week the Board accepted the resignation of Kerry Baughen. Mrs Baughen has decided to explore new challenges and opportunities in her career and feels the time is right to do this. We would like to thank Kerry for the wonderful contributions she has made to our school over the years and we wish her well for next year and beyond. Board of Trustee Mid-term Elections are planned for December 1 st this year. We have 2 parent representative places that are coming up these elections. The Board has appointed a returning officer and information will be sent out to parents in the near future about this. This year the Ministry of Education and School Trustees Association are using NZ Post’s system Votext to manage information and vote counting in an effort to improve the Board election processes. Information about Votext can be found by clicking on this link http://www.trustee-election.co.nz/board- resources/votext-for-schools On behalf of the Board of Trustees, teachers and children I would like to say a huge thank you to Kim Howard her team and the army of volunteers who helped out organising and also on the day of the Spring Fair. Everyone had a fantastic day on Sunday, the weather played its part and for our school this was a wonderful opportunity for us to include the wider community in one of our major school events. The total for the Spring Fair is $21,600. This is an outstanding result. Our school and students are lucky to have such generous people who give their time, talents and money to support their learning. Sports photos for Netball, Miniball and Basketball teams will be taking place this Friday. Please make sure the children who still hold their uniforms bring these for photos and those who have handed them in already will need to collect these from the office for their photo. Key Dates November 2 Gardasil immunisation – Yr 8 3 School Sports photos 6 Northern Zone Athletics 17 Book Character parade 21 InterZone Athletics 22 Manuka Syndicate Athletics-Nairnville December 01 School Speech Competition 05 Regional Athletics 06 BOT meeting – 7pm 08 End of Year Mass 10 Yr 8 Leavers Dinner 12 Big Day Out – Whole school 13 Prize giving & Carol service – 6pm 14 Term 4 ends January 2018 31 Term 1 begins
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Newsletter No. 34 St Benedict’s School Khandallah Absence Phone No: 939-3878 Answer Phone: 479-6878 Fax: 479-3879 Email: [email protected] Website: www.st-benedicts.school.nz School Blog: http://stbensepicblog.blogspot.co.nz School Calendar: http://www.st-benedicts.school.nz/Calendar
31 October 2017 We warmly welcome Mackenzie to Room 2, sister of Addy Stone. We hope she enjoyed her first day at school. Our thoughts and prayers are with the O’Styke family as they come to terms with the passing of Janine’s Grandmother and the Nahu family as they come to terms with the passing of Shayne’s brother in law.
From the Board of Trustees At the Board meeting last week the Board accepted the resignation of Kerry Baughen. Mrs Baughen has decided to explore new challenges and opportunities in her career and feels the time is right to do this. We would like to thank Kerry for the wonderful contributions she has made to our school over the years and we wish her well for next year and beyond. Board of Trustee Mid-term Elections are planned for December 1
st this year. We have 2 parent representative places
that are coming up these elections. The Board has appointed a returning officer and information will be sent out to parents in the near future about this. This year the Ministry of Education and School Trustees Association are using NZ Post’s system Votext to manage information and vote counting in an effort to improve the Board election processes. Information about Votext can be found by clicking on this link http://www.trustee-election.co.nz/board-resources/votext-for-schools
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, teachers and children I would like to say a huge thank you to Kim Howard her team and the army of volunteers who helped out organising and also on the day of the Spring Fair. Everyone had a fantastic day on Sunday, the weather played its part and for our school this was
a wonderful opportunity for us to include the wider community in one of our major school events. The total for the Spring Fair is $21,600. This is an outstanding result. Our school and students are lucky to have such
generous people who give their time, talents and money to support their learning. Sports photos for Netball, Miniball and Basketball teams will be taking place this Friday. Please make sure the children who still hold their uniforms bring these for photos and those who have handed them in already will need to collect these from the office for their photo.
Unfortunately during the Spring Fair yesterday some people were parking on Nicholson Road, up along the back of the school. One of our neighbours cars was damaged by a white car hitting it sometime during the day. If you hit a car please either leave a note on the car or contact me and I can provide you with the person’s details so you can contact them. We also ask that parents do not use this road for general drop off/pick up. The school only uses this road in emergencies. Remember hockey lessons for the children begin this Wednesday 1
st (Rooms 2, 3 & 4) and Thursday 2
nd (Rooms 5-
12) November. The children are to wear sports uniforms (Mufti for Rooms 2-4) and we recommend that children bring a mouth guard with them to protect their teeth from any accidental damage. This week our EPIC Award “EPIC Eddie” went to the students in Room 12. They have been working hard, supporting each other and being extra helpful recently. It has been great to see so many students volunteering to help out with all sorts of jobs within the class and around the school. For example, everyone in the class has helped out with the school fair in at least one way, and many have taken on multiple responsibilities. In addition to these extra jobs, they have also managed to keep focused on their learning and they are great at helping each other out if anyone needs a hand. Room 12 are EPIC! 2018 Term Dates
Last week (Monday-Sunday), our solar panels generated 155 kWh of solar energy. Our school page can be viewed by clicking on the St Benedict’s School
Please note the change that has been made to the community notices. Click on this link http://www.st-benedicts.school.nz/?page_id=1639 to our school website where these notices are displayed. Kind Regards Dave Lamont Principal ICAS Mathematics
We have received our results for the ICAS Mathematics examination and are very proud of the results of all of our students. We had 59 students participate in the examination and we were awarded 5 High Distinctions, 9 Distinctions, 18 credits and 3 merits. High Distinction: Ryan Novilla Year 4, Charles Burns Year 5, Nadia Khera Year 5, Carl Novilla Year 6
Distinction: Ria Mathew Kulathinal Year 3, Charlie McDougall Year 4, Isaac Faraon Year 5, Sara Howard Year 5,
Aminette Miranda Year 5, Sam Glynan Year 6, Daniel Barber Year 7, Sandrine Dimen Year 7, Jigs Ibarra Year 7 Credit: Hamish Burn Year 3, Tessa Kallarackel Year 3, Melia Abro Year 4, Bianca Billones Year 4, Jessie Dravitzki
Year 4, Connor O’Styke Year 4, Sean Dimen Year 5, Shania Siby Year 5, Emilia Dmochowski Year 6, Tessa Gilhooly Year 6, Silas Keogh Year 6, Jacob Bailey Year 7, Natascha Casey Year 7, Emma Dias Year 7, Emma Maitland Year 7, Emily Reid Year 7, Adam Byrne Year 8, Betty Custodio Year 8, Merit: Nisha Agarwal Year 3, Evelyn O’Brien Year 3, Sara Mejia-Moreno Year 5
Room 5 learnt many facts about 3 D shapes through hands on Maths activities. They worked in small groups and persevered to make a variety of shapes which displayed edges, faces and vertices. A lot of learning, Mathematical language and lots of fun.
NEW PLAYGROUND REVIEWS – ROOM 2
I like the playground because it has a slide. A slippery slide and a climbing spider. By Charlotte McGregor I like the playground because I like the monkey bars. They are really zoomy, fast and floaty. By Alexander Bath I like the heavy playground because I like the wobbly things. By Dominic Gardner I like the playground because of the monkey bars. By Grace Coulter I like the playground because I like the slippery slide. By Jacob Flutey
YEAR 8 LEAVERS DINNER FUNDRAISER QUIZ NIGHT When: Sunday 12th November Where: Khandallah Trading Company Time: 6pm start Cost: $20 per adult (tickets can be purchased on the evening) plenty of awesome raffles on offer on the evening
(bring your gold coins). Get a table together 4 - 6 and come have a great fun evening. Ph Nickie 0274408972
‘YUMMY’ STICKERS’ * Thank you for collecting the ‘Yummy’ stickers in Terms 2 & 3.
The Yummy Fruit Company has given us $411 to spend on sports
gear this year.
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HOK Notices
A great big thank you to everyone who helped make the Spring Fair a fabulous success. A grand total of $21,600 was raised and the level of support from our school community was amazing. Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers, teachers, parents, students and support crew; with a special thank you to Kim Howard and her energetic committee. Hats off to those who baked, cooked, made fudge and crafts, grew plants, sorted, set up/cleaned up, donated money/goods/time and the list is endless.
Uncollected Raffle Prizes
Raffle prizes not collected: Do you have these lucky tickets?
Raffle 1 Yellow ticket C2
Raffle 3 White ticket E11
Raffle 9 Orange ticket J8
Raffle 14 Green ticket E2
SPORTS/CULTURAL PHOTOS
Sports are on Friday 3rd November. The schedule will be up in the Library. The times of the photo session can vary. Please make sure your team is ready to go 10 mins before your scheduled time. Please wear your PE gear, unless your team can organise to get skorts/dresses. The photos are taken only of the teams who played Miniball or Basketball in Term 3. There will be a Year 8, Choir and Librarian photo. Please make sure your child wears the appropriate uniform. Any questions please contact Andrea [email protected]
WEEKLY REFLECTION
"People who’ve had any genuine spiritual experience always know that they don’t know.
They are utterly humbled before mystery. They are in awe before the abyss of it all, in
wonder at eternity and depth, and a Love, which is incomprehensible to the mind."
Richard Rohr OFM - Franciscan priest, writer and inspirational speaker
Earlier this year, at the 2017 Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon, St Benedict's School won a school group prize of 15 complimentary tickets for the 2018 event. If you would like to be in the draw to win one of these free tickets, parents please write and sign a note saying that you would like your child to enter the draw for this. One entry per child please. Entries are to be handed to the office by Friday the 10th of November and the winners will be notified in Newsletter No.36. Winners can then contact the office for their coupon code. If you enter the draw, please do not register for the TRYathlon yet as you will need the coupon code to register for free. (Earlybird specials are available until 18th February). The Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon will be held in Wellington on Sunday 18th March at Kilbirnie Park, Wellington.
CONGRATULATIONS to Emma Dias who has passed her Grade 6 violin exam with Distinction scoring 93/100.
CONGRATULATIONS to Mila Lemmens who competed in the Regional Cheer
Leading competition last weekend, her team from Bigair Gym won 1st place,
Level Two Grand Champs, Overall Best Jumps, Stunts and Pyramid. They have successfully gained a partly paid bid to compete in Korea next year.
Has your child been registered for School Banking? If not please ask at the office for a form to sign up for their Head Start Saving Account. Once your child has been registered they will receive a Kid’s School Banking pack which will include a calculator, savings diary and deposit envelopes to help them get started. For easy and convenient banking for your child, the ASB has provided a Deposit Drop Box in the office area where your child can make their regular savings deposit. Emma McCallum
PARENT ROAD PATROL
Parents: Please be present from 8:30-9:00am and again from 2:50-3:15pm
Term 4
Tuesday 31 Oct Abeyesundere family
Wednesday 01 Nov Abro family
Thursday 02 Nov Aduna family
Friday 03 Nov Agarwal family
Term 4
Monday 06 Nov Agate family
Tuesday 07 Nov Allott family
Wednesday 08 Nov Almeida family
Thursday 09 Nov Anderson family
Friday 10 Nov Apu’ula family
Sushi Lunches starts the first week of term. Place your order for WEDNESDAYS via the Kindo Shop on your
school website (or via www.ezlunch.co.nz) Please note our final day for deliveries this year is Wednesday 13th December.
COMMUNITY NOTICES Click here for all community notices - http://www.st-benedicts.school.nz/?page_id=1639
HOK Sponsors
Thank you to businesses and individuals that sponsor and support St Benedict’s School. We acknowledge and appreciate their support and ask that you use them when you can.
