based around options that work for your whanau. This

device will be “white gloved” ready to go with all

learning applications, insurance, and a protective case.

The opportunity for you to either purchase outright or

pay off over 1-3 years is enabling access to student

learning anywhere, anyhow. We have the 20/20 trust

set up which enables us to offer this amazing

opportunity for you to access.

Our focus continues to be LEARN, CREATE, SHARE.

You will see our goal is to continue to have blended

learning where our students are doing a range of

activities continuing with art, health and PE, drama, and

bookwork. These devices are merely another aspect of

our goal of learn, create, share.

If you have any queries or questions, we would love to

hear them, so come in for a chat with your child’s

teacher or myself. Watch this space for more updates.

KAPA HAKA

I am thrilled to be able to announce that we have finally

secured a tutor for kapa haka to support our students.

We welcome Wiremu Smith who was a previous

student. Wiremu will be working with our students and

we look forward to sharing our learning at Praise Giving

at the end of the year. This kapa haka group will be

voluntary for our students to opt into, so we hope that

your child will take this opportunity.

FAMILY MASS

This Sunday we celebrate with our school/parish Family

Mass this weekend. We celebrate as a school once a

term and ask that all of our whanau and community

come along to support your child in their faith journey

with us. As part of Family Mass we run the ministries of

music, readings, prayers altar service and morning tea.

We would love some helpers in the kitchen to serve tea

and coffee and wash the dishes afterwards. Please bring

along some food to share with our wonderful

parishioners. Come along and meet some new people

and introduce yourselves. Mass begins at 9.00am, and if

your child/ren have a role, please arrive at 8.45am.

Hope to see you all there.

Have a wonderful and safe weekend full of many

blessings.

Kathryn Carey (Principal)

Greetings, Kia Ora, Talofa, Bula Vinaka, Konnichi wa, Dobrodošli, Sawa dee, Failte

Mid way through term 3 and it is a chance for me to

thank those of you who have supported us as teachers.

Your kind words and encouragement are uplifting. We

hope that we can get some change to ensure that

education in New Zealand is valued to retain and

encourage the best teachers to support our kids!

CROSS COUNTRY

We had such fabulous fun at our annual PCS Cross

Country at the Cutler Farm. A huge thanks to the

Cutler family for preparing the course, setting up the

safety barriers and allowing us on their beautiful

property. The kids were promised lots of mud, and

they certainly got that! It was fantastic to celebrate our

students who have a gift of running. We were so

impressed with the students who participated and ran

with smiles and great sportsmanship. Our winners are

further in the newsletter and we congratulate them.

MANAIAKALANI

Our involvement in the Manaiakalani outreach

programme is continuing to gain momentum. The

learning by our staff is extremely exciting as they are

creating their own google sites, pages, contracts and

teaching our students some solid skills for their learning.

This term we are processing the paperwork to begin our

“roll out” ready for 2019. The paperwork will begin in

term 4 for the opportunity to purchase your own

devices for year 5 to 8 students. The community hui we

had last term showed an overwhelming consensus for

our students to have access to digital learning as 21st

Century learners across the school. To sustain this, the

opportunity to purchase your own learning device will

be available for our whanau.

The roll out will start with our year 5 to 8 students and

you can choose to purchase your own chrome book

Special points of interest:

FAMILY MASS—Sun 26th August

Yr 8 Orientation—Tues 28th August

DAFFODIL DAY—Fri 31st August

ICE SKATING—Fri 31st August

24 August 2018 Week 5 Term 3

PCS Cross Country 2018

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Year 0 Girls Karly Kopae

Boys Oscar Tye Connor Scott

Year 1 Girls Gianni Hobman-Williams Keita Smith Isabella Bowden Khloe Hokai Zariah Windelborn

Boys Brody Cutler Devante Iose Layton Taylor-Wratt Reed Dickinson Jett Ujdur

Year 2 Girls Kadence Kopae TeWhiti Waipouri Zara Tye Dakota Crosby Kristyna Currin

Boys Dante Matthews Oscar Gray Rudhransh Reo Mangham

Year 3 Girls Hannah Jackson Louise Richards Kelisha Wilson Hine McKay Leila Pereira

Boys Nathan Smith Christiaan Birch Layton Jecentho Kevin Vinod Kurt Wilkinson

Year 4 Girls Lily Wells Caleb-Rose Josie Wright Sharron Tepania Brooke Haines

Boys Hiroshi Newman Arli Hokai Max Tye Ricardo Spence-Flood

Kingston Hobman-Williams

Year 5 Girls Therese Birch Danika Lucich Alyx Cutler Kataraina Smith Jaymee Hodgson-Kimber

Boys Will Wright Max Richards Noah Dickinson Dallas Crosby Roman Nasr

Year 6 Girls Calista Shanks Xanthe Hone-Moore Piper Harrison TeManea McKay

Tiana Rapihana-Pirini

Boys Koby Hokai Mitchell Wells Lee-Zion Tepa- Riley Jackson Alex Mulholland

Year 7 Girls Poppy Ujdur Chris Oreiro Nevaeh Davis-Mahoney Emma Mayes

Astyn Hobman-Williams

Boys Kaden Cutler Quentin Shanks Jimi Nelson Blake Wells Ben Thompson

Year 8 Girls Peri-Leigh Samson Ashton Hodgson-Kimber Ayushi Patel

Wikitoria TeKuru-Tahitahi Aoibhinn Price

Boys Leyton Tracey Nathan Murray Barnabas Iose Watene McKay Alexander Campbell-Lewis

PCS Cross Country 2018

White bread, baguette, Sourdough, pita, riwana, and many

more, Perhaps no food comes in as many varieties as bread.,

Because bread is so basic to our life, God was wise to nourish

us with divine life in the form of bread, the Eucharist.

Jesus foretold this marvel when he claimed, “I am the bread

of life….I am the living bread that came down from heaven;

whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that

I will give is my flesh for the life of the world” (John 6:48,

51). This was not just a figure of speech. Jesus meant the

words literally. At the Last Supper the night before he died,

he held bread in his hands and said to his friends, “This is my

body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me” (1

Corinthians 11:24). Ever since then Christians have been

celebrating the breaking of the bread. We come together to

share a meal and be fed with the bread and wine that is

Jesus. The Eucharist is a gift of Jesus' love through which we

remember his death and resurrection and share in them.

When Jesus called himself the bread of life, his listeners no

doubt thought of Moses. Through Moses God sent down

manna, bread from heaven that fed the chosen people for

40 years before they reached the promised land. Jesus

explained, “Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but

they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so

that one may eat it and not die” (John 6:49-51).

God prepared us for the mystery of the Eucharist in several

ways. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a town whose name

means “House of Bread.” His mother laid him in a manger, a

feeding trough, a hint that someday he would be bread for

the world. All four Gospels tell the story of the miraculous

feeding of crowds, which foreshadows what happens at

Mass. Jesus fed thousands of people by having the disciples

distribute five barley loaves and two fish. After everyone had

enough to eat, there were still 12 baskets of leftovers (and in

some accounts seven). Even the time Jesus gave us the

Eucharist was a clue to its meaning—the time of Passover. At

this feast the Jewish people celebrate their salvation from

death in Egypt by a meal that includes unleavened bread and

wine.

When we partake of the Eucharist, Jesus feeds us with his

body and blood. We enter into communion with him and

with one another. Unlike other food, which becomes part of

us, Jesus in the sacred bread and wine makes us more like

him. Therefore we, too, are to be bread for the world.

The living bread sustains us and prepares us for that day

when we will come to the heavenly banquet. It is a pledge

of future glory. It is the means by which Christ fulfills his

promise, “I came so that they might have life and have it

m o r e a b u n d a n t l y ” ( J o h n 1 0 : 1 0 ) .

God Bless, Phil.

† Give us this day our daily bread! †

Kiwi

Pukeko

Kea

Tui

Kakapo

Te Kahu

Oscar Tye and Jett Ujdur

Reo Mangham and Serenity

Wilson

Paumea McKay and Manaia Martin

Noah Dickinson and Dallas Crosby

Isaac Dijkstra and Lee Zion Tepania

Watene McKay and Ben Thompson

These are our star students for the two weeks between

assembly celebrations. They have been “stars” of the

classroom and stood out for Resilience, Excellence,

Achievement, Co-operation and Holistic qualities. They

may have shown some of these characteristics or all of

them. Congratulations!!! They take home a Duffy book as

part of this award. If you would like to be our Duffy

Sponsor, please let us know.

YUMMY STICKERS!!!.....We are collecting them again so bring in your sheets. Thanks so much to Ann Williams who does a wonderful job of co-ordinating this for us! If you need more collection sheets let us know!

Ice Skating Tour We have an exciting opportunity to be involved in “The Ice Skating Tour” in Kaitaia!!! The session will be held on Fri-day 31st August 2018 and each class will take part in a supervised lesson for one hour. The lessons quoted from the tour page as follows: “Our lessons are developed to give kids from year 1-8 a unique and fun introduction to ice skating. We teach them the basics of balance, coordination and ice skating and always aim to have them all skating by the end of the session. We have the philosophy that kids learn best by falling and getting up themselves “ If you would like your child to take part it will cost $8 per child (please make payment to the office asap) This includes the lesson, and all equipment including a helmet and ice-skates during this time. We encourage your child to offer to help out at home or do extra chores towards the $8. There are 5 weeks to save. It will be fabulous fun!! The ice-skating schedule for each class will be: Lesson 1: 09:10am - 10:00am Kiwi (help with transport and supervision will be appreciated) Lesson 2: 10:00am - 10:50am Tui Lesson 3: 10:50am - 11:40pm Pukeko (help with transport and supervision will be appreciated) Lesson 4: 11:40am - 12:30pm Te Kahu Lesson 5: 12:30pm - 1:20pm Kakapo Lesson 6: 01:20pm - 2:10pm Kea The younger children would benefit with help tying skates and putting gear on, so if you are able to assist, please notify the teacher. All adults need covered in shoes for safety purposes. All children to wear mufti that day—long pants and socks are recommended. They are welcome to wear their own helmets and gloves if they prefer. Please notify the school if you do not want your child included. PCS Staff

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!

To all of our wonderful Dad’s out there,

have a very special Father’s Day.

Every year we have nominations for our

Duffy Award and we are pleased to

announce that Abe Wells was the lucky

winner! Thanks Abe for supporting our

school.

Transition

It was fantastic to have our past students

Trent Buckingham and Shannon Edwards come

and meet with our year 7/8 students as part

of the transition programme to Kaitaia

College. They are fantastic leaders and were

encouraging and full of great advice for our

senior students. Looking forward to watching

them all continue to grow in their

achievements!

PLEASE NOTE!! Can all drivers enter and leave our carpark from Dominion Road, so that our walkers are safe down the hill on to Eden Terrace. We are aiming to keep our pedestrians safe.

Whanau, let us always remember to show whanaungatanga at Pompallier. Help us to promote our values of

atawhai (mercy), aroha (love), pono (truth), and tika (integrity). Encourage our children to use these in all of their

actions with others.

Together we can create a school community which is positive, helpful, caring, joyous and strong.

This calendar gives you an idea of what is coming up during the term. Put the dates somewhere important to remember them. Dates can change at times, so please check this calendar each newsletter. If there are last minute changes we will notify you by text, and add comments onto our school Facebook page. Make

sure you contact Helen in the office to ensure you are part of our “phone tree” and get the “Skool Loop” App for your phone with updates too!

A reminder, for safety of our children,

please drive slowly in the carpark. No child

is to leave the gate area unsupervised.

Please do not park in the yellow lines.

Aug/Sep 2018

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Wk 5 20 21

Yr 3/4 Rippa

Catholic Schools

Office BOT training

22

Kiwi Sport

Hearing and Vi-

sion testing yr1/7

23

MATHS LEAD

TEACHERS AT PCS

Yr 7/8 Basketball

24

X-Country Zones

Waipap

Newsletter

25 26

FAMILY MASS

Wk 6 27 28

Year 8 Orientation

Kaitaia College

29 30 31

Ice-Skating Te Ahu

DAFFODIL DAY

Assembly

1 2

FATHERS DAY

Wk 7 3 4

PCS SPEECH

COMP

5

Kiwi Sport

6

NZ Playhouse Red

Riding Robyn

1.40pm

Far North Speech

Comp

7

X-Country Zones

Peria (qualifiers)

Far North

Speech /Comp

Newsletter

8 9

Wk 8 10

MAORI LANGUAGE

WEEK

SOCIAL JUSTICE

WEEK

11 12

Project Energise

13

14

Assembly

15 16

Wk 9 17 18

Yr 7-9 Volleyball

Girls

19

Kiwi Sport

20

Yr 7-9 Volleyball

Boys

21

Newsletter

22 23

PCS MASS

Wk

10 24

MERCY WEEK

25

Yr 5-8 Mini Hockey

Taipa

26 27

28

Assembly

29

Last day of

term

30