BOOK WEEK

Book Character Week

Teachers love books!!!

SECRET SANTA!!

AS PART OF OUR LAST WEEK CELEBRATIONS..RUMA WETA WILL BE HAVING A SECRET SANTA. YOUR CHILD WILL NEED TO SUPPLY A GIFT WORTH NO MORE THAN $5.00. THEY WILL HAVE A NAME TO BUY FOR AND NEED TO WRITE THAT PERSONS NAME ON THE GIFT.

THANK YOU.

Weekly Notices, Week 7, Term 4, 2017

Room 16, Weekly Notices, Term 4, Week 7 (26th - 30th November 2017)

Today a few from the guitar group played for us!

REMINDER:

Monday is a Teacher Only Day-NO school
( see you on Tuesday!)

Monday 27 November is a Teacher Only Day. There will be NO school for our children. If you need care for your children on Monday you can contact Mary-Ann Rolling on 347 0709 or 0211 215599

AHUREI KIDS........WELL DONE TO ALL OF YOU!!
You made St Mary's proud!


Heat-It is getting very hot from now on. Remind your child to apply sunscreen every day and to have lots of water at school. We have sunscreen at school they can re-apply at lunchtime. 

ADVENT LITURGY is Tuesday-Ruma Weta will be hosting it with Room 15.
Advent is the preparation time before Christ's coming!

ADVENT VIDEO-watch with your child.

Week 7 is book week. We have a lot of exciting activities planned for this week. We have spot prizes to give away also.

THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IS NEARLY HERE!!!!!

Christmas Parade Saturday 2 December 2017

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Christmas Parade – 2 December

The Christmas Parade is only a week away and here are some details for you. This year St Mary’s and St Michael’s are sharing the float. It will be great to have a Catholic presence in the parade.

We will have a donkey with Mary on it leading our float, with Joseph, Wise Men and shepherds. It would be quite nice to have a drummer boy too. If you have an appropriate costume for any of these characters please email me davidm@stmarysrotorua.school.nz

The rest of the children will be on the float which will be decorated as a stable. Children can come dressed as angels, shepherds and any clothes that might resemble people in Jesus’ era.

I will need a small group to help set up the float at school on Saturday. Once we are set up the float will be driven to Rangiuru Street and children can meet us there. I will also need people to help at the actual parade – six parents walking alongside the float and a few on board the float, dressed up of course.

The parade starts at 4.00pm so children need to be at the float by 3.15 pm. The parade will happen – wet or fine, but fortunately Saturday’s forecast is okay. Children will need lots of sunblock and a bottle of water. The parade itself should last under an hour, so children can be picked up on the Village Green from the float. All children will stay on the float until a parent collects them.

The Parade Committee is encouraging families to stay on after the parade for a family picnic. There will be an outdoor movie and other special things for children to do.

IN BRIEF:

3.30pm Children need to be at the float on Rangiuru Street

3.45pm Our donkey arrives

4.00pm Parade starts

5.00pm Approximate finish for parade on Village Green.

5.15 pm Prizegiving

6.00pm Movie

NEED TO BRING :

Children in costume; angel, shepherd, wise man, sheep etc.

Water bottle, Sunscreen already applied on child.

THINGS I STILL NEED :

Any spare costumes we might be able to borrow. Lots of ivy for the float.

If you need to contact me on Saturday my cellphone is 022 061 2071. I look forward to seeing you all.

Kind regards,

David Macmillan.

........................................................................................................................................................................

Please return to school office

My child/ren will be on the float. Name(s) of child/children : .....................................................................

□ My children will need some Jesus’ clothing

□ I can supply some appropriate clothing for children

□ I can assist at school setting up the float

□ I am available to walk alongside the float

□ I am available to be on float appropriately dressed

Name of Parent : ............................................................................ Phone Contact: .................................

Birthday's of missing children

Some children missed out on getting their photo taken for the blog because they were away or it was a weekend or holidays - so here some of the children who missed out, standing or kneeling, having their moment of glory.

Weekly Notices, Week 6, Term 4, 2017

Room 16, Weekly Notices, Term 4, Week 6 (20th - 24th November 2017)

Swimming we have swimming this week-please bring your togs.

To St Mary’s parents, caregivers and community,

Last year our church community supported ‘Angel Tree’ which is a branch of the ‘Prison Fellowship of New Zealand’ (PFNZ), a Christian charitable organisation that was founded over 40 years ago.  For  18 years PFNZ and angel tree have been making a difference at Christmas for children with a parent or grandparent in prison.  Last year nearly 4000 children benefitted nationwide, and our church community supported 42 of those children.  This year through our school community we are hoping to support 50 local Rotorua children.

This is how it works and how you can help.  By the end of this week a Christmas tree will be in the office foyer with 50 gift tags on it. On each tag is written a child’s name, age and a present suggestion from their caregivers.  Gifts are $25 each, please support angel tree by taking a tag and buying a present.  When you have bought the present bring it back to school UNWRAPPED and with the tag attached by Friday 8th December.

If you can’t get to the school office to pick up a tag, please text or phone me and a tag will be sent home in an envelope with your child. Angel tree would prefer that children didn’t select the tags to take them home.

Your support helps local Rotorua children receive a gift from their loved one at Christmas.

For any questions or to organise a tag to be sent home please phone Rachel Schuster on 0274461351

Thank you for your help and support,

The Rotorua Angel tree team

AHUREI FRIDAY
All the best to all of our Tamariki involved with this. They have been practising for a while now and they sound awesome. Thanks to Sylvia who has been coordinating the group.

Best of Luck to all our performers for Friday Night.

Ahurei Practices this week

Mon 9-10

Tues 9-10

Fri  - Meet in Room 3 at 12.30 pm with shoes on and lunchboxes.

We will travel by bus for our rehearsal at 12.50 pm and return to school by 2.15 pm.

Assembly will be at 9 am to accommodate those children from Rm 14 who are in both Assembly items and Ahurei.

Tickets for the Ahurei will be issued in named envelopes to classrooms on Wednesday.

We are certain all your practice will pay off and you will all shine!

Athletics Inter-School is Tuesday-Good Luck to Tilde and Zach for this!!

Also to all the St Mary’s team who go to represent our school.

Again we know you will do well-we will be thinking of you all.

We really loved the Pasifika Assembly on Friday. Thanks Mrs Wallbank. The children performed beautifully and I was very proud of them.

The building of our Middle School Block for next year starts this week. Our Kaumatua and Father Eamon blessed the building site on Friday. It went very smoothly. Thanks to Mrs Dunkley, our Ahurei group and the RE Leaders who were part of the group and sang beautifully. The builders are arriving this week and basically the area from the Ranolf St Entrance, back of offices between Rooms 8 & 9, back of Rooms 9 & 10, and in front of Room 8 & 9 will be fenced off. This will be the building site. Children in Room 9 will need to access their classroom through Room 10. There will be an access space for that to happen. The builders are planning on getting the foundation down for the space in front of Rooms 8 & 9 and behind Room 9. People who access the Ranolf Entrance will still be able to do this. They will be able to walk between the mesh fence that borders the astro turf and the Ranolf St fence. There is a gate half way along the fence line that leads onto the astrograss and people will be able to walk across the astro turf to the rest of the school.

Reminder:Our annual thank you to our coaches.

Our coaches thank you is Thursday night at school. Again a huge thank you for all the support and help you do for our teams during the year.

Children will be invited to write to Santa Claus again this year and for those children they will get a reply from him. Santa’s letterboxes will be scattered around the school again.

The Young Vinnies are also coordinating a ‘can drive’ and the cans will be given to the Vinnies food bank. It would be great if you could advertise this too.

Mornings and other things

Hello Caregivers,

Yesterday Ruma Weta students have been told that..

For the remainder of this term..'students will not be allowed in the classroom before 8:30am'.

As a school this has been the preferred practice, however it has been up to teachers to allow students in before school if they choose.

Unfortunately some students are not treating the time in class before school respectfully (bey blades inside, running in the classroom, playing with furniture) so we have decided to cease this as an option.

Ruma Weta are expected to be in class and seated for prayer at 8:45am.

Please remind your child about this.

Furthermore if you have a query, question or comment about how and why we do what we do in Ruma Weta please do come and ask us about it. That way teachers can respond effectively from a teacher's perspective. Also if you have an incident that affects the teacher and/or your child and you want us to address it let us know as soon as possible. We cannot address what we don't know about. We have an open door policy as far as parents coming in to discuss things with us, though be aware that mornings are particularly busy and it's best to book an appointment first.

I hope this clarifies some things.

Regards,

David Bach

Weekly Notices, Week 5, Term 4, 2017

Room 16, Weekly Notices, Term 4, Week 5 (13th - 17th November 2017)

Thank you for your support this week!

We enjoyed a great athletics sports day. The kids did really well to attempt all events. Ruma Weta children did particulary well!

Our Grandparents Day went wonderfully!
The singing and the behaviour in Mass on Friday was very good on Friday. The talent show was awesome and the generous morning tea was appreciated.

Check out the photos below!

This week:
Mufti Day Friday - come dressed as your favourite book character! Gold coin donation.

Can all Pasifika Group children please go to the hall after lunch on Monday for a special practice.

Food bank appeal for Christmas. Our young Vinnies are collecting cans of food for the food bank. Children will receive house points for bringing in the cans.


The Ahurei kapa haka event has been transferred from the Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre to the Harvest Centre (on Malfroy Rd near the Netball Courts) on Friday the 24th of November at 7.30 pm. Tickets have gone on sale.

REMINDERS!!

Grandparents Friends Day This Friday! All Welcome!

10th November: Grandparents/Friends Day

• 9:00 Mass

Class numbers on seats for where to sit, ushers to direct your class.

New students welcomed at end of Mass and Room 9 to come forward as a group.

School to sing as they come up and receive beads, then a blessing.

• 10:00 Back to classes to show visitors around and shared morning tea in classes. Classes to provide.

• 10:30 Performing groups to get dressed
• 10:30 Cuppa provided by PTA-Hall if wet or outside hall if not.
• 11:00 Mini concert begins (5-10 mins per group)

Outside on stage if fine, otherwise in the hall.

• 12:30 Visitors free to roam or go home.
• This year for something different we would like to add a ‘photo booth’ opportunity. Students with visitors to have their family photo taken with a cool backdrop to remember Grandparents /Friends Day 2017!

Order-so kids in 2 groups have time to change.

1st	Gymnastics Club
2nd	Pasifika Group
3rd	Lyp Sync
4th	Filipino Group
5th	Choir
6th	Kapa Haka Middles/Seniors
7th	Kapa Haka Juniors

Weekly Notices, Week 4, Term 4, 2017

Room 16, Weekly Notices, Term 4, Week 4 (6th - 10th November 2017)

Grandparents Day this Friday. Mass at 9:00 followed by classroom visits and a shared morning tea in classrooms. Our concert will begin at 11:00am outside on the field if fine otherwise in the hall. If you are able to help with the set up on the field of picnic tables before school or before 10:00 that would be wonderful!!
All most welcome.

Ruma Weta will perform their Lyp Sync again for grandparents day so can students please bring their clothes they wore to the assembly.

Swimming for Ruma Weta this week: 9-10:00

Athletics Day Thursday 9th November, weather permitting - any adults able to help on the day would be appreciated. All students to be in PE gear or house colours and arrive at the stadium by 8:45 am. Please see the notice that went home last week for more detailed information or check the newsletter.

Thanks to those parents who turned up for the student led conferences last week. It was great to see so many children able to talk about their learning with parents.

Mrs Pinfold had her morning tea with her PPP children last week. We need to acknowledge the awesome progress the children made. Thanks to Mrs Pinfold and her reading tutor helpers for their work with our children.

Mr Bach will be taking 10 Ruma Weta children to the Hands on Water Expo on Wednesday at Rainbow Farm Paengaroa. I nearly have all of the permission forms back from those children attending.

Regards,

David Bach

All Souls/ Saints Day

We held the All Souls/Saints Day liturgy. We carried up candles to remember loved ones.

Athletics postponed

Athletics Day postponed until Thursday next week. 
School as usual.