Newsletter - Week 1, Term 3 (22nd July 2020)

Our Lady

of the Rosary

School

Wainui Road, Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt,

5010

Phone: (04) 566 3258

Fax: (04) 566 3159

Email: admin@olr.school.nz

Web: www.olr.school.nz

OUR SCHOOL VIRTUES: Faith - Whakapono, Hope - Tūmanako, Love - Aroha, Charity - Manaakitanga

Talofa lava, Welcome, Kia Ora, Taloha ni, maligayang pagdating, Bienvenido,

Welcome back for term 3! It is always pleasing to see all our children return back to school safely after the break. Tomorrow we have our termly powhiri to welcome all our new students, their whanau and new staff. Due to term 2 playing out differently than usual we have combined term 2’s powhiri with term 3. It is going to be wonderful to finally officially welcome everyone.

Over the break we have had the builders on site, fresh new bark on the playground and security lights installed. As you can see the new classrooms are taking shape. Please note that we have a number of trucks, vans and other vehicles coming and going throughout the day. Please ensure you do not use the school staff carpark during school hours, to avoid any accidents. The safety of our children and families is very important.

We have a very busy term ahead with a number of events taking place, from swimming, netball, class trips, Baptism, cycling programme and many more. Please check our calendar throughout the term for any updates or changes.

SCHOOL MASS - We welcome you all to our beginning of the term Mass at 9am on Wednesday 29 th July at Our Lady of the Rosary Church. Our theme for the Mass is ‘KINDNESS’. Throughout this week the children have been focusing on what Kindness means and what it looks like and how it relates to our school virtues of Whakapono, Tūmanako, Aroha and Manaakitanga.

Over the next couple of weeks we celebrate Matariki within our classroom programmes. It is always wonderful to see our children sharing their talents in the community. Well done George and Henry for performing with their Kapa Haka rōpu Ngāti Pōneke in a concert for Matariki at Wharewaka.

INTERMEDIATE CAMP Our Intermediate Hub have been waiting patiently for their 2020 CAMP to arrive. They will be travelling down to Tea Pot Valley in Nelson on Sunday 16th August and returning on Friday 21st August.

To all camp families, a reminder that we are holding our camp meeting on Monday 27th July at 6pm. The meeting is to ensure all children have the correct warm gear to wear and take to camp and to inform families of the final details. Can all camp families please read and check the previous letters that went home at the end of term 2, prior to the meeting. Thank you.

Enrolments for 2021 close on 31st

August 2020. Spaces are limited for 2021, so If your child is turning 5 in 2021 and you are intending to enrol your child at OLRS, please collect an enrolment form from the office. OR, if you know of other family members or friends who have children who are turning 5 in 2021 and are interested, please get them to contact the school office to book an appointment regarding their child’s enrolment.

Are you struggling financially to pay Attendance Dues? Please contact our office as soon as possible so we can help you. We have some options available for payment

plans and rebate assistance so we encourage you to please get in touch by calling us on 0800 462 725 or email dues@wn.catholic.org.nz. We look forward to being of assistance to you during this difficult time. Kind regards Attendance Dues Team Archdiocese of Wellington

23 Jul Powhiri for new families to OLRS, 9am 23 Jul Small Sticks In Schools programme begins 23 Jul Baptism parent meeting, 6.30pm @ OLRS 24 Jul Yr 7/8 Avalon Tech begins, be at sch by 8.30am

27 Jul Final day to register for ICAS, 3pm cut-off 27 Jul Pedal Ready Programme begins 27 Jul Camp meeting for Intermediates, 6pm @ school

29 Jul School Mass at OLR Church, 9am 1 Aug Year 3/4 Netball begins 3 Aug Cook Island Language Week 4 Aug SouthEast Zone Cross Country (pp date 6/8) 4 Aug Yr 5/6 visit to Parliament 6 Aug Baptism Liturgy, 11am 12 Aug Yr 7/8 STEM Challenge 13 Aug Yr 5-8 STEM Show 14 Aug Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 1 and 10, 9am 15 Aug Assumption of Mary 16-21 Aug Intermediate Hub Camp 17 Aug ICAS Science (available to yr 5/6 only) 18 Aug Interzone Cross Country (pp date 20/8) 21 Aug Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 4 and 0, 9am 24 Aug BOT Meeting, 7pm 24 Aug ICAS English 25 Aug Year 8 Immunisations 25 Aug Yr 3/4 Trip, Carter Observatory/Wgtn Museum 28 Aug Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 3 and 8, 9am 31 Aug ICAS Mathematics 31 Aug-3 Sep Swimming programme 31 Aug Enrolments for 2021 CLOSE 4 Sep Interzone Swimming 7 Sep Tongan Language Week 7 Sep G J Gardner CLEAN UP Week 7-9 Sep School swimming programme 10 Sep School swimming sports 14 Sep Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 14 Sep Social Justice Week 14 Sep Election Week 15 Sep Extra Avalon Tech day for Yr 7/8 16 Sep Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 6 and 7, 9am 18 Sep Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 2 and 9, 9am 21 Sep BOT Meeting, 7pm 25 Sep Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 11 and 12, 9am

God Bless, Whakapaingia te Atua Karolina Surynt-Tapiki Principal

Our Lady of the Rosary School logo

Thank you to everyone for spreading the word on our ‘visual branding’ search. It has been really interesting to receive information on the history of our school logo. If you have any further information on the development, design and history of our school logo could you please contact me or our school office; admin@olr.school.nz. We would really appreciate any information on how we came to have our school logo. Ngā mihi Karolina Surynt-Tapiki (principal@olr.school.nz)

http://olr.school.nz/ is our school website.

Final week to register for ICAS Assessments in English, Mathematics and Science for Year 5 to 8 students. Theses assessments are optional for our students. Please complete the Signmee form NO LATER THAN Monday 27th July, 3pm (late entries will not be accepted) if you would like your child to participate. Each assessment will be completed online and costs $16 per assessment.

Term Dates 2021 Term 1: 3 February to 16 April Term 2: 3 May to 9 July Term 3: 26 July to 1 October Term 4: 18 October to 15 December

Congratulations to: Ajay, James and Maddie

Congratulations to the children who were awarded the school virtue certificate of Whakapono - Faith

Rm 10 - Rishen Edman Rm 11 - Emersyn Smith Rm 12 - Sienna Risdon Rm 8 - Bradley Rudman Rm 9 - Leah Bowden-Muru Rm 0 - Rose Carpenter Rm 1 - Mila Soi Rm 2 - Oliver Frost Rm 3 - Teiva Maui-Kea Rm 4 - George Swinton-Robertson Rm 6 - Jacob Pennell Rm 7 - Sofia von Mikoz

TERM 4 Teachers only days - The board have confirmed 2 teachers only days for term 4. Please note that school will be closed on the following dates: Tuesday 27th October (day after Labour Day) and Friday 27th November. We are informing you of these dates well in advance to ensure you are able to plan ahead.

School Uniform - WINTER TERM - A gentle reminder to families to please support us in ensuring your child/ren are wearing the correct school uniform. School shoes must be black with black soles and worn to and from school.

We welcome children to bring slippers to school to wear inside the classroom, ideally for the slippers to stay at school during the term. Due to the extreme weather we are having, gumboots are also an option to wear at school, during the break times. Here is Seulata recording the weather. In Room 12 we are recording the weather everyday and observing the marama(moon) every night. We are doing this for Matariki. We are hoping to see the Marariki stars.

‘Welcom’ is the newspaper for the Wellington and Palmerston North Catholic Dioceses. Below is the link: WelCom July 2020, Issue 384