Kia ora Whanau ma,

Thank you to all of our families who have supported our book fair over the last week and of course ‘Book Character Day’ last Wednesday. The children have enjoyed all of the different activities and certainly have extended their knowledge of books and book characters. A love of reading is something that can stay with you for life and I hope that the last week has helped our children develop this even more.

Thank you to all of the families who completed the Health survey during the last two weeks. This is a great help to us as it guides us as we set the direction and content of our Health teaching. We are currently analysing the results and we will share these with you at the start of term 4.

Tomorrow is parent teacher interviews for a number of our children. If you have a child in Year 4-6 and would like an interview please contact the office or your child’s teacher. Parents of children in Year 1-3 will have been contacted individually by their child’s teacher if they are due an interview.

Yesterday Mr Day & Mrs Paku took the winners of ‘The Quest’, which was part of maths week earlier in the term, out to lunch. They had a great time and enjoyed choosing some tasty treats for lunch. Well done to all of our winners.

This week the Kildare Syndicate have been learning from Chanel College PE students. The Chanel students have been coaching rugby league skills and next Wednesday they will all take part in a fun tournament against other schools at Chanel. Let’s hope that the fine weather continues into next week for this event.

A reminder to all parents /caregivers of Year 6 children that the permission slips for children to be involved in the Health lessons on the topic of Puberty need to be returned by Friday. The lessons will be taking place in class next week. Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

Ngā mihi o Te Atua Steve Wheeler, Principal

Friday Sausage Sizzles

Don’t forget to order your sausage on Friday before school in the office. The cost is $2.

Election 2014 A statement from the Catholic

Bishops of New Zealand “The goal of economics and politics is to serve humanity, beginning with the poorest and most vulnerable wherever they may be, even in their mothers’ wombs.”

Pope Francis Catholic teaching advises us on how to think on who to vote for. We are all challenged as voters to place first in heart and conscience those whose lives are potentially affected by decisions we make as voters. These include: people living in poverty, people living with pain, illness or approaching the end of their lives, unborn children, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, people in prison, people without a vote. Question, discuss, debate, pray and speak out for the poor and vulnerable among us as you decide how to cast your vote.

MUFTI DAY – THIS FRIDAY!! KidsCan National Mufti Day

Friday, September 19th Gold coin donation All money raised will help KidsCan to help Kiwi kids in need

CHANEL COLLEGE 2015 ENROLMENTS The deadline for Chanel College enrolments is

Wednesday 24 September 2014. Please get your enrolment forms to the office as

soon as possible to ensure your application meets

the deadline. If you would like an enrolment pack please contact

the Chanel College office on 3700612. Grant Miles - PRINCIPAL

16 September, 2014 Term 3, Week 9 V

Upcoming Events

17th Sep Masterton Have-a-Go Sports Day – Rm 11

17th Sep Parent Teacher Interviews

17th Sep BOT Meeting

26th Sep Hells Pizza Day and last day of term 3

13th Oct First day of Term 4

24th Oct Pet Day

7th Nov Brigidines to Mr Magee & the Biting Flea $5

Virtue of the Month Self Control/Chastity

Our Catholic community is

committed to excellence School Vision

Catholic Character

Hockey Breakup

Lunch time on the 19th of September – bring a plate

Netball Breakup

After school on the 19th of September – bring a plate

Miniball Draw – Wednesday 17th September St Pats Saints vs DPS Magic – 4.00pm St Pats Breakers vs Lakeview 2 – 5.30pm

Please return all sports gear to school – including PE tops & jackets.

Have you spotted our bottle top sign? It's colourful but not as beautiful as the rhododendron by the hall! I'm pretty sure it is called Chrysomanicum for those people who have been asking. We have potted strawberry plants and Day lilies available on Thursday. Strawberries are 2 for $1 and day lilies (yellow) are $1 each.

Wednesday Walking Bus – We meet at the corner of Pownall and Essex Street and walk down Renall Street. If we are going to get cold and wet we won’t walk. From 8.20am on there is supervision and at 8.30am sharp we walk.

Swimming Dates & Costs

Kildare Syndicate – Term 4 Weeks 1 & 2

Brigidine Syndicate $35 – Term 4 Weeks 3 & 4

Maths packs are ready to be collected at the school office. Please pay your $5 and pick

them up.

Classroom Blogs Don’t forget to check out the classroom blogs on our school

website. The teachers and children are doing a great job keeping them up to date with lots of photos and other

information about what is happening in each room.

Netball Finals An exciting Saturday morning at the netball courts saw three of our teams contest finals. A huge well done to the Hearts and Spades who had narrow losses and congratulations to the Diamonds, pictured below, who had a tense one point win over Solway.

2014 Breadcraft Wairarapa Schools Art Exhibition

Congratulations to the following children who have had their art work selected for display at this year’s exhibition. This runs from Saturday 27th September at Aratoi. Names of children: Hayley Sprowson, Cooper Thompson, Kaige Groenewald, Finleah McCall, Kaymarni Martin-Hina, Okapa Te Whaiti, Lucy Keane, Seb Moorcock, Jacquelyn Murray, Jackson Gordon-Wiles, Kayla Tatham, Tom Williams, Mitchell Wiramanaden & Logan Cullen

CHANEL COLLEGE

EXTRAVAGANZA 17th October 2014 – 4.30pm

Food, crafts, games, concert &

inter-house Haka competition

Registration for Red Star Junior Cricket

Registrations are now open for Red Star Junior Cricket. A registration evening will be held at the Red Star Clubrooms, Herbert Street, Masterton on Wednesday 17 September between 4.45pm and 5.30pm. You are also able to register your child via the website, www.redstarcricket.org.nz, or by contacting junior coordinator Mark Elliott (mark.sheryn@xtra.co.nz or 027 789 0707) by Fri 26th Sept. Red Star caters for players from year 1 to year 8, both boys and girls. “Red Star is the club where everyone gets a go! It is our expressed coach approach to give equal opportunity to every player”

Sports Notices

Touch, Mod Softball & Teeball

These start in term 4. Mod softball is for Yrs 4-6 & Tee Ball is

for Yrs 1-3 and will be played on Saturday mornings from 9-

10am. Touch will be played on Thursdays after school at

Marist. Touch is for Yrs 3-6. There is no cost to any of these

sports. If your child is interested in playing please fill in the

form below and return to school by Friday 17th October.

Child’s Name: _____________________________

Year : ______ Wants to play: _________________________

Signature: ________________________________

Mr Magee & The Biting Flea The Brigidine teachers have booked the syndicate to attend the above show at the Carterton Events Centre on Friday November 7th at 11.30am. This is a Capital E production and their shows are always top quality entertainment for the young ones (and the adults who go!). We are able charge each child $5 with the remainder of the $9 being met by a cake stall which will be held in Week 2 Term 4 and a very generous donation of $150 from the PTA. THANKYOU! The seats we have booked are for the students and adult helpers. If you want to be an adult helper but would also like your preschooler to attend let me know and we will try to get extra seats. Liz Keane