Hi everyone
Hope you all had a lovely weekend.
Eisteddfod
Prayers will be presented by all Year 1 and 2's on Thursday afternoon to Room 3 and 7. I have a selection of very short prayers in the classroom, so please come and see me if your child needs a prayer.
The Eisteddfod Assembly, will be on Monday 8th of April at 1.30pm in the Church. All parents will be notified if their child is presenting at this.
Parent Interviews
Also, I usually have a short interview with parents after your child has been at school for six weeks, just to touch base. I am free after school for the next two weeks on Monday, Wednesday and Thursdays. Please email me at suewright@stgerards.school.nz if you would like an interview. (This applies to those parents who have had children at school from the beginning of the year).
Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross will be held at 9.15 on Friday, for the whole school in the Church. Everyone is most welcome.
Assembly is on Friday afternoon this week, presented by Room 5 and 6. The kapahaka group is performing.
Hope you all have a great week. Only 2 weeks until the holidays!!
Sue and Julie
Sunday 31 March 2019
Wednesday 27 March 2019
Parent Interviews and Eisteddfod
Eisteddfod Change of Date
The Eisteddfod Assembly is Monday 8th April so the children will need to say their prayers to the class on the afternoon of Thursday 4 April. I have a selection of very short prayers in the classroom, so please come and see me if your child needs a prayer.
Parent Interviews
Also, I usually have a short interview with parents after your child has been at school for six weeks, just to touch base. I am free after school for the next two weeks on Monday, Wednesday and Thursdays. Please email me at suewright@stgerards.school.nz if you would like an interview. (This applies to those parents who have had children at school from the beginning of the year).
Thanks
Sue
The Eisteddfod Assembly is Monday 8th April so the children will need to say their prayers to the class on the afternoon of Thursday 4 April. I have a selection of very short prayers in the classroom, so please come and see me if your child needs a prayer.
Parent Interviews
Also, I usually have a short interview with parents after your child has been at school for six weeks, just to touch base. I am free after school for the next two weeks on Monday, Wednesday and Thursdays. Please email me at suewright@stgerards.school.nz if you would like an interview. (This applies to those parents who have had children at school from the beginning of the year).
Thanks
Sue
Monday 25 March 2019
Week 8, Term 1
Hi everyone,
We hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable long weekend.
What's On This Week?
School photos this Friday, 29th March.
The Eisteddfod Assembly will be held on the Thursday afternoon, Week 10. For parents new to the school, the Eisteddfod is held at the end of each term.
The first term is a Scripture reading (or prayer for Year 1 and 2s), then in the other terms, the children do a poem, song and speech. There is an Eisteddfod Cup for Y1/2 at the end of the year, awarded to the child who has gained the most points in all 4 items.
At the beginning of Week 10, each child says a short prayer to the class which they have memorised. Parents help them practise at home beforehand. You can help them choose a prayer, or if you let us know, we will find them a suitable prayer. (The prayer only needs to be 2-4 lines long). Points are awarded on clarity of voice, appropriate volume and choice of prayer. The top 4-6 children are then chosen to present their prayer at the Eisteddfod Assembly on the Thursday.
Have a great week,
Sue and Julie
We hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable long weekend.
What's On This Week?
School photos this Friday, 29th March.
The Eisteddfod Assembly will be held on the Thursday afternoon, Week 10. For parents new to the school, the Eisteddfod is held at the end of each term.
The first term is a Scripture reading (or prayer for Year 1 and 2s), then in the other terms, the children do a poem, song and speech. There is an Eisteddfod Cup for Y1/2 at the end of the year, awarded to the child who has gained the most points in all 4 items.
At the beginning of Week 10, each child says a short prayer to the class which they have memorised. Parents help them practise at home beforehand. You can help them choose a prayer, or if you let us know, we will find them a suitable prayer. (The prayer only needs to be 2-4 lines long). Points are awarded on clarity of voice, appropriate volume and choice of prayer. The top 4-6 children are then chosen to present their prayer at the Eisteddfod Assembly on the Thursday.
Have a great week,
Sue and Julie
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Colour Your Day Friday
On Friday we will join lots of other schools throughout NZ and remember those who lost their lives tragically last Friday. Wear bright clothing (red is the least culturally appropriate colour from the perspective of the Muslim community). Please bring a gold coin donation.
Sunday 17 March 2019
Week 7, Term 1
Hi everyone
Following the tragic events in Christchurch, Monday morning prayer will be a little different this week with a prayer liturgy in the Church. Parents are very welcome to attend.
Wednesday - School Mass - Room 1
Details for:
SCHOOL TRIATHLON 2019
The school triathlon is happening on Thursday 21st March from 12:30-2:30pm. We will be starting the first race at approx. 12.40pm. Please check your children’s bikes and that their helmets fit properly over the next few days.
VOLUNTEER HELP: If you are able to help with course marshalling please email Mr Yeoman (ollieyeoman@stgerards.school.nz) asap . It is important that we have plenty of parents around the course to ensure all children are safe at all times and of course to support the children. The more helpers we have the better and safer the race is for everyone.
CLOTHING: -Please be sure to come to school in the correct clothing:
-Years 5 – 8: School sports uniform and track suit
-Years 1 – 4. School sports uniform and green trackpants/warm clothes. -
School sunhats are compulsory, so be sure to have yours at school.
TIMETABLE: -Lunch will be at 11:30.
-We will all be leaving school at 12.10pm.
-Years 5 – 8 will ride their bikes to the pool with Mrs Lyon and Mrs Wright
-Years 1-4 will travel by bus, their bikes will need to be dropped directly to the pool at 12:15.
NOTE this is year groups not room numbers.
-There will be an event briefing at 12:30 with the first race starting at 12.40pm.
-Every child will be competing in the triathlon in the following age groups and in this order:
Yr 5-8 Competitive (Yr 5&6 first, then Yr 7&8)
Yr 1&2 Yr 3&4 Yr 5-8 Non-Competitive
TRANSITIONS: There will be marshals at each of the Transitions, Mrs Beilby & Mrs Lyon at the run/bike and Mrs Flannery inside the pool.
We ask that parents please stay out of the transition areas, there will be help available to your children if they need it. It would be helpful though to have parents remove bikes as soon as possible from the area.
POOL ENTRY: Children may only access the pool through the rear doors. This is the understanding that we have within our pool hire agreement. All parents must use the normal pool entrance and stay clear of the rear doors. PICK UP: Children and bikes are to be picked up from the pool after the event at approx. 2.30-2.45pm please. Any bus children will be brought back to school by staff.
Following the tragic events in Christchurch, Monday morning prayer will be a little different this week with a prayer liturgy in the Church. Parents are very welcome to attend.
Wednesday - School Mass - Room 1
Details for:
SCHOOL TRIATHLON 2019
The school triathlon is happening on Thursday 21st March from 12:30-2:30pm. We will be starting the first race at approx. 12.40pm. Please check your children’s bikes and that their helmets fit properly over the next few days.
VOLUNTEER HELP: If you are able to help with course marshalling please email Mr Yeoman (ollieyeoman@stgerards.school.nz) asap . It is important that we have plenty of parents around the course to ensure all children are safe at all times and of course to support the children. The more helpers we have the better and safer the race is for everyone.
CLOTHING: -Please be sure to come to school in the correct clothing:
-Years 5 – 8: School sports uniform and track suit
-Years 1 – 4. School sports uniform and green trackpants/warm clothes. -
School sunhats are compulsory, so be sure to have yours at school.
TIMETABLE: -Lunch will be at 11:30.
-We will all be leaving school at 12.10pm.
-Years 5 – 8 will ride their bikes to the pool with Mrs Lyon and Mrs Wright
-Years 1-4 will travel by bus, their bikes will need to be dropped directly to the pool at 12:15.
NOTE this is year groups not room numbers.
-There will be an event briefing at 12:30 with the first race starting at 12.40pm.
-Every child will be competing in the triathlon in the following age groups and in this order:
Yr 5-8 Competitive (Yr 5&6 first, then Yr 7&8)
Yr 1&2 Yr 3&4 Yr 5-8 Non-Competitive
TRANSITIONS: There will be marshals at each of the Transitions, Mrs Beilby & Mrs Lyon at the run/bike and Mrs Flannery inside the pool.
We ask that parents please stay out of the transition areas, there will be help available to your children if they need it. It would be helpful though to have parents remove bikes as soon as possible from the area.
POOL ENTRY: Children may only access the pool through the rear doors. This is the understanding that we have within our pool hire agreement. All parents must use the normal pool entrance and stay clear of the rear doors. PICK UP: Children and bikes are to be picked up from the pool after the event at approx. 2.30-2.45pm please. Any bus children will be brought back to school by staff.
CLASS REPS
We are looking for new class reps for:
Room 6
Room 7
Room 3
What is a Class Rep?
A Class Rep is a parent from your child’s class who has contact details for all other parents in that room, for the purpose of sharing information that is generally related to that class only. This comes in handy when there are last-minute notifications (such as a cancelled sports event) or when the teacher has a special request for supplies or materials for one reason or another and needs this communicated quickly.
Parents on the receiving end of the texts have found this extremely helpful over the course of the past couple of years, and the job is not too onerous as it is less than once a week that your help would be required, generally speaking.
If you are a parent in one of these rooms and think you could manage this task throughout the year, please let Jen McLean know at 021 2700 760. We will then set you up with the contact details for each parent and get you up and running.
Have a good week,
Sue and Julie
Sunday 10 March 2019
Week 6, Term 1
Hi everyone,
Thank you all for your support with our trip last week. It was a shame the actual tent experience had to be cancelled, but we had a wonderful day on the Friday and there were lots of happy faces.
This week is a much quieter week at school.
The School triathlon is on the 21 March from 12.00 - 2,30pm. We are running each day at school in preparation for this.
Also, for our Lenten focus, we are looking at the lives of children in South Sudan. The children are learning how lucky they are in comparison. We have a Caritas donation box on our Lenten prayer table, and if possible, it would be great if children could do some chores at home to earn a little money that they could put in the box to donate to South Sudan.
Have a great week,
Sue and Julie
Thank you all for your support with our trip last week. It was a shame the actual tent experience had to be cancelled, but we had a wonderful day on the Friday and there were lots of happy faces.
This week is a much quieter week at school.
The School triathlon is on the 21 March from 12.00 - 2,30pm. We are running each day at school in preparation for this.
Also, for our Lenten focus, we are looking at the lives of children in South Sudan. The children are learning how lucky they are in comparison. We have a Caritas donation box on our Lenten prayer table, and if possible, it would be great if children could do some chores at home to earn a little money that they could put in the box to donate to South Sudan.
Have a great week,
Sue and Julie
Monday 4 March 2019
Week 5, Term 1
Hello,
We've arrived at Week 5, which is of course is Junior Camp on Thursday evening and Friday.
If you have said you had a tent available, we would appreciate you bringing this to school on Thursday.
We have been busy sorting out where children will be sleeping, and a notice will be coming home tomorrow with this information. There will also be a fish and chip order form so please return this to school by Wednesday 6th March.
So you are able to sort out your Friday, these are the parent helpers for the Day session.
We please ask that you can sort out transport to each activity, as we do not have enough room on the bus for all parent helpers.
We've arrived at Week 5, which is of course is Junior Camp on Thursday evening and Friday.
If you have said you had a tent available, we would appreciate you bringing this to school on Thursday.
We have been busy sorting out where children will be sleeping, and a notice will be coming home tomorrow with this information. There will also be a fish and chip order form so please return this to school by Wednesday 6th March.
So you are able to sort out your Friday, these are the parent helpers for the Day session.
We please ask that you can sort out transport to each activity, as we do not have enough room on the bus for all parent helpers.
Room 7 Helpers
Chris Campbell
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Nathan McLean
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Shane Samuel
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Room 3 Helpers
Kirsty Anderson
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Rebecca Cowley
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Rachel Baxter
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Vania Smith
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Kiri Mulholland
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Jen Bedford
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Room 4 Helpers
Helen Ryan
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Vanessa Breen
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Christine Lanham
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Christina Tyrell
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Claire Cockburn
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Heather Breen
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Below are the details for the camp:
JUNIOR CAMP TIMETABLE
Location
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Activity/Times
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Thursday
St Gerard’s School
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Children to be dropped off at 5.30pm at St Gerard’s, on Thursday 7th March.
Parents to help erect the tents on school field before leaving. (Only parent helpers to stay.)
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A fish and chip tea will be provided. There will be a choice of fish, hot dogs or donuts.
Please bring baking and bread to school.
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Play in the playground. (Both to be supervised)
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Technology (boat making) in classrooms. Please bring suitable materials for making boats.
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Ice Cream
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Friday
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Breakfast
Preparing breakfast together.
Pack bags and pack up tents.
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Children and teachers will travel via bus and parent helpers will be travelling in their own vehicles. We will leave school at 9.30am and bus to Lionel Day’s train ride in Earnscleugh.
Bus to the Crayfish Farm on Dunstan Road at approximately 11.00am for tour, boat races and lunch.
Leave farm at 1.00pm for Monte Christo, for play and fruit ice cream.
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St Gerards
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Leave Monte Christo at approximately 2.30pm and return to school by 2.45pm.
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The gear list for camp Thursday evening 7th March is as follows:
Room 7 – a loaf of bread or a spread (please let us know which you are bringing - you could just write this on the fish and chip order form.)
- Filled water bottle
- Sleeping Bag
- Stretcher or single airbed
- Pillow
- Pyjamas
- Toothbrush and toothpaste/hairbrush/facecloth
- Underwear
- Change of clothing (include shorts in case of hot weather on Friday)
- Spare backpack for Friday
- Jacket
- Sunhat/Sunscreen
- Utensils – plate – cup
- Shoes – suitable for outdoor activities
- Torch
Please remember to send materials for boat building eg plastic containers, bottles, tubes, wood, cork, polystyrene etc We will provide tape and glue guns.
I wonder whose boat will float and which will sink?!
Other things that are on this week:
Wednesday 6th March - Ash Wednesday. Room 5 and 6 will be co-ordinating Mass this week which marks the start of Lent. Lent is a time of Alms giving, and Reflection.
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