Room 14 2021

Mālo ni, H ow lucky are we to gain an extra day of rest to celebrate labour day. I hope you have all had a restful long weekend. It is Tokelau Language Week  Te vaiaho o te gagana Tokelau  This year’s theme for Te vaiaho o te Gagana Tokelau– Tokelau Language Week is Tokelau! Tapui tau gagana ma tau aganuku, i te manaola ma te lautupuola, which means Tokelau! Preserve your language and culture, to enhance spiritual and physical wellbeing. We had a fabulous first week of the term with our children taking part in different rotations around Sustainabilty. The kids are enjoying learning about being Kaitiaki  (guardians) of our bodies, our stories, and our faith. What's happening this week: Swimming - Kahikitea will be swimming for the last 4 days of the week. It is very important that our children take part in swimming.  Swimming is part of our P.E. curriculum, the pool is warm and the kids will learn valuable swimming skills.  If your child is unable to swim, a note...

Welcome back to Term 4 all parents, caregivers and children.  We hope that children had a refreshing break and you are enjoying the nice Spring weather (on most days). It is going to be a very busy term with a lot of things happening, including the St Mary's RE Review in Week One. We will have special visitors checking out our lovely Catholic School on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Covid-19  As you are no doubt aware NZ is in the midst of a Covid-19 Delta variant outbreak. St Mary's will continue to operate under Level 2 restrictions. We are continuing to ask parents not to enter the school except for essential matters. If you do need to come in you must wear a mask and sign in at the school office (or use the NZ covid tracer app). We will need to continue to use basic hygiene measures such as handwashing, use of sanitiser, cough and sneeze etiquette and regularly cleaning and disinfecting high touch surfaces. We will continue to make sure everyone sanitises or wash hands ...

 As part of our KOS programme the children got the opportunity to look after a raw egg to help them understand what it is like to be responsible and to look after something. The kids made their own egg spaces and then brought in their own egg. We had a few eggs that didn't quite survive the 3 days. Those children who made their eggs survive were able to 'egg' Mrs Waititi. This happened on the last day.

K ia ora parents and whānau, congratulations on making it to the last week of term!  It has been a whirlwind of a term with lockdown and everyone has done a tremendous job getting to the end happily and safely. Thank you again for giving our students supportive and loving homes, the adjustment made to school was a lot easier thanks to that.  It will be a very busy final week for our children. Lockdown has meant we have had to catch up on many of the activities missed during that time. Check Kieran out giving commands in Maori in this video. As part of the KOS ( Keeping Ourselves Safe) programme, the kids have been learning about being caretakers and making responsible choices. This week they need to bring an egg in to look after. Catholic Schools Day will be celebrated this week on Wednesday. As a Catholic school, we celebrate our unique Catholic Character in faith excellence and service. It is also an opportunity to embrace the taonga ( treasure) of Catholic Education which w...

Tena Koutou everyone and welcome to our second to last week of school. Our first full week at school was spent with activities celebrating Maori Language week. It is so good to see the kids giving it a try and taking part in the different activities.  Here is a video to celebrate: Kia Kaha te Reo Maori: Make the Maori Language Strong. As we are still at Level 2 we are still encouraging that our kids sanitize before they come into class. Please ensure they bring in a drink bottle as water fountains are still out of bounds. Thank you very much for your support in this. Last Friday, some kids came with some fabulous wigs to wear for the day. The school managed to fundraise $580 to go towards the Cancer Society. What a fabulous effort. What's happening this week: Tuesday: Library Friday: Golden Time It is so lovely to see the sun out today. Let's cross our fingers that this weather continues for the rest of the week. Have an awesome week everyone. Kahikatea Team.

  Tena Koutou, We’ve been back at school for two days and things have gone quite smoothly. Thank you all for helping us make the transition back to school. Children were very excited to see their friends and get back to some normality. Just a quick reminder that students are to take all rubbish home in their lunches and chromebooks need to be charged. Here is this week's Virtual Assembly. congratulations to those children who received Principal's Awards this week. This week is Maori Language Week: " Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori " - Make the Māori language  strong. We will be doing some fun activities around Maori language this week.  Our library is on Tuesday, please remind your child to bring back their books. Friday is ‘Wig Day’ please bring a wig and a gold coin donation all proceeds go towards Kids Cancer. If your child is interested in any sport, please enrol them to ensure they get on a team. Kia pai to wiki. Mrs Waititi  

 We had a ball of a time learning about 2D and 3D shapes and making sure they were in our Dream House. We also had our Golden Time with Rm 15 kids and we played  Paper Scissors Rock Game.