St Patrick's School (Kaiapoi) eNewsletter

From the Principal….

Kia ora koutou katoa,

A special welcome to St Patrick's School to Jasper Teika who has started in Rimu and Siena O'Dowd who has joined Totara. We hope they enjoy their learning and time at St Patrick's!

Tomorrow is our Year 5-8 Athletic Sports @ Kaiapoi High School: we will have a delayed start as rain is forecast for the early morning.

The schedule is as follows:

9.45am Morning tea at school

10am Depart for Kaiapoi High School (walking)

10.30am Sports begin …. Field events- 4 x 30 minute rotations

12.30pm: Lunch (BBQ Sausages will be delivered to those children / staff who ordered them)

1pm - 2.30pm: Track events including sprints and relays.

2.30pm: Walk back to school.

Your child will need:

to wear their sports uniform / sunhat
have a full lunch and water bottle
have sunblock on before they come to school / have a named sunscreen in their school bag

You can check your account on your school HERO app when you click on Finance. We would appreciate it if all outstanding money owed to the school, is paid by the end of the school year. There are a number of children who haven't yet paid for their school camp, it is expected that this is paid before your child goes on school camp, in less than two weeks. Please make arrangements with Wendy, in our school office if you need support with this payment.

Our Year 8 Leavers Dinner is an important and highly regarded annual event, for our Year 8 students, their parents / caregivers and staff. This will be held at the Kaiapoi Golf Club on Monday 12th December from 6pm. We start the evening with speeches and acknowledgments, and then have a buffet style meal together. The cost of the dinner is $32 per person. The school pays for the Year 8 students and parents pay $32 each. Parents are asked to RSVP to Wendy (office@stpatkai.school.nz) by Monday 5th December. Please RSVP after you have paid for your meal, to our School Bank Account: 12 3240 0110384

Unfortunately our Dental Van has been delayed. We were expecting the dental van to arrive this week but they have informed us that due to circumstances beyond their control, they have to reschedule their dental check ups to week 7 - November 28th.

Next week is our Progressive Achievement Testing (PAT) Week for all of our Year 3 - 8 students. They will be tested in the following areas:

Listening Comprehension (Headphones are needed)

Reading Vocabulary

Reading Comprehension

Mathematics

This testing was done in Term 1, 2022 and this gives us an opportunity to compare the results in Term 1 with the results in Term 4. It also gives us as teachers, detailed information about your child's strengths and gaps in these four important areas.

Please note that the dates for Term 4 are on our school website and they are also at the end of our fortnightly school newsletters.

A special thank you to everyone for your ongoing support of our school, we really appreciate it!

Ma te Atua koe e manaaki me to whanau,

God's blessings on you and your family,

Kind regards

Trish McKendry

Our school website: https://www.sporty.co.nz/stpatskaiapoi

Happy Birthday to …. Noah Hyett, Jessica Young, Jasper Teika, Joshua Pickering, Joshua Godinet-Howard,

Congratulations to … the following students who received Principal's Awards during the last two weeks:

Max Venis, Emily Marsh, Ryker Frankish, Anna Orr, Cojay Manera, Reilly Paterson x2, Lydia McKenzie, Mary Venzon, Sadie Hooper, Solomon van dam, Elsie Joslen, Ana White, Petra Lamont, Ella Drain, Amelia Heath, Kaelan Stakenburg, Odin Stakenburg, Own Amboy, Charlie Hickland, James Wallace, Athena Blake, Kadon Lawson, Conor Shiel, Archie Eustace, Ezekiel Simanjuntak, Serenity Obina, Axel Rawson.

Parish & Special Character News…..

We were so proud of our St Patrick’s Confirmation Candidates last Sunday - Congratulations Ruby, Oliver, Josh G- H, Josh P, Leo, Kaden & Tino who were confirmed by Bishop Michael. Thank you to Father John and Mr Harrison for preparing our candidates for this important sacrament.

Baptism Classes at St Patrick's School:

We have a number of children who have asked to be baptised so we are planning to run Baptism classes this term at school, with Father Tien. If your son or daughter is keen to be baptised can you please email David Harrison (our DRS) dharrison@stpatkai.school.nz

We are planning another All Saints Party this year on All Saints Day, Tuesday 1 November from 4:30pm-6:30pm at Rossburn Receptions.

Our teen youth group will be hosting the kids this year. It will be a lot of fun! I hope lots of our school children can come along.

Here is an advert. There is also an event on FB: https://fb.me/e/1RabnPPSS

Please pray for all of those people who are unwell in our Parish and School Community and those families who have recently lost a family member. May they Rest in Peace.

PTA News & Update ….

PTA News Week 2 Term 4

Kia Ora St Patrick’s Community.

Please read below to keep up to date with what we are doing.

Face Book Page

Do you follow us on Face Book? This is the best way to make sure you have the most up to date information for all that we are doing. You can find us by searching St Patrick’s Kaiapoi PTA.

Uniform

The next due date for ordering is this Friday 28th October. There will be another date at the end of term for prep for the next year and for the soon to be year 8’s to organise next years hoodies. Please contact us at pta@stpatkai.school.nz with any questions.

Light Party

Thank you so much for the all the AMAZING Tombola jars that were donated last Friday. You all really came up with some cool and fun things to put in those jars! We will have these at the Kaiapoi Light Party next Monday at Wylie Park from 4.30-7.30pm along with bacon sandwiches, hot dogs, drinks, candy floss and more!!! Come and see us and maybe even lend a hand:)

Inflatarun

We have been given the amazing opportunity to run a BBQ at the upcoming Inflatarun down at Murphy Park on Monday 21st November. If you have any time spare we would love some helpers to run this. Even if only for an hour, that would go a long way. Please see form in office or on our Facebook page if you can help:)

Line Marking

Doesn’t it look amazing?! We have a few more things to be added and then it will be done. We are so enjoying seeing all the Tamariki playing and having fun with all the new shapes and activities. Thank you to everyone who takes part in our fundraisers, that make these things possible.

Family Donation

Just a reminder that we offer the 2 types of Family donation each term. We still have both of these available for term 3 and 4.

This consists of the $150 to one family to assist in paying for an extra curricular activity for a child/children in that family.

Also we have the donation of 1 term of swimming lessons to one child. We feel that it is so important for our children to have confidence in the water and participate in after school activities. We also understand that these things can come with a large cost so we are hoping this can help many families. The swimming lessons will be available at both The Kaiapoi and Rangiora pools and this is valid for whole year, it does not need to be used straight away.

If you would like to apply for either of the above please see Trish McKendry and ask for an application. This is handled very discreetly with only Trish knowing the recipients so please don’t be afraid to apply. You have until the end of each term to apply. It takes a village and we are very happy that we can offer this to our school community.

Please watch for an email survey over the next few weeks. We are planning our direction for next year and we would so love our communities input on this:)

Ngà mihi

The St Patrick’s PTA

Term 4 Dates:

Week 1 Term 4:

17th October - Term 4 Begins from 8.30am

18th October - 8.30am Kapahaka in the Hall Y3-8

18th October - Inflatarun Y1-8

19th October - Baptism Classes begin

20th October - Starting School Expo @ KHS 5.30pm

21st October - PTA Mufti & Tombola Day

21st October - School Mass 9.30am

Week 2 Term 4:

24th October - Labour Day - Public Holiday

26th October - 8.30am Kapahaka in the Hall Y3-8

26th October - PTA Meeting 6.30pm

27th October - School Newsletter

28th October - Year 5-8 Athletic Sports @ KHS

Week 3 Term 4:

31st October - Technology Year 7 & 8

31st October - School Assembly - 2.15pm

31st October - Kaiapoi Light Party

1st November - 8.30am Kapahaka in the Hall Y3-8

2nd November - 9.15 - 11.45am: Tuning In to Kids Parenting Course

3rd November - Music Festival Rehearsal & Performance

3rd November - Te Rau Hau Technology Open Evening Y6-8 Students & their families 3.15-6.30pm

4th November - School Mass 9.30am

4th November - Year 1-4 Athletic Sports 1.30-3pm

6th November - Kaiapoi Fun Run

Week 4 Term 4:

7-9th November: Year 5-8 Camp @ Glentui

8th November: 8.30am Kapahaka in the Hall Y3-4

9th November: 9.15 - 11.45am: Tuning In to Kids Parenting Course

10th November - School Newsletter

10th November - Teacher Only Day - School Closed

11th November - Canterbury Show Day - School Closed

Week 5 Term 4:

14th November - Year 7 & 8 Technology

14th November - School Assembly - 2.15pm

15th November - 8.30am Kapahaka in the Hall Y3-8

16th November: 9.15 - 11.45am: Tuning In to Kids Parenting Course

17th November - School Board Meeting 6pm

18th November - School Mass 9.30am

18th November - Lego League Competition

18th November - PTA Christmas Raffle Mufti Day

Week 6 Term 4:

21st November - School Assembly 2.15pm

21st November - Inflatarun -Year 1-8

22nd November - School Photos

22nd November - Kapahaka in the Hall Y3-8 8.30am

23rd November - 9.15 - 11.45am: Tuning In to Kids Parenting Course

24th November - School Newsletter

25th November - Kaitiaki Paddy's Market

25th November - School Mass 9.30am

Week 7 Term 4:

28th - 30th November - Life Education

28th November - 2nd December - Dental Van

28th November - Technology Year 7 & 8

29th November - Kapahaka in the Hall Y3-8 8.30am

30th November - Surf Education Year 5-8

30th November - 9.15 - 11.45am: Tuning In to Kids Parenting Course

2nd December - School Mass 9.30am

3rd December - Kaiapoi Christmas Carnival

Week 8 Term 4:

5th December - School Assembly - 2.15pm

6th December - KHS Experience Day

6th December - Kapahaka in the Hall Y3-8 8.30am

6th December - PTA AGM 6.30pm

8th December - Orientation Day for 2023 Students

8th December - School Newsletter

8th December - School Board Meeting 6pm

9th December - School Mass 9.30am

9th December - Helper's Morning Tea

9th December - School Reports Published on HERO

Week 9 Term 4:

12th December - Technology Year 7 & 8

12th December - Year 8 Dinner

14th December - End of Year Celebration & Prizegiving 6pm

15th December - PTA Picnic Day

15th December - Year 8 Big Day Out

16th December - End of Term 12.30pm

16th December - Final Assembly 11.30am

Other dates including the dates for Term 4 and 2023 are on our Website https://www.sporty.co.nz/

Before & After School Care @ St Patrick's School

Quality Child Care Provider Since 2009

OurKidz NZ OSCAR has been operational since December 2009

We offer:

Before school programme from 7am to 8.30am

After school programme from 2.45pm to 6pm or 3pm to 6pm for surrounding school communities.

Our holiday programmes operate from 7.30am to 5.30pm daily and an option for families who require a half-day session which ends at 3pm.

OurKidz NZ OSCAR is a Ministry of Social Development (MSD) approved provider and undertake accreditation reviews every two years by a member of MSD Accreditation team. With this accreditation approval we can offer parents/caregivers the opportunity of applying for the OSCAR Subsidy from Work and Income.

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