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Gospe l Values for TermOne:

Love, Forgivenessand Justice

Quote of the W eek

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I S S U E

Prayer of the W eek

Birthday Wishes

Blake Thomson 12th

April

An Easter prayer

Christ is Risen: The world below lies

desolate

Christ is Risen: The spirits of evil are

fallen

Christ is Risen: The angels of God are

rejoicing

Christ is Risen: The tombs of the deadare empty

Christ is Risen indeed from the dead,

the first of the sleepers,

Glory and power are his forever and

ever

St. Hippolytus (AD 190-236)

"To Him I owe my life and breath,

And all the joys I have;

He makes me triumph over death,

And saves me from the grave."

Samuel Stennett 1787

Our recently completed sign which is

on display outside the Basilica.

Congratulations to our students who

competed at the recent Waimate

Amateur Athletics Club Champs.

Top row from left; Noah Oudemans -

2nd in boys 8 years, Blake Thomson

2nd in boys 10 years, Mitchell

Thomson 4th in boys 12 years.

Front row from left; Meeah Bailey,

Bethany Oudemans, (7 years and

under did not compete for placings),

Morgan Oudemans 1st in girls 10

years.

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Easter Tuesday

Despite the best informed plans,

yes, as was announced in

Thursdays newspaper, Tuesday

is a School holiday (under

section 65 of the Education Act

1989). This is not a public

holiday, but it would be

unlawful to remain open on

Tuesday. Therefore, school will

resume, after Easter on

Wednesday the 3rd of April

I apologise unreservedly if this

upsets peoples plans for Easter

and I acknowledge that I have

told people that there would be

school on Tuesday, but I was

not as informed then as I am

now! I was also ensuring that

school finished earlier at the end

of the year.

Signage

Finally, after several years

waiting, we have our new signs.

For those of you that hadnt

noticed, the billboard on the

corner outside the front of St

Patricks Basilica now features

a number of our students in a

photograph taken in 2011 by

Mrs Liddy. The design,

composition and content of theposter was collaboratively done

and printing and mounting of

the poster was very competently

completed by Tony Patterson of

School News

Subway is Tuesday 9th

April.

Welcome Maddison

Smart started with us

his week in the Junior

Room. We hope she

enjoys her time with us

here at St Pats and

everyone makes her feel

very welcome.

Sunhats Are

ompulsary! Students

must wear a wide

brimmed hat whileoutside NO CAPS.

School Assembly

This year we will be

holding these on a

Friday afternoon at 2.15

n our Special Character

oom. All family and

riends are welcome to

ttend.

Easter Egg Hunt

Thank you to all that

upported the Easter

Egg hunt, it was a very

uccessful and enjoyable

ay.

Plastic Bags Thank

you to those who have

ent along some plastic

bags, we still require

more if you have any

hat is not needed at

home.

School Holiday There

will be no school onTuesday 2nd April, we

eturn after the Easter

Break on Wednesday 3rd

April.

Pr inc ipal sCommentary :

Darcy Kemp

Waimate Signs. At the same

time, the sign and noticeboard

which was relocated from the

carpark to the gateway is now

sporting new livery, once

again with thanks to the

design team of Gareth and

myself and the technical skills

of Tony at Waimate Signs.The finished products are

absolutely awesome and I

think that the sign out on the

street is by far the best

advertising billboard on

display in town.

Yet another Maths

competition

The senior room at St Patricks

has scored highly in another

national maths competition.Out of 50 schools and 2000+

students, St Patricks was at

the time of printing placed 1st

and several of our students

finished in the top 100

students. Most finished in the

top 200 (10%). David Xie was

ranked 35th and Caitlin

Cadogan was ranked 45th.

Exceptionally well done folks.

Thought for Easter

"Christ has not only spoken to

us by his life but has also

spoken for us by his death."

Soren Kierkegaard

School fees and diocesan fees

Despite the rather blunt letter

that many families (if not all)

received earlier this term

reminding us all to pay our

School Attendance fees ontime, (and yes, I have to pay

them too!) as it turns out, there

actually are a small number of

2012 accounts from families

that attend our school that

remain overdue. These fees

are not normally the concern

of the school, as all attendance

fees are remitted to the

Diocesan office in

Christchurch and contribute to

the administration and runningof the Catholic Education

Office. Why I mention these

then, is because those families

that are choosing not to pay

their 2012 attendance dues

may be seriously

jeopardising their childrens

education, as these fees are

not optional. They are

enforceable by an act of

Parliament (the Integration

Act) and you agreed to pay

them when you enrolled yourchildren here.

If there is a genuine reason

(such as financial hardship)

for not paying them, then

you would need to discuss

that with someone, such as

the Principal, the Parish

Priest or the Parish Secretary

to arrange an alternative

schedule of paying or

perhaps to arrange

assistance, as there are somegrants or funds possibly

available for hardship cases.

Not paying because you

dont agree with the fees, is

not an option and would

almost certainly result in the

account being lodged with a

debt collection agency and

your child being un-enrolled.

And, yes, that can happen

Ive checked. If non-payment

is some sort of petty protest

at having to pay fees, then

you are obviously at the

wrong school anyway. There

are a lot of needy families

that could possibly qualify

for some assistance with fees

that continue to scrimp and

save and to pay these fees on

principle, because that is

what they owe. It is only fair

that we all pay them.So, if you are one of the very

few that have outstanding

2012 (or earlier) Attendance

fee accounts with the

Diocese, please ensure that

you either pay them, or

arrange to talk to someone

about them.

On a positive note, our

current crop of students are

performing so wonderfully,academically, socially and

spiritually. All of our new

entrants are welcomed into

the fold with open arms,

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Community Notices

Playcentre Waimate

Playcentre welcomes

pre-schoolers and their

families to come along

and play at 6 Belt Street

Mon/Thur 9-12. For

more details turn up and

play or contact Amanda

689 8982 or Pam 689

1176.

Waimate Midgets

Rugby Registration

and opening day 6th April

at 11am. For kids 8years and under.

Netball Opening day

will be on Saturday 11th

May for all players.

Team names and

players to Raeline Ottley

by 17th April.

Waimate New

Clothing Shop Cnr

Slee and Shearman

Streets. All donations

welcome and some

profits will be donated to

local schools.

Active Kids Holiday

Programme Held 22-

26 April at the SBS

events centre, Timaru.

For children aged 5-13.

More information on

www.sportcanterbury.or

g.nz.

Dr Louise Porter

Waimate ChildcareCentre Fundraiser. Held

at Waimate Regent

Theatre 10th April.

Tickets $30

Friends at St Patricks School

Thank you to all the families that donated, helped out or supported the Easter Egg Hunt

on Sunday. It was a fantastic success with 85 children of all ages searching for the

elusive eggs. Each year our hunt is getting more and more successful.

St Patrick's School Easter Hamper Results. DUPS.

1st Patrick Kemp

2nd Christala

3rd Colleen (not Mrs Suddaby)

All winners have been notified

Thank you to El Paso, Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, Orana Park, Oamaru Aquatic

Centre, Oamaru Warehouse,Rainbow Confectionery, Oamaru Blue Penquin Colony,

Waimate New World and Timaru Pak n Save for their donations for our Easter EggHunt.

Coming home with your child today is a letter with some raffle tickets on it. Could you

please sell as many as possible and return to school before Monday April 15th.

perhaps its simply that they

arent? Perhaps they simply

dont know what it is that we

do here?

In the meantime we are

quite enjoying our small wee

school, our small class sizes

and our exceptional teachers

and support staff.

I sincerely hope that you all

have a well-earned peaceful

Easter break and that you all

spend some time in reflection

about the sacrifices that Jesus

made for man.

Just how I see it folks.

Dont be offended.

Naku noa na

Me rongo (In peace)

Darcy Kemp

Acting Principal

St Patricks School

aroha and respect and all

make the adjustment to school

n their own time and in their

own way. We have a buddy

ystem operating across the

chool, with several volunteer

enior students regularly

ouching base with the juniors

o that the little ones get used

o the bigger kids and also sohat they have a wider range

of options and go to

contacts if they feel they need

hem.

Our great wee school is

lowly growing and the

number of new entrants is a

positive sign for the future.

Those parents that are

choosing not to bring their

children here (that could be)

are not doing so based on

educational grounds as our

tudents easily and

consistently out-perform even

our high expectations. In past

urveys the expression lack

of competition has been used

o describe small schools.

1st in Ka toi performing arts

1st in Ka toi visual arts

14th

best classroom inCanterbury for Mathletics

17th best school in

Canterbury for Mathletics

One student from last year

competing in the South Island

Athletics 400 metres in

in Invercargill

1st out of 50 schools from

across NZ for Sumdog

National Maths competition

(At time of writing )

No; I dont think competition

is the reason that those

parents are choosing to not

enrol their children at ourschool.

And it has nothing to do with

staff,or the programme. ERO

have given us the stamp of

approval and most of the

teaching staff, including

myself have not been here

long enough to be the reason.

No; it must be something else.

Perhaps they just find it more

important to be going with the

in crowd rather than

sending their Catholic

children to a Catholic school.

Perhaps its not that the

school isnt Catholic enough,

Students enjoying themselves on

St Patricks Day

Students and teachers competing

in a lunchtime game

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