issue 4 - 28th march

8/12/2019 Issue 4 - 28th March

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Gospel Values for

Term One:

Love, Forgiveness and

Justice

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Birthday Wishes

Maxine Dela Cruz 13th

March 5 years

Arlin Wikaira 24th

March 10 years

Maddie Sart 2!th

March ! years

Blake "h#s#n $th

A%ril 12 years

'ra(er of the )ee*

+uote of the ear

-e.sletter

Almighty, everlasting God,

Who in Thy beloved Son,

King of the whole world,

hast willed to restore all things anew;

grant in Thy Mercy that all the families ofnations,

rent asunder by the wound of sin,

may be subjected to is most gentle rule!

Who with Thee lives and reigns world

without end!

Amen!

"rive carefully!

#t$s not only cars that can be

recalled by their ma%er

'ra(er for Guidance

&ord 'esus,

may everything # do begin with (ou,

continue with (our hel),and be done under (our guidance!

May my sharing in the Massfree me

from my sins,

and ma%e me worthy of (our healing!

May # grow in (our &ove and (our

service,

and become a )leasing offering to

(ou;

and with (ou to (our *ather!

May the mystery # celebrate hel) me

to reach eternallifewith you!Amen
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Student achie&eent

At the beginning of every year,every )rimary school in +ew

ealand has to submit their

student achievement

information to the

Government! They in turn

sanitise that information and

then )lace it in the )ublic

domain for general viewing!

-eo)le can loo% at the

achievement information for a

range of schools and chec% on

how well their children.s

school is doing and although

they are not su))osed to do so;

can also com)are schools with

other schools! A))arently,

+ational Standards were never

su))osed to be used for that/

(eah,0 right1

2ollecting all of that

information )rovides us with

an o))ortunity to then )lan

learning o))ortunities for thecurrent year, based on the

needs of the students! That

information will eventually be

)lastered on the Ministry

funded website at/

htt)/33www!educationcounts!g

ovt!n43find5school

where you can select any

school in any area of +ew

ealand and chec% out their

results from &ast year!

Towards the end of the firstterm we also collect and

collate initial data for re)orting

on our targets to the 6oard ofTrustees! The data is based on

School News

Subway Tuesday 8th

April. Forms are

available from the school

office or in the

classroom.

Working Bee We will

be holding another

working bee this

Saturday !th "arch.

"any hands make light

work# so bring along

your hammer# shovel

and gloves and give us a

hand# starting from

$%am.

Miniball "iniball is

starting ne&t ter for

children in year '(8.

Forms went out earlier in

the week# if your child is

nterested in playing

make sure this is

returned to the office by

!thApril.

Whole School-Parish

Mass )n Sunday $'th

April. *t is a re+uirement

for all students to attend

wearing school uniform.

Easter Egg Hunt

,on-t forget the aster

gg /unt on Sunday $'th

April. Tickets are 0 and

available from the

School )ffice and the l

1aso ,airy.

'rincipal/s0ommentar(:

student.s )rogress and

achievement in line with the

+ational standards in 7eading,

Writing and Mathematics and

is re)resented in the form of

8bjective Teacher 'udgements

98T's:! The following

information is just a selection

of data from that which was)resented at the recent 6oard

of Trustees meeting/

?= of all students are

)rogressing and achieving in

line with the +ational Standard

for Mathematics! >@= of allgirls at the school are on trac%

for achieving the standard by

the end of the year!

D= of boys are

)rogressing and achieving in

line with the +ational Standard

for Mathematics!

We are told that these figures

should not be used to com)are

a))les with a))les or to )it

school against school, but the

reality is that every )arent

should be mindful of the

educational and academic

wellbeing of their children andconseEuently there should be

at least some voyeuristic

a))eal about seeing how well

your school is doing in relation

to others, if not for ma%ing

choices about the best school

for your child, then certainly

as a benchmar% for your own

school!

The website/

htt)/33schoolre)ort!stuff!co!n43

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Community News

Waihao Downs School

Car Boot Sale )n

Saturday 2thApril at the

3ommunity 3entre from

!.'%am to $.'%pm.

Space limited. 0% for

an inside and 0$% for

outside. For more

information contact

4orraine on 58! 585.

Badminton very

"onday evening from

6pm at the Waimate

Stadium. All welcome.

The following )hotos show a little sam)le of some of the things that our senior

students have been wor%ing at!

ield and securing the )lanting

rea for our 8rchard and native

rees!

Gareth and 6arry will ta%e

harge and %now what to do

nd where everything goes!

-lease feel free to contribute

ome of your time and energy

nto ma%ing the )lace loo%

ven better than it does now!understand that there may

lso be a bit of a bla4e

omorrow morning with the

*ire brigade su)ervising the

destruction of that large )ile of

dried vegetation at the end of

he field! Marshmallows

nyoneF

8n that note, a very )ublic

han% you to our groundsman

6arry, for the first rate

awnmowing that you are

doing! The lawns all loo%

antastic and it is evidence that

little bit of care can )roduce a

wonderful effect! +o cli))ings,

no mud, just nice, clean neatly5

%e)t lawns and no drama!

Than% you!

Also a big than% you to Toni

8udemans! At the recent AGM

f the *riends at St -ats Toni

tood down as 2hair)erson!She has been in that role for a

numbers of years and is behind

many successful fundraising

events along with her very

small committee! Toni has )ut

in many hours and has often

had her house turn into

meeting rooms, all the benefit

of the students at St -atric%.s

School! # wish the incoming

co5chairwomen, 2laire Taitand &ee5Anne Smart all the

best and #.m sure they will

continue the hard wor%!

Another than% you goes to our

Acting, Acting -rinci)al who

filled in for me last wee% while

# was out of the country! Anne

-ratt did a wonderful job of

teaching 7oom and %ee)ing

the school standing in my

absence 9even if she could

barely stand herself after her

fall on day :! # wish her all the

best for her future endeavours!

SC)*+

+eCt wee% we will have two

visitors in the school as )art of

the S)ecial 2haracter

Hducation 7eview! Mary

&ynch will lead the review and

2ushla 82onnor will assist!

There will be a series ofinterviews and observations

during Thursday the ?rd of

A)ril and then on *riday the

@th 2ushla will wor% with

teaching staff and

management to )ut together a

)lan for moving forward

based on the )reliminary

review findings!

The 7eview team will com)ile

a com)rehensive re)ort andthis will be )resented to the

6oard on or about the D th of

A)ril! A res)onse will then be

given by the -rinci)al and

6oard 2hair and the final

re)ort will emerge as a result

of that )rocess!

-lease ma%e the reviewers feel

welcome and say hello to

them as you )ass through the

school!

'ust my thoughts fol%s

+a%u noa na

Me rongo 9in )eace:

"arcy Kem)

$tudents 1rt.or*

The -oster about St -atric%

was constructed by annah

6erry during the wee% where

the class learned all about St

-atric%!

The comic stri) I&ife of a contem)orary

'esusJ by -atric% Kem) was done using

Web D!< tools and more than just a little

imagination! The learning intention revolved

around getting to terms withsome of the

miraculous deeds that 'esus did and

)resenting them in a way that %ids of

today would understand!


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DonationsMany than%s to all of those

eo)le and organisations that

have recently made donations

hat have directly or indirectly

enefitted our school! These

ecent donations have enabled

us to u)grade the data

rojectors in both classrooms

o fully interactive, ultra short5hrow mimio )rojectors, with

uilt5in audio! This allows us

o eliminate the mimio bars on

he whiteboards and the

)ea%ers and )otentially allows

us to use nearly any hard

urface as a )rojection screen!

The school has also just

urchased several new la)to)s

n the senior classroom to

nable us to continue our /

rogramme 9at no cost toarents: with the latest models!

The board are currently

onsidering a draft #2T

trategy that would ensure that

ur students continue to have

ccess to the latest and best

echnology at all times and still

use 6(8" 9bring your own

devices: if they so desire! +o

ther school in the district has

his! "on.t listen to those that

would tell you that this is theway of the future, because the

uture is already here and will

Euic%ly become history!

than% es)ecially our farming

amilies for their efforts

hrough 2M-! Also those

amilies that have )urchased

uniforms at -ostie -lus, your

donations all hel)ed!

now urge you to start

u))orting the Warehouse in

8amaru as often as )ossible

nd encourage others to do the

ame as well, as this Saturday

hey will %ic% off a B month

ong fundraiser for us through

he cardboard coins

rogramme! -urchases attract

cardboard coin which

ho))ers can then )lace in one

f three charity containers at

he entrance to the store! *or

very cardboard coin collected

$t 'atric*/ $chool .ould li*e to than* the follo.ing

The

Warehouse

27 Eden

Street

1 Main North Road

Oamaru

the Warehouse will )ay each charity real money! The Warehouse has %indly given us this o))ortunity for the following Bmonths! The funds raised will go towards the construction of a Shade sail area over to) of the junior eating area! -lease su))ort

the 8amaru Warehouse!

-lease also ta%e every o))ortunity to su))ort Gordon andy machinery in 8amaru as they have done our school a significant

service with the su))ly of our new 'ohn "eere lawnmower! Many than%s to Andrew 2raig for )utting the hard word on the

management team over that one!

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