Our staff are taking part in Accelerated Learning in

Mathematics (ALIM) and continue our journey with

Manaiakalani with a focus around Learn, Create, Share

with devices. Our roll out of devices happens next

week, which is very exciting for our year 4-8 students.

The chromebooks have exceptional insurance included

with well-tested devices that Manaiakalani have the

power to buy in bulk. For those that missed this first roll

-out, another opportunity will roll-out in the middle of

the year.

SPECIAL CHARACTER

If you are new to PCS you will see our Special Character

throughout our leadership with our students, our

classroom programmes and our celebration days. We

have a busy Religious Education Programme, particularly

in term 1, so watch the calendar for some events that

you can join in with us.

As a school we run Mass twice a term, and it is great to

have as many students as possible taking part in the

Church. Mass begins at 9am every Sunday, and those

that are involved in Ministries of reading, prayer, altar

service and projector, we ask that you arrive at 8.45am.

Father Carlo always has a wonderful homily and we

know that you will enjoy it.

You will also see that our Sacramental Programme

begins this term, so come in and see Mrs Carey, Mr

Gunn or Father Carlo if you wish your child to take part

in this very special sacrament of First Holy Communion

and Confirmation. From there, the students take part as

altar servers in the church which we are always very

proud of.

COMMUNICATION

Communication will come through our newsletters on a

fortnightly basis, our school Facebook page Pompallier

C a t h o l i c S c h o o l a n d o u r w e b s i t e

www.pompallierprimary.school.nz or through our free

app Skool Loop. Dates and events are constantly

changing so please keep on eye on these for any

updates.

Many blessings,

Kathryn Carey

(Principal)

Greetings, Kia Ora, Talofa, Bula Vinaka,

Konnichi wa, Dobrodošli, Sawa dee, Failte

A very warm welcome back to school! For those that

are new to our school community, we wish you a very

warm welcome to our special community! What a

fabulous sun filled Christmas and summer break it has

been. Our teachers are back, full of enthusiasm to

tackle a wonderful year ahead!

We welcomed our new staff and students on Thursday

with a whakatau—a great way to begin our term in

partnership with the parish.

2019 THEME

To build our theme each year we use a combination of

parent/whanau voice, student voice and teacher

observations. The need for sustainability and care for

God’s creation continues in our world. As global

citizens our students will investigate and problem solve

around these issues. We continue with our “Care for

God’s Creation with a real focus on the following—

R.I.S.E :

Respect

Inspire

Service

Excellence

Our classroom celebrations will revolve around these

aspects. We continue with our school values of Tika,

Pono, Aroha and Atawhai which permeate through all

parts of our daily curriculum and teaching and learning.

CURRICULUM

We continue to have a focus on STEM (Science,

Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) within our

school curriculum and we are also bringing in the Arts.

Learning will have links to these main areas with literacy

and religious education being woven throughout.

Special points of interest:

• Family Mass Sunday 24th February

• Shrove Tuesday 5th March

• Ash Wednesday 6th March

• Friday 8th March PCS Swimming Sports

Friday 1st February 2019 Week 1 Term 1

UNIFORM

Summer, term 1 uniform with black sandals (year 7/8’s can also have black plain shoes due to technology) tidy hair cuts (no mohawks or patterns cut into hair, no hair dye). Longer hair tied up for the girls/boys. Year 7/8 students in white polo shirts and year 0-6 in green.

Our uniform policy can be found on our school website. Please ensure that your child comes with the correct uniform and a sun hat for one of the hottest terms we have. Thank you for the support to keep our students looking tidy and proud to be at PCS!

We have a range of sandals available and some green polo shirts available for $10. Come and see the office for assistance.

We also have a some “pre-loved” uniforms available. Please call in to the office.

SWIMMING

Swimming will be a part of our health and pe

programme for term 1. It is so important that

your child comes with a swimming cap, swimwear,

goggles (if you have them) and a towel. It is vital

that our children know how to swim so please

support this part of our curriculum. Each class

gets approximately 30 minutes in the Kaitaia

Swimming Pool for 5 weeks, starting on Monday

4th February. We have the pool Monday, Tuesday

and Thursday each week. Please encourage your

child to look after all of their gear and have it

clearly named. If you would like to help the junior

classes with supervision, come and see the

classroom teacher.

We have our school swimming sports set aside,

and are very grateful for time-keeping help if you

are able to give us a session for part of the day

we would be very grateful.

POMPALLIER DISCIPLES/ SPECIAL CHARACTER TEAM/HOUSE GROUP CAPTAINS

Every year 7 and 8 student has the opportunity to apply for these sought after positions of leadership within our school. The process involves completion of a job application and then senior staff sit down and make the very tough decisions!. For many of these students, this is their first application for a job and a great experience for teaching them about future skills! Watch this space for announcements of leaders soon! Our students are always great leaders and are a huge help in our school. They are great role models of our school values and gain lots of experience in leadership to set them off into their next journey at secondary school.

COMMUNICATION

We always aim to keep you well informed. If you need to find out anything urgent you will be sent a text from Helen in the office (if she has your num-ber). We also update our Facebook page—see Pompallier Catholic School and other information is on our website, or our free app on Skool Loop, down-load this for updates. Our staff will be building up their classroom blogs as another form of communi-cation as the year progresses.

http://www.pompallierprimary.school.nz/

Please check that our school has your up-to-date contact details such as mobile, home phone and address.

PERMISSION

Enclosed is a permission slip that covers our day-to-day trips and activities. We will always notify you of any travel or walking that we do as a school, but this covers us for the year.

There is also a digital citizenship form that you need to discuss with your child. We are also teach-ing these skills at school. All students in year 4 to 8 are required to sign digital citizenship to remain responsible and safe.

We would love to take this opportunity to extend a

warm welcome to our new students and their whanau !

Kiwi: Toby Mulholland, Liam Payne, Lily-Mae Larsen-Gardiner, Rohan Gunn, ,

Daniel Plunkett Pukeko: Eva Williams, Rihari Carrick, Lukah Dromgool, Matthew Plunkett Kea: Francezca Berking-Williams

Tui: Joshua Hannah Te Kahu: Zoe Holland, Kazuya Newman

It is always wonderful to see our school

grow with such enthusiastic and confident students! We know they will

love being at PCS!

“...but those who hope in the LORD will re-

new their strength. They will rise up on wings like

eagles;” - Isaiah 40.31

In his now famous inauguration speech, the late

Nelson Mandela quoted from a poem by Marianne

Williamson called, “Our deepest Fear”

I’ve included it here for you:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond

measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most

frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be bril-

liant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who

are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your

playing small does not serve the world. There is

nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other

people won't feel insecure around you. We are all

meant to shine, as children do. We were born to

make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as

we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give

other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our pres-

ence automatically liberates others.”

Our theme for this year is RISE, and while we may

not have to face the injustice and division that Nel-

son Mandela had to, we can take these words to

heart as we seek to live this year as Jesus would

have us.

Jesus tells us in John 17:14 that we are not of this

world but in it and so we must rise above and show

others that kindness and love is our first and best

beginning point in responding to all situations and

people we encounter.

That’s simple but not easy.

Perhaps by living lives that radiate love and light,

we might just manifest God’s presence here on

earth as we were made to.

Amen.

God Bless Phil.

STAFFING 2019—Teaching Staff

Class Teacher

Kiwi Mrs Melissa Watson

Pukeko Mrs Leonie Murray

Kea Mrs Joanne Ryken

Tui Mrs Stacey Cutler

Kakapo Mrs Emma Best

Te Kahu Mrs Nicola Dromgool

Support Staff

Principal Mrs Kathryn Carey

Deputy Principal Mrs Joanne Ryken

Director of Religious Studies Mr Phil Gunn

Classroom Release Mrs Moira Davis and Mrs Dianne Nicholls

TeKahu Release Tui Release

Mrs Moira Davis Mrs Shelley Sullivan

Administration Manager Mrs Helen Phillips

Teacher Assistants Mrs Donna Scutt and Mrs Lisa Wright

Caretaker Mr Glen Buckingham

Pompallier Catholic School 2019 Consent form

Permission Slip for children’s activities at school and outside of school. Can you please sign the form below allowing your child to take part in some or all of the activities listed. Please be aware that you will be fully informed of any activity that may warrant a permission slip prior to your child/ren undertaking it and if you wish to not allow your child to take part you will have the opportunity to do so. List of possible activities • Swimming programme/Swimming sports • Travelling on a bus or car or by foot to go on excursions • Year 7 and 8 technology at Kaitaia College • Class excursions and trips • School Cross country • Using the digital devices at school ( Teacher supervision) • Sport field days outside of the school grounds • Walking to Te Ahu Centre for play rehearsals/visits to places around town. • Sport Northland/Active Schools activities and excursions. • I give permission for my child’s work and /or photograph to be used when and if

appropriate in school or team newsletters and/or the Pompallier Catholic Schools website and Facebook page, classroom blogs and Skool Loop.

• Visits to local library, Te Ahu Centre, shows in town. I _________________________ understand this permission slip covers my child/ren for all activities that are associated with their class and give full permission in them taking part. Name of child/ren :……………………………………………… :………………………………………………. :……………………………………………… :……………………………………………... Signed _______________________ Dated ___________

Please return to the office

Share your best SUMMER photo

and be in to win!!

A SMART summer caption will make your entry even luckier!

Competition closes on Friday 22nd March

Gold coin entry fee

Anyone can enter – have fun photographers !

5 Categories:

1st, 2

nd and 3

rd place prizes and FAME!

Adult (14yrs+)

Year 7 & 8

Year 5 & 6

Year 3 & 4

Year 0 - 2

PLEASE NOTE!! A friendly reminder to all drivers to STOP at the bottom of the hill when leaving our school drive into Eden Terrace. It is safer to use Dominion Road so that our walkers do not need to worry about traffic. Thank you for your co-operation with this.

This calendar gives you an idea of what is coming up during the term. Put the dates somewhere important to remem-ber them. Dates can change at times, so please check this calendar each newsletter. If there are last minute changes we will notify you by text, and add comments onto our school Facebook page and update our free app Skool Loop. Make sure you contact Helen in the office to ensure you are part of our “phone tree”. Term one is certainly a busy and exciting term!

A reminder, for safety of our children,

please drive slowly in the carpark. No child

is to leave the gate area unsupervised.

Please do not park in the yellow lines.

February/March/April 2019 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

28 29

TEACHER ONLY

DAY

30

TEACHER ONLY

DAY

31 Whakatau

First Day

1 Newsletter

Beginning of term

Mass

2 3 Wk1

4 Swimming

5 Swimming

Frances Sport North

6

WAITANGI DAY

HOLIDAY

7

Swimming 8 Assembly

9 10 Wk2

FEB

11 Swimming

Year 5/6 Surf

12 Swimming Frances

Sport North

Yr 7/8 Surf

BOT meeting

13

14 Swimming

15 Newsletter

16 17 Wk3

18 Swimming

19 Swimming

EMR Snorkelling

TeKahu/Kakapo

20

21 TEACHER ONLY DAY

22 EMR Snorkelling

TeKahu/Kakapo

Assembly

23 24

FAMILY MASS

Wk4

25 Swimming

26 Swimming

27 28 Swimming

1 2 3 Wk5

MAR

4 Swimming

5 Swimming

Frances Sport North

Shrove Tuesday

6

ASH WEDNES-

DAY

7 No Swimming

Maths Lead Teacher

Day PCS

8

PCS SWIM

SPORTS—HELP

NEEDED

9 10 Parents Sacra-

ment Meeting

Wk6

11 12 13 14

CENTRAL

ZONES—HELP

NEEDED

15 Reconciliation

lessons begin

16 17

St Patricks

Day

Wk7

18 19

St Josephs Day

20

FAR NORTH

ZONES

21 22 Assembly Sizzling Summer

Comp closes

23 24

AUBERT

HOUSE MASS

Wk8

25 26 27 28 29

Faith Journals

go home

30 31 Wk9

APR

1 2 3 4 5 Assembly

6 7 Wk

10

Wk

11 8 9

EASTER PLAY

10 11 12

Last Day of

school

13 14

WHAKATAU

We began our first day of school on Thursday welcoming our current and new staff and students. A

special thanks to Father Carlo for his karakia, Connie Hassan as our kai karanga, Bill Pomare, Barry

Murray and Phil Gunn who spoke on our behalf. All of our new students were welcomed with open

arms. Our parishioners are such a special part of our school and we are so proud to be a whanau

together. As always Matua Wiremu Smith had our kapa haka roupu performing with skill and

expertise even after a 6 week break! It is so wonderful to have our playground brimming with chatter

again! We are excited to get into the new learning throughout the school.

This is a copy of our complaints procedure. If you have any queries or concerns, please come in and

chat with your child’s teacher. Things can often be easily clarified and sorted out with open lines of

communication. If you find that you are still concerned, please come and make a time to see the

Principal Kathryn Carey.