23 June

Dear Parents

First Reconciliation

Please pray for these children who will be receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time tonight in the church at 6.30 pm. Shaun Clapperton, Bridie Kinney, Claire Kinney, George Nally, Greta Wallace, Caleb Wolf, Jennifer Thomson and Lucy Nind.

A big thank you to Miss O’Neill, Fr Jacob and the PTA members for there contribution to a very successful day.

Mass/Picnic Lunch

Thank you for your support at last Sundays Mass and at the PTA shared lunch in the hall afterwards. It was a great turnout.

GOD AND THE SPIDER WEB

During the War, a US marine was separated from his unit. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades.

Alone in the hills, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction. Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock. Quickly he crawled inside one of the caves. Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed.

As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me. Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you. Amen."

After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw close. He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out of this one.." Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of his cave.

As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him, all the while, the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the cave.

Ha, he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a spider web.

God does have a sense of humour."

As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout and could see them searching one cave after another. As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand. To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on. Suddenly, he realized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while. "Lord, forgive me," prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that in you a spider's web is stronger than a brick wall."

We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget the victories that God would work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways. As the great leader, Nehemiah, reminded the people of Israel when they faced the task of rebuilding Jerusalem,

"In God we will have success!" [Nehemiah 2:20]

Remember: Whatever is happening in your life, with God, a mere spider's web can become a brick wall of protection. Believe He is with you always. Just speak His name through Jesus His son, and you will see His great power and love in your life.

Charter

Thanks to those who have expressed interest in reviewing our school charter. I still need a couple more volunteers, especially in the Year 1 – 3 area of the school. Please contact me on 0274918694 or principal@shsinv.school.nz

Maths

We are fortunate to have Anne Lamond working with some of our children in Numeracy for the remainder of the term.

Anne is one of the facilitators of a Numeracy Initiative being run in all Invercargill primary schools.

Production

Tickets are available from Christine during normal office hours (8.30 am – 2.30 pm).

Practices are now underway. Thank you for your assistance in the providing of props, costumes and the like.

We require adult help on both nights for either recording the show on video or being an usher. If you can help, please let Mrs Stupples know asap. Thank you.

Starship Phones For Rewards Campaign

Our School is taking part in the Starship Hospital Phones for Rewards Campaign.

By collecting your old mobile phones, we can earn some exciting rewards for our school. The rewards on offer range from digital cameras, laptop computers, even a promethean interactive whiteboard. Obviously the more phones we collect, the better our rewards will be. So have a hunt around at home, ask around at work, and drop off your old mobile phones to the box in the school office. We don’t need chargers, and we ask that you take out your batteries. These can be placed in the box as well.

This is a great campaign. Not only will we earn exciting rewards for our school, we are helping Starship fundraise for their Air Ambulance Service.

Tap Dancing Results

Anika Winders: 1st Song and Tap under 6

Eli Winders: 1st Song and Tap 10 years and over

Social Studies Fair –Merit

Aimee Brookland: Cup for Most Personality Under 10.

Kayla Boniface: 1^st Tap Solo Novice / Restricted 8 & 9 years.

Kayla and Emma Harrington came 3rd for their Duo Novice / Restricted Any Age and Kayla won the Championship Trophy for Restricted 9 years and over.

Southland Dancing Results

Breyah Takitimu: 1st, two 2nds and a 3rd and was also awarded the trophy for Most Promising Modern Dancer of the Competitions.

Paris Johnson: 1^st Ballet Novice, VHC Demi Dance, Commended Ballet Dance.

Fruit Order – Delivery Thursday 30^th June

Please fill in the order form in the junior corridor by Tuesday 28^th am if you want apples, pears, pumpkins or walnuts. This is the last delivery for the year.

Altar Servers

Saturday 25th June - 7.00pm – Clarke Le Breton

Sunday 26th June - 10.30am – Bree Chilton & Eli Winders

Children’s Liturgy – Aletta Reid

Netball Results

Stars drew 6 – 6 against Newfield Comets. Aimee Brookland was POD .

Ferns won by default against New River Stars

Shooters won 17 – 0 against St St Theresa’s Silver. POD was Bree Chilton for outstanding shooting.

Room 2 Class Happenings

We have been very busy getting ready for our production in two weeks. Room 2 will be dressed up as toys and we are going to do a dance to our music. We have been practising our dance every day. Here is a word find about our costumes. Can you find us all?