18 April

FAITH  FACT FOR WEEK 12

Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time is the days in the Church calendar

that are not included in the seasons of Advent, Christmas,

Lent or Easter. Ordinary time falls in two distinct periods:

The five to eight weeks between the Epiphany and Ash

Wednesday – the beginning of Lent, and the twenty three

to twenty seven weeks from Pentecost to the Feast of

Christ the King. During Ordinary Time the gospel stories

are about Jesus’ ordinary life. The liturgical colour for

Ordinary Time is green.

Dear Parents

Thank you to everybody for all their work this term.

All the parents who have helped with sports teams, with swimming, as parent helpers at school events and functions – It has been a very busy and productive term and I look forward to Term 2 starting on Monday 6^th May.

BOT Elections

By now all parents/caregivers should have received your nomination forms and information about the Board and Elections. We are looking for a couple of new members this year, so please consider this.

It is an opportunity to have more involvement in your child’s education at a governance level and is a very worthwhile and rewarding position. Without wanting to sound too PC, we do need another female member to provide some more balance to our Board. If you are interested and want to know more, please contact me.

LCN Meetings

A big thanks to the parents and children who were able to join us on Tuesday night. Your input was much appreciated. A special thanks to Mrs Buxton and Mrs Lieshout for all your preparatory work.

Fonterra Milk Programme

I have signed up for this programme sponsored by Fonterra. We will have milk for the children on Tuesday and Thursdays when it gets underway. We will send out permission slips next term after seeing Fonterra representatives.

Attention Room 9 Parents
We are having a garage sale to raise funds for camp on Sat 11th May in the Sacred Heart School Hall. If you have items lying around home that you would like to sell and want to be in on this, please email Nicki Brookland at: brooklad@clear.net.nz or phone 2140112.

Altar Servers

Saturday 20^th April                    7.00 pm                                       Volunteers               

Sunday 21^st April                       10.30 am                                                       Volunteers

Children’s Liturgy                                                                           Volunteer

Autism NZ

Interested parties are asked to check out the noticeboard in the junior corridor regarding information about courses, support groups, family day & volunteers needed for their annual street appeal

PTA Oyster Raffle Winners

1st prize (7 dozen oysters) R Wilks 021 972501 sold by Wilks family

2nd prize (4 dozen oysters) Terry Cahill 215 7640 sold by Cahill family

3rd prize (3 dozen oysters) Ron Davidson 236 1200 sold by Portia Brown family

4th prize (2 dozen oysters) Neil Wohlers 216 9466 sold by Holland family

5th prize (2 dozen oysters) Chris Parkes 216 7177 sold by Portia Brown family

6th prize (2 dozen oysters) Jane Gorton 211 0801 sold by McWilliam family

7th prize (2 dozen oysters) B Tagamoa sold by Tagamoa-Kaa family

8th prize (2 dozen oysters) Dave 217 6755 sold by Armstrong family

9th prize (2 dozen oysters) Dougal H 027 223 5243 sold by Henderson family

10th prize (2 dozen oysters) Vanessa 027 473 8778 sold by Ridd family

The Harding family 027 819 4037 sold the most tickets (5 cards) and will

receive 2 dozen oysters and a bottle of wine.

Room 2 sold the most tickets (pro rata) and will receive a special treat.

Thank you to all the children and parents for your support.

Out Of School Music Classes

We are now taking enrolments for the Term 2 Music Awareness class. This is a 6 week class for 5-6 year olds & gives them a great introduction to music. They learn rhythm, beat, high notes & low notes etc. Children use a variety of percussion instruments & have an opportunity to see & hear a variety of instruments. Classes are run from Southland Girls High on Saturday morning at 11.30. Cost is $30. We also run a music and movement class for children 6 months to 5 years.

For more info on these & other classes we run contact Deborah

216-5137 email admin@osmc.co.nz or check out our website www.osmc.co.nz 

Netball South Junior Netball Academy:
Enrolments for Netball South’s very popular Junior Netball Academy are open. This is an 8 week Skill Development Programme for children aged 8-15 years old. The Academy runs in Term 2.
To register, please contact Tracy at Netball South or Tracy.simpson@netballsouth.co.nz

My Little Team & Me - Wednesday 5^th June @ Stadium Southland 6.30 – 8.30 pm $5 each

This book has been developed specifically for young or beginner coaches of Fun Ferns and Future Ferns. It contains activities to assist players in learning the fundamental skills of netball and some simple tactical ideas. If you are interested in attending this course please contact Tracy 2171303 or Tracy.simpson@netballsouth.co.nz

Beginner ‘How to of Coaching’ – Course for Parent Coaches Wed - 17th April  7 – 8.45pm
Next week Sport Southland is delighted to have the services of Mark Borthwick, Coaching Director from Cricket Wellington to facilitate a Beginner ‘How to of Coaching’ course for Parent Coaches. This course is designed for parents (or other family members) who have been roped in to coaching or have limited coaching experience. It is generic in nature (rather than sport specific), and focuses on the ‘How’ rather than that ‘What’ to coach, but does utilise the occasional sport specific drill to demonstrate concepts, but the focus is on the concepts and not the drills.

Areas covered in the course:
• Session and Season Planning                                                 • Managing Parents
• How do kids learn best                                                               • How do I manage team behaviour
• How do I find coaching ideas                                                   • Having a Coaching Philosophy

• Dealing with winning, losing and cheating
At Southland Boys High School. Classroom next to Gym and gym will be used. Cost: No cost
Facilitator: Mark is the current Coaching Director from Cricket Wellington and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience as a cricket coach (former coach of Wellington Blaze women’s team) and as a former Assistant HOD Physical Education at Wellington College and his passion for coaching and humour ensures you will learn and have the occasional laugh during the session.
Registration: To register, please email andrew.petrie@sportsouthland.co.nz . Please note that this course is limited to 30 places, so get your registration in as soon as possible. Please ensure you have appropriate clothing and footwear for light activities, used to demonstrate concepts. Each participant will receive a coaching resource to take away at the end of the session.

                  HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY

WINTER UNIFORM  ~  TERMS 2 & 3

Winter Girls                 

Pinafore

White long sleeved button to neck blouse

White skivvy    

Red Tie (optional)                       

Blue V neck jersey

Navy blue or white socks/Navy blue tights                                               

Tan, brown, navy or black shoes

Winter Boys                

Winter weight grey shorts

Long sleeved button to neck grey shirt                                                      

Red Tie (optional)

Blue V neck jersey                                                        

Grey knee high socks

Tan, brown, navy or black shoes

Thank you for the support you give the children in wearing the correct uniform.  

In this way we develop a pride in our appearance and in so doing a pride in our school.

Class Happenings – Room 7

Hide and Seek.

I am ready come and find me. Make sure I don’t flatten it. I am far from my house. It’s a good spot. Suddenly I hear a rustling noise. It wasn’t me. So I crawled away. My sister found me. The game was over. I ran to my house.  Seamus

I’m ready come and find me. The place smelt like sweaty socks and the dark places where full of clothes. I better stay quiet. The floor is hot and my hiding spot was full of clothes and they are wet. I can hear them whispering. I have to stay still. They are getting closer I had better stay in the cupboard and I need to keep my feet in.

The cupboard is wet and it has spider webs and it smells like sweaty feet now. After twenty minutes they found me, it was a great game.   Matthew F

Do you like waking up on a Monday morning?

Oh no it’s Monday morning! Oh man School?! I’m so tired it’s six o’clock in the morning. I want to go back to sleep. I feel like a lazy pig not wanting to get up. I get up, but I really don’t want to. Finally I stood up and then I realise if I don’t go to school I won’t learn. So I quickly get dressed, have breakfast, and do my jobs. I start slowly walking to the bus. The bus is always freezing so I put my jacket on.   Jasmine

                   

House Colour Day