St Benedict's School Pānui ā-rorohiko (Online Newsletter) Week 6, Term 2 - Copy

Library Liturgy

We are delighted to offer regular liturgy experiences for our tamariki again. We will be being supported by Challenge 2000 who will lead liturgy with our tamariki in the library from 9:15am. The Liturgy schedule can be found by visiting our school calendar on our website and hovering over the event to see the liturgy timetable. Or download the PDF flyer below.  Please feel free to join us. 

Yr 7/8 Liturgy

School Board Departures

The St Benedict's School Board would like to announce the following members who have recently resigned from the board.

John Lawson (Proprietor Representative), Amanda Gardner (Proprietor Representative),  Anna Radich (Parent representative). 

John Lawson has sat on the board for a number of terms, firstly as a parent and then as a representative of the St Francis of Assis Parish.  Thank you John for all you do for our faith community. Amanda has been on the Board for over three years and has provided invaluable insight on many subjects and has supported the Board on a number of key items during her time. Anna and her family have returned to Auckland and we thank her for contributions to the Board.

The St Benedict's charter states the Board of Trustees will be made up of five parent representatives,  four Proprietor representatives,  one teacher representative and the Principal.  Our current trustees are:

Parent Representative: 

• Daniel Marks - Presiding chair

• Duncan McDonald 

• Lucy Woollaston
• JP Tocker

Proprietor Representative:

• Ruth Burns 

• Erica Willoughby  

Teacher representative:  Clare Short

Principal: Tania Savage

The resignation of a parent representative means that the school will need to hold an election for that position. The School will appoint an election officer in the coming weeks and call for nominations.

The Proprietor Representative are not an elected position but an appointment by the Archbishop.   If you would like to be considered as a Proprietor Representative please contact Tania Savage.

Thank you to all the members who volunteer their time to assist in the smooth running of our school.

Working Bee Organiser Required

The School Board are seeking a volunteer to run an upcoming whole school Working Bee. If you have experience running events or in the area of construction/landscaping etc, we have need of your expertise. 

Sokry keeps our school looking amazing, however, there are a few jobs that require the support of many hands.

If you think you may have the skills to support the School Board to organise a Working Bee with our comunity and would like further information of the jobs we hope to accomplish please get in touch with Tania principal@st-benedicts.school.nz 

Board Policy Review

Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC)

The Board  follows a three year policy review cycle and each term  aspects of our school policies come up for review. At St Benedict's we use SchoolDocs as a provider to ensure our policies and procedures are robust and created with expert input. This term all SchoolDoc's schools are reviewing the policies for  Education Outside the Classroom. The Board invites you to be part of the review by following the below process: 

Visit SchoolDocs  enter the username (st-benedicts) and password (3000stbens). Click on the policies you wish to review, you may need to scroll down the page to find them. Then: 

1. Read the policy.
2. Click the Start your review button at the top right-hand corner of the page.
3. Select the reviewer type.
4. Enter your name (optional).
5. Follow the prompts to show that you've read the topic and enter your feedback if you'd like to comment.
6. Agree to the privacy statement and click “Submit review”.

Tumuaki Korero - A word from our Principal

Tēnā koutou e te whānau,

Disco reminder

Next Friday is our school Disco and tomorrow is the cut off for registering attendance. Thank you to HoK and the organsing team of the disco for providing this wonderful event for our tamariki. Please click here to visit the Disco notice 

Upcoming Events from our calendar:

Electives are well underway.  Electives finish in Week 9.

Swimming continues for Year 7/8 on Tuesdays, Years 3-6 on Thursdays and Years 1-2 on Fridays.

Week 9 Parent Teacher Interviews 2pm-6pm Thursday 22nd of June, see booking information below. It is great to see the bookings coming in. 

Open day Tuesday 27 June 11am-12:45pm

Science Fair viewing Tuesday 27 June the Science Fair will be open for viewing all day in Room 10 (room off the library). 6pm-7pm Announcement of winners of the Science Fair  in the School Library. 

Week 10 Parent Teacher Interviews 2pm-6pm Wednesday 28 June, see booking information below. It is great to see the bookings coming in. 

Open Day

We will be holding a school open day for prospective whānau on Tuesday 27th of June 11am-12:45pm. There will be an opportunity to see our classes in action and to hear more about our wonderful school and community. If you have friends who are considering St Ben's please do let them know. Signage to advertise the Open Day will be going up this weekend. If you have a road facing fence that we might use to display additional advertising signs sponsored by Lowe and Co please get in contact with Coralie. 

School App

We will be launching our new School App next week. Through the app you will be able to submit absences, check your accounts and print invoices, find a quick link to our newsletter and school calendar, as well as receive school communication notifications. As we transition our communication you will receive messages through the app and email to ensure school messages are not missed.

Uniform

We are starting to see an increase in non-uniform jerseys/hoodies and shoes and socks as we move in to wearing the winter uniform for Term 2 and 3. We are also noticing an increase in the wearing of nail polish and earrings that do not follow the guidelines of studs or sleepers. Please support us to ensure your child is wearing the correct uniform as they leave from home to school each day. Non-uniform clothing will be held in the office for collection at the end of the week.  

Carving/Whakairo knowledge

We have the opportunity to repurpose the old pews of St Benedict's Church by creating carvings/Whakairo for our school. However we are unsure whether the wood is suitable for this use. If you know anyone who might have that knowledge, and would be willing to advise us whether the wood would be suitable, please get in touch with me. 

Mā te Atua koutou e manaaki, e tiaki hoki,
May God bless and care for you,
Tania Savage - Principal

Congratulations to....

Assembly Certificate Recipients and a special graduation

Congratulations to all our EPIC tamariki who received certificates at our latest assembly. 

A special congratulations to Emilia Speirs (Mrs Speirs of Room 7) for celebrating her graduation from Victoria University. Well done Emilia we are so proud of you!

Congratulations to Jack who had a great weekend cubing - 3rd place for 3x3 blindfold and 4th place for 3x3 the main event with an 8 second average. His results now place him in the top 10 in NZ and 48th in Australasia for the 3x3 cube.  Well done Jack.

Parent Teacher Child Interviews (PTC)

Our next set of PTC interviews are being held onsite from 2pm-6pm on the 22nd and 28th of June . On theses days your child/children can be picked up early at 2pm. For those who attend ASC or are unable to pick their child up earlier your child will be supervised until the normal school day finish time 2:50pm.  

Bookings are now open and can be accessed on the link button below. This is the same platform our begining of year interviews were booked through and you may already have a saved password for it. Otherwise the below video gives guidance for making your booking. 

Please let us know through the following link whether your child/children will be picked up early or staying at school.  PCT Organisation

Spotlight on Samoan Language Week

This week there has been a spotlight in our classrooms on Samoan culture and language as we celebrate Samoan Language week. We have focused on art activties, sharing lived experiences of growing up Samona in New Zealand within reading programmes and sharing the word of the day from the Ministry of Pasific Peoples. The theme for Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language Week 2023 is ‘Mitamita i lau gagana, maua’a lou fa’asinomaga’ which means ‘Be proud of your language and grounded in your identity’.

Helping Our Kids

School Disco - 9 June!!

REGISTRATIONS FOR THE DISCO CLOSE TOMORROW! Don’t miss out!!!

Pizza and unlimited water is included in the cost of a ticket, with fizzy drinks and treats for
sale on the night. You will also be able to purchase glow-in-the-dark goodies and have your
face painted or photo taken.
All the info you need to know about the evening is in this form, along with the option to
RSVP and volunteer - please respond by tomorrow Friday 2 June
https://forms.gle/vUZMGpjymXP2ZqX26
We need your help! With any event like this, we rely on volunteers to ensure we run a safe
and fun disco. When you RSVP, please also let us know how you can help on the night.
Don't forget to nominate your favourite song for the playlist! Let your teacher know if you
have a song that you would like to hear on the night.

The disco is coming!

 'YUMMY STICKERS’ – Now until the end of Term 3.   

Please remember to save ‘Yummy Stickers’ for your sticker sheet.

Thank you to - to families who are collecting stickers for their sticker sheet.

We have 2392 stickers so far.

It’s time to start collecting yummy apple stickers and the cut-out labels on the yummy 1.5kg apple bags.  You will find all your favourite yummy apples at your local New World or Pak’n Save (and some participating 4 Square stores).

Eat ‘Yummy’ and support our school.  Crunch on apples and collect ‘yummy’ sports money. 

Collect the ‘cut out’ labels from the 2kg bags of ‘Yummy’ apples or individual ‘Yummy’ apple

stickers, available from New World and Pak’n Save stores.  Cash them in for Rebel Sports

gear for our school.  Send all your ‘Yummy’ stickers to the office.  

Collect more sticker sheets from the office or visit www.yummyfruit.co.nz.  Lets get munching.

Last year we received $373 worth of Rebel sports equipment for FREE. 

St Ben's ASC School Holiday Programme

Kia ora all Parents and Caregivers,

Firstly I would like to thank all those families for their interest in our first school holiday programme.   Despite not yet reaching our magic number of 20, the response has been extremely positive. We have had a lot of interest including some families who have already made arrangements for the July holidays but are very keen to join us in September should we proceed with another programme.  

As  per our email of 8 May 2023, we advised our schedule of activities was still in the process of being finalised.  This process is now complete and  I am proud of the way the After School Care team have come together to discuss ideas and design the attached document.  

Enrolments for our programme in July will be open to 6 June 2023.  Feliz, Marcus and I are very committed to making the week enjoyable for your child(ren).  If we do not proceed with the programme in the July holidays, those who have enrolled will be advised and we will look at opening enrolments for September in Term 3.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Donna Wilson 

ASC Supervisor

Fast Forward Musical Theatre

Expressions of Interest open exclusively to St Benedicts families until 13th June. Limited spaces available. 

SAINTS BASKETBALL TICKETS!!!

This year our school tickets have continued online, please see the links below for each game and your password to login to access is: Benedicts

vs Sharks

vs Rams

vs Nuggets

vs Airs

vs Jets 

Please note that there is a 5pm night before cut-off to access your tickets to each game, for example, Saturday 8^th April vs Hawks, your last chance to access tickets is 5pm Friday. Please only request the tickets you know you will use.  This allows us to better manage people in our games.

Molly Kelly

Teacher/Sports coordinator

Parent Road Patrol Roster

NICHOLSON ROAD
(Mornings and Afternoons)
Parents: Please be present from 8:25am - 9:00am and again from 2:45am - 3:15pm

Are you and your whānau protected from measles?

With people travelling overseas again, there’s a risk that someone with measles could unknowingly bring the disease back to Aotearoa.

Measles spreads easily and quickly, usually between people who are unimmunised or only partially immunised. It can be serious and life threatening. In the 2019 measles outbreak in Aotearoa more than 30% of the people infected had to be admitted to hospital. 

The best protection against measles is the free MMR vaccine. It will protect you and your whānau, and prevent the virus from spreading.

You will be protected against measles if you:

• had 2 doses of the MMR vaccine
• had measles before
• were born before 1 Jan 1969.

If you’re unsure if you or your tamariki have had any or both doses of the MMR vaccine, check by calling your GP or hauora provider. Alternatively, check your Plunket Well Child Tamariki Ora book. If you’re still not sure, be safe and get immunised – there are no safety concerns with having an extra dose. MMR vaccines are free at your local health provider and many pharmacies.

As measles still occurs in many countries, if you’re travelling overseas these holidays it’s especially important to be immunised to prevent the risk of being unknowingly infected and causing an outbreak in Aotearoa on your return.

More information about the measles vaccination can be found here:

Measles vaccination – Ministry of Health

Entertainment Book

Wider Community Notices