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Term 3, 2025

Week 10
Monday 15 September:        Assembly 
Tuesday 16 September:       Pickleball Wellington - Rooms 9 - 13 - 9 - 12:30pm
Wednesday 17 September: Te Reo Lessons Rms 4,9,8,3,13 / Kapa Haka - Extension group celebration
                                                      Choir to Malvina Major
                                                      Year 7/8 Information Evening 5:30pm
Thursday 18 September:     Class Mass - 9:00 am -Room 12 / Class liturgies 9-9.45am, Room 13
                                                      Pickleball Wellington - Rooms 7-2 at 9 - 12:30
Friday 19 September:           Non-uniform day to raise funds for Parihaka visitors centre

Thursday 2 & Friday 3 October:  School Office Open

Saturday 4 October: 2-3:30pm - FWFC Second Hand Uniform Sale / New items also available

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Tumuaki Korero

Tēnā koutou e te whānau ō Hato Penetika,

What a fantastic week with AIMS games achievements, 32 parents and children attending our open day, the Fabulous Art Exhibition and to top it all off Father's Day Breakfast run by FWFC this morning.

We are truly blessed to have an active community and fabulous Teachers, Teacher Aides and Support staff who work together to give our tamariki these amazing experiences.

We are delighted to share a snippet of the Art Exhibition with you all for whānau who were unable to attend. 

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

Year 7 and 8 Information Evening

Year 7 and 8 Information Evening Year 6 families, please join us for an information evening to meet the Year 7 and 8 teachers, see the classrooms, hear about the classroom programme and listen to some former students' experiences. This is a great chance to get a feel for our Intermediate school and ask any questions you may have. We hope to see you there on Tuesday 16 September @ 5:30 pm in Room 13. 

Sports Update

Whole School Athletics Day – Monday 6th October

Our annual Whole School Athletics Day will be held on Monday 6th October (Postponement Date: Tuesday 7th October) at Nairnville Park, from 9:00am to 2:30pm.

We are looking for parent and whānau volunteers to help run a variety of events such as vortex, long jump, high jump, and more. No experience is necessary — clear instructions and support will be provided on the day.

If you’re available to help, please get in touch with Molly Kelly via email at molly.kelly@st-benedicts.school.nz.

Your support makes a big difference — thank you!

Touch Rugby - Term 4
Is your child keen to play touch rugby for St Ben's this summer? There is a great local competition on a Monday afternoon at Alex Moore Park in Johnsonville running from Monday 3 November to Monday 8 December and children of all ages and abilities are welcome to join.
Touch rugby is a fun team sport which compliments skills from a lot of sports and we've had a growing number of children at St Ben's joining in.
Please register your interest at the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHEkRPFqXyMbHE6Qa8g1bT_5JVwvutbYbEKcxxtlzLNxg4cg/viewform?usp=header
We will also get our fun Sunday sessions at Nairnville back up and running in term 4 for anyone keen to join (no need to join a team for these).   Stay tuned for further details on these.
Please email touchrugby@st-benedicts.school.nz with any questions.

Summer Uniform Orders

Please email your summer uniform requirements to the school office by Wednesday 10 September. 

New items will be available at the FWFC Second Hand Uniform sale on Saturday 4 October from 1-2:30pm.

ASC Book Now – Holiday Programme Week 1 (22–26 Sept)

We’re excited to invite your tamariki to join us for a fun-filled Holiday Programme running for Week 1 only: Monday 22 September to Friday 26 September.

You can start booking your tamariki now to secure their spot. Bookings will close on Monday 8 September and spaces are limited, so don’t miss out!

We’ve attached our brochure with all the details, and you can use the link below to book: https://forms.gle/UcSH16TVauj2cuBz8

We’re looking forward to an exciting week together!

School dates 2025 and 2026

School dates for 2025 
Term 3  14 July – 19 September Kāhui Ako Teacher only day  1st August
Staff call back day in school holidays Friday 3 October
Term 4  6 October- Wednesday 17 December (Includes Labour Day)

School Dates 2026
The Ministry of Education (MoE) have allocated two school days for delivering the new mathematics curriculum in 2026. Our Professional Learning and Development (PLD) days have been allocated at the beginning of the school year and subsequently make our start for 2026 a bit unusual.  The School Board have approved the following dates for 2026.

Please note there are two Teacher Only Days that are yet to be allocated in Terms 2-4, we will confirm these once they are allocated:

Thursday 29th and Friday 30th of January Whānau teacher Meetings
Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd of February MoE Mathematics PLD Staff only 
Term 1 Wednesday 4th of February  - Thursday 2 April 
Term 2 Monday 20 April - Friday 3 July 
Term 3 Monday 20 July - Friday 25 September 
Term 4 Monday 12 October-Tuesday  15 December 

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

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