Week 2 term 4

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Tokelau Language Week

Celebrate: Sunday 23 October – Saturday 29 October.

This year's theme for Te Vaiaho o te Gagana Tokelau – Tokelau Language Week is "Halahala ki vavau, kae ke mau ki pale o Tokelau" which means "To plan for the future is to understand the past."

The theme connects to the overall theme for this year’s Pacific language weeks ‘sustainability’ and the launch of the UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages.

Below are some resources you could use:

Pacific Language Weeks 2022

I hope you’ve enjoyed the good weather for the long weekend. We are somewhere on SH 1 and I'm trying to put this together on my phone so please forgive mistakes and omissions.

Athletic Sports are on Tuesday at the stadium. Fingers crossed for fine weather. At the entry gate will be trestles with the class rolls set up on them. There will be an adult there supervising the entry. Children sign in as they arrive and then move to their designated age group area ready to start the 800m. 

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Rotorua Interhouse Athletics 9:00 am – 2:30 pm  Tuesday 25th October 2022 International Stadium, Ground 2, Devon Street West, Rotorua Event Overview The Interhouse Athletics is for our middle and senior school students - Years 4, 5 & 6. The Interhouse Athletic Sports will be held at Field 2 by the stadium in Rotorua. Years 4 – 6 students need to be taken to / dropped off at the  International Stadium, ground 2 Devon Street West Rotorua on Tuesday 25th October Students sign in at the stadium gate and then go to their appropriate age group area. Interhouse Athletics will finish at approximately 2:30 pm on Tuesday. Children need to be collected from the International Stadium, ground 2 by 3:00 pm at the latest. Children may come to Interhouse Athletics in their house colours or their school PE gear. Children will need – sunhat, sunblock, warm clothes, lunch & a drink. Should the event need to be cancelled, this information will be put on Educa/App/Facebook by 7:30 am

GRANDPARENTS/GRANDFRIENDS MASS;  Friday, October 28th at 9.00 am (PLEASE NOTE TIME) This Friday we have our Grandparents / Grandfriends Mass, 9am at St Mary's Church, we ask that you find a seat at the church prior to 9 am as children will be sitting with their classes.  We would love to have all our special Grandparents and Grandfriends at school with us on this day.   After Mass, Grandparents are invited back to the classes to share in morning tea with their grandchildren (there will be tea and coffee provided in the hall)  We ask all children to bring a plate to share for morning tea.

WORKING BEE We intend to have a working bee this Saturday, October 29th. There are a number of jobs that need to be done. If you are willing to help, can you please let the office know? The projects include painting, spraying the cobbles, painting wooden  Christmas Trees, building two picnic tables, playground equipment maintenance, replacing a damaged panel on a classroom wall and maintenance work on our unicycles and putting together new unicycles. I’ve been amazed at the support we receive for our working bees and I would really appreciate your support with this one too, please.  Come along and meet other parents and enjoy morning tea and a delicious lunch. Children are welcome also. For catering purposes please let Shanelle know in the office if you can assist, even if it is just for an hour or two.

WORKING BEE We intend to have a working bee this Saturday, October 29th. There are a number of jobs that need to be done. If you are willing to help, can you please let the office know? The projects include painting, spraying the cobbles, painting wooden  Christmas Trees, building two picnic tables, playground equipment maintenance, replacing a damaged panel on a classroom wall and maintenance work on our unicycles and putting together new unicycles. I’ve been amazed at the support we receive for our working bees and I would really appreciate your support with this one too, please.  Come along and meet other parents and enjoy morning tea and a delicious lunch. Children are welcome also. For catering purposes please let Shanelle know in the office if you can assist, even if it is just for an hour or two.

Colour Fun Run Thank you everyone for your support for our Colour Run. It was an awesome event and lots of fun. There are lots of photos on our Facebook page You are able to go online now and order the prizes.   This needs to be done by October 31st.    Prizes will be delivered to school. https://schoolfundraising.co.nz/