Room Five`s Poems - Good Shepherd School

GOOD SHEPHERD SCHOOL
* Hello * Kia Ora * Malo e Lelei * Namaste * Cead Mile Failte * Talofa Lava *
* Kia Orana * Zdravo * Dzien Dobry * Apa Kabar * Guten Tag * An Nyung Ha Se Yo *
* Privet * Kwaziwai * Mabuhay Kayo * Kon Nichi Wa * Hola * Ola * Salaam * Fakalofa Atu
Update Notice 7 April 2016
Parish and School Mass
Sunday 10 April at 9.30 a.m. at Good Shepherd
Church
We are a parish school and once a term we gather
with the parish community to celebrate Mass. This
will be an opportunity for you to meet our new parish
priest, Fr Philip Sullivan, and assistant priest, Fr Lito,
who will be accompanying our singing. The school is
responsible for the singing at this Mass and we ask
that you please support the children by joining in
with the singing during the service. Because our own
special feast day, the Feast of the Good Shepherd, is
on the Sunday after the end of term, we will also be
using this occasion to honour Jesus, the Good
Shepherd.
Good Shepherd Awards
This week we congratulate Aisling Byrne from
Room 2 and Xavier Setefano from Room 6 for
winning the Good Shepherd Awards. Aisling and
Xavier are great role models for our values of care,
respect and honesty.
All Good Shepherd children must wear school
uniform and will be sitting with their families on this
special occasion. Thank you for your commitment to
your school and its Catholic special character.
A message from the Good Shepherd School Caring Committee
Thank you to all the people who have volunteered to be a part of the GSS Caring Committee for 2016. If you
haven’t already volunteered and would like to, could you please send an email to
[email protected] and state how you would like to help - meals, baking, extra lunches, transporting children,
etc. We hope to only call on each committee member once throughout the year.
As most of you are aware the Caring Committee has in the past collected can and packet items on the first Tuesday
of every month. These items then go to the Good Shepherd Parish and are distributed to those in need. To make
this process easier we have decided to ask all school families to bring along a can or packet item to our Parish
Family Masses. Our first Parish Family Mass is this Sunday, 10th April. Please drop your items into the plastic bins
located in the church foyer on your way into Mass on Sunday.
We will also like to have a can collection once a term for the wider community. These items will be collected on
the last day of every term. The cans would be stored and go towards the Auckland Catholic schools initiative called
‘Cans for Christmas’.
We welcome Malia DeLacey as the new Caring Committee Co-ordinator from the start of Term 2, 2016. Please
don’t hesitate to contact Malia if you feel there is a need in the school community. Malia can be contacted on
[email protected]
Thank you so much for your continuing support.
Clare Fala
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DUES SPONSORSHIP
SCHEME
The Attendance Dues Sponsorship Scheme - has been
created to assist families who may need financial
support with the payment of attendance dues, for
students attending Catholic schools in Auckland
Diocese, both primary and secondary.
The purpose of the sponsorship scheme is to allow
parents or caregivers facing financial hardship
another option to seek relief where they may be
reluctant to approach their school for help.
The existing financial hardship scheme – operated by
your school – is also available to parents or caregivers
facing hardship and we do encourage families facing
financial difficulties to please contact your school
office.
Application forms are available from school and
parish offices, or can be down-loaded from the
Catholic Schools Office Website:
www.catholicschools.org.nz (go to Property and
Finance / Finance / Attendance Dues)
If you have any queries or require assistance with the
payment of attendance dues under the sponsorship
scheme, you are invited to phone in confidence, Carol
Krebs (Ph. 360 3069) at the Auckland Diocese office.
Applications to the sponsorship scheme for 2016
attendance dues will be accepted by the Auckland
Common Fund Ltd up to November 2016.
Enrolments at Good Shepherd School
If you have any pre-schoolers at home or know of
anyone who is interested in enrolling their child at
Good Shepherd School, please enquire at the office
for a pre-enrolment form.
Swimming Pool Hire Keys
A reminder to families who hired a GSS swimming
pool key for the season that keys need to be returned
to the school office by tomorrow, Friday 8th April
2016. Incorporated in the key hire charge is a bond
of $30.00. This bond is refundable if the key is
returned to the school office by 8th April 2016. If the
key is not returned by this date, you will lose your
bond.
Whole school prayer
Room 6 will be leading our whole school prayer next
Monday at 8.55am.
Three Way Conferences
Thank you all for your attendance at the Three Way
Conferences this week. This triangular partnership
between student, parent and teacher is immensely
important for us to be successful in supporting your
children to reach their potential. It is a busy time for
teachers but one that they find very rewarding as
they meet and talk to you and your child about his or
her learning. The priority given by parents and
caregivers at Good Shepherd to this process is
obvious in that we have almost 100%
attendance. Remember, though, that you do not
have to wait for these formal occasions to talk to your
child’s teacher about his or her learning. If you have
any questions or concerns about any aspect of
classroom programs please contact your child’s
teacher who will be happy to listen and discuss these
with you.
Walking School Bus
On Wednesday morning, Happy Feet made a surprise
visit into school to thank the Walking School Bus
children for doing their part and walking to school.
Happy Feet brought along some muffins for the
children and stayed to take some photos with them!
We are so happy that there is a new Walking School
Bus that has just started up! Thank you to all the
wonderful parents who help out! To join a Walking
School Bus, check out our school website for the
routes. Keep up the great walking!
School Uniform
Just a reminder that the children change to winter
uniform for terms 2 and 3. Long sleeve polos,
skivvies and jerseys are available from the uniform
shop on Thursday mornings between 8.30am and
9.00am. Please note the school does not sell black
socks or shoes. We have a limited stock of boys’
winter shorts however, Schooltex brand winter
school shorts are available at The Warehouse.
Safety in the car park
Thank you to those parents and caregivers who take
extra care when driving down Telford Avenue, and
Volcanic and Pine Streets when dropping off and
picking up children. We are all responsible for the
safety of all our children and we ask that everybody
respect the limit of 40km/hour during those crucial
before school and after school times. Please avoid
driving your cars up to the school entrance in Telford
Avenue any time before or after school, even if the
chain is not up, as there are many children walking in
this area in front of the church at these times.
Imaginary Play for Year 5 and 6 students
Once again our Year 5 and 6 students are invited to
participate in Imaginary Play sessions at lunchtimes
on Fridays. This is one of those great parent-run
initiatives that encourages children to play cooperatively and in ways that may be different from
the usual form of play they engage in, using
different, non-routine equipment. Part of this
approach is to encourage children to take acceptable
risk in their play, and although we do not normally
allow children to climb trees during the school day,
they are allowed to do so during the Imaginary Play
sessions. As always, our first consideration is the
safety and well-being of our students and we believe
that by encouraging them to judge what is
acceptable in terms of risk will equip them with skills
to make good judgements in the future.
If you do not want your child to participate in this
particular activity, please communicate this to the
school office in writing. We thank Julie McKenzie for
organizing these sessions for our senior students.
Board of Trustees Meeting
The next meeting of our Board of Trustees is
Tuesday 12th April 2016 at 7.00 p.m. in the Meeting
Room.
PTA Movie Night this Friday 8 April
Movie: Hotel Transylvania 2
Venue: School hall
Doors open 5.30pm – movie starts at 6pm
$10 for family pass / $5 individual pass
Free popcorn/sweets
School Holiday Prize Pack Raffle $2 per ticket, 6
major prizes to be won! – also spot prizes on the
night! To be drawn at the end of the movie.
Dress up as your favourite movie character or
come in your PJ’s.
NB: Parents please be reminded that this is not
a “drop and run” event. Children attending the
movie must have one adult supervisor with
them.
PTA CORNER
SUSHI ORDERS
A reminder to put the following details on the order
envelope:
Child’s name / Room number / what sushi the child
is ordering (how much – 4, 6 or 8 pieces or T/C on
Rice).
It really helps the sushi volunteers if you have the
correct amount in the envelope. Speaking of
volunteers – have you thought of becoming a sushi
volunteer? If yes, please contact:
[email protected]
The PTA AGM is occurring soon - keep your eyes
and ears open for the date - anyone can attend,
the more the merrier!
PTA Fall Ball on Saturday 7 May.
This is the first weekend after the start of term 2.
It’s a great night out for the adults of our
community and an opportunity for us to get to
know each other better in an informal setting.
Please book your babysitters and your tickets as
soon as possible.
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered
their time for the various fundraisers and PTA
events this term, it is very much appreciated
and it helps our school immensely!
Holey Fathers/PTA Working Bee This
Saturday, April 9th from 1pm...
This is our first working bee for the year with the aim
to have a general weeding and tidy up of all the
school gardens and play ground area. The school is
due to have a visit from the Catholic Schools office
early term 2 and we would like the school to look at
its best.
Many thanks to the Holey Fathers for their
assistance.
Everyone is welcome to come and help, it is a great
opportunity for the children to help maintain the
school grounds. BYO gloves and garden tools
(brooms, rakes, spades, etc.)
VENUE CHANGE: Unfortunately KISS KISS will
not be ready to open on Friday 15th.
New Details below:
Date: Friday 15th April
Time: from 6.30pm
VENUE: The Clare Inn, 278 Dominion Road,
Mt Eden.
Any questions or if you would like more
information on Good Shepherd Mother
Superiors please contact Catherine –
0274948603 or [email protected]
If you are able to contribute toward afternoon tea
for the workers all donations are gratefully received.
Please contact Lisa on [email protected]
Reminder:
Parish Family Mass 9.30 am Sunday 10th April, celebrating the
Feast of the Good Shepherd.
Students are to come to mass in their school uniform prior to 9.15am. We
encourage families to sit together and towards the front of the church, leaving
space for those that may arrive a little late. Please also support our students by
singing, we sound a lot better if we all sing together as a community.
Good luck to the flippaball teams who are playing in the finals this week.
End of Term 1
Term 1 finishes on Friday 8th April 2016 at 3pm. Term 2 commences at 8.50am on Monday 2nd May.
Dine By Donation at Meredith’s Restaurant
Please refer to the following flyer regarding dining at Meredith’s Restaurant in Mt Eden on a Tuesday evening
between 5th April and 31st May 2016 in support of fundraising for Felix Taito, for future combined Microtia and
Atresia surgery in the US.