NEWSLETTER ~ TERM 3 - No. 5 ~ 24 August 2017

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK—Aaron Richards CONGRATULATIONS - CANTAMATH TEAM

I attended the Cantamath competition last night

along with Mrs Verweij, Mr Scully, Mr McGuire

and many parents to support the two school

Cantamath teams. It was a very exciting event with

lots of suspense as the teams worked through the

problem solving questions. Both St Joseph’s teams

performed admirably in the adrenalin filled

environment.

A great effort by: the Year 8 team—Conor Fyall,

Jonty Blacklow, Megan Townshend, Siyun Lee,

Caitlin Andrews and Jiyun Han.

Year 7 team —

Isaac Jones, Tim

Avery, Angus Nevin,

Ryan Wilson, Sam

Woodgate and Finn

O’Donnell.

MERCY DAY The school will celebrate Mercy Day on the 22

September. This is an opportunity for the school to

acknowledge the service the Mercy sisters provided

our school, our parish and our community over the

years. It also provides us with an opportunity to

reflect on the charism of the venerable Catherine

McAuley who was the founder of the Sisters of

Mercy. More details regarding Mercy Day will

follow at a later date.

MUFTI-DAY - TOMORROW The school is running a mufti

day, tomorrow to support the School

Fashion show. We kindly request that

each family donate a luxury item for a

raffle. No alcohol please. The school

and PTA appreciate your support for this event.

SCHOOL SPEECH COMPETITION

Over the last couple of weeks I have popped into the

school hall to listen to the speeches presented by the

Middle and Senior School, as well as Poetry from the

Junior Middle School. It was great to see all the

children stepping up and giving it their best. The

teachers commented to me that students’ confidence

with public speaking has grown this year. This is a

great achievement that needs to be acknowledged.

Public speaking is one of those necessary evils in

life. Not many of us actually like standing in front of

a crowd but it is something that we have to do as

part of our job. I believe that providing this

opportunity at primary school instills the belief that

we can do it if we have to. It is my hope that this

belief will help children step up to the challenge as it

arises later in life.

Next week the school will celebrate this learning

opportunity at the school’s Speech and Poetry finals.

The names and order of the evening is detailed on the

following page. This is not a competitive event but

rather an opportunity for a number of our finalists to

demonstrate their skill to our wider community. The

event will also provide our Year 5-8 finalists the

opportunity to practise at a public event before they

compete in the Rotary Speech competition later this

term.

HELP WANTED

We have a couple of small metal or woodwork tasks

we need completed at school. We are looking for a

parent or grandparent who is a welder or

cabinetmaker who has some time to help us out. If

you can please contact the office.

ASHBY 1 Since the end of

last term we have

welcomed seven

New Entrants to

Ashby 1.

Caleb, Charlie,

Gabriele, Novia,

Pippa, Thomas,

and Van have all adjusted well to school life.

PMP ROSTER—TERM 3, Week 6 Thank you to our helpers on the PMP Roster next

week: Monday 28 August - Garlick Kelly

Tuesday 29 August - Graham Sutherland

CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS’ MUSIC FESTIVAL 2017 Our school choir is performing in the Christchurch Schools’ Music Festival on Wednesday 25 October at the Horncastle Arena. This year there are NO TICKET SALES AVAILABLE THROUGH SCHOOL Tickets are available now from Ticketek.co.nz, from the box office at the Isaac Theatre Royal or from the Ticketek agents in Northlands Mall or The Palms. Your child who is in the choir does not need a

ticket, Read the Ticketek booking page carefully about

which seats to choose. It will list which side of the stage your school’s choir is sitting on. They recommend you choose seats OPPOSITE

CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to the following students who received

Merit Certificates at last week’s liturgies:

Rylan Armstrong, Caitlyn Fraser, Olly Staiger,

Finn Dolan, Caleb Ruddenklau, Novia Day, Emily

Price, Isis Simaro, Isaac Morrison, Sam Podmore,

MJ Lemalu-McDowell, Lucas Romero, Finn

Creighton, Sylvia Kainui, George Robertson, Ryker

Hope, Alisha Mawhinney, Caitlin Hefford, Nick

Scully, Callum Andrews, Carter Devlin, Cory

Wilson, Scarlett O’Donnell, Ed Sullivan, Ciara

Lemalu-McDowell, Finlay Neale, Leah Caneos,

Isaac Jones, Ellah Streatfield, Thomas Blair, Fran

Cody and Shaun Lane.

SKI TEAM Congratulations to the St Joseph's School Ski Team

who represented SJS with pride and raced in very

trying conditions. Thank you to all the parents for their

support and to Miranda Satterthwaite for managing the

team on the day. Well done Carter Devlin, Louis Sharp,

Isabella Sharp, Thomas Brosnahan, Max Gillies and

Johanna Wylaars. A special mention to Johanna

Wylaars who placed 9th in the Year 5&6 girls.

PTA LUNCHES TOMORROW—BBQ Sausages $1.50 Thank you to our volunteer helpers, Jeanette and Phil

Brown

FAITH FACT - 21—25 August Pope Francis has a great devotion to Mary and

Jesus’ foster father, Joseph. You can see his

devotion to Joseph depicted and discussed in Pope

Francis’ Coat of Arms.

SCHOOL SPEECHES AND POETRY - 29 August

The following students will deliver their

Speeches and Poems in front of the School

Community at 7.00pm on Tuesday 29 August in

the school hall in the following order:

Year 5 Speeches

Jaegar Pryce– Sugar

Molly Maynard–Independent Princess

Gabrielle Segar—Great Women

Year 4 Poetry

Grace Darnbrough–Down the back of the chair

Oliver Jones–All my great excuses.

Year 6 Speeches

Jack Allnut– Loch Ness Monster

Ella Walsh–First world problems

Brooke Broomhall—Cats

Year 4 Poetry

Jessica Williams– An alley cat with one life left

Alisha Mahwinney–Train to Wantagondollo

Year 7 Speeches

Maya Kumagai–Pirates

Jarrah Prentice–Careers

Carys Spratt—Politicians

Year 4 Poetry

Lucas Romero–Sick

Harriet Darnbrough–Sneezles

Niamh Quayle–The teacher took my iPad

Year 8 Speeches

Caitlin Andrews– Fairytales and reality

Gemma Lysaght–Trends

Hamish Patrick—NZ vs Australia

The Year 5-8 students will be entered for the

Rotary Speech competition at Heaton

Intermediate on Thursday 14 September.

Alternatively, fill in the details below and take to the Office with your cash:

Adult’s Name: ____________________ Child’s Name: ____________________

Contact Details: ______________________________ Amount Paid: ________