PRAISE GIVING

Set aside Tuesday 10th December at 10.30am for our

annual Praise Giving. Each child is “praised” for

something that makes them unique. We will aim to

have a short break at 11.30am for our junior students

(year 0-3) to depart if they wish, and continue through

with our senior students (year 4-8) from 11.40am. This

ceremony will be held in the church. It is a really special

time for our students and we welcome whanau to join

us. If you require a letter for your employer from our

school to get leave, please contact me and I will arrange

it.

YEAR 8 FAREWELL/CANDLE LIGHTING

Our year 8’s will have their farewell at our Candle

Lighting Mass on Friday 29th November at 9.15am. We

encourage our whanau to come and support them in

our leadership “handover” and sharing time. This is a

little different from previous years, as our students will

speak in this special Mass, rather than at the end of

Praise Giving. We have a group of 23 year 8 leaders

moving forward to secondary school and feel this will

be the way to ensure they can treasure their time with

us, sharing their journey.

NATIVITY/CHRISTMAS FUN

Thursday 28th November we will perform a Nativity

Play and then enjoy lunch on the field with whanau.

The afternoon will include tabloid fun and games.

Again, we welcome whanau to join us for this day.

McAULEY DAY

On Monday we celebrated our whanau house group

McAuley. Saint Catherine McAuley is a special role

model to us, modelling the charism of Mercy (Atawhai).

Check further on in the newsletter for the gifting that

Kea class shared at assembly. We certainly treasure the

fact that our school charism is Mercy, founded by the

Mercy sisters.

Have a wonderful and safe weekend.

God bless, Kathryn Carey (Principal)

Greetings, Kia Ora, Talofa, Bula Vinaka, Konnichi wa, Dobrodošli, Sawa dee, Failte,

Vitejte

So many wonderful things to chat about in the

newsletter this week! We are charging through the term

with so many exciting opportunities for our students.

Remember to keep an eye on the calendar for updates

on events.

MANAIAKALANI

Last week our students had the wonderful experience of

seeing their 3 minute film created, scripted, edited and

acted out on the large screen at Te Ahu Cinema. They

even got to walk on the red carpet! The learning from

start to finish has been immense and we will look

forward to being bigger and better next year. Check

out further on in the newsletter for photos of the

Manaiakalani Film Festival.

Set aside Thursday 14th November at 5pm for our roll

out evening to purchase your own device for 2020.

These devices are purchased in bulk through the

Manaiakalani programme, which means as part of this,

we can offer the best device to you for your child.

These devices are tested, with the highest quality

specifications and the best insurance possible. All

devices come “white gloved” and complete with all

apps required. It is open for year 4-8 students and is a

wonderful opportunity for you to buy outright, or pay

off over a period of 1, 2 or 3 years. Come along for

more information.

ATHLETICS

We had so much fun at athletics last week. Our

students have so much talent and skill. The highlight for

me was watching them compete with great big smiles!

Check out Blake’s movie that he put together for us to

enjoy. It is a wonderful snippet of the great day we

had together.

Special points of interest: • Friday 15th November—Far North Athletics • Sunday 24th November—FAMILY MASS • Thursday 28th November—Nativity Play • Friday 29th November—Candle Lighting Mass • Tuesday 10th December—PRAISE GIVING

15 November 2019 Week 5 Term 4

The Feast of Christ the King

This Liturgical year began on the First Sunday of

Advent, and it ends this Sunday with the Feast of Christ

the King. During the Liturgical year, we re-live the life of

Christ and try to immerse ourselves in the kingdom he

came to establish. It is right, therefore, to ask yourselves

at this end of the year: "Is Christ more king of my life

now than a year ago?"

Kings today are an unfamiliar breed. The few that are left have no political power. But, in ancient times, kings were sacred and absolute. They were crowned at their coronation with a special consecration and anointing. And the ancient king set the tone and spirit of his realm. A good king made for a prosperous and orderly king-dom.

That idea is by no means dead today. The influence of a

leader is still a powerful factor in modern life. For exam-

ple, take education. A school takes its spirit from the

principal. Does he or she love and respect children? The

staff will reflect that spirit in the classrooms.

We seldom face great challenges to our loyalty to Christ the King. Most moral decisions seem insignificant and without consequences at the time.

to be angry in traffic; or patient under provocation; to

steal small stuff; to cheat on an exam; to take a paper

off the Internet. But as time goes on, a pattern emerg-

es. The little decisions set the stage for the big ones. I

remind you of the old saying:

Sow a thought and reap an act; Sow an act and reap a habit; Sow a habit and reap a destiny.

Hence the call of Christ the King is for each of us for constant conversion. "Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand."

To do this is astonishingly easy WATCH THE LITTLE THINGS.

And so, after another year of following Christ, we con-

clude with the question we began with: "Is Christ more

king of my life today than a year ago?"

God Bless, Phil.

Kiwi/

Pukeko

Kea

Tui

Kakapo

Te Kahu

Karly Kopae, Toby Mulholland,

Devante Iose and Khloe Hokai

Leila Pereira and Soham Patel

Aprillia Herbert and Kaidence Knight

Piper Harrison and Therese Birch

Markayla Tufuga and Zoe

Holland

Congratulations to our students of the week. They are

chosen by the classroom teacher based on standing out in

the past two weeks around our focus RISE—respect, in-

spire, service and excellence. Part of this award is a book

that the school sponsors. We are always very proud of

our students of the week! Ka pai!!

We are currently planning classes for 2020. If

you have any new enrolments, or changes that

we need to be aware of, please let Mrs Carey

know. It makes our planning more efficient if

we can be pre-warned of anything that is

changing prior to the first day of school.

We have spaces for students who are Catholic

for 2020 and look forward to welcoming new

families and whanau to our great school!

What a wonderful experience our students have had creating their own 3 minute movies for the Manaiakalani

Film Festival. The red carpet was a wonderful welcome! To see themselves on the large screen at the Te Ahu

Cinema was very special. The learning that was encompassed in this project was absolutely huge. The students

learn how to write a script, edit, act, role play, tweak, collaborate and share with others. All of the students in-

volved have their movie linked directly to their blogs. We would love to hear your comments—positive,

thoughtful and helpful to keep building up their learning. Check with your child’s teacher if you need some help

to access their blogs. Thanks to all the whanau who supported this kaupapa by attending the Te Ahu movie

screening.

PLEASE NOTE!! We ask all drivers to enter and exit on Dominion Road for safety. If you do go down by the church onto Eden Terrace please wait until our walkers have used this driveway. Please ensure to drive slowly and stop at the bottom of the hill. Thank you for your co-operation with this.

A reminder, for safety of our children, please remain in the carpark until 3pm to enable our children to depart safely. Please drive slowly in the carpark. No child is to leave the gate area unsupervised. Please do not park in the yellow lines for safety.

This calendar gives you an idea of what is coming up during the term. Put the dates somewhere important to remember them. Dates can change at times, so please check this calendar each newsletter. If there are

last minute changes we will notify you by text, and add comments onto our school Facebook page and Skool Loop (free app). Make sure you contact Helen in the office to ensure you are part of our “phone tree”

and information.

November/December 2019 Wk5 11

McAuley Day

(wear blue)

Bot meeting

12 13

PTFA meeting

3pm

14

Device Roll out

evening 5pm

15 Far North

Athletics Zones

16

Wk6 18 19 20 21 22

ALIM maths at

PCS

Assembly

23

Wk7

PCS Mass

25

Jo CBEC creat-

ing swim bags

26

Jo CBEC creat-

ing swim bags

27

Jo CBEC creat-

ing swim bags

28

Nativity Play/

Christmas in the

Park Day

29Candle Light-

ing Mass 9am

Jo CBEC creat-

ing swim bags

30

Wk8 2

Yr 5/6/7/8

camp

3

Yr 5/6/7/8

camp

4

Yr 5/6/7/8

camp

5

Yr 5/6/7/8

camp

6

Assembly

7

Wk9 9

BOT Meeting

10

PRAISE GIVING

10.30AM

11 12

Yr 8 Social

13

Yr 8 sailing

Last day

14

Kea class had a special gift giving for their peers at assembly last week. They created “cups and saucers

of Mercy charism” to gift to each class in the school. These represent the values of Mercy charism as

Catherine McAuley. Service to others. She was well known for offering a cup of tea to all her visitors

and guests as she listened, shared and offered service to them. Taking time to spend with others is

such an important thing to do and we can learn much from Catherine McAuley. We were founded by

the Mercy sisters and now have this special candle to celebrate being a Mercy school during our prayer

time. Thanks Mrs Ryken and Kea class!

Our Support Staff are currently working with

the Ministry to get better pay and conditions.

They are a valuable part of our team and we

appreciate them. An act of support is to write

a letter to them this week. Feel free to do this.

Our student led liturgy on Monday led by our McAuley leaders was a special tribute to Catherine McAuley our

patron Saint. She taught us a lot and we can use her modelling to be better people ourselves.