Newsletter - Week 7, Term 2 (13th June 2018)

Our Lady

of the Rosary

School

Wainui Road, Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, 5010

Phone: (04) 566 3258

Fax: (04) 566 3159

Email: admin@olr.school.nz

Web: www.olr.school.nz

OUR SCHOOL VIRTUES: Faith – Whakapono Hope – Tūmanako Love – Aroha Charity – Manaakitanga

Nau mai, haere mai, Our weekend events of the fundraiser Karma Keg, School/Parish Mass and Wananga in preparing for the Polyfest were fantastic events to open Matariki week through gathering family and friends reflecting on the past, celebrating the present, and planning for the future!

A HUGE thank you to all our whanau and parish community for coming together throughout the weekend. Just as Father mentioned in his homily together as one, we stay strong and can achieve many great things.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION - Tomorrow evening we celebrate with 24 of our children as they receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation at Our Lady of the Rosary Church. I would like to thank Jane Carter, our DRS and Chaucey in preparing the children for Reconciliation.

POLYFEST - The term is flying by very quickly and at the end of the term, 85 students are representing OLR school in the Annual POLYFEST on Tuesday 3rd July. It is a huge commitment for the teachers, students and whanau. We look forward to the colourful event! See the timetable within this newsletter.

Matariki - Where are those stars? During the week we have star-gazing planned. Our star-gazing evening is likely to be this Thursday 14th June as it is looking like the only clear day/evening this week. If not, it will be next week when it clears. Keep an eye out for confirmation via our facebook page. Details: 6:30pm start, outside rooms 11 and 12. Wear warm clothes and bring a themos of milo and a deck chair maybe!

Congratulations to the Intermediate Hub Mixed Basketball Team who came second in the Interschool Basketball Tournament at Walter Nash Stadium yesterday. The team consisted of Ruby-Ellen, Braydon, Campbell, Gursevak, Caleb, Ailani, Yougee, Noah, Giovanni, Lakisha and Olivia. We are extremely proud of the way in which our fabulous Intermediates represented Our Lady with pride and a great team spirit. A huge thank you to Coach Pati, Denise and Dana for supervising and Nuri for transporting us to and from the stadium.

KARMA KEG: Thank you to our FOS team for organising a very successful fundraiser on Saturday afternoon. The total profit raised from this event was $1,651.50. This will go towards our school drinking fountains. Thank you all for supporting this fun event.

A warm Welcome to Teddy who has joined

Room 10.

Intermediate Hub 2019 INFORMATION EVENING - Wednesday 27 June at 6.30pm-7.15pm. All students who will be in our Intermediate Hub in 2019 are welcome to attend with their parents/caregivers.

Our Lady of the Rosary School

Playground Opening Nau mai, haere mai!

OLRS families

You are warmly invited to our

official opening of our playground.

After the opening please join us for

morning tea.

Date: Thursday 5th July 2018 Time: 10.30am

Place: Our Lady of the Rosary School RSVP: by Monday 2nd July 2018

to: admin@olr.school.nz or 5663258

To live, learn and love with Christ

Ka ora, ka ako, ka aroha me te Karaiti

Spirited - Music jam session for aged 12 years and up. Sunday 1st July, 11:15am-1pm. Bring an instrument or your voice or just come and be! A koha toward a pizza lunch is appreciated. Check us out on Facebook or contact Lucy for more details 0226539525

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY INTERMEDIATE GATHERING We are getting together on Sunday 24th June for Pizza and Prayer. Come along! 2pm-4:30pm, at 88 Randwick Rd, Moera. Bring a Prayer or song to share and a topping for the Pizza. RSVP to Susanna on 0204 11 444 74 or susanna@gulik.co.nz

Learning through play in the junior syndicate. New lego was purchased for all the junior classes.

Wananga for Polyfest - thank you , thank you, thank you

On Monday we had a shared morning tea to celebrate our Support Staff and all that they do within the school.

14 Jun Reconciliation, 6pm, OLR Church 11-15 Jun Matariki week 15 Jun FOS Sausage Sizzle lunch option $2 15 Jun Last day to get your 2 allocated Polyfest tickets 19 Jun Interzone Cross Country, Trentham Memorial 20 Jun Anointment Mass, 10.30am, OLR Church 22 Jun Mufti Day - Student Council Football fundraiser 22 Jun Buddy Mass, OLR Church - Rms 7, 10 and 0 22 Jun Last day to order Polyfest waiting-list tickets 22 Jun Book Club - Issue 4, last day for ordering 26 Jun BOT Meeting, 7pm 27 Jun Kaea group trip to Te Auaha 27 Jun Intermediate Hub 2019 Information Evening 29 Jun St Bernard’s College Open Morning for year 8’s 29 Jun Buddy Mass, OLR Church - Rms 1 & 8 29 Jun Union Meeting, early pickup option at 1pm 2 Jul Polyfest Rehearsal 9.30—12pm, Walter Nash 3 Jul Polyfest Performance, 6pm, Walter Nash Centre 3 Jul Regional Cross Country 4 Jul School Photo Day 5 Jul Official Playground Opening, see invitation 6 Jul Mufti Mania for Caritas, $2 donation requested

to raise money for Apifo'ou College in Tonga 6 Jul PB4L celebration day 6 Jul End of Term 2 23 Jul Term 3 begins 24 Jul FOS Fundraiser, Movie Night 30 Jul FOS Meeting, 6pm

OLRS Rising Star Gold Card Award Winners

Congratulations to: Christopher, Minami and Ajay

Our Lady of the Rosary School Virtues The children who showed the virtue of

LOVE - AROHA in the classroom last week:

Rm 8 - Romina Tanglao Rm 10 - Emma Winter Rm 12 - Isadora Sanderson Rm 0 - Max Coomer Rm 1 - George Swinton-Robertson (Last week)

Rm 1 - Ashlee Bevan Rm 2 - Niamh Sio Rm 3 - Taylor Moananu Rm 4 - Elora Sabac Rm 6 - Mckenzie Coomer Rm 7 - Isaiah Tufele

ABSENCES: Please remember to RING the

absentee line, or TEXT or EMAIL the school office EACH DAY your child is away with the reason for absence.

God Bless, Whakapaingia te Atua Karolina Surynt-Tapiki Principal

Our condolences to Scarlett Quinn’s family on the passing of a family member.

To Annabel England and her family. Annabel’s granny (Simon’s mum) passed away last week after being unwell for some time.

And to Tamaiva and his family whose great nana passed away.

Our prayers and thoughts are with you all.

Congratulations to Kade Jennings and his family on the arrival of a new baby sister for Kade. Enjoy this special time.

OVERS - With the weather changing we ask for students to bring OVERS to wear when playing on the field area. This will keep washing of school uniforms more manageable. Students are to have a change of clothes and sandshoes when playing on the field.

Slippers – We encourage students to wear slippers within the classroom over the next two terms. This will avoid cold wet feet and holes in socks.

OLRS FOS Fundraiser: Entertainment books.

www.entbook.co.nz/10419a7 or from the office.

Sausage Sizzle for lunch each FRIDAY.

Movie Night, Mamma Mia! 24th July at 8.00pm at the Light House Petone. Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased from the school office.

$ Amount Item Winner

$260.00 F45 Fitness Voucher & Goodies Kristen McCourtie

$260.00 F45 Fitness Voucher & Goodies Dan O'Dea

$241.50 Mens Haircare Package Jan Simmons

$200.00 Bluetooth Headpiece Keshla Siemonek

$200.00 Interislander Voucher Jan Simmons

$180.00 My Food Bag Voucher Bridget Nankivell

$180.00 Firestone Voucher Trina Cavanagh-Green

$176.50 Womens Haircare Package Sandy McCourtie

$176.50 Womens Haircare Package Christine Risdon

$100.00 Jump Photography Voucher Wayne Dodd

$100.00 Jump Photography Voucher Bridget Nankivell

$80.00 Pak & Save Voucher Brent Dalton

$69.00 Kids Haircare Package Craig Brannigan

$69.00 Kids Haircare Package Nigel Wallace

$60.00 Zealous Nails Melina Risdon

$50.00 Queensgate Voucher Mike Hughes

$30.00 Lighthouse Cinema Voucher Keisha (Acardia)

$65.00 Entertainment Book Marshall

$50.00 Bella Beauty Giftpack Melina Risdon

$400.00 Woop Vouchers All Winners received 1x each Voucher

Total Value: $2,947.50

Today the Dance-a-leles (ukulele 4 group) went to Waterloo Playcentre to run a music session with the children. Thank you to Lucy Ryan and Kathryn Eastham. The students practised in front of Rooms 10 and 8 before going to Playcentre.

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What’s happening for Polyfest?

11th - 15th June - Matariki week Ticket sales finish on Friday 15th June at

school. IF you want your allocated 2 tickets they need to be purchased by this date. After this, we will open up sales to the people on our waitlist.

Signmee Polyfest Response form due back no later than Friday 15th June

18th - 22nd June Waitlist ticket sales cut off on Friday 22nd June.

25th - 29th June Performance to the community during this week, time and day to be confirmed.

2nd - 6th July Monday 2nd July - Rehearsal at Walter Nash Centre/EXPO 9:30 - 12:00 Tuesday 3rd July - 6pm - Polyfest performance at Walter Nash Centre