Newsletter - Week 4, Term 3 (12th August 2020)

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

Kia ora, malo e lelei, talofa lava, kia orana, namaste, ni hao, welcome,

We have now officially moved into Level 2. Please refer to the email sent out this morning regarding our school Level 2 Safety Plan. Thank you for your support.

FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY - Saturday, 15 August. The Feast of The Assumption will be celebrated on Saturday the 15th of August. This is the Patronal Feast Day for New Zealand. Mass times are as follows in our parish communities: Scared Heart, Petone - 10am, Our Lady of the Rosary School, Waiwhetu - 9am and St Patrick’s, Wainuiomata - 9:00am, St Michael's in Taita 7pm Friday (14th) evening. There will be a family-friendly Rosary, with food, at Our Lady of the Rosary church at 3pm on Saturday. All welcome! Please contact Susanna on 0204 11 444 74 if you have any queries.

Thank you to Kristine for taking these lovely photos (link) to capture the special moments during the Baptism Liturgy last Thursday.

A great effort by all of our students who represented our school at the South East Zone Cross Country last Tuesday. The following students have qualified for the Interzone Cross Country which is going to be held at Trentham Memorial Park on Tuesday 18th August. Year 8 Girls: Elsie Morrison and Kathryn Chapman Year 7 Girls: Juno Holden, Annabel England, Elora Sabac, Brenna Costelloe and Catherine van der Gulik Year 7 Boys: Conor Arthur and Grayson Marsden Year 6 Girls: Isabella Hartzuiker Year 5 Boys: George Swinton-Robertson, Jack Gentle and George Pereira Year 5 Girls: Niamh Sio and Marlie Cardno Year 4 Boys: Brayden Green, Dylan Arthur and Maeli Tufuga Year 4 Girls: Teagan Brannigan, Jazarrah Tala and Daisy Sawm Hal

CAMP 2020—Our Intermediate students are planning to leave for Teapot Valley Christian Camp in Nelson this coming Sunday. With the current situation we are working towards a positive outcome for all our campers. We will keep our families informed and updated throughout the process. Please refer to the emails sent out today regarding camp.

ICAS Science - Monday 17th August - Children completing the ICAS Science testing on Monday need to be at school by 8.45am. Testing will start promptly at 8.55am. If your child is not at school on the day, we are unable to catch the testing up.

Health and Safety Update Please be aware that we have had one case of chicken pox within the year 3/4 classes. If your child shows

symptoms of chicken pox, please keep them home and contact your doctor.

This is a timely reminder that if your child is sick and has cold and flu like symptoms, that they remain at home to help with keeping our community bug free and safe.

We will remain vigilant here at school and will contact parents/whanau to collect your child if your child appears unwell.

A reminder, that if your child has vomited, they need to stay home 48 hours AFTER their last episode.

We appreciate your support with helping to keep our community well.

Enrolments for 2021 close on 31st August

2020. Spaces are limited for 2021, so

If your child is turning 5 in 2021 and you are intending to enrol your child at

OLRS, please collect an enrolment form from the office. OR, if you know of other family members or friends who have children who are

turning 5 in 2021 and are interested, please get them to contact the school office to

book an appointment regarding their

child’s enrolment.

12 Aug Yr 7/8 STEM Challenge– cancelled 13 Aug Yr 5-8 STEM Show 14 Aug Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 1 and 10, 9am 15 Aug Assumption of Mary 16-21 Aug Intermediate Hub Camp 17 Aug ICAS Science (available to yr 5/6 only) 18 Aug Interzone Cross Country (pp date 20/8) 21 Aug Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 4 and 0, 9am 21 Aug Rm 1 - Friends of Waiwhetu Stream trip 24 Aug FOS Meeting, 6pm in staffroom (all welcome) 24 Aug BOT Meeting, 7pm 24 Aug ICAS English 24 Aug Ginny Anderson visiting Senior school 11.30am 25 Aug Year 8 Immunisations 25 Aug Yr 3/4 Trip, Carter Observatory/Wgtn Museum 28 Aug Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 2 and 9, 9am 28 Aug Book club - Issues 5 - orders close, 2.30pm 31 Aug ICAS Mathematics 31 Aug-3 Sep Swimming programme 31 Aug Enrolments for 2021 CLOSE 4 Sep Interzone Swimming 7 Sep Tongan Language Week 7 Sep G J Gardner CLEAN UP Week 7-9 Sep School swimming programme 10 Sep School swimming sports 14 Sep Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 14 Sep Social Justice Week 14 Sep Election Week 15 Sep Extra Avalon Tech day for Yr 7/8 16 Sep Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 6 and 7, 9am 18 Sep Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 3 and 8, 9am 21 Sep BOT Meeting, 7pm 25 Sep Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 11 and 12, 9am 27 Oct School closed - Teacher Only Day 27 Nov School closed - Teacher Only Day

http://olr.school.nz/ is our school website.

God Bless, Whakapaingia te Atua Karolina Surynt-Tapiki Principal

Congratulations to the children who were awarded the school virtue certificate of Whakapono - Faith

Rm 11 - Anna Ellis Rm 12 - Rylan Aggenbach Rm 8 - Hazel Zgomba Rm 9 - Keerthiha Ramachandran Rm 0 - Teddy Aying Rm 1 - Brayden Green Rm 2 - Jovan Bell Rm 3 - Israel Yaxley Rm 4 - Max Coomer Rm 6 - Journey Samuelu Rm 7 - Japji Kaur

Congratulations: to: Teddy C, Matthew, Rishen and Madison S (absent)

Last week Hutt Valley High School donated 3 new planter boxes for the Junior School to take care of. They showed us how to plant the flowers. We got to decorate the planter boxes too. Thank you to Hutt Valley High School for your generosity!

We have also been developing our Mary Garden with Esther. We have planted Pansies and Rosemary. Lincoln, Dawn and Alazar (from Room 11) have been very diligent in watering the garden everyday.