Newsletter - Week 12, Term 2 (1st July 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

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.

Year Level 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place

Yr 0 Boys Teddy Crean Rishen Edman Jonti Boyce

Yr 0 Girls Lucy Eastham Charlie de Kort Maya Walker

Yr 1 Boys Logan Robertson Rylan Aggenbach Hugo Maher

Yr 1 Girls Hazel Cardno Rachel Pitcher Seulata Pritchard/ Hazel Zgomba

Yr 2 Boys Henry Swinton Robertson

Payton Green Ethan Green

Yr 2 Girls Emersyn Smith Dawn McCarthy Ava Snow

Yr 3 Boys Dylan Gentle Quinn Pitcher Lucas Robertson

Yr 3 Girls Eva Vinnarason Lita Perez-Kolo Jokaveti Soro

Yr 4 Boys Dylan Arthur Elroe Woldemariam Maeli Tufuga

Yr 4 Girls Jazarrah Tala Daisy Sawn Hal Isadora Sanderson

Yr 5 Boys Jack Gentle George Swinton-Robertson

Raife Pitcher

Yr 5 Girls Marlie Cardno/Niamh Sio

Payton Austin Ella De Kort

Yr 6 Boys Henry Carpenter James Eastham Israel Yaxley

Yr 6 Girls Isabella Hartzuiker Shayla Habib Isobella Stone

Yr 7 Boys Grayson Marsden Conor Arthur

Yr 7 Girls Annabel England Elora Sabac Mia Tutagalevao

Yr 8 Boys Ezramani Webster-Willis

Marco Martinez/ Alipate Soro

James De Beer Jacob Pennell

Yr 8 Girls Grace Pitcher Elise Morrison Kathryn Chapman

Congratulations again to you all for your determination and achievements from last weeks cross country.

Talofa lava, Welcome, Kia Ora, Taloha ni, maligayang pagdating, Bienvenido,

We come to the end of another busy term. I would like to extend a ‘Thank you’ to all of our community for your support during this very unusual school term. I would like to acknowledge all of OLR staff for their dedication and enthusiasm throughout the term. We have a wonderful team of teachers and support staff!

PB4L Celebration - It is that time of the term again when we celebrate all our students and have fun! During the term children gain Golden Tickets for displaying our school virtues; Whakapono, Tūmanako, Aroha and Manaakitanga during the school day. The celebration is to recognise all children and their positivity to their learning and making positive choices throughout the day! On Friday children will celebrate their PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning) with lots of fun and colour. Please check your emails from your child/rens classroom teacher to explain how their classroom will celebrate the day.

Next term we have a number of sporting events; netball, small sticks, pedal ready and scooter safety, zone and interzone sports, swimming and other sports to be confirmed. We also have buddy Masses, Goodtime Music returning, Camp for the Intermediates, class school trips and many other events planned. All in all a busy term ahead, please double check our newsletter dates and keep an eye out for updated information. We wish you all a safe and happy break and look forward to seeing our students and families in the new term.

School Cross Country Results

3 Jul PB4L Day, children can wear Mufti clothing 3 Jul Last day of Term 2 20 Jul Term 3 begins 22 Jul NE and Yr 7 Hearing and Vision testing 23 Jul Powhiri for new families to OLRS, 9am 23 Jul Small Sticks In Schools programme begins 23 Jul Baptism parent meeting, 6.30pm @ OLRS 24 Jul Yr 7/8 Avalon Tech begins, be at sch by 8.30am

27 Jul Final day to register for ICAS, 3pm cut-off 27 Jul Pedal Ready Programme begins 29 Jul School Mass at OLR Church, 9am 1 Aug Year 3/4 Netball begins 3 Aug Cook Island Language Week 4 Aug SouthEast Zone Cross Country (pp date 6/8) 4 Aug Yr 5/6 visit to Parliament 6 Aug Baptism Liturgy, 11am 12 Aug Yr 7/8 STEM Challenge 13 Aug Yr 5-8 STEM Show 14 Aug Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 1 and 10, 9am 14 Aug SouthEast Zone Swimming 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 24 Aug BOT Meeting, 7pm 24 Aug ICAS English 25 Aug Year 8 Immunisations 28 Aug Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 3 and 8, 9am 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 7-9 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 2 and 9, 9am 21 Sep BOT Meeting, 7pm 25 Sep Buddy Mass, OLR Church, Rms 11 and 12, 9am

Congratulations to the children who were awarded the school virtue certificate of

Manaakitanga—Charity

Rm 10 - Angelina Mathew Rm 11 - Ava Snow Rm 12 - Joelle Tagaloa-Funganitao Rm 8 - Frankie Martinez Rm 9 - Elore Woldemariam Rm 0 - Creston Sabac Rm 1 - Romina Tanglao Rm 2 - Kayden Ng Rm 3 - Shayla Habib Rm 4 - Brendan Egan Rm 6 - Andrew Breen Rm 7 - Elsie-Rose Morrison

God Bless, Whakapaingia te Atua Karolina Surynt-Tapiki Principal

Congratulations to: Ashton, Jack, Jacob and Taylor

Our heartfelt condolences to Jacqui and Jason Brown and their whanau on the passing of Jason’s dearly loved Grandmother earlier this week. Our prayers and thoughts are with you all at this time. Arohanui, OLRS Staff and Community.

Our Lady of the Rosary School logo

Last night we had our first ‘visual branding’ committee meeting. As part of our process we are sourcing any information on the history of our school logo. If you have any information on the development, design and history of our school logo could you please contact me or our school office; admin@olr.school.nz. We would really appreciate any information on how we came to have our school logo. Ngā mihi Karolina Surynt-Tapiki principal@olr.school.nz

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

TERM 4 Teachers only days - The board have confirmed 2 teachers only days for term 4. Please note that school will be closed on the following dates: Tuesday 27th October (day after Labour Day) and Friday 27th November. We are informing you of these dates well in advance to ensure you are able to plan ahead. Thank you.

School Uniform - WINTER TERM - It is timely with the term break coming up, to remind families to please support us in ensuring your child/ren are wearing the correct school uniform. School shoes must be black with black soles and worn to and from school.

We welcome children to bring slippers to school to wear inside the classroom, ideally for the slippers to stay at school during term 3. Due to the extreme weather we are having, gumboots are also an option to wear at school, during the break times.

Yesterday our middle syndicate classes enjoyed a fun day celebrating their inquiry learning on ‘flight’ throughout this term. Here are some fun pics.

Community Engagement Survey - Thank you to all the families that responded to our recent Community Engagement Survey. We had 92 responses. On Monday the board reviewed the survey responses and will report back to the community early in term 3.

School photo day was today. Your child will come home with a notice that has a ‘shoot-key’ on it. You can order your photos online @ www.lcscott.co.nz by 20th July. You are still able to order after this date (postage cost will be incurred) and the photos will be sent directly to you (not through school).

Fire and Emergency NZ offers these visits to help people make their homes fire safe for them and their families.

We are available to provide free information, can help install and test smoke alarms, or provide a free smoke alarm to those who are eligible.

Term dates 2021 - Confirmed

Term 1: 3 February to 16 April (98 half days)

Term 2: 3 May to 9 July (98 half days)

Term 3: 26 July to 1 October (100 half days)

Term 4: 18 October to 15 December (84 half days)