Newsletter - Week 7, Term 1 (14th March 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

Welcome, huānyíng, kumusta, kia orana, buenas tardes

What a fun family time everyone had at our pool party in the weekend. Thank you all for supporting this event. A special mention to Jan Simmons for organising this fundraiser and to the helpers on the night. We raised $660 towards the year 7 and 8 camp which is coming up on the 6-11th May in Nelson at Tea Pot Valley.

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY BOARD of TRUSTEES invites you all this evening to discuss bullying prevention and how we can better make our school a safe place for your child. We welcome you to join us at 6pm in the Intermediate Hub.

The middle syndicate had perfect weather for their trip to the Marine Education Centre in Island Bay on Monday. Thank you to all the helpers! Click on the link to view the photos from the day. Please be mindful of sharing these on your social media pages. Photos of Middle Syndicate Marine Ed Trip

SCOOTER TRAINING - Rooms 0, 1, 2,3, 4, 8, 10, 11 and 12 participated in Scooter training this week. The skills the students gain from this training are about safety and prevention. Thank you to Constable Blue McCaffrey and Sherie Wright for training our young people on how to use their scooters safely. Please talk to your children about the skills they learnt through the training, so they continue to practise these skills to keep safe!

A big THANK YOU to Pati Gatu and his team for fixing the broken basketball hoop.

RIPPA RUGBY - Three teams from our middle syndicate represented our school at the South East Zone Rippa Rugby tournament held at Hutt Park, Seaview today. Thank you to all the parents who helped at this event and well done to the students who participated.

STUDENT LEARNING CONVERSATIONS - Learning Conversations for Year 3 to 8 students (Rooms, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7) will take place in the final week of Term 1 on the 9th and 12th April. The sessions will include parents/caregivers, your child/ren and teachers. Further information and the booking process will be in next week’s newsletter.

TEACHER NZEI UNION MEETINGS - As you may be aware there are Teacher’s Union Meetings coming up next week. Here at Our Lady of the Rosary school we will NOT be closing the school for the meetings. To avoid disruption to our families, half the staff will attend the Tuesday 20th March afternoon session and half will attend the Wednesday 21st March. This will mean the two afternoon sessions will not be structured within classrooms. We have organised for classes to join together for singing and assemblies.

Junior Scooter training

A warm

WELCOME

to

Rose and

her

family.

Our OLRS gardens are still flourishing! Thank you to the enviro team for your work!

15 Mar Hot Cross Buns (order 1) due (FOS) 16 Mar Buddy Mass, 9am OLR Church, Rms 7, 10 & 0 16 Mar Kerry School of Irish Dancing performance 17 Mar St Patrick’s Day 19 Mar Sacramental Programme Baptism Parent Session 6-7pm 20 Mar NZEI Teacher’s UNION Meeting 21 Mar NZEI Teachers UNION Meeting 21 Mar Home Learning Challenges sent home 22 Mar Hot Cross Buns (order 2) due (FOS) 23 Mar Buddy Mass, 9am at OLR Church, Rms 1 & 8 25 Mar Palm Sunday 27 Mar Board of Trustees Meeting, 7pm 28 Mar NZSO concert, MFC, 10.30am, whole school 29 Mar Holy Thursday 30 Mar Good Friday (school closed) 1 Apr Easter Sunday 1 Apr Day Light Saving Ends 2 Apr Easter Monday (school closed) 3 Apr Easter Tuesday (school closed) 4 Apr Last day to register for ICAS (3pm cut-off) 4-6Apr Yr 3-6 EOTC 4 Apr Yr 7/8 Football tournament 5 Apr Yr 3-6 Trip to Kaitoke Regional Park 5 Apr CAMP MEETING 6pm for all yr 7-8 families 9 Apr Baptism Mass, OLR Church, 9.30am 9&12 Apr Learning Conversations Yrs 3-8 9-12 Apr Yr 7/8 EOTC week 10 Apr Movie Night, FOS Fundraiser (movie tbc) 11 Apr Yr 7/8 Trip to Home of Compassion, IslandBay

12 Apr World of Waste Trip 12 Apr NE Hearing and Vision testing 13 Apr End of Term 1 30 Apr Term 2 begins

OLRS Rising Star Gold Card Award Winners

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

LOVE - AROHA in the classroom last week:

Rm 8 - Janet Raju Rm 10 - Marcus Hartzuiker Rm 11 - William van der Gulik Rm 12 - Ah Dar Pritchard-Dominic Rm 0 - Scarlett Quinn Rm 1 - Angus Duggan Rm 2 - Foxley Morrison Rm 3 - Eli Kapua Rm 4 - Journey Samuelu Rm 6 - Tehya Ranginui Rm 7 - Yougee Wu

Congratulations to: Shayla, Ajay and Nicolas

FOS - Easter Raffles -

Anytime from now please start bringing in your Easter items for our famous Easter raffle!

Enrolments - If you have any pre-schoolers turning 5 this year or next year and you would like to enrol them at Our Lady of the Rosary School, please contact the office for enrolment information.

FRIDAY - ice-block sales afterschool for $1 each. (FOS)

TUESDAY Sausage Sizzle. $2 each. (Camp fundraiser)

Our condolences to Mr Mitchell Leaming whose uncle has passed away. Our prayers and thoughts are with you and your whanau at this sad time.

ICAS 2018 - If you would like your child to participate in an ICAS assessment this year, please complete the Signmee Response Form that was sent to all year 3 to 8 families on Monday. Last day for registering is 4th April by 3pm. No late registrations will be accepted. Assessments cost $9.50 each for English, Mathematics and Science and Spelling cost $11.50.

ICAS is an annual skills development assessment program in key areas of learning for students in Years 3-13; assessments are available in English, Mathematics, Spelling and Science. For further information about the ICAS assessment go to www.eaa.unsw.edu.au.

OPEN Signmee Forms: ICAS for years 3 to 8 (close-off 4/4/18) Waterpolo Registration for yrs 5-8 (close-off 26/3/18) NZSO Education Concert - whole school trip 28/3/18

World of Waste trip (close-off 5/4/18)

Cyber Safety Internet Agreement

What an amazing day the Middle Syndicate had at the

Island Bay Marine Centre on Monday 12 March! We were greeted by Judy, Dr Victor and Eddie the Shark

and treated to an incredible morning of rocky shore discovery. A huge thank you to all the fantastic parents who came with us and helped keep us all safe (and were

such good sports about wearing the funny sea hats!). Without them we wouldn't have been able to go down to explore the rocky shore which was incredible! Who knew

there was so much just living in the rocks - we found lots of awesome and interesting creatures, like starfish,

crabs, anemones, glass shrimp, rock fish, whelps, tiny periwinkles and sea snails. We will remember

our trip there forever! Room 2

HOT CROSS BUNS Order Form (FOS Fundraiser) Eldest at OLRS Students Family Name: Room Number:

Delivered on Friday 16th March AND / OR Delivered on Friday 23rd March

(tick the box above of when you would like delivery, you can choose both weeks if required) 16th March: Number of packs of Hot Cross Buns (6 in a pack) required: x $7 23r March: Number of packs of Hot Cross Buns (6 in a pack) required: x $7 Total $ enclosed: OR Total $ paid directly into the OLRS FOS account number: $ on (date) FOS account number: 12 3142 028 6781 00. Please put a reference ‘Hotxbuns’ and ‘family name’. Parent/Caregiver name and contact number:

Order on the form below. Each student has been given a hardcopy of the order form today

FIX Federation Bakehouse Hot Cross Buns The FOS (Friends of Our School) are selling Hot Cross Buns. Order for delivery this Friday 16th and/or next Friday 23rd.

Orders are due NO LATER than Thursday 15th and/or Thursday 22nd March. $7 per half dozen (6) of Premium Fix Federation Bakehouse Hot Cross Buns.