St Patrick’s Primary School Together in Faith & Learning

Week 8 Term 2 2020

Be an Up-stander not a By-stander Many of us have read or seen the photos of a police officer in America kneeling on the neck of a man, who eventually died. He wasn’t able to breathe. We now know that the police officer and his friends who stood by and watched have been charged with this man’s death. It is a truly sad and horrific moment in time. Lots of us are asking the question ‘what prevented the other officers from stopping their friend from killing the man?’ Most of us, would think that if ‘I was one of those officers, I would have stopped my colleague. At school, we are encouraging our tamariki to be Up-standers not By-standers when they see their friends teasing another, dropping litter, being dishonest etc. It is hard to get the message across. Many of our students and those at other schools, believe that they can’t ‘tell on their friends’ because that is snitching or somehow wrong. Our message is that good friends remind each other when they are doing something mean or wrong. A good friend STANDS UP for injustice. A good friend SPEAKS UP for those who feel they don’t have a voice. Good friends REMIND each other to do the right thing. If we fail at helping our tamariki see this, then they could become bystanders and allow others to be bullied, teased, stolen from or eventually, look the other way when a friend is kneeling on someone else’s neck. It takes years of practise to be blind or indifferent to the suffering of others. You have sent your child to a Catholic School so that your child doesn’t become blind. We are spending years supporting your child to SEE the secret subtle injustices around them, to HEAR the silent cries of help in the playground or at home, to BE THE VOICE of those who feel they can’t speak up, to BE JESUS to their brothers and sisters. As anyone who plays a sport or is learning a new musical instrument knows that, what ever we practise over time, we will eventually get better at that skill. I pray that with your support, our tamariki will continue to practise being Responsible for all they do and say, being Ready to learn and speak up, and be Respectful to all. Blessings Tony

PE Uniform

The school PE top is available. It is expected that all Yr 1 to 7 students will have one and wear it. The year 8 students this year can wear a blue t shirt if they wish. Uniforms can be purchased https://www.nzuniforms.com/

St Catherine's Friday The year 7 and 8 students will be going to St Catherine's tomorrow, be at school by 8.30am. For their safety and ours, they must come to school first.

SUGAR SUGAR AND MORE SUGAR Please don’t send your child to school with sweets/

lollies etc. The sugar sits on their teeth all day, slowly

rotting them. The image in this photo is of the amount

of sugar in this product. It is called Fruit Nuggets.

The ‘fruit nuggets’ weigh 17grams. 15grams is sugar.

Approximately 2 and half teaspoons of sugar. Carrots

chopped up are cheaper at the moment and far better

for us.

ASB SPORTS’ STADIUM (Don’t forget to bring a rain jacket. Rm 1 and 2 walk) Reminder that the school’s sports uniform can be worn to school on Fridays. This is not a mufti day. School uniform is required if you haven’t the correct gear. Navy blue track pants can be worn over the shorts if it is cold. School polar fleeces will probably be required for warmth. If you haven’t purchased a school PE top yet, your child can still use the old blue T shirt until it

no longer fits.

Reminder about COVID 19

Wellington COVID-19 Cases

Should there be any cases in Wellington of community spread, we will ask that parents stay out-side of the school grounds.

Parent voice

We need to know what we did well and what we could have done differently during lockdown please. If we have to go back to online school learning from home, we want it to be a better ex-perience than last time. We won’t know how to improve unless you tell us. Any ideas are wel-come please. School app contact tracing

We allow parents to come into the school grounds and into the buildings ONLY if you sign the register at the school office, OR, show us the App that you have logged into. https://schoolappsnz.co.nz/login/

We allow parents into the school because we trust that you are caring for your health and that of your children. If you are sick, sniffly, coughy, please stay away. Protect us all, even though it may not be COVID-19. Care Pack

We ask that your child has some sanitiser and a hand towel for their personal use. We are doing

our best to prevent the spread of any germs. A personal hand towel helps with this.

Our school celebrating Samoan Language Week

Thank you to our families for your support and attendance during our celebration. Special thanks to the Foliaki family, the Latu Family, the Lealamanau’a family, the Quinlan-Tulili family and the Aukusitino family. Momoli atu le faafetai tele lava i le lagolago malosi a matua ma aiga aua fuafuaaga a le vaiaso a le gagana Samoa.

Mike Savali the new Rector (Principal) of St Patrick’s College came to visit our senior boys. He was welcomed with a Samoan Siva tau by some of the senior students.

We are a Positive Behaviour for Learning School. We encourage our children to be Go getters, this means that they are ready to learn, respectful of people and property and take responsibility for their actions. Ask your children about our new traffic light system that encourages our students to take on leadership and make good choices. This is how our Traffic light system works: • Every class uses the Traffic Light system to monitor DAILY student behaviour. • Every student starts on the green zone each day. • When a student makes positive choices, in particular the ones that you are focusing on that week, THEY get to move their name up to pink – great choices! If throughout the day a student continues to make positive choic-es, ( we link these choices to our PB4L values, the 3RS of being ready to learn, responsible for actions , respectful of people and property) then the student moves up to the yellow light and is a Go getter for the day.

Those on Go Getters 2 or more times a week get to take home a special certificate that acknowledges their efforts. Go Getter certificates are presented in assembly and acknowledged in the newsletter. So keep an eye out for certificates coming home so we can all

celebrate your child/ren’s success.

PB4L GO GETTERS

Go Getters The students who have reached the top of the positive behaviour chart at least twice in a week Congratulations to the following tamariki who have demonstrated awesome choices while in lockdown: Kevin, Marian, Micheal, James, Natnael, Darius, Mane, Rachel, Aryan, Aaron SM, Ryan, Surafil,

Aaron G, Silone & Nardos.

WEEK 7: Selam.

School uniform and uniform link

http://spps.nzuniforms.com/

We are blessed to have a uniform. It is important that it is worn with pride. We are encouraging the students to wear the correct uniform at all times. We need your support to ensure that they don’t leave home with the incorrect uniform. Summer uniform expectations School hat to be worn at morning break and lunch time and any outside afternoon activity School jersey (being phased out) or school polo fleece for warmth

Boys Year 1 to 6 Blue short sleeved polo shirt, navy blue shorts, black sandals or black shoes, school socks. We allow black sports type shoes for comfort rather than black leather school shoes. Please don’t buy bright pink or green or lime shoes etc. Boys Years 7 and 8 Blue short sleeved school shirt, navy blue shorts, black sandals or black shoes, school socks. We allow black sports type shoes for comfort rather than black leather school shoes. Please don’t buy bright pink or green or lime shoes etc. Girls Year 1 to 6 Blue short sleeved polo shirt, navy blue shorts or tunic, black sandals or black shoes, white socks. We allow black sports type shoes for comfort rather than black leather school shoes. Please don’t buy bright pink or green or lime shoes etc. Girls Year 7 and 8 Blue summer senior tunic terms 1 & 4 Winter Uniform White blouse and skirt black sandals or black shoes, white socks Please don’t buy bright pink or green or lime shoes etc. Sports Uniform Blue shorts and school PE top Please note… Wearing track pants or ‘skins’ under the shorts or dresses is not permitted. Hair should be tied up if it is long enough to do so. (both girls and boys) Jewellery is not permitted at school. The exceptions are…watches may be worn, a single

pair of stud earrings and a necklace (with a cross or taonga) that is worn under the shirt.

You can purchase the school uniform from NZ Uniforms online and in Thorndon Quay, the school will stock one of each size if you would like to try on before you buy. (not in school yet) There will be the option of 4 part payments when you buy online. Click on the link to have a look: https://www.nzuniforms.com/

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Please check our online school calendar and events information at

www.spps.school.nz you can click to subscribe and all updated information will be emailed directly to you.

Weekly

ASB Sports centre

Starts this Friday 5th June

2PM—3PM

St Catharine's Seniors

Every Friday morning Be at school by 8.30am

Important dates for your diary.

Tuesday 30th June

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Friday 3 July

Usual School Day

End of term 2 at 3pm

There is NO teacher only day as previously

published due to Covid 19

Happy Birthday to You!

This fortnight we pray for the following children who have

celebrated or will celebrate their birthdays.

Gospel value for the week is: UNITY

Room 1 Read theory Champ: Micheal Steps web: Rachel Gospel Value: Resilience Yoseph Not giving up at reading time. Math Whizz Awards: 22/5: Rediet, Jessica, Emmanuel, Dean & Tadiwos. 29/5: Tensae, Nicon, Aava & Yoseph.

Leadership in Samoan Language week:

Ioane, Silone,

Francis &

Mariana.

NZ uniform price list JUNIOR GIRLS (YEAR 1-6) Unisex ¼ Zip Fleece Top - Navy Sizes K4-14, XS-XL $35.00 Unisex Short Sleeve Polo- Sky Sizes K4-16, S-L $30.00 Unisex Long Sleeve Polo- Sky Sizes K4-16, S-L $35.00 Skort- Catholic Tartan (Optional) Sizes K2-16, S $50.00 Pinafore Catholic Tartan Sizes K4-16 $65.00 JUNIOR BOYS (YEAR 1-6) Unisex ¼ Zip Fleece Top - Navy Sizes K4-14, XS-XL $35.00 Unisex Short Sleeve Polo- Sky Sizes K4-16, S-L $30.00 Unisex Long Sleeve Polo- Sky Sizes K4-16, S-L $35.00 Pull on Shorts- Navy Sizes K4-20 $30.00 Pull on Pants- Navy Sizes K4-20 SENIOR GIRLS (YEAR 7-8) Summer Short Sleeve Blouse - White Sizes 4-16 $45.00 Winter Long Sleeve Blouse - White Sizes 4-16 $50.00 Winter Skirt- Catholic Tartan Sizes 8-16 $60.00

Summer Dress- Navy Plaid Sizes 8-16, S-M $60.00 Unisex ¼ Zip Fleece Top - Navy Sizes K4-14, XS-XL $35.00 SENIOR BOYS (YEAR 7- 8) Summer Short Sleeve Shirt - Sky Sizes K8-K16, S-XL $30.00 Winter Long Sleeve Shirt - Sky Sizes K8-K16, S-XL $35.00 Summer Shorts- Navy Sizes 62-97 $50.00 Winter Trousers- Navy Sizes 62-97 $65.00 Wool Socks Sizes 7-10J, 11-1J, 2-5, 6-10 $15.00 PE AND ACCESORRIES Unisex PE Tee- Royal Sizes K6-14, S-L $45.00 Unisex PE Shorts- Navy Sizes K6-14, XS-L $30.00 Bucket Hat – Navy Sizes 51, 55, 57, 61 $16.00 Ankle Socks –White Summer (Girls) From $12.00 Tights – Navy Winter From $20.00 Black Lace up Shoes From $119.90 Laundry Pen From $12.00 School Bag Assorted

Nourish Me Style Nachos https://www.nznourish.me/ Here's a healthy take on a family classic. Ingredients: 500-600g Premium beef mince 2 diced onions 2 medium grated carrots 1 tsp. Smoked paprika 1/2 tsp. Chili powder 1 Can chopped tomatoes 1 Can kidney beans 1 Cup Beef Stock 3 Decent handfuls of baby spinach (it will shrink!) 1 cup of peas and corn mixed 1 Avocado - diced or mashed 2-3 wraps OR plain corn chips Directions: In a hot wok with a slosh of olive oil, add onions, mince and spices. Stir frequently until starting to brown. Add in tomatoes, spinach, beans and stock. Continue stirring often. When almost cooked through, add peas and corn. Heat oven - grill on high. Tear up wraps into corn chip sized pieces and place on an oven tray. Grill for 3-4 minutes or until very slightly browned - be careful not to burn them! You can swap these for plain corn chips or use gluten free wraps for a GF meal. Serve in a bowl with avocado on top and "chips" on the side to keep them crunchy. Enjoy!

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No Bake Muesli Slice

The perfect breakfast on the run, nut free snack for a lunch box, or just an afternoon nibble to keep your cravings at bay. Vegan friendly too! Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 Cups Rolled Oats

• 1/4 Cup Chia Seeds

• 1/3 Cup Pumpkin Seeds