New Brighton Catholic School (Mary Immaculate) www.newbrightoncatholic.school.nz Newsletter/Pānui 32 Term 4, Week 2: 23 October 2014 Dear Parents/Caregivers, Whānau, Aiga, Kainga, and Friends Fri 24 Oct 1-3pm Yr 7&8 at Top Team, NNB Mon 27 Oct Labour Day – school closed Tues 28 Oct Community Dental Mobile Van at NBC Wed 29 Oct 9.15-12.15pm Choir rehearsal 7pm Choir at CSMF, Horncastle Arena Thurs 30 Oct 7 pm Reconcilation – St Mary’s Fri 31 Oct NBC Athletics Day Tues 4 Nov 7 pm PTFA meeting – staffroom Fri 7 Nov 1.30pm Footsteps Dance Sun 9 Nov 10.30am First Holy Communion Wed 12 Nov Yr 0-3 A&P Show Zones Athletics Pasifika children lunch 2pm 2015’s NE Transition to School Thurs 13 Nov Staff Only Day Fri 14 Nov Show Day – school closed Wed 19 Nov 9.30-2.30pm Yr 5-8 Beach Ed 2pm 2015’s NE Transition to School Wed 26 Nov 2pm 2015’s NE Transition to School 2.30pm PTFA 2nd-hand uniforms Rm 8 Thurs 27 Nov International Day and Evening Tues 2 Dec 7 pm BOT meeting – meeting room Wed 3 Dec Pasifika children lunch Thurs 4 Dec PTFA Twilight Market and raffle draw Mon 8 Dec Feast Day liturgy and Jellie Park Wed 10 Dec 2 pm Junior Production Fri 12 Dec Final School Mass Mon 2 Feb 8.45 am Term 1 2015 starts Books, Books, Books – Please return any school books We are doing a stocktake of the junior reading books and need your help. We would like all books back before we do the stocktake. Please search everywhere at home or even at granny’s and bring them back to school ASAP. Jo Taggart ___________________________________________________________________ 2015 School Camps Kia ora. It’s coming to the end of 2014, which means we are starting to look towards 2015 and senior camps. The Year 7/8 children are heading to Wainui and the Year 5/6 children are off to Arthur's Pass. The dates for these are 25-27 February. Forms will be coming home with the senior children shortly which will give you the option to come along and help. Nick Gray ____________________________________________________________________ Stands Tall Giraffe NBC has been asked to design a giraffe to show the values of our school. The giraffe is part of the Christchurch Stands Tall campaign. This is the process of giving the giraffe a makeover, which all children at NBC have been involved with. • First we painted the giraffe plain white. • Once it dried, we painted over the white with blue until just lower than its head. • After the blue dried, we placed paper cutouts of footsteps all over the blue paint and then we outlined the footsteps with white gel pens. • Once we coloured the footsteps in with white paint, we did a pencil ___________________________________________________________________ outline of the sole of the Assembly: Rm 2 is the Assembly Class for prayers tomorrow. feet. __________________________________________________________________ • Then we happily coloured the inside of the sole red, green NBC Footsteps Virtue T3 Wk 10: Courageous Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified for the and yellow. Lord your God goes with you. Deuteronomy 31: 5-7 • When we had completed the inside, we had to paint the toes At New Brighton Catholic School we are Courageous. on. Courage is being brave enough to face things that are scary or • We re-painted the base[stand] so that it is ready for the difficult. It is doing what you know is right even if other people whole school to press their “toe print”* on it. laugh at you, call you names or even hurt you. Courage comes from • Then Tauese will paint the detailed head of the giraffe knowing that God is there to help and that you can count on God which is yet to be named. always. ____________________________________________________________________ Emilie Altenburg-Carey (Rm 1) All Saints/All Souls All Saints Day on 1 November is an important and significant day in the Catholic Church. It marks the month in which we focus on the Communion of Saints; people both in heaven and on earth. All Souls Day on 2 November is the day when we remember our loved ones who have died. To honour these two occasions, we will be including a liturgy within our Assembly next Friday, 31 October, and would love you to join in prayer with us. Sharee Connor (DRS) ____________________________________________________________________ Condolences The school community extends its sympathy to Saskia, Savannah and Isaac Schmelz and their family. The children’s grandmother passed away recently. Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let Perpetual Light shine upon her. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. *Ask your child what their “toe print” is! Room 4 students are exploring the features of a giraffe. The giraffe skin reminds me of a sort of puzzle. Shavaughn Wyatt-Martin (Rm 4) Athletics Day NBC’s Athletics Day is next Friday, 31 October. The event starts at 11.30 am at the New Brighton Olympic Athletics track for the senior pupils, and in the Domain and courts for the juniors. Please come and cheer on your children. If you can help with events, recording or running, please see me or Jo. Nick Gray ____________________________________________________________________ Travelling Roadshow I went to the hall. We went to listen to stories. Anna Hinchey (Rm 6) I liked the bird story. Trinity is a bird. Lilly Hogan (Rm 6) I went to the hall to listen to Rachael read. Jennifer Courtier (Rm 6) My class went to a show. It was about birds and books. Juliet Houghton (Rm 6) BOT At Tuesday’s meeting the BOT discussed • The Diocesan External Review of Catholic Special Character at NBC report. We will print excerpts in the newsletter over the next few weeks (the first one, Catholic Community, is below). • IES (Investing in Educational Success) • Police Vetting Catholic Community: NBC is committed to educating the total person in the context of a caring and concerned community. The school and parish work together within the limitations of time and space available. Parents highlight the commitment to the wider Catholic community through organising significant events for everyone. ____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ My First Week at NBC My first week at New Brighton Catholic was an exciting and fun experience for me. It was hard to move from my Grandma’s and Grandpa’s home in Samoa, but everyone here has made me feel especially welcome. Thank you for that, it has helped a lot. Coming here was really fun for me because it has been like a new start in life. My mum is having a hard time because she misses me, but she is happy that I am getting an education here at NBC. I have enjoyed playing basketball with the Y8s and learning how to write an acrostic poem in Room 1. Yesterday I read a buddy prayer with Ah-Li and felt right at home. I know I am in good hands. Thank you to teachers and children. Oliver Tafuna’i( Rm 1) PTFA Christmas Raffle: Thank you to all those families who have kindly donated items to our Raffle. Tickets are being printed and will be going home to each family over the next couple of weeks. We have some fantastic prizes on offer, and with weekly spot prizes leading up to the draw on 4 December. Twilight Christmas Market: Thursday 4 December. Arts & Crafts Market – adult stalls $20, child’s stall $5. Please contact Becs (021 755 330) if you are interested in a stall space. Places are limited! __________________________________________________________________ PTFA Meeting: Tuesday 4 November 7pm in the school It was a fine morning yesterday (although a little cold) for the staffroom. All welcome to attend. school photos. Proofs will be sent home in about two weeks. Lunch next Thursday, 30 October: Subway $5. Have a lovely relaxing long weekend. I will be at the NZ Orders and correct money in the blue tin in the Library by Catholic Primary Principals Conference from Wednesday. 9am Wednesday. God Bless/Atua Whakapai/Fa’amanuia le Atua Deb Daines Principal ************************************** CDHB Free Dental Care for Children – checkups next week The Community Dental Service preventive mobiles will be visiting NBC next week. The dental therapist will check the children’s teeth, and will xray, clean, and apply protective treatments (including fluoride) if required. If your child requires further dental care such as fillings they will bring home a Care Plan which explains what dental care and appointment times are required. Please contact our Call Centre asap as you will need to arrange a time to bring your child to one of our Community Clinics for this dental care. Please let us know asap if you do not wish your child to have any of this care - you can talk to the staff in the mobile or phone/email our Call Centre. If you wish to be present at your child’s checkup, this will need to take place at our community clinic so please phone/email our Call Centre to make an appointment. Contact our Call Centre if you want further information, to enrol your child or if you have any specific questions about your child’s dental care To contact our Call Centre: phone 0800 846 983 / email [email protected] ____________________________________________________________________ School Community Congratulations Master Song won two golds at the Oceania Kung-Fu Wushu Championships in Auckland, and his students won two golds and four bronzes. We are very privileged to have Master Song teach our Kung-Fu class at electives time. _________________________________________________________________ Community Cancelled - Family Fun Night 31 October Youth Alive Trust have sadly cancelled this years Family Fun Night due to the ongoing building work. On the Library noticeboard: • Professional Bull Riders 13 November • Foster parents wanted • Youth Alive newsletter ____________________________________________________________________ Parish [email protected] Sunday Mass St Mary’s 10.30 am Sunday St James 5 pm Saturday / 9 am Sunday Parish Dates 30 Oct 9 Nov 7 pm Reconciliation First Holy Communion Attendance Dues: Term 4 attendance dues should now be paid. Please check with the office if you are not sure. Fr Bryan Parish 388 9020
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