12 September 2019 Tena Koutou Whanau, This week is Maori Language Week so I have included a Karakia. Nga mihi o te ra ki te whanau e hui mai nei, Kia tau te Rangimarie Kia whakatapua tatou, Me nga mea e whakapono ana tatou. Kia manaakitia mai matou Mo tenei ra Mauri ora! Amene Blessings be upon us and our family gathered here today Let us seek peace in all that we do So that God may bless us and all our endeavours to seek the truth May God watch over us this day And give us life in abundance. Amen. We have all had a great Book Week this week and we are looking forward to dressing up as our favourite book characters tomorrow. Many thanks to everyone for making our can drive for St Vincent de Paul so successful. For a small school we collected a great amount. The report back was that the group reached their goal of 25,000 cans to be distributed to less fortunate families this Christmas. The last outreach this term will be a mufti day on the last day of school for a gold coin donation to go to the Arthritis Foundation. New Children We welcome new students to St Leo’s. Michael Rasmussan has started in St Patrick as a Year 5 student and Freya Jameson and Pandora Morgan started in St Clare. Lovely to have some new faces at St Leo’s.

Te Rerenga School visit

Thank you to all the families who have said they can supply camp mattresses for the school visit. They can be dropped at school on Tuesday morning (24 September). We could do with a few more if anyone still has some. We are still looking for more St Leo’s students who would be willing to stay behind after school on the 24th to play with the visitors. We will provide a BBQ dinner for them and they can be picked up at 6.30pm. Please let Renee know if you’d like to be involved.

Student Learning Expo If you haven’t already booked in for the expo next Wednesday book now https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and enter the event code z293r or click this link to book https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/book/select?z=6SEnjA Grandparents day - 25 September You should have received a special invitation from the children for the Grandparents Day. Please let the school know if you have grandparents (or grandparent representatives) who will be attending. The day begins at 11.30 with a liturgy and entertainment. Followed by a shared lunch and tour around the school with a finish time around 1pm. Book Week Book week has been a great success with visits from three popular authors, Devonport library visits, mystery readers, buddy reading and teacher swaps. Tomorrow will be an exciting day when the children get to dress as their favourite book characters.

Skool Loop By now most of you should be able to receive your notices via school loop. No more weekly emails will be sent home each week so if you haven’t downloaded the app yet, you will need to do so. In the notice page, click the three dots and tick any groups your children are involved in. Some messages will just be sent to the relevant groups.

Catholic Character Survey Thank you to all the parents who have completed the survey. If you would still like to complete it, you will find it in your email inbox. The survey closes on Monday. School Fair We are building up to the school fair. Make sure you check all the information coming home from the PTFA about items to be sent to school. Also remember to offer a little of your time to help out and make the day a success. This is our major fundraiser this year and we’d like it to be a great event. Upcoming events

● Hamburger lunch tomorrow. ● On Tuesday Gigi Albrecht will represent St Leo’s at a scripture reading competition

with other Catholic Schools in Auckland. ● Neala will be taking the last of her dance/drama sessions. They have been very

successful. Check out our website to see what the junior classes have been learning.

● Learning Expo on next Wednesday. ● A group of students will be representing St Leo’s at the Catholic Schools cross

country event next Thursday. ● School disco next Friday ● Kids safe session with juniors to learn how to be safe around dogs - Monday 23

September.

Ma te atua manaaki God Bless, Maureen Harris Important Messages Celebration Book Congratulations to the following children who have their names in the Celebration Book: Jacob McGivern - Player of the day for soccer Laura Welson - Silver Medal in Grade 2 Jazz Medal award Fine Homes Tour Our school has been offered the opportunity to sell tickets as a means of fundraising. For each $70 ticket sold, half of that amount will be donated to the school. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased from the school office by either paying cash or putting the money into the school bank account 12-3015-0474771-00 ref: name & FHT. If you are planning on attending this event please buy your tickets through us. Carpark We once again ask that parents do not take their children through the staff carpark but use the Victoria Rd entrance. There was nearly an accident involving a child in the carpark last week.

Yummy stickers Please return all yummy sticker charts (full or not) to the office by Friday 20 September so we can send them away and get points towards new sports equipment. New World Receipts Don’t forget to pop your New World receipts in the box at the front of the store. Each term John Ashton makes a generous donation to the school based on the total of the receipts. Devonport Community House School Holiday Programme See attachment SKIDS School Holiday Programme See attachment PTFA News Hamburger Lunch We will be holding a hamburger lunch on Friday 13th September. $5 for hamburger, drink and treat. Disco 20th September Tickets $10 each (children only) which includes pizza, drink and a treat. Tickets are on sale from the office now. If you wish to pay money direct into bank please pay to PTFA account 12-3057-0067576-00 ref: name & disco Come as your favourite popstar if you wish. Don’t forget to let Renee know what kind of pizza your child would like - Cheese, Ham & Cheese, Hawaiian. Men’s Night Inn - "St Leo's is pleased to confirm that the revised date for the Dads Night Inn will be Fri 29 Nov, and all details, including venue, will be announced soon. Tickets already bought will be valid and ticket sales for the new date are available now from the School Office. Any refunds required should be directed to the School Office". Fair notices - Yesterday you should have received a “pink notice” regarding this year’s school fair. The sign up sheets are up in the main office for you to add your name to. If you cannot make it in please email Renee and let her know what stall/s you would like to help on and she will put your name down.

PTFA news and reminders:

● Shout out for quantities of fruit / veggies / decent sized clean and label free jars for preserve / jam / chutney making - please let Helen or Sarah know asap if you can help

● Shout out for preserve / jam / chutney makers - please let Helen or Sarah know asap if you can help

● Reminder for parents to please tap their contacts etc for sponsorship / prizes - please let Helen or Sarah know asap if you can help

● Look out for the Fair Tree - it's about to come out for stall sign ups :-) ● Watch this space re details for early collection / storage of clothing, toys and white

elephant donations for the fair. Watch this space for more info re the usual weekly donations (chocolate, fizzy drinks, alcohol donations etc etc) in the weeks leading up to the Fair

● Don't forget to keep an eye on the two new PTFA notice boards, in the School Office and in the window by the old School Office.

You may have noticed the storage container that has appeared in the school grounds. This has been kindly lent to us by the lovely people at Mobistore so those of us wanting to have a clean out of kids toys well before for the school fair in November can send their good quality, and working preloved treasures in. Items that were particularly popular last year were

Scooters

Rollerblades, skateboards and roller skates

Toy cars, trucks and planes

Dolls (with all their limbs!) with clothes and dolls accessories

Characters and not too well loved soft toys

Complete puzzles and games

Bagged up collection of smaller toys like Hot Wheels Cars or mini figures.

Good condition School bags

Pencil cases

Money boxes

Craft stuff

If over the next few months you are having a clean out we are ready and waiting for it to be dropped at school. Please send an email to Jane.b.weekes@gmail.com the day before you drop so we can make sure someone is around to pop it in “The Cube”. Remember to pass this to your friends and family from other schools too!

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