Newsletter - Week 5, Term Four (13th November 2019)

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

Malo ni, Taloha ni and welcome, The term is moving along very fast, it is hard to believe we are heading into our last school month. EXTRA BELL - For safety reason a 3.04pm the bell will ring for the children travelling on the Wainuiomata bus to leave the school grounds. The children travelling by bus will continue to wait together by Room 0 until this bell rings. The patrollers will come in after 3.05pm to ensure the children have crossed safely.

From the Board of Trustees: The Board had our first meeting of the term last week and as per our letter we sent out we discussed whether to opt into the Government fee initiative. We would like to thank those that took the time to send us their feedback.

The Our Lady of the Rosary School Board have decided to opt-in to this scheme in 2020. This means: We will not ask for a donation of $20 per student per term for terms 2,3 and 4.

We will not request contributions to assist in covering curriculum expenses.

The school can still request a contribution to any activity that has an overnight component, including the Intermediate overnight camp.

The school can still accept any donations made to the school at any time, for which you will be able to claim tax credits for donations as you currently can for any contributions you make.

Please note: Any sports fees that students opt into would still require payment of associated fees (Touch, Netball, Basketball etc).

This will not change.

This decision does not affect the attendance dues that are payable to the Archdiocese of Wellington. These are still to be paid.

It is exciting to see five great candidates put themselves up for selection for the two parent representative seats. We urge you all to vote and to send your voting paper into the school office. It is a big thing to put yourself out there and we thank all the candidates for putting themselves forward to be considered, good luck to all.

CATHOLIC INTERNAL REVIEW 2019 WORKSHOPS We are currently conducting our yearly Catholic Character review with this years focus on ‘Te whakatupu ma te matauranga: Growth in knowledge’. We would appreciate your feedback and thoughts in this area. Even if you feel unsure about the questions, we would really appreciate your input by coming along to hear the discussions unfold. We will be holding workshops after school to discuss 4 focus questions. The workshops will be held in the staffroom at 3.00pm– 3.15pm. They will be on Thursday 14th November, Friday 15th November and Monday 18th November. If you are able to attend one of these workshops it would be greatly appreciated. For those of you who are not able to attend at that time, can you please email your responses to jane@olr.school.nz by Tuesday 19th November. Our 4 main focus questions are: 1a. How does Our Lady of Rosary School support you in the understanding of Jesus Christ, his teachings

and the Catholic Church? 1b. How can we further support you in this area? 2. How do you feel the students at Our Lady of the School are supported to be responsible global citizens as

well as citizens of Aotearoa? 3. What is your understanding of Social Justice in the Catholic Church (e.g. Caritas)? 4. How did your involvement in the Sacramental Programme support your understanding of Jesus Christ, his

teachings and the Catholic Church? (This question is for all whanau who have been involved in the Sacramental Programme over the past few years).

Many thanks, Jane Carter (DRS)

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14 Nov Yr 7/8 Social Dance 15 Nov BOT By-election - election day 15 Nov Mass - Room 12 & 4 @ OLR Church 19 Nov Interzone Athletics 22 Nov Mass - Room 8 & 3 @ OLR Church 24 Nov Feast of Christ the King 27 Nov Year 5/6 Tee Ball tournament 29 Nov Mass - Room 10 & 1 @ OLR Church 29 Nov FOS raffles drawn - 2pm 29 Nov Issue 8 of Book Club, last day to order 29 Nov Disco 6-7pm Yrs 0-4 and 7-8pm years 5-8 1 Dec 1st Sunday of Advent 3 Dec Regional Athletics 4 Dec Thank you to all our helpers Morning Tea, 11am 5 Dec Home Learning Challenge Prize-giving, 2pm 8 Dec Feast of Immaculate Conception 9 Dec BOT Meeting, 7pm 11 Dec EOY Mass 12 Dec Road Patrollers pool party, Mckenzie pool,10am 12 Dec Yr 8 Leavers Dinner 16 Dec School Picnic 17 Dec Prize-giving @ St Bernard’s College Gym, 5.30pm 18 Dec Poroporoaki 18 Dec End of Term 4, 12.30pm

God Bless, Whakapaingia te Atua Karolina Surynt-Tapiki Principal

Well done to the children who showed the school virtue of Charity last week

Rm 9 - Kobi Holden Rm 10 - James van der Gulik Rm 11 - Jokaveti Soro Rm 12 - Elba Philavong-Ward Rm 0 - Blake Rudman Rm 1 - Lucas Barthelemy Rm 2 - Sarah Goswami Rm 3 - Zach Breen Rm 4 - Rhylee Boxer-Johnson Rm 6 - Andrew Pietersz Rm 7 - Harrison Bardell

It has been a sad couple of weeks for some of our families here at OLRS. We extend our heart felt sympathy to you and your extended whanau.

Our condolences to the Patmore/Fouhy families whose grandmother (Jane’s mother) passed away this week.

Our condolences to the Macdonald/Aggenbach family (Tamaiva and Rylan) whose grandfather passed away this week (Monique’s father).

Our condolences to the Moananu/Samuelu families who have had a whanau member pass away last week.

Our prayers and thoughts are with you all at this time.

May God’s blessings be with you.

On Monday we carried out our Lockdown practise drill. The drill was successful and we thank you for following through with the process to ensure we covered all our safety requirements. Please keep us up-dated with new contact details for us to ensure our contacts are correct.

Congratulations to Nikau Rangiwhetu who has been selected in the Under 12 mixed Wellington Representative Touch Rugby team and to and Niamh Sio who has been selected for the Under 10 Mixed team. A top effort, well done.

Epro 8 Challenge -

Our Lady of the Rosary School had 2 teams who competed in the Epro8 technology challenge at Avalon Intermediate. They represented our school with pride, as they completed various challenges, using growth mindset skills of determination and never giving up. This saw them grow as leaders in our school.

We are very proud of their achievement.

Congratulations to our Interzone Athletics team who will represent our school on Tuesday 19th November. The students are: Marlie, Kelani, Acardia, George SR, Keira, Rhylee, Shayla, Elora, Journey, Conor, Alipate, Paige, Tehya and Jonathan.

Our Lady of the Rosary School - Board of Trustees By-Election

There are 5 candidates standing for the BOT By-Election. ARTHUR, Hilary MACDONALD, Monique MOANANU, Eti PEREIRA, Beverly SWINTON-ROBERTSON, Hera

Voting papers and Candidate Statements were sent by post yesterday 5th Nov 2019.

There are two positions to fill, so you can vote for up to two candidates.

Voting papers are valid only if returned in the return addressed envelope provided.

Ensure there is only one voting paper per envelope.

Voting closes on Friday 15th

November 2019 at noon.

Please deliver your voting forms in the provided return addressed envelope to the Office of Our Lady of the Rosary School. If Posting in the provided return addressed envelope, they will need to be post-marked before the 15 November 2019 to be valid.

Jan Simmons, Returning Officer

Entries are open for the Weet-bix Kids TRYathlon on Thursday 12 March at Hutt Rec.

The TRYathlon is all about giving it a TRY and is a rewarding and fun day out for you and your child.

Our school has created a School Group which you can join when you enter from home. Search for Our Lady of the Rosary School when prompted. By linking to our school group it will give us the chance to win some great prizes.

Hutt City Libraries Summer Reading Chal-lenge 2019-20 - Any child aged 0-12 years can sign up for the challenge at any of our eight Hutt City Libraries from 1 December.

The entire whānau can join in, this year we have The Little Read for ages 0-5 years; The Big Read for ages 5-12; and Explore, Read, Relax for ran-gatahi and adults. It’s a great way to support your child’s reading and help them maintain the read-ing achievements they have made throughout the school year, even while on holiday!

More details at library.huttcity.govt.nz and at all Hutt City Libraries.

Our school Disco is on Friday 29th November 2019 and we are holding 2 sessions.

Session 1 (years 0-4): 6:00 – 7.00pm Session 2 (Year 5-8): 7:00 – 8:00pm

Tickets are $2 per child or $5 per family. Items that can be purchased at the disco: glow in the dark items ($various), water ($1) , lolly bags ($1). Cheese Burgers ($3) and Sausages ($2) can also be ordered. The disco will be in the school hall.

Please fill in the form sent home with your eldest child at OLRS last week, and return with money/or internet banking by THURSDAY 21st November. The Students will receive their tickets on Friday 29th November.

We are looking forward to this fun-filled event. Friends of Our School (FOS) Committee

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St Bernard’s Science Visit 2019 Last Thursday some awesome St Bernard’s boys came and taught us some basic science. We looked at why folded paper flowers open in a dish of water (try it! It’s really cool!), mixing chemicals to make coloured chemicals - and then straining them apart again, dry ice (my favourite - when you put the ice between two spoons it vibrates the spoons, when you put it in a small container and shake it the lid pops off, and when you put it in pure alcohol it STEAMS LOTS! The next station was about light - pinhole telescopes and light refraction glasses. The next station was making periscopes with a net and mirrors. Then we looked at basic electrical circuits and what was ‘conductive’. The last station was looking at how you could separate the mixture of three things -dried peas, sand and black sand (hint: black sand is magnetic and the peas could be taken out with a sieve) At that station we also played with AWESOME huge metal slinkys (which happened to be CONDUCTIVE!!) It was really cool, and I look forward to being one of those St Bernard’s boys next year! By Thomas van der Gulik

EPro 8 Challenge—student voice: Jessie: I had a really good experience with the epro8 challenge, I was in a great team with Japji, Elsie & Jasneet. The epro8 challenge is an engineering problem solving innovation challenge for Intermediates in the Wellington region. You get a booklet with the 4 different challenges in a trolley to complete in the given time. Japji: I had a blast at the epro8 challenge. It was a challenging experience for me and my team of friends. We had a lot of fun working with the equipment and bu-liding the structure. Each team had been given a station to work at. They had given us metal poles, connectors to connect the poles together, screws / screwdrivers etc. Elsie: I am so glad I got picked for epro8, at first I wasn’t sure I was smart enough but when it came down to it, it was really fun doing all the engineering and building. All the teams got a trolley of the tools and gear they could use, there was every-thing from metal poles to a timer for testing. I had a great team and would definite-ly recommend it to others. Jasneet: It was fun going to the epro8 challenge with my group of friends. Without them I wouldn't be able to survive at all. We had stations of our own to work on. There were an awful lot of tools which I wasn’t sure of. Looking back I actually knew them after all. This opportunity will be a great for others who are good with work-ing as a team and who think out of the box!

End of Year FOS Raffle - $1 Tickets! Help us raise money for our students at Our Lady of the Rosary School

To be drawn on the 29 November at 2pm at OLRS!

A list of prizes is attached or you can look on our Facebook Page.

You also have the option to pay for the raffle tickets by cash or Internet banking into the FOS account number: 12 3142 028 6781 00. Please include Raffle and your name and number of tickets purchased. Last day for payment by Internet banking is Wednesday 27th November.

Please remember to FILL IN the tickets otherwise you will not be in the draw! Extra tickets are available at the school office.

End of Year FOS Raffle Prizes

4x Barbershop Haircut/Style Vouchers ($Various)

Swim City 1 Week Swimming Lessons ($75)

I.A.M Makeover Voucher ($70)

Zealandia Family Pass ($110)

2x Event Movie Tickets ($26)

Whistling Sisters Voucher ($50)

Rachael Sarah Photography Voucher ($100)

$10 Bunnings Vouchers (8 x)

Huia Family Pool Pass ($18)

Angel Hair Care - Dual Repair Giftpack ($80)

Angel Hair Care - Dual with Serum Giftpack ($90)

Angel Hair Care – Helichrysum Giftpack ($110)

Angel Hair Care – Iris Giftpack ($100)

Angel Hair Care – Childrens En Provence Giftpack ($70)

Angel Hair Care – Violet Toning Giftpack ($100)

California Garden Metal Wall Hanging ($50)

Swazi Jersey ($50)

Gift Basket x3 ($60 each)

Tupperware Giftpack ($150)

The prizes will be randomly numbered. Prizes will be given in order, eg: the first ticket drawn will win the prize numbered 1.