ST JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC
SCHOOL
TAKAPUNA

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear Whānau

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad’s. It was lovely to see so many join us for a coffee and muffin this morning. Enjoy your special day on Sunday.

It is hard to believe there are only a couple more weeks of this term to go. The children have ‘settled’ following their AWESOME performance of ‘Moana Jr’ and they are enjoying the calm, focused programmes of learning which will take them through to the end of the term.

Our Kiwi Team is currently going for swimming lessons at the Hilton Brown Swimming School. They are going three days a week for three weeks. Next term, the Kakapo and Kakariki team will be going to the Millennium Pool. They swim two days each week for four weeks.

As a school we rely on parents paying the teaching and learning contribution, as it is through these contributions that we are able to pay for these swimming lessons and the buses that take the children to the pools. We would really appreciate everyone paying their contributions as they allow us to provide a broad, exciting programme of learning for our Tamariki.

The Catholic office has asked us to inform parents that their Attendance Dues are required to be paid either at the beginning of the school year or each term. Parents are no longer allowed to wait until the end of the year to pay them. Please could you review your last account and ensure that you have paid for the equivalent of three terms of Attendance Dues. Thank you.

Enjoy the FOUR big games this weekend. Tonight the All Whites are playing Australia and the NZ Warriors vs the Sea Eagles; while tomorrow night the All Blacks’ are playing South Africa; and finally the Black Ferns vs Ireland in the wee hours of Monday morning. Here’s hoping your team wins!

Have a wonderful weekend

Ka manaakitia e te Atua

Alister Bridgman
Tumuaki

The Principal’s Message will cover the following topics:

Welcome!
PTA Movie Night: IMPORTANT UPDATE
Catholic Schools Cross Country
Cluster Cross Country
Cans for Christmas
YUMMY Stickers Due Term 4/Week 2
Preference of Enrolment – Open Signing Session
Back Our Future
sKids Holiday Programme
Parish News
De Paul House Evening of Celebration
Community Notices

WELCOME!

A warm welcome to our new Year 5 student, Christina, who started here at school, earlier this week.

We hope you thoroughly enjoy your time at St Joseph’s Takapuna.

PTA MOVIE NIGHT – IMPORTANT UPDATE

A big thank you to everyone who showed interest in our upcoming Movie Night next Thursday, September 11th. Unfortunately, with winter bugs making their way around and families still catching their breath after the school production, ticket sales have been lower than hoped.

So we have decided to put the Movie Night on hold for now.

Anyone who has purchased a ticket will be refunded in the coming days and we look forward to bringing the community together at future events.

If you have any questions please email us at pta@sj.school.nz

Kind regards

– The St Joseph’s PTFA

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY

Well done to all of the children that participated in the Catholic Schools Cross Country this past week!

A massive CONGRATULATIONS to Anna (Year 4) who placed 1st in her event.

CLUSTER CROSS COUNTRY

Today we ran the Cluster Cross Country with Milford School, Forrest Hill School and Takapuna Primary School.

Special Congratulations to our students that placed

Year 4 Girls – 1st – Anna HG8; 4th – Sage HG9
Year 5 Girls – 4th – Grace HG3
Year 5 Boys – 3rd – Liam HG1

Congratulations to all of our children who competed in the Cluster Cross Country today! We are so proud of your effort! 😀

Anna, Sage, Maya, Margot, Miro, Rich, Marco, Jordan, William, Grace, Martina, Hannah, Mekeia, Joanna, Liam, William, Kingsley, Wayne, Patrick, Izzy, Emma, Maggie, Juliet, Jack, Tarquin, Lachlan and Lucas.

CANS FOR CHRISTMAS

YUMMY STICKERS DUE TERM 4/WEEK 2

Just a reminder…

Collect the Yummy cut-out labels from bags (each cut-out label is worth 10 stickers) and individual Yummy apple stickers for our school’s share of the $200,000 free Sport sports gear prize pool. Yummy apples are available from New World, PAK’nSAVE and participating Four Square stores. The more we collect, the more sports gear we receive. So get going and start collecting your Yummy cut-out labels and stickers now!

You can download your Yummy sheets from the website:

Yummy Sticker Collection Sheet

New Variety Bonus Collection Sheet

Cut-Out Label Collection Sheet

PREFERENCE OF ENROLMENT – OPEN SIGNING DAY

A Message from St Joseph’s Church Takapuna:

The Church is here to play a supporting role to the Catholic Diocese & Schools when it comes to preference enrolment. For more info around the enrolment process & your relevant school: Catholic Schools – Catholic Diocese of Auckland.

We will be holding an open hour for signing of preference forms on Tuesday, 9th September from 10:00am -11:00am in Father Mark’s office. Please ensure anyone attending brings along the relevant documentation required.

BACK OUR FUTURE

Back Our Future I Kimi Haeata is about educators and families coming together because we want the best for tamariki and each other. We are seeking a new dawn in education.

Learn more about this campaign and how you can support it here