Parent / Student / Teacher conferences

 Parent / Student / Teacher Conferences - Term 2 Week 2

We have Three-Way Conferences (for Parent/Student/Teacher) scheduled for Tuesday 10 May and Wednesday 11 May. Families can choose the day that will work best for them. 

Students and their parent(s) need to attend a 10 minute appointment on one of these two days. Details are provided below for how to make an appointment.  

Appointments available

Tuesday 10 May 3.15 - 6.45pm

Wednesday 11 May 3.15 - 5.35pm

How to make a booking

Bookings are now open. How do parents make a booking for their child's Three Way Conference?

There are a number of ways bookings can be made. Either:

1) Go to the School App and then the Links section then School Interviews. Enter the code akwma

2)  Go to www.school interviews.co.nz and enter the event code akwma

When making the booking parents will get the following message: 

Thank you for booking an appointment for our Term 2 Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences. Ten minutes is allowed for each appointment. If you are late for your appointment you are likely to be asked to rebook for another time. This is because the class teacher needs to consider the bookings made by other families and keep to the times they have booked for. We look forward to seeing you and your child at the conference.

Weekly Notices - Term 1 Week 11

  Welcome to the last week of Term 1, with the term ending on Thursday. The Easter holiday begins on Friday with Good Friday. It has been a long and challenging term with covid-19 sweeping through the country and disrupting learning at St Mary's. Many children and some teachers became infected and needed to isolate at home. Nevertheless, we have been pleased with the progress children have been making with their learning and their social skills this term.

Washing of the Feet Liturgy

On Thursday we have the 'Washing of the feet Liturgy', although due to covid-19 protocols we are still unable to celebrate this as a school, nor have parent involvement. 

This week is an important week in the Catholic Church generally. Holy Week began today with the commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, climaxing with the commemoration of the Mystical or Last Supper on Maundy Thursday and the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday. Holy Week concludes with Christ's rest in death and descent into Hades on Holy Saturday.

Reading Log Draw

There will be another reading log draw these holidays although it will be run slightly differently. The class with the highest percentage of participants will win a pizza and chips lunch. 

Uniform

At the start of Term 2 children must be in winter uniform. Uniforms can be bought from our uniform shop. The shop is open Monday at 8.30am, Wednesday at 2.30pm, Friday at 8.30am and on Monday, the first day back in Term 2, at 8.30am. We want to make sure our students are wearing the correct uniform in Term 2. 

Swimming

Year 3 classes are swimming again this week. This will be the last week of swimming until term 4. Please make sure your children bring their togs every day to make the most of this learning opportunity while the daytime temperatures are still warm.

Have a great week and enjoy the school holidays.

Lorette Tiedt and Team Kahikatea

Weekly Notices, Term 1 Week 10

 Morena Kāhikatea whānau, welcome to week 10!

We hope you have enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend has provided and are feeling energised as we approach the last 2 weeks of Term 1. Thank you so much for your flexibility and cooperation with covid protocols. We have had many students isolate and then return to school smoothly, slotting straight back into classroom routines.

We all had a fun day on Friday with students and teachers pranking one another. You may have seen this post on the St Marys facebook page about Mr Richards Lawnmower.

Some of you may have noticed some posts on Educa last week. We have begun uploading videos of students learning and will continue to do this regularly, so please keep an eye out for Educa notifications. Things on this week: NO SWIMMING Wednesday - Library Friday - Tug of war house competition. Have a fantastic week ahead,

Lorette Tiedt and Team Kahikatea

Prayer focus

 Patrick used his creative skills to make a beautiful cross for our prayer space.  The prayer team yesterday used it as part of their set up for prayers.  Thank you Patrick for the great idea and for making it for our class.