Community Survey
The Diocesan Evaluation team will be at Our Lady Star of the Sea during week 9 of this term and want to understand the impact this school is having on you and your child/children. Please use the link below to complete the whanau survey. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GrOgp9zqrh1Gzmvy2hKJJcx6r37DUuMrgzI-CMVWaHw/edit
PTA Mathathon
On Monday your child will be bringing home a sponsorship form and a sheet of maths questions to learn the answers to as part of our school Mathathon to support the PTA and its fundraising efforts. Funds will be used to support teaching and learning programmes in our school. The students have week 6 and 7 to learn the answers to the questions and will be tested in class during week 8. Please support your child by helping them collect sponsorship amounts and learning their answers. All sponsorship monies need to either be placed into the PTA bank account as detailed on the sponsorship form or sent back to school to the class teacher by Wednesday 28th June.
Thank you for your support.
Back Gate Locked at 9am
A general reminder, for health and safety, we lock our back gate at around 9am. If you are joining your child’s class for prayers, please feel free to park at the front of the school to be sure of ease of exit if you are heading away from school after 9am.
If you are running late, please park at the front of the school and sign your child in at the office. If you enter through the back gate in this instance, you risk being locked in when the gate is locked at 9am.
Thank you for your understanding.
Proposed NZEI Teachers Strike action Wednesday 31st May- You may have read in the media that the proposed NZEI Teachers Strike Day has been put on hold this week while the Union and the Ministry of Education continue negotiations. Schools should find out by Monday morning whether this strike action will go ahead – we will inform you as soon as we know whether this strike action will go ahead.
Monday 29.05.2023
- Samoan Language Week begins
- Pentecost Liturgy in the Hall at 11.15am. Followed by the launch of Samoan Language Week. All welcome. Students are welcome to wear their cultural dress on this day.
Tuesday 30.05.2023
- Board Meeting 6.30pm
Wednesday 31.05.2023
- Buddy Mass for Rooms 23 & 9 at 11.15am in the chapel. All welcome. Donations for the parish foodbank are much appreciated.
- Knitting club for interested students, parents, grandparents – Information Centre 12.40pm – 1.30pm every Wednesday. Bring double knitting wool and size 8 (4mm) knitting needles. We are knitting squares to make blankets for Middlemore Hospital.
- HPPA Girls Football Day
- Possible NZEI strike day – we will confirm this as soon as we hear on Monday morning.
Friday 02.06.2023
- Samoan Language Week Cultural Dress up day – wear Pacific clothing – feel free to wear a flower in your hair, a flower lei around your neck, a lava lava or a Pacific patterned shirt or tee shirt to school to celebrate Samoan Language Week.
- Celebration of Samoan Language week 1.45pm in the hall. All Welcome
- Last day to place Lasagne orders, don’t miss out! We’ve had a great response so far, keep those orders coming in by returning order forms to your classroom teacher.
LOOKING AHEAD
Monday 5 June – King’s Birthday Holiday – NO SCHOOL TODAY
Tuesday 6 June – TEACHER ONLY DAY – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS TODAY Staff are joining our 5 other Kahui Ako Schools for a day of Professional Development around building wellbeing and resilience in our learners.
Wednesday 7 June –
- Buddy Mass for Rooms 14 & 7 at 11.15am in the chapel. All welcome. Donations for the parish foodbank are much appreciated.
- Knitting club for interested students, parents, grandparents – Information Centre 12.40pm – 1.30pm every Wednesday. Bring double knitting wool and size 8 (4mm) knitting needles. We are knitting squares to make blankets for Middlemore Hospital.
Friday 9 June – Jarmy Army Day. Gold coin donation.
Monday 12 June – Parent’s committee meeting 7-8pm in the staff room – come join us!
Friday 16 June – School disco, 6-8pm. Put it on your calendar, it’s going to be a blast!
Ngā mihi nui and cǐ zhì jìng lǐ,
Louise Campbell
Principal + Lead Principal South East Christian Kahui Ako
He Whetu o te Moana
Our Lady Star of the Sea School
14 Oakridge Way
Howick
Auckland 2014
Ph: 09 538 0195
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