Our Lady Star of the Sea Sacramental Programme 2025: Enrolments are open until Sunday 23 February for those families wanting to prepare their children for the Sacraments of Reconciliation, Confirmation, and First Holy Communion. Parents, you can access the process for Enrolments either by going to the Parish website (www.howickcatholic.org.nz) or by collecting an Enrolment Form from the tray sitting on the table in the Foyer of the Church. The children will celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation (First Confession) on Friday 21st March at 7.00pm. The Sacrament of Confirmation will be administered by the Bishop on Friday 08th August at 7.00pm, and First Holy Communion will be celebrated over the weekend Masses on 09th/10th August.
WHAT’S HAPPENING NEXT WEEK
Monday 17 – Friday 21 February – Yr 6 camp at Kawau Island – departure 12.30pm. Camp students on site from 8.30am in mufti, leaving their luggage along the carpark walkway outside Rooms 22 and 23
Monday 17 February
- Morning Prayer at 8.45am in the hall
- Year 5 EOTC STEM activities at school
Tuesday 18 February
- Year 5 EOTC Wheels Day
Wednesday 19 February
- Year 5 EOTC Tent building day – bring togs and towel for water slide
Thursday 20 February
- EOTC Day at school for Yrs 1 – 4. All children will need their PE gear, school hat, sports shoes, socks and a bottle of water. Please apply sunscreen before school. The waterslide will be available to be used in the afternoon. If your child would like to participate they will need togs and towel.
- Year 5 EOTC trip to Stardome – wear full uniform
Friday 21 February
- Year 5 EOTC Orienteering
LOOKING AHEAD
Monday 24 February
- Morning Prayer at 8.45am in the hall
Tuesday 25 February
- Beginning of the year / Commissioning Mass at our Parish Church in Picton St at 11am – all welcome
- Board Meeting 6.30 – 8.30pm
Friday 28 February
- Cricket Taster Sessions Yrs 1 – 3 9.30am – 12.30pm
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2-Minute Fridays Parenting Video! How to Turn Your Kids’ Bad Day into a Good Day.
Kia ora e te whānau,
Here is this weeks 2-Minute Fridays Parenting Video —a quick and easy way to share valuable parenting tips with our community!
How it works:
Every Friday during the school term, you’ll receive a bite-sized 2-minute parenting video created by Rob Cope at Our Kids Online. These videos are designed to be quick, fun and practical!
This week –
“How to Turn Your Kids Bad Day into a Good Day”.
Sometimes our kids get stuck in a funk, and no matter how hard we try, they seem determined to have a bad day! But here’s a simple way to help turn things around.
If we can teach our children from a young age that, no matter what happens, they always have the power to choose their response, we’re setting them up for lifelong resilience and stronger mental health.
Learning that we are responsible for how we navigate life is one of the most valuable lessons we can give them.
Viktor E. Frankl captured this idea beautifully in Man’s Search for Meaning:” Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
Helping our kids understand this now will empower them to face life’s challenges with strength, grace, and confidence.
Click this link to watch https://youtu.be/_aPxntb322A
Ngā mihi nui and cǐ zhì jìng lǐ,
Louise Campbell
Principal
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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