Weekly Communication 25.07.2025

School photos are happening this week

Class photos will be taken on Tuesday 29 July. At the same time individual photos will be taken and some teams. On Wednesday 30 July sports teams, leadership responsibilities and family sibling photos will be taken.
You should have received a form to indicate if you would like a sibling photo. Only students who return a form will have their family/sibling photos taken.

Please ensure on both days all students are wearing correct, clean school uniform inclusive of a school jersey.

WHAT’S HAPPENING NEXT WEEK

Sunday 27 July

Family Mass 5:30pm in the Parish Church

Monday 28 July

Morning Prayer 8.45am in the hall

Tuesday 29 July

Kapa Haka 8.00 – 9.00am
School Photos 9.00am – 2.30pm – Class & individual photos
Board Meeting 6.00 – 8.00pm

Wednesday 30 July

School Photos 9.00am – 11.30am – Sports & family/sibling photos
Liturgy of the Word Rm 23 & 9 in the school chapel at 11.15am
Senior Team Speech Finals 1.30 – 2.30pm in the hall

Thursday 31 July

Junior Team Idol Heats 12.30 – 1.15pm in the hall

Friday 1 August

Chocolate Mufti Day for Twilight Market – Wear your own home clothes in return for a donation of a King Sized chocolate bar or a gold coin to build up our chocolate stash for the Chocolate Trailer game at the Market

LOOKING AHEAD:

Monday 4 August

Morning Prayer 8.45am in the hall
Senior Team Idol Heats 12:30 – 1:15pm in the hall

Tuesday 5 August

Kapa Haka 8.00 – 9.00am
HPPA Cross Country 12.00 noon departure
Kids Sing Competition for the Senior choir 11.00am – 4.00pm
Enviro ‘Pestival’ 5.00 – 6.00pm in the staffroom

Wednesday 6 August

Liturgy of the Word Rm 20 & 5 in the school chapel at 11.00 – 12.00pm

Thursday 7 August

HPPA Cross Country Saving Day
Lockdown Practice
ICAS Digital Technologies 11.30am – 12.30pm

Friday 8 August – Teacher Only Day – Teachers involved in Maths Professional Learning offsite. School will be closed. Bizzy Bodz will run a full day programme from our school hall. Please contact them to book your child in East Auckland | Bizzy Bodz Aftercare & Holiday Programmes

Keeping our Kids Safe Online – tips on how to support the wellbeing of our tamariki 2-Minute Fridays Parenting Video!

Kia ora e te whānau,

Here is this week’s 4 Minute Friday Parenting Video – This is well worth watching!

This week – Should I give my kid a phone?

Should you let your kid have a phone? It’s one of the biggest parenting decisions today!

Phones shown in video:

Dumb phone here https://tonedowntech.co.nz/
Kid safe phone smartphone here https://kidsafephone.nz/
Click on the link to watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n-ecuo07tg

Arohanui, Tōfa soifua, ‘Ofa lahi atu, Cordialement, Loloma levu, Fakaue lahi, Zhù hǎo, 안부 인사를 전합니다

Karen Noble-Campbell
Acting Tumuaki/Principal
He Whetu o te Moana