No 4 23 March 2018

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents,

Washing of the Feet

By washing the disciples’ feet Jesus shows us the trademark of those who follow him – humble service. The Eucharist cannot be separated from this gesture of love and humility. It is at once the most sacred sign and the most human. We only re-enact it once a year in our liturgy, but it is enacted everyday in our simple acts of kindness. Peter’s response to Jesus serves as a warning to us. Being a giver can put us in a position of superiority. We are not the Messiah! Can we let ourselves be served as well as serve? Can we let Christ touch us through the hands of service of others?

External Catholic Special Character Review for Development

Last week we hosted our review team from the Catholic Education Services Office for the four yearly external review. A written report will be sent to the Board of Trustees who will share the outcome with you all early next term. That said, the review went very well, the reviewers were very positive and affirming of all aspects of our school and its entire school community. Thank you all for your support and participation during the process.

CAR PARKING

Auckland Transport last week were ticketing cars illegally parked or not following the road code. Please be aware of the areas around the school when dropping off and collecting your child. NO child is to be dropped off or collected in school grounds.

We pray Lord Jesus, Servant King, you set aside your glory to become our slave.

You touch us in intimate love. Help us to know you in our service of others,

in theirs to us, in the breaking of bread and the washing of feet.

Carmel Platt
Principal

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES (DRS) REPORT

Holy Week is upon us. Holy Week is an extremely important week in the life of the Church. It is the time when we contemplate Jesus’ final journey before the Resurrection. The focus in classrooms will be on the Stations of the Cross. We will start the week with a Palm Sunday Liturgy Monday 26 March 9am, then conclude with a Holy Week Liturgy on Thursday 29 March starting at 2:00pm. The new week will begin on Wednesday 4 April with an Easter Liturgy celebrating Jesus as the risen Lord. All are welcome to come and participate in these times of prayer and reflection.

Thank you for your support of the ‘Just one thing for Tonga’. Our school ‘red and white’ mufti day raised over $1248.10 to support the work of the Mercy sisters in Tonga This is another example of how we as a community can make a difference to the lives of others.

Holy Week Timetable 2018:

29 March Holy Thursday
Mass of the Lord’s Supper	7:00 pm
30 March Good Friday
Stations of the Cross (walk through Howick)	9:00 am
Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion	3:00 pm
31 March Holy Saturday
Easter Saturday Vigil	8:00 pm
1 April Easter Sunday
Mass (Howick)	8:00 am, 9:30 am & 5:30 pm
Mass (Beachlands)	9:00 am

Ko te aroha o te Atua kua whiwhi whanau a tatou Katoa

The tender mercy of God has given us one another

Prayer Intention :

E te Ariki, we pray for all those who are being received into the Church this Easter season.

Detta Fairweather
DRS

The Easter holiday period is as follows:

HOLY THURSDAY	29 March school closes at normal time 2.45 p.m.
GOOD FRIDAY	30 March school closed
EASTER MONDAY	2 April school closed
EASTER TUESDAY	3 April school closed
WEDNESDAY	4 April school resumes

NEWS FROM THE BOARD

Your Board is currently working hard on appointing our new school principal. The advertisement was posted in February and closed at the beginning of March. We received and have reviewed a number of applications for the position. Your board appreciates the importance of finding just the right person for our school and, as such, has decided to re-advertise the position to widen the potential pool of applicants. This means we will not have a new principal appointed by the time our current principal, Carmel Platt, leaves at the end of this term. In the interim we know our two very capable deputy principals, Detta Fairweather and Sue Kubala will ensure the continued smooth running of the school with Sue Kubala being named as our Acting Principal. We are sure you will support Sue in her new role and your board in their continued search for that special person to be our new school principal.

Our Lady Star of the Sea Board of Trustees Chair

Stephen McKenzie

NEWS FROM THE CLASSROOM

Howick Historical Village Visit

During week 5 Rooms 18-22 were lucky enough to go to the Howick Historical Village as part of their Discovery concept learning.

The students were lucky enough to experience building a raupo hut, take part in some outdoor games that were fashionable back in the time of the early settlers and be part of the decision making process that occurs when migrants are forced to move to another country.

The students got into the action by dressing up and experiencing what life would have been like for a child back in the early 1840s.

This learning was a valuable experience to take back to the classroom to draw on when discovering the characteristics, attributes and dispositions one needs to take on various journeys.

Many thanks to Mrs McClenaghan for all her hard work organising the event and particular thanks to the many parents who assisted us on the day.

NEWS FROM OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

Interschool Swimming

Recently a selection of our Year 4-6 students represented our school at the HPPA Interschool Swimming Sports held at Lloyd Elsmore Pools.

We took a very strong team and eagerly await the confirmed results from the co-ordinators.

We know we took out a number of first, second and third placings in the individual finals and placed well in the relay events as well.

Congratulations to all our swimmers; your behaviour, attitude, hard work, determination and team spirit made us very proud on the day.

Thank you for representing us with the Our Lady Star of the Sea spirit.

Results

10 Year Champion Boys 50m Freestyle

3rd place – Ethan Choo

7th place – Joshua Bain

10 Year Champion Girls 50m Freestyle

2nd place – Emily Ong

7th place – Minkyung Kim

9 Years Champion Boys 25m Freestyle

1st place – Thomas Martin

2nd place – Wesley Lau

5th place – Roman Andrews

9 Years Champion Girls 25m Freestyle

1st place – Alyssa Kappeler

2nd place – Emily Chan

6th place – Leanna Park

8 Years Champion Boys 25m Freestyle

1st place – Hugo Dougall

4th place – Jack Avis

8 Years Champion Girls 25m freestyle

2nd place – Niamh Falanitule

4th place – Paige Beagley

5th place – Millie Kirilo

10 Years Novice Boys 25m Freestyle

4th place – Logan Wood

5th place – Oscar Stewart

10 Years Novice Girls 25m Freestyle

2nd place Milan Williams–Proosten

9 Years Novice Boys 25m Freestyle

1st place – Vadim Westerlund

2nd place – Aaron Santoso

9 Years Novice Girls 25m Freestyle

3rd place – Maia Tay-Morrison

5th place – Marina Chen

7th place – Sienna McKenzie

8 Years Novice Boys 25m Freestyle

4th place – Geoffrey Cai

6th place – Kadyn Serrao

8 Years Novice Girls 25m Freestyle

1st place – Jua Lee

3rd place – Brooke Phipps

7th place – Amelia McKenzie

10 Years Boys 25m Backstroke

3rd place – Ethan Choo

10 Years Girls 25m Backstroke

1st place – Emily Ong

6th place – Mia Makoare

9 Years Boys 25m Backstroke

1st place – Wesley Lau

2nd place – Aaron Santoso

9 Years Girls 25m Backstroke

1st place – Emily Chan

3rd place – Jessica Kendrick-Jones

10 Years Boys 25m Breaststroke

1st place – Ethan Choo

2nd place – Joshua Rhee

10 Years Girls 25m Breaststroke

2nd place – Emily Ong

5th place – Trelise Smythe

9 Years boys 25m Breaststroke

1st place – Wesley Lau

3rd place – Vadim Westerlund

9 Years Girls 25m Breaststroke

1st place – Emily Chan

2nd place – Leanna Park

10 Years and over B Mixed Relay

4th place – Cameron Motion, Ella Sharman, Oscar Stewart, Joy Gao

10 Years and over A Mixed Relay

2nd place – Minkyung Kim, Logan Wood, Milan Williams-Proosten, Joshua Bain

9 Years and Under A Mixed Relay

1st place – Alyssa Kappeler, Hugo Dougall, Niamh Falanitule, Thomas Martin

9 Years and under B Mixed Relay

1st place – Roman Andrews, Vadim Westerlund, Maia Tay-Morrison, Leanna Park

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Student Achievement

A huge congratulations to Kate Sung from Room 21 for her outstanding achievement in the recent Central North Island Karate Championships.

Kate received two gold medals at the competition; one for Kata and one for Kumite.

Well done! We are extremely proud of you Kate and eagerly await the news of your next personal achievement.

REMINDERS

Friendly Reminders of Term 1

Drop off and pick up

Please be courteous to all when you are dropping your child off or picking them up after school. We have been disappointed to hear that not everyone is showing respect to other parents. We all need to be good role models and at our school we do this through our shared values of Service, Respect, Courage, Resilience and Justice

Absences

If your child is absent from school for any reason you must either complete an online report an absence form or phone the office and leave a message or use the school website ‘Absence’ line. Please leave a specific reason for the absence i.e. if the child is sick please specify the sickness e.g. cold, vomiting etc. If the child is absent from school due to sickness for more than three days, a medical certificate is required. For any holiday or overseas travel please email our Principal Mrs Platt at [email protected]

Car parking

Please be considerate when street parking near the school. We have received complaints from neighbours regarding parking across driveways.

Lunches

When ordering online please make sure your child’s order has the correct room number as a few lunches have gone to incorrect rooms.

Lost Property

The lost property cupboard is by Room 1 entrance. You are welcome to check this at any time as it is open all day.

Uniform shop

Open every Thursday 8.30 – 9.00 a.m. and 2.30-3 p.m. (during school term)

Bizzybodz

Before and Afterschool care – 021837977 for bookings

New Lunch Menu Update – Tuckshop

For our updated Lunch Menus for the tuck shop. Please see LUNCHES under the Parent Information tab on website.

Head Held High Speech and Drama

Some spaces still available for this term. Classes run for 30 minutes during the school day. Come and try a class, see what you think.

Contact: [email protected] or ring Del on 0275 959707

ENROL NOW SPEECH & DRAMA 2018 LESSONS: + PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS + ACTING SKILLS + POETRY RECITAL + READING ALOUD + SPEECH WRITING + BODY LANGUAGE (POSTURE, EYE CONTACT) + VOCAL SKILLS (ARTICULATION, GRAMMAR) + MANNERS (TELEPHONE, TABLE, INTERPERSONAL) + BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE Lessons. Lessons are held during school on Wednesdays at Our Lady Star of the Sea School. Fees $220 group lessons | $290 pair lessons | $410 private lessons Examinations We offer professional qualifications through our association with NZ Speech Board and Trinity College of London. Testimony Emmeline loves her lessons! We have seen her grow in confidence, she can now speak publically and very ably with people of all ages. And there is nothing better than being complemented on your child’s good manners! I can wholeheartedly recommend Head Held High to any parent, for any child. Melinda Gardner. To enrol email: [email protected] or visit our website: www.headheldhigh.co.nz

HOWICK ROTARY FUN RUN

On Sunday 18 March twenty four of our Year 5/6 students and a group of teachers took part in the Howick Fun Run. Proceeds from this event went to the Howick Coastguard. Everyone completed the 5.9km course which we can say was not entirely flat!!

All children received a medal which they wore proudly to school on Monday.

After the run lucky number prizes were presented and several of our children received these.

We look forward to participating in this event again next year.

HELPING HANDS

Helping Hands has been part of Our Lady Star of the Sea’s culture for quite some time. It is where our school community comes together to help those in stressful situations i.e. a parent or grand parent being very ill, a family bereavment or a new born baby to the family.

We would like those in need to know we care! If you would like to be a part of this wonderful group of caring people who are called upon once or twice a year to either make a meal, bake a cake, transport children to/from school or utilise your gardening skills please fill out the form and return to the office.

As we all know – “we are in this together”.

If we can assist your family or if you hear of any family in our school community please let the office know.

Thank you

Helping Hands Team

Bell Times and Routines
8.30am	Hand Bell – children can enter class only if teacher in room
8.45am	School Commences
8.45am – 9.00am	Prayer
10.40am – 11.00am	Morning Tea
12.30pm – 1.20pm	Lunch
2.45pm	School Concludes

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

Staff Vacancy – Pompallier Diocesan Centre

Coordinator, Pastoral Office

The Pastoral Office seeks an enthusiastic committed person to work as Coordinator to provide administrative support to specified Diocesan groups and working parties, and to provide formation, resources and advice to pastoral councils in parishes and chaplaincies and clergy throughout the Diocese. This is a full time position of 40 hours a week

You will need to be committed to the ministry of the Catholic Church with an understanding of its teachings and structures; have extensive management and leadership skills in planning, assessment, goal setting and evaluation; an excellent communicator; a people person, able to relate, work and communicate effectively and warmly with others; be available to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.

A qualification in Theology or Religious Education is desired. Some theological formation is essential, if a degree is not held. Experience on a parish pastoral council is also desirable.

For full details please visit the Diocesan website www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz, go to Quicklinks and Staff vacancies.

Applications close midday Friday 6 April 2018

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Loreto Hall Teachers Training College Reunion

Are you able to help?

Susan Ross, rscj and Christina Neunzerling, rsj are hoping to find as many interested men and woman who fit the 1969-1973 year group at Loreto Hall Teachers’ Training College in Auckland.

A reunion is being planned for June 2^nd2018, in Auckland.

We would be most grateful:

to receive email addresses for anyone you know who fits this timeline.
if you could find the time to ‘like’ and ‘share’ our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/loretohallnz/

Please forward any contact details to Sue Ross [email protected] so they can be added to the list for further information.

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Companion Training Workshop

Seasons for Growth is a peer support program which assists people of all ages to understand and manage the changes they experience when a significant loss occurs.

We are looking for volunteer Companions (adult facilitators) who would be willing to assist in the delivery of this program in schools and the community

A 2 day Companion Workshop will be held on

Monday 9th and Tuesday, 10th April, 2018

at St Columba Centre

40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby

10.00 ~ 4.00pm

(morning tea will be provided)

REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL by Thursday, 5th April

To register or find out more about this program,

contact:

Delia 09-360 3027, or [email protected]

www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/religious-education/seasons-for-growth/