Dear Families

RESCHEDULE of TEACHER ONLY DAY to Friday 12th November. The Board agreed Teacher Only day scheduled for Friday 19th November sits in the week where there is the possibility of schools being asked to reopen in some capacity. Although we do not have any further direction as to whether this will happen, the school didn’t want the possibility of a Teacher Only Day that week to further complicate family organisation should we be open. Therefore, the Board have agreed to shift this Teacher Only Day to Friday 12th November. In doing so, we hope to minimise disruption to families.
On Friday 12th November teachers will be engaged in a review of our local curriculum and will therefore not be posting online classwork or be available to respond to work posted by children.
Shubh Diwali! Happy Diwali!
This week has seen the celebration of Diwali or Deepavali, also known as the Indian Festival of Lights.
Our wonderful Information Centre portal is full of Diwali learning tasks for children to explore and discover new things about this exciting and vibrant time of family celebration. Links to these activities, stories, music, dancing, food and art & craft have been shared with classes via seesaw and google classroom or can be found via the link below.
More information about the Auckland Diwali Festival which has had to be celebrated online this year, can be found here:
Armistice Day -11 November
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month each year, people around the world stop for a moment to remember the end of World War 1. The message of peace and being peacemakers, as Christ asks us to be, is one for us all to hold onto especially during these times of uncertainty. In memory of the men and women who died at the time and all our loved ones who are now in the arms of Jesus we pray….  ‘Eternal rest grant unto them, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the rest in peace.’
Twilight Market Cancelled

Another casualty of the uncertainty of returning to school timelines and limits on numbers gathering together outside, is our Twilight Market.  Although we hope to be at school on the scheduled date of 2 December, there is insufficient time to prepare and ensure we are able to obey all gathering and vaccination / negative testing protocols of those families entering the school site.  We will donate any perishable goods we have collected i.e. chocolate, to our local church foodbank.  Let us hope that we can have a celebration early in 2022.

Congratulations to our netball girls

Howick Netball Club have had to cancel the last two games of the winter league competition and therefore the  2021 season is over.  Obviously, not what they wanted, but probably expected by all.  I think we can all be quite grateful that we were able to see the vast majority of the season with freedom prior to the Level 4 Lockdown mid August.

Prizegiving 

For obvious reasons, we cannot run a full Prizegiving like normal.  All children will be receiving a Medal of Participation for the 2021 Season.   The Trophies have been prepared and awarded to the following recipients:

J1

Most Valuable Player – Symara Samuel

Most Improved – Sophia Makoare

Most Improved – Micah McGrail

Sportsmanship – Monica Naylor

J2

Most Valuable Player – Ariane Cordeiro

Most Improved – Athena Luo

Sportsmanship – Khloe Wakefield

J3

Most Valuable Player – Sherene Rolle

Most Improved – Gianna Cordeiro

Sportsmanship – Eva Moulynox-Hicks

J4

Most Valuable Player – Alizah Jae Mu

Most Improved – Chloe Kendrick Jones

Sportsmanship – Charlotte Erihe

Sportsmanship – Courtney Smith

J5

Most Valuable Player – Ruby Burnnand

Most Valuable Player – Hayley Davids

Most Improved – Annelise Nugraha

Sportsmanship – Shannon Fernando

Mike Bidois Emerging Talent & Potential Cup

This year we had 4 nominations from our coaches.  They were:

Sherene Rolle, Ariane Cordeiro, Gianna Cordeiro and Payton Williams.

This years recipient is Payton Williams.

Chontelle and I would like to congratulate Payton for all her hard work behind the scenes at the beginning of the season, as well as her dedication to the game and her team.  Her passion for the game has grown over the year and we think she has all the makings of a beautiful netballer in the future.  She absolutely deserves to receive this award.

We would also like to congratulate Sherene, Ariane and Gianna.  The reasons why you were nominated blew us away.  We are super proud to have you all playing and representing Star of the Sea Netball.

Finally, as this is the last season with Star of the Sea Netball Club for Fleur, after 8 years of coaching and being involved, we as a school would like to thank you Fleur for the hours you have put into the game for our girls.  Your passion and enthusiasm for giving our girls the opportunity to play and enjoy netball is truly appreciated.  We wish you well and know you will still be supporting netball somewhere over the coming years.

 

Community Notice

With summer approaching and families wanting to return to play, Counties Manukau Touch Association would like  offer the following Junior Touch Modules information.   Start dates will depend on covid levels.

Module Competition Name Module Venue Proposed Grades Module Nights Module Contact Module Email
Marist Eastern Elementreez Barry Curtis Park U6s – U14s Mondays Fredo Morgan [email protected]
Papakura Junior Touch Pulman Park, Walters Road, Takaanini U6s – U12s Tuesdays Lance Watene [email protected]
XLR8 Junior Touch East Tamaki Rugby Football U8s – U14s Tuesdays Edie-May Johnson [email protected]
Gallaher Park Extender Touch Programme Gallaher Park U6s – U18s Wednesdays Devida Hati-Ross [email protected]
Pakuranga United Lloyd Elsmore Park U6s – U12s Wednesdays Amanda Dyason [email protected]
PCT Junior Module Te Puru Park, Beachlands U6s – ,U14s Wednesdays Aaron Kerr [email protected]
Pukekohe Junior Touch Colin Lawrie Fields, Pukekohe U6s – U12s Thursdays Lance Watene [email protected]

In addition, Counties Manukau Touch Association are also looking for players to participate in their Tamariki Touch Teams.  All players that register to muster this week, will be placed into a team and will be able to participate in 2 tournaments in January 2022.  Head to www.sporty.co.nz/cmta to register now!!!

 

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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