2019 – Term Dates

OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS NEWSLETTER

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S PEN… 2019 – Term Dates Term 2 August Tena Koutou, Thur 8 Squash Rm1 Today I have been in meetings all day with principals from Fri 9 Senior Friday Skiing our Opuke Kahui Ako and the Mid Canterbury Principal’s Wed 14 OLS Speech Finals Association. Sometimes it feels that I’m often away at some Thur 15 Squash Rm1 meeting or other and in a small school, it feels difficult to Fri 16 Assembly 10am balance the workload that comes with being a teaching Senior Friday Skiing principal. Tue 20 Teacher Only Afternoon However, saying that, it is important to ‘keep your finger on 1.30pm close the pulse’ and attending these meetings is one way of Thur 22 Combined Speech Final doing that. Chertsey Hall

Fri 23 Senior Friday Skiing Our Opuke Kahui Ako (Community of Learning), which is Wed 28 Full School Production made up of nine schools in the northern end of Mid Fri 30 Assembly 10am Canterbury, has recently changed the role of Lead Senior Friday Skiing Principal. Chris Murphy from MPS has stepped back from the September role and Colin Brodie from Lauriston has taken on the role. Wed 4 Ashburton Rotary With this comes the next phase of our journey in our Kahui Speech Finals Ako. We have consulted with a selection of students, with Thur 5 Senior Camp Quiz Boards of Trustees and with teachers as to what direction we Fri 6 Senior Friday Skiing will go in and we have come up with four areas of mahi – Mon 9 Social Justice Week work. Maori Language Week

Wed 11 St Josephs Ash Rm1 These areas will focus on the following WISH and how we at Fri 13 FULL school Ski day OLS can connect with them: Thur 19 Opuke Student Hui @ Whanaunatanga – Relationships with community, parish, Rakaia students, families and staff Sun 22 Full School Mass Innovation – developing our own local curriculum Thurs 26 Crazy Hair Disco & Student led learning – ensuring our students have a voice Fish & Chip tea Hauora - Wellbeing for students, staff and parent community Fri 27 Assembly 10am

End of Term 3 This is very different to the traditional achievement challenges of Literacy and Numeracy that have been Term 4 previously set and encouraged by the Ministry. Our new October areas of focus are exciting and future focused, which we Mon 14 Term 4 begins are looking forward to developing and implementing. Wed 23 Methven Area Athletics

Fri 25 Athletics pp date From time to time, I’ll include updates from the Kahui Ako to Mon 28 Labour Day (no school) keep you all informed of what’s happening. If you want any November further information or have any questions, please feel free to Thur 14 Teacher Only Day (no give me a shout. school)

Fri 15 ChCh Show Day (no Nga Mihi, school) God Bless, December Pattie Wed 18 End of Term 4

SCHOOL BUS

SCHOOL BUS SAFETY REMINDER

The speed limit for passing a stationary school bus that is dropping off or picking up children in 20kph in either direction.

Children are more likely to run out into the road without looking, and the school bus is a large obstacle that obstructs their view of the road.

If you are following a large vehicle that suddenly slows on a rural road, don’t assume you can overtake; it might have spotted a school bus and is obscuring you vision of it.

On rural roads it’s possible to come around a corner and find a school bus on the side of the road, not leaving you much opportunity to slow down.

Please take care on the roads where school bus route signs are present

THANK YOU…. This week’s thank you’s go to you the Parents who kindly transported the Senior students to Ashburton to compete in the Winter Sports tournament - thanks for taking the time and being our sideline support.

Paul Cowie thank you for fixing yet again our swing - it’s a very popular piece of equipment and gets used lots so having it out of order does not go down well.

TEACHER ONLY AFTERNOON Just a reminder that their will be a Teacher BIRTHDAY SHOUT only afternoon on Tuesday 20th August – the school will close at 1.30pm with buses Another month and another leaving at this time as well. Birthday shout from Mrs Ree - congratulations to Miss Annear, Lucy Bayley and SPEECHES Anabel Gorman who all shared Our school speech Finals will be held next Birthdays in June & July. Wednesday 14th in Room 1 – starting at 9.15am till approximately 11am. We Thanks also to Maria at Primo encourage all parents, friends and for our yummy treats. extended families to come and listen to the entertaining speeches the children have been working on.

AND THE AWARD GOES TO….

Room 1 Matthew for his sportsmanship at the Winter Tournament

Lucy Cowie for getting stuck in at the Winter Tournament day.

Room 2 Elizabete for her amazing progress in writing awesome stories. Super reader of red words as well.

Elliott for showing leadership and being a wonderful role model for our new children

Principal’s Award: Pippa Clark for displaying our value of Service by being responsible with many tasks around our school

WINTER TOURNAMENT Last Thursday some of our senior students took part in the Annual Winter Sports Tournament held in Ashburton for all Mid-Canterbury primary/ intermediate schools. Although only our Year 5/6 soccer team were placed 3rd in their pool, both our other year 7/8 soccer and year 5/6 Netball teams played very competitively. The kids loved the day and had lots of fun as well. Thank you to the parents who did the transport and also were our school sideline support.

Year 5/6 Soccer team: Liam, Harry, Hunter, Matthew, Riley Year 7/8 soccer team: Aidan, Fritz, Lucy, David, Kenneth Year 5/6 Netball team: Anabel, Eli, Zyra, Anna, Pippa, Misha

FAITH FACTS TERM 3 WEEK 3

Bishop Patrick Lyons Third Bishop of Christchurch March 1944 - April 1950

Patrick Lyons was born in Melbourne on 6 January 1903, and ordained a priest on 6 January 1927. He was appointed to Christchurch on 16 March 1944 and was ordained a bishop in Melbourne Cathedral on July 2, 1944 . On 5 April 1950 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney and departed New Zealand for his new post. On 11 October 1956 he became co-adjutor bishop of Sale, becoming bishop of that diocese on June 16, 1957. He died on August 13, 1967.

OLS SNOW STARS VALUES

HOSPITALITY SICK CHILDREN

If your child is sick (vomiting or diarrhorea) please keep your child at

home. Lord, give us the eyes of Jesus to see

our neighbours and the strangers we We have already had several meet. children off sick, however some of those children have come back to

Teach us what it means to love the school to early and have still carried stranger as we love ourselves. the bug and passed it on.

If you have a sick child at home we Forgive us for our selfishness, do not want to have them back at for our silence, for not caring enough school until 48 hours after their last for the strangers who come to our vomiting. communities.

Thank you Teach us to love and care for the

stranger the way you do.

Amen

FESTIVAL OF GOLF Ashburton Golf Club

Sunday 1st September 12-2pm

Contact Matt Davis for more information [email protected] | 027 212-3931

Concert to Support Youth of Mid-Canterbury The Youth Institute of Ashburton has bought together nationally acclaimed artist’s from the Dame Malvina Major Foundation, to perform on the same exciting programme as some of Ashburton’s finest performing artist’s. The show will take place on Saturday the 24 of August 2019 at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. There is a varied mix of arts from song, instrumentals, and dance from members of the Southern Ballet. Not only will you have a memorable night of entertainment but the funds from the concert will go towards supporting programmes providing the youth of the Ashburton District valuable life skills. Please visit the Ashburton Trust Event Centre web site for ticket information.

Mid Canterbury Rep Rugby Coaches Wanted

To Senior team players especially any former rep players who may be looking to start on their coaching journey…. This could be the start they are

Mid Canterbury Rugby Representative & Development Grade Pathway Coaching Positions

We are seeking applications for 2 x Coaches / 1-2 managers for our Under 18 Representative side that will take part in the South Island U18 Tournament, The team assembles Mid August for a 7/8 week program

Also seeking Applications for U13 & U14.5 Development Grade Pathway Coaches 2 coaches / 1 manager per team U13s have a 3 week program 17th Aug - 7th Sept U14.5s have a 4 week program 24th Aug - 15th Sept

Interested parties, please email in the first instance [email protected], When applying for these positions, we would like to know a bit about your coaching style, and what you would like to achieve with your chosen group.

All Coaches/ Managers must also be available to a attend Coach education session (Date TBC) Applications Close at the close of Business Friday July 5th These are unpaid volunteer positions -

Kind Regards

Bishop’s Pastoral Office Catholic Diocese of Christchurch Unit 2/9 Washington Way PO Box 4544 Christchurch 8140

NOTICE FOR SCHOOL NEWSLETTERS

Pastoral Letter from Bishop Paul Martin SM On Sunday June 9th, Pentecost Sunday, Bishop Paul Martin SM wrote a pastoral letter to all Catholics in the Diocese. You can find a copy of the letter and his video message on the Diocesan website www.chchcatholic.nz

In the letter, Bishop Paul outlines his vision for the whole diocese and proposes a change to the structures of parish life to better proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ to the whole world. As the Bishop notes in his letter, the diocese is in a unique position due to the earthquakes. They have brought with them many challenges, but they have also given us the opportunity to rethink our buildings and structures to better serve our core mission.

In summary, the Bishop is proposing to create five new parishes in Christchurch City amalgamated from the existing 12 parishes. He is also looking at combining the parishes of Selwyn into one parish and is considering options for North Canterbury.

One practical issue that immediately comes to mind is that these proposed changes will result in some of our Catholic primary schools being at a distance from the proposed parish church. In the plan for places that will no longer have a parish church located alongside the school, the Bishop is committed to building a chapel with the Blessed Sacrament reserved for prayer and class Masses and sacramental celebrations. The Bishop reiterates that this is a proposal and he wants to receive feedback. There is supporting material on the diocesan website www.chchcatholic.nz. An electronic feedback form will be available on the website from Sunday 23rd June (online feedback is encouraged for ease of collation). Hard copies will be available from the school office from the following Monday. The Bishop invites each person to think and pray about the proposal for two weeks and then contribute feedback. Feedback closes on Friday 30th August 2019 and the Bishop will respond on the 1st Sunday of Advent, December 1st 2019. For more information view the Diocesan website www.chchcatholic.nz