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 Jason Ree – Rugby Development Officer /Mid Canterbury Rugby Ashburton A & P Showground | Brucefield Ave | Ashburton 7700 PO Box 98 | Ashburton 7740 | www.midcanterburyrugby.co.nz PH 03-308 8718| FX 03-308 0103 | M 0274 800 133 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.