Term 2 Week 4
Principal's Message
Miss Wilson has created a school Instagram page, another way of you seeing what is happening at school and of lettng the rest of Wellington see how much fun we have here. Please follow the page and send it your friends and family.
Culture of the Fortnight
We are continuing with our Culture of the Fortnight this year, with children learning some greetings and carrying out research. We are looking forward to later this week when Daniela, Cosima's mum, will be coming to share about Italy.
Mrs Harper is taking the lead in organising the fortnights and so will make contact you when it is your turn. You may not feel comfortable with or have the time to come and spend time with the children but you might have some photographs or clothing etc that we could use to help the children get a deeper understanding of our culturally diverse community. We currently have 23 different cultures represented in our commuity with numbers 24 and 25 arriving later in the year.
Lisa Small
Principal
Congratulations
Congratulations to Lea's family, Wallace and Fasha, on the arrival of their son. What a cutey! He will be named at a special naming ceremony this week.
Faith News
Wednesday Mass
Please come and join us as a school, along with members of the parish, for Mass this Wednesday morning at 9am,
in the school hall.
Parish Newsletter
This week’s Parish newsletter is available here
Welcome to St Bernard's School
Today we are delighted to welcome Noall to school. Noall turns 5 today, and joins his sister Biqiltu here at St Bernard’s. Welome to school Noall, and Happy Birthday!
Brooklyn Library Visits
This term we will resume our termly visits to Brooklyn Library. If your child wishes to borrow a book during the visit they need to bring their personal library card with them. We will return books on the next visit if they are brought back in time. Books not brought on the day of the visit will need to be returned by yourselves. If you would like to leave your child's card in the classroom between visits then teachers will find a safe place to keep them.
Room 1: 12 June
Room 2: 29 May 19 June
Room 4: 05 June
Absences
If your child is sick or unable to attend school for all or part of the day, please either send a notification via the school app (skool loop), email the school office on office@stbernards.school.nz or phone 3899377 by 9.00 a.m. so that your child's absence can be accounted for.
Children who are late need to report to the office in case they have been marked absent by the teacher who takes the roll first thing in the morning.
If an absence is planned for a special reason, a note or telephone call to the school in advance is appreciated. In cases of prolonged absence, e.g. a family trip, a written note is required.
Room 1 Learning
Elijah was the teacher on Monday afternoon and showed Room 1 how to make and play a game that is played by children in Korea, called Jaeki. He showed us how to wrap a pebble in paper, secure it with a rubber band, cut the ends of the paper and then how to play the game by kicking it with the inside of your foot to the person standing beside you in a circle. It was great fun but we need to practise some more!!
Room 2 Learning
Room 2 have had an awesome time learning about the human skeleton. The class have been able to handle and investigate life-like skeletons, and are learning to recognise the proper names of different bones (femur, phalanges, etc.). Later in the week, we decided to work on our artistic skills as we had a go at drawing a skeleton and labelling different bones.
We’ve also looked at some interesting facts about bones, including the fact that our bones continue to grow as we grow! The class are now beginning to look at the similarities and differences between human bones and animal bones.
Room 4 Learning
Comparing Human and Animal Skeletons
Last Thursday, Room 4 worked on an activity from a science resource kit called ‘Dem Bones’. The purpose of the activity was to investigate the differences and similarities between human and animal skeletons. The children worked in pairs or small groups and chose an animal skeleton card. Each group also had a plastic human skeleton model. They chose a bone from the animal skeleton and compared it with the same bone from a human skeleton - such as a skull or rib cage. The children recorded their observations on a Venn diagram to show similarities and differences between different skeleton types. It was great for the children to compare animal and human bones, identifying specific bones like the tibia, femur and cranium in skeletons.
Community Notices
St Catherine’s College are having a Wahine Movie Night
Ticket details are below and the Movie details below that.
Tickets are a steal at only $15. Get in quick!
Come and have some fun with your daughter, niece or granddaughter and watch IF starring the hilarious Ryan Reynolds.
Tickets can be purchased using this link:
:https://www.trybooking.com/
St. Patrick's College is looking for Homestays Families for International Students 2024 Term 3
We are currently looking for several families to host a variety of foreign students arriving in Term 3.
Various Short-term Students
9 Japanese students visiting for only a few weeks - varies from 4 to 10 weeks -arriving and leaving at various dates throughout Term 3.
Japanese Student Group - 9 days
We have 20 Japanese students that will be here for 9 days in July: July 20 to July 29th. These students must be hosted in pairs.
Host families for these boys would be asked to host 2 students together.
Hong Kong Student Group - 12 days
We have 20 Hong Kong students that will be here from July 28th* to August 9th. These students must be hosted in pairs.
This group is a combination of girls and boys. Host families for these boys would be asked to host 2 students together.
* These students may not arrive in Wellington until July 29th or 30th.
Full Year Students Term 3 2024 through 2025
2 Chinese students arriving for Term 3- staying for a full year (arrival date pending).
1 Vietnamese student for Term 3 -staying for a full year (arrival date pending).
1 Thai student for Term 3 -staying for a full year (arrival date pending).
If you would like to host any of these young men or women, or would like to learn more about hosting in general, please email Meg Szulinski, the International Student Coordinator at St. Patrick's College, at meg.szulinski@stpats.school.nz.
St Patrick’s College Open Day Tours - May 2024
Tēnā koutou katoa
It is with pleasure that I invite you to register to attend one of our Open Day Tours which are to be held on Tuesday 28 May between 10.00am to 11.30am and from 12.30pm to 2.00pm, and again on Thursday 30 May at the same times.
To make a booking please either email admin@stpats.school.nz with your request or to make a booking yourself visit the St Patrick's College website:
On the front page of our website you will see a drop down menu labelled 'Enrolment' and if you click on that and scroll down on the left hand side you will see a tab for Open Day.
Open this section and click on the Blue button – Sign up.
Enter your details and make your selection regarding day/time.
A reminder email will be sent closer to your booked day.
Open Day is a chance for parents to visit our College and learn about the opportunities and experiences that we offer across Years 9 to 13.
Mike Savali
TUMUAKI |RECTOR
