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What’s in the Newsletter this week? Digital Reporting on Linc-Ed

Walk & Wheel Day

Batten Team Woodend Camp

Our School Leaders for 2020

Children’s Mass – Rutherford & Batten Teams

Parent Help Required – Please!

Helping Hands at OLA - Members Appeal

Helping Hands Fundraiser

Catholic High Schools’ Open Days

Principal’s Award

PTA News

Calendar

Church Notices

Community Notices

A modern version of Psalm 23 The Lord is my pace-setter, I shall not rush

He makes me stop and rest for quiet intervals;

He provides me with images of stillness which restore my serenity.

He leads me in ways of efficiency through calmness of mind;

And his guidance is peace.

Even though I have many things to accomplish each day,

I will not fret, for His presence is here,

His timelessness will keep me poised and balanced,

He prepares refreshment and renewal in the midst of activity

By anointing my mind with the oils of tranquillity.

My cup of joyous energy overflows,

Surely harmony and effectiveness shall be the fruits of my days

For I will walk at the pace of my Lord and dwell in his house forever.

Newsletter – 12th

March 2020

Dear Parents and Caregivers Haere Mai, Talofa Lava, Maligayang pagdating, Malo e leilei, Hwan Yeong hamnida,

Bienvenido, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Bienvenue and Welcome.

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Digital Reporting on Linc-Ed Last year we took the first steps towards digital reporting of your child’s progress and achievement. In 2019 at mid-year and at the end of the year we:

Reported on the goals your child had achieved and those they were working on in maths, reading and writing via Linc-Ed.

Teachers commented on children’s progress in maths, reading, writing and Religious Education and also wrote a general comment about your child.

This year we will be taking our second step towards more effective reporting:

We will continue marking off goals and setting new goals in reading, writing and maths via Linc-Ed.

We will be starting to report in a more timely and relevant way in maths, reading and writing. Instead of getting your maths, reading and writing comments at mid and end of year we will schedule reporting to you on these areas across the year. - We will be sending you (via Linc Ed) a sample of your child’s work and the teacher comments

will be focused directly on your child’s progress and achievement in that area. - This means that you will receive reports about what your child is currently doing rather than

what they have been doing. E.g. in the past mid-year comments may have focused on any work from T1 or T2.

- We will also be reporting on Religious Education in the same way.

This digital reporting will be the same across the whole school and will replace the portfolio books that used to go home from classes in the Rutherford and Sheppard Teams.

Our teachers have been working hard this term learning how to best use this system of digital reporting and organising what our first sample and comments will look like.

Our first timely sample and attached comments for 2020 will be on maths and will be published to you on April 3rd.

For new parents, in our next newsletter we will republish guidelines on how to access this aspect of Linc-Ed and also be resending the video.

2020 Digital Reporting Timeline T1 – Maths sample and comments T2 – Writing sample and comments – Reading sample and comments – General comment

There will still be mid-year interviews at the end of T2 T3 – Maths sample and comments – RE sample and comments T4 – Writing sample and comments – Reading sample and comments – General comment

Walk & Wheel Day

We had plenty of children who walked, biked and scootered to school for our Walk and Wheel day. Thank you to our PAL’s for organising this event.

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Batten Team Woodend Camp Last week the Batten Team went to Woodend Christian Camp. We had a wonderful time and the support was greatly appreciated. We did a wide range of activities. On the first day we did aero jump, waterslide and zipline. The rotation was spontaneous. The next two days activities included archery, team building, rock climbing, go karts, orienteering and waterslide a second time. Each of these was action packed and gave us great learning opportunities. We would like to thank all the parent helpers who came to help us out. Without them camp wouldn’t have been possible. They participated in multiple activities, helping out and actually doing them! We had a great time and we will remember it for years to come.

By Lola and Adele Room 5

For more great pictures from camp, visit our school Facebook page.

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Our School Leaders for 2020

PAL’s PALS stands for Physical Activity Leaders. PALS organise physical activities around the school. They organise the sports shed and equipment. Our PALS for 2020 are: Maria, Ashleigh, Hannah R, Cizanella, Izzy, Jasmine, James, Saul and Meg F.

Media Team The Media Team are our digital technology specialists. They take school photo’s, set up all of our digital equipment and problem solve any technical issues. Media Team for 2020 are: Charlie A, Bridget, Lochie, Jack, Kwyn, Ashton, Reed and Teina (not pictured)

Eco Leaders Eco Leaders work on increasing our sustainability knowledge and work in our garden. They also look after our lovely chickens. Eco Leaders for 2020 are: Ryan O, Deborah, Will, Emily, Tara, Brynne, Ruby and Chloe.

Young Vinnies Young Vinnies serve our school by organising and running our Values Assemblies. They assist with fundraising and assist with the pastoral care of people in our community. Young Vinnies for 2020 are: Cameron, Hannah E, Jess, Abby, Ryan W, Hazel, Hannah S, Meg M and Eva.

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Children’s Mass – Rutherford & Batten Teams

All our families who have children in the Rutherford Team and the Batten Team are warmly invited to attend the Children’s Mass at Hoon Hay Church on Sunday 15th March at 9 a.m. Children do not need to wear their school uniform and can sit with their families. This is a lovely Mass, where the children are given a chance to participate in different roles within the Mass. We look forward to seeing you there.

Parent Help Required – Please! We are currently planning for our Winter Sport Programme, which runs in Term 2 (8 weeks) and Term 3 (4 weeks) for our senior students. We have enough children to make up 12 teams, playing either hockey, football or netball. We only have four teaching staff available to coach and are therefore appealing to our parent/caregiver community for help with the remaining 8 coaching positions. Ideally we would like to allocate two parents to each team so that you can cover each other over the two terms. Winter Sport is played on a Thursday afternoon at Hagley Park between 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm. As a coach you would need to be available every Thursday to supervise the children and referee part of the game. If you can help (or have a grandparent, aunty/uncle or other family member who can help), please email Kim Williams kim.williams@ola.school.nz, indicating which sport you would like to assist with (hockey, netball or football) and which age group (i.e. yr 5/6 or yr 7/8).

Helping Hands at OLA - Members Appeal At OLA have been running a Helping Hands Programme for 8 years. It is part of the pastoral care and special character of our school. Our main work involves cooking meals or baking for a school or parish family who have a need at any given time for all sorts of reasons. It is a confidential service - anyone can use it to either be a receiver or a giver of food. If you are already a member of our programme please email HH@olaschool.co.nz to advise us of your contact details. If you are new to our school community and would like to be part of this programme or know someone who has a need to some support in this way at any time, please email HH@olaschool.co.nz or contact our principal Janet Cummings.

Helping Hands Fundraiser Helping Hands will be holding a “Bacon Butties” fundraiser on Wednesday 25th March. Bacon Butties will cost $3.00 each and can be ordered by clicking here. All money raised will go towards the Helping Hands Programme.

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Catholic High Schools’ Open Days

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Principal’s Award

A big congratulations to our Principal’s Award winners from the past two weeks.

PTA News

A reminder that the Spring Bulbs order form needs to be dropped into the office by tomorrow.

The PTA Uniform Sale is on Thursday 2nd April 2020. The PTA would love your old school uniform for our second-hand uniform inventory. We can sell on your behalf or we would really appreciate donated items. Guidelines for selling can be found on the school website.

Room 1: Catherine Room 3: Conor Room 5: Reuben Room 8: Sophia Room 9: Vincent Room 10: Ethan Room 11: Isla Room 12: Isla Hillary Hub: Eilish & Martin

Room 1: Alexander Room 8: Finn Room 9: Juliana Room 10: Makenzie Room 11: Phoebe Room 12: Layla Hillary Hub: Ryan & Cameron

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Calendar Occasionally event times and days change. Please check the calendar on the website for the most up to

date times.

Week 7 Friday 13

th March

Friday 13

th March

Sunday 15

th March

Zone Swimming (for children who qualified) Jellie Park, 9:45a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Whole School Assembly (Rm 3) – 2:15 p.m. in the Hall Children’s Mass – Rutherford & Batten Teams 9 a.m. at OLA Church

Week 8 Monday 16

th March

Tuesday 17

th March

Friday 20

th March

Values Assembly – 11a.m. in the Hall Board of Trustees Meeting – 5:30 p.m. Rutherford Team Mass – 9:15 a.m. in the Church Whole School Assembly (Rm 9) – 2:15 p.m. in the Hall

Week 9 Friday 27

th March

Whole School Assembly (Rm 5) – 2:15 p.m. in the Hall

Week 10 Thursday 2

nd April

Friday 3

rd April

PTA Uniform Sale – 8:15a.m. – 9a.m. & 2:30p.m. – 3p.m. Adoration – Hillary & Sheppard Teams at 2:30p.m. Whole School Assembly (Rm 12) – 2:15 p.m. in the Hall

Week 11 Monday – Friday Monday 6

th April

Thursday 9

th April

Cycle Safety – Batten Team PTA Meeting, 7p.m. in the Staffroom Stations of the Cross – 2:15p.m. – 2:45p.m. in the Hall FINAL DAY OF TERM 1

God Bless

Janet and the Team at Our Lady of the Assumption School

Church Notices

The Parish Newsletter is now also available to view on the Sancta Maria website

https://sanctamariaparish.nz/parish-newsletters/

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Community Notices

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