St Joseph's Student Newsletter
Term 4 Week 4 - 9th November 2022
Editors
The newsletter this week is so full of special things our school mates have been up to. Wow! We should be real proud of each other. Editors
Year 7, 8 leadership day
Year 7-8 Regeneration
On 31st of October the year 7-8 students went to a regeneration day run by N.E.T.
N.E.T is an organisation that helps students and to reinforce their faith in Jesus Christ through games and different activities that require teamwork and they tell stories about what it was like for them growing in all the different areas that influenced them to join the Catholic organisation called N.E.T.
By Ashtyn
Ag Day
We had calf club day we had lambs and calves.
We had hamburgers for only 5 dollars.
We made some stuff so that the parish ladies can judge the stuff that we made. The lady that was cooking burgers set off the fire alarm but lucky no one was hurt.
It was a cool day.
Thank you to all the people who came and help to set up and to run the day.
By Tu
Student Fundraiser #2 Math-a-thon- WOW THANKS AMAZING STUDENTS
Well done to all the students for practicing their maths so well and for bringing your sponsorship money in. We raised $1, 449 Which brings our total to $2,303.
We are well on our way to our Orchard house and mini orchard.
SUSHI FRIDAY
There will be sushi for sale on Friday!
Sharing our friends achievements.
It was cool to see the post about Noah from Rimu who got GOLD at the Taekwondo tournament.
If your child has done something cool please share it with Mrs Rush so she can put it on facebook.
CAMP
Helpers needed
Hey parents we need your help to be able to go on camp!
Rimu writing - The Cherry Tree
Shan:
Tree is a Cherry Tree, the animals are outside. The foxes and badger and owl are looking for shelter. The old man and even Taichi and Yumiko wrapping around the tree until winter.
William:
The blossom tree was starting to blossom the mother does not have to go to town to get money.
Xekiah:
The foxes and badger are in deep beneath the ground. It's snowing outside. Everybody was waiting for spring.
Interviewed by Sunder
Parihaka
The people of Parihaka New Zealand encountered injustice on 5 November 1881.
Inspired by Scripture and courage, they decided not to be violent but to be peaceful.
When British soldiers came they sang in their streets and offered bread to the Invaders.
The story of the peaceful resistance of the people of Parihaka is a treasure in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand. Watch the video below for more information.
E te Atua o te Rangimārie – Spirit of Peace, guide us as we work together as one family to bring about justice in the world. We remember the people of Parihaka, and those who have gone before them.
Amen
Diwali
The week before Last week I went to Auckland
with my brother and my dad. I met 3 of my Indian friends.
I went to an Indian festival called gharba. It is held in a temple.
It's where all girls and boys dress up in Indian clothes and do an Indian dance. I wore a beautiful purple dress called a sharara with a lot of Indian jewelry. When we got to the temple we were so excited. I took my shoes off and started dancing right away. I was already having so much fun.
When the dance ended we were a bit hungry so we went to the next room and bought some Indian food. It was delicious. Next we had a drink called falooda. It's strawberry milk with vanilla ice cream and bubbles. After we finished eating we went back to the dance floor.
At first the dance is slow but it does get faster and faster. After a bit longer we went back to my friend's house to have a sleepover!!!
by: Siyona H
This Weeks Value of the week- Honesty
This term our focus is on the Value of Honesty/Pono
We are honest when we stand up for others.
Totara RE
Students have been learning Jesus' parables.
Mackenzie- The Wise and Foolish Builders
Kristiana - The Parable of the Sower
Upcoming Events
Term 4
10th November - Board meeting, 5.15pm
11th November - Armistice Day, Tunnellers Memorial
18th November - Parish Mass
25th November - Catholic Schools Athletic Day
28th Nov- 2nd Dec - Swimming week, water safety
2nd December - Parish Mass
5th December - Tapuwae Tournament
8th December - Board meeting, 5.15pm
9th December - Accord Day (Teacher only day)
12- 13th December - Middle and Senior Waitawheta Camp
14th December - Year 0-8 classroom certificates, 11am - 12.30pm
15th December - Prizegiving & Nativity play, 5pm - 6.30pm
16th December - End of year Thanksgiving Mass
20th December - Last day of school for 2022
Te Reo of the Week - Peace prayer
News- Bad news for our whales because of our litter!
Filter-feeding whales could eat as much as 43kg of plastic daily.
Microplastics are defined as any piece of plastic less than 5mm in length.
Baleen whale species – which use plates in their mouths like a sieve to catch tiny sea creatures – are thought to be at particularly high risk.
Researchers found the baleen whales mostly fed at depths of 50m to 250m, where the most microplastics were found.
(Edited from Kiwikids news:https://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/study-shows-whales-eating-microplastics/)
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