Christchurch Garden

Gospel Value:
LOVE
7
3 0 t h M a y
2014
I SSUE
Birthday Wishes
6
th
June - Ben Williams
7 Years
7
th
June Axyl Bailey
6 Years
Prayer of the Week
Nesletter
A Prayer of Thanks for all Gods Children
!or" our Go"
We tha#k you that you $a"e ea%h o#e of us &# your &$a'e
a#" l&ke#ess(
)#" that e are all your *elo+e" %h&l"re#,
We pray for the %h&l"re# e tea%h,
We pray for the %h&l"re# ho $ake us s$&le( %halle#'e
our ay of th&#k&#'( test our pat&e#%e( e f&#" easy to l&ke(
e f&#" "&ff&%ult to l&ke( are *r&'ht( are har"ork&#'( f&#"
lear#&#' tou'h( 'et o# our #er+es( are a "el&'ht( l&ke to
lau'h( alays look sa"( alays look lost( talk all the t&$e(
#e+er say a or"( are eas&ly o+erlooke"( are &$poss&*le to
&'#ore( re$&#" us of oursel+es he# e ere you#'er-
We tha#k you for all the %h&l"re# ho ha+e ha" a# &$pa%t o#
our l&+es a#" for the pr&+&le'e of ha+&#' a# &$pa%t o# the&r
l&+es,
!or"( help us #ot to la*el those e tea%h or to fall &#to the
trap of th&#k&#' e ha+e 'ot the$ susse", .elp us to *e
ope# to #e re+elat&o#s a#" the ork of your .oly Sp&r&t &#
ea%h of the&r l&+es,
!or"( use those e tea%h to tea%h us, .elp us to *e /hr&st0
l&ke at all t&$es1 see&#' ea%h o#e &th your eyes a#" +alu&#'
the$ &th your heart of lo+e,
We ask th&s prayer &# the #a$e of 2esus the tea%her(
)$e#,
Thank you to the FASP for
donating awesome new
tables, chairs and cameras to
the school. As you can see the
kids really love their new
work station!
We are al$ost half ay
throu'h 3er$ 2 a#" I4$ at a
loss as to here the t&$e has
'o#e- )s e hea" &#to
a#other *usy eek a#" as
e %o$e to the e#" of the
Easter seaso#( let us take
the t&$e to l&ste# to Go"
'&+&#' us so$e assura#%es,
.e tells .&s "&s%&ples he &ll
se#" us the )"+o%ate 5 the
.oly Sp&r&t( that he &s &# the
6ather a#" e &# .&$, .e
says &# keep&#' .&s
%o$$a#"$e#ts( .e a#" the
6ather &ll *e &th us( a#" he
reassures us *y say&#' that
he &ll #ot lea+e us as
orpha#s, 6or $a#y people(
Go" %a# see$ +ery "&sta#t at
t&$es( yet Go" keeps tell&#'
us he &s +ery %lose, !&+&#' a
l&fe of prayer a#" trust &# Go"
helps us to %lose the 'ap
*etee# our *el&ef a#" our
7uest&o#s, It helps us to see
here Go" &s ork&#' &# our
l&+es a#" &# the l&+es of
others, It &s &$porta#t e l&+e
our fa&th a%t&+ely a#" &th
trust that Go" &s &th us( a#"
I therefore ur'e all fa$&l&es to
$ake the %o$$&t$e#t of
'&+&#' up o#e hour a eek to
School News
Subway Tuesday 10
th
June. Forms are
available from the school
office or in the
classroom.
Miniball Not a good
couple of weeks for both
iniball teams! suffering
losses in all games. "ut
at least the new
uniforms have arrived
and we look great.
Queens Birthday
onday is a public
holiday so please do not
send your children to
school. The staff wish
you all a safe and happy
long weekend! and if you
are driving please be
careful and watch out for
ice and snow. #ee you
all on Tuesday.
Plastic Bags Thank
you to all those families
that have brought in
their spare plastic bags!
our supply is now
looking healthier. $f
anyone else still has
some unwanted bags
please drop them into
the office.
Pr&#%&pal4s
/o$$e#tary:
atte#" $ass o# a Su#"ay
$or#&#',
It see$s f&tt&#' that at th&s
po&#t of the #esletter I
$e#t&o# our full s%hool $ass
for 3er$ 2, 3h&s &s a
compulsory $ass( h&%h
$ea#s ALL %h&l"re# are
e8pe%te" to atte#" a#" "o so
&# full s%hool u#&for$, 3he
"ate of the s%hool $ass &#
Su#"ay 22
#"
2u#e a#" &f your
%h&l" &s u#a*le to atte#"( a
#ote $ust *e se#t &#to s%hool
e8pla&#&#' the&r a*se#%e,
3he par&sh&o#ers of St,
Patr&%k4s /hur%h lo+e our
s%hool $asses( so let &t *e
&th pr&"e that e $ake th&s
effort,
We ha" our pra%t&se s%hool
%ross %ou#try o# 3ues"ay
27
th
May( a#" althou'h &t as
a *&tterly %ol" after#oo#( the
%h&l"re# ra# e8%ept&o#ally
ell, 3he 11 a#" 12 year ol"
*oys a#" '&rls ha" to ru#
3000$ a#" 9lake 3ho$so#(
Mor'a# :u"e$a#s( Sally ;&e
a#" /a&tl&# /a"o'a# ra#
super*ly, 3he < a#" 10 year
ol" *oys a#" '&rls ha" to ru#
2=00$( a ra%e h&%h as
%o#+&#%&#'ly o# *y Noah
:u"e$a#s, )rl&# W&ka&ra(
Mataura#'a >opata( Ga*r&el
Va# >oye# a#" Seraph&#a
/a"o'a# put &# a %o#%erte"
effort( as "&" G&##y ;&e ho
ra# 1=00$ as a# ? year ol",
9e# W&ll&a$s o# the 1=00$
@ a#" 7 year ol" ra%e a#"
9etha#y :u"e$a#s( Meeah
9a&ley a#" !aura Pr&%e %a$e
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ra%e, a#" 9etha#y
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9a&ley %o$&#' 1
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>opata a#" 3yrese Ga'e
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a#" 3ara
Ma%Ao#al" a#" A&llo# !&a#'
%o$&#' 3
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, /o#'ratulat&o#s
to all those ho ra# a#"
"&"#4t pla%e 5 &t as
aeso$e to see you tak&#'
part( ha+&#' fu# a#" e#Boy&#'
yoursel+es, ) hu'e tha#ks to
all pare#ts ho *ra+e" the
%ol" to support the %h&l"re#,
Wa&$ate A&str&%t S%hool4s
/ross /ou#try takes pla%e
#e8t 3ues"ay( 3
r"
2u#e( at
C#ott&#'ly Park,
DPostpo#e$e#t "ate &s
3hurs"ay =
th
2u#e a#" e &ll
*e %o#ta%te" *y 7,30 a,$, o#
3
r"
&f th&s &s the %ase,E We &ll
lea+e s%hool at <,30 a,$, *y
*us a#" $ake our ay to the
+e#ue, 3here &ll *e a
el%o$e at 10,1= a,$, a#"
the %o$pet&t&o# &ll start at
10,30 a,$, Prese#tat&o#s &ll
take pla%e at 1,00 p,$, a#"
e &ll the# retur# to s%hool
o# the *us, Please e#sure
your %h&l"F%h&l"re# %o$e to
s%hool &th the follo&#':
P,E, u#&for$ D#a+y
*lue shorts( h&te
polo sh&rt( s%hool
BerseyFseatsh&rtE
3ra%ksu&t pa#ts D&t &ll
*e %ol"E
Mor#&#' tea a#" a
pa%ke" lu#%h
Ar&#k *ottle
9la#ketFru' to s&t o#
or keep ar$
ALL &te$s $ust *e #a$e"
We e#%oura'e all pare#ts(
%are'&+ers( 'ra#"pare#ts a#"
fa$&ly fr&e#"s to %o$e a#"
support our s%hool,
It &s full spee" ahea" for
Bu#&ors a#" se#&ors &th our
+&sual art proBe%ts for
Matar&k&, ) re$&#"er to all
pare#ts for ol" %era$&%s 5
please %oul" you se#" &# a#y
%h&ppe"F*roke#F %ra%ke"
%ro%kery that you #o lo#'er
re7u&re so that >oo$ 3 %a#
s$ash a#" ut&l&se these for
the&r artork, 3he %h&l"re# &#
>oo$ 1 are &# the pro%ess of
pro"u%&#' so$e a$aG&#'
%a#+as pa&#t&#'1 a#" &th our
the$e *e&#'
W.)N)UNG)3)NG)( they
ha+e %hose# to 'o "o# the
Communiy News
Badminton %very
onday evening from
&pm at the 'aimate
#tadium. (ll welcome.
South Canterbury
Junior Golf ( )unior
series tournament to be
held on #unday *
th
July
at #t (ndrews +olf ,lub.
This is for all golfers 1-
years and younger.
There is the choice of
playing 1. holes /010
per entry1 or - holes /02
per entry1. For more
information contact 3ois
"eattie on 04 *.5 **56.
Garage Sale
Fundraiser for Timaru
+irls 7igh #chool
Netball. To be held at
the school! ,ain #treet!
Timaru on #unday .
th
June.
Queens Birthday
Weeend in !ea"o
3ooking for something to
do this long weekend!
you could head to
Tekapo with 6 great
events happening. There
is a 4 day hunting event
or a "all with the
,hristchurch +arden
,ity "ig "and
performing.
6r&e#"s at St Pats 5 Hu&G N&'ht
Friends at St Pats are working hard on their next fundraiser a !ui" night. This is a
great chance to see how much knowledge you have retained over the years, mixed with
a little com#etitive s#irit all while su##orting a great cause. All it going to cost is $% #er
#erson, $&% #er team with a maximum of % #eo#le #er team. Tickets are available from
the school office.
St Pat's (all will be the venue for the night on Friday &)
th
*une with doors o#ening at
+.))#m with the !ui" getting underway at +.,)#m. There will be a licensed bar, nibbles
#rovided and a whole lot of laughs from our -ui" .aster /ed 0unningham. Tea and
0offee also available.
There will be great #ri"es u# for grabs and #lenty of raffles throughout the night, so
don't forget to clean out that loose change from the #iggy bank.
This will be a fun filled night so start organising your teams now and get your tickets
early before they sell out.
roa" of the relat&o#sh&pFu#&ty
*etee# the sky a#" the la#"
or the sky a#" the sea,
)rtork &ll *e o# "&splay at
the .&'h S%hool a#" I &ll let
you k#o +&e&#' t&$es o#%e
e ha+e re%e&+e" the$,
)s of last eek( our s%hool
*ell t&$es ha+e %ha#'e" &#
the after#oo#s, S%hool st&ll
starts at <,00 a,$, a#" the
f&rst sess&o# 'oes throu'h
u#t&l 10,30 a,$,( he# e
ha+e a rea" a#" fee", 3h&s
allos the %h&l"re# to *e
s&tt&#' &# %lass eat&#' the&r
$or#&#' tea a#" l&ste#&#' to a
story, 3hey %a# the# spe#"
fro$ 10,40 a,$, u#t&l 11,00
a,$, play&#'( safe &# the
k#ole"'e that the&r tu$$&es
are full--- :ur se%o#"
sess&o# ru#s fro$ 11,00 a,$,
u#t&l 12,30 p,$,( a#" they s&t
a#" eat for 1= $&#utes *efore
'o&#' to play, Auty tea%hers
ha+e take# o# the
respo#s&*&l&ty of %he%k&#'
lu#%h*o8es to $ake sure the
%h&l"re# are eat&#' a#" #ot
Bust rush&#' off to play, :ur
after#oo# sess&o# the# ru#s
fro$ 1,30 u#t&l 3,00 p,$, We
ha+e 'ot r&" of the $&"0
after#oo# *ell &# or"er to
$a8&$&se stu"e#t lear#&#'
t&$e, :fte# %h&l"re# retur#e"
to the %lassroo$ u#fo%use"
after the 1,=0 p,$, *reak1 a#"
alrea"y the tea%h&#' staff
ha+e see# a "&ffere#%e &#
stu"e#t $ot&+at&o# a#"
%o#%e#trat&o# s&#%e the
el&$&#at&o# of th&s *ell,
6ro$ We"#es"ay #e8t eek
D4
th
2u#eE( %h&l"re# &ll *e a*le
to ha+e a%%ess to the p&e
ar$er for heat&#' the&r
lu#%hes( shoul" they so &sh,
If you ha+e a $eal you oul"
l&ke to se#" &# &th your %h&l"
Do# a plate a#" rappe" &#
t&#fo&lE( or a p&e( p&GGa( et%,( 2o
Shea &ll heat &t up &# the p&e
ar$er a#" the foo" &ll *e
rea"y for your %h&l" *y
lu#%ht&$e, We ask that no
#oo"les *e se#t &# to *e
heate" &# the staffroo$
$&%roa+e, 3he staffroo$ &s
purely for that 5 staff, If your
%h&l" &shes to *r&#' #oo"les
to s%hool( they $ay "o so
pro+&"e" the #oo"les are
alrea"y %ooke" a#" &# a
heate" flask, We are try&#' to
a+o&" the %h&l"re# 7ueu&#' for
the $&%roa+e a#" #ot ha+&#'
e#ou'h t&$e to eat the&r lu#%h,
I oul" *e 'rateful &f all
%h&l"re# %oul" "o#ate #o#0
per&sha*le foo" D#ot *ake"
*ea#s please-E for a foo" *a#k
%olle%t&o# for the lo%al
%o$$u#&ty, /a#s( *reakfast
%ereals a#" porr&"'e( *&s%u&ts(
et%, oul" *e 'ratefully
re%e&+e", 3here &s a *o8 &#
2ess4s off&%e for these
%o#tr&*ut&o#s, 3ha#k you( &#
a"+a#%e( for your ass&sta#%e
&th th&s, /h&l"re# &ll "o#ate
these foo"s at our s%hool
$ass,
W&sh&#' you all a 9lesse" a#"
safe Huee#4s *&rth"ay
eeke#" 5 keep ar$ a#"
e#Boy at%h&#' the /rusa"ers
a##&h&late the 6or%e-
N'a M&h&(
)##e Pratt
Pr&#%&pal
St Patr&%ks( Wa&$ate
#oncalli School
The anagement and
"oard of Trustees of
8oncalli ,ollege are
please and encouraged by
the recent %89 report and
successes by our students
in (cademic! #porting and
,ultural areas. $t is
important that this
momentum is maintained
and we are therefore in
the initial stages of some
long term strategic
planning. :art of this is
developing an awareness
of both the needs and
desires of our community
over the ne;t 10 years.
(s a result 8oncalli
,ollege would appreciate
some specific! detailed
feedback as to what you
value and where you
would like emphasis to be
placed with regards to the
building and physical
resourcing to prepare for
the future.
$f you are a member of
the ,ollege ,ommunity
/parent or pupil! present!
past or future1 and would
like to have input in this
strategic planning! please
go
to www.roncalli.school.n<
and click on the survey
=8oncalli 6062=.
'e value your input in
shaping our future.
St Patr&%k4 S%hool oul" l&ke to tha#k the follo&#'
spo#sors
The
Warehouse
27 Eden
Street
1 Main North Road
Oamaru