Newsletter No : 10/2017 Term: 3 Week: 9 Date: 19/09/2017

41A Calvert Road, New Plymouth Phone / Fax (06) 758 0364 Absences Text No: 021 023 013 85 Email: admin@stjosephsnp.school.nz www.stjosephsnp.school.nz Office Contact: Sharon Fisher Principal: Mike Dowd

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New Plymouth

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Tena Koutou, e hoa ma. Nga mihi nui kia koutou. Dear Parents, Caregivers and friends of the school.

We have had a fantastic term of learning at St Joseph’s. We have learnt a lot about our theme of sustainability. The children and adults who visited the recycling centre were amazed at how our recycling is sorted and utilised. The senior children also enjoyed visiting the waste water treatment plant and water quality checks of the Huatoki River. Thanks to the parents who supported us with these learning experiences. We have another waste audit later in the term and we are looking forward to seeing how our waste has reduced. The enviro team of children are looking at options as to how we can sort waste in the playground - look out for some new bins to collect our recycling and organic waste shortly. On Friday the students participated in the Clean Up NZ challenge. It was amazing to see the rubbish collected from St Joseph’s, the Mangaotuku Walkway and Lynmouth Park. Thanks to Miss de Ridder for organising this event.

Recently the community were invited to complete a survey on the Health Curriculum and Safe Behaviour at school. While we only had 41 families complete the survey we were very encouraged by the results. We are of course aware that there will be incidents between little people in any school but we are determined to make the school safe and therefore conducive for learning for everyone. On the question about how we have dealt with incidents involving the respondents children; 56% of the sample had not had their child involved in an incident of note and a further 40% felt the school dealt with the incident in a timely and appropriate fashion. The students also completed a safe at school survey. 80% of students reported having no worries or concerns at school. The 20% of students who mentioned a concern were in regards to individual fears such as more flooding, their own health, not getting picked up after school, siblings leaving to another school, etc. There were also some mentions of name calling and friend exclusion which we will monitor. While the children were very good at mentioning that they would tell a teacher or myself if they did not feel safe at school, not enough mentioned that they would tell their parents. We will be having some conversations about this at school. Parents can help us out by talking to their children about the need to tell adults at home, and school, when they do not feel safe or if they are worried.

This week I am spending time with principals from all over New Zealand at our annual Conference. It is always great to connect with other principals and hear their stories and challenges and to borrow some of their ideas. There are 23 principals from North Taranaki heading to the conference so we also have time to be together as we work for the common good for the children from our area.

Our cross country was another great St Joseph’s event. I was really pleased with the confidence the children showed when completing our course, especially after the limited build up due to weather. I enjoyed supporting the children at the New Plymouth champs last week also. Congratulations to Paige Scannell who won the nine year old girls.

Last week we received confirmation from Emma McIntosh that she will not be returning to St Joseph’s in a full time position next year. Emma has been on leave this year after a few years of full time work at St Joseph’s. We will be farewelling and thanking Emma for her contribution to St Joseph’s shortly.

You may have noticed some jobs in the paper recently. We are advertising for a new Deputy Principal of the senior school to replace Mrs Morris and we have several teaching positions advertised as well. Some of the positions will be taken on by teachers already in the school. We will also have some new teaching faces in the school in 2018 due to roll growth positions and the need to appoint a new ‘tagged Catholic’ teacher to the team.

Next term we will welcome Mrs Fiona Hopkirk back to the school after her sabbatical. I would like to thank Deborah Boon for covering in Pohutukawa this term and to Jenna Sullivan for her work as the acting Deputy Principal of the Junior School this term while Fiona has been away.

God Bless Mike Dowd (Principal)

In Fatima: Gabrielle Lamberte In Heidelberg: Matthew Wood

A warm welcome to our new students and their families:

THE 8 C’S CERTIFICATES: Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded certificates in recognition of how they are living the 8 C’s and Gospel Values at school. They had morning tea with Mr Dowd.

Thursday 31st August

Trinity Hunter Kerr Making great connections in his writing and showing confidence

when trying new things.

Pohutukawa Sam Fisher Being a connected learner and making progress in reading and

writing.

Barbier Shae Collins Great improvement in his learning - trying hard in all learning

tasks.

Barbier Sofia Rinaldi Kiss Always showing Christian Living - caring for people and the

environment.

Mission Teia Te Moana A great leader and wonderful role model for others - showing

the 8 C’s all of the time.

Carroll Amanda Guo Showing confidence in reading by using word attack strategies

to work out unknown words.

McKenna Alby Tom Communicating more openly in class discussions - showing a

growing confidence both in an out of the classroom.

Redwood Ethan Mathew Dizon Critical thinking and confidence in his learning.

Lawn Hamish Perry Great connections in spelling and making progress.

Lourdes Alex Ekdahl Critical thinking, creativity and being sustainable when making

musical instruments.

Te Hononga Olivia Atherton Showing Christian Living and compassion, for always helping

others.

Cullinane Ella Bartlett Being kind, positive and confident in her learning.

Fatima Jake Whitaker Making great connections in maths and understanding fractions.

Heidelberg Mason Lobb Contributing to class discussions and being an amazing

connected learner.

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THE 8 C’S CERTIFICATES: Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded certificates in recognition of how they are living the 8 C’s and Gospel Values at school. They had morning tea with Mr Dowd.

Thursday 7th September

Trinity Belle Gesterkamp-Williams Making great connections with letters and sounds

independently.

Pohutukawa Eva Cleland Showing all of the 8 C’s, working hard and listening and sharing

with everyone.

Barbier Jethro Young Improvement in maths, making lots of connections - thinking

carefully about problem solving.

Barbier Asha Ross Showing Christian Living - being thoughtful and caring to others.

McKenna Jessica Taylor Showing Christian Living - always caring and including others,

both in class and at playtime.

Mission Sally Carter Showing super creativity in all areas of her learning and always

living her life like Jesus.

Carroll Louis Maunder Showing confidence and making fabulous connections in all

areas of learning.

Redwood Tomas Lizarde Confidence in learning and showing connections in reading and

maths.

Lourdes Seth Evans Connected/communication - always listening attentively and

sharing knowledge with the class.

Lawn Naoise O’Mahony Great creativity and originality in her story writing. Always

choosing interesting words and ideas.

Te Hononga Lucia Hucker Amazing connections being made across the curriculum.

Cullinane Max Bowe Great leadership skills at the pools and encouraging everyone.

Cullinane Kade Osborne Being respectful of others, co-operating and completing work on

time while putting in 100% effort.

Heidelberg Samuel McIntosh Working hard to complete all work on time and being a

connected learner and critical thinker.

Fatima Gregorio Ventresca Wonderful communications and critical thinking when thanking

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THE 8 C’S CERTIFICATES: Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded certificates in recognition of how they are living the 8 C’s and Gospel Values at school. They had morning tea with Mr Dowd.

Thursday 14th September

Trinity Clare Icaro Communication and great connections with letter sounds.

Pohutukawa Kiani Johnston Confidence and communication when sharing interesting ideas.

Barbier Amelia Persico Always showing all of the 8 C’s. A love of learning and a great

role model to others.

McKenna Hayley Bocock Making great connections in reading and writing.

Mission Nina Rangiwahia Showing amazing creativity and making great connections in her

writing.

Carroll Violet Jackson Showing confidence and making wonderful connections when

learning new mathematics.

Redwood Benjamin Bartlett Quiet confidence and connected learning in all class work. A

helpful, caring class member.

Lourdes Noah Scannell Connected and creative - a fantastic colour poem using a lot of

descriptive language.

Lawn Millie MacDonald Great creativity with artwork. Thinking carefully about a design

to encourage others to reuse, reduce and recycle.

Te Hononga Ethan Watson For confidence shown across the curriculum - great participation

and responses to all your group learning.

Cullinane Patrick Renau Working hard in kahoot and communicating his ideas and

answers with the class.

Heidelberg Malachy Herlihy Showing Christina Living by always being kind and caring and

using his manners.

Fatima Stephen Roldan Wonderful communication and confidence when presenting his

thoughtful speech.

GRANDPARENTS & FRIENDS DAY

Friday 20th October

Grandparents, extended family and friends are warmly invited to the school from 9.00am until 9.45am to spend time in the classrooms with your grandchildren, etc, before attending

the liturgy in the Scout Hall at 9.45am, after which morning tea will be served.

The morning will conclude at approximately 10.15am.

Please come and join us on this special occasion.

SPECIAL CHARACTER

CHILDREN’S MASS

The next Children’s Mass is Sunday 5th November, 8:30am at St Joseph’s Church.

I would encourage all families to make sure they have arrangements in place to be at our School Mass at St Joseph’s Church.

The Friends of St Joseph’s (FOSJ) welcome all new families to the School.

The Friends of St Joseph’s (FOSJ)

The Friends of St Joseph’s Office holders are:

Chairperson - Chelsea Langman

Treasurer - Donna Kelly

Secretary - Theresa Cayley

Next Meeting - Tuesday 17th October 2017

Upcoming Events

FOSJ Disco - 22nd September

Art Auction - Friday 17th November

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

The Celebration of First Communion will be at the 10.30am Mass on 24th September at St Joseph’s Church.

FIRST COMMUNION CLOTHES RENTAL

Outfits from size 5-16 available to rent.

Girls - dress, veil, socks and shoes $20.00 Boys - trousers, shirt, vest, and tie $15.00 Individual pieces also available.

Please make contact for a no-obligation appointment to view:

Bridget Clarricoats 3 Keats Place, Whalers Gate, NP Phone: 06-751 2628 Email: clarricoats@xtra.co.nz

NEW PLYMOUTH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY: Congratulations to

the following students who placed well in this event which was

held on Tuesday 12th September. The Taranaki Cross Country

Championships take place on 27th September.

9 Year Old Girls

1st Paige Scannell

11th Rosie Moffitt

9 Year Old Boys

15th Jack Rangiwahia

18th Robbie Corlett

10 Year Old Girls

8th Kate Larkin

14th Tyra Bell

10 Year Old Boys

12th Sam Douglas

16th Isaac Scouller

11 Year Old Girls

8th Florence Parker

11 Year Old Boys

20th Patrick Renau

BOT REPORT

Thank you to all the parents who participated in the recent Health and Safe at School

Survey. Whilst we would like to have received more responses, we were pleased with the

feedback around student safety and behaviour. The ideas around the Health Curriculum

were also great and will be used by the teaching staff as they further develop our Health

Curriculum Topics.

Next term we will be asking for feedback from the community around the Special Catholic

Character of our school as we prepare for our external review in 2018. We would love all

families to complete this survey when you see it in November.

Mike presented a Ministry of Education report around our student attendance. In all areas,

including similar decile schools, schools in the central North Island, ethnicity and gender,

the St Joseph’s attendance rates are considerably higher than the schools we were

compared with.

We also spent some time comparing our school wide National Standards data from 2016

with the recently released NZ achievement data picture. Once again the St Joseph’s data

was excellent and something we can all be proud of. If you would like to have a look head

to the ‘Education Counts’ website.

The school recently received information on proposed changes to the Devon Street West

road corridor near St Joseph’s. At our Board meeting we reviewed this proposal and

provided feedback to the council. The BOT were supportive of a right turning bay being

introduced into Calvert Rd from Devon Street and safe crossing points at the top of Calvert

Road and the top of Lorna Street where our walking bus students cross. The roading

changes are only at a planning and discussion phase and we will keep the community

informed of developments.

As a board we also discussed some of the feedback from recent meetings held with all

schools in North Taranaki around the Communities of Learning Initiative. The Board is

interested in being involved in conversations around collaborating with other schools

although we still have some concerns around the resourcing and staffing initiatives that

work alongside this initiative.

We recently accepted Emma McIntosh’s resignation. Emma has been on leave this year and

has decided to take on part time employment. We wish Emma all the very best.

Recruitment has begun to fill the Deputy Principal Position in the senior school following

the departure of Sarah Morris. You may have also noticed some other teaching positions

advertised. These vacancies are due to roll growth, replacing Emma and also changing

status of some positions from fixed term to permanent positions which also need to be

advertised.

Sarah Hall, BOT Chair

2017 ATTENDANCE DUES REMINDER

Attendance Dues statements have now been sent out requesting payment of the 4th

and final instalment for this year, plus any arrears from the 1st three instalments

and/or previous years, by 29th

September 2017, unless a payment arrangement is

already in place. The instalment amounts are:

$111.75 for each Primary student (Year 0 – 8) and

$223.50 for each Secondary Student (Year 9 – 13)

One off payments by credit card or debit card (Visa or MasterCard only) can be made using our

website: www.pndiocese.org.nz/education/dues

Please contact Marcy, Susan or Mark on the Attendance Dues team if you are unable to make

payment of the amount due or would like to set up a regular payment plan. Our contact phone

number is: 0800 200 208 and our email: dues@pndiocese.org.nz.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Our photographer, Sue Maxwell, will be on-site on Thursday 19th October (week 1, Term 4). Pre-pay class and portrait envelopes outlining the various ordering options available have been sent home with students. We would like all order envelopes with the correct money (cash or cheque, written out to Sue Maxwell) returned to the School Office by Friday 25

th September.

Please ensure your child is wearing correct uniform on the day i.e, school polo shirt and either black or brown school sandals as per our summer uniform regulations.

ST JOSEPH’S CROSS COUNTRY 2017

The whole school participated in our Cross Country on Friday 1st September. Results

are as follows:

Five Year Old Girls Five Year Old Boys

1st Hayley Bocock 1st Drew Potter

2nd Zoe Moses 2nd Aidan Sullivan

3rd Susi Vea 3rd Kiwara Patu

Six Year Old Girls Six Year Old Boys

1st Eleanor Bridgehouse 1st Tipene Capper

2nd Eva Hodson 2nd Cillian Whelan

3rd Zoe Read 3rd Hunter Wilkinson

Seven Year Old Girls Seven Year Old Boys

1st Lily Greenwood 1st Noah Scannell

2nd Sophia Fruhstorfer 2nd Finlay Sullivan

3rd Lena Amory 3rd Isaac Moses

Eight Year Old Girls Eight Year Old Boys

1st Thea Forster 1st Benjamin Bartlett

2nd Lucy Cameron 2nd Lenny Potter

3rd Sofia Read 3rd Connor Dudley

Nine Year Old Girls Nine Year Old Boys

1st Paige Scannell 1st Jack Rangiwahia

2nd Rosie Moffitt 2nd= Robbie Corlett

3rd Lucia Hucker 2nd= Noah Lobb

3rd Asten Petersen

Ten Year Old Girls Ten Year Old Boys

1st Tyra Bell 1st Isaac Scouller

2nd Kate Larkin 2nd Sam Douglas

3rd Hannah Montalla 3rd Damien Amory

Eleven Year Old Girls Eleven Year Old Boys

1st Hannah Lobb 1st Lawrence Roldan

2nd Florence Parker 2nd Patrick Renau

3rd Christina Fruhstorfer 3rd Hugo Chylek-Peters

SEPTEMBER

22 FOSJ Disco, 5.45-7.00pm

24 Celebration of First Communion, 10.30am at St Joseph’s Parish

27 Taranaki Schools Cross Country (for those children who qualify)

28 Assembly led by McKenna, 2.00pm in the Scout Hall

29 Mufti Day (luxury item)

29 Last Day of Term 3

OCTOBER

16 First Day of Term 4

17 FOSJ Meeting, 7.30pm

19 School Photos

19 Assembly led by Fatima, 2.00pm in the Scout Hall

20 Grandparents & Friends Day

23 Labour Day - School Closed

24 Cullinane Art Gallery & Puke Ariki Visits 9.15-12.30pm

24 Fatima Puke Ariki & Art Gallery Visits 9.30am-12.45pm

25 Lourdes Puke Ariki Visit 9.30am-10.45am

25 Te Hononga Art Gallery & Puke Ariki Visits 11.15am-2.30pm

25 Redwood Puke Ariki Visit 11.15am-12.30pm

26-27 Puanga Festival, Waitara War Memorial Hall

26 McKenna Puke Ariki Visit 11.15am-12.30pm

26 Certificate Assembly in the Scout Hall, 2.20pm

30 Carroll Puke Ariki Visit 9.30am-10.45am

30 Lawn Puke Ariki Visit 11.15am-12.30pm

31 Pohutukawa & Trinity Puke Ariki Visit 9.30am-10.45am

31 Mission Puke Ariki Visit 11.15am-12.30pm

2017 TERM DATES

Term 1 Tuesday 31st January Thursday 13th April

Term 2 Monday 1st May Friday 7th July

Term 3 Monday 24th July Friday 29th September

Term 4 Monday 16th October Tuesday 19th December

School starts in 2018 on Wednesday

31st January.

SUMMER UNIFORM: A reminder that summer uniform is to be worn during Term 4 BOYS Grey Shorts (lightweight) Short Sleeve Polo Shirt with logo Royal Blue Fleece with logo Brown / Black sandals (flat soled) A sunhat to be worn outside

(cricket style - royal blue) GIRLS Tunic which is worn summer and winter. Short sleeve Polo Shirt with logo Royal Blue Fleece with logo Brown/Black sandals (flat soled) A sunhat to be worn outside

(cricket style - royal blue)