Tēnā noa rā koutou katoa,
Ko Dean Isherwood tōku ikoa, and I am Acting Principal for the week. Dallas, Clara and one of our School Board Members are in Wellington at the Catholic Education Convention 2024.
Coming up next week on Tuesday 25th June at 3pm in the Mission Centre, we have an internet safety session for parents and families run by Mana Ake. We invite all parents to come and learn about what you need to do as parents to keep your children safe with technology and online. Dani and Jonathan from Mana Ake will be sharing practical information for parents on this very important topic. Staff will be in attendance also. There will be kai, opportunities for questions and supervision for children provided. Please RSVP to dean@stannes.co.nz so we can have enough afternoon tea for you and your child.
Please note (repeat): We regularly have parents asking teachers to sort out negative behaviours that are occurring at home and outside of school time on messenger groups or social media. If you allow your child on social media (often on restricted age apps) outside of school time and these behaviours occur, as a school we suggest that use of social media/messenger groups be restricted or banned. We need to allow teachers time to plan, teach and assess without spending so much time dealing with behaviours outside of school. If it happens here, that is definitely us. We have discussed only dealing with inside of school issues to allow the teacher the best opportunity to help all the students in their classes. Please do not be offended when they don’t deal with outside of school hours social media problems, nor look at the messages you have screenshot (unless they are during school time obviously). Please come along to the parent evening to assist with this if you are struggling. We are doing our part teaching internet safety in rooms and teaching and modeling our gospel values, thank you for your understanding.
Keeping Ourselves Safe
Next term we will be teaching the personal safety programme Keeping Ourselves Safe.
Keeping Ourselves Safe has been designed to give students the skills to cope in situations involving abuse.
It has three overall aims:
– To develop and strengthen children’s skills to keep themselves safe with other people, both online and face-to-face.
– To support and encourage abused children to get help from caring adults.
– To make teachers and parents and caregivers more aware of the need to keep children safe from abuse by adults or other children.
Keeping Ourselves Safe will be taught by your child’s teacher, with support from our local Police School Community Officer, Constable Meg Moynihan. Any child can be abused. While family homes may be a safe place, children will have contact with many people and enter a number of other homes. You can’t keep them safe all the time. If it doesn’t happen to your child, and we hope it doesn’t, it may happen to their friend. During the programme, students will learn about the five types of abuse in the programme. They are as follows:Physical Abuse
Physical abuse is non-accidental injury. This can be caused by smacking, punching, kicking, shaking, biting,
burning or throwing a child.
Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse is the involvement of a child in sexual activities they do not fully understand and to which they are unable to give informed consent.
Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse is when a child’s emotional and physical development is restricted because of the way the child is treated by adults.
Neglect
Neglect is when the basic survival needs of the child are not being met.
Family Harm
Family harm is adults hurting children or adults hurting other adults. This is of particular concern for children both as victims and as witnesses.
The World Health Organisation has defined child maltreatment as:
All forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or power.
To be successful, Keeping Ourselves Safe needs your help and support. Your child may have home activities to work on with you. It is important that you participate as much as possible and talk to your child about what they have been learning in class. This will reinforce the messages the school is giving, and help your child to use their new skills with confidence.
Please contact your child’s teacher if you would like any more information about the programme.
School Masses / Kā Miha Kura
A massive thank you to the families who made it to our Saturday night or Sunday School Masses this term. We appreciate you supporting it and your children were amazing! We appreciate that some of you are parishioners at other churches/parishes and went twice on those days, you are legends. Thank you so much!
He mihi nunui tēnei ki kā whānau kua haere mai ki kā Miha Kura i tēnei wāhaka. Tino harikoa te kākau nā te tautoko, waihoki, i mīharo kā tamariki! Mōhio mātou, i haere ētahi o koutou ki kā Miha e rua i ēnei rā, pāia! Tēnā rā koutou!
Rāpaki Marae Visit / Te Peka ki te Marae o Rāpaki
Thanks Ngāti Wheke for hosting our bilingual rooms last week. Students enjoyed a welcome, a talk about the carvings and a history walk.
Nei rā te mihi ki Ngāti Wheke i te manaaki ki ō mātou karaehe reorua i tērā wiki. I pārekareka ki kā tamariki te pōwhiri, te kōrero mō te whakairo, te hīkoi hītori hoki.
I tērā wiki, ka haere ngā rūma reorua ki Rāpaki Marae. I wheako pārekareka tēnei, nā te mea, ka kite mātou, ka ako hoki mātou mō ngā whakairo taipitopito i runga i ngā pakitara. Ka hīkoi mātou ki te moana kite ai te Wāpu Karipori. Ka keri mātou i ētahi rua ki roto i te onepū hei kimi wai wera. Ko ngā mea mīharo mō Rāpaki, he whakakai kei runga i ngā whakairo, he manu o mua kei runga i te tuanui, me he puna pounamu kei waho i te marae! Nā, i mīharo te wheako, ā, i ako mātou i ngā mea hou maha.
Nā Issy Wichman
Last week the bilingual rooms went to Rāpaki marae. This was a very fun experience because we got to see and learn about all the detailed carvings on the walls. We walked to the sea to see the Gallipoli Wharf. We dug holes in the sand to find hot water. The amazing thing about Rāpaki is that they have actual earrings on their carvings, they have some of the birds that used to be at Rāpaki on the roof, and they have a pounamu fountain outside!
Overall the experience was awesome and we learned so many new things.
By Issy Wichman
Winter Woolies Appeal / Hai Hōtoke
Over the week we will be supporting the St Vincent de Paul Society with their Winter Woolies collection. If you have any unwanted, warm winter items, especially jackets and blankets, please bring them to your child’s classroom by Monday 1st July. These items will be given out to help those in need to stay warm this Winter.
Mō kotahi wiki, ka tautoko mātou i te kohikohika ‘Winter Woolies’ o St Vincent de Paul Society. Kai a koe ētahi mea whakamahana, tēnā, haria mai ērā ki te akomaka o tō tamariki i mua i te Mane 1 Hurai. Ka hoatu i ēnei mea ki ērā kai te hiahia.
For any holiday during term time, you need to advise the office in writing of the dates. Please be aware that Parents/Caregivers need to seek approval from the board for all planned absences that exceed 20 consecutive school days during school term time.
The board meets twice per term.
Mō tētahi hararei i roto i te wāhaka kura, whakamōhio mai kā wā ki roto i tētahi īmēra/reta. Tēnā, Kia mōhio mai koe, ko te tikaka ki te tono mai te Poari o te Kura mō tētahi weheka 20 kā rā, ake ranei te roaka i roto i te wā kura. E huihui nei te kura kā wā e rua i ia wāhaka kura.
Policies / Kā Here
A reminder, if you are interested and would like to take part in our termly reviews of policies, or are interested in any, they can be found here. Please follow the link and then have a look around!
He mea maumahara tēnei, mēnā tō hiahia, tirohia kā here, mahia kā arotake hoki. Kai konei kā here. Whāia te honoka, kātahi, tirohia!
UPCOMING EVENTS / KĀ TAIOPEKA E HAERE MAI ANA
If you have any questions, please email or talk to the person whose email address follows the reminder. If there is no email address, it is just something to be aware of.
WEEK 9 / WIKI IWA
Monday 24 June – Zone Basketball Tournament (Selected students) penny@stannes.co.nz
Tuesday 25 June – 3.10pm (weekly) – Hip Hop Dance Group principal@stannes.co.nz
Tuesday 25 June – 2pm – Haere Rā for Mo Locke jo@stannes.co.nz
Wednesday 26 June – Canterbury Cross Country Championships (Deakyn/Willow) penny@stannes.co.nz
Thursday 27 June – 8.30am (weekly) – Technology for years 7/8, don’t miss the bus! dean@stannes.co.nz
Thursday 27 June – 12.45pm (weekly) – Hagley Sport for years 7/8, don’t forget your gear! dean@stannes.co.nz
Friday 28 June – Matariki Public Holiday (No school-public holiday)
WEEK 10 / WIKI TEKAU
Tuesday 2 July – 3.10pm (weekly) – Hip Hop Dance Group principal@stannes.co.nz
Thursday 4 July – 8.30am (weekly) – Technology for years 7/8, don’t miss the bus! dean@stannes.co.nz
Thursday 4 July – 12.45pm (weekly) – Hagley Sport for years 7/8, don’t forget your gear! dean@stannes.co.nz
Friday 5 July – 7am-5pm – Year 7/8 ski trip dean@stannes.co.nz
TERM 3 / WĀHAKA TORU
WEEK 1 / WIKI KOTAHI
Monday 22 July – First day of Term 3 9am sharp start
All of Term 3 – Dean Isherwood on leave for Te Pae Kahuraki (Kāi Tahu based immersion Māori programme)
Monday 22 July – 7am-5pm – Year 7/8 ski trip back up day dean@stannes.co.nz
Friday 26 July – St Anne’s Feast Day clara@stannes.co.nz
WEEK 2 / WIKI RUA
Keeping Ourselves Safe starts
WEEK 3 / WIKI TORU
Cook Islands Language Week
WEEK 4 / WIKI WHĀ
WEEK 5 / WIKI RIMA
Monday 19 August – Rāpaki Noho Marae (Rooms 5 and 7) temaio@stannes.co.nz
WEEK 6 / WIKI ONO
WEEK 7 / WIKI WHITU
Monday 2 September – Times TBC – Swimming Starts – (two weeks)
WEEK 8 / WIKI WARU
WEEK 9 / WIKI IWA
WEEK 10 / WIKI TEKAU
Tuesday 24-Thursday 26 September – Koru Games
Friday 27 September – Last day of the term 2.50pm finish
TERM 4 / WĀHAKA WHĀ
WEEK 1 / WIKI KOTAHI
Monday 14 October – First day of Term 4 9am sharp start
WEEK 2 / WIKI RUA
WEEK 3 / WIKI TORU
Monday 28 October – Labour Day (No school-public holiday)
WEEK 4 / WIKI WHĀ
WEEK 5 / WIKI RIMA
Monday 15 November – Canterbury Anniversary Day (No school-public holiday)
WEEK 6 / WIKI ONO
WEEK 7 / WIKI WHITU
WEEK 8 / WIKI WARU
WEEK 9 / WIKI IWA
WEEK 10 / WIKI TEKAU
Monday 16 December – Last full day for 2024
Tuesday 17 December – Pop in and meet your 2025 teacher and Room
Noho mai rā,
Dean Isherwood
Tumuaki Tuarua / Deputy Principal