Magandang Gabi! (Good evening!) You have probably heard by now that the country is at Alert Level 4 from midnight tonight. This means that school is closed for the rest of the week. We hope it will be only three days! This means: -The Orana Park trip is postponed. -Filipino Feast Day on Friday is … Continue reading Lockdown
Magandang Harpon (Good afternoon/Ahiahi mārie) Next week is our first ever Filipino Language and Culture week. It has been amazing to see all the Filipino families getting together to organise the week. A big thank you to them! Other languages will be rested for the week (except English) and Tagalog used for ‘Sign of the … Continue reading Newsletter Week 3 term 3 / Pānui Wiki 4 Wāhanga 3
Kia orāna kōtou katoatoa Kia manuia e kia meitaki te epetoma o te reo Kuki Airani! Happy Cook Island language week! The only place open to visit at the moment. Like many other islands and countries, the Cooks have many islands and some have languages similar to Tahiti and the others closer to Sāmoan. They … Continue reading Newsletter Week 2 Term 3 / Pānui Wiki 2 Wāhanga 3
On Friday 13 August we will have a fundraising day to raise money for the Dulangan Manobo girls in Kulaman (Philippines). We want to support the Mission Sisters who provide primary, secondary, and college education to 60 Dulangan Manobo girls who live in remote areas, away from educational institutions. Students are to come to school … Continue reading Special Character – Clara Mapley DRS
Website for Te Ara a Maria: Mary’s Way project A website has been created to help promote the bishops’ renewal of the dedication of the country to Our Lady Assumed into Heaven. The renewal project has the title Te Ara a Maria: Mary’s Way and runs for 12 months from 15 August. Go here for the website: www.tearaamaria.nz … Continue reading
Kidsbase is very excited and humbled to announce that we have been nominated for the 2021 Enterprise North Canterbury Business Awards. These awards are to recognize and celebrate North Canterbury-based businesses and Kidsbase has been nominated for the “Community Enterprise” and “People’s Choice” award categories. The “People’s Choice Award” gives you, our friends & families, … Continue reading Kidsbase ENC Business Awards Nomination
Kia ora koutou Welcome to Term three. We are excited to welcome Dean Isherwood to our team. He will be teaching in Room 7 and is our new Deputy Principal. He has worked most recently at an international school in Malaysia, and prior to this at Paparoa Street School, Russley School and St Albans School. … Continue reading Newsletter Week 1 Term 3 / Pānui Wiki 1 Wāhanga 3
St Anne’s Feast Day On Monday we celebrated Sts Anne and Joachim, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by joining together for a Mass. Well done to all of the children who had a responsibility at Mass. It is great to see so many people involved! In the afternoon the children enjoyed an ice … Continue reading Special Character – Clara Mapley DRS
Kia ora koutou Museum Trip Ngā mihi nunui ki a koutou katoa! It has been a busy but great term. Please have a look through our Facebook Page for all the action shots of the term and most recently the Matariki trip to the Museum. A big thank you to Mel Lindsay and Clara Mapley … Continue reading Newsletter Week 10 Term 2 / Pānui Wiki 10 Whāhanga 2
On the first day back next term we will be celebrating the feast day of St Anne and St Joachim. Please come along and join us as we celebrate a whole school Mass at 12pm. Joachim and Anne were the parents of Jesus’ mother, Mary. We honour … Continue reading St Anne’s Feast Day
