The seniors chose activities to teach the language about for cooking, card games, lei making, and song and then last Thursday we had a day of activity. 

Everyone loved it all - Panipopo | coconut buns, Chop Suey, Leis, Ulu, Tau'au, Tulivae, Tama'ivae | Samoan Head Shoulders song; language cards and Suipi | card game. The range of activities was excellent and everyone enjoyed rotating through the learning. 

Fa'afetai | thanks to the aiga | family who were able to join us for the sharing time.

We all loved hosting our grandparents for a time of prayer and sharing on Wednesday - a time to remember how blessed we are to have grandparents in our lives. Some grandparents face-timed to be here which was special for those with ones living overseas. Ka pai to all those awesome whānau who sent in something for morning tea - our guests as well as all our tamariki thoroughly enjoyed it!

Some of our community (Board, FOSA and our staff) are working hard for all of us and we look forward to your support - Please sign up now for:-

• Our Free Speaker Event - 'Building Healthy Habits for Whānau and Tamariki': Join us to work with Joel Bouzaid to explore the challenges we (as parents) have with sleeping habits, nutrition, physical activity, and a positive mindset. Sign you and your friends up now using this link - 

https://www.eventbookings.com/b/event/building-healthy-habits-for-wh-nau-and-tamariki

•  Jumping June: The staff and our tamariki are doing our bit to support a well used organisation - The Heart Foundation. Support your child/ren to sign up to support this initiative and come along to our Jump Off Day - Monday, June 17
• 
  Despicable Me 4 - FOSA is hard at work organsiging this fun night for us so please send your ticket orders in. Thanks to those who have already done so - you make our life easy!

Finally our grateful thanks to the whānau who have helped with all the activity over the past few weeks - transporting to and from the football tournament,  baking and helping serve the Grandparents' morning tea and the ongoing help given for the Friday lunch orders. Be assured we are all most appreciative! 

Upcoming dates to take note of:

- Jumping June: Jump off day - Monday, June 17 - come and jump with us

- June 12 Our Community Speaker night - Building Healthy Habits for Whānau and        Tamariki

- June 13 St Anthony's Feast Day

- June 17 Final day of swimming

- June 18 Interzone Cross Country

- June 19 - 21 National Catholic Schools Convention

- June 26  Despicable Me 4

- July 3 Matariki Whānau Evening

- July 4 Final day of term - for our tamariki

- July 5 Catholic Kāhui Ako’s Teacher Hui

 On the 19th of May, me (Pippa), Olive, Rebecca, and Alexander had Confirmation. We had to pick a Saint, I picked Saint John Baptist De La Salle because my last school was his. It was fun but I felt nervous because I’m really shy, we had to speak really loud because the Archbishop is really, really tall - we had to say  “Archbishop Paul, I wish to be Confirmed”. Next me and my sponsor went up to the Archbishop, I kneeled and my sponsor placed the right hand on my right shoulder and held a card of my Saint and said a Prayer. Then we finished off the mass normally.