Kia ora one and all.

We are delighted to welcome all of our tamariki back last week for Term 3 and a special welcome to our 5 new students and their whānau to St Anthony’s. Please make sure you go and introduce yourself to our newcomers. We would love you to join us for the beginning of the term Mass and Pōwhiri next Wednesday, August 11.

Congratulations to our Student Council who organised the Book Parade so successfully this morning - we had great fun viewing the many varied and creative book characters. Ka Pai to all the whānau who joined us for this time of fun. The Student Council determined the winning categories as:- 

Best Junior and Best Senior

Most Creative and Most Realistic

Best Group

Next Wednesday, August 11th we will have our Pōwhiri and Mass to welcome new students and families into our school community, as well as beginning the new term in prayer together. We invite you to join us at our 9.30 mass.

Gospel

After Jesus had stated that if the Jews had truly believed Moses, they would have believed in him, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. Avast throng followed him because they had seen the signs that he had done on the sick. Jesus went up a mountain and sat there with his disciples. Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. Jesus, lifting up his eyes, saw the vast throng coming to him and he asked Philip, ‘Where will we buy bread so that these people caneat?’ He said this to test Philip because he knew just what he was about to do. Philip answered him, ‘Half a year’s wages wouldn’t even buy a small piece each for so many!’ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother said, ‘There’s a kid here with five barley loaves and two serves of fish. But what’s that with so many!’ Jesus said, ‘Tell the people to recline to eat.’ There was plenty of grass at that place and about five thousand lay down there. Jesus took the bread, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to those who were there. He then did the same with the fish. They had as much as they wanted. When they were full, he told the disciples to gather up the fragments, in case they were wasted. They did this and there were twelve baskets of fragments leftover from the five barley loaves that had fed all those people. Seeing the sign Jesus had done, they said, ‘Truly, this is the prophet, the one who was coming into the world.’ Realising that they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, he went up into the mountain, by himself, alone. (John 6:1-15)

Reflection

What do you think God is more likely to do, miraculously drop food where there is starvation, or inspire people to help their neighbours solve their problems? If the latter, how can you help (through the Holy Spirit) in third world countries, your city, diocese, parish, office, or neighbourhood? 

Whatever we have to share, however great or small, can be of great benefit to others. Just as he did with the five loaves, God can make great things of even our smallest gestures and kindness.

What can your family do as a small gesture of kindness this week?

The Te Maunga and Te Moana have had another fantastic learning experience this week as a St.Johns First Response worker named Josie came to teach us about first aid. 

We began on Monday learning about CPR, FAST, Recovery Position, bandaging cuts and wounds, and the doctors ABCD. I really enjoyed working with the special dummies. Everyone learned about resuscitation and how many compressions were needed to get the heart pumping. We had to do 30 pumps and 2 breaths whilst singing, Row, Row, Row Your Boat! You have to sing the song through twice to get the full amount of beats. Only 14 percent of people survive from CPR.

Josie came back on Tuesday and we had our second session and found out about:-

Sports injuries such as concussions, sprains, neck pains, back pain. We learned about the 6 Rs which are a guide to the action we need to take for sports injuries. We were also reminded of RICED which is Rese, Ices, Compression, Elevate and Diagnose. These are the steps you take when you injure yourself. 

At the end of the sessions, we took part in a quiz to see how much we had learned during the course. My group won and we were each given a St.Johns First Aid kit. Everyone received a certificate. It was a really interesting experience.

Glenys Crosbie

Year 8 

We started by joining a photojournalism course which prepared us to enter an international competition concerned with the proliferation of plastics. Each of us has sent an entry in connection to the Keep New Zealand Beautiful foundation. Here is my entry which I thought I would share with you - Petra Bouras

Which plastics are safe for us? And are they recyclable?  

What plastics are good for our environment?

Three types of plastic that are considered as safer options among the others are Polyethylene Terephthalate  Polyethylene terephthalate High-Density Polyethylene two high-density polyethylene and Polypropylene. 

Safe plastic numbers to use...2,5,4.

The outcome of littering.

It will continue to worsen if we don’t change our habits.

Solution...Minimize the use of plastics that we use and try to make plastic that is not harmful to the environment and to life. One day we will find a proper solution but until then we should start minimizing plastic. How can we do this?    

Peyton Paese Yr8

We want you!  Board of Trustee vacancy 

Me mahi tahi tātou mō te oranga o te katoa | We work together for the wellbeing of everyone

If you are interested in being a member of the St Anthony's School Board please get in touch with us (bot@stant.school.nz). We currently have a vacancy and would love an enthusiastic parent from the school community to join us. Your role would be to help provide strategic direction for the school and provide insight into how we can continuously improve and grow our school. The time commitment is small with 2 meetings a term. We'd love to hear from you if you are interested in giving back to the school community.

Nga mihi nui kia koutou.

Our school photos this year are booked for Friday 20th August (Week 4).

Inspire Photography will take class, individual and sibling photos.  Once they are ready for viewing the school will be advised of a password for the online gallery which we will share with our families so you can view and purchase your photos online. 10% of all sales will go directly to our school.

Proofs are available to view online approximately two weeks after the date of the photo shoot, you will then have two weeks to place an order online.  Photos purchased within this timeframe will be delivered to the school for pick up.

Thank you to all our regular payers and to those who have made full payment on your Attendance Dues account. We would like to remind you that the Attendance Dues are a compulsory charge for enrolment at a Catholic school.

Please note the Term 3 invoice will be posted to all families shortly. Please check that your invoice looks how you expect it to - are all your children listed, are your payments showing correctly? We value your feedback.

To avoid receiving overdue reminders, please ensure your regular payments are continuing. If it is affordable, please also consider increasing the amount of each payment if the balance is not yet tracking to full repayment by the end of the year.

Payment options are:

1.       Full amount or automatic payment via Internet banking to Archdiocese of Wellington Attendance Dues, Westpac bank account 03 0518 0000400 00, payment references should be your dues account number and your name. 

2.       Pay online using your Visa Debit or Credit card at www.wn.catholic.org.nz/attendance-dues with your dues account number and your name as references.

Financial assistance is available to families experiencing financial hardship (loss of income/redundancy, family reasons, etc.). It is a condition of the assistance application that the family has an affordable regular payment in place.

If you have any questions, please contact us:

Phone: 0800 462 725             Email: dues@wn.catholic.org.nz         Text: 021 08907902

The Kiley Family Memorial Trust was established in 2000 by brothers, Peter and John Kiley. The Scholarships are funded from the farms owned by the Trust.  The Kiley Family Memorial Trust Scholarships are awarded to assist:

• Secondary school students to pursue their secondary school studies including providing boarding scholarships
• Students in their final year of Secondary education to complete their chosen degrees

More information about the Trust can be found here. The link to the application forms can be accessed via https://www.publictrust.co.nz/grants/how-do-i-find-one/grants/kiley-family-memorial-trust-scholarships

Friday Lunches

Friday lunches start up again this week with Pizza as our first option.  Many thanks to our Year 6 helpers and of course our parent helper Sofia Georgiou. If your child has not come home with an order form then they can be downloaded from our school website under the Friends of St Anthony's School section.

Many thanks

FOSA

Collect the Yummy cut-out labels from bags (each cut-out label is worth 10 stickers) and individual Yummy apple stickers for our school’s share of the $200,000 free DG Sport sports gear prize pool. Yummy apples are available from New World, PAK’nSAVE and participating Four Square stores. The more you collect, the more sports gear we get so get going and start collecting your Yummy cut-out labels and stickers now!

On Saturday the 21^st of August, Wellington City Libraries is partnering with the National Library of New Zealand to put on ComicFest 2021, the country’s largest celebration of home-grown comics and their creators. We have the biggest names in NZ’s comic and graphic industry, including Kay O’Neill (The Tea Dragon Chronicles), Jonathan King (The Inkberg Enigma) and Selina Tusitala Marsh (Mophead) joining us for workshops, talks, presentations, meet-and-greets, book signings, panel discussions, live drawing, and more. As well as all of these exciting events, there is a drawing competition, a cosplay competition, both with heaps of awesome prizes up for grabs, and literally thousands of FREE comics to give away, courtesy of Graphic on Cuba St. If you have even a passing interest in comic books or graphic novels of all shapes and sizes, you won’t want to miss this celebration of creativity and passion – check out the full details at www.wcl.govt.nz/comicfest.

Where? National Library of New Zealand, 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon

When? Saturday 21 August, 9.00am – 5.00pm

What? ComicFest 2021, the country’s largest celebration of New Zealand comics and their creators

Cost? All ComicFest events are totally free, but some require registration. Check out the programme for the full details: www.wcl.govt.nz/comicfest

The Catholic Parish of Wellington South (CPWS) and the Pacific Islanders Presbyterian Church ("PIPC) have joined forces to host a COVID Pasifika "festival".

This is an opportunity especially for Pacific peoples aged 55 plus, their family and household members (the wider family) to get their COVID vaccinations. Come along, make you, your family and your wider families and community safe. Join the fight against COVID.  For students at schools, youth groups, sport teams or parish community – encourage your elders, family members and friends to come and get vaccinated – and join in with the festivities!

Where:          Pacific Islanders Presbyterian Church ("PIPC"), corner Constable and Daniell Streets, Newtown.

Dates:            Saturday 7 August (1st jab), Saturday 28 August (2nd jab).

Time:             Opening prayer of blessing, 9am both days. Vaccinations start 9.30am till 3.30pm.

Parking:         limited parking at the PIPC, additional parking at St Anne's (access via Emmet Street off Riddiford lights infront of Café Laz kebabs or Sals Pizza) $2 donation at the gate. We're running an express lane for those with mobility challenges, the ill and elderly on Daniel Street infront of PIPC.

It would be great if you could tell us you are coming: Phone 9344099 or email office@wellingtonsouthcatholic.org.

BigAir Gym

Children LOVE learning how to Cartwheel, Handstand, Round-off, Handspring and Flip at BIGAIR GYM! BIGAIR’s GYMNASTICS, TRAMPOLINE, CHEERLEADING, TUMBLING & FREE RUNNING classes are excellent for fun and fitness! We focus on safety, technique, fundamental skills, right through to more advanced skills, such as summersaults and twisting. Bigair Gym is a pristine, exciting, kid friendly gym! Our experienced coaches run structured and organized fun gym classes, which follow a badge programme which creates goals and allows children to plan for success! BOOK NOW for Term 3 Classes. Spots are limited so book now on www.bigairgym.co.nz

Bigair Gym Owhiro Bay ph. 383 8779 e. wgtn@bigairgym.co.nz @.14 Landfill Road, Owhiro Bay.

A musical evening with Fr Chris Skinner, supported by St Catherine’s College students, at 7pm on Sunday 22 August at St Joseph’s Church, Ellice St, Mt Victoria. $20 cash at door or go on line to  www.trybooking.co.nz/HZW  .  Booking fee is 30 cents. Fr Chris’s cds will be available to purchase www.chrisskinner.org.nz