The excitement has mounted as the day has finally arrived for the showing of our school production - The Green Balloon. This has been a long project with our senior students leading the way as scripts have been written, auditions held, costumes made and scenes shot. All have participated in some shape or form but I do congratulate our Year 7 & 8s for the expertise and skills that they have brought to this production. As our chosen whakatauki tells us, success is not by one but when many are involved and this production is a real testament to that. 

The Oral Presentation Cup Final was held on Monday afternoon and it was an impressive effort by every single one! All won in some shape or form as it was a year of watching our tamariki all make personal gains in so many ways. 

We congratulate:

Oral Presentation Cup: Chloe Blades

Second Place: Marimatina Peni

Third Equal: Dannielle Trangmar and Sophia Meech 

Shown Most Improvement Cup: Jessica Ly

Once again we thank the amazing talented Susan Fogarty who every year volunteers her time to upskill our seniors in public speaking and provides the fun of Theatre Sports. It was also great to have Harry Bartle (a past pupil and one of Susan's sons) come along as one of the judges! We are blessed with the community support that we have. 

This week we had great delight in selecting one student from each hub to receive the award for Excelling. Tino pai to Ben, Bianca, Anneke, Lorenzo and Petra!

We were also delighted to present the ICAS Digital Learning Certificates to all our tamariki who participated in this exam. A wonderful effort and we particularly congratulate Izzy for gaining Distinction which means her result was in the top 10% for New Zealand and Australia. Ka Pai.

Can you help?

The Pump track is off next Friday, December 3 and we would love some help to load this onto the truck. If you can lend a hand for 30 minutes just after 9 we would be very appreciative.

With us moving to the Traffic Light system on December 3, we have the hope that we can all gather for the End of Year Prizegiving and Mass. Please watch out for the notice that we will send out outlining this. 

Ngā manaakitanga

Denise

Faith News 

A reminder that as we approach the Christmas period, we are taking part in the ‘Christmas Food Parcel Appeal 2021’ for St. Vincent de Paul Society, Holy Trinity Parish. We will begin collecting your items from next Monday, November 29th and all throughout Advent. We would love to see our whānau bringing along some items to add to our hamper which we will leave at the school gates each morning.

Advent Prayer

Father, 

Just as You sent John the Baptist to prepare the way for Jesus, help me to clear the path in my heart, too. 

Show me the distractions in my life that block me from all-out worship of You this Advent. 

Lord, I await Your coming! As I celebrate the first Advent––the first coming––I look toward the day where I will see You face to face. 

I imagine what it will be like. 

Give me a heart, Lord, that looks for Your coming on a daily basis. 

Help me to live my life where I'm constantly seeking Your presence. 

My offering to You today is my righteous life for I know I am only clean because of Jesus. 

Show me today how I need to be refined, purified, forgiven. 

Give me the strength to ask for forgiveness and to then change my ways.

Amen

Reflection

How can I clear a path in my heart which allows me to seek God’s presence each day?

Back to school stationery – order now!

We’ve teamed up with OfficeMax to make getting school ready faster! Your child’s class list is available now on the OfficeMax MySchool website: https://www.myschool.co.nz/stants

We encourage you to order early to ensure your child has all their stationery requirements ready to go in plenty of time for the start of Term 1. Don’t wait until mid-January, order now and avoid the back-to-school rush.

Laybuy* is also available, so you can pay in 6 weekly, interest-free payments - and still get your order right away. Or you can pay by internet banking, credit card or debit card.

When you shop on myschool.co.nz you’ll receive free delivery on orders over $46*. You will also help our school earn school rewards* that we use to purchase much needed extra resources for our school.

* Terms & Conditions apply, see myschool.co.nz for details.

Friday Lunches

This week your child/ren can order Subway for lunch on Friday. Order envelopes with the cash inside need to be returned to school on Friday morning.  Please note we can not accept internet banking as payment for this option as subway requires cash in each individual order envelope.

Many thanks to our parent helpers Sofia Georgiou and Kristy Wilson and their Year 6 helpers.

2022 Calendars

We are offering 2022 Art Calendars for the price of $10 each again this year. This is a wonderful opportunity to purchase a piece of your child's treasured art. They are perfect for Christmas presents for friends and family. You can order as many calendars as you wish using the same piece of your child's art.

The calendars are A4 size when closed, spiral-bound, lightweight, and easy to post.

For an extra $5 you can add up to 5 important dates to your calendars. For example, you advise the date and text and the following would be added (e.g. 5 November - "Nana's Birthday" or 31 October - "Mum & Dad's Anniversary")

Your child's art is now ready for viewing via your child/ren's Hero ePortfolio.
Orders will be accepted via the link below until Sunday 28th November.

To order click on the link below.

https://stantseatoun.schoolzineplus.com/form/44

Payment can be made via internet banking into the FOSA account:

12-3140-0317046-00 (please note the calendar as the reference) or you can bring cash to the office.

The calendars will be sent home with your child as soon as they are ready.