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As we explore the Ancient Civilisations let us consider the ancient prayer:-
Beneath Thy Protection (Ancient Greek: Ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν; Latin: Sub tuum praesidium) is a Christian hymn and prayer. It is the oldest known Marian prayer and the oldest preserved extant hymn to Mary as Theotokos
What an amazing world we live in with all our digital access. I have just left one classroom having watched one teacher taking photos of a child’s work to send to them at home as the child really wants it but doesn’t have it with them. Lucky in these times of hybrid learning we can do this. If your family does need to isolate remote learning is offered by all classes, your child’s teacher will be in touch to assist with this. We have a few more of our tamariki away today due to being household contacts. They have continued to work from home and have demonstrated some brilliant independence in being able to do so. While 95% of the tamariki from our school are healthy and have not tested positive please keep those family members who have in your prayers.
Next Wednesday, March 16 from 1 - 4 pm we will have a pop-up vaccination clinic here for the children and for any adults who wish to have a booster shot. Please watch out for further information.
It was wonderful to gather for our assembly last week (we do look forward to inviting you all back as soon as we are able to) to celebrate the learning and successes of the various classrooms. Ancient civilizations have triggered a wonderful sense of curiosity throughout all of our students. It has been incredible to see the rich learning discussions and highly engaged learning. Te Awa presented their pyramids at assembly. They have also explored hieroglyphics and papyrus. Now they are moving on to Ancient Rome learning all about Roman numerals thanks to a very catchy song! Te Aroha have been exploring what it was like to live in Ancient Rome and how they have influenced our society today. They have also researched the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World and created their own version, see below the effort from Te Moana. In Te Ākau learning through curiosity continues to inspire us as they imagine, create and explain. It is great to watch them in action.
I extend my thanks to our wonderful board who work tirelessly for us all and who has also approved a number of expenses for the teaching and learning. Sadly due to us operating at Red, you are all missing seeing the numerous items that our tamariki are enjoying such as the other glass door finally arriving and new furniture in He Atawhai We have more tables and a great shelving unit that is proving a wonderful display space at the moment for the Seven Wonders of the World. The two new microscopes have also proved a great hit. So thanks to everyone for all the fundraising efforts and our Board who works through all the processes to ensure our school is well resourced - ngā mihi nui|thanks so much.
Finally, it was great to see so many riding and walking to school for Movin’ March this week - the passports are filling up. Shout out to Abby and Thomas who came to Strathmore to walk with me. I hope to see more at the shops next Monday at 8 am.
Lent Prayer
On Shrove Tuesday we made pancakes and it was really fun. My class (Te Awa) made pancakes first. We got split up into two groups. The recipe was Easy Basic Pancakes. The ingredients were eggs, milk and flour. We flipped the pancakes on the hot pan. We got to put maple syrup on our pancakes. They were delicious.
- Charlie Smith
On Shrove Tuesday we wrote our bad habits on a scrap piece of paper. The whole school was called on to the deck so we could burn the pieces of paper that we all wrote on. We dropped our pieces of paper in a bucket that had fire in it. Then we watched the paper burn into ashes.
On Ash Wednesday we went to the church to get the cross on our forehead. Then because of covid we had to get ash sprinkled on our hair instead. Father Bill mixed the ash with a little bit of water. We all lined up to get ash sprinkled over our heads.
- Betty Price
Last Monday Te Aroha decided to make a Roman breakfast because this term we are learning about Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece. When we came to school we saw some seniors in the kitchen area already started making bread. As we entered the classroom the air was filled with the smell of bread.
Ms. von Lanthen and Ms. Reid called 5 or 6 (Roman numbers v, vi) students to come up and also help make bread and we also made gluten-free bread as well.
When the bread was being baked we all went to dress up in our Roman robes and came back to the kitchen to wait patiently for our breakfast to be ready.
The smell of the cooked bread filled the air with a homely smell and made us all hungry. Everyone enjoyed our fresh bread with melted butter and cheese and olives. ?
By Leanne
In these uncertain times, our school is a place of safety, normality (well … our new normal!), and hope for our tamariki and school whanau. Thank you to all parents, caregivers, and the wider school whanau who support our school to continue to provide quality education and care to all our students. We pray for a speedy recovery for those who are unwell and for those who are isolating, we pray for calmness and peace.
Friends of St Anthony’s (FOSA) - Have you signed up yet???
FOSA is a dedicated committee of parents who come together to support the aims of the School Board through fundraising to supplement the school budget and organising events to bring together the school community in social activities.
FOSA organises and runs activities such as fortnightly Friday lunches, movie nights and quiz evenings. FOSA is also involved with organising our bi-annual bazaar - this is a joint effort with our parish.
It’s time to get our committee together for 2022. We would love for you to be part of this committee.
The time commitment is :
- a once a term meeting to plan activities
- leading or being part of a smaller group to focus on running a specific fundraiser for the term.
Involvement with FOSA is a great way to get involved and help our school with minimal time requirements. We look forward to many putting up their hands for this small but vital task.
Watch out for the signup form.
Tu whitia te hopo! | Feel the fear and do it anyway!
School Policies review
From time to time, we ask you, our school whanau, to participate in policy reviews, with the intent of strengthening current school policy. This term we are looking at these policies:
To review and make comments on these policies:
- Logon to the SchoolDocs policies website http://stants.schooldocs.co.nz/
(note that there's no "www"!).
- Enter the username (stants) and password (ludlam).
- Follow the link to the relevant policy as listed.
- Read the policy.
- Click the Policy Review button at the top right-hand corner of the page.
- Select the reviewer type "Parent".
- Enter your name (optional).
- Submit your ratings and comments.
Ngā mihi nui to our worker bees!
A huge thank you to everyone who came to school last Saturday 26 February to help with the working bee. It’s true that ma tini ma mano ka rapa te whai | many hands make light work. Our back fences are looking sharp and the massive amount of tree trimming makes the bank very neat and tidy. Ka pai e te whanau!
And speaking of school maintenance, we have engaged contractors to paint Block 2 in the July holidays and then the rest of the school in January, 2023.
In Te Moana we have been looking at the seven ancient wonders of the world. More than 2000 years ago travellers would write about the incredible sights they had seen on their journeys. Over time, seven of these made the list of wonders of the ancient world.
Most of them were huge structures that needed a lot of engineering skill and innovation to build. We have researched these Ancient Wonders and tried to recreate scale models of these. We will share some of them with you now.
The following students shared their masterpieces
Cobie - Temple of Artemis was built to honour Artemis the Greek goddess of hunting. This temple had lots of artworks.
Nikki and Monica - Hanging Gardens of Babylon. This garden paradise was built to please the wife of King Nebuchadnezzar II
Alice, Emily and Jessie - Statue of Zeus is a 12 metre statue of the Greek god.
Tom and Brea -Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was built for King Mausolus.
Thomas and Bianca - Lighthouse of Alexandria was the world’s first lighthouse. Mirrors reflected the sunlight over the sea.
Many thanks to all the families who have returned this form. If you are yet to fill this in for 2022 we would really love it if you could return it by the end of next week so we have up-to-date contact details for you and your emergency contacts in our systems.
This week we will be offering Fish n' Chips as the lunch order. Order forms should have come home with the students this week but if not one is attached below. Many thanks to our parent helper Kristy Wilson and her year 6 helpers who will be getting this organised for the students.
We are reaching out to your school in expressing interest for the upcoming junior football season with Wellington Olympic AFC. If there are any kids wanting to pick up a winter sport or change clubs, then we are happy to accommodate them! Our clubrooms are based at Wakefield Park, Island Bay.
Attached are 3 flyers below (one for each age group) which contain information for your students and staff perusal. It would be highly appreciated if you could hand these to your students, include these in your school newsletters or websites so you can promote our junior football programme to any keen young players, new and old to the sport.
Registration can be accessed through this link:
https://www.sporty.co.nz/
On behalf of Wellington Olympic, we are thankful for offering our junior program to your school. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
| Olympic Junior Football Committee | |
| Wellington Olympic AFC 022 365 3415 juniors@olympicafc.org.nz |
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