Week 8

 

This is the last full week for 2022, and for our year 6 students, that last full week at St Mary's!!  

If you still have library books at home, please return them on Monday.  Thank you to those students who have had a good look at home and found books that were overdue.

We are making our Christmas truffles tomorrow.  If you can bring a rolling pin, that would be very helpful.

All students took home a letter regarding social media and the use of websites last week.  If you would like further information, please go to https://netsafe.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/A-guide-to-social-media-settings.pdf

Swimming Sports and Tryathlon 2022 - THURSDAY 8TH DECEMBER 

Rotorua Aquatic Centre, Tarewa Road, Rotorua

 

Information to Parents & Caregivers

Points to note:

 

We will be having a triathlon and biathlon at the swimming sports this year. The triathlon involves swim, bike and running. The run and biking will be in the park next door and will not entail riding on the road. If your child wants to participate in this they will need to bring their bike and helmet with them to the Aquatic Centre.  Bikes will be secure inside the Aquatic Centre.

The biathlon is a swim and run.

Children will choose one of these events, not both.

 

• The programme is for our middle and senior school students - Years 4, 5 & 6.

• The swimming sports will be held at the Rotorua Aquatic Centre on Tarewa Road in Rotorua.

• Years 4 – 6 students need to be dropped off at the Aquatic Centre on the day by 8:45 am.

• Swimming sports will finish at approximately 2:30pm. Children need to be collected from the Aquatic Centre by 3:00pm at the latest.

• If your child attends After School Care or they usually catch the bus home they will be picked up by bus and returned to school from the Aquatic Centre at 2:30 pm.

• Children may come to swimming sports in their house colours, they may wear their togs under their clothes. There will be points for the ‘Best Dressed House.’ Teachers will be dressing up too!

• Children will need – togs & towel, sunhat, sunblock, warm clothes, morning tea, lunch & water.

Should the event need to be cancelled, this information will be put on our website by 7:30 am and a notification sent via Facebook and the school phone app.

We are publishing a school magazine again this year, and this will be available during the last week of this term. At this stage, there are only to be 100 magazines printed. It will be a great memento of 2021. Orders are taken now with the cost for the magazine being $10.00.