Dear Parents/Whanau

It is wonderful to note we have 94-95% attendance at school this week. Thanks to everyone for helping to make the transition back to school very successful.

We would like to seek feedback from parents about the COVID-19 "Learning from Home" experience over the Level 4 and Level 3 period. We have tried to make the following survey quick to complete and will have a random draw for a $50 New World voucher for every 50 respondents ie If we can get 200 families to respond there will be 4 x $50 vouchers.

Here is the link to the survey https://forms.gle/M6e3mZ2UBN5zKwAL6 and it will remain open until 9pm on Wednesday 3 June. Please can you help us by completing this survey. Thanks.

It is great that the news gets better each day when we hear that there are no new cases in New Zealand of Covid-19.

Although this is the case at school we still need to follow safety protocols inside the school gate, but we need your help in following protocols especially when waiting in the church car park to pick up children after school.

If you are waiting for your child please wait in the fenced off area at the swimming pool end of the car park. At the end of the day children come into the car park from the school grounds and they will stand on a tyre or spot. When they see you your child will walk over to you. While waiting for your child, please do not stand in our coned pathways or in and around cars. As soon as you have your child I ask that you leave the car park. We need to make sure we follow the social distance protocols in the carpark.
You are welcome to drive through the car park to pick up your child.

WE NEED YOU TO FOLLOW THESE PROTOCOLS PLEASE.

WHAT WE ARE DOING AT SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN AT LEVEL 2
Children sanitise hands on entry to school
On entry children go straight to classroom
Wash hands on entry and exit of classrooms
Sneeze/cough into elbows
Stay out of moist breath zone

WHAT STAFF ARE DOING AT SCHOOL
Cleaning surfaces in classrooms
Door handles and bathrooms are cleaned by the caretaker during the day
Door handles and bathrooms cleaned by cleaners at the end of each door

WHAT PARENTS NEED TO DO
Sanitise hands and register on contact register if coming into the school grounds.
Do not enter classrooms
If picking children up from the church car park please follow the protocols above.

Presently we are unable to have full school assemblies but we still want to recognise Superkids and Principal Awards. At the end of the week we put on facebook the children who have been awarded these awards. Here is last week’s: W7 T2 Super Kids, Birthdays and Principal Awards

We have received great news that Masses will resume this weekend. This is from Father :
Dear Parishioners and Friends,
Yes, we have Mass this weekend – Pentecost Sunday, 31st May 2020. Please let everyone know. To keep a record of who is coming, Parishioners are encouraged to register (book-in) for the Mass which they wish to attend. We have a limit of 100 people per Mass. Here is the link to book-in to go to Mass for this weekend.
https://www.cognitoforms.com/AlexBailey1/StMarysStMichaels
There are four Sunday Masses in each church.
Four at St Michael’s and four at St Mary’s.
All the Sunday Mass times have changed. Please consider which Mass you will attend.

Have a great week.

Kind regards
David Macmillan

FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES:

Kia tau te rangimārie kia koutou – Peace be with you.

Pentecost

This week classes are learning about Pentecost.

In the New Testament, this is noted as the day that the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples of Jesus.

Acts 2: The Coming of the Holy Spirit. When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages.

BERNIE HALL
Director of Religious Studies.

Cellphones for Starship:
If anyone has cellphones they are discarding we would like them for Starship Hospital. Chargers / batteries not required. Please drop into the office. With thanks.

JPC OPEN DAY Saturday June 27th, 9am to 12 Noon

Enrolment information and the 2021 online enrolment registration is now open on the JPC website. Enrolment registrations close 30th June.

SPORTS NEWS

We are finally able to update you on our Winter Sports and Sports Bay of Plenty School events.

FOOTBALL
The season will start on Saturday 6th June.
Registrations have closed with all teams full.
An email has been sent to registered players regarding your team.

MINIBALL
The season will start on Monday 8th June (Y0-2 Team) and Friday 12th June (Yr3/4 & Y5/6)
Registrations have closed with all teams full.
An email will be sent out by the end of the week to registered players regarding your team.

HOCKEY
At this stage Hockey is due to start in Term 3.
We have many players who have already registered. An email will be sent out to these players by the end of the week to confirm you have registered.
Please make sure you are receiving the School APP notifications as requests for additional players will be made via the APP.

NETBALL
At this stage Netball is due to start in Term 3.
We have many players who have already registered. An email will be sent out to these players by the end of the week to confirm you have registered.
Please make sure you are receiving the School APP notifications as requests for additional players will be made via the APP.

IMPORTANT:
Sports notices will be made via the School Newsletter and School APP please make sure you are receiving these. If you have registered for sports, please check your emails regularly also.

CONTACT TRACING AT GAMES:
Sports organisers are using the government's iDMe contact tracing app at their venues. Anyone wanting to attend games will need to have this set up on their phone.
“​​​​​​​iDMe lets people create their own personal QR Code on their phone with their contact information (name, address, email, phone number). They can save it to their phone home screen so it’s instantly available, even offline. Multiple personal QR Codes can be saved to a single phone, making it easy to display and provide everyone’s contact details, completely touch-free”
Go to https://www.idme.co.nz/ to set it up.

SPORTS BAY OF PLENTY SCHOOL EVENTS

Unfortunately Sports Bay of Plenty had to make the tough call to cancel their school run events for Term 2. The following events will not be taking place:
CBOP & BOP Rippa Rugby Tournaments
Interschool & BOP Cross Country
BOP Gymnastics Competition
BOP Trampoline & Power Tumbling Championships
BOP Quick Rip Rugby Tournament
Basketball Mini Ball World Cup (Year 5 & 6)