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Sports News: More students are needed for Years 5-6 Hockey and Netball to make up teams. If your child is interested sign up today. Links:

Netball: 

https://enrolmy.com/st-joseph-catholic-school-fairfield/book-now/43-Netball-

Hockey:

https://enrolmy.com/st-joseph-catholic-school-fairfield/book-now/44-Hockey-

PTFA Pizza Lunch Tomorrow

$1.50 per slice.

The PTFA are taking orders by either cash on the day or by Kindo. Orders taken in the library from 8.15am on Friday; or orders via the Kindo App need to be made before 8.30am on the day. Cheese, pepperoni and Hawaiian flavours and gluten free bases available.

Second Hand Sale tomorrow at School. 2.30pm-3.15pm Items include:

Second Hand Sale tomorrow at School. 2.30pm-3.15pm
Items include:
-Uniform
-Desks
-Sports gear
If you have any second hand uniform, sports gear or soccer/rugby boots etc please dropped into the school office by 9am tomorrow.

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Cultural Committee Meet and Greet invitation attached: 2.30-3.30 today Monday 29 March

Cultural Committee Meet and Greet Invitation

We would love to see you at our Cultural Committee “Meet & Greet” this afternoon! 2.30-3.30pm in the staffroom. Invitation attached

Remember all PTFA Easter raffle tickets back to school tomorrow please!

Easter Raffle and Goodies Due Friday 26th March

Thank you to the famlies that have dropped off their Easter goodies and raffle tickets to the school office already.
Please remember that each familiy has been asked to bring in 1 Easter treat to make up the raffle prizes.
Treats can be dropped of at the office until Friday26th March.
Thank you for your support.

Extra Curricular Sports Sign Up – Winter Sports

Term 2 Extra Curricular Netball and Hockey sign up is now open via Enrolmy. Please click on the link below to view the available options. 

Payments are due once the teams are confirmed. Please do not make payment before this as cancellations are possible due. 

https://enrolmy.com/st-joseph-catholic-school-fairfield

Swimming trophies & certificates from swimming sports will be awarded on Monday (22 March) straight after Liturgy in the Church. All welcome

This is because we do not have an assembly next Friday.

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Remember it is our House Day tomorrow – wear mufti (house colour, gold coin donation for Caritas) and come prepared for some fun!

PTFA Easter Raffle and Goodies.

Thank you to the famlies that have dropped off their Easter goodies and raffle tickets to the school office already.

Please remember that each familiy has been asked to bring in 1 Easter treat to make up the raffle prizes. 

Treats can be dropped of at the office until Friday19th March (this Friday). 

Thank you for your support.

Saints Hockey Muster

Hi Parents and Caregivers

Just a reminder that the Saints United Hockey Muster is on this afternoon (Rain or Shine)

Parking will be a bit tight around there – but please do not park on the grass up there. You may need to drop them off and park down the road.

The Muster will run from 4.00pm – 5.30pm.

Our Selectors/Coaches will be Stuart McIntyre and Jo McCaffrey. Both have coached for Saints United since the start and have been regular Waikato Hockey Reprehensive Coaches over the years. They will assisted by my daughter Brianna – who coached the 2nd team last year.

Please ensure your children have the following gear:

1. Hockey Stick
2. Mouth guard
3. Shin Pads
4. Sneakers/hockey shoes

Thanks

House Day Celebrations – Wednesday 17th March

House Day Information

PTFA Pizza Lunch is back!

PTFA Pizza Lunch is back!
Every Friday for the rest of this term. Only $1.50 per slice.
Hawaiian, Pepperoni and Simply Cheese flavours available – gluten free option will also be available.

Save yourself the hassle and order via mykindo!

You will also be able to order on Froday morning in the school library.

mykindo

The St Joseph’s Fairfield Cultural Committee will be meeting in the staffroom at 7pm tomorrow Wed 10 March – new members welcome!

Easter Raffle tickets are coming home today – the PTFA thank you for your support.

Please remember: No school on Monday 8th March – Teacher Only Day! We will see you all on Tuesday.

Yr 7&8 Campers have left Tui Ridge and are on schedule to be back at the end of the school day approx 2.45pm.

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Great news – Yr 7&8 Camp at Tui Ridge on Wednesday is going ahead as we can meet the Alert Level 2 Guidelines. Parents have been emailed.

Kia Ora Koutou Please see the attachment about the return to Alert Level 2.

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Please see the attachment about the return to Alert Level 2. 

Postponements:

-The Cultural Committee Meet & Greet this afternoon (Monday 01 March) is postponed and will be rescheduled once we are back in Alert Level 1
-Monday Morning Liturgy in the Church
-Friday’s Assembly in the Church 

Upcoming Events:

Some upcoming events may still be able to proceed under Alert Level 2 guidelines. We will keep you informed about the Year 7-8 Camp this Wednesday. 

Thanks for your support. 

Nga Mihi

Grant Stuart

Principal

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Alert Level 2

We’ve got this team! Level Two… we know what to do. I’ll send a brief reminder email tomorrow. Stay safe, be kind.

School Assembly tomorrow – Thursday 25 February : Our 1st assembly for the year will be held tomorrow at 2pm in the Church

School Assembly tomorrow – Thursday 25 February :
Our 1st assembly for the year will be held tomorrow at 2pm in the Church. We couldn’t have it last week due to swimming sports. After this week our normal fortnightly schedule of assemblies will resume – check the school calendar!

PTFA MEETING Tonight, 7pm in the school staffroom. All welcome!

Juicies ($1.00) and Moosies ($1.50) will be on sale at lunchtimes starting tomorrow. Proceeds to Student Council fundraising. Thanks!

Remember it’s “Meet the Teacher Appointments” this week. If you haven’t booked an appointment, it’s not too late!

https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/

Event code: yw22t

Yr 4-8 Swimming Sports tomorrow at Fairfield College pool. Remember togs, towel, school hat, drink bottle, lunch and sunscreen!

The Prime Minister announced this afternoon that we will be returning to Covid Alert Level 1 at 11.59pm tonight….

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The Prime Minister announced this afternoon that we will be returning to Covid Alert Level 1 at 11.59pm tonight. 

This means that drop off and pick up procedures will return to normal tomorrow.

School will start at 8.45am and finish at 2.45pm.

Thanks for your support and co-operation over the last three days we really appreciate it. 

Nga Mihi

Grant Stuart 

Principal 

Covid 19 Level 2 Update Kia Ora Koutou Thanks for your support with our Alert Level 2 procedures at the start of the school day today…..

Covid 19 Level 2 Update

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Thanks for your support with our Alert Level 2 procedures at the start of the school day today, it was a smooth start to the day.

We will keep you up to date regularly with how Alert Level 2 affects school events. At this stage please note:

Postponements:

The Cultural Committee Meet & Greet this afternoon (Monday 15 February) is postponed and will be rescheduled once we are back in Alert Level 1
The Commissioning Mass at the Cathedral tomorrow evening has been postponed
We will not be attending Ash Wednesday Mass 

Upcoming Events:

Some upcoming events may still be able to proceed under Alert Level 2 guidelines. We will keep you informed about the Year 4-8 Swimming Sports this Friday; we will make decisions about spectators based on how the covid situation unfolds over the next few days.

Meet the Teacher Appointments:

We have Meet the Teacher Appointments at the beginning of next week. These can proceed under Alert Level 2 with contact tracing and social distancing in place, so please book an appointment if you have not done so already.

Meet the Teacher Bookings are now open through the online School Interviews system:

Click on this link, or go to the School Interviews website and enter the booking code:

Booking Link: St Joseph’s Fairfield Meet the Teacher Term 1 2021 

 www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

Event code:  yw22t

Thanks for your support. 

Nga Mihi

Grant Stuart

Principal

COVID 19 – Change to Level 2. At 11.59pm tonight we return to Level 2 restrictions. Please refer to Hero for more details.

Term 1 Syndicate Newsletters

Term 1 syndicate newsletters are now available on the school website and via the HERO Community Notices. There is a lot of important information in it so please take the time to read it carefully.

The St Joseph’s Cultural Committee are hosting a “Meet and Greet” after school next Monday – see invitation attached

At St Joseph’s we are always looking for ways to celebrate the rich diversity of cultures in our school. We invite you to a social occasion to connect with families from the wide range of cultural backgrounds at our school, and to find out more about our Cultural Committee.

Monday 15 February 2.30-3.30pm in the Staffroom.

Cultural Committee Meet and Greet Invitiation

Team Information Sessions tomorrow afternoon – Tuesday 9 February

Remember that there are “Team Information Sessions” being held at school tomorrow afternoon – Tuesday 9 February.
Come along to meet the teaching teams, find out about how learning is organised for your child’s age level, and find out about upcoming events for the term in each syndicate.
The times of the meetings are staggered to allow families to attend each session if necessary, and the sessions will be repeated twice as follows:
Yr 0-3 3.00 – 3.25pm in Matatipu
Yr 4-6 3.30 – 3.55pm in Room 8
Yr 7-8 4.00 – 4.25 pm in Room 1
Yr 0-3 4.30 – 4.55pm in Matatipu
Yr 4-6 5.00 – 5.25pm in Room 8
Yr 7-8 5.30 – 5.55pm in Room 1

We hope to see you there!

Please remember that school is closed this Friday! (5th Feb). We will see you back at school on Tuesday 9th Feb.

The first newsletter for this year is available on our website and also via the HERO Community Notices. Welcome back!

School Lunches

St Joseph’s Catholic School will no longer be offering LunchOrders as an option each day.

We will be starting a new ordering system within the next week and we are teaming up with St Pierres Sushi to bring some new lunch option to your children. We are also talking to Subway to find out if that is also another possibility.

Watch this space and we will keep you up to date!

Thank you.

The School Office opening times.

The School Office will be open on the following days for all enquiries.

Tuesday 26th (Today) – 12 – 2pm
Wednesday 27th – 10am – 2pm
Thursday 28th – 10am – 2pm

Thank you.

Don’t leave it too late, 5 minutes is all it takes to order back to school stationery. Get school ready now at myschool.co.nz.

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