Thursday 9th February Dear Parents and Friends of the School The first two weeks of the school year have flown by and we have hit the ground running. The children have been swimming twice, been involved in cricket coaching and Rm 3 have started Kiwisport. So all go. House Leaders 2017 The following children are our house leaders for 2017. Patrick House (Katie Hay & Nicholas Tarrant) Joseph House (Isaac Styles & John Pombo) Mary House (Cameron Murphy & Amy Boult) MacKillop House (Bailey Begg & Lincoln Walker) Newsletters We are moving to a fortnightly newsletter. These will be emailed or given as a hard copy as requested. Welcome Mass and Picnic This Saturday evening, we have our Welcome Mass and Picnic at the pool. Mass is at 6pm and we ask the children to be there at 5.50pm. We have booked the pool for our picnic from 7-8pm. We are looking forward to a lovely evening. House Colour Day Tomorrow Friday 10th Feb we will be celebrating House Colour Day. The Year 7/8 leaders have been planning this with Mrs Scott. All children need to come dressed in the colour of their house. The leaders will be doing activities with their house followed by games between morning tea and lunch with a culmination game after lunch. We are looking forward to a fun time. Assembly This year we will be holding our assemblies every fortnight on a Friday starting at 2.20pm tomorrow. These will be held in Room 1 and will be led by two house leaders each week. Each class will be sharing at every

assembly. This could be the whole class, an individual child or a group. One class will be responsible each time for the prayer and song component. A roster will be displayed on the noticeboard. We look forward to you joining us. Assembly Roster Week 2 Patrick Week 4 Joseph Week 6 Mary Week 8 MacKillop Week 10 Patrick PTA Fundraiser The PTA are busy organising our first school fundraiser of the year. Please put this date in your calendar. More information will follow. Sons of Remo will be playing at the Victor Wilson Hall at Pleasant Point Primary School On Saturday 1 April. Meet the Teacher This coming Wednesday the 15th Feb we have our meet the teacher evening where each teacher will go through their classroom programme and answer any of your questions. Room 2 5.30pm Room 3 6.00pm Room 4 6.30pm Swimming Cup On Thursday the 23rd we will be holding our Swimming Cup. It will be held at the Pleasant Point Pool from 1.15-2.30pm. Postponement date is Monday 27th Feb. We look forward to you joining us. Buses/Bus Monitors Please find included with the newsletter, information about buses and bus monitors from Mark Creba; Principal of Pleasant Point Primary school, who is the Bus Controller. Please read this information with your children and return the forms by Monday 13 February.

COMMUNITY NOTICES MASS MINISTRIES 11 February School Mass Welcomers & Offertory – Donaldson Family 18 February Prayers of the Faithful – Karen Styles FREE PIANO We have a piano in good condition to give away. If you are interested please contact Christine Macgregor – ph. 614 7384. JAB RUGBY REGISTRATION Pleasant Point Rugby JAB Registration will be held on Wed 22nd Feb 3-15 to 5pm Point Rugby Clubrooms at the Domain. Subs $40, Shorts $25, Socks $10, Eftpos available. New players welcome also if anyone is wishing to help Coach, Manage or join the Committee, please contact Lee Smith 03 6147030 or 0277154530. BACKFLIPS TRAMPOLINES Little Ninja Classes Start 7 Feb. Bounce on in to learn how to BackFlip. Also coming soon our Teen Tricks sessions. Open every day except Xmas Day. For bookings or more information phone our team on 688 2807. See you soon. PIANO & ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD LESSONS After School. Qualified music teacher with Studio next to St. Joseph’s School. For more details, please ring Audrey Rule on 6148854 or 0276194075. Ella Thomas Vocal Studio Singing is an excellent way for students to learn discipline, commitment, language skills, foreign languages, and learn to express themselves, as well as the benefits of kids learning a musical instrument and the links to maths. Lessons take place in a fun and central Timaru Studio, and are for ages 4 years and up. Ella Thomas Vocal Studio offers Performance, Audition Prep, Optional Examinations from Trinity College London, Competitions, Music Theory, Sight Singing, Repertoire in Musical Theatre, Classical, Contemporary, Classic Pop and much much more. To Register your interest or Learn More - please call Ella on 0276314818 or email [email protected].

GERALDINE MULTI CHALLENGE – Sunday 19 March This annual event run by the Geraldine Lions Club, for mountain bikers now includes running and walking eventsw for those who want to enjoy the tracks other than on a mountain bike. All ages and genders are catered for. Details of the event are available on the school noticeboard, and at the office.