Dear Parents

Welcome to December. The first day of summer and the countdown to the end of the school year and Christmas Day. How is your Christmas shopping going?

Teachers are currently completing the children’s end of year report. These will be emailed out to parents Friday next week. Please keep an eye out for the reports in your email box.

The children and teachers are preparing for the Year 6 Graduation Mass and the End of Year Liturgy, along with the Kiwi/Kea Christmas show. These three celebrations, and the whanau picnic, provide whanau the opportunity to join their children in celebrating Christmas and the 2023 school year, along with farewelling our Year 6 students. 

Please check out the 2024 dates below. We will be providing an opportunity for parents to meet their child’s teacher on Thursday, the 1st of February and Friday, the 2nd of February. A link will be provided next week, which will take you to the booking app. This is an opportunity for you to introduce yourself to their teacher and to share with them your child’s story. The children are welcome to attend the whanau meeting. The students first day for the 2024 year is Wednesday, February 7th. 

Enjoy December! (and enjoy the photo of Home Group 7’s Christmas Elves below).

• Advent
• Angel Tree
• Year 6 Graduation Mass
• End of Year Liturgy & Family Picnic
• American Police Car Visit to HG12 
• Year 1 Storywriting – “Basketball”
• Waterwise 
• 2024 – Dates to Remember
• Community Notices

God of hope, who brought love into this world,
be the love that dwells between us.
God of hope, who brought peace into this world,
be the peace that dwells between us.
God of hope, who brought joy into this world,
be the joy that dwells between us.
God of hope, the rock we stand upon,
be the centre, the focus of our lives
always, and particularly this Advent time.

Storywriting – “Basketball”

By: Polo, HG16

My sister is going to have basketball. I am going too. I am going to basketball on Tuesday night. It will be fun. I will try my best. Miss Luxford is allowed to come. I am going to cheer my sister on. I am going to make everyone proud at the basketball. I love basketball. I am playing with Jose, Miro, Riker, Railley and me! I have a plan. The plan is when I have the ball, everyone goes in the line. I pass to the player behind me over and over until we get to the hoop when he passes to me.

February

• 1 – Whanau Meetings with teachers
• 2 – Whanau Meetings with teachers (continued)
• 5 – Teacher Only Day – School closed
• 6 – Waitangi Day – School closed
• 7 – First day of Term 1 – Students return to school

March

• 29 – Good Friday – School closed
• 31 – Easter Sunday

April

• 1 – Easter Monday – School closed
• 2 – Easter Tuesday – School closed
• 12 – Last day of Term 1
• 25 – Anzac Day (during school holidays)
• 29 – First day of Term 2

May

• 12 – Mother’s Day
• 31 – Ministry of Education Teacher Only Day – School closed

June

• 3 – King’s Birthday – School closed
• 28 – Matariki – School closed

July

• 5 – Last day of Term 2
• 22 – First day of Term 3

August

• No dates of significance

September

• 1 – Father’s Day
• 27 – Last day of Term 3

October

• 14 – First day of Term 4
• 28 – Labour Day – School closed

November

• 15 – Ministry of Education Teacher Only Day – School closed
• 5 – Guy Fawkes

December

• 18 – Last day of Term 4
• 25 – Christmas Day

Please check out the latest community notices  which you can find on our school website.