Advent Outreach

Advent Outreach

We are collecting festive food items to donate to St Vincent de Paul who will use them to make Christmas food hampers for people in our community this Christmas.

Please consider giving foods such as fruit cakes, tinned fruit, pickles, sauces and relish to go with meat, jams and jellies, meringues, fruit mince pies, chocolate, fruit sauces for use with desserts, good quality biscuits, crackers to go with cheese and dips, nuts etc.

The food will be presented to St Vincent de Paul at the 9.30am mass on Sunday 4 December 2016.

We would like to encourage every family to support this opportunity to reach out to those in need.

Thank you.

“I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!”  Matthew 25

Think Positively Cartoon!

Operation Christmas Child Collection

Remember to bring in your gift for the Operation Christmas Child collection.  As a class we elected to bring items for a 2-4 year old girl. 
Share with your families the attached you tube clips - it is amazing what joy small gifts brings to others.
https://www.samaritanspurse.org.au/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/

Skiing at Rainbow

Check out these photos of our great day out at Rainbow Ski field.  A big thank you to all our parent helpers and instructors.  It was a brilliant day!

Hoiho learns Bike Safety

On Monday we were very fortunate to have Murray and his team come along and teach us road safety using our bikes.

Ski Trip Information

Below are the details of the Year 7 and 8 ski trip planned for Friday September 16th.  I have included a transport list with the names of the children in each car and the adult driver.  I WOULD ASK ALL PARENTS TO SIGN THE SLIP BELOW GIVING THEIR CONSENT FOR THEIR CHILD TO TRAVEL UP TO THE SKIFIELD WITH THAT DRIVER.  (There is 1 more child who requires a ride.  Could any of the drivers please let me know ASAP if you are able to take another child in your vehicle.)

If for any reason there is an error or change of circumstances please contact me on phil@stpauls-richmond.school.nz

We will need to leave school by 7.45 am on Friday the 16th  so I would appreciate all drivers and students being at  the school by 7.40am at the latest.  If you need to be picked up on the way ie because you live in the  Brightwater or Wakefield direction, please can you contact your driver and make arrangements for this pick up.  Some people will need to get on the shuttle bus to take them up to the mountain and this will parked at the bottom of the ski access road for a departure between 9.15am and 9.30am.  All cars that go up the access road should carry chains, although the road conditions should be reasonable.  

I anticipate that at the end of the day we will be back in Nelson between 4.30 and 5pm.  I will ring the school on our departure from the field so that they have our ETA.

It is essential that students bring appropriate clothing for the day and below is a suggested gear list.  Students need to bring some spare gear with them so they have something dry and warm to travel home in.  Everyone will will need plenty of food and water during the day and there is a cafe available on the mountain for hot drinks and snacks.

Gear

Woolly hat Warm thermal layer sweatshirt/polar fleece Thermal Leggings or tights

Ski pants or waterproof overpants Jacket Socks (include spare pair) gloves

Ski goggle or sunglasses Spare warm clothes gumboots/sneakers Extra gloves

Transport list

Driver	Children	Destination Top/Bus
Haley	Caroline, Trinity, Kimberly,Henry, Todd	top
Schultz	Sam, Patrick, Ben, Josh	top
Saxton	Annalise, Aylish, Emily S, Emily M	top
Hood	Margeaux, Ruby, Grace H, Grace Ashc, Ms Dodd,	top
Cools	Kilian, Jacob M, David	top
Scragg	Reuben, Ruairi, James	top
Harris	Andy, Sean, Charlie	bus
Liddle	Jacob, Joel, Kyle	top
Stevens	Finn, Jonte, William	top
Noble	Bridget	top
Smale	Abbey, Hannah, Olivia R, Aria	top
Catriona Ward	Jonty, Brenna, Amy J, Hayley, Douglas, Brooke	Bus

Total 43 children

If parents wish to ski they can make arrangements for this on the mountain although there is a discount available for accompanying parents.

Safety notes

Please note that we carry an extensive first aid kit and that there are trained medical personnel on the ski field.  The more confident skiers who wish to ski up on the top lift will have at least one adult skiing in this area  as well as the usual ski patrol.  The children will be briefed prior to the trip about the need to ski in control and within their ability.  The lower part of the field is visible to all parents should any child require assistance.  Rainbow Ski Field provide us with an extensive Risk Assessment document which is available at the office if you wish to view it.

Charges

On my previous letter I said that the ski package is $50 - This has actually increased to $55 for the 2016 season.  This charge includes ski gear hire, lesson and lift pass.  If your child has gear the cost is $39 ( Pass and lesson) and if your child has gear and a season’s pass the cost is $22.  We will be using the shuttle bus for some of the children adding a $4 charge to every student’s cost.  

PLEASE ENSURE THAT ONLY STUDENT COSTS  ARE PAID TO THE OFFICE PRIOR TO THE SKI TRIP DAY.  IF YOU WISH TO PAY BY INTERNET BANKING OUR ACCOUNT NUMBER IS: 123158 0172957 00  

PLEASE REFERENCE YOUR PAYMENT WITH ‘SKI’ AND YOUR CHILD’S NAME

If there are any queries please contact myself or Ms Dodd at school.  We look forward to a great day with the students!

Kind regards

Philippa Hood and Cathie Dodd

Canonisation of Mother Teresa

http://www.catholic.org/news/saints/story.php?id=68291

Rita Ora sings at the canonisation of Mother Teresa