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General Information This page contains most of the information needed for parents concerning the everyday running of the school. Please email the school if you can not find what you need and we will endeavour to add it to this website. Contents Click on the titles below to find the information you require: Term 1 Monday 2 February Friday 9 April Term 2 Monday 27 April Friday 3 July Term 3 Monday 20 July Friday 25 September Term 4 Monday 12 October Wed 16 December (Please note last day is 16 December not 19th as in School Prospectus) PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Waitangi Day Friday 6 February 2009 Good Friday 10 April 2009 Easter Monday 13 April 2009 Easter Tuesday 14 April 2009 Anzac Day Saturday 25 April 2009 Queen’s Birthday Monday 1 June 2009 Chairperson: Peter Thom Deputy Chairperson: Denis Murphy Treasurer: Raewyn Austen Secretary: Christine Balle
Leadership Team Principal: Jocelyn Uasike Deputy Principal: Ursula Hall Assistant Principal & Team Leader Year 3 & 4: Fleur de Farias Director of Religious Education: Noreen Meikle Team Leader Year 5 & 6: Patricia Kenny Team Leader Year 7 & 8: Nikki Tarapa Special Education Coordinator: Patricia Kenny Support Staff Teacher Aides: Jeannette Irwin Deborah Chapman Patricia Roberts Joan Murphy Sherrylle Mackenzie Angela Hart Maria van der Gulik Secretarial Staff: Adele Bell Fiona Marlow Lyn Cox Caretaker: Mike Hooper Cleaners: Glenese Rhodes Tariangi Ruben For Term 1 all students are expected to be in summer uniform. UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS All children are required to wear the correct uniform at all times. Girls’ hair, if long, must be tied back with dark green, dark brown, black or white hair ties and kept tidy. Fingernails are to be kept reasonably short and clean and no nail varnish is permitted. No jewellery, other than a watch and one pair of plain stud earrings, may be worn with the uniform. Hair must be off the face. For health reasons, sun hats must be worn in the playground in Terms 1 & 4. Children who attend St Joseph’s may not have their hair dyed. Winter -Girls Green tartan pinafore/skirt. Year 5 & 8 girls wear a skirt while the Years 0-4 wear a pinafore which consists of the same skirt as the Years 5-8, but with a bib attached. Girls uniform should be at least knee length. These are both available from Uniform Shoppe 19 Manukau Road Pukekohe (next to Police Station). Phone 238 4940. Material and pattern is available from David Mills Ltd, King Street, Pukekohe. White Blouse – Year 5 – 8 girls white school blouse which is a short sleeved blouse with a split hem and is available from Postie+ (Item Code Number 86983) and The Uniform Shoppe, 19 Manukau Rd, Pukekohe (next to Police Station). Year 0 – 4 girls wear a white winter weight school blouse available from Postie+ (Style 87001) and The Uniform Shoppe, 19 Manukau Road, Pukekohe. White ankle or knee-high socks and black leather school shoes. Summer-Girls: Green summer tunic. Black or brown sandals. The sandal must have a heal strap, and no colour variations are allowed. Roman sandals remain an acceptable option Winter-Boys Grey shorts (heavy weight) St Joseph’s School Grey Polo shirt, long or short sleeved, available from The Uniform Shoppe, 19 Manukau Road Pukekohe.(next to Police Station) Phone 2384940. Grey knee length socks and black leather school shoes. Summer-Boys Grey shorts (light weight) Short sleeved polo shirt available from The Uniform Shoppe, 19 Manukau Road, Pukekohe (next to Pukekohe Police Station) Phone 238 4940. Black or brown sandals. The sandal must have a heal strap, and no colour variations are allowed. Roman sandals remain an acceptable option. School Jersey for boys and girls. This is a regulation green woollen jersey. (Sweatshirts are not an option.) Polar Fleece Vest Boys and girls may wear the school green polar fleece vest as an optional extra. These are available from The Uniform Shoppe, 19 Manukau Road Pukekohe (next to Police Station) Phone 2384940. School Jackets These are optional but are not to be worn inside. They may be purchased for JMC,151 Manukau Road Pukekohe. School Beanie: Terms 2 & 3 only. These are available through our The Uniform Shoppe, 19 Manukau Road, Pukekohe. (next to Police Station) Year 8 Pupils may wear winter footwear for Term 4. Year 8 girls may wear the winter uniform for Term 4 if they wish. Hats: All pupils must wear the official school sunhat with the summer uniform. Sports Uniforms Boys and Girls - Yr3 to Yr8. Dark green shorts cotton or nylon. Green Polo shirt with school monogram on front. Available from The Uniform Shoppe 19 Manukau Road, Pukekohe (next to Police Station) Phone 2384940. Sports uniforms are not compulsory in Years. 1 & 2.When representing the school students may wear dark coloured track pants for warmth with the school jersey, jacket or vest. Year 7 & 8 students may wear black track pants for PE instead of the green shorts. During Terms 2 & 3 Year 3 – 6 students may wear bottle green track pants for school fitness and PE lessons. These must not be worn when competing in sports events. Uniform Reminders Jewellery: The only jewellery students may wear to school is a pair of plain stud earnings and a wrist watch. Hair: Hair must be off the face and kept tidy; if long it must be tied back with dark green, dark brown, black or white hair ties. Shoes: Shoes must be black leather shoes – sports shorts are not acceptable. Second Hand Uniform Shop Mrs. Emelio will be at the school on Mondays from 2:30pm – 3:00pm downstairs by the office. If this is not convenient for you please ring Mrs. Emelio on 239 0152 to arrange a suitable time. Lost Property Could parents please help us to sort out lost property by: · Ensuring all clothes are clearly named. · Regularly checking children’s clothes and school bags to see that children have not accidentally brought home clothing belonging to other children.
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School Lunches are available Friday only. Please put all correct money in envelope with names and Room number, as no change will be given. The menu below lists items available and their cost. From the beginning of Term 4 we will be making some changes to our school lunch menu with a view to offering healthier options. There are also some price changes: Mince Pie /Mince & Cheese Pie $1.80 Cottage Bake - Mince &Vegetable $2.50 Cottage Bake – Chicken & Vegetable $2.50 Pizza – Hawaiian $2.00 Pizza - Italiano $2.00 Filled Roll (Ham or Chicken) $2.00 Ham Sandwich $1.80 Salad Sandwich (Ham or Chicken) $2.00 Cookies 50c Popcorn 12g 50c Bottled Water $1.60 Fruit: Apple $1.00 Orange $1.00 Parents are now able to receive our school newsletter by email instead of in ‘hard copy’. If you are not already receiving our newsletter by email, and would like to do so, please contact the school office. As per our school prospectus, if a child is absent from school parents should telephone before 8:40am. A written note to the teacher is to follow every absence. If it is known that children are to be absent for 3 days or more e.g. family reasons, please contact the teacher or secretary well in advance. Parents wishing to take children on holiday during school time should contact the school principal. Lateness Parents are asked to please note that our school day starts at 8:45 am and we expect all children to be at school by 8:30 am in order to prepare themselves for the day. As all of our teaching staff are expected to be at staff professional development meetings by 3:00pm on Tuesday afternoon, parents with queries, concerns etc are asked to please see teachers at an alternative time, unless, of course, the matter is urgent. Thank you. Due to security concerns, the teacher on duty at Dublin Street after school will now lock the Dublin Street gate at 3:00pm. Any children not collected by 3:00pm will need to wait outside the school office and be collected from the main entrance in Seddon Street. Please could you ensure that all monies bought to school is in an envelope with the child’s name and classroom number on it and given to the classroom teacher. Thank you. School Banking School Banking is now up and running for the year. Children will bring their banking to the office each Wednesday morning before 8:45am, and place it in the deposit box. Payment of Accounts If you would like to set up AP/Direct debiting or online banking please call at the school office for our bank details. This year full school assemblies will be held every second Wednesday at 9:00am Each class is rostered to share something from their classroom programme at assembly. Parents are welcome to attend assemblies. Assemblies will be followed by Principal's Coffee Mornings.These are held in the school staffroom. The aim of these coffee mornings is to increase communication between home & school and to provide parents with an opportunity to ask questions or raise concerns. All welcome. Twice a term children will receive Scholastic Brochures, enabling them to purchase recent books at discounted prices. The first issue will be released next week. Please read and fill out the coupon correctly with the child’s name and room number, along with the correct money (cheques to be made out to Scholastic). Your purchases will enable us to receive free resources for the Library and your child’s classroom. Thank you for your support. Board of Trustees Correspondence Any correspondence for the Board must handed to the school office by the Friday before the Board meeting. If you wish to place an order please contact the school office. The cost is $6:00 per book. Parents are reminded to please take care when dropping children off to school and collecting them in the afternoon. Both Dublin St and Seddon St become very congested and extreme care is needed to ensure the safety of all. Road Patrols If there are any parents who would be able to help supervise our road patrol in the morning please contact the school office. The required times are 8:15am – 8:45am on Seddon Street. Thank you.
Would parents please refrain from parking on the yellow lines either side of the pedestrian crossing as it compromises the safety of children using the crossing. Parents are also asked to refrain from parking across school entrance ways. Collecting children after school To help ensure pupil safety, any children not collected from the Dublin St entrance by 3:00pm will be asked to wait in front of the administration building. Road Safety Tips When children are riding skateboards, scooters or on line skates it is important that they wear the appropriate safety gear e.g. a helmet. Everyone loves to play, but not all places are safe playing areas. A sensible, safe, playing person would not be playing near the road or in a car park. Adults must always set a good example e.g. always wearing seatbelts, crossing at pedestrian crossings - children learn by copying what we do. Children should always get in and out of a vehicle on the footpath side. Children should wait to be picked up either inside the school grounds or a designated spot. Car parks are not appropriate places to wait or be picked up or dropped off. Waving or beckoning your child from across the street is not a safe thing to do. Meet them on the other side and cross together. Speed contributes to more than 1 in 5 road deaths in NZ every year. Speed cameras were introduced into NZ in 1993. Within the first 12 months of operation, speed related crashes fell by 5.5 percent. Healthy Eating/School Lunch Policy In 2005, after consultation with our school community, our Board of Trustees introduced a Healthy Eating / School Lunch policy. This policy supports our school health programme and encourages awareness of environmental issues associated with the disposal of rubbish. Thank you to the many parents who help us to implement this policy and to all our children who remember the following rules: a) Food scraps go in the worm buckets. b) Plastic and other food wrappings (with the exception of paper towels and lunch paper wrap) are to be put back in lunch boxes or sealable plastic bags and taken home. c) Drinking water is encouraged d) Drink packaging is to be taken home e) We are all responsible for our own rubbish. Playground Rubbish A reminder to parents that in line with our school lunch policy we have no rubbish bins around the school and now have worm food buckets for food scraps. Lunch wrappings etc that cannot be fed to the worms need to be put back in the child’s lunch box/sealed bag and taken home. Congratulations must go to our students who are making a fine effort with these arrangements. Well done! NB: Lunch paper can be fed to our worms. Franklin Country Meats – Loyalty Programme Franklin Country Meats have offered us the following loyalty programme. Each time someone affiliated with our school shops at Franklin Country Meats 5% of the sales will be attributed to our school. Once a year Franklin Country Meats will gift the school meat products, sporting goods or cash to the value of 5% of our annual sales. People shopping at Franklin Country Meats are reminded to mention our school name in order for us to reap these rewards. Your child will be using Mathletics as an important part of its Maths learning program. Mathletics is the next generation in learning, helping students enjoy Maths and achieve outstanding results. By registering as a parent with Mathletics you will receive weekly reports, have access to view your child’s progress and print out their certificates. To complete registration visit www.mathletics.co.nz/parent. If you have more than one child you will have to register for each child. On completion of the registration, you will be given a parent ID & password. Please print these and store them in a safe place. There is no cost for registration. As per our school Cyber Safety policy all Year 3 – 8 students must abide by St Joseph’s School’s Cyber Safety Use Agreement. This agreement outlines the regulations and conditions under which computers & communication technologies may be used at school. Parents / caregivers are asked to go over the Cyber Safety Use Agreement with their child / children and then complete the relevant section on the form sent home from school. Students who do not have a signed form are not permitted to access the relevant school technologies. Click here for a copy of this form (you must have Adobe Reader) Internet Safety – Bebo Sites We are aware that many of our senior students have sites on the Bebo website. We encourage parents to read and discuss with their child/children the safety information on the leaflet which can be downloaded below. As explained in the information it is important that children are using sites such as Bebo appropriately, and that they are aware that unless made private photos or words posted on their Bebo site are available on the worldwide web for everyone to see. Click here to download the leaflet. (You will need Adobe Reader.) Slingshot 'Better Schools' Programme As from 1st September 2008 we are part of the programme whereby Slingshot customers can choose to have a percentage of their monthly bill donated to the school. Each month, Slingshot will send us a cheque to use as we see fit. How big that cheque is depends on you! If you’d like this easy and pain free way to contribute please go to www.slingshot.co.nz/schools or call 0800 89 2000 and speak to one of their friendly customer helpers, or forms are available from the school office. Who is Slingshot? Slingshot is New Zealand's largest 100% kiwi owned phone and Internet Company. 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