Over the past 3 weeks our tamariki have been part of some amazing activities.

Kahui Ako Samoan Speech Competition (Yr 5 & 6)

We had 3 tamariki participate in this event. The 3 students had to be recorded saying a speech on the Topic of ‘My Identity’ for 2 minutes in Samoan.

Congratulations to Joanne, Tuvale and Tiare for their amazing efforts.

All three students placed in the top 5 of our Kahui Ako (14 Inner City Catholic Primary Schools)

After School Netball

Over the last 3 weeks our three netball teams have started their netball season. This is the first time in 10 years that CTK has entered in 3 teams across the different age groups.

All 3 teams have had the highs of winning and the lows of losing but their teamwork and skills keeps growing each week.

EPro 8 Challenge

Xarnder, Fai, Ambarish, Tiare, Joanne, Marianna, Carvin & Titan – Congratulations and best wishes.

This area will be part of each newsletter to keep you up to date with an aspect of our schools Strategic/Annual Plan.

Teacher Development

Currently our staff are involved in the following Professional Development.

• Incredible Years Teacher Programme (2 teachers)
• Physical Restraint Training (7 teachers & 5 support staff)
• Professional Growth Cycle (7 teachers)
• Wings Catholic Formation Programme (7 teachers, 3 support staff & 1 board member)
• New Religious Education Curriculum (2 teachers)
• Literacy Training (2 support staff)

As the long seasons of Lent and Easter come to a close, we enter “Ordinary Time,” witnesses to the Spirit before the world’s darkness. Keep the flame alive! Tend the fire: Use your gifts, ordinary as they may seem. And let it tend you: Give thanks for the fire, the very spirit and breath of God abiding within.

Bring happiness to those around you.
The Spirit of joy is ours.
Work tirelessly with your friends in this community.
The Spirit of loving community is ours.
Care generously for the troubled and downhearted.
The Spirit of compassion is ours.
Work fearlessly for the oppressed and despised.
The Spirit of justice is ours.

CTK Service Programme

Service hours are due Wednesday 1st November 2023 – Booklets are avaiable from the school office.

Certificates will be presented at CTK Prizegiving at the end of the year.

Proclaiming the Word 2023

Proclaiming the Word is about our ability to speak in a clear and confident way.

We will have a junior and a senior competition. Readings and prayers will be handed out next week.

Details of each are below.

Class finals – Week 1 Term 3

Junior and Senior Finals

Registrations are open for our Term 3 and 4 After School Activities

We will be providing these activities for 15 Weeks (Term 3 x 10 weeks and Term 4 x 5 weeks)

Cost is $30 per activity ($2 a session)

Registations Close Friday 23rd June 2023
Payment to confirm your spot is required by Monday 10th July.

Congratulations

Room 2

Tigist – Trying hard to stay focused on given tasks.

Maisie – Having a positive attitude towards her learning.

Room 4

Ayla-Lesina – Working really hard in writing.

Jake – His contribution and participation during inquiry.

Room 6

Rishon – Demonstrating service in the classroom by helping others with their reading.

Riston– Being respectful towards his classmates and teachers.

Room 8

Glam – Settling well into a new school and class.

Elisha – Learning how to write full sentence answers for reading. Malo lava!

If you have a child who will be starting school in the next 6-12 months please enroll them as soon as possible as spaces are filling up fast.

Currently we have closed enrolments for 2023 in Years 3 to 6.

We are still able to take a limited amount of students in our Junior School so be in quick.

Our school has been working with SchoolDocs to create a website for our policies and procedures. We are excited to announce that the site is live and available to our school community.

The school works on a subscription basis with SchoolDocs to maintain, update, and review our policies. SchoolDocs provides us with a comprehensive core set of policies, which have been well researched and follow the Ministry of Education National Administration Guidelines. The policies and procedures are tailored to our school, and the school supplies specific information such as our charter, and procedures for behaviour management, reporting to parents, etc.

SchoolDocs updates, modifies, or creates policies in response to changes in legislation or Ministry guidelines, significant events, reviews/requests from schools, and regular reviewing from the SchoolDocs team.

Our Board has the opportunity to view changes/additions and comment on them before they are implemented. We will advise you when policies are up for review and how you can take part in the review.

We invite you to visit the site at https://ctk.schooldocs.co.nz (note that there’s no “www.”).

Our username is “ctk” and password “owairaka“.