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Archives for February 2016

School Patrol

February 25, 2016 By Tania Savage

In 2008 CMcK worked with the Wellington City Council to develop a safe school travel plan. From this extensive survey and consultation the current parking and road patrol procedures were developed. Due to the recent consultation over the available bus services the opportunity to review our procedures has arisen. We will again be working with the WCC  and NZ Police to ensure  that our procedures are as safe as possible. Our current procedures are:

School Drop Off, Pick Up, Procedures

CMcK BoT and Staff encourage all drop offs and pick ups to be completed on our school courts. Before school parents walk their students to the pathway beside the hall, younger students can walk with a sibling Yr 5 and over. It is very important that all drivers are aware that sometimes students may forget the rules and rush across the playground—the speed limit inside our school is posted on signs as you drive in the gate. After school students are to be picked up from the hall or on the path outside the hall. Students are not to commence playing in the playground until the adult who is picking them up has arrived. This ensures that the Staff know all students have been safely picked up. Those students who are walking home must have left the school grounds before 3:15pm to ensure they are crossed safely by the teacher on bus duty.

Bus Travellers

Meet at the bus shelter directly after the bell and inform your teacher of which bus you are catching. Staff always contact the bus company to report late arrival of busses. We are also currently compiling numbers for the WCC consultation.

School Patrol

Our school patrol is a wonderful group of parent volunteers. They wear a high visibility jacket so all are aware that they are acting as a school patroller. Because of the corners before the crossing and the speed which cars travel  we ask that no one drops off within ten meters of the crossing. Although there are not yellow lines there we ask that you respect our request to keep our volunteers and students safe. The school patrollers keep the school informed of any circumstances were they believe safety has been compromised. They will give polite reminders to families who park within 10 meters during the morning crossing duty.

Road patrol

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Ash Wednesday

February 21, 2016 By Tania Savage

Catholic Character

We began the season of Lent by celebrating a mass with our new parish Priest Fr Ron Bennett. Lent is a time of reflecting upon how much God loves us, no matter what we do, and for giving thanks. As we were marked with Ash yesterday, we began our journey through Lent to prepare for the wonder of Easter. The ashes remind us that even though we don’t always live God’s way, if we ask God to forgive us, we will receive forgiveness and love. We were delighted to share this mass with family and the St Thomas More Parish.

Ash Wednesday

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School Uniform

February 21, 2016 By Tania Savage

Our students wearing our uniform are a walking advertisement for our school. The students’ behaviour is always impeccable and it would be lovely to see them wear our correct uniform with pride. Included below is the correct school uniform items. Please help us by ensuring your next uniform purchase is the correct colour and style explained in the list below.

Cardinal McKeefry School Uniform.

Please note: All shoulder length hair must be tied back. No nail polish or jewellery apart from a cross or bone carving/pounamu that are able to be worn underneath the school polo top.
GIRLS

Maroon/navy tartan box pleat pinafore

Maroon/navy tartan skort/culotte (optional)

Optional for Yr 7 & 8 only: Maroon/navy skirt (or remove bib from pinafore)

White ankle socks (summer) or navy tights (in Winter).

BOYS

Grey middle weight shorts worn all year round

 

Knee-high navy socks  or navy ankle socks

 

FOR BOTH GIRLS & BOYS

Sky blue short sleeved polo shirt with school logo

Sky blue long sleeved polo shirt with school logo

Navy polar fleece (1/2 zip) with school logo and/or navy v-neck jersey with school logo

Navy slouch or bucket style sunhat (Terms 1 & 4)

FOR BOTH GIRLS & BOYS
FOOTWEAR:

Black sandals with no socks (please ensure they are a simple design with one strap around the ankle)

Black school shoes (Black soles, preferably leather)

 

SPORTS UNIFORM (Yr 4-8)

Sky/navy PE Top with school logo

Navy PE shorts (can also be worn by Yrs 1-3 )

White sport socks

Sports shoes (worn for PE only)

Other Uniform items

Navy polyprops for under poloshirts in winter

Navy bike pants for under pinafores

Navy Raincoat

 

Uniform is available for purchase from NZ Uniforms, 167 Thorndon Quay. Open Mon—Fri 9am – 5 pm and Sat 9 am – 4 pm.

 

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2016

February 21, 2016 By Tania Savage

Welcome back for the 2016 school year! Over the past few weeks the teachers have attended professional development in literacy and innovative learning pedagogy while preparing their classrooms for the new school year. We have all commented on how empty CMcK feels without its students and as I visited each classroom it was wonderful to see our buildings filled with the joy and excitement of ‘getting to know you’ activities. Our first day back culminated in a blessing liturgy where we also welcomed our two new members of staff Kate Reynard (Rm 4, Deputy Principal) and Laura Thomsen (Rm 3) as well as Fr Ron Bennett (Otari Parish Priest) to our school community.

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