O'Shea is hosted this Saturday and Sunday weekend by St Mary's. I wish them the best of luck and thank the students, staff and alumnae for all their hard work preparing for this special event. They performed for us on Wednesday, and they we amazing.

Uniform

It is good to see everyone looking smart in their winter uniforms, however, I would appreciate your support regarding our jewellery rules. There appears to be a growing number of nose rings, extra piercings, and jewellery, possibly resulting from holiday purchases. Students are only permitted to wear one pair of simple earrings, a cross or taonga under their shirt and one ring is also allowed. No other jewellery or piercings are permitted at school, and we will confiscate extra jewellery if students cannot follow these simple rules. There is plenty of time to wear extra jewellery when out of uniform.

Hair colour is to be a natural hair colour and to be tied up.

Ties are optional.  Winter shoes are to be worn for terms 3 & 4; last week, we still had several students wearing sandals.  If you need support with uniform, please make constant with your daughter/s Dean.

Year 9.  Fiona Bell fiona.bell@scc.school.nz

Year 10 Andrea Graham andrea.graham@scc.school.nz

Year 11 Sue Smith - susan.smith@scc.school.nz

Year 12 Julia Sharp - julia.sharp@scc.school.nz

Year 12 Bryony Wood - bryony.wood@scc.school.nz

Year 13 Laura Heil - laura.heil@scc.school.nz

Attendance

Last night the Sunday programme had a feature on Attendance. "Truancy is a thief. It steals opportunities and takes away futures" - Grant McMillan. Truancy makes it more difficult for students to achieve their goals.  If you need support getting your daughter to school, please make contact.  We have Sophie, our Counsellor, here three days a week and a social worker on Mondays; we can also support with snapper cards.  We are preparing students for their future.  More than one day a fortnight is deemed unacceptable by the Ministry of Education—every day at school matters. Attendance is a crucial building block - of knowledge and habits that will help them now and in the future.

 PPTA

A heads up for proposed industrial action by the PPTA (Post Primary Teachers Association)

Please note that these actions may change depending on how the negotiations progress.  Rolling regional strikes are planned for next week (week 3), with the Wellington day currently scheduled for Wednesday, 11 May. There is also a proposal for Year Level rostering home beginning week 2.

The rostering home plan is as follows:-

Week 2   Thursday 4 May - Year 11

Week 3 Tuesday 9 May - Year 12 and Thursday 11 May - Year 13

Week 4 Tuesday 16 May - Year 9 and Wednesday 17 May - Year 10

Week 5   Thursday 25 May - Year 11

Week 6 Tuesday 30 May - Year 13 Thursday 1 June - Year 12

Week 7 Tuesday 6 June - Year 10 and Thursday 8 June - Year 9

I will keep you informed if plans change.

Please watch emails and the college calendar – it is another busy but exciting term ahead of us.

Ngā mihi nui

Katrina Kerr-Bell

Tumuaki