Good Shepherd School

Earlier this month we held our Quiz Night which is a great chance for our community to get together for a fun night out and fundraise for our school at the same time.

We are delighted to announce that this year we raised over $10,000! This will go towards improving our school pool facilities.

We would like to thank our generous sponsors for their support. Local businesses donated amazing prizes for our auctions; supplied beer, wine and food; provided cash donations and helped decorate our hall. A big thank you also to Jerome for his excellent work as our quizmaster.

Congratulations to all our Good Shepherd School Speech Competition finalists. You displayed impressive courage and skills as you delivered your speeches in front of a packed audience. A special thank you to representatives from Marist College and St Peter’s College who came to help judge this competition!

⛪️🕊️Congratulations to the young people of Good Shepherd Parish who celebrated their first Holy Communion today. What a wonderful group of children we are privileged to walk with in faith. The invitation to ‘come to the feast of heaven and earth’ is lifelong. Let us pray that they will flourish as they are nourished by Jesus who offers himself as ‘the bread of life’🐑🙏🏼😇

The Good Shepherd School Olympics Fundraiser was a huge success. The ambitious goal of 7k was smashed and so the principal was slimed! Thank you to Aimee Greenhough who led the event and Heather McLeod who coordinated from the school end. All the staff and parents who helped and supported were amazing and made this a lifelong memory for our children. A lot of learning and laughter was achieved!!

Fabulous Pink Shirt Day topped off by a superb assembly by Room 6! 🌸💕👚

Celebrating early at GSS!! ☘️💕

Day three and counting...

Great start to camp today. Adventures are well underway - so much fun!!🤩

Nice work on athletics day GSS tamariki, kaiako and whānau!

Mōrena,

Our Kāhui Ako has placed the following job advertisement on SEEK for a Kapa Haka tutor for our seven primary schools that want to employ a tutor for their schools.

Please share the link to the job on your social media / school networks to anyone you know who may be interested in applying.

This is the link for the job:
https://www.seek.co.nz/job/70470901

Ngā mihi nui,

Good Shepherd School

Kaiako Kapa Haka for Auckland Central Catholic Kāhui Ako (Primary Schools) Job in Auckland CBD, Auckland Whether you're an experienced tutor or a rising star, your expertise is invaluable to us. Apply now to be our Kapa Haka Tutor to inspire our tamariki!

Another successful Pink Shirt Day thank you! See anyone you know?? 💕💕

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit!

Nice start to Environmental Club with a bit of weeding and tidying up! Thanks Ms Chan and good to see those sunhats on now that it'sx feeling like summer again.👒🌼☀️🌻

Ka pai GSS tamariki - nothing gets in the way of your learning! 😀

As emailed a short time ago.

Morena whānau hope everyone is feeling okay.

No further updates yet, regarding school tomorrow. (we have attached a copy of Friday's letter below). Please keep an eye on your email this afternoon and evening, meanwhile I do suggest you join your classroom WhatsApp group if you haven't already, links attached.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1znb3alokwMGG7uVQaVfzpRxUU8qeilsI8BUKJmGLk2o/edit?usp=sharing

Friday's Information

Good afternoon whānau

The upper North Island now faces warnings of extreme weather with Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle, a severe category three storm, expected to bring strong wind, heavy rain (potentially 200-400 mm in places) and large swell. Consequently, states of emergency in Thames/Coromandel and Auckland have been extended.

Because of the fast-changing nature of this weather event, it is hard to know in advance the implications for our school and community. It will likely be Sunday/Monday, therefore, before we get further clarity about the storm's severity and any potential closure or impact on the school.

The Ministry of Education will also be monitoring the impact of the storm and, depending on how the situation unfolds, they could also consider a directive for schools to close across our region. Any such directive will be based on advice from emergency management services.

We encourage you to stay informed with news and weather reports. Here are some useful links in case of emergency:

Major Incidents – Auckland Emergency Management -

https://www.aucklandemergencymanagement.org.nz/major-incident/flooding-2023

National Emergency Management Agency – Civil Defence -

https://www.civildefence.govt.nz/about/about-nema/

We will keep you informed by email and meanwhile, stay safe.

Kia kaha.

Jane Hahn (Principal)

Steve Rewcastle (Board Chair)

National Emergency Management Agency The National Emergency Management Agency provides leadership in reducing risk, being ready for, responding to and recovering from emergencies.

Not much time for posting lately but here are just a few of the happenings from term three....

Such a great start to ePro8 with our Year 6s this morning! They will continue with this great hands-on activity all week (except when they are at the zoo of course). Expect lots of engineering-type discussions at home!

Good afternoon parents and caregivers,
Nominations for the Board of Trustees elections close this Wednesday 3 August. If you would like to put your name forward for nomination please fill out the paperwork that was sent home with your child last term. If you need new forms, please come into the school office for new forms. You are able to nominate yourself.
If you would like to speak to a current board member to ask questions regarding the role, please email Heather McLeod on: [email protected]
Kind regards
Good Shepherd School

Feeling pretty comfortable this morning! Might have to make it a Friday thing!
Thank you for supporting this inititive and sending your tamariki in their pyjamas with a gold coin donation. We have raised $250, thats quite a few pairs of warm PJs for children who need them.🧸💕

Someone arrived at school feeling mighty pleased with themselves this morning...☘️🇮🇪🤣

A very successful Book Week and Term Two finale!!

Book Week is the Best!!

Don’t forget to check out our book fair with your child before or after school tomorrow or Wed. Eftpos only 👍👍📕📚

Yippee! Our iconic St Joseph's Day tabloids went ahead today at last - hardly a shower to be seen...🌦 Thank you Mrs McLeod and all our Year Six House Captains, it was great fun as always!!

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Be Safe Be Seen 👍🏼🚗

Thanks to all of our GSS students for coming to Sharyn's rescue and cutting the lawn by hand when her lawnmower broke prior to an important visitor coming. Also for trimming it to the right lengh according to Sharyns grass ruler! Maybe check the calendar next time...🤣🤣
Also ngā mihi nui whānau and tamariki for the gold coin donations to help children of Ukraine.
Lastly ngā mihi NUI to Rachel, who is enjoying her last day in our school office today. Best of luck to you Rachel....!

Fantastic start to the year for GSS both at school and at our Year Six camp at Long Bay!

Such a lovely day on Friday. Aroha Nui Year Six Leavers!!!

Graduation Movie GSS 2021 HD 1080p Year Six Graduation December 10, 2021