We continue to Celebrate Easter within the Church and the new life and hope that comes with the resurrection. Please hold in your prayers those learners from St Pius X who will soon be going through their first Holy Communion and confirmation with the Parish in June. We also ask for your prayers as the Leaders of the Church meet in the Conclave to discern the new Pope following Pope Francis' passing. 

The building project is on track for completion in the upcoming school holidays. We are excited to see the end results and really appreciate everyones patience and understanding to the disruption construction can bring. As part of finishing the project the court will be upgraded and resurfaced. The aim is to have both a basketball and netball court at the end of the project. To achieve this we have been advised that in the final two weeks of school the court will be completely encased in the building boundary. There will be safe access to Ruru and Pukeko in that time. When more details are known I will let the community know. 

We have an upcoming Teacher Only Day on Monday the 19th May. This day is a chance for the teachers and teacher aides to work with outside facilitators to explore the new Maths curriculum. School will be closed for instruction on this day. The staff are not onsite as this is a collaborative Teacher Only Day with a number of other Catholic Primary schools. 
   

As you will read later in the newsletter a local business, the Kebab shop on Urlich Ave, is offering ordered Lunches on Tuesday and Wednesday. This can be ordered by you anytime and will be delivered to the office in time for the children to eat on these days. We will continue with our Tommo's orders on Friday. We are proud to support local business.  

On Thursday we will be having Pizza Thursday. Pizza is ordered at school on Thursday morning and delivered in time for Lunch. We sell Pizza as a way to fundraise for the end of year camps and EOTC. Please support this when you can. 

As I am sure you are all aware there is ongoing utility work at the front gate. This has changed the access and accessibility of the Church carpark. The parks under the trees at the entrance are now needed for a clearway and can absolutely not be parked in to enable a clear and safe access. 

To try and combat some of the congestion we are going to walk the Years 7 and 8 students with their younger siblings to Dermont Street for pick up. The Year 6 will go to the front of the Church. This will hopefully mean 55 families have an alternative collection point other than the Church carpark. If you would like your child to join this walking school bus to Dermont street please message the office or your class teacher and we will add them to the 'stride and ride' walking school bus. If this is successful we may look into 'stride and ride' walking school buses on Odette Street and Pollen Cres as well. 

If this does not work the school will have to explore other options to ensure a safe pick up at the end of the day. 

 Over the last 2 years, Sacred Heart have not had places for non-preference students - even those attending our school. So, if there are students who have set their heart on attending Sacred Heart - they will need to get their preference cards organised when they enrol. They have a few - though clearly Catholic families - who have not submitted their preference cards with their enrolment. They have had approximately 120 enrolments for year 9 next year and a further 60 sitting as drafts. There will be approximately 210 places available. 

Ngā mihi nui
Erin Clayton (Principal)  

 

We would like to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances, we are currently experiencing delays in processing times for financial assistance applications. Please rest assured that we have received your applications, and they are safely in our system.

Our Attendance Dues team at the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton is working diligently to ensure that all applications are processed as quickly and efficiently as possible.

 

Please be reminded that, unless otherwise agreed, we do require a small regular payment to start before the application can be processed.

 

We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time.

 

Kia whakapaingia koe e te Karaiti,

 

Attendance Dues Team

Catholic Diocese of Hamilton - Te Rohe Pīhopa o Kirikiriroa

Our years 7 & 8 hockey team - Saints United Lightning had their first game last Friday night, having a great first win of the season 10-3 over Maeroa Intermediate Cobras. Everyone played so well!!

Peewees - 6-0 Win
Player of the Day
Pypa Evers

Cardinals - 5-2 Win

We’re excited to kick off a new season with the return of our dedicated players and a warm welcome to our new teammates! It’s great to see familiar faces back on the court, and we’re thrilled to start strong with a win in our first game. Let’s keep the momentum going and make this season one to remember. Go St. Pius!

...is on TOMORROW - Friday 9th May in the St Pius X Church. Please be seated by 2:10pm

We have a few retired devices to give away. These are older IPads and Chromebooks in varying condition. The Chromebooks come with a charging cable but the IPads are only the device. The devices have been factory reset.

If you would like one of these devices, please come into the office to collect from the 'Lucky Dip'.

These devices are 'as is, where is'; some are in awesome condition and some have clearly been used.

No RAINCHECKS (pre-ordering), you must come in to collect and NO RETURNS!!

On Tuesday of this week we sent three Year 7 and 8 teams to the CIS Lit Quiz in Morrisville. The teams acquitted themselves well and finished 7th, 8th and 9th in the final points table. Here is a sample of the type of questions they were faced with;

Name the Cat in the Hats helpers?

Where did the Hunger Games novels take place?

What was Roald Dahl’s favourite food?

Answers on a postcard. Thank you to Mrs West, Mrs  Oliveira Carmargo and Mrs Ranjo for transporting the teams to and from the quiz.           

An event for the Adults to share their love of music and food. Tickets on sale now!!! All money raised goes to help the school with ongoing learning opportunities such as school camp and EOTC at the end of the year. The Friends of the school are also working on identifying projects important to the community. 

Matariki Breakfast- An event for the whole family celebrating a truly New Zealand holiday 19/6/25

Each year St Pius X school helps with a couple of Communitea dinners here in Melville. Our first dinner for the year is on the 30th of May. Are you able to help with food or service for the night?