Welcome

Kia ora e te Whānau - warm greetings to all of our families. 

A number of our new families have moved to New Zealand for their work, and we are very grateful that they have chosen our Catholic Community for their child's education. This enriches the learning experience for other children who are exposed to news ways of interacting and playing, and learn to demonstrated 'manaakitanga' - ensuring their needs are met and fostering a warm and inclusive environment. 

School Hours

St Francis de Sales School is open between 8.30am and 3.15pm. These are the times that your child can be at school. Outside of these hours, teachers need time to meet other staff, prepare their lessons and resources, mark work, evaluate assessments, and meet with external support services. Please respect this by doing the following:

• make sure your child arrives at school between 8.30am and 8.55am

• Remain out of the classroom before 8.30am

• collect your child from school by 3.15pm

• arrange for before and after school care outside of these times

• email your child's teacher if you would like to meet with them 

Catholic Character

Sacrament of Confirmation

Fiffteen of our SFDS students celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation at At St Francis de Sales Church on Saturday evening. We continue to pray for these children as they journey through the Sacramental programme within our parish. 

Loving God,
Thank You for being with our tamariki as they learn more about You.
Please bless all the children journeying through the first sacraments.
Help them to listen, learn, and grow in their faith.

Bless their families, their teachers, and their friends
who help them on this journey.
Thank You for loving us always.

We pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen.

Learning Updates

Garden to Table

This week, our Garden to Table group brought fresh flavours and green goodness to the kitchen by whipping up Herby Cheese Puffs with Spinach — using ingredients they harvested themselves from our very own school garden!

With spinach and parsley picked fresh from our garden beds, the students got busy washing, chopping, mixing and baking a batch of delicious cheese puffs. Following a simple but tasty recipe from the Garden to Table programme, the students learned valuable kitchen skills such as using a grater safely, measuring ingredients, and mixing batter without overworking it.

Keen to try these puffs at home? See the recipe below. 

Ka pai to all our young chefs — your green thumbs and growing cooking skills are truly something to celebrate!

Sports

Jumping June

We are excited to announce that St Francis de Sales School will be participating in Jumping June to help raise money for the Heart Foundation.

During our PE lessons in Week 9, from Wednesday 25 June to Friday 27 June, students will be skipping to support this wonderful cause. This is a fantastic way for our students to stay active while contributing to heart health awareness and research. 

We encourage families to support the students in raising funds for the Heart Foundation. Donations can be made by using the QR code below or by visiting the following link:

https://app.jumpingjune.co.nz/fundraising/st-francis-de-sales-school-is-bay-84e37184-0584-40a4-acbd-5d02344aa6a0

Any contributions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your ongoing support!

School Notices and Events

PSL DISCO Live on Kindo 

Thursday 19 June -to be held in the SFDS Church Hall 

• Junior School 5.30- 6.15pm

• Middle School 6..30 -7.15

• Senior School 7.30- 8.15pm

$10 per child Cash door sales available on the night also. Bring Cash for the DISCO Shop!!