Our Lady Star of the Sea

M***i Day! Friday 21st August
Put away the uniform and rock your own style for the day! We need to build up our chocolate stash..
Please bring your donation of a king-sized chocolate bar or a gold coin donation so we can use it to buy chocolate to help out with our Twilight Market Chocolate trailer.
We are still gratefully accepting donations of gently used toys, lucky dip items, and second-hand children’s books (please note that we are only collecting children’s books). There is a collections bucket in your child’s classroom.

Every donation helps make the Twilight Market a success, and we truly appreciate your generosity.

If you would like to sponsor or contribute towards our Twilight Market or have any questions, please contact the Twilight Market team at [email protected].

Friday 7th August – Teacher Only Day – school will be closed for instruction on this day.
Bizzy Bods are not available anymore.

Cross Country time table for Wednesday 5th August.

Friday 7th August – Teacher Only Day – school will be closed for instruction on this day. Please refer to the flyer below for more information on Bizzy Bodz supervision

Calling All Old Phones! We are Ringing in a Greener Planet

Do you have old unused mobile phones around your home or workplace? Are you looking for a responsible way to dispose of them? We have the answer. We have partnered with Swapkit Mobile Phone Recycling and sustainable coastlines.

Donate an old mobile phone – such a simple act that can help so much.

The RE:MOBILE Mobile Phone Recycling Scheme has raised over $3 million for NZ charities. You too can help preserve our environment for generations to come.

With 69% of New Zealand’s rivers deemed unsafe for swimming after rainfall due to contamination and 75.2% (as per coastal litter surveys up to July 2024) of plastics being the worst offenders in the marine environment, the cleaning up of our water and beaches is important work for us to do for all to enjoy well into the future. The proceeds from the mobile phone recycling scheme helps SustainableCoastlines work towards this long-term vision of beautiful beaches and healthy waters.

Sustainable Coastlines is a multi award winning New Zealand charity run by a small team of hard-working staff, and a network of passionate volunteers and interns. Their mission is to inspire, educate and enable others to look after the natural places we love.

Rummage around for those unwanted mobile phones to donate.

Phones received are graded, data wiped, and sim/memory cards removed and destroyed. Phones that can still be used are sold by tender to offshore businesses that specialise in the resale of second-hand mobile phones. They are refurbished and sold as low-cost handsets to places like Africa and Asia. Phones that have reached their end of life are broken down and recycled in an environmentally friendly way with up-to 95% of their materials being recycled into other products.

Regardless of condition, working or non-working (even pieces missing), make or model, all mobile phones are accepted by the Mobile Phone Recycling Scheme. You can include the cable if you have it, however you can just donate the phone on its own.

The box is located in the reception area. Please help this great initiative if you can.