St Peter Chanel School

SCHOOL IS NOW CLOSED FOR TODAY

All primary and intermediate schools, and DKA Dunedin Kindergartens between Mosgiel to Port Chalmers to Waikouaiti are now closed because of adverse weather conditions for Tuesday the 4th of August.

Please stay warm and safe out there

LATE START TODAY
Due to snow and treacherous road conditions, we have a late 10am start today, 4th August.

All primary and intermediate schools and DKA Dunedin Kindergarten between Mosgiel to Port Chalmers to Waikouaiti have a delayed 10am start this morning.

Stay warm!

⭐️ Mānawatia a Matariki! ⭐️
SPC wishes you a happy belated Matariki weekend. Matariki is the Māori New Year, acknowledging the rising of the Matariki star cluster.
We celebrated today with a Shared Prayer 'Jesus is the Light,' had coffee and brownie and a fun filled whānau group session. Whaea Sara's mum made carrot cake, we told stories and made some lanterns, kites and hope bags with natural confetti.

Manuia Le Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa.
Happy Samoan Language Week 🇼🇸 🌺

We were so lucky to have Grettel, Louis and Olive from the Williams & Tili family come and share their knowledge with us about Samoa. We learned some fun facts, played some cool games and Mila-Rose and Olive performed a Siva Samoa (dance) for us. They also brought some panikeke (donut) for us and it was SO delicious!

The lovely Pip from Life Education and Harold the Giraffe visited us recently. Each class was able to attend 3 sessions of learning. Pihinga and Māhuri were learning about resilience and how to use your 'mind master' and not let your 'head hassler' take over. Puāwai had some excellent sessions on digital safety. We are very grateful for the time and effort that Pip takes to tailor the lessons to our students. And of course Harold is always a highlight! 🦒

We were very privileged to be visited by members of the NZ Bumblebee Conservation Trust and the Enviroschool team. They came to share with us all about the wonders of the bumblebee. We learnt so many interesting facts. At the end our tamariki were able to look at a live bumblebee hive. These are usually under the ground so very rare to see.

We are now official bumblebee ambassadors! We are hoping to plant a special flower garden to support our local bumblebees. 🐝

A reminder that SCHOOL IS CLOSED tomorrow, Friday 15th of May, for staff professional learning combined with all the Dunedin Catholic schools