Welcome to 2021

 Welcome to Kakano 4!!!

I hope you have all had a great break.

A little bit about me:

My name is Sara Mines.  I am a Mum to two wild and boisterous boys who keep me on my toes.  Both my boys attend St Marys, Campbell is in his final year and Mitchell is in Year 5.  My husband Paul and our boys live on a small farm past Okere Falls with a multitude of animals including chickens, roosters, sheep, our border collie Jessie and cat Rex.

I have been teaching for 16 years and absolutely love my job.  It is a pleasure to wake up each day and come to work (although I don't think of it as 'work').  

I have been at St Mary's for the past year and a half and prior to starting at this wonderful school, I taught at different schools across Rotorua.  

I love being active, spending time with my family and friends, and finding new adventures to participate in.

I am super excited to start the school year with your children and can not wait to meet you all in person.

Here are a few important reminders:

SCHOOL APP 📱

We have a new school app. We suggest you install and set this app from School Apps NZ then search for St Mary's Catholic School Rotorua. Make sure you set up for the notifications you wish to receive. Alternatively, you can go to this link

https://schoolappsnz.co.nz/install/ and search for St Mary’s Catholic School Rotorua

We have provided our stationery lists for each year group to the following providers. They will be able to assist you with stationery requirements.

STATIONERY 📚

A copy of the stationery requirements for each year group was also sent home to parents when the 2020 school report was issued. If you have misplaced this please find a copy via this link

Bay Office Products, 8 Old Taupo Road, Rotorua

New Entrant and Year 1 Pack

Office Max

We’ve teamed up with OfficeMax to make getting school ready faster! Your child’s class list is available now on https://www.myschool.co.nz/marysrot. The Office Max stores have closed so this year it is online orders only.

Warehouse Stationery, Rotorua

Stationery packs will be premade and available in-store from 18 January 2021.

I look forward to seeing everyone this week and for the children to start next week!

Mrs Mines