Sports BOP

 Sports Bay of Plenty

Sports BOP runs a lot of programmes in schools designed to teach children basic movement skills and/or skills for specific sports, such as tennis, soccer, rugby and netball. These sessions are a great addition to the school's PE programme and also allow teachers to get ideas for their own programmes. These photos of room 6 and 5 are from an indoor session at the end of last term, promoting athletics skills.

Welcoming our new Pupils to St Mary's

 Welcoming New Pupils

At our end of term mass we once again welcomed new pupils and their families to St Mary's School. Particularly because we are a Special Character School it is important to welcome all new families to the school and to our local Catholic Parish. Because we are already in church for mass we are able to get Father to welcome everyone with a special blessing.