Dear God,

You come to us in Jesus who teaches us that the way to happiness is through our love for one another.

Watch over the teachers, students and families of Sacred Heart Cathedral School as we try to be faithful to this teaching.

Help us to be a welcoming and joyful community, so that others may come to know your love and peace.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Amen.

Kia ora koutou e te whānau,

Since our last newsletter, we have had all 4 seasons in a week. Crazy, crazy weather. I am in absolute awe of the scenes that I have seen involving volunteers, emergency services and infrastructure services. True heroes in action. I will continue to keep in close communication with you all should anything change for us here at school. Please just let common sense prevail. If it is not safe for your child to journey into school then please stay at home. Please keep in your prayers those families who have lost someone during this very devastating time. 

A very special welcome to our new students. You will love being part of the Sacred Heart Cathedral School Community.

Take care and keep well. Have a fantastic week.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

If you have a new address or new mobile number, please advise Frances, by emailing:  frances@sacred-heart.school.nz.

This is particularly important should we need to contact you in the event of an emergency.

Thank you.

Weather permitting students can bring their wheel items to school - like skates, rollerblades, scooters, skateboards and bikes.

Parking will be on Hill, Molesworth or Hawkestone Street.

Families are encouraged to bring their takeaway dinner to have at school.

You will also have an opportunity to take any second-hand uniform for your child.

17th February (Friday), on the court at school, 5pm - 7pm.

On 24th February (Friday), we are asking for students to wear their own clothes and bring a little Easter treat for our Easter hamper.

Easter Hamper raffle – First Prize: Lenovo chromebook kindly donated by Aiscorp and a small hamper.

Followed by multiple hamper draws.

5 tickets per envelope at $2 per ticket.

Please sell them to friends/family or you might choose to up your odds on winning a hamper by buying the lot. Name and contact phone number need to be written on each ticket butt.

Payment can be made by internet banking:

Account name:  Sacred Heart Parents and Friends

Account number:  12-3140-0397242-00

Please use your child’s name and raffle for school reference.

Raffle closes on 27th March (Monday) and winners will be drawn on 31st March (Friday) and will be announced in the school newsletter on 5th April (Wednesday). Thank you.

Each whānau will be given 5 raffle tickets to sell at the price of $2.00 per ticket.

Thank you in advance for supporting us with this fundraising project. Money raised will be used to enhance our external environment.

Paid Union Meeting – 28 February/1 March 2023

We have been advised that there will be a Paid Union Meeting for primary teachers to attend on either 28th February (Tuesday) or 1st March (Wednesday). Teachers are calling for more staffing for primary schools so they can better support all students. Please see the attached flyer. Our teachers will be attending a meeting on one of the above dates in the afternoon to consider an offer from the Government. This Paid Union Meeting is not strike action and the law allows for two Paid Union Meetings each year.

School will remain open on both 28th February and 1st March, as some of our teachers will attend the meeting on one day with others attending on the next day. In this way our school is able to remain open with extra support staff in attendance for supervision if needed. After School Care will operate as normal from 2.40pm.

Suzanne Adair

Presiding Member of the Board of Trustees

suzanneadair@hotmail.com, 021 039 7558

Te Ao Maori, Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival on 22nd-25th February (competition), 45 teams competing and it will be available on TVNZ Channel 1. LINK  here.

The most prestigious Māori Performing Arts Festival.

Middle Syndicate - Rooms 5, 6 and 7:

Please click on the link to fill in the form and to know more about the details - Middle Syndicate Te Papa Trip

Please come along and hear about what your child will be learning this coming year.

This will be a face-to-face session. Parking will be available on the court.

You have a choice of a 4pm session or a 4.30 pm session. Choose the one that suits you.

Where:

Room 1 whānau in Room 1

Room 2 whānau in Room 2

Room 3 whānau in Room 3

Rooms 5, 6, and 7 whānau in Room 6

Rooms 8, 9 and 10 whānau in Room 9

Please take the opportunity to look at our secondhand school uniform items and take what you need.

What an amazing day we had - another stunning Wellington Day.

The sea was so warm and the students all had an absolute ball at the beach. Thank you again to all of our families who supported us down at Freyberg Beach.

It is a team effort and our staff really appreciates the way families help us out at Beach Day.

Room 8's visit to Parliament and Wellington Museum

Room 9's visit to Capital E

Room 10's outing to the Wellington Museum

Summer Soccer:

The Sacred Heart Junior Strikers kicked off the second part of the Summer season with an amazing 3-2 win on Friday, 3rd February. Our player of the day was Joaquin, Rm 3.

Junior Winter Football Karori AFC:

Waterside Karori have now opened registrations for the 2023 winter football season.  For further details see flyer below.

You are most welcome to come and have a look at your child in their classroom.

If you know any families that are looking for a Catholic Education at a pretty amazing school please let them know that they are welcome to come into school at any time on  15th March (Wednesday) between 9am and midday.