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,

A special welcome to Kundiso, Room 7 and Trina, Room 2, who started at our school yesterday.  You are going to have a wonderful time at our school and will make lifelong friends.

This Sunday, it is Pentecost Sunday. It concludes the Easter season and is 50 days after the resurrection of Jesus. May we all continue to live in hope and grow in faith.

I am looking forward to connecting with our whānau over the next two nights at our Te Ahi Ora Performance. The children have had an absolutely amazing day today including a lunchtime concert. 

Take care and keep well during this time when we can experience all four seasons in a day and try and find joy in all that you do.

Have a great week. If you have any concerns at all about your child's learning please reach out to their teacher.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

There is a possibility that Primary teachers will take strike action on Wednesday, 31st May.

On Friday, 19th May, our staff and students wore something pink to celebrate diversity, kindness and inclusion, and to promote stamping out bullying.

This week, Room 3 visited Te Whare Pukapuka o He Matapihi. They learnt about graphic novels and enjoyed the activities Rea, the librarian, had prepared for them.

CROSS COUNTRY:

On Tuesday, 16th May, a number of tamariki represented Sacred Heart at Central Zone Cross Country. They made us so proud by doing their best, supporting each other and the kids from the eight other schools. Congratulations to all who were involved!

• Year 4 Girls 10th place - Anaiah (Rm 5)
• Year 6 Boys 1st place - Enrico (Rm 6)
• Year 7 Girls 9th place - Siena (Rm 8)
• Year 8 Girls 8th place - Ava Du.. (Rm 10)
• Year 8 Girls 9th place - Ava Do.. ((Rm 10)
• Year 8 Boys 1st place - Ethan (Rm 10)

Sacred Heart Ninjas (Yr 3/4) vs St Mark's Rua 28-14. Player of the day: Archie (Rm 5).

Sacred Heart Raptors (Yr 5/6) vs St Ants Chargers lost 18-20.

Sacred Heart Eagles (Yr 7/8) vs Scots Lions won 48-10.

Sacred Heart Falcons (Yr 7/8) vs EBIS Totara won 36-25.

NETBALL:

Sacred Heart Stars (Yr 5/6) vs St Anne's Magic lost 1-23.

Unfortunately, we didn’t come away with the win, but it was a great effort by everyone!

Player of the day: Amelia (Rm 6)  – awesome attacking and drives around the court!

Sacred Heart Emeralds (Yr 7/8) vs EBIS Kahu lost 18-19.

Sacred Heart Saints (Yr 7/8) vs St Francis De Sales Flames lost 2-19.

Jonfred (Rm 10) has lost his PE bag on a Friday, almost 3 weeks ago. It's a black PUMA bag with PE shirt, PNZ white shorts, and an orange mouth guard. If found, please return to Room 10 or hand it into the office. Thank you.

We are very low on stock for girls' winter skirts (seniors) and pinafore, as well as jerseys. If you have a winter skirt or pinafore that your daughter has grown out of and would be happy to donate to the school, please drop it off to the school office.  Thank you.

We have a large number of boys' second hand uniform items, winter and summer shorts, as well as winter and summer shirts.

Our silent auction closed on Monday at lunchtime. We were delighted with the outcome.

Thank you to the generous families who donated goods for us to auction.

We raised $587.10 for our outside environment.

We are now gathering goods for Lot 2 - which we will go live with in early June.

If you have anything at home that you no longer require and think that another family may find it helpful, please send it along to school.

A reminder that on the first Friday of every month until the end of the year, we will be making a donation to the Parish Foodbank. If you would like to donate any non-perishable food items, please drop it off at the office. Thank you very much.

We will have a community coffee morning on Friday, 26th May. Please feel free to come to the staffroom from 8.30am onwards.

On the 1st June, we will be having a Norwex Fundraiser for our school at 2.15pm in the staffroom. The products are amazing. They last such a long time and really are fantastic for the environment.

Bernadette recommends the following:

• Make-up removal cloth set
• Deodorant
• Oven cleaner
• Kitchen cloths

If you want to order products and can't make the afternoon session, you can text Yasmin at 021 054 0744 or email her at ycbisa_25@yahoo.com with your order. We also have a catalogue available at school.

Inspire Photography will be in the school on Monday, 26th June and Tuesday, 27th June.

Please note that on Friday, 17th November has been confirmed for the second Ministry of Education Curriculum Day. There will be NO CLASSES on this day.

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