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,

Another fabulous week here at school.

With this changeable weather please make sure that your child has their school jersey and a black warm jacket.

There is so much second hand uniform to give away. Please help yourself or let us know if you need anything and we can give to your child.

We had a beautiful liturgy on Friday to honour mothers, grandmothers, aunties, and significant women in the lives of our tamariki. We really did enjoy being back together and connecting with each other.

This Sunday is the Ascension of the Lord. This is when Jesus arose into heaven at the end of his time on earth.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Thank you so much for all the information you shared with us in term one through our community survey. The information has been so helpful to the staff and trustees.

On Sunday, 21st May, the Board will meet to set the strategic direction for the next three years. 

Just a friendly reminder that full payment of the Attendance Dues for 2023 is due by 31st May 2023. If you are paying by regular instalments, payments should be set up to close the balance by 30th November 2022 or by arrangement with the Dues team.

The May invoice/statement was emailed or posted to all families on 5th May. Please check that the invoice has not gone to your Spam/Junk Inbox and that all your children are listed on the statement.

Financial assistance is available to families experiencing financial hardship (loss of income/redundancy, family reasons, etc.). It is a condition of the assistance application that the family has an affordable regular payment in place.

If you have any questions, please contact us:

Phone: 0800 462 725       Email: dues@wn.catholic.org.nz         Text: 021 08907902

The Breakfast Club happens on Tuesday morning before school in Room 4. All students are allowed to come to breakfast club. People come with their friends to have breakfast together. - Kellan, Rm 6.

Room 1 visited the pop up library, He Matapihi Molesworth Library on Tuesday, which we all really enjoyed and we are looking forward to our next visit.

The Sacred Heart Cathedral School Student Council will be holding a Sausage Sizzle tomorrow, Thursday, 18th May.

All orders must be in a SEALED ENVELOPE with your child’s name, room number and total number of sausages written on the envelope with the correct money inside (no change given). Money raised will go towards the cost of printing the Year 8 Yearbook. Orders will be collected by the student council each day up to and including Thursday, 18th May.

Cost:

• $2.00 each for the normal sausage order.
• $0.50 additional if the student wants with onion and mustard.

This Friday, 19th May, students can come to school wearing something pink. Pink Shirt Day celebrates diversity, kindness and inclusion and promotes stamping out bullying. It is about creating a community where all people feel safe, valued and protected.

We are thrilled that Te Ahi Ora are coming to SHCS next week. 

The following attachment outlines the programme they will be offering and important safety information. Please ensure you read it before the evening.  We note that all students participating will require a parent/guardian to attend with them.

The school will be divided into alphabetical order for the performances to allow families with more than one child to attend on the same night.  

        Surnames A - L  24th May 4.30-6.30pm

        Surnames M - Z  25th May 4.30-6.30pm

• Please do not park on the courts, parking will be available at St Mary’s.

• We will be running a sausage sizzle - $2.00 each.

Please contact Kate Woodbury or Sue Cranney if you have any questions.

kate@sacred-heart.school.nz

suec@sacred-heart.school.nz

We look forward to seeing you next week!

Please note: Parents collecting students from ASC will need to park at St Mary’s to collect their children on both days.

Welcome to our first silent auction!

We have a very good variety of items up for bidding. We are very grateful to our school community who helped with donating their items for the auction. There are items that are brand new and some are rarely used. We are very excited for you to take home these fabulous prizes that are up for grabs!

Please see attached link for the google form below and kindly take note that all bids must be in by Monday afternoon, 22nd May. The highest bidder for each item will be contacted directly after the auction. The profit from this auction will go towards our external environment around the school.

This is our first time doing this and if there will be hiccups along the way, please be patient with us.

Silent Auction for Lot 1

Thank you very much for your continuous support for our school.

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

Basketball

Year 3/4:

Sacred Heart Ninjas vs Scots Saints won 55-7. "It was a big game last night! The children played so well as a team and had lots of fun too. Some super shots and had great defence." - Coach Adele.

Year 5/6:

Sacred Heart Raptor vs Island Bay Lakers lost 19-33.

Year 7/8:

Sacred Heart Eagles vs Sacred Heart Falcons won 47-10.

Netball

Year 5/6:

Sacred Heart Stars vs Worser Bay Stars won 23-0.

Year 7/8:

Sacred Heart Emeralds vs South Wellington Ruru - superb game didn't win on the day but what a great team on the court who worked together the score was 23-12.

Sacred Heart Saints vs South Wellington Kakapo - didn't win on the day, pretty close score. Our students listened carefully and respectfully to their coach and kept their eye on the ball with incredible passing and shooting.

Our Stars were superstars - many first-time players. Excellent ball skills combined with a sideline of whānau who supported the children 100% 

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.

Call toll free 0508 NETSAFE (0508 638 723) or report an incident online at https://netsafe.org.nz/reportanincident/ or email a question to help@netsafe.org.nz.

Minister Wood helped out with our road patrollers on Tuesday as part of Road safety week and the Road to Zero strategy.

Our Road patrollers dressed up as Superheroes - this group of children rain, hail, or shine make sure all students from our school, St Mary's College, and members of the public cross the road safely.

The Road to Zero strategy sets out our vision for a New Zealand where no one is killed or seriously injured in road crashes.

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.

This Tech Week, encourage your child to innovate and explore new skills with a free tutored coding session. Students aged 9 to 18 can learn to code games, websites and apps in a free one hour session with Coding NZ. Sessions are available at 4pm, 5pm and 6pm weekdays, so pick a slot and book today at codingnz.com/signup.

To purchase, click on or copy and paste this link: https://subscribe.entertainmentnz.com/fundraiser/10428y2.