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,

There is such a buzz around school with the filming of the stories from our local area for the upcoming movie on Wednesday 13 September. Our teachers have really taken themselves outside of their comfort zones and have upskilled themselves. How lucky are we?  

Our classrooms are so versatile - Room 6 as a movie set with a green screen

After School arrangements - If you are late to pick up your child, the expectation is that your child waits outside Room 2 until you pick them up.

Please do not ask your child to wait down on the bottom playground as they are not allowed.

Please note there are no teachers on duty after school therefore, they are not being supervised.  Staff are marking, planning, in meetings, analyzing data or receiving professional development. We do have After School Care available that is very reasonably priced. There are subsidies available for some whānau. Our staff are super busy and they carry an incredible workload. Dealing with issues that happen out of school hours puts an enormous strain on a busy teacher.

2024:

We are starting to plan for 2024 and are working on our class lists that ensure we have the best combinations of students to ensure learning is maximised.

Mr Grevatt is going to be the new Deputy Principal at St James Catholic School in Palmerston North. This is a wonderful career move for John and we are super grateful that for the past 8 years, John has been able to touch the lives of so many students at our school. What is even more exciting for John and Therese is that they are expecting their second baby in February 2024. A double congratulations! The Grevatts are leaving very big shoes to fill. We have started our recruitment process and will confirm with you all who will be joining the team later on in term 4.

Thank you so much for all the support you give our school.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Each class has been very busy creating a movie of a particular story of Wellington's history.

On Wednesday, 13th September at 5.30 pm and 7.00 pm, we will be holding our movie screenings of these stories at the Memorial Theatre, Victoria University on Kelburn Parade, Kelburn.

Booking Links:

5.30 pm Showing

7.00pm Showing

Seats are strictly limited to 300 people, and entry is by ticket only. Please include your child/children in the number of tickets you request. Given we have limited seats we ask that only immediate family attends.

On Monday, 18th September, Rooms 3 and 5 will see Aladdin The Musical at the Lower Hutt Little Theatre. We are thrilled to be a part of this amazing chance to teach and encourage our tamariki to appreciate the performing arts! The show will last for one hour. Please click on the link to know more details and fill in the permission form - https://forms.gle/syxpQWDfjQWE869D9.

Please click and fill in the google form link - San Lorenzo Ruiz Liturgy.

Maraming Salamat po!

Breakfast Club is up and running every Tuesday morning before 8.40am. Come and join us for lots of fun and chats!

On Thursday, 31 August we will be having a market day to raise money for our Year 7 and 8 camp in 2024.

Non-uniform day - students can wear their own choice of clothing.

If you are happy to bake some items for us to sell to the students on market day, please drop it off to the school office on Thursday, 31 August. It would be great if items could be dropped off to school in individual packages ready for selling.

Bring cash to buy goodies and food including a sausage sizzle.

CENTRAL ZONE SWIMMING RESULTS:

Sophia (Room 5) - Year 4

• 3rd in 25m backstroke
• 3rd in 25m freestyle

Jiezl (Room 6) - Year 5

• 1st in 50m freestyle
• 1st in 25m backstroke
• 1st in 25m breaststroke
• 1st in 25m freestyle

Amelia (Room 6) - Year 6

• 2nd in 25m butterfly

Alyssa (Room 10) - Year 7

• 2nd in 50m freestyle
• 2nd in 25m breaststroke
• 2nd in 2m freestyle

BASKETBALL:

Sacred Heart Ninjas (Year 3/4) vs Brooklyn Hoopsters won by default.

Sacred Heart Raptors (Year 5/6) vs Clyde Quay Pukeko won 20-16.

Sacred Heart Eagles (Year 7/8) vs St Anne's Saints with a draw of 34.

Sacred Heart Falcons (Year 7/8) vs SWIS Suns lost 8-37.

NETBALL:

Sacred Heart Stars (Year 5/6) vs St Francis De Sales Sparks - all team members gave their very best effort on the defence and mid-court. Player of the day was Kaatia (Room  5). Special Mention to Hazel (Room 6), who gave 100% effort on the court last Saturday.

Sacred Heart Emeralds (Year 7/8) vs Holy Cross Stars lost 9-13.

Sacred Heart Saints (Year 7/8) vs South Wellington Kakapo lost 8-11.

Ben, Room 8, has lost his black Macpac jacket. Can you please check your child's jacket and if found, please return it to Room 8 or hand it in to the school office. Thank you.

We are having a sponsored quiz to raise money for our external environment.

The testing day for our students will be on Friday, 8th September.  We would love to encourage our students to reach out to extended family members to sponsor them.

Our students will not only raise money for our school they will also gain knowledge about an international sporting event. 

Thank you for your support with this fundraiser.

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.

The Vision and Hearing technician from Te Whatu Ora will be at the school on Wednesday, 13th September at 9am for Vision and Hearing Screening of our Year 1-6 students and catch up on Year 7-8 students who missed the previous screening. If you would like your child to opt-out of the screening, please click on the link below and complete the form - Vision and Hearing Test Opt-Out for Parents.

Dr. Chris Bowden will present a workshop for our school community on Building Resilience in our Young People.

This is a practical session for parents to help children bounce back from setbacks.

Chris wears many hats. He is currently a lecturer at Victoria University at the School of Education. He also advises a wide range of groups including Mental Health Foundation, and Skylight Trust, and is part of the Youth Mortality Review team at Capital Coast Health.

We will have childcare available here at school should you wish to attend.

Our session will run from 5pm to 6pm on Thursday, 31st August.

Dr Chris Bowden highlights the importance of raising awareness of the prevalence of trauma and the way it affects adults and children in society. How they respond to trauma has a very significant influence on their health and well-being.

We don’t often make the connection between trauma and the symptoms of trauma. We focus on the outcomes of the trauma, but we don’t address the trauma. Chris will share his wisdom with us and help us to enable students to become more resilient.

Registrations are open for the new summer season. Games are every Friday at Ian Galloway Park in Wilton from 27th October 2023 to 22nd March 2024 from ages 5-13! Younger children play from 3.45pm with older children playing later. We usually enter seniors, middles and junior teams and it is so much fun!

Please contact suzanneadair@hotmail.com if you are interested and also if you would like to co-ordinate/manage a team.

Find our more here: https://kellysports.co.nz/kelly_events/view/16190

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

Current promotion ends today:

New promotion starting 6:00pm tomorrow, Thursday 24 August ending Thursday 31 August:

We have had a request from Karori West Normal School who provide Technology classes for our students. With New World's latest cookware sticker promotion, if you are not using these stickers, could you please collect and donate them to the school and we will pass it onto Karori West Normal School who would like to redeem the stickers for cookware for their cooking department. Please drop any stickers off at the school office. Thank you.

Learn the secrets of writing great stories from an award-winning author
"Write Like an Author" is a school holiday program for young writers.

Held in a fun and supportive setting at Raroa Intermediate this camp will see children develop and write stories with help from award-winning author Maria Gill.

Maria is the award-winning author of over 60 books. She has won the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults Non-Fiction, and the Margaret Mahy Best Book of the Year Award.

It will be held during the school holidays, from Tuesday, October 3, 2023 to Thursday, October 5, 2023.
There will be a three day camp for children aged 9 to 14 and a one day workshop for children aged 7 to 10.

Young writers will learn:
* How to come up with story ideas
* How to plan and outline a story
* How to come up with interesting, sympathetic characters
* The writing process, how to put it all down on paper

Plus they'll make new friends and have heaps of fun!

Young writers (or their parents) can register here:
http://www.writelikeanauthor.com/CampListing.asp?wc_id=384

The number of places on the camp is strictly limited so register early if your child is interested in attending the camp.