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,

Thank you very much for all your patience with the Council and what has been happening down on Hill Street. The outcome of the humps is certainly going to slow traffic going down Hill Street. Please be aware that I have been in regular contact with the Council about the timing and duration of this project. It was also unfortunate that the Archdiocese also communicated with us all about not parking down at the Archdiocese. If you were confident just dropping your child and letting them walk up into school, you could go up the side by the Archdiocese carpark building head through a second carpark and to the left is the bottom school gate. Your child could get out of the car, open the gate and walk straight onto the bottom playground. Then you could loop down Eccleston Hill beside the Anglican Cathedral and end up on Hill Street. This is a drop-off-only option and would mean you don't get out of your car at all.

What an amazing time we had on Friday with the Dance performance. Mark, our dance tutor embraced the Sacred Heart Cathedral Way "Light the Spark". The students were all simply incredible, with concentration at the forefront, body movements in sync, and a positive attitude all thrown together to create an incredible performance. Thank you to all whanau who took time out of their busy day to support and encourage our students.

I have been in classrooms throughout the past couple of weeks working with teachers as part of meeting standards and our professional growth cycle. As I reflect what I have observed are " Mana enhancing relationships". Examples include scaffolding students to be considerate or just little whispers saying maybe you could use kinder words. I am very grateful for the fabulous team we have here at school who all work together for the good of our community.

It was so good to see so many whānau coming in for goal setting. It is so appreciated as successful learning is determined by the relationship we have between home and school.

A very special welcome to Lingchu, our Mandarin Language Assistant who will be with us for 2024. Lingchu will be working in all of our classes.

Cathy is now on her long service leave and we will see her at the start of June. A very special welcome to Adele who will cover Frances in the morning while Frances runs our school office.

Prayer:

E te Ariki, Lord, today we listen to the story of the Samaritan woman at the well.

Help us to seek a personal encounter with you so that we can receive your life-giving water.

Help us to reach our and share the good news with other so that they too can come to the water and experience everlasting life.

Help us to show mercy and love to our brotherd and sisters especially those who are different from us.

We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.

Amene.

Have a blessed week.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Children are required to hand their mobile phone to their teacher and if they have a smartwatch to turn it on to flight mode.

Please read this wonderful guide from Netsafe on Snapchat.

We are such a great community here at Sacred Heart Cathedral School. Social media occurs outside of school hours. Please reach out to parents if you think they should know something about what is happening on social media platforms.

We have no phones during school hours and smartwatches are on flight mode.

Please note the age restriction for Snapchat - https://netsafe.org.nz/snapchat-guide.

Please follow the steps below to access our School Documents Policies.

1. Go to www.schooldocs.co.nz.
2. Click Search for your school.
3. Start typing the school’s name and then select it from the dropdown list.
4. Enter the community username : sacred-heart
5. Password: school

Every single day counts towards your child’s learning at school and gives your child the best chance to gain qualifications and do well in life.

If your child is away, please email us at office@sacred-heart.school.nz or download SchoolAppsNZ on your mobile phone to notifiy us with absentees and get notices or updates from us.

Thank you.

Don't forget to sign your child out if your child attends After School Care. Safety is always our number 1 priority.

On Friday, 8th March, students will come in their school uniform as per normal and choose their own fancy footwear.

A reminder about the Whānau hui on Monday, 11th March at at 5:00-6:00pm in the library. Please bring some kai to share. Thank you.

If you have any friends who are considering Sacred Heart Cathedral School, tell them to pop into our "School in Action Day" on Wednesday, 13th March between 9am to midday.

The public health nurses are coming to our school in the week starting 11th March to provide immunisation for Y7 tamariki. The team will vaccinate the Year 7 who have returned their form giving consent to receive these vaccinations. 

•  If you have changed your mind or your situation has changed please contact - res-immunisation@huttvalleydhb.org.nz or call 04 587 2949.
•  If you have not yet consented, but want to, please collect a consent form from the school office or contact public health at 04 587 2949.
•  If you declined the vaccines last year but you have changed your mind and you now want your year 8 child to receive the vaccine(s) please collect a consent form from the school office or contact 04 587 2949.
•  If you have any questions or concerns please contact - res-immunisation@huttvalleydhb.org.nz or call 04 587 2949.

Ngā manaakitanga,

Immunisation Team | National Public Health Service | Capital, Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa

P: (04) 570 9797 | RES-NIR@huttvalleydhb.org.nz | www.rph.org.nz

Thank you to all the parents who have filled the Google form in for this trip on the 19th and 20th March. If you still need to fill in the form, here is the link - Junior He Tohu Visit 2024.

NZEI will be holding paid union meetings later this month. The meetings will focus on discussing and voting on a plan to get the new government to focus on the key, longstanding issues members know make a difference for us and our Tamariki.

Our staff have chosen meetings to cause minimal disruption to learning. Teachers in each syndicate will alternate between two meetings on Wednesday, 27th March so that Tamariki will be able to remain at school with supervision. 

The teaching staff are grateful for the support from whānau and the community that enables them to attend these meetings.

Nature in Our Playground:

We have had Tim from Compass Playgrounds here for the past two weeks creating some stunning socialisation spots in the playground - all with the use of natural timbers.

Mana:

Mrs Murfitt and Fr Patrick were sharing how they show their Mana to Room 1.

SUMMER FOOTBALL:

Sacred Heart Strikers played the Wolves and won today 7-0. Enrico (Room 8) was player of the day. Well done, Enrico!

Sacred Heart Junior Strikers vs Funky Monkey lost 0-5. Nearly the final game of the season and the team really coming together despite the continued tough grade. The player of the day is Landon (Room 5) for always diving right in and playing hard.

Tomorrow is our mini ice blocks fundraiser for the Seniors Camp 2024. The cost of an ice block is $1.00 each.

Celebrate St Patrick's Day on Sunday, 17th March along the Wellington Waterfront. Entertainment begins at 12:00pm at Kumutoto Square (near Flamingo Joe's) with the annual Parade starting from there at 1:00pm. At 1:30pm, the cencert under the sails at Queens Wharf showcases Irish culture with Irish dancing and top local musicians. There's something for everyone with activities for kids and the popular "best dressed in green".

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