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,

I hope your week is going well. 

A special welcome to Antonia (Room 1), who started at our school last Wednesday. Wishing you a wonderful start with your journey in learning. You are going to love being at Sacred Heart Cathedral School Antonia and will make lifelong friends.

The Confucius Institute presented the school with this dragon as part of the celebration of the Year of the Dragon.

Everyone is coping well with our new arrangements while the admin area is getting revamped. Please note the office is temporarily located in the library.

Room 1 looks stunning there are two new breakout spaces which the children are just loving.

Special thanks to our students - Noah, Dishan of Room 9 & Jack T of Room 8 for their service during the mass at the Cathedral.

On Monday, we had Sacred Heart Cathedral School burger on a plate for staff to show our appreciation for the wonderful mahi they do daily. 

"Loving God, we thank you for all the children in our school. Each one is special and precious to us. Thank you for all the skills and talents that our staff have. We are all very grateful.

We continue to ask for your guidance, inspiration, and direction.

Amen."

Have a great week ahead. Thank you for everything you do for our school.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

We are currently making up our class lists for 2025. If your child will not be at Sacred Heart Cathedral School in 2025, we would appreiate if you would let us know by emailing the office - office@sacred-heart.school.nz. Thank you.

Tomorrow, the students will be involved with "I Am Hope" by Mike King Foundation -  Little People, Big Feelings.

This programme is designed to empower children by exploring many emotions beyond just happiness, highlighting the importance of expressing the full spectrum of feelings. Through captivating storytelling sessions led by ambassadors, issues like bullying, self-doubt, and emotional distress are addressed, emphasising that experiencing a variety of emotions is both normal and healthy.

On Monday, 19th August, our Year 5 & 6 students participated in Mathswell Competition 2024. Huge thank you to our amazing parents for enabling the students to participate that day.

Congratulations to the following students who represented Sacred Heart Cathedral School at the Central Zone Speech Competition, last night at Mt Cook School.

Year 5: Sophia D (Room 6) - "Why Family Time Is Important?" 

Year 6: Jiezl (Room 7) - "Secret to Success - Chores!"

Year 7: Janiva (Room 10) - "Why AI Is Good For You?"

Year 8: JC (Room 8) - "Sleep"

Sophia was placed 1st, Jiezl was placed 2nd and Janiva and JC both presented their speeches beautifully and engaged with their audience in a very skillful way. What impressed the staff with the " fab 4" was the quality of the content and the evidence of research. 

Ka Pai. We were so proud of you all!

Wonder Project:

Our senior students are actively participating in the Wonder Project. They have been powering up and building wind turbines. Our students are learning about the amazing phenomenon of electricity and renewable energy.

Syndicate Speech Competition:

Well done to our Year 5 to 8 students who gave their speech presentation to their syndicate class.

Registration is now open for the 2024/2025 programme which begins with CONFIRMATION in Term 3/4, 2024, followed by FIRST RECONCILIATION in Term 1, 2025; and First HOLY COMMUNION in Term 2, 2025.

For your child to be eligible, he/she must already be baptised and be at least 8 years old.

The first parent’s session is at 7.00pm on Tuesday, 17th September 2024  at Connolly Hall.

For registration and/or further enquiries, please contact Geraldine - mcsh.sacramentalprogramme@gmail.com or the parish office at  cathedral.parish@wn.catholic.org.nz.

BASKETBALL:

Sacred Heart Tangaroa (Year 5/6 Div 5) vs MNS Blazers won 31-26.

Sacred Heart Ruamoko (Year 5/6 Div 1) vs Seatoun Warriors won 32-30. A well desrved team effort win! Player of the day was Xavier (Room 6) for his hussle with the ball.

Sacred Heart Tawhirimatea (Girls League) WON 34-5 against Hataitai Power Puffs. Overall was great to see everyone giving it a go! Player of the day goes to   Lyla (Room 6) for her one on one defence. Special mention to Madeleine (Room 7) for her attack and defence on court.

Sacred Heart Dunkin Donuts (Year 7/8 Div 4) vs Hataitai Fire-Starters lost 16-20.

Sacred Heart Krispy Kreme (Year 7/8 Div 1) vs Scots Red lost 25-19.

NETBALL:

Sacred Heart Angels (Year 5/6 C) Awesome WIN for the Angels today who played Seatoun Mystix. Our girls had a shaky start but fought well especially in the final two quarters. Score was 9-8 to the Angels. Player of the day was Lila Rose (Room 7) for her great defence on court. Special mention to Cristelle (Room 7), great intercepts on overall defence.

Sacred Heart Ferns (Year 5/6 E) won 4-3 against St Marks. Hard fought game, but we came through with a win. Player of the day was Isabelle (Room 6).

Sacred Heart Ace (Year 7/8 B) Well done Team Ace a good win 21-11 vs Marist Holy Cross. Congratulations to our players of the day: Annibelle (Room 8) and Rezanne (Room 10) for executing the wall defence on the oppositions centre pass. You both did exactly what we asked which resulted in their errors and putting pressure enabling Lupe (Room 9) and Esme (Room 9) to get intercepts. Well done to the whole team for beautiful execution of our set line plays bringing the ball down the court. And huge thanks to the parents and supporters for your help with court duty. We value your contribution to the team.

Sacred Heart Shooting Stars (Year 7/8 C) played CQS: Clyde Quay Kapokapowai and lost 10-13. The Stars played hard and despite clawing back the goals in the 3rd quarter, we couldn’t quite get there for the win. Congrats to Luna (Room 8), for player of the day, who’s been working hard on marking her partner and moving quicker on defence. Special mention to Hannah (Room 9) and Hazel (Room 10) for outstanding defence, getting lots of great intercepts to turn the ball over.

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.

Nayla (Room 1), has lost her black puffer jacket - it is named and is a 'Mountain Warehouse' brand. Please check your child's puffer jacket and if found, please return it to Room 1. Thank you.

We are looking for a small team of people to help organise the end-of-year disco. Please email the school office - office@sacred-heart.school.nz if you are able to help. Thank you.

We are looking forward to Sarah Parkinson, the new principal at St Mary's College, addressing us at our next event on Saturday, 7th September at Bay Plaza Hotel where we will have a two-course buffet lunch. We will gather at 11.30am when we can buy a drink from the bar and have a chance to catch up with everyone. Lunch will be served at 12pm. There will be vegetarian and gluten free options available: vegetarians will be served a veggie lasagne. Vegans will be served a vegan lasagne and a vegan dessert. Please let me know if you would like either of these. The chef has advised that most of the dishes are gluten free.

We will have a quick AGM between mains and dessert. Sarah will then speak to us which I am sure will be very interesting. We have hired the room till 2.30pm, so hopefully that will give everyone a chance to talk. If you would like to attend, please email Judy at smogwell@gmail.com for more details.