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,

We have had an amazing first week back. Thank you so much for all your support with our Readathon. As a staff, we really wanted to get all of our students to engage more with books and reading. This initiative has certainly kick-started the desire to pick up a book. We have a superb range of giveaways so get signed up and be a part of it.

Our Cathedral will open in early June. We are looking forward to being able to gather together as a community to worship. On Sunday, 9th June, the Parish will celebrate a homecoming at the 10:00am Mass. This will be followed by brunch. You are all welcome to attend and be a part of this very special occasion.

This week, we have welcomed Zita Smith from the Archdiocese of Wellington and her team Anna-Maria and Sue, who are reviewing the Special Character at our school. The team spoke with staff, students, trustees and whānau as well as completing observations classrooms during the teaching of Religious Education sessions and during prayer times.

Read-a-thon - Well done Kaatia (Room 5) for getting a few minutes reading in before the netball game. Such a great way to get your daily minutes in.

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mums, grandmothers, aunties and significant women in our children's lives. We look forward to seeing you on Friday, 10th May at 10.00am at St Mary's College. Please note that there is no parking available at St Mary's College and limited parking on the school court.

 

Our tamariki are certainly loving hoop club. Please note this is paid for out of trips and activities.

Pop into school next Monday at 5:00pm for a session with Netsafe - you will get tips as to how you can support your child in a cyber world.

Have a great week everyone and thank you for everything you do for our school.

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

92% of our students were present for learning at school.

Please click on the link below to know more information:

Student Attendance - A Guide For Parents and Caregivers

2024 Sacred Heart Cathedral School – Read-a-thon Fundraiser

We are thrilled that our school is running its first Read-a-Thon fundraiser. The funds raised will go towards much-needed digital resources for our classrooms.

Our students will seek online sponsorship for their efforts during our Read-a-thon. We are very excited that our children will have access to digital resources that will further develop their reading skills, enhancing their vocabulary, comprehension, and critical thinking abilities.

How will this fundraiser work?

We have partnered with Go Raise It to bring our Read-a-thon to life and make it easy for everyone to participate. Go Raise It, is a fundraising company that uses an online platform to track, manage and collect donations. Being online, it is incredibly simple to connect our Read-a-thon with family and friends who live outside our neighbourhoods, city and even country to generate more support and donations. The Read-a-thon will run from May 6th until May 26th. Look for the letter and booklet your child will bring home today and help sign them up. There are many spot prizes!

Te Papa Trip on 3rd May by the Middles:

Save the date and come join us on Monday, 13th May for free Netsafe presentation at the school library, 5pm.

Our students can come to school dressed up as their favourite book character on Thursday, 16th May.

The Juniors will spend the day on the waterfront on Tuesday, 11th June at Te Wharewaka, Te Papa and Frank Kitts Park. We will be doing a walking tour led by Mana Whenua. Here is the link to the Google form with more details.

If your child is part of the Sports Subs in Basketball and Netball, please make sure that you have paid their membership fee. Please be informed that this is an out of school activity that is not covered by the school.

Kindly make your payments through the following bank details below:

For BASKETBALL: $65.00/player

Account Name: Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Account Number: 12-3140-0325505-00

Reference: Child's name and "BBall"

For NETBALL: $85.00/player

Account Name: Sacred Heart Parents and Friends

Account Number: 12-3140-0397242-00

Reference: Child's name and "Netball"

Thank you so much the parents/caregivers who have already paid for their child's membership fee.

NETBALL: First Game of the Season

Sacred Heart Angels (Year 5/6 C) vs Brooklyn Ninjas won 14-0. Player of the day was Kundiso (Room 7). Special mentions to Dana (Room 7) who played her first game ever and got some good tips and turnover ball, also Harper (Room 7) for great attacking play. It was a great first game played by everyone!

Sacred Heart Ferns (Year 5/6 E) vs Netwon Rangatira lost 2-11. Player of the day was Blandina (Room 6).

Sacred Heart Ace (Year 7/8 B) played EBIS Whetu. Although, the score was 8-4 EBIS, the score does not tell the full story. The Ace played an awesome game, starving EBIS of ball through most of the game. Great attacking lines and defence and amazing effort from all for the first game. Georgia (Room 9), who played her first game for Sacred Heart, was the player of the day. 

Sacred Heart Shooting Stars (Year 7/8 C) vs SC Tui with a draw of 13. Player of the day was Harper-Rose (Room 10) who worked hard defending in the goal circle. Such a great team effort and start to the season!

BASKETBALL:

Sacred Heart Ruamoko (Year 5/6 B) vs Griffins won 30-25. Player of the day was Xavier (Room6) who dug it in and had some great shots.

Sacred Heart Tangaroa (Year 5/6 F) vs LBS Pacers won 20-18. Player of the day was Fletcher (Room 7). He was great at passing the ball around to his teammates and running up and down the court.

Sacred Heart Tawhirimatea (Year 5/6 Girls) vs CQS Kakapo won 22-8. Player of the day was Jiezl (Room 7) who was amazing on the court play attack and defence. She also showed great encouragement to the team. Special mention to Lyla (Room 6) who had great shots from rebounds and just having a go! Excellent work from the team and a great step up from last week.

The Inspire Photography Team are excited to be back at Sacred Heart Cathedral School this year! We will be photographing your children and their classes on the 29/05/2024 & 30/05/2024.

As part of Sacred Heart Cathedral School’s fundraising for the year, Inspire Photography will donate 10% of all sales made during the first two weeks of ordering directly to Sacred Heart Cathedral School.

What we offer on the day :

• Group photos of each class.
• Individual portraits and siblings photos.
• A totally relaxed and unique style of photography.
• Friendly and easy-going photographers.
• Fun, games and general silliness to get even the shyest children smiling.

On Wednesday the 29th of May, we will be photographing:

• Sports and Cultural Groups
• The Leavers Group
• The Whole School Group Photo, if weather permits.

Thursday the 30th of May, we will be photographing:

• Out of School Siblings will be photographed between 8.15am-8.40am.
• All Classes and Individual Student Portraits
• In School Siblings will be photographed during the school day.

About 2-3 weeks after your photo days, our online galleries will be ready to go. You will receive login details from the school office.

If you have any questions, please feel free to get in contact with the Team at Inspire, info@inspirephotography.co.nz or ring 04 384 8009.

Ngā Mihi,

The Inspire Team 

Phone 04 384 8009 |  info@inspirephotography.co.nz

Inspire Photography 

Courtyard / Level 1 

3/177b Thorndon Quay  

Wellington, Pipitea 6011

Treat Your Mum to Staglands

A bit about the experience – Light Cycles is a New Zealand-exclusive immersive light and multi-sensory experience in the Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā from 11th May – 9th June. Highlighting the Garden’s lush canvas, Light Cycles invites families on a nighttime adventure where natures secret rhythms come to life through dazzling light installations, soundscapes, and digital art. Click here to watch the trailer.

Light Cycles runs 11th May - 9th June from 6pm-8pm Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday, and 6pm-8:30pm Friday & Saturday.

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Hannah Flacks

Online Content Co-ordinator

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