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,

Several staff are learning te reo as part of their development. For many of us being a learner and not making the expected progress can be frustrating at our tutorial this was explained to us. Great advice for all learners.

The Cross Country is on for tomorrow, 23rd May. Good luck to our runners and Netball Tournament participants tomorrow. Special thanks to all whānau who are helping out, much appreciated.

Thank you all for the way you have supported our Readathon. Hopefully, we have ignited a passion for reading for our young people.

Have a wonderful week, keep warm, and help yourself to our second-hand uniform supplies.

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

88% of students were in class last week, 13th-17th May.

Regular attendance at school helps build and maintain a child's learning and positive daily habits and routines.

Wellbeing is promoted by connecting students to their peers and learning new things.

We want our tamariki to thrive and be resilient and active members within their whānau and community.

Attendance matters and we can all work together to increase school attendance.

Please email office@sacred-heart.school.nz to update us if your contact information changes, including your address, phone number (home or mobile), child's doctor's information (name and medical centre), and emergency contact person other than the child's parents. It is crucial that the information we have about your emergency contact is accurate and up to date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ7o3lybCMY

We will be having a Pasifika Liturgy this Friday, 24th May at 10am in St Mary's College Hall. Our Pasifika students can come to school wearing their cultural attire. We will be having limited parking at the school playground. Please note that there is NO PARKING at St Mary's College.

Our upcoming school photography will be on Wednesday (29th May) & Thursday (30th May). All students must be dressed in their full school winter uniform. This includes a tie, jersey, correct black footwear and black socks/leggings (click on this link for uniform reference - SHCS School Uniform). You can purchase items for your child's uniform from NZ Uniforms Thorndon or visit our uniform storage room for second-hand uniforms. Please follow the planned schedule and note the Year 8 commitments.

Please note that our school reserved this date a year ago, therefore we had to make numerous changes to make room for our Year 8 boys who will be attending the St Patrick's College Open Day.

Thank you to everyone who created such a wonderful atmosphere at school last Thursday by coming dressed as their favourite book character.

What a wonderful selection of book characters. We even had Prince Harry turn up promoting his book, Spare!

Thank you for all your support and the special way you have supported us with the Readathon.

There will be no sausage sizzle tomorrow, Thursday (23rd May) due to a lot of our middle and senior students being away for Cross Country and Netball Tournaments.

To enable us to plan ahead and to see if we have the legal ratio for taking students to the waterfront, we need all Junior Syndicate parents to fill in the Google form by Tuesday, June 4th. The form also gives your permission to allow your child to attend. Many thanks for your help with this.

BASKETBALL:

Sacred Heart Ruamoko (Year 5/6 Div 1) vs LBS Sharpshooters. Player of the day was Marrick (Room 5). Despite the score the children kept fighting to the end.

Sacred Heart Tangaroa (Year 5/6 Div 5) played LBS Pacers and had a very close loss 24-27. Player of the day was Thomas (Room 7). He worked the ball nicely across the court, fought for rebounds and played excellent defence.

Sacred Heart Tawhirimatea (Year 5/6 Girls) vs Power Puffs and won 32-8. The team is awesome! 4 wins from 4 games so far. Player of the day was Lyla (Room 6) and special mention to Harper (Room 7).

Sacred Heart Dunkin' Donuts (Year 7/8 F) vs SWIS Thunder lost 4-42. Player of the day was Javi (Room 9).

Sacred Heart Krispy Kremes (Year 7/8 B) vs Seatoun Lakers. Big win by Krispy Kremes 26-24. It was a really close 'down-to-the-wire' game. Everyone played very well. Great teamwork and 200% effort shown by the team! Player of the day was Reid (Room 10) who showed excellent hustle and defence. Special mention to Andre (Room 9) who played great offense and scored 16 points in the game.

NETBALL:

Sacred Heart Angels (Year 5/6 C) vs IBIS Marama won 18-1. Player of the day was Lyla (Room 6) for awesome play in attack and defence. Special mention was to Harper (Room 7) for great drives down the court and also Bella (Room 7) for some great work in centre.

Sacred Heart Ferns (Year 5/6 E) vs Kahurangi Karaka won 6-2. Player of the day was Sophia (Room 6) for doing a fantastic job on attack and scoring a few of our goals.

Sacred Heart Ace (Year 7/8 B) played Hataitai Kowhai. The team played really well against vigorous defending. Although the score was even through the game, Hataitai got a little ahead in the last quarter and won 11 to 9. Player of the day went to Sabrina (Room 9) who held the circle well.

A reminder to our whānau that there is no parking or drop off space in front of the Cathedral or the area in front of the Catholic Centre. All the spaces are required for Staff (who still pay for spaces), contractors, and parishioners. As there is a lot of moving of items, it is actually not a safe place for children to be accessing.

There will be NO CLASSES on Friday, 31st May as this is a Ministry of Education Curriculum Day.

On Monday, 3rd June is King's Birthday. The School will be closed due to Public Holiday.

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

St. Patrick's College is looking for Homestays Families for International Students 2024-Term 3. We are currently looking for several families to host a variety of foreign students arriving in Term 3.

Various Short-term Students:

9 Japanese students visiting for only a few weeks - varies from 4 to 10 weeks -arriving and leaving at various dates throughout Term 3.

Japanese Student Group - 9 days:

We have 20 Japanese students that will be here for 9 days in July: 20th July to 29th July.  These students must be hosted in pairs. Host families for these boys would be asked to host 2 students together.

Hong Kong Student Group - 12 days:

We have 20 Hong Kong students that will be here from 28th* July to 9th August. These students must be hosted in pairs. This group is a combination of girls and boys.  Host families for these boys would be asked to host 2 students together. *These students may not arrive in Wellington until 29th or 30th July.

Full Year Students Term 3 2024 through 2025:

2 Chinese students arriving for Term 3 - staying for a full year (arrival date pending).

1 Vietnamese student for Term 3 - staying for a full year  (arrival date pending).

1 Thai student for Term 3 - staying for a full year  (arrival date pending).

If you would like to host any of these young men or women, or would like to learn more about hosting in general, please email: Meg Szulinski, the International Student Coordinator at St. Patrick's College, at meg.szulinski@stpats.school.nz.

Thank you very much.

This upcoming King's birthday, one of our students, RJ (Room 9) will be participating in the 2024 Palmerston North Brick Show. If your child would like to join, please see attached flyer for more details.

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.

Ngā mihi nui,

Hannah Flacks

Online Content Co-ordinator

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