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,

Today is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.

Welcome to Nayla who has started in Room 1. We are so delighted that you are with us here at Sacred Heart Cathedral School. You will make wonderful lifelong friends. A very special welcome to your whānau as well.

Commissioning Mass at St Mary's of the Angels.

On Monday evening, all of the Catholic Schools gathered together with Bishop Paul and Father Patrick to celebrate being part of our wonderful network.

Congratulations to Sarah Maresca who was presented at the Commissioning Mass with a certificate of Leadership Level in the teaching of Religious Education.

Xin Nian Kuai Le! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Zhu Nian Da Ji! Happy Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year. A time to give thanks and celebrate but also to acknowledge the tremendous contribution our Chinese community makes to Aotearoa New Zealand.

Thank you so much for your generous donations that allow us to provide a rich curriculum, packed with valuable trips and experiences. For the next two weeks, the children will be exploring a wide range of dance moves which we will share with you on the 1st March here at school at our special dance concert. (Pop this date in your calendar now an event not to be missed.)

Have a wonderful week. If you have any issues regarding your child and their learning. Please reach out to your child's teacher.

Looking forward to seeing you all at Beach Day this Friday.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

I want to thank you for the precious gift of love you have given to the world and to me. Thank you for blessing me every day with this love and the power and strength that I get from you every single day.

Happy Chinese New Year! 

祝大家新年快乐!

The Lunar New Year is here, and this year it’s all about the Dragon. 

The holiday, also known as Chinese New Year and Spring Festival, officially kicked off on 10th February marking the beginning of countless celebrations worldwide. 

The zodiac animal for the 2024 Lunar New Year is the Dragon, the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac. The last year of the Dragon was in January 2012, which marked the year of the Water Dragon. This year, however, will be the year of the Wood Dragon.

If you are wanting to contact the school by calling the school landline, (04) 472 4047, please stay on the line, listen to the prompts and press '1' to go through to the school office or press '2' to leave an absence message. People sometimes think they have got through to the school answerphone when they hear the message and hang up.

We are looking forward to getting together down at Oriental Bay Park. If you have not filled in the form for your child/ren, please do so and click on the link below. Thank you.

Junior Link

Senior and Middle Link

On Friday, 23rd February we will have a wheels' night here at school for our Juniors (Rooms 1, 2 and 3) and Middles (Rooms 5, 6 and 7) from 5pm-7pm. Bring your own dinner/takeaways and meet other families from our school.

Easter Hamper Raffle:

On Friday, 23rd February we will be holding a ‘non school uniform day’ in exchange of an item to go in our Easter hamper raffle. Children can come to school in their own choice of clothing on this day. Money raised from this raffle will go towards purchasing devices for our classrooms.

The stronger the connection we have between home and school, the better.

Together, we can work to help your child achieve their goals.

Please click on the link below or scan the QR Code to make a booking with your child's teacher on either 4th March (Monday) or 5th March (Tuesday).

• Link: https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code/xrha8

OR USE THE

• QR Code:

  

All students are learning about how to regulate their feelings with increased control and employ a range of strategies to problem solve.

Some of this involves calming techniques like taking big deep breaths or box breathing.

Just to refresh the zones 

Blue zone describes low states of alertness and down feelings. For example feeling sad, tired, sick, hurt, lonely or bored.

Green zone is used to describe a calm alert state, For example, the person may feel calm, happy and content. 

Yellow zone is used to describe a heightened state of alertness but with a little bit of control. For example, a person may be experiencing stress, frustration, anxiety, excitement, silliness, nervousness, confusion, overwhelmed. When you are in the yellow zone you feel less in control.

Red zone is used to describe a state of high energy and intense overwhelming feelings. When you are in the red zone you may feel elated, angry, rage, panicked or terrified.

Congratulations to the following students who have been elected onto the Student Council:

Chair: JC (Rm 8)

Vice: Pierre (Rm 10)

Treasurer: Daniel (Rm 10)

Room 1 Rep: Alex (Rm 8)

Room 2 Rep: Jack T (Rm 8)

Room 3 Rep: Cielo (Rm 8)

Room 5 Rep: Sophia D (Rm 10)

Room 6 Rep: Alyssa (Rm 8)

Room 7 Rep: Olivia (Rm 8)

Room 8 Rep: Jaylen (Rm 8)

Room 9 Rep: William (Rm 9)

Room 10 Rep: Tristan (Rm 9)

Year 7 and 8 having a fun night at school last Thursday.

If your child has long hair, it needs to be tied up as we have head lice at the school. Special thanks for your attention to this matter.

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

SUMMER FOOTBALL:

Sacred Heart Junior Strikers versus Northland Gems – Final score 0-3.

An enthusiastic return to the game after the summer. The team played a great defensive game, there were just a few sneaky goals from the other team towards the end. Player of the day was Joaquin (Room 5) for being fearless on the field.

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.

This form is intended to ask the Sacred Heart Cathedral School community's whānau to offer their talents and gifts in order to support our school in providing a rich, authentic curriculum. We are always appreciative of whānau who support us with programmes and school trips. We will try our best to notify you in advance so you can mark events on your own calendars.

Please click this link to fill out the form - https://forms.gle/5AJicNgm8H2TosZ37

Thank you very much.

The school uses SchoolAppsNZ to communicate with parents. You will also be able to see the calendar events during the school year. A reminder to all parents who have already downloaded this app to go to the 'Alerts' and update the groups that you subscribe to as your child's classroom and year level will have changed.

For parents new to our school, please download SchoolAppsNZ, (free to download) from Google Play (Android mobiles) or App Store (iPhones). You can also notify us through the app of your child's absence.

Once downloaded onto your device, select 'Alerts' and then click on the tick on the upper right corner which shows groups with drop down arrow - please select the relevant groups for your child.  The school uses this app to send out reminders and to communicate with our parents in the event of an emergency.  If you have any problems downloading this app, please let us know through email at office@sacred-heart.school.nz or call (04) 472 4047.

SchoolAppsNZ_Flyer.pdf

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Students have the option of ordering a subway each Wednesday or a sushi lunch each Friday. Orders must be placed before 9:00 AM on Wednesday and Fridays for the orders to be delivered that day.