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,

Yesterday, we celebrated Aotearoa New Zealand’s National Patronal Feast, our celebration of the Assumption of Mary Mother of God. The Solemnity of the Assumption calls us to appreciate more deeply the dignity of the human body and its link to our spirituality.

Congratulations to Reiss (Room 7) and Alex (Room 9), who have taken another step on their Catholic journey having received their Confirmation Sacrament last Wednesday evening at Te Wairua Tapu Parish.

We do have a lot of sickness here at school. Please make sure your child stays at home if they are sick and let Cathy or Frances know.

You will have seen that the Government has announced the removal of the mandatory COVID isolation rule, which took effect on 15th August 2023.

All COVID-19 requirements removed – Unite against COVID-19

Public health officials have advised risk from COVID-19 is now considered low compared to other stages of the pandemic and it is safe to remove the final requirements.

Just a few reminders about after-school arrangements that focus on keeping our children safe.

Please note, school finishes at 2.40 pm - those students who catch a train or bus walk down to the traffic lights at the bottom of Molesworth/Lambton Quay and then cross over.

Children who have not been picked up by 2.40pm, sit on the grass steps by Room 2 and wait quietly. They must wait until a family member picks them up and cannot leave the school grounds.

After-school care is available every day until 5.30pm and is very reasonably priced.

Please note, staff have meetings or are planning and synthesizing assessments and are not on duty in the playground after school.

So please, please make sure that you have arrangements for your child after school where they are supervised and safe.

Have a wonderful week - looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, 31st August for our session with Dr Chris Bowden.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

What a day yesterday was - and all on the Feast of the Assumption. It was a very  busy day!

Visit to Parliament:

Rooms 3 and 6 went over to Parliament to speak with MPs about doing more for our beautiful planet.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018902758/kids-as-young-as-six-call-on-mps-to-do-more-about-climate

Central Zone Speech Competion Results:

L-R:  Veronica Room 8, Paige Room 9, Hazel Room 6 and Jiezl Room 6

Central Zone Swimming Competition:

Take a look at Room 6 learning their Mandarin lessons - Learning Mandarin with Room 6.

Each class has been very busy creating a movie of a particular story of Wellington's history.

On Wednesday, 13th September at 5.30 pm and 7.00 pm, we will be holding our movie screenings of these stories at the Memorial Theatre, Victoria University on Kelburn Parade, Kelburn.

Booking Links:

5.30 pm Showing

7.00pm Showing

Seats are strictly limited to 300 people, and entry is by ticket only. Please include your child/children in the number of tickets you request. Given we have limited seats we ask that only immediate family attends.

Kia ora.

Our public health nurses are coming to your school on 28 August to provide immunisation for Y7 and Y8 tamariki, including catch-ups for any tamariki who have previously missed their vaccine.

• If you have changed your mind or your situation has changed, please contact us at res-immunisation@huttvalleydhb.org.nz or call us on 04 587 2949.

• If you have not yet consented but want to, please collect a consent form from the school office or contact us on 04 587 2949.

• If have any questions or concerns, please contact us at res-immunisation@huttvalleydhb.org.nz or call us on 04 587 2949.

Ngā manaakitanga,

Jo Forman (she/her)

Hutt Valley DHB NIR Administrator | Kaiwhakarite NIR

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

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

Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand

TeWhatuOra.govt.nz

The Vision and Hearing technician from Te Whatu Ora will be at the school on Wednesday, 13th September at 9am for Vision and Hearing Screening of our Year 1-6 students and catch up on Year 7-8 students who missed the previous screening. If you would like your child to opt-out of the screening, please click on the link below and complete the form - Vision and Hearing Test Opt-Out for Parents.

We are having a sponsored quiz to raise money for our external environment.

The testing day for our students will be on Friday, 8th September.  We would love to encourage our students to reach out to extended family members to sponsor them.

Our students will not only raise money for our school they will also gain knowledge about an international sporting event. 

Thank you for your support with this fundraiser.

BASKETBALL:

Sacred Heart Ninjas (Year 3/4) vs Seatoun Magic lost 27-31. Player of the day was Marrick (Room 3). It was a fantastic game, hugely proud of the children to keep on going right until the last whistle and they closed the gap and won the second half.

Sacred Heart Raptors (Year 5/6) vs Newtown Kerer lost 19-42.

Sacred Heart Eagels (Year 7/8) vs Seatoun Lakers won 42-28.

Sacred Heart Falcons (Year 7/8) vs Seatoun Hornets lost 8-39.

NETBALL:

Sacred Heart Emeralds (Year 7/8) scored 8 goals vs Haitatai School Huia who scored 13 goals.

Sacred Heart Saints (Year 7/8) vs Saint Patrick's School Thunders - all team members tried so hard.

Special thanks for all the support we get from our whānau.

Registrations are open for the new summer season. Games are every Friday at Ian Galloway Park in Wilton from 27th October 2023 to 22nd March 2024 from ages 5-13! Younger children play from 3.45pm with older children playing later. We usually enter seniors, middles and junior teams and it is so much fun!

Please contact suzanneadair@hotmail.com if you are interested and also if you would like to co-ordinate/manage a team.

Find our more here: https://kellysports.co.nz/kelly_events/view/16190

The prize winners for this raffle was drawn on Sunday, 13th August and results are:

1st prize : Ticket Number 3160 Rosaleen Taylor

2nd prize: Ticket Number 3581 Ryan Brillo (from Sacred Heart!!!)

3rd prize: Ticket Number 3883 Abero Zacheria

THANK YOU for the support from the school community. The school raised $631.00 for this project.

Dr. Chris Bowden will present a workshop for our school community on Building Resilience in our Young People.

This is a practical session for parents to help children bounce back from setbacks.

Chris wears many hats. He is currently a lecturer at Victoria University at the School of Education. He also advises a wide range of groups including Mental Health Foundation, and Skylight Trust, and is part of the Youth Mortality Review team at Capital Coast Health.

We will have childcare available here at school should you wish to attend.

Our session will run from 5pm to 6pm on Thursday, 31st August.

Dr Chris Bowden highlights the importance of raising awareness of the prevalence of trauma and the way it affects adults and children in society. How they respond to trauma has a very significant influence on their health and well-being.

We don’t often make the connection between trauma and the symptoms of trauma. We focus on the outcomes of the trauma, but we don’t address the trauma. Chris will share his wisdom with us and help us to enable students to become more resilient.

We have had a request from Karori West Normal School who provide Technology classes for our students. With New World's latest cookware sticker promotion, if you are not using these stickers, could you please collect and donate them to the school and we will pass it onto Karori West Normal School who would like to redeem the stickers for cookware for their cooking department. Please drop any stickers off at the school office. Thank you.

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