Kia ora koutou e te whānau,

Thank you for all your support yesterday and for letting us know if your child was coming to school, attending the hikoi or learning from home. So appreciated. The hikoi was certainly an event of national and cultural importance. To unite so many people from Cape Reinga in the far North to Bluff in the deep South is an example of a well-organised event. 

Welcome to Cassandra (Room 1) who started school on Monday. You are going to love your time at Sacred Heart Cathedral School. 

We had a stunning Mihi Whakatau to welcome new families to our school on Monday.

Farewell to Lingchu, Our Mandarin Language Assistant will return to China at the end of the month. Lingchu has been so amazing teaching our students Mandarin and also about Chinese culture and history. We presented Lingchu a stunning Ponamu on behalf of the school community.

Well done to our House Captains who shared our new house boards with our tamariki at the assembly.

Our Juniors were enjoying the beautiful sunshine yesterday, doing PE at the playground.

I will leave you with a beautiful prayer Otis (Room 6) shared with us all at the special assembly for Ling Chu.

"Father in heaven, we thank you for the amazing beautiful world you created. Help us to care for it. We thank you for the wonderful , unique people you have made us to be. Help us to care for one another. 

We thank you for the incredible, tasty foods you have invented. Help us to remember and care for those who are hungry.

We thank you for the inspiring stories and teaching in the Bible. Please help us to share this good news news with people everywhere. Amen."

Have a great week and take care of yourselves.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School