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- Greetings
- School Prayer
- Weekly Update from Bernadette Murfitt
- Feast of St Joseph
- A Room 5 and 6 Art Collaboration for Sea Week
- An Example of Descriptive Writing from Room 6
- Room 1 Learning
- Fancy Feet Day
- Parent/Teacher/Student Learning Conversation
- Fix and Fogg Peanut Butter Fundraiser Orders - Close on 19th March
- Snaxpax Fundraiser - Making Trash Free Tuesdays Easier
- Congratulations to Pierre and Jackson
- Girls' Futsal Festival
- Soccer Results
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- Weetbix Tryathlon this Sunday (21st March)
- Online Safety Event - 8th June at 7pm-8.30pm in Samuel Marsden Auditorium
- 2021 Entertainment Book
- How to Order Subway Lunch for Delivery on Wednesdays
- Download SchoolAppsNZ
- School Bank Details
- 2021 Term Dates
Hello, Kia Ora, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Namaste, Mabuhay, Ciao, Kia Orana, Ahalan, Kon-nichiwa, Ni hao, Selam, Xin chao, Bonjour, Bula, Dzien/dobry, Nee how, Shalom, Dia duit, Mauri, Cead Mile Failte, Halo, Privet/Zdravstvuite, Привіт.
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.
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
Happy St Patrick's Day to you all.
Welcome to Lucas (Rm 6) and Henry (Rm 3) who joined our school on Friday, 12th March. Lucas and Henry you are going to have a wonderful time at Sacred Heart Cathedral School and will make lifelong friends.
Room 5 Artwork
Every Tuesday is
Next term (Term 2), I will be on a Sabbatical. Mrs. Christine Geraghty will be Acting Principal in my absence. Mrs Leanne Stewart will be in Room 8 in Term 2. I will be undertaking a study around how students can drive their own learning. I look forward to sharing my learning with our staff, students and community on my return in term three.
We are all looking forward to going down to Pipitea Marae tomorrow. We will leave school at 9.15am for an amazing cultural experience. You are welcome to join us. My sincere thanks to Rangimoeora, our Whānau, and our Kapa Haka tutors who have supported the staff and students with Marae protocol.
Thank you for all your support. Please keep well and take care.
Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Principal
Sacred Heart Cathedral School
Sister Sassy and Sister Spoilt by Cielo Z
Sister Sassy was a spoiled brat. She was a total germaphobe, even though she had not gotten sick in her entire life! She was a good-looking girl, with straight, soft, glowing golden hair.
She had icy cold blue eyes and when you looked at her, you would have thought she was a serial killer! She always wore delicate, soft, pink dresses complete with a flowery, pastel belt.
She owned a mall, a glorious mall, with 15,000 stores. Whenever she came, she always left with’’GET ME YOUR MANAGER!’’. Yes, she was a Karen. The only thing she came to the mall for, was to buy perfume and shoes.
She had an extremely massive mansion, with an outdoor and indoor spa, as well as a kitchen with a glass table. She had a private chef and her bedroom had a four poster bed, with designer pillows and blankets and curtains that could be drawn around it. Her bathroom had a gold toilet, a silver sink and a bronze door.
Every day, Sister Sassy put on her designer perfume and lounged around in her living room, screeching at her maid and butler.
On the other hand, Sister Spoilt was a ‘Sweetie’. She had curly, short, soft pink hair and wore comfy, blue jeans and sweaters. Lots of people describe her as a “killer shark with hoop earrings!" She was distinctive, a ‘bossy boots’, miniature in size and she always stole the limelight.
For some reason, Sister Spoilt lives with Sister Sassy! Why?
Maybe because people lit her house on fire, screaming’’ YAAAAAAAAAAA!’’
Anyway, put them together plus water equals total drama!
Special thanks to our student leaders who organised a grand parade to show off our Fancy Feet. During March, we as a school try to be active and move more. We know that daily physical activity benefits our own well-being as well as being good for us physically.
Parent/Teacher/Student Learning Conversations will take place on Monday, 12th April, 3.00-5.00pm, 5.50-7.00pm and Tuesday, 13th April 3.00-5.00pm.
To book a time to see your child's teacher, please click on the following link to do so: https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code?code=fqndc.
Congratulations to Pierre (Room 7) for successfully winning the different categories during Athletics Wellington last Sunday, 14th March. He received medals for:
- Relay Team - Gold (4 x 100 Boys Grade 8)
- 100m Final - Gold (Boys Grade 8)
- Long Jump - Gold (Boys Grade 8)
- Interclub points - Silver
- Shot Put - Bronze (Boys Grade 8)
Well done, Pierre!
Congratulations to Jackson (Room 3) who has been a student at Te Whare Hautoa school of Martial Arts for the past 6 months. Over the weekend, he had his first training camp and during the camp was graded for his yellow belt. In preparation for grading Jackson has been training everyday for three months and gave up all takeaway kai and sugary drinks. Well done Jackson! A very good lesson in how with hardwork you can achieve your goals.
We had a wonderful day at the ASB girls' Futsal Festival on the 12th of March with lots of games and giveaways. Thank you very much to our parents and grandparent referees - Kataraina, Phil, Michael and Eli J as well as to the two Year 8's, Iliana (Room 9) and Aloema (Room 9), who supported a team.
12th March Game:
Sacred Heart Shooting Stars vs The Potato Chips won 1-0. Player of the day is Reid (Rm 5).
Sacred Heart Strikers vs St Ben's Panthers loss 1-2. Player of the day is Dom (Rm 3).
Sacred Heart Tigers vs Cardinal Cobras loss 0-1. Player of the day is Alex (Rm 6).
We have a record number of SHCS children entered in the tryathlon this Sunday! We will set up an area in the schools area (near Kilbirnie Cres side of park) so please look out for other SH families and our school flag.
Weetbix Tryathlon Parking Available
St Catherine’s College, Kilbirnie is offering parking for the Weetbix Tryathlon. The School is a short walk to Kilbirnie park. Parking will be available from 7am and will cost $10 per car. Entry is off Upper Burke Street, Kilbirnie.
Entertainment Publications have launched a brand new app making it easier to use and navigate. Money raised from this fundraiser will be used to enhance our school's external and internal environment.
Subway lunches can be ordered online each Wednesday before 9.00am. The subway lunches will be dropped off at school before lunchtime. Instructions on how to order are in the flyer below.
The school uses SchoolAppsNZ to communicate with parents or you can get in touch with us by the messages side tab or absentee icon. Please download this app if you haven't yet done so. Instructions are contained in the flyer below.
Once you have downloaded the app, you can customize the alerts that you receive from us by clicking on the 'Alert Subscriptions' from the drop down menu, then tick the corresponding house, classroom and year level that your child is in. See photos below.
School Bank Account Details:
Account name: Sacred Heart Cathedral School Board of Trustees (Thorndon)
Account number: 12-3140-0325505-00
The above is for payment for any school related costs, sunhats or After School Care.
For payments, please use for the school reference - your child's surname and 'sch xpns' if it's a payment for school related costs, or your child's surname and 'sunhat' if it's a payment for a sunhat, or your child's name and 'ASC' if it is a payment for After School Care.
Parents & Friends Account Details:
Account name: Sacred Heart Parents and Friends
Account number: 12-3140-0397242-00
This account is for payments relating to raffles, fundraising, quiz night and netball subs. As above, please use for the school reference - your child's surname and what the payment is for.
TERM 1: Wednesday 3 February – Friday 16 April
Public holidays: Waitangi Day 6 February, observed Monday 8 February
Easter: Good Friday 2 April, Easter Monday 5 April
Easter Tuesday 6 April (a school holiday)
School holidays: Saturday 17 April – Sunday 2 May (includes ANZAC day 25 April)
TERM 2: Monday 3 May – Thursday 8 July
Teacher only day - Friday 11 June as part of the Accord (school closed)
Public holiday: Queen’s birthday – Monday 7 June
Accord Day for Kahui Ako – Friday 9 July (school closed)
School holidays: Saturday 10 July – Sunday 25 July
TERM 3: Monday 26 July – Friday 1 October
School holidays: Saturday 2 October – Sunday 17 October
TERM 4: Monday 18 October – Tuesday 14 December
Teacher only day – Friday 22 October as part of the Accord (school closed)
Public holiday: Labour Day 25 October