Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Lent reflection: Help us to turn despair into hope and to lift our hearts when we are weighed down. Help us all to find refreshment and life in Christ.

Have a great week.

Arohanui

Bernadette Murfitt

Principal

Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Farewell to Mikhael and Raphael in Room 1 who are leaving our school tomorrow as their mum takes up a position in Rome. We are very grateful to Gejo and Shija who have been great supporters of our school. We will miss you all and wish you safe travels as you embark on a new chapter of your life.

"We say farewell to Mikhael and Raphael as they leave our school. Please entrust them into your care. We pray for happiness and joy to be ahead of them, for wisdom and guidance to be beside them and for grace and truth to be behind them, pushing them onwards to your goodness.

We know that you will love and protect them, wherever they go."

Amen.

Thank you to everyone who sold tickets and supported our Easter raffle.

Today, Louise Kelleher of the Catholic Tribunal Office in Wellington drew the winning tickets.

The lucky winners of the 2019 Easter Hampers are, in the following order (all winners have been contacted by phone):

1.  Mila Rm 1

2.  Karen - Judd Crescent, Naenae

3.  T Higgott

4.  Cheryl Ashton

5.  Della & Barry Seamer

6.  Bronwyn Gillespie

7.  Julia Smith

8.  Levi Rm 6

9.  Maria Maclean

10.  Napier Family

11.  Anhina Robin

A copy of the entertainment book will be sent home on Tuesday, 30 April early next term.  If you do not want a copy of this book, please email cathy@sacred-heart.school.nz and let her know.  If you have already purchased a copy of either the digital version or the book copy, a book will not be sent home to you on Tuesday, 30 April.  If you would like to purchase a copy,

At our Monday school assembly, a talented group of children from the senior syndicate performed for us - Irish dancing by Danielle Rm 8, Tap dancing by Maddie, Katie and Bella all from Rm 8, and a music performance by Lonasei, Sophia and Larissa from Room 8, Eva, Fatimai, Amanda and Julianne from Room 10.

Irish Dancing:  Danielle Rm 9  

Tap Dancing:  Maddie, Katie and Bella, all from Room 8.

Music group:  Lonasei, Sophia and Larissa from Room 8, Eva, Fatimai, Amanda and Julianne from Room 10.

You are welcome to join us for the stations of the cross we will start at 9am. We will journey through the school following the pathway of Jesus. The stations will take about one and a half hours to complete in full. You may just want to follow your child for a couple of the stations.

Room 10 created beautiful postcards as part of their lent learning using a wonderful Caritas resource.

On Tuesday Sacred Heart participated in a Futsal Festival at the ASB Centre in Kilbirnie. All up we had 8 teams- 4 senior teams and 4 middle teams.

Both of the Sacred Heart touch teams competed in the touch finals last Wednesday.

Enrolments for our 2020 roll close on 31 July 2019.  If your child has a sibling that you would like to start at the school in 2020, or if you know someone who is wanting to enrol their child at our school, a completed enrolment pack needs to be submitted to the school office before 31 July 2019 for that child.  Thank you.

The teaching staff has been participating in professional development from Inner fit.  We have been really enjoying our new approach to teaching physical education.

"I just want to take the opportunity to thank you all for your hard work, open-ness to new ideas and your friendship over the last few months. Such a growth mindset bunch of teachers! I felt very at home in Wellington with you all and am so pleased to see your growing confidence and understanding of PE taught a different way!"

Horrific.  Terrifying.  Shocking.  It was just a normal Friday.  Get up, school, New World, mum's work.  Only this time it was different.  Everyone at mum's work already knew and weh mum picked up her work phone, she knew too.  The tv was on and the tv was never on.  In that building, every single person had eyes on a tv, everyone felt the exact same helplessness that I was feeling.  All you could do was watch.  Of course at the office they were having Friday night drinks to celebrate some forgotten occassion, but it had turned into more of a wake.

The next day was different.  Everything was quite, but I expected more people to be dressed in black.  Every single person I saw knew, we all had that same look on our face.  That evening we brought flowers to the Islamic Centre.  There were hundreds, possibly even thousands of flowers there.  When we were there, there was a sense of hope. That everything might, at some point, be ok.  Then we heard the fireworks.  They sounded like gunshots, and for a second, I was terrified that something else was happening. When we got back home mum called these people disrepectful and you could see she meant it. That night I dreamed of being in the mosque. I dreamed of being more terrified than I had ever been. I dreamed of running and screaming and grabbing everyone around me. But it wasn't a dream, it was a nightmare."

Aine Rm 9

Please save the date for an exciting Parents and Friends event - From 4:30-6:30pm on the 23rd May. We are having a Food Fair here at school.

Danielle (Rm 5) has lost her named PE top.  Please check your child's PE top and if you find Danielle's PE top please return it to Rm 5.

Georgia (Rm 3) has lost her named (it has GW on it) summer dress.  Please check your child's summer dress and if you find Georgia's please return it to her in Rm 3.

Thank you.