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,

 The resurgence of COVID-19 was not the news we wanted. This extremely short and sharp shift in Alert Level settings will support us to prevent widespread infection in the community.
 
Acting with extreme caution has served us well in New Zealand in the past and we will do again. We all know what we need to do to help keep our communities as safe as possible. 

Our staff have been preparing for this situation. Just do what you can do with your child. No pressure at all. This is a challenging time for everyone. Teachers will move to online learning today. The online platform will be through seesaw, gmail or google classroom. If you have any concerns, please contact your child's teacher.

See below a fabulous link from the Ministry of Education. This really is a one stop shop.

https://learningfromhome.govt.nz/ 

Staffing News:

Mrs Geraghty will be retiring from her position of Deputy Principal at Sacred Heart Cathedral School from the end of the school year. It is an exciting time for Mrs Geraghty as she prepares to be a Grandmother for the first time in February. We are so grateful for the lives Mrs Geraghty has shaped over her time at Sacred Heart Cathedral School. We will formally farewell Mrs Geraghty at our end of year school Mass.

Director Of Religious Education - Mr Grevatt has been appointed to the position of Director of Religious Education from the start of 2022. We are so fortunate to have a person of John's calibre leading Catholic Character in our school. We are also lucky to have the opportunity for John to learn from Jane as they work together during this time of handover.

Mrs Hewson in Room 5 will leave us at the end of October to have her first baby. Mrs Hewson is planning to return to us at the start of Term 4 next year.  Blessings from us all Clare. For the remainder of term 4 Mrs Stewart will be teaching in Room 5.

Congratulations to the following students who will represent Sacred Heart Cathedral School at the Central Zone Speech Competition when we have a new date (it was suppose to be last night).

Year 8:  Charlotte Rm 9 'Why we should ban anonymous postings on social media'.

Year 7:  Felix Rm 9 'How we can reduce air pollution'.

Year 6:  Ava Rm 7 'Why the journey for gender equality is not over'.

Year 5:  JC Rm 6  'Why we sould stop animal cruelty'. 

Our sincere thanks to Judy Houlahan who was our Judge and then helped to prepare our students for the big night. Thank you Judy for giving your time to help our school.

Our runner ups were:

Year 8:  Irene Rm 10 'The effects of being disorganised'.

Year 8:  Ryder Rm 10  'Friendship'.

Year 7:  Toaiva Rm 10 'Why the dawn raids are important'.

Year 6:  Cayden Rm 6  'Why both adults and children need to limit their time on                                          devices'.

Year 5:  Sadie Rm 7  'Are zoos ethical'.

This year our End Of Year Mass will be held in the St Mary's College gym on Monday 13th December at 1.00pm. 

Thank you, thank you. So far the Olympic quiz has raised $2908.00. We have such a generous school community.

E te Atua aroha mā te whakapuaki i tō matou whakapono.

Loving God, in professing this faith in which we are united as your people, we reunite ourselves with the yes, of your mother, Mary the first disciple.

Sincere thanks to our staff at Sacred Heart Cathedral School. They are truely amazing how they are responding and being so flexible during this time of COVID-19. 

Please take care of yourselves. 

Wait for the 1pm briefings to get your information.

Trust the experts as they will help us navigage the storm.

Follow the rules as this will help us leave Alert Level 4 quickly.

Blessings to you all. Look after yourselves and your whānau.

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt

Principal

Sacred Heart Cathedral School

This article was previously published by AA Magazine.

Kia ora e te whānau.

As part of our focus on Social Justice, we are supporting the Home of Compassion Soup Kitchen's annual appeal on Friday, 17th September. The Soup Kitchen was founded by Suzanne Aubert in Wellington in 1901 and has been supporting homelessness in Pōneke since that time. Amazing!

We are looking for some volunteer parents to supervise senior students as they collect donations for the Soup Kitchen near the Wellington High Court on Molesworth Street, between 9am and 2pm.

We need about 5 parents and would run a roster and collect with the children for around one hour.  It would take just over an hour with a walk to and from school with the students. The more volunteers we have, the shorter our shifts might be.

Can you please let nicola@trustproperties.co.nz know if you are available to help support our senior students to support others in our community.