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,

Welcome back to term 4 of 2021. Where has the year gone? Term 4 is a short term as well. Pacing ourselves is going to be very important. Remember this Friday is a Teacher Only Day so there is no school for students.

Welcome to 

Jarryd, Paxton, Santino and Alejandra who have joined the Sacred Heart Cathedral School community. You are going to have a wonderful time at our school and will make lifelong friends.

Next Friday, Mrs Hewson will take leave to have her baby. We had a beautiful assembly on Monday to share our best wishes for both mother and baby. This was a little different as well due to our COVID restrictions but so beautiful and showed just how flexible our staff and students are. Mrs Stewart will be teaching in Room 5 until the end of the school year. Special blessings to Clare and Johnny as they await the birth of their first baby and the wonderful privledge of being a parent. We look forward to sharing in the joy with you once your baby has arrived.

Congratulations to Maia Monoghan who is the recipient of the St Catherine's schoralaship for 2022. We are so proud of you Maia. Well deserved and we look forward to hearing about your future achievements.

Squid Games - The staff have brought this matter to my attention that there is alot of chatter amongst the children about this. Please be aware that this "Drama Series" screening on Netflix has been rated appropriate for viewers who are aged 15 years and over. This rating will be due to the nature of the content.

A snapshot from last Sundays Gospel.

Mā te whakarongo, ka mōhio,

through listening, comes knowledge,

Mā te mōhio, ka mārama,

through knowledge, comes understanding,

Mā te mārama, ka matau,

through understanding, comes wisdom,

Mā te matau, ka ora.

through wisdom, comes well-being.

We are in challenging times and we are not sure what is round the corner. We do have a large number of different events planned for the the remainder of the year. Our school will follow Ministry of Education guidelines and will take a cautious approach. So at the moment we will leave events in the calendar and we will review on a case by case basis and adapt the activity so it is in accordance with public health expectations. We need to expect the unexpected and our staff are adapative to whatever will come our way.

Thank you for all your best wishes for our final term of the year. If you have any concerns regarding the progress your child is making, please contact your child's classroom teacher.

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt

Principal

Sacred Heart Cathedral School

As well as strengthening our connections with others, research shows that kindness and giving makes us happier. And it’s contagious! If we're kind to someone, they're likely to be kind or kinder as a consequence.

This activity encourages everyday kindness by creating opportunities for kids to be kind to each other and the people they care about.

Kindness is something that often comes naturally, but it's good to focus on it too and have it a real whānau value.

Kōrero about kindness as part of what you notice - "she was kind when she helped with the door" or "that was a kind to share that with your sister." Point kindness as you see it in books or during screen time shows.

It's a great if your tamariki understand what kindness is. It's one of those words like 'respect' that we expect everyone knows, but sometimes our definitions differ. Kōrero around this at the dinner table, in the car - during relaxed times:

• What is ‘being kind’?
• What sorts of things can we do to be kind?
• What do people do for us that is helpful, kind or loving?
• How does it feel when someone is kind to us?
• How does it feel when we are kind?

Explain that kindness is like a muscle that gets stronger the more we use it, and that it tends to be contagious. If we smile at someone, they often smile back!

Other kind acts are the same. When we’re kind to others, we encourage them to be kind too. This Kindness Boomerang video will helps show students this flow-on affect.

Finally, brainstorm and activate some cool ways your whānau can be kind:

• Create a whānau kindness sticker chart - any kind act your whānau do gets a sticker, ten stickers means a reward! - go to the museum, beach or park together, have a family movie - something you enjoy doing but acts as a 'treat'.
• Kōrero about how to be kind at school e.g. let a classmate know you saw someone be unkind to them and tell them you'll look out for them, make cards for any tamariki having a challenging time, tell your teacher what you appreciate them - leave them a secret note or some flowers from your garden.
• Think about who else you'd love to show some kindness to, and how you can do this.
• Create a Random Acts of Kindness Calendar for the week (or month) and proactively do something kind everyday.
• Leave compliments around the house for whānau to find - our cut out compliment sheet makes it easy.

https://sparklers.org.nz/parenting/give-bunch-kindness/

This Friday, 22 October is an accord day for teaching staff. The staff will be moderating summative assessments.

For all your summer uniform requirements, please head to NZ Uniforms, Thorndon Quay. We do have a few second hand items, all sizes. You are welcome to have a look at our stock or let us know what you need.

Limited sunhats can be purchased from school for $15.00.

We are having our school market day to raise funds for the Cathedral Parish on Friday, 29th October. It will be a little different from previous years. We cannot sell the food and cakes that we have done in the past due to COVID restrictions.

Students can wear mufti.

Ice blocks will be available to purchase and these will be $1.00 each.

Senior students will organise a range of games for students to participate in. These will range between 20 and 50 cents.

There will be books and toys available to purchase at $1.00 and $2.00.

Face painting will cost from $1.00-$2.00.

Raffle tickets will cost 20 cents each.

All money raised will be donated to the Cathedral Parish for strengthening work.

If you have any toys or books to donnate, please send into school.

For our younger students having $5.00 in coins would allow them to have a fun day.

This will still be next Wednesday, 27 October at 5pm. However, due to COVID restrictions, we will move to the zoom platform.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81991068677?pwd=MjNjYTVpb1RmaWxxZkl6Y0ovKzRodz09

Meeting ID: 819 9106 8677 Passcode: n26AuD

Tomorrow and every Thursday during term 4, our student council will be selling mini lemonade ice blocks for $1.00 each to help raise funds for the 2022 School Camp for Years 7 & 8 students. Please have the correct amount of money to reduce the need for change. Thank you.

Is your child shy? Do they feel intimidated by the idea of public speaking and performance? Do they sometimes find it difficult to make eye contact? Do they just want to take part in organised craziness?! Come and join Marrzipan! We run awesome drama classes which focus on key life skills after school on Mondays! We play fun engaging games and perform at the end of term once to parents and once to the school. All scripts are original, engaging, educational and HILARIOUS. Give me a call to come along for a trial lesson, or just a chat to discuss how our classes can benefit your child's development.

Contact Josh on 022 436 5608 or email wellington@marrzipandrama.co.nz