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,

At the moment, life is a constant balance between keep calm and carry on vs what’s life going to throw my way today? Parents, Staff and Children, you have had a tough job of keeping everything calm while we work our way through this pandemic - it is not an easy task.  For the past two years, our great track record of dealing so well with COVID gave us a sense of satisfaction in keeping the virus away.  Now, as we are in the thick of it, we have to get used to our new normal.

Our students are calm and so are our incredible staff.  We have loved welcoming back students who have been learning while being in isolation.  Staff have been making tweaks making sure the online platform is meeting needs.  Thank you for all your support - engaging through zoom calls, submitting work or sharing experiences - thanks for supporting your tamariki in making this happen.  If your child is sick or a household contact, then please use Seesaw for Years 1-4 or Google classroom for Years 5-8.  If your child is not sick or not a household contact, then school is the best place for learning.

Lord, during this time of Lent help me to not be so complacent in my faith that I start to think that my own desires are what you want from me.  May my familiarity with you be a deep relationship and not just a casual knowledge of you.

This morning the Government announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccination mandate and tweaks to the red traffic light setting.

• From 11.59pm Monday, 4 April, the vaccine mandate covering staff in the education sector will be removed.

• We remain in traffic light setting Red, but limits on numbers of people gathering outdoors from 11.59pm 4 April will be removed, and indoor limits increased to 200. 

• Mask use continues as per the current policy. 

• Isolation for COVID-19 positive people and their household contacts remains at seven days. 

• Vaccine passes and contact tracing will not be required from this weekend. 

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt

Principal

Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary

for an end to the war in Ukraine

First Luminous Mystery of the Rosary:

Ko te Mihiteria Hikohiko tuatahi:

I iriiria a Hēhu ki te Awa Horano e Hoane Pāpita

The Baptism of Jesus

In both Ukraine and Russia significantly more than 70 percent of the populations are baptised Christian. Too often war is waged between people who profess faith in Jesus Christ as God of peace. Let us pray this mystery of the Rosary that those who are baptised into our Christian faith may return to relationship with Jesus our Prince of Peace.

The Student Council have organised a free mufti day for our students on Friday, 1 April with the theme 'Be Happy'.

Ice blocks ($1.00 each) tomorrow for a camp fundraiser.

Sacred Heart Strikers

The Sacred Heart Strikers played in the summer soccer final on Friday. They lost 4-2. They had such a good season winning almost all of their games and we saw so much improvement! Dom W, not in photo but was also part of the team.

Mario Brothers Team

Netball 2022

Uniform Collection:

We'd like all students who have registered for netball to report to the After school room at 12:10pm, Thursday, 31 March where they can collect their netball uniforms.

Middles:

Sacred Heart would like to submit a Y5/Y6 netball team in the winter netball league held at Evans Bay intermediate on Saturday mornings in Terms 2 and 3.  This will be the first time playing winter netball for many of the players and all are welcome to join in and learn together.  We need two or three more players to make up the team.  If you are interested, please respond to this email or email nicola@trustproperties.co.nz.

Seniors:

We're also looking for more players and it's not too late - boys and girls both welcome.  There will be a trial game for the two senior teams from 12:45pm on Thursday, 31 March to decide team grading.  Please meet outside the After school room in your uniform.  Enquiries or to join a senior team: Amanda on 027 9399 575 or amandagregan@hotmail.com.

We will be holding a zoom meeting for all netball parents on Monday, 4 April at 8pm.   Details on this to come in next week's school newsletter and an email will be sent.

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KELLY CLUB APRIL 2022 HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES

Kelly Club Holiday Programmes focus on giving children aged between 5 and 13 the opportunity to do things they enjoy in a safe, supportive and encouraging environment. The programme is packed with some fantastic activities to entertain and inspire children. We have some exciting days planned: "Eggstravaganza Day", "Kelly Club Top Chef Day", "Anzac Day", "Giant Ball Day", "Kelly Club Survivor" Plus trips to: Ice Skating, The Marine Centre, Zealandia (check your centre for the trip days as they differ).

Kelly Club runs at the following: Amesbury School (Churton Park), Churton Park School, Island Bay School, Kelburn Normal School, West Park School (Johnsonville)

To enrol www.kellyclub.co.nz email adminwgtn@kellysports.co.nz or call 04 972 7201

APRIL 2022  HOLIDAY PROGRAMME

Football - Wests Rugby Clubrooms, Ian Galloway park, Wilton

9.30am-12.30pm

Perfect for beginners and those just wanting to have fun!
Come along and improve technique, knowledge and learn more about the basic skills of "The Beautiful Game" (Football).  We will focus on the core skills of control, dribbling, passing, tackling, shooting but most importantly having as much fun as possible!

Week 1 - Tues 19 Apr, Weds 20 Apr, Thurs 21 Apr

Week 2 - Tues 26 Apr, Weds 27 Apr, Thurs 28 Apr

For full details and to enrol into our programmes visit www.kellysports.co.nz email adminwgtn@kellysports.co.nz or call 04 972 7201.