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,

Talofa Lava.

This week we are celebrating Samoan Language Week. 

We had a beautiful Pasifika  liturgy yesterday. Special thanks to all families who supported the children. Thank you to Mr Solia and the Pasifika Club who have worked so hard preparing prayers, songs and reflections for us all. 

A few interesting facts about Samoa:

This year's theme for Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language Week is Fa’aāuāu le Folauga i le Va’a o Tautai - Continue the Voyage with Competent Wayfinders of the Ocean.

This year, marks 12 years since Samoa Language Week has been celebrated in Aotearoa New Zealand.

2022 is also a significant year for the Samoan community, being the 60th anniversary of Samoa Independence. Sāmoa, officially the Independent State of Sāmoa, gained independence from NZ on 1st January 1962, which is celebrated on 1st June as its independence day.

Samoa has a unique historical relationship with NZ. It is the only nation that NZ has a Treaty of Friendship. The Treaty of Friendship between Samoa and New Zealand is about a commitment to partnership, friendship and a mutual endeavour to obtain for Tagata Sāmoa (Samoan peoples) fuller opportunities for social progress. Language is critical in achieving this.

Please note we are starting to ride the second wave of COVID here at school. It is starting to impact our staff. Mrs Grevatt has tested positive and Mr Grevatt has now become a household contact. We all certainly hope you recover quickly. Blessings to you. We are strongly encouraging students in Rooms 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 to wear a face mask. Please note it is still 7 days of isolation for household contacts. Thank you for all the support you have given us so we can all keep well. To those families who are household contacts or who have COVID we wish you a speedy recovery.

A reminder to our whanua that this Friday, 3rd June is a school accord day (teacher only day). There will be no classes for the students.

Blessings to families all across our world who are suffering through no fault of their own. I am grateful that I live in Aotearoa, New Zealand. We all need to keep our tamariki close in our hearts and know that it is the small things that count. The smile, the meeting, and greeting, words of encouragement and silence. Hold your whānau close tonight.

Tatalo 

Tatou tatalo

Lo matou Tama o I le lagi

La e fa' amanuia mai, i lenei vaiaso

La se i matou uma ta'ito" atasi

I le suafa o lesu

Amene

Let us pray, our heavenly father. We ask for your blessings each week. To each and every one of us. In Jesus' name. Amen  

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt

Tumuaki

Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Mabuhay!

The Philippine Ambassador Jesus (Gary) S. Domingo will grace us by his presence this Thursday, 2nd June at 5pm in Room 9 to speak to our Filipino community at our school. He will be speaking about his experiences of being the Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand as he will be leaving in early July. We extend a warm welcome for you to join us for this occasion. Apologies for the short notice as this is the only available time that the Ambassador could come to our school. We would appreciate if you can please bring a small plate to share.

On 29th June, the Junior Syndicate will have a trip to Te Papa to explore the museum at 12 noon. We will leave the school by bus at 11.45am and bus back to school at approximately 1.45pm. We are also needing of parent help for the trip. If you are able to help out and give permission to let your child attend, please fill in the google link form below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehHw71CsRfoxr1KWARlh7EMMetmxNtyHs7gqGvkriX-MdO7A/viewform

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Junior Syndicate Team

The Setting of Matariki

As the Matariki star cluster sets with the sun in the western skies, we acknowledge the passing of another year and begin preparing for the re-appearance of Matariki in the eastern skies in late June.

The setting of Matariki occurs around the Tangaroa-ā-mua lunar phase during the lunar month of Haratua, this year that time is around 23rd May.
 
Matariki will remain below the horizon for the entire lunar month, before re-appearing during the next Tangaroa-ā-mua lunar phase, around 21st June, which is when many iwi will first observe Matariki rising.

We will be celebrating as a school whānau on 21st June at 5.30 pm. We are asking all children to decorate a paper bag which will become part of the evening. The bags are coming home today and need to be returned by 13th June. Thank you for your support with this.

Items for this Matariki Mini Market day can be dropped off to the school office.  Thank you.

First prize will be a chromebook.

Second prize is a Mi Smart Band 6 watch and groceries.

We also have a further 8 grocery 'hampers' to be won!

Tickets have been sent home with the eldest child in each family, tickets are $2.00 each.

The raffle closes on Friday, 10th June with winners being drawn on Wednesday, 15th June.  Winners will be contacted by phone and announced in the school newsletter.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/kea-kids-news/300601507/kea-kids-news-mr-speakers-plans-to-rebuild-burned-playground-at-parliament

BASKETBALL RESULTS:

Sacred Heart Lightning vs SWIS Valley Dragons won 30-12 with player of the day, Zachiel Rm 10.

Sacred Heart Thunder vs Brroklyn Heat won 21-12 with player of the day, Cayden Rm 9.

NETBALL RESULTS:

Sacred Heart Emeralds: played Evans Bay Intermediate Storm and lost 2:28. Player of the day awarded to Ella Rm 9.

Sacred Heart Hearts:  Great game today for our team (the 'Hearts') 18 to 32 (we lost but still well matched and the team is really coming together). Player of the day awarded to Ana Rm 9 who has only just started netball this season and an awesome player already shooting a number of goals, along with Veronica who played for the first time this season and showed her shooting skills again. The rest of the team played so well, supporting each other with some great defence and attack manoeuvre's. 

Tough Guy and Gal Challenge in Wainuiomata:

Lachie from Room 10, took part in the 'Tough Guy and Gal Challenge' in Wainuiomata last Thursday, 26th May. Well done Lachie! This is a non competitive, fun and very muddy, wet challenge that anyone can do at their own pace.
It is a 3km muddy obstacle course set up in a bush trail consisting of swamp crossings, climbing frames, crawling,hurdles, tunnels and  lots of water!

Please note school is not open on the following dates:

• Friday, 3rd June - this is an accord day and is attached to Queens Birthday weekend.
• Term 2 ends on Thursday, 7 July.

If your Preschooler is turning 5 in 2023 or you have a child who wishes to come to Sacred Heart Cathedral School, please complete an enrolment form. This is available on our school website: www.sacred-heart.school.nz.

Message from The Attendance Dues Team

Just a friendly reminder that full payment of the Attendance Dues for 2022 is due by 31 May 2022. If you are paying by regular instalments, payments should be set up to close the balance by 30^th November 2022 or by arrangement with the Dues team.

The Term 2 invoice will be emailed to all families shortly. Please check that the invoice has not gone to your Spam/Junk Inbox and that all your children are listed on the statement.

Financial assistance is available to families experiencing financial hardship (loss of income/redundancy, family reasons, etc.). It is a condition of the assistance application that the family has an affordable regular payment in place.

If you have any questions, please contact us:

Phone: 0800 462 725       Email: dues@wn.catholic.org.nz         Text: 021 08907902 

Reinfection or continued infection with Covid-19

Public health advice is that:

• Current evidence shows the chance of having COVID-19 again within 90 days of a first infection is low, especially if it is the same variant – but it can happen.
• Reinfection within 28 days is considered exceptionally unlikely.
• COVID-19 like symptoms may be caused by other infections like the common cold, flu or a chest infection.
• Reinfection does not generally cause serious illness for most people but a diagnosis of reinfection with COVID-19 can be important for older people, people who have high risk conditions, or people who have frequent close contact with vulnerable people.
• People who are low health risk and have symptoms consistent with COVID-19 within 90 days of a COVID-19 diagnosis should stay home and recover until 24 hours after symptoms resolve. They are not required to take a RAT. However, if they become increasingly ill, they should call their GP or Healthline.
• People with underlying health conditions or anyone who has worsening symptoms should seek advice from a health practitioner or Healthline on 0800 358 5453. A RAT or PCR test may be recommended.
• We know that people can continue to test positive after their recovery but are very unlikely to be infectious after day 10. Retesting during the initial 28-day period is not necessary unless recommended by a health professional.
• If you become unwell more than 90 days after a COVID-19 infection you should follow the same advice as for a first infection. That is, seek advice about getting tested.

Further information on catching COVID-19 again is available on the Ministry of Health website.
 
Catching COVID-19 again – Ministry of Health

Long COVID in Children:

Long COVID describes the symptoms that continue or develop after the initial COVID-19 symptoms.
 
This is usually longer than 12 weeks after a person is first infected.
 
Most people with COVID-19 recover completely and return to normal health. People usually recover from COVID-19 after two to six weeks and many make a full recovery within 12 weeks.
 
KidsHealth has provided some useful information about COVID-19 symptoms in children which you may wish to share with your community:

• For most children with mild COVID-19, they will be back to normal within a week. A small number of children might take up to two weeks to feel back to normal.
• Most children with COVID-19 will have a mild illness and get better quickly.
• For a child or young person to have a diagnosis of post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) their symptoms need to be having an impact on their everyday functioning and cannot be explained by another condition.
• Nearly all children will fully recover and return to normal health.
• Scientists and health professionals are still learning about long COVID, but studies so far have found:
  • children are much less likely to have long COVID than adults.
  • children recover faster than adults.
  • it mostly affects children over the age of 10 – it's very rare in younger children.

Further information is also available on the KidsHealth website, including caring for a child with COVID-19.
 
Recovering from long COVID – KidsHealth
Caring for a child with COVID-19 – KidsHealth
Long COVID – Ministry of Health NZ

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When can a sick child return to school?

Any child who has COVID-19 or is a household contact must remain at home for the legally required isolation period, regardless of whether they have returned a negative RAT.
 
Isolation is currently seven days with Day 0 being when a positive test was returned or from symptom onset. At the end of the seven-day isolation period if the child is still sick, they should stay home until they are well and for 24 hours after they no longer have symptoms.
 
There is no need to wait for an official message to leave isolation although they may receive a text message confirming their isolation period has ended.
 
If you have COVID-19 – Unite Against COVID-19

Ongoing Symptoms:

For COVID-19, colds and flus and potentially other illnesses, a child may continue to have minor but lingering symptoms such as a runny nose or minor cough.

• Anyone who is sick should stay home until they are well.
• When a child has respiratory symptoms, they should stay at home and seek advice from their GP or Healthline. Staying home is key to controlling the spread of any virus in a school setting.  
• Many children will have a long-lasting runny nose or cough after viral infections. If it has been more than 10 days since the onset of symptoms and they are no longer feeling unwell, they are very unlikely to be infectious and can therefore return to school.

However, if they are continuing to feel unwell or their symptoms are worsening after 10 days, they should not return to school. A GP review or a call to Healthline is recommended.

St Patrick’s College Open Day Tours – June 2022

Tēnā koutou katoa.

It is with pleasure that I invite you to register to attend one of our Open Day Tours which are to be held on Tuesday, 14 June between 10.00am to 11.30am and from 12.30pm to 2.00pm, and again on Thursday, 16 June at the same times.

To make a booking, please either email admin@stpats.school.nz with your request or to make a booking yourself visit the St Patrick's College website:

https://www.stpats.school.nz

On the front page of our website you will see a drop down menu labelled 'Enrol' and if you click on that and scroll down you will see a tab for Open Day.

Open this section and click on the Blue button – book here.

Enter your details and make your selection regarding day/time.

A reminder email will be sent closer to your booked day.

Open Day is a chance for parents to visit our College and learn about the opportunities and experiences that we offer across Years 9 to 13.

Mike Savali

TUMUAKI |RECTOR

Marrzipan Drama

Does your little human like to be weird? How about playing silly games? Or maybe they want to try out a new fun hobby? Then why not give Marrzipan a go?!

Marrzipan is a drama-based self-confidence programme suitable for all ages and ability levels. As well as playing games, we also work towards a performance we show to our parents at the end of each term. This term is: The Golden Trophy of Super Duper Awesomeness!

Numbers are strictly limited so get in quick! Free Trials are offered if your child would like to come check it out.

Where: Sacred Heart School
When: Mondays at 11.55am-12.40pm

Check out our website: https://marrzipandrama.co.nz/

OR contact Joshuwawa: wellington@marrzipandrama.co.nz