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.

Kia ora koutou e te whānau,

Happy Niue Language Week. This year’s theme for Faahi Tapu he Vagahau Niue – Niue Language Week is - Fakatūleva e Vagahau Niue mo e Tau Aga Fakamotu ma e Tau Atuhau, which means - Sustain Niue Language and Culture for Future Generations.

I hope you have all managed to get a little time to yourself over the past couple of weeks. The weather certainly was a mixed bag.

Welcome to Yashnoor who joined Room 7 on Monday, 17th October. You are going to love your time at Sacred Heart Cathedral School and will make lifelong friends.

The shade canopy was constructed over the holiday break. it took a little longer due to the severe windy weather conditions in the first week. We are super grateful for such an amazing structure. We are going to be able to meet as a school and will also be able to have physical education despite the weather. The funding of this project was a formal agreement between APIS ( Association of Proprietors of Integrated Schools) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) for the provision of the Essential Property Maintenance Package (EPMP).

This beautiful proverb urges us all to stand firm in our beliefs and values.

Have a great week.

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt

Principal

Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Our School Gospel Value for the next 5 weeks is Faithfulness - Piripono

At the beginning of the year, we shifted our Emergency & Permission Form for your child to a google form and have asked you to complete the form for each of your child/children. This will make it simpler for us to refer to and for you to update your details in subsequent years. If you have not completed this form for your child, please click the link below. We appreciate the time that you have taken to complete this form for us. And for the parents/caregivers who have already filled in the form, thank you so much.

This Friday, 21st October is a Teacher Only Day. No classes on this day.

Interesting facts about Niue:

• Niue (pronounced ‘new – e’  - ‘e’ as in egg) means “behold the coconut”.
• Niue is one of the world’s largest coral islands and as a result, often referred to as The Rock of Polynesia.
• The capital of Niue is Alofi.
• Niue is a realm of NZ, and the people are citizens of NZ.
• Under the Niue Constitution Act 1974, New Zealand provides necessary economic and administrative assistance to Niue, as well as assistance with foreign affairs, defence and security if requested by the Niue government.
• On 26 April 2019, the Governments of New Zealand and Niue signed a Statement of Partnership setting out the principles and priorities under which NZ will cooperate, coordinate and partner in shared priority areas.
• There were 30,867 Niue peoples in the NZ Census 2018 and were the fourth largest Pacific ethnic group in NZ.  Most Niue people were living in the Auckland Region (23,088 people), followed by the Wellington Region (1,995 people) and the Waikato Region (1,590).
• There are more Niue people living in NZ than on Niue, which had an approximate population of 1,934 in October 2022.
• The Niue language is a Polynesian language, closely related to the Tongan language.

• The flag of Niue was adopted on 15 October 1975. The yellow represents the sunshine of Niue.  The Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, represents that Niue was a British Protectorate proclaimed on 19 October 1900 after petitioning by the Kings and Chiefs of Niue to Great Britain for the Union Flag to be flown in Niue as the symbol of protection. The four small stars represent the Southern Cross and New Zealand under whose administration Niue was placed by Great Britain in 1901. The larger star within the blue disc represents the self-governing status of Niue, standing alone within the deep blue sea.

Today, we celebrated Saint Lorenzo Ruiz's canonisation. Our Filipino students dressed up in their Filipino attire to represent their culture.

Thank you very much to Keiffer and Sammy (Rm 9) for sharing to the rest of the school about the life of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz.

The students have all brought home a Well-being challenge. Once they complete each challenge, it can be placed in our Wellbeing Kete, on the office counter, ready for a lucky draw in early December.

The Middle Syndicate will be attending 8 lessons at Kilbirnie Aquatic Centre this term. Please see attached form for more details.

We will be participating in the Shake Out - at 9.30am next Thursday.

It is a great opportunity to also check your own procedures and supplies at home as well. See the link below.

Please make sure the school has all your up-to-date details.

Our student council will be organising the Longest Morning Tea on Thursday 3rd November.

We would appreciate each family contributing (if your children are across syndicates just choose one to contribute to).

Juniors - fruit / vegetables 

Middles - savoury

Seniors - sweet 

Please avoid any items that contain nuts.

Items should be brought into school on a paper plate and given to the classroom teacher.  Student councillors will be arranging the paper plates of food outside on the court if it's fine, or in the middle and senior corridors if it's wet.  It will be the longest shared morning tea!

We will have a day focused on Wellbeing on 10 November, Thursday.

You will be most welcome to come into school at any time throughout the day.

Parking will be available on the St Mary's College Netball courts accessed via Hawkestone Street.

We will provide a detailed timetable of different events we have planned next week.

We will have a midday session in the library for whānau on Wellbeing.  Food will be available for lunch in the staffroom.

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FOOTBALL SKILLS FOR TERM 4

***NEW DAY - NOW ON WEDS ***

Aimed for beginners, this is an 8-week football skills programme held at the Green Room, Wests Rugby Club Rooms, Ian Galloway Park, Wilton, on Wednesday's from 3.30-4.30pm.

Come and learn all about Football! This programme covers both individual and team skills including, Game rules, Ball control, Dribbling, Passing, Tackling, Defence, Team work, Goalkeeping, practice and warm up drills for players and teams. It is ideal to improve skills and confidence.

It’s also great practice for the summer series football competition!

To book, go https://kellysports.co.nz/kelly_events/view/14831.