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,

All is going well for us here at school. We are certainly enjoying the days when the sun is shining. Classrooms are full of joy and there is a lot of beautiful singing as we prepare for our End of Year Mass At St Pauls Cathedral at 1pm on Wednesday, 14th December. 

In fact, the singing was so amazing at assembly on Monday that all of our students were rewarded with an iceblock treat.

Room 2 led us in our Assembly and played a few Carols for us including Little Donkey.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

The Ministry of Education has allocated 2 days to all schools in New Zealand in 2023 to implement the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum.

We can confirm the first date as being Monday, 24th April so term 2 will start on Wednesday, 26th April.

We will confirm the date of the second day once the Ministry of Education has confirmed this for us.

Updated 2023 Dates:

Term 1: Wednesday, 1st February - Thursday, 6th April.

Waitangi Day - Monday, 6th February.

Term 2: Wednesday, 26th April to Thursday, 29th June.

Kahui Ako Mid Winter hui for staff on 30th June. Please note Monday, 24th April is a New Zealand Curriculum Day. NO CLASSES on this day.

Anzac Day – Tuesday, 25th April and Queen’s Birthday – Monday, 5th June.

Term 3: Monday, 17th July to Friday, 22nd September.

Term 4: Monday, 9th October - Monday, 18th December.

Labour Day – Monday, 23rd October.

Thank you to all families who participated in our home well-being challenges. Congratulations to Hazel who was the recipient of the Rebel Sport voucher and to all our other lucky winners who received a water bottle or ball.

We have worked so hard to try and bring many strategies that promote well-being with our students and staff. Our whānau well-being challenges were an opportunity to do all sorts of exciting activities. Going by how many of the bingo squares were in the kete there has been a lot of well-being being activated across our Sacred Heart Cathedral School community.

For example:

• creating something from recyclable materials 
• reading and storytelling
• Getting moving with whānau training sessions
• Singing
• Drinking plenty of water
• Sharing notes of gratitude
• Drawing
• Creating a meal together

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who purchased a ticket and sent in items for our Xmas hamper raffle.  Your support is very much appreciated. 

$1500.00 was raised which we will use for continuing to beautify and enhance our playground environment.

Congratulations to the following people who were drawn out as winners of our Christmas hamper raffle:

1.  Lillybelle Rm 2

2.  Antonio Rm 9

3.  Keiffer Rm 9

4.  Dylan P Rm 10

5.  Philip Manalili

6.  Bill Swinbourne

7.  Manu'a family

8.  Nic Fitisemanu

9.  Maggie Tait

10.  Irene Olalo

11.  Tash Chan Foung

12.  Juliana Brown

All winners have been contacted by phone or text.

BEACH DAY - 8th DECEMBER - Yes, we rescheduled because of the occupation at Parliament in February.

Beach Day is a real calendar highlight for us all. 

Our annual beach day is planned for Thursday, 8th December at Oriental Bay. Junior Syndicate children will be transported to and from the beach by bus. Middle and Senior Syndicate children will walk both ways. 

Senior and Middle Syndicate students will depart school at at approximately 9.30am. The Juniors will be leaving school at 10.15am. Walkers and those on buses will all be leaving the beach at 1.30pm.

We need lots of parent helpers as we will be near water. Please complete the form below to let your child’s teacher know if you can support in this way.

Junior forms to fill in for permission and help were emailed to you last week. Even if you can pop out from work at morning tea or lunch any time you can spare will be appreciated.

• Room 1 - Room 1 Beach Day Form
• Room 2 - Room 2 Beach Day Form
• Room 3 - Room 3 Beach Day Form
• MIDDLES AND SENIORS FORM

Please make sure your child has the following items packed: 

• togs
• towel
• sun hat
• jacket
• sunblock
• large drink
• food for lunch

Children should wear comfortable clothing and footwear (please name all items of clothing)∙ Please note, no inflatable sea toys will be allowed.

Congratulations to all students who participated in the EPro8 Challenge. The staff and parents were in awe of you as you all worked together, sometimes under extreme pressure to complete tasks. We were all so proud of you and we could see your skills in innovation, creativity, literacy, problem-solving, and team work were at the forefront during the competition. Special mention also to the supportive whānau on the night. You instilled confidence in our young people. 

What a wonderful night we all had at the disco.

Thank you to all the families that came, stayed, and supervised. It really was a wonderful opportunity to connect again as a school community.

Junior Tag National Tournament:

Congratulations to Pierre, whose team (Horowhenua-Kapiti under 11s team) was selected to play in the Junior Tag National Tournament, held in Auckland.  

Tag is like touch rugby but instead of 'touching' a player to get them to pass, the opposition has to pull one of the tags off the players hips.  The aim of the game is to pull the tags off your opponents so they can’t score a try.

It was an fantastic Nationals campaign for the Horowhenua-Kapiti under 11s team, they were undefeated (winning 6 out of 6 games) and came away National winners.

Regional Athletics:

Year 5
Reid -150m at 7th place.
Janiva - 80m at 2nd place and 150m at 2nd place.

We have been donated two suits, suitable for an 8-year old boy. If you would like one, please drop in to the school office and see Frances or Cathy.

• Richard-Leo (Rm) 2, has lost his named jersey. Please check your child's jersey and if found, please return it to Room 2 or hand it into the office.

• Allegra (Rm 5) has lost her named sunhat. Can you please check your child's name and if found, please return to Room 5 or drop it off at the office.

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Please be advised that NZ Uniforms Thorndon will be closed for Training on 15th December until 2pm. This is to spend time with our new recruits to ensure that they are as equipped as possible to help your families get the right products during our Back to School period.

Please reach out with any queries, otherwise we will see your families when we reopen.

Kind regards,

Claudette van Veijeren | NZ Uniforms

Thorndon Store Manager

Phone: 04 238 4727 

www.nzuniforms.com

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