Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Special thanks for your commitment in ensuring your child is in their correct school uniform. This is very much appreciated. If you do require support with uniform please don't hesitate to contact me.

Special thanks to all candidates who stood for the Board of Trustees. I look forward to working closely with our new board for the next three years ensuring our school is effectively governed. I would like to acknowledge the commitment, time and energy from  Kaye Stirling and Jospeh Mino. Thank you Kaye and Joseph for having a deep appreciation of the needs of all of our learners. You have served our school and have willingly shared your gifts with us so our children benefit.  

On Monday at our staff meeting, staff presented an update on their own personal inquiries. This is where a teacher employs a range of strategies over and above normal classroom instruction to accelerate progress for  students. It was so impressive to hear the many ways teaching staff are catering for varying needs with classrooms. Our staff are looking forward to sharing with you progress made so far this year in our upcoming cycle of progress reporting on 1 and 2 July. 

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt

Principal, Sacred Heart Cathedral School

A BIG THANK YOU to all nine parents who put their names forward as candidates for our school Board of Trustees elections and thank you to all our parents who supported our candidates by voting.  Congratulations to the following five parents who have been elected:  Kitchie de Guzman, Nigel Ingram, Keiran Kennedy, Nicola Nation and Sera Vatuloka. 

We are delighted to warmly welcome our new Board of Trustees and would like to introduce them by sharing information they submitted with their nomination.

The Student Council are holding a free PJs mufti day and running a sausage sizzle THIS FRIDAY!  Sausages need to be pre-ordered by Thursday (tomorrow).  Sausages are $1.50 each.  Please put the correct amount of money (please note, no change will be given) in an envelope with your child's name, room number and number of sausages ordered.  Funds raised from the sausage sizzle will be donated to the Heart Foundation.

Mrs Geraghty is looking for a parent to help supervise the Student Council who will be barbequeing sausages.  If you are able to help supervise, from 11am-12noon this Friday, please let Mrs Geraghty know email:  christine@sacred-heart.school.nz or give Cathy a call on 04 4724047.  Thank you.

We are wanting to wrap this up now, so if you still have an entertainment book at home which you do not wish to purchase please send it back to school.  One of the Entertainment Book representatives will be giving you a call soon if the entertainment book that was sent home at the beginning of the Term 2 has not yet been returned.  Thank you.

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.

It was a beautiful, sunny day for this event but there was a definite chill in the air! This didn't dampen the enthusiasm of five runners (unfortunately Eoghan was sick) who competed in the Inter-zone cross country championship held at McAllister park. The competition is always tough- the best of the best, at these events. It is no mean feat to achieve entry let alone compete on the day.

Mid-Year Learning Conference, bookings now open Monday 1 July and Tuesday 2 July.  Our teachers are currently writing school reports and these will be sent home on Friday 21 June.  Children are welcome to attend with you.  To book a time to meet with your child's teacher please click on the link below and then enter the event code xxyeb:

High attendance = Improved Learning

Being on time for school is so very important as it sets every child up for a positive day of learning.  If you are struggling to get your child to school, please let us know so we can help you out.  8.10 am in the gate and you won't be late. 

SCHOOL STARTS AT 8.40AM

Just a little bit late does not seem much but all added up.

10 minutes late per day = 50 minutes per week = 1 and a half weeks per year of missed learning time.

20 minutes late per day= 1 hour and 40 minutes per week = 2 and half weeks per year of missed learning time.

30 minutes late per day = half a day per week = 4 weeks per year of missed learning time.

Sacred Heart Jade played TKKM Taiohituakana and lost 12-21.  Torea Rm 9 was awarded Player of the Day.

Sacred Heart Ferns played Holy Cross Comets and lost 7-15.  Rhiley Rm 10 was awarded Player of the Day.

Sacred Heart Emeralds played Clyde-Way Firebolts and won 12-5.  Kaylani Rm 9 was awarded Player of the Day.

Sacred Heart Pulse played Lyall Bay Crusaders and won 13-5.  Taylah Rm 6 was awarded Player of the Day.

Sacred Heart Sapphires played MCS Tornadoes and lost 0-13.  Vanessa Rm 5 was awarded Player of the Day.

The Friends of Sacred Heart are running a movie fundraiser with Lion King.  For details, please see the PDF attached below.

Thursday, 27 June at 8am St. Mary's College Hall - Parking will be available on the court at Sacred Heart Cathedral School.

Breakfast will be supplied by our very generous sponsors:

Thorndon New World 

Pandora Bakery 

Tomorrow, we are having a breakfast to celebrate Matariki in St. Mary’s College Hall. This is a chance to celebrate the Māori New Year and the whanaungatanga and togetherness of our families. Breakfast is provided.

The school Kapa Haka Performance group will be performing. The children in this group need to be at school by 7.45am.

Please come along and enjoy this school community event.

You are welcome to come back to classrooms afterwards to join in a craft or art activity with your children.

MATARIKI

‘The eye’s of the God Tāwhirimātea’

In the beginning at the time of the separation of Ranginui (Sky father) and Papatuanuku (Earth mother), Tāwhirimātea (God of the Winds) became distraught with the fact that his parents had been separated by his siblings. Angry, he gouged his eyes out and threw them into the heavens. Matariki, the cluster of stars, represent the discarded eyes of Tāwhirimātea.

It is this cluster of stars that appear in the month of June that represents the arrival of the Māori New Year. Traditionally, it was a time to remember those that had passed away, this would consist of a Hāngi (Earth Oven Feast) being prepared and shared amongst family, celebrating with Waiata (Songs) and Haka (Posture Dances).

This brought families together during the winter months, and became an opportune time to share the stories of the past, to the children of the future, as a means of retaining the history, revitalising the māori language, and rejoicing in life. The scientific name of this cluster is Pleiades.

St. Mary's College is looking for families/retired couples to host our precious international students - Coming to us from countries such as Japan, China and Papua New Guinea.

If you think you could offer a student a safe, warm and welcoming environment, and if you are prepared to guide our students as they become familiar with a foreign culture please contact our homestay co-ordinator at phillippa.smyth@stmw.school.nz

Thank you.

Stewardship Breakfast with the Cardinal: 

Dates & Venues:

Samuel Marsden School, Karori: July 8th - 12th & 15th - 19th

Thorndon School: July 8th - 12th & 15th - 19th

Seatoun School: July 8th - 12th

Chilton St James School: July 8th - 12th & 15th - 19th

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