Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Special thanks to Talikha Rm 9, who represented our school at the 184th anniversary of Suzanne Aubert's birth at St. Anne's Church last Wednesday evening.

We will be celebrating our School Feast Day this Friday. Liturgy Leaders will be leading students in prayer to celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart. This will occur in classrooms, you are most welcome to join us at 9 am in your child's room. In the afternoon we will go over to St Mary's College for a sharing of creative talent. This will start just after 1 pm. We have had to modify our usual celebrations as we  have limited access to buildings that can accommodate our whole school.

Our Year 7 and 8 students have thoroughly enjoyed participating in a science programme at St Mary's College. Throughout the term students learnt how to use bunsen burners, microscopes and even made slides to look at crystals they grew.

"I enjoyed looking at the cells through the microscope. It was all magnified so you could look at it better."  Declan Rm 9

"I enjoyed learning about pH and acids and basic, most of this was new learning for me."  Charlize Rm 9

"I enjoyed looking at an onion through a microscope , it looked so different I could see cells and the membrane."  Ella Rm 9

Welcome to Yulia who is in Room 7 - we hope you enjoy your time at Sacred Heart Cathedral School.

There is a lot happening for Matariki around our city.  Click on the link below:

I look forward to seeing you all at 8am tomorrow morning at St. Mary's College Hall for our Matariki celebration. We have lots of breakfast treats for everyone.

Arohanuii,

Bernadette Murfitt

Principal, Sacred Heart Cathedral School

If you haven't yet done so, please book in a time for the mid-year Learning Conference.  Children are welcome to attend with you.  To book a time, please click on the link below and enter the event code xxyeb.

https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code?z=f1aO5m

If you need help with this, please contact Cathy in the office on 04 4724047.  Learning Conferences take place on Monday, 1st July and Tuesday, 2nd July.

On behalf of the students and staff at Sacred Heart Cathedral School, we would like to wish you a very happy birthday today!

Congratulations to all of our students who made their First Holy Communion last Sunday at St Thomas More Church:

Room 3:  

JC, Carles, Alyssa, Emily, Javi, Enzo, Sophia and Adee.

Room 5:  

Cayden, Euan, Vanessa, Ava, Rohan, Daisy, Eva, Sam L,               Lachie and James.

Room 6:

Zach and Tim

Room 7:

Rizen and William

Room 10

Amelia

Kapa Haka in action - check this out!

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.

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.

Sacred Heart Jade played EBIS Stylahs and won 27-13.  Eden Rm 8 was awarded Player of the Day.

Sacred Heart Ferns played EBIS Kiwis and lost 14-26.  Ella Rm 9 was awarded Player of the Day.

Sacred Heart Emeralds played Brooklyn Sapphires and lost 4-14.  Estella Rm 10 was awarded Player of the Day.

Sacred Heart Pulse played MC S Magic and won 14-8.  Sasha Rm 7 was awarded Player of the Day.

Sacred Heart Sapphires played Island Bay Tuis and lost 2-5.  Eva L Rm 5 was awarded Player of the Day.

Message from Caritas - We invite you to a ‘Jubilee Year’ celebration of Caritas’ work of justice, peace and integral human development.

Fifty years ago, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference/He Huinga o ngā Pīhopa Katorika o Aotearoa established national bodies for Catholic overseas aid, justice and peace, and provision of lay volunteers overseas. Today, these works are found in Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand.

Together with our partners, associates and supporters, we work for a world free of poverty and injustice.  We are delighted to invite you to join us and the Archdiocese of Wellington at a Mass presided over by Cardinal John Dew to celebrate the 50th year of Caritas and its predecessors.

This is part of a series of Masses being held in 2019 to acknowledge and honour all those at national and diocesan level working and praying for justice, peace and development.

Thank you for your support.

Please join us for our ‘Jubilee Year’.  

What: 50th Anniversary Mass

Where: St Joseph’s Church,

152 Brougham St, Mount Victoria, Wellington

When: Thursday 27 June, 7pm, followed by refreshments

Enrolments for 2020 at Sacred Heart Cathedral School close on the 31 July 2019. Enrolment packs are available on the school website - www.sacred-heart.school.nz or a hard copy at the school office.  Any siblings who will be starting school in 2020, will need a completed enrolment form submitted to the school before 31 July 2019.

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

Special thanks to Mrs. Geraghty and the student council who ran a sausage sizzle and a PJ's mufti day on Friday.  Thank you to our parents who supported the sausage sizzle.  Money raised from this will be donated to the Heart Foundation. We had a lot of fun dressing up.

Myles from Room 5 has achieved a GOLD certificate in Mathletics. She has been working really hard to achieve her Maths goals. Good job, Myles.

NZ Police recently launched a new non emergency number, 105. We’ve done this to make it easier to get hold of us in the event of non-urgent situations or ‘Things which have Already Happened’, which don’t require Police assistance immediately.

You can call us on 105 for all non emergencies, or you can go online at

 to report things like:

- Lost property

- Theft for a public place or car

- Intentional property damage

- Or to get an update or add info to a previous report

In the event of an emergency, always call 111 - Things that are Happening Now.

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: