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,

I hope the week is going well for you all.

Yesterday, I received the resignation of Ann Stephen from full-time work. Ann has made the most incredible contribution over the past 6 years at our school (especially in the area of sport and recreation). Next year, Ann will work part-time for us supporting learners.

Thank you for parking in the surrounding streets and walking up to school. Keeping our students and staff safe is our priority.

Today and tomorrow, I am in Auckland at Standing strong together - a well-being event. I am presenting about how our school coped during the February/March occupation at Parliament grounds. I look forward to sharing new ideas with our staff on my return.

Thanks again for the way you have supported our school and parish community.

Your generosity helps others.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

The Middle Syndicate had their speech competition this morning. Our three judges were blown away by the quality of the speeches and the varied and interesting topics. They made particular mention of how well the students presented, in particular their eye contact with the audience and most speaking without cue cards.  The results are as follows:

Year 5:

Winner: Jiezl (Room 6) "A safer, kinder Aotearoa"

Runner up: Madeleine (Room 6) "Smoking is harmful"

Year 6:

Winner: Hazel (Room 6) "The problem with social media"

Runner up: Enrico (Room 6) "Deforestation"

Middle Syndicate Finalists

Back Row (L-R):  Hazel Rm 6 Yr6, Tālā Rm 6 Yr6, Jiezl Rm 6 Yr5, Reid Rm 7 Yr6, Enrico Rm 6 Yr6, Xavier M Rm 7 Yr6, Eli Rm 7 Yr5.

Front Row (L-R):  Madeleine Rm 6 Yr5, Andre Rm 7 Yr6, Kundiso Rm 7 Yr5, Thomas Rm 6 Yr5.

Congratulations to all our Senior Syndicate on their excellent work on their speeches. Thank you to Michael Stewart from Caritas, our awesome judge.

Year 7:

Winner:  Alex (Room 9)  "Athletes Should Be Better Role Models"

Runner up:  Paige (Room 9)  "Our Nurses Deserve Better"

Year 8:

Winner:  Veronica (Room 8)  "Barbie Is A Good Role Model"

Runner up:  Daisy  (Room 9)  "Start With A Tidy Room"

Our other finalists were awesome too. Thank you Sophie E Rm 8 Yr7, George Rm 8 Yr7, Daniel Rm 10 Yr7, Cayden Rm 8 Yr8, Vanessa Rm 9 Yr8, Ella Rm 10 Yr8, Ava Do... Rm 10 Yr8 and Antonio Rm 10 Yr8. 

Senior Syndicate winners:  Veronica and Alex

EPro8 engineering project in Room 8 are working in groups of mixed abilities to solve engineering challenges using EPro8 construction equipment.

Special thanks to Reid in Room 6 who has been a roving reporter around Te Whanganui -a Tara.

Reid, you are an absolute natural in front of the camera. Thank you for sharing the amazing work of Ngati Poneke with us all.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tamariki-of-ngati-poneke-young-maori-club-ring-in-matariki/RSOLHO3YAPT4RTBDOUHBC7KTUM/

The senior students are fundraising for their Yearbook. They will be selling sausages tomorrow, Thursday at lunchtime.

WHEN:  Tomorrow (Thursday)

COST:  $2.00 plain:  sausage, tomato sauce and bread.

           $2.50 deluxe: sausage, tomato sauce, bread PLUS mustard and/or onions.

Please write your order (plain or deluxe and number of sausages) on an envelope with your child's name and room number, including the correct change. Please note, change will not be given.

Orders will be collected up until tomorrow morning.

Thank you for your support!

Room 3 and Room 6 have been involved with a Save The Children initiative. Please click the link below to know more details and fill in the form to give permission for your child to attend. Thank you.

Each class has been very busy creating a movie of a particular story of Wellington's history.

On Wednesday, 13th September at 5.30 pm and 7.00 pm, we will be holding our movie screenings of these stories at the Memorial Theatre, Victoria University on Kelburn Parade, Kelburn.

Booking Links:

5.30 pm Showing

7.00pm Showing

Seats are strictly limited to 300 people, and entry is by ticket only. Please include your child/children in the number of tickets you request. Given we have limited seats we ask that only immediate family attends.

The Vision and Hearing technician from Te Whatu Ora will be at the school on Wednesday, 13th September at 9am for Vision and Hearing Screening of our Year 1-6 students and catch up on Year 7-8 students who missed the previous screening. If you would like your child to opt-out of the screening, please click on the link below and complete the form - Vision and Hearing Test Opt-Out for Parents.

• Father's Day Liturgy - St. Mary’s Hall, 1pm, Friday, 1st September.
• The Feast of St. Lorenzo - St. Mary’s, 1pm, Thursday, 7th September.

We are having a sponsored quiz to raise money for our external environment.

The testing day for our students will be on Friday, 8th September.  We would love to encourage our students to reach out to extended family members to sponsor them.

Our students will not only raise money for our school they will also gain knowledge about an international sporting event. 

Thank you for your support with this fundraiser.

BASKETBALL RESULTS:

Sacred Heart Ninjas (Year 3/4) vs Nga Mokopuna Kopuapua Tuakana won 20-8. Player of the day was Xavier (Room 5). It was a great team effort with lots of defensive steals.

Sacred Heart Raptors (Year 5/6) vs Scots Hammers lost 30-35.

Sacred Heart Eagles vs Sacred Heart Falcons (Year 7/8) won 28-25.

Please check and return if found to Room 8 or to the office:

• Joshua (Room 8) has lost his Macpac puffer jacket. It has his name inside the tag.

Thank you.

To order a sushi lunch for your child on Fridays, follow either of the instructions below.  Orders must be placed before 9am on Friday for same day delivery. Your child's order will be delivered to the school on Friday at lunchtime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ7o3lybCMY

Dr. Chris Bowden will present a workshop for our school community on Building Resilience in our Young People.

This is a practical session for parents to help children bounce back from setbacks.

Chris wears many hats. He is currently a lecturer at Victoria University at the School of Education. He also advises a wide range of groups including Mental Health Foundation, and Skylight Trust, and is part of the Youth Mortality Review team at Capital Coast Health.

We will have childcare available here at school should you wish to attend.

Our session will run from 5pm to 6pm on Thursday, 31st August.

Dr Chris Bowden highlights the importance of raising awareness of the prevalence of trauma and the way it affects adults and children in society. How they respond to trauma has a very significant influence on their health and well-being.

We don’t often make the connection between trauma and the symptoms of trauma. We focus on the outcomes of the trauma, but we don’t address the trauma. Chris will share his wisdom with us and help us to enable students to become more resilient.

If a child isn't getting enough sleep, it will affect their ability to learn.

Please be aware of some of the age restrictions of some social media.

I know that Grand Theft Auto is very violent game and the content will most certainly sexualise a child's vocabulary.

We have had a request from Karori West Normal School who provide Technology classes for our students. With New World's latest cookware sticker promotion, if you are not using these stickers, could you please collect and donate them to the school and we will pass it onto Karori West Normal School who would like to redeem the stickers for cookware for their cooking department. Please drop any stickers off at the school office. Thank you.

Please see below all the details and info for the 2023 Wellington & Kapi Mana Primary and Intermediate Schools Tennis Tournament to be held on Tuesday, 19th September for the Girls and Wednesday, 2oth September for the Boys at the Renouf Tennis Centre, 60 Brooklyn Road, Wellington.

• Girls: Tuesday, 19th September 2023 @ 8:30am (back up day Friday, 22nd).
• Boys: Wednesday, 20th September 2023 @ 8:30am (back up day Thursday, 21st). 

if your child would like to enter the tournament, please email john@sacred-heart.school.nz.

We are very excited to announce our next production of Aladdin The Musical opening at the Lower Hutt Little Theatre in September. This Disney's classic tale is still a Broadway Hit today!

Musical Stars Performance Trust talented performers will take you on a journey through Agrabah, with Aladdin, his friends, the magic carpet and of course our favorite extravagant and hilarious Genie! You'll leave the theatre chanting to "A whole new world", "Friend like me" or some of the new Broadway hits written just for the stage.

This performance will surely blow you away with spectacular special effects, magic and surprises!

Two of our students Joaquin (Room 3) and Otis (Room 5) are part of the cast! They will be performing for the general audience on:

Saturday, 17th September - 5.30pm

Wednesday, 20th September - 6.30pm

Saturday, 23rd September - 3pm

If these dates don't work for you, there are plenty of other dates to support the rest of the Aladdin cast!

General admission tickets are now available! Click below!

https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/9502?fbclid=IwAR3qGwln8PmB75gMj7Z8-ezqHnnjhRFiGIdR99akFmJ23OGRhTl-T8k7VM8 

St Catherine’s College seeks applications for the position of Finance Administrator.

As part of the administration team, you will be responsible for accounting and assisting with reception and back up payroll (EdPay) support within the College. Predominantly accounts payable, accounts receivable and daily banking. Knowledge of Xero, and GST would be preferable.

This is a permanent position.

You will have: strong attention to detail, with accurate numeracy skills being paramount:  computer literacy; excellent communication and time management skills; a positive attitude with a commitment to teamwork and sharing tasks.

Hours are 10.30am to 3.30pm, Monday to Friday (22.5 hours) in the school term time. Some hours will be required to be worked in the school holidays. These are negotiable.

Written application including CV and the names of two referees should be directed to Katrina Kerr-Bell, Principal, St Catherine’s College, P. O. Box 14076 Kilbirnie, Wellington 6241 or emailed to chris.perry@scc.school.nz. To obtain a copy of the job description or if you have any queries please contact Chris Perry, PA on (04) 939-8988.

Closing date is Friday, 18th August 2023 at 3.00pm.

To purchase, click on or copy and paste this link:  https://subscribe.entertainmentnz.com/fundraiser/10428y2