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,

Welcome back to term 4, the last term of 2023 - where has the year gone?

I hope you have all had a well-earned break and managed to have time with friends and yourself.

Welcome to Jaiden and Sam who have returned to Sacred Heart Cathedral School. We also welcome  Jacob, Micaiah, Abbie, Aeva and Ethan who are new families to Sacred Heart Cathedral School. You are all going to love being a part of this special Catholic community.

Special thanks to Gabrielle and the Parents and Friends team who organized a fantastic adult quiz last term. It was such a great night and the things our whānau knew was incredible.

Next Monday, 16th October is our Grandparents Liturgy. The Liturgy will be in St Mary's College Hall and will start at 1.00pm. Our Grandparents are such special people. I see many come into our school and shower their grandchildren with love. May the Grandparents at Sacred Heart Cathedral School all live a very long, happy and healthy life.

Middle syndicate practising athletic skills at Anderson Park on Tuesday morning.

Please don't buy any uniform until you have looked down at our second-hand items down by Room 1. Help yourself and fill a bag. If you are after anything in particular, please let us know and we can have a look for you.

Staffing 2024:

Just to let you know, we have been through a very successful recruitment process and have a full teaching team for next year. We will be farewelling John, Thérèse and Hannah on the 1st December and at our End of Year Mass.

Have a wonderful week and if you have any concerns please reach out to us.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

We will be having our Grandparents Liturgy on Monday, 16th October at St Mary's College Hall, new start time of 1.00pm. Parking will be available on the school court from 12.45pm.

Congratulations to Ava Du.. (Room 10)!

Over the school holidays, SHCS Year 8 student, Ava had the opportunity to travel to New York City with Zone Dance Academy to take part in professional dance seminars and lessons with Broadway Dance and Steps On Broadway to experience what life is like on Broadway for professional dancers and learn Broadway dance techniques.

Entry to the 2023 'Under the Sea’ Disco will be via ticket only. The ticket costs $5.00 per student. This will cover music, venue hire and an ice block. Our student council will be selling tickets each day in the classroom. Students will need to bring their $5.00 in a named envelope including their room number.

Thanks very much to our Parent volunteers who are helping at the disco. So appreciated. 

Your child will need to wear a green sunhat during play time this term 4. We have sunhats that you can purchase from school at $15.00. We have a 'no hat, no play' policy. Also, a reminder that the first two weeks of Term 4, students can come to school in either full summer or full winter uniform. From Monday (23rd October), all students will need to be in full summer uniform.

Just a friendly reminder for the students who played netball last term to please return the school netball uniform to the office. Please have it washed upon return. Thank you.

Our second hand stock of girls' senior uniforms is very low to no stock, especially for the skirt or skort. If you have in your daughter's wardrobe uniform items that she has outgrown and you are happy to donate to the school, please drop it off at the school office. This would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

To Our Year 8 Parents/Caregivers:

Please find attached a link for our Year 8 Dinner which is coming up on Sunday, 12th November 2023. If you and your child would like to attend, please fill out the form ASAP so that we can confirm our numbers with the venue. The link will be closed on Friday, 27th October. Please check your email as this has also been sent out to all our Year 8 parents yesterday (10th October). Thank you.

Year 8 Leavers Dinner 2023

Our two senior basketball teams competed at the Akau Tangi Sports Centre on Wednesday, September 20th, the final day of Term 3. St Mark's Whitu defeated the Sacred Heart Falcons in the Division 2 match 20–28. While the Division 1 match between the Sacred Heart Eagles and Kahurangi Ra, which was vying for the 1st place lost 45-48. During the game, the scores were very close to one another, and the crowds at both schools were really loudly supporting their respective teams. Although the Eagles lost, it was still an incredible game to see in terms of defence, offence, and steals. Congratulations on our two senior basketball teams! We really appreciate the parents who give their child and the game such strong support.

Sacred Heart Eagles - Antonio, Cayden, Jonfred, Joshua, Lothar, Marcus and Taitum.

Sacred Heart Falcons - Aisha-Jadah, Ana, Ezra, James, Nina, Ruby and Xavier.

Tony Naughton comes into school each Wednesday/Friday at lunchtime to take children for tennis lessons. If you are interested in enrolling your child for tennis lessons, please email Tony: tnsquash@gmail.com or phone him on 027 233 9082. First lesson started today.