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,

What a wonderful Wellbeing Day we had today. So much fun! Thank you to our staff and our wonderful whānau volunteers who helped us out as well. 

Thank you Room 10, for painting our benches - they look fantastic!

It is that time of year when staff are putting together summative reports. It is wonderful to see the growth of students throughout 2023 because we have the long break over summer and we want to build on learning. It is a good idea to keep your child reading, writing, and consolidating basic facts knowledge. Whitcoulls has great activity books available and I noticed at KMart that there are popular titles of books at really good prices. Always good to fill the Christmas stocking with items that enhance learning and to minimise the Summer slump.

Please reach out if you need any uniform - we have a lot of second hand available. Please help yourself.

Have a wonderful week and thank you for all the support you give us.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Here is the link to our amazing movie that we shared with you at the end of Term 3, highlighting the narratives of our local area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIVJvHGU3cU

Room 6 were fortunate to have a financial literacy session with KPMG on Tuesday. Marale Du Plessis and her team came to work with Year 5 and 6 students to teach them about income, expenses, tax, savings and even scams. It was a super fun and interesting session for us all. They will be sharing the same session in Room 7 in a couple of weeks.

On Tuesday, 28th November, the Junior Syndicate will be having an end of year trip to Shortland Park, Island Bay. Please click and fill in the form for more details. We would appreciate it if we could receive your reply on or before Friday, 17th November.

Please put Thursday (16th of November) in your calendar and join the staff for morning tea so we can say thank you for the special way you support us here at school.

Tomorrow is our mini ice blocks fundraiser for the Seniors Camp 2024. The cost of an ice block is $1.00 each.

A BIG THANK YOU to all the parents who have already donated a Christmas item. We are collecting Christmas items up until this Friday, 10 November. If you have not yet, but would like to contribute an item, please check the list below.  Thank you also to all our parents who have already sold and returned raffle tickets.  Spare tickets are available from the school office. Please contact the office (04) 4724047, listen to the prompts, and press 1 for the office - if you are interested in selling more tickets.

Junior School

• Chocolate Santas
• Mince pies
• Christmas crackers
• Mini Christmas puddings/cakes
• Candy canes, etc.

Middle School

• Olives
• Crackers
• Pesto
• Dried tomatoes/artichokes
• Chutneys, sauces, etc.
• Salsa, etc.

Senior School

• Christmas decorations for the tree or table.
• Christmas crackers
• Christmas cards
• Ribbon, paper or tissue.
• Something for the nativity

Thank you for supporting this fundraiser for our school. Money raised from this raffle will be used to enhance our outdoor school environment.

Central Zone Athletics:

The results are in from Central Zone Athletics on 31 October! Everyone tried their best and were incredibly supportive of one another. On top of that, we achieved some impressive results. The relays were very exciting! We are looking forward to another opportunity at Interzone Athletics on Tuesday, 21st November. 

Summer Soccer:

Sacred Heart Junior Strikers vs Cheeky Monkey won 0-1. The player of the day was Marrick (Room 3) who saved many, many goals in the pouring rain. One ball just snuck in right at the end of the game.

Touch Rugby:

Sacred Heart Saints Touch vs St Mark's Rua won 10-0. Lots of awesome tries from the team! Player of the day was Ayana (Room 5) for her amazing defence on the field and special mention to Lyla (Room 5) for an amazing run and try in the corner.

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

Kia Ora,

Great news – Noel Leeming and Warehouse Stationery's Friends and Family event is back and will run from the 30th October - 12th November 2023!

This is a great opportunity to take advantage of some amazing deals. Customers also get the opportunity to support their choice of three important charities: KidsCan, Starship, and I am Hope. With your help, we're dedicating 2.5% of total sales to these three great charities.

Below you will find a flyer that details your preferential pricing.
 
How do we redeem the Friends & Family offer?

Instore:
Head to your local Noel Leeming or Warehouse Stationery store and show the flyer at checkout. You can print the flyer above or show the online flyer on your smartphone.

Online:
In the flyer below, you’ll find a unique online voucher code. Simply add this code at checkout to redeem this offer.