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,

Every day, I am in awe of the wonderful people that make up our amazing school community. Thank you for everything you do for us.

We welcome back Mary (Room 3) and Matthew (Room 6) who have returned our school on Monday 12 August and we welcome Yizheng (Room 7) who joined our school on Tuesday 13 August.  We hope you will make the most of your time at our school and that you make lifelong friends.

Please join us on the Feast of the Assumption at  12.10 pm mass at the Cathedral Parish tomorrow, Thursday, 15th August.

We are blessed to be a part of your child's educational and spiritual journey.  Have a wonderful week.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Please email office@sacred-heart.school.nz to update us if your contact information changes, including your address, phone number (home or mobile), child's doctor's information (name and medical centre), and emergency contact person other than the child's parents. It is crucial that the information we have about your emergency contact is accurate and up to date.

92% were in class from 05 August to 09 August.

Let's work on punctuality. School starts at 8.40 am.

We open the doors at 8.10 am - a little earlier if it is cold and wet.

1. Regular attendance at school helps build and maintain a child's learning and positive daily habits and routines, as well as promote their well-being by connecting them to their peers and learning new things.

2. We want our tamariki to thrive and be resilient and active members within their whānau and community.

3. Attendance matters and we can all work together to increase school attendance.

Our public health registered nurses are coming to your school on Monday, 9th September 2024 to provide immunisation for the Year 7 (and in some cases year 8) tamariki who have returned their immunisation form giving consent.

• If you have changed your mind or your situation has changed please contact us at res-immunisation@huttvalleydhb.org.nz, or call us on 04 587 2949.
• If you have not yet consented, but want to, please collect a consent form from the school office or contact us on 04 587 2949.
• If you declined the vaccines last year but you have changed your mind and you now want your year 8 child to receive the vaccine(s) please collect a consent form from the school office or contact us on 04 587 2949.
• If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at res-immunisation@huttvalleydhb.org.nz, or call us on 04 587 2949.

Thank you for your support. Money raised from this raffle will go towards the 2026 Year 7 and 8 camp.

A big thank you to Lingchu, our Mandarin Learning Assistant, who drew out the winning tickets for us today.

Congratulations to the following winners:

First Prize: Chromebook kindly donated by AISCORP ONESTOP IT and LENOVO - Sarah Chainey

Second Prize: Charlie Noble Voucher - Tiara (Room 7) 

Third Prize: NZ Uniform $100 Voucher - Chad (Room 2)

All winners or parents of winners, have been contacted by phone and/or text.

Thank you so much for all the wonderful support with our trip to Pataka. The students enjoyed the session learning about Hei Tiki. Your support in helping them to make their own Hei Tiki has resulted in some amazing art pieces we are looking forward to sharing at the Art Exhibition on Tuesday, 17th September.

Celebrate Sacred Heart Cathedral School's creativity on Tuesday, 17th September at 4.30 pm. Save the date!

We are looking for a small team of people to help organise the end-of-year disco. Please email the school office - office@sacred-heart.school.nz if you are able to help. Thank you.

Congratulations to Geri (Room 10), who was placed 1st overall, level 2 in the Excel Competition of Capital Gymnastics held at Newtown Capital Gymnastics last Sunday, 11th August. Well done Geri!

BASKETBALL:

Sacred Heart Tangaroa (Year 5/6 Div 5) vs Scots Hammers won 24-10.

Sacred Heart Ruamoko (Year 5/6 Div 1) vs MNS Thunder lost 29-35.

Sacred HeartTawhirimatea (Girls League) lost 36-23 to Strathmore Ballers. Hard game for Tawhirimatea Monday night, big ups to the girls for trying their best!  Player of the day was Jiezl (Room 7) for her great attack and defence. Special mention to Kundiso (Room 7) for her solid defence.

Sacred Heart Dunkin Donuts (Year 7/8 Div 4) played an amazing game this last week with great team work. It’s great to have a few new players on the team this term. They won 16-12 against Scots 5. Charles (Room 8) was player of the day.

Sacred Heart Krispy Kreme (Year 7/8 Div 1) vs Seatoun Bulls lost 17-35.

NETBALL:

Sacred Heart Angels (Year 5/6 C) lost 5 – 16 to Holy Cross Lightning. Tough game for the Angels last Saturday, it just wasn’t our day. Angels had previously lost to Holy Cross at the beginning of the season. We have improved and come a long way since then! Player of the day was Cristelle (Room 7) for great intercepting.  Special mention to Lyla (Room 6) for her defence and rebounds.

Sacred Heart Ferns (Year 5/6 E) won 8-2 against Island Bay. Player of the day was Frankie (Room 5) for her work in attack and awesome goals.

Sacred Heart Ace (Year 7/8 B) - Hard luck Team Ace a loss to Seatoun School 18-9. It was one of those day’s where things just didn’t go our way with injuries and sickness. Congratulations to our player of the day Malchus (Room 8) for his amazing intercepts, taking on board feedback and displaying our team values of never giving up, having a positive attitude and being a team player.

Kelly Sports Summer Soccer

Welcome to another season of Friday summer soccer! At Sacred Heart Cathedral School we usually enter 3 teams (across the juniors, middles and seniors).  It's great fun to play with school friends on a Friday after school. If your child is interested please email suzanneadair@hotmail.com with your child's name, year group and parent's name and whether you are able to manage the team (very easy, just making sure the team knows what time the game is each week and managing substitutions). We'll put teams together in early September. Details as follows:

Capital BMX Club - HAVE A GO - SEASON OPENER

With the support of the Wellington City Council, Capital BMX Club is trying to get more kids riding BMX. Central Wellington doesn’t have many safe spaces for riding. Capital BMX Club’s facilities at Ian Galloway Park (situated between Karori and Northland), offer the perfect environment for kids with a love for biking to develop their riding skills further.

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

We are a year 13 Young Enterprise business group from St Mary's (the college next door). As part of our business studies, we have made an educational cooking kit for kids aged 7-13 to create their own healthy bliss balls by following online animated instructions. The animations teach the kids how to chop, mix, and roll the balls.