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,

The term is getting away from us. What is happening inside classrooms is exciting. The students are loving the futsal that we are having at the moment. When the weather wasn't being kind we were able to relocate under Te Kohunga.  Futsal is covered by the trips and activity payment.

Keep your children reading at home every day. The benefits will have a flow-on effect to all areas of the curriculum.

We welcome Soana (Room 1) to Sacred Heart Cathedral School. You are going to love your time here and will make lifelong friends.

We were delighted to receive our "Confirmed Report" from the Education Review Office. This report really does highlight our highly effective Board of Trustees, the amazing staff, incredible students and a community who wrap us all in love and faith.

Last week, we celebrated our amazing support staff team. Cathy, Frances, Rachel, Alison, and Robyn all who go above and beyond for the learning programmes that we deliver at school. We are so fortunate to have these wonderful women at our school.

Please make sure you reach out to your child's teacher if anything is bothering you about school. 

Today, Julius, Kate and myself are in Norsewood with the Ministry of Education Positive Behaviour for Learning team.

Thank you for the generous way you give to our community. We are all blessed.

Have a lovely week ahead.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Attendance continues to be a top priority for the government, which has set a target of 80% of students attending school for more than 90% of the term by 2030. To achieve this, schools need to aspire to reach an average daily attendance rate above 94%.

Last week, 12th-16th May, we were 90.78%.

If your child is absent from school, please contact the school to let us know the reason for your child's absence. You can do this in a number of ways:

1.  Click on the SchoolApps on your smartphone, click on Absentee, click email and fill out the fields; or click call office. If you choose to call the office, please stay on the line and press 2, to leave a message on the school answerphone.

2.  Call the school landline at 04 4724047 and follow the instructions above.

3.  Email office@sacred-heart.school.nz.

It is important for the school office to know the reason for your child's absence so that it can be coded correctly.

Parent Portal

Healthy Homes

We will offer the "Seasons for Growth" programme later this year. 

This is a programme for children who have experienced major change, or suffered loss or grief.

The programme which will be facilitated by Catholic Social Services, and will help to strengthen the social and emotional well-being of children who are navigating major change, loss or grief in their lives. The course runs for 8 weeks one hour per week and will be during school hours.

If you would be interested in your child participating, please reach out to Bernadette - Bernadette.Murfitt@sacred-heart.school.nz or Nik Solia - nik@sacred-heart.school.nz.

Thank you to the parents who have completed the permission form for their child. Please note that ALL PARENTS of our Junior Syndicate (Rooms 1, 2 & 3) need to fill in the form.

Details as follows:

What: Junior Syndicate Physical Education Curriculum

Date: 27th May, 3rd June and 10th June.

Time: The bus will leave the school at 11:30 A.M. and back at 2:30 P.M. to school.

Venue: Akau Tangi Centre, 72 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6022.

Other details: Students will wear sports clothing and sensible footwear to school, need to bring a jacket, water bottle and medication like inhaler if your child takes one.

Please click on the Google Form link below to fill in the permission form for your child.

Junior Syndicate Akau Tangi Centre 2025

The Middle Syndicate will be going on an outing to Summerset on the Landing on Friday, 30th May. In order for your child to participate, please click on the link below and complete this form to give them your permission to attend.

Middle Syndicate Summerset Trip

Mabuhay!

The Philippine Ambassador, Kira Christianne Azucena, will visit our school on Wednesday, 28th May at 5:30 P.M. She will share her work experience in New Zealand. We encourage our Filipino families to join us and share some snacks during this event.

Maraming salamat po!

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE:

To book a time to meet with your child's classroom teacher, please click on the link below. The meeting will be for 10 minutes, so if you have more than one child at the school, please allow yourself 10 minutes between interviews to give yourself time to walk from one classroom to the next one.

• Monday, 23 June 3:00-7:00 PM or
• Tuesday, 24 June 3:00-5:00 PM

Click here to book or scan the code below.

Booking QR Code:

Thank you all for getting behind Pink Shirt Day.

We are doing our part to eliminate bullying by celebrating diversity and promoting kindness and inclusion.

Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying!

CENTRAL ZONE CROSS COUNTRY: Yesterday, the students that qualified in our school cross country race, represented our school at the Central Zone Cross Country at Macalister Park.

All the students should be so proud of their efforts, they demonstrated dedication and perseverance.

Thank you to all the whānau who came to cheer the students on, a special thanks to Jenny, Robert, Kristina, Sailopa and Leanne, who helped on the day.

BASKETBALL:

Last week, we organised an after-school basketball practice for the senior teams on Friday. It was great to see all of the members of Dunkin Donuts and Crispy Cremes participate in this. Thanks to Stewart and Ryan (Dana and Lucas’s dads) for running this! The students really enjoyed themselves and appreciated your training and help.

Sacred Heart Sacred Heart Throws (Year 5/6) vs Khandallah - Well played, team! You were all awesome and showed some great skills even though we lost the game. Kiyan (Room 7) was awarded player of the day.

Sacred Heart Crispy Crème (Year 7/8) won against NIS Wuruhui 22-19. Rafael (Room 9) was awarded the player of the game.

Sacred Heart Dunkin Donuts (Year 7/8) played a fantastic game against Raroa Sonic and won 22-15. Fletcher (Room 10) was awarded player of the game.

NETBALL:

Our awesome Sacred Heart Marvels (Year 5/6) team absolutely crushed it last Saturday! Embracing the challenge of moving up mid-grading to Year 5 & 6B grade, our amazing Marvels overcame their nerves and channelled their excitement into an outstanding performance against Hataitai School Kikorangi, securing a tremendous 13-4 WIN! Player of the Day goes to Lyla (Room 6) for her exceptional accuracy in Attack - ka pai to your brilliant shooting skills! Special mention to Ella (Room 5, one of our youngest players), who totally got stuck in and gave it her all in both defence and attack. Awesome work to all the teams this week who all came away with a WIN! It is great to see all your efforts and practices coming into fruition.

Sacred Heart Aces (Year 7/8) won 21-4 against St Pats Kilbirnie with tough shooting into the wind. Player of the day was Kundiso (Room 8) for great work in the goal and in the mid-court. Magic moments to Hazel (Room 9) for good intercepts and Iris (Room 9) for strong D at WD. Special mention to the dynamic duo of Layana (Room 8) and Lupe (Room 8)! Go Aces - great team work!

CRICKET: Congratulaions to Enrico (Room 9) who has been selected for the U13 Boys Wellington team for the Junior Indoor Cricket National Championship. He will be part of the U13 boys team to represent Wellington at a national indoor cricket tournament in Auckland in July. Well done, Enrico!

Thank you to all the families who have purchased pies for this fundraiser. 

Your effort with this is appreciated. You have until 1st of June to order your pies. 

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THANK YOU very much for your support. Our movie fundraiser Mission Impossible:  The Final Reckoning is now sold out.  There won't be any door tickets sales at Lighthouse Cinema on 25th May.

To purchase an entertainment book, click on the following link:  https://subscribe.entertainmentnz.com/fundraiser/