“Only faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of the realities that at present remain unseen.” [Hebrews, 11:1]  This statement, written before the end of the first century, is relevant in our own time when nothing less than certainty is expected.

As privacy becomes more and more threatened through the invasion of social media, and transparency is demanded of every institution in the wake of much mismanagement and dishonesty, the feeling that we have a right to everything, and that nothing should be hidden, is pervasive.

Yet, every discovery or revelation opens up further questions.  The mysteries surrounding life – notably the basics: What am I here for and where am I going? – cannot be penetrated by any amount of human science and thought.

Perhaps we should pay more attention to faith.  It is the gift of a loving God to ease the frustration of doubt and enable us to rest in the security that real love offers.  Faith doesn’t oppose certainty; it is the God-given backup for those who accept they are only human and cannot know all the answers.

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Congratulations to Alessandra, Irene, Tyler and Annabelle who were superb oral ambassadors for our school last Wednesday at the Central Zone Speech Competition. Tyler was placed first in the Year 7 category for his speech on  "Maybe."

Can we please work together and ensure that all students are in correct school uniform. Lately, I have seen students not wearing their tie and wearing colourful hoodies and sweatshirts. Our school uniform includes a tie, black shoes, green school jersey and a plain black jacket. If you need any help with uniform requirements, please let us know as we have a large selection of second hand available. 

Thank you to those families who are really making an effort to get their children to school on time for an action packed day of learning. 

Please encourage your child to keep learning their Rugby facts for our upcoming quiz. 

Have a great week

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt

Principal

Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Sacred Heart Cathedral School is part of the Wellington City Catholic Community of Learning.

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.

This morning Christine Geraghty shared the following reflection with staff. Please find attached 10 great tips that help to build resilience.

Room 5 Digital Technologies Curriculum

As part of the new Digital Technologies Curriculum, we did some "unplugged" programming in the classroom. Different children had a turn at playing the 'developer' and instructed the 'bot' where to go on their grid, using the program that they have written.

Here, Nina is our Developer and she is instructing Joshua, our bot, on how to get from his starting point to the candle.

It seemed easy at first but we soon realised that there were many directional problems along the way that we would need to 'debug.' Our children are so keen now and eager to learn.

Room 6 sample piece of writing, completed independently at school by one of the students:

Registration is now open for the 2020 programme which begins this coming Term 4 with the sacrament of Confirmation, followed by First Reconciliation in Term 1 and First Communion in Term 2 of 2020. For your child to be eligible, he/she must already be baptised and be at least 8 years old at the beginning of Term 4. First parent’s session is on October 17, 7pm at St Thomas More Church in Wilton. For registration and/or further enquiries, please contact either your                  

• Parish Office – Email cathedral.parish@wn.catholic.org.nz Ph. 496-1700
• Parish coordinator – Debbie Matheson d.matheson@wn.catholic.org.nz Ph. 496-1744

Please note in your diary, our annual Quiz Evening will be taking place on Thursday, 24 October at the Shepherd's Arms, Tinakori Road, Thorndon at 7:00pm start.  Get together with your friends and make up a team or turn up on the night and join a team!  For details, check out the flyer below!

Congratulations to Annabelle, Nathan, Julianne, Eva, Cara and Noah  who participated in the Mathswell competition at Newlands Intermediate last Thursday evening. Special thanks to Mrs Geraghty who prepared the students in advance to work as a team to solve complex problems.

"On Wednesday last week, Annabelle, Nathan, Julianne, Eva, Cara and I, went to the yearly problem solving competition Mathswell.  We had to solve maths questions under time pressure.  We competed against 25-30 schools and had a lot of fun.  It was a great experience and taught us a lot.

Noah A-K

The Senior syndicate are planning a unit of work around careers  and are wondering if anyone could host classes to their places of work or if anyone could come in and talk to us about their jobs - about a 10-20 minute talk with questions.  Please email Mrs. Geraghty if you can help:  christine@sacred-heart.school.nz. Thank you.

It was a great opportunity to go over to Parliament to celebrate the winning of the Netball World Cup. Some of our Year 5 & 6 students were given the privilege of participating in a training session with some of our "Silver Ferns." All of our students were taught so many life lessons by these great advocates of netball while being positive role models for us all.

" We can be anything we want to be if we work hard." - Maia

" Never give up." - Sasha

"Dont give up even if you are not winning." - Georgia 

A special thank you to all the parents who have emailed us different footage on this event. Check out the Silver Ferns facebook page - a parent has informed us there are loads of photos of Sacred Heart children here.

Another parent kindly emailed us the link below. Great coverage of the school yesterday at the netball.

Radio NZ interviewed some of them and uploaded the video to YouTube – see at 4min 30secs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24-wDyjCRkE

We had a beautiful liturgy to honour Sacred Heart Cathedral Dads.

Special thanks to Nicola and Geraldine who organised afternoon tea for our Dads and to Father Doug who shared beautiful prayers with us all.

Not long to go before our Artsplash Choir and Wearable Art show at the Michael Fowler Centre on Monday, 16 September at 7:30pm.

ArtSplash Choir tickets are on sale now from Mrs. Maresca in Room 2. They are $5 each. There will also be tickets for sale (cash only) in the Michael Fowler Centre on the night for $5.  If you have any questions come and see Mrs. Maresca.

A separate notice has been sent home with children involved in Wearable Arts, explaining how parents can purchase tickets for this from Ms. Scarlett.

Danielle, Rm 5, has lost her grey umbrella.  It is grey and has the company name 'Ryman' on it.  It was last seen hanging on Danielle's hook outside her classroom.  If found, please return to Room 5, thank you.

For regular users, cost is $55.00 per child per week.  Early pick ups for regular users (collected by 3.30pm), cost is $30.00 per child per week.  Please note that Robyn, our After School Care supervisor, does run a discount system for families with more than one children who regularly attend.  Casual attendance $15.00 per child per session.  For casual attendance, please email Robyn:  robynjones1952@gmail.com and please cc cathy@sacred-heart.school.nz in on your email.  Also, please include in your email, if this is due to a change in your after school plan on the day and if your child/children needs to be informed that he/she/they need to go to ASC.  This ensures that the school is aware of after school care arrangements on a casual basis.

After School care closes each day at 5.30 pm 

The phone number for After School Care is  04 4736361

Thank you.

We are fundraising for the final stage of our Playground redevelopment. Our student House Captains have launched our Rugby World Cup Fundraiser and we are pretty excited that we can combine knowledge and fundraising with an end goal of more play equipment and turf. 

All students have paper copies of the following attachments.

Thanking you in advance for supporting our school.

Kelly Sports Summer Series Football & Netball Competition – REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

Get your friends together and enter a team in our popular 5-a-side Football or our Netball Summer Series Leagues.

Played on Friday afternoons at Ian Galloway Park (Football) and Netball at Samuel Marsden (Karori) & Karori Normal School beginning 25 October 2019.

There is a break over Christmas then we start up again in term 1 2020.

It’s a great way to maintain and improve your skills over the summer months.

For full details and to enrol your team visit www.getyourgameon.co.nz/kellysports email summerseries@kellysports.co.nz or call 04 972 7201. 

Online registrations for the 2019-2020 season open on 3 September, please go to https://wellingtoncollegians.org/pages/juniors

We have teams from Nursery Grade (Year 0-1) to Year 8 – catering for primary and intermediate school boys and girls of all ages and abilities. 

Dual pitch cricket is a great, fast format for Years 2 & 3 played with a soft cricket ball.  All players get a good bat and bowl, participating in the game the entire time.  Finished in about an hour.  

Indoor training for hard ball grades, (Years 5-8) starts on the weekend of 14/15 September at the Basin Reserve.  This 5 week indoor pre-season programme (run over 6 weeks) is very popular and prepares the players well for the start of the season.  For details please go to https://wellingtoncollegians.org/pages/spring-training 

You may prefer to come along in person to our Registration Day Saturday 14 September, 10am – 12pm at our Anderson Park Clubrooms at the Botanic Gardens (next to the Rose Gardens).  Committee members will be on hand to answer any questions.

Planning for the season is in full swing and we are looking forward to another great season of cricket at Collegians!

The Couples for Christ (CFC) is an international Catholic lay ecclesial movement whose goal is to renew and strengthen Christian values. 
CFC is made up of ministries for married couples, kids, youth and adults, socio-economic development, church relations and pro-life advocacy. 
It nurtures Christian couples through pastoral formation programs and equips them to be committed to evangelisation and missionary work. 
CFC grows mainly through the establishment of localised groups in different parishes in as many areas as possible, 
winning the world for Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. 
It is now present in over 100 countries worldwide. 
In New Zealand, there is already CFC presence in majority of regions with total of around 2,400 members. 
CFC is one of 123 International Associations of the Faithful and is affiliated with the Vatican recognition from the Pontifical Council for the Laity.