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,

We had a stunning Mihi Whakatau to welcome new students to our school. Thank you for choosing Sacred Heart Cathedral School. We are all blessed.

A special welcome to Wada and Labsi, who started in Room 1 on Monday. You are going to love being at our school and will make lifelong friends.

Remember, our staff have their Ministry of Education Maths Professional Development tomorrow, 19th June, and the following day is Matariki holiday. Enjoy this special time with your whānau as we remember our loved ones who have passed and as we look to the future with hope and joy.

Whatever you are doing for Matariki, I hope you can take the time to enjoy, and be in the moment, celebrating, reflecting, and remembering.

Thank you for all that you do for our school.

Have a wonderful extended long weekend.

Arohanui,
Bernadette Murfitt
Tumuaki
Sacred Heart Cathedral School

There is NO SCHOOL tomorrow, Thursday, 19th June for the MOE Maths Curriculum Day and Friday, 20th June for the Matariki Public Holiday.

Kia ora koutou.

Below are a few updates for our school community before we finish term 2.

We welcomed Justin Tester to the board on 7th May to fill the casual vacancy as a parent representative. Justin has one child at SHCS in room 2. We are very grateful that Justin put his name forward to be on the board and his generosity in sharing his skills with the board and school.

Current list of Board Members:

Suzanne Adair (Presiding Member and Proprietor’s Appointee)

Bernadette Murfitt (Principal)

Kate Woodbury (Staff Representative)

Proprietor’s Appointees – Fr. Patrick Bridgman, Odette Hoera, and Jay Manu’a.

Parent Representatives – Nicola Nation, Lionel Taito-Matamua, Caleb Ware, David Aldred, and Justin Tester.

We look forward to meeting many of you at upcoming school gatherings – the Feast of Sacred Heart Liturgy on 27th June and the Musical Bingo evening on 24th July.

School Trustee Triennial Election:

This is a school trustee election year and the election will take place on 10th  September 2025. Nominations for the five parent representative positions will be called by 18th July. Further information will follow in term 3 but please get in touch if you would like any information about being a board trustee.

Board Meetings:

This term, the Board met on 7th May and 11th June.

On 7th May, the financial statements for 2024 were finalised and we are pleased to report that the school is in a healthy financial position. The financial statements can be found here https://sacred-heart.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Signed-Annual-Financial-Statements-for-Year-Ending-2024.pdf

The school’s Education Review Office report was also recently finalised and a copy can be found here https://ero.govt.nz/institution/2985/sacred-heart-cathedral-school. It is a very positive report with clear actions for improvement around implementing the revised curriculum and increasing regular student attendance. The parent summary is below:

How well placed is the school to promote educational success and wellbeing?

Thank you to all staff for their collective effort, responsibility and commitment which is reflected in the results of this report.

If you have any questions about the above, please email or call me -suzanneadair@hotmail.com 021 039 7558.

Suzanne Adair

Presiding Member

Sacred Heart Cathedral School Board of Trustees

If your child has a sibling turning 5 years old (new entrant) or older (up to Year 8 level of age), please fill out an enrolment form for your child. Please click on this link to download the enrolment forms under the “Enrolment Pack” section of the school website: https://sacred-heart.school.nz/our-school/enrolment/. Once you have filled in and completed the enrolment forms, please scan them back to us and email the forms to the office at office@sacred-heart.school.nz on or before the 31st of July at 12:00 noon.

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 must aspire to reach an average daily attendance rate above 94%.

Last week, 9th-13th June, we were 88.27%.

The Pasifika Group was all surprised to see the Poporazzi group waiting for us in room 4. We were all introduced to their web show and what they do. It was fun seeing why they made a group and some of the movies that other schools had made. I was a camera person and shot all the videos with my group. I really enjoyed making the movie and will definitely make some movies of my own with my friends. I am really grateful for them letting us have the opportunity to make a film and I hope they come back again so we can make another film with them. It was so much fun! - Ellie (Room 9)

Last Thursday, the Philippines celebrated 127 Years of independence from Spain. Some of our Filipino students wore their Filipino attire.

https://youtu.be/322WTmsiQfE

Thank you to our staff, who created stunning classrooms and prepared food for our community - we are blessed.

Thank you to our amazing parent community, who helped prepare food and serve - we are blessed.

Thank you to our tamariki, who shared karakia and learning with their family - we are blessed.

Thank you to Father Patrick, who led us in karakia - we are blessed.

Thank you to Sue, who planned and carried out logistics across this event - we are blessed.

Thank you to all families, who supported us at our school Matariki event - we are blessed. 

Thank you to New Thorndon for donating 400 slices of ham - we are blessed.

Thank you to New World Metro for donating $350.00 for bread, Milo, serviettes, cups, cheese - we are blessed.

Thank you to Countdown Lambton Quay for donating a $50.00 voucher to purchase chicken - we are blessed.

We are grateful to the families who helped make last night's Matariki event a huge success. We appreciate everyone who lent us their sandwich press so we could make delectable sandwiches. We have two unnamed sandwich presses. Please pick up your sandwich press in the office if you are missing one.

Congratulations to Zoe (Room 7), who has been selected to perform in the Children's Chorus in La Boheme. Wishing Zoe all the best with the opening night of the show tonight. Below are some photos taken at the rehearsal.

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:

On Friday, 27th June, we will be celebrating Sacred Heart Feast Day. We will have a school liturgy at the Cathedral, 12:10 PM. You are welcome to join us. Please note that we are unable to provide parking at the playground due to our students having a play at the playground for lunch break.

Hello Parents,

We would like to invite you all to view your pictures at Inspire Photography's online ordering site. This gallery and ordering system is live and working as of now. This gallery will close Midnight, Monday, 23rd June and orders placed before the gallery closes aim to be dropped off at your school by  Friday, 18th July. Orders to be posted will be processed at the same time as the prints that are to be returned to the school. Digital files are purchased as is and retouching requests may incur fees. 

The gallery will remain live and online for up to 12 months after the main ordering period closes, postage and packing fees may also apply as drop off at school is not available with late orders. The school does not receive any fundraising percentage on sales and payments placed after the main ordering period finishes.

To view and order your photographs:

            1.         Go to our website at https://www.inspirephotocart.co.nz.

            2.         Log in or create an account. This is an important first step as it should save the passwords you use and should stop you having to re-enter the passcode every time you wish to view the images.

            3.         Enter the unique codes on the info leaflet(s) sent home with your child(ren) - there are multiple codes; one for individual/sibling shots, one for groups and other codes for cultural/sports/leadership groups. If you have misplaced the codes, please contact the school office for your unique code(s).

            4.         Save the images you would like to purchase to your ‘Favourites’.

            5.         Groups code: Save the relevant class groups to your ‘Favourites’. 

Please check your child’s name is spelled correctly and let us know before the fundraising period finishes if an amendment is needed.

Please check your order confirmation email closely and get in touch if you are unsure about what you wanted to order does not match what you have entered on your order. Incorrectly ordered prints can not be swapped or reimbursed.

If you require help with the ordering process or have any questions around ordering, please feel free to call or email us: orders@inspirephotography.co.nz. 

Ngā Mihi,

The Inspire Team 

info@inspirephotography.co.nz

Inspire Photography 

PO Box 28124

Kelburn

Wellington 6150

Next term, we are celebrating our grandparents. We ask families to email some photos of their grandparents with their grandchildren to share in our Grandparents’ Liturgy in Term 3, Friday, 25th July at 9:30 AM, Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, 40 Hill Street, Thorndon.

Please email Hannah Ryan in Room 6 - hannah.ryan@sacred-heart.school.nz.

Please make sure you name the people in the photo.

Please click on this link to fill in the form and know more details - SHCS Musical Bingo

https://sacredhcs.schoolzineplus.com/_file/media/6799/sacred_heart_musical_bingo_1_.pdf

If you loaned your sandwich press to the school for our Matariki Celebration evening last Tuesday and have not yet collected it, please drop into the office to pick it up.  Photo below of the 2 remaining sandwich presses.

NETBALL BOOST REGISTRATION:

BOOST Term 3 Registrations will open TODAY, WEDNESDAY, 18th June at 7.30pm. The form will be sent out via email, and shared on the BOOST Facebook page here.

Timings will be:

Y5 & Y6 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Y7 & Y8 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Y9 & Y10 - 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Cost is $150/child.

All clinics are in the Marsden Gym, located on Vera Street, Karori.

Clinics will be closed once they are full.

Sacred Heart Aces (Year 7/8) played the Seatoun Pulse and won 25–19. The Aces showed great teamwork, consistently working together to drive the ball toward goal and turning over possession when needed. It was a tough game against a strong Pulse side that kept the pressure on right until the final whistle. Player of the day to Iris and Amelia (Room 9), whose defensive partnership led to several key intercepts and turnovers. Magic moment was awarded to Sacha(Room 8) for her outstanding defence in the goal circle, and Captain’s Choice Magic Moment went to Lupe (Room 8), for simply being an awesome netballer!

Sacred Heart Ferns (Year 5/6) had a great game against Saint Annes Turbos over the weekend, finishing in a 12-12 draw. The game was more fast-paced than our previous games, and the girls did a great job stepping up and adjusting to this. They kept focus on their jobs of finding space and sticking with their partners on defence. There was a lot of hustle down both ends of the court in the shooting circle and the defensive end, and we are very proud of the girls for not giving up even as the score went up and down. Player of the day went to Micah (Room 6) for her hard work in the centre position and making sure she was always there to be an option to bring the ball down the court. Also, special mention to Hannah (Room 7), who played her first game of netball with us and did an awesome job picking up the centre position quickly and giving defence a go.

SHCS Marvels (Year 5/6) were back in action after a two-week break, taking on Nga Mokopuna Teina in what turned out to be a real battle on court. The girls fought hard but came up just short, going down 5-6 in a tough, physical game.

It was one of those matches where every goal counted, and you could feel the intensity from both teams right until the final whistle. The Marvels showed they hadn't lost any of their fighting spirit, putting up a strong defensive effort and never giving up despite the pressure. The girls can hold their heads high knowing they left everything on court, and this close result will definitely give them something to build on for their next games.

Great effort from all the players!

The Player of the Day was Kaatia (Room 6) for the amazing efforts in goal and in defence. Special mention to Elle (Room 6) for the great effort on D and turnover balls.

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

The enrolment deadline for students looking to start at St Mary's next year is coming up soon - Friday, 20th June.

Ngā manaakitanga,

Megan Chisholm

Office Reception & Enrolments

enrolment@stmw.school.nz

Waea: 473 5554

Pae tukutuku: www.stmw.school.nz