Dear Parents/Caregivers,

This week, we are celebrating Chinese Language Week and Mental Health Awareness Week. Students have been involved in a wide range of activities covering both of these very important themes.  

"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."                      Confucius 

The theme for this year for Mental Health Awareness week is: Explore your way to wellbeing – Whāia te ara hauora, Whitiora. This week is an opportunity for us all to explore the experiences, actions, relationships and surroundings that make us feel good and uplift our wellbeing.

A very special warm welcome to Ryan who has started in Room 1 last Tuesday - we know you will be very happy at our school.

We had a beautiful liturgy on Monday with a focus on Social Justice. 

" We pray for those who are hungry, and those who struggle to pay their bills. We also pray for the lonely and sick.  Grant us, Lord God, a vision of your world as your love would have it : A world where those treated unfairly are protected, and don't go hungry or poor; a world where the riches of creation are shared, and everyone can enjoy them."  Amen.

We had a great turnout of parents this afternoon, to view art across our school. 

I hope you all manage to recharge over the holiday break. We are looking forward to Term 4, which will be full of variety as we prepare to farewell our wonderful group of Year 8 students.

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt

Principal

Sacred Heart Cathedral School

A first century Roman philosopher, Seneca, wrote: The greatest remedy for anger is delay!  Knee-jerk reactions often say more about the person reacting than about the cause of the reaction.  It’s so easy to “fly off the handle” when you feel offended or misjudged or meet outright stupidity, only to find you make matters even worse!

Anger tends to inflame anger, pushing aside the possibility or hope of reconciliation.  The ability to listen disappears and unrelated issues, or earlier unresolved conflicts, are likely to quickly surface.  The likely end result is a big mess.

Try reacting to any perceived hurt by relaxing.  This way you stay in control of the situation.  You give yourself time to reflect and to consider your part in the confrontation; to discover what might have blocked or skewed the communication between you.  However, don’t take too long, lest “the sun goes down” and your anger sets hard and becomes immovable.

Seneca also wrote: Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.

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.

Celebration Sunday is 06 October. This is the day when people throughout Aotearoa will be praying for the Cause for Suzanne Aubert. In the lead up to this day we invite you to:

• Download this year’s Celebration Sunday video from https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/7wPOeH1LdZ
• 06 October, Celebration Sunday, attend Mass and join in the National Day of Prayer and Promotion.
• Continue to pray that through Suzanne’s intercession a miracle may be recognised, thus opening the way for her Beatification, hopefully in the not too distant future. Prayer for the Beatification of Suzanne Aubert

Special thanks to our student council who organised a fun day for us all where we dressed up as our favourite character. We have so many characters from a wide range of books and sports idols.

Check out the following website with some great reads for children of all ages.

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/our-recommendations/100-best-books/

Regular reading will improve a student's reading achievement. Reading books on a regular basis will improve literacy and reading skills.

Fifty girls from Years 3-8 attended the Girls' Futsal Tournament at the ASB last Friday. A great time was had by all. Tifa's Year 7-8 team despite not scoring a goal were winners for their great attitude. Their laughter and "give a go and have fun attitude" was noted by several of the adult spectators.

Here are some pictures of our Year 3 and 4’s from last Friday's Capital Football and Futsal Tournament at the ASB.

Renee won a special prize for most improved player.

Children who attended from Year 3 and 4:

Room 3: Emily, Sabrina. Georgia and Caitlin.

Room 5: Renee, Nina, Myles, Daisy, Vanessa, Ava, Veronica, Ana, Eva and Ayla.

Special thanks to Ms. Scarlett for organising this event.

Joshua from Room 5 has won his second gold certificate in Mathletics. He has worked very hard to achieve this goal. Amazing!

Andre from Room 2 was awarded a gold certificate in Mathletics. Well done Andre!

Photos from left to right:  Joshua Rm 5, Andre Rm 2.

Back in June, Jack trialled for the Wellington Hockey U13 Curtis Cup rep squad.  It was a tough trail and Jack initially missed out, with only a handful of Year 7 making the squad.  Last month, Wellington Hockey was invited to send a second team, and Jack was selected!  Congratulations Jack, well done!

Jack played in a warm up tournament on the weekend, with 1 win and 1 loss. Jack will now travel to Napier in the second week of the school holidays to represent Wellington at the Curtis Cup championship, competing against teams from Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, Horowhenua, Poverty Bay, Taranaki, Whanganui, Rangitikei, and Horowhenua. 

Congratulations to Harmony who recieved a leadership award last Wednesday.

Nomination from Mr. Grevatt:

Special thanks to Annabelle and Thomas who spoke from the heart about issues  parishioners and the school face without the use of the Cathedral. It is wonderful to see  young people having such a positive outlook on our church.

A handy read for parents.

https://www.netsafe.org.nz/online-safety-for-parents/

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!

St. Mary's College is finalising enrolments for Year 9 students 2020 - limited preference places are available. If you would like more information please contact our enrolment team at office@stmw.school.nz. or (04) 473 5554.

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

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.

Karori Amateur Athletics Club - Ben Burn Park, Wednesdays at 6pm. Season starts 16^th October & runs for 2 terms.

Do you know a child who loves to run, jump, throw? Or do you know a child who would benefit from having an evening off screens each week? Would you like your family to spend more active time together?

The Karori Athletics Club provides a fun environment with a mixture of games for ages 6 & under and track & field athletics for children from 7-15 years old. Keen athletes can access specialist coaching & represent Karori by competing in Inter-club events & other competitions during the season.

Parents measure & time, supervise & guide, encourage & cheer the kids on. It’s a lot of fun & there’s even a sausage sizzle!

The Club meets weekly at Ben Burn Park in Karori on Wednesday nights (6.00pm-7.30pm) over the summer from October to March.

For more information including details on online registration, visit the website:  www.karoriathletics.org.nz

Evolve Tennis Coaching is running a tennis-specific holiday programme during the October school holidays at the Thorndon Tennis & Squash Club. The Tennis Hot Shots Camp for 5-12 years runs from 9am-12pm, and the interclub team training from 1-3pm. For further information or to book please contact Evolve Tennis Coaching on 479 1386 or info@evolvetenniscoaching.co.nz

School Holiday Computer Classes

Grand Training runs fun computer classes in the school holidays in all aspects of computer skills.  From Minecraft and learning to code with Scratch, Python or Java to building your own PC and if young the Discovery Computer Class.  These classes run at Wellington Girls College.  Tell us what you want to learn about, and we’ll make it happen. Go to www.grandtraining.co.nz or ring 499-2211 for more details.

Did your child / children get a great start with school swimming lessons?

Do you want to your child to be a strong swimmer & safe in the water?

Looking for a cost effective fun way to develop your childs swimming?

JOIN NOW

We provide swimming and coaching in a non competitive and fun environment for kids aged 4 – 18

Cost only $85 per year + pool entry

Club Nights Every Friday of the school term 7 – 8pm

Freyberg Pool Oriental Bay

What better way to get an hour of peaceful “me” time at the end of the week  - not to mention the added benefit of a worn out child ready for a big sleep!

https://www.maranuiswimming.co.nz/Home

One of our parents, Sue Tuia is the club captain for Maranui Swim Club and is happy to be contacted if you would like more information, please call her on 021387980.

Want to encourage your budding young writer? Brain Bunny Creative Writing Classes are coming to the Wellington CBD in term four.

For ages 8-12:

Creative Writing Holiday Programme – Thursday, 3rd October at 1-4pm. $35 per child.

Afterschool Classes - Mondays at 4-5pm, 14th October – 16th December. $120 per child at the Toi Poneke Community Centre.

Please see www.brainbunny.co.nz to enrol or contact Helen at brainbunny@hotmail.co.nz for more information. Places are limited and bookings are essential.