Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Special welcome to Archie and his family who has joined the Sacred Heart Cathedral School Community.  Archie you are going to love your time at Sacred Heart Cathedral School and make lifelong friends.

This week, we welcome to our school Zita Smith from the Archdiocese of Wellington and Veronica Sawers, Principal St. Brendans School, Heretaunga who will be carrying out a review around Special Character at our school.

Tokelauan Language Week:  Reid (Rm 2) and Marley (Rm 10)

Congratulations to Lani our Deputy Supervisor at After School Care who is taking some leave to take up a summer internship . We look forward to Lani joining us back at After School Care at the end of February.

Thank you for all your kindness.

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt

Principal, Sacred Heart Cathedral School

Joyful, loving God

I bring to you this brand new day and all that will fill it.

I bring to you the people I will meet and the work that I do.

I bring to you my home and my town

my friends and the people I do not know.

I bring to you the life you have given me and this day encircling me.

Bless all within and around me

so wonderfully made and so very good.

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.

Thank you for your generosity in supporting our market day. The goods sent along to school were simply outstanding. Special thanks to our staff who co-ordinated the market day and to our senior students who created innovative games and activities. All money raised today (close to $1,000.00) will go towards the Cathedral Parish and Parents and Friends.

The Year 8s, staff and families had a beautiful shared meal last week to honour our Year 8s who will leave Sacred Heart Cathedral School in a few weeks.  Special thanks to families for supporting this event and to Deirdre, Linda and Jo who set up for the evening. Thanks also to Pam and Frances who decorated the venue and made the Archdiocese Cafe look stunning. We also had a photo booth which was a lot of fun for everybody. Thanks to Tina and Lynil who supplied the photobooth to us. Several families have asked for the contact of the photobooth. Please see below for the contact.

On Tuesday, Sacred Heart students competed in the Central Zone Athletics Competition at Newtown Park. The day started with relay races and finished with the 1500m races! Somewhere in between, there was rather a  lot of throwing, jumping and sprinting.

A BIG thank you for your support and assistance throughout the year.  An invitation to our 'thank you' morning tea is extended to all our parents.  This will be held in the library on Thursday, 14 November from 10.30-11.30am.  RSVP to cathy@sacred-heart.school.nz with numbers attending by Friday, 8 November.

On Friday, 25 October, Sacred Heart Tigers (middle syndicate team) played the Cardinal McKeefry.  We lost 1-2.  Alex Rm 3, was awarded 'Player of the Day.'

Last Friday, 1 November, Sacred Heart Tigers played Cardinal McKeefry Reptiles.  We won 3-2.  Vanessa (Rm 5) was awarded 'Player of the Day.'

On Friday, 25 October, Sacred Heart Strikers (junior syndicate team) player of the day was awarded to Xavier who will be joining our school next year.

Last Friday, 1 November, Sacred Heart Strikers player of the day was awarded to Reid (Rm 2).  

We will be holding a mufti day on Friday, 15 November and instead of the children bringing along a gold coin, we are asking children to bring along one item for our Christmas hampers which we will then raffle off.  Please see the flyer below for further details.

As we celebrated All Saints' Day last Friday, the children had different activities - liturgy leaders presented some slides regarding Saints, artworks and word search.

How Far is Heaven film screening on 6 November at, 7pm.

Join Archbishop David Moxon and Sr. Sue and explore the depths and breadth of "How Far is Heaven?"

Koha entry - Suzanne Aubert Heritage Centre, Our Lady's Home of Compassion.

2 Rhine Street (off Murray St), Island Bay, Wellington.

Email: heritagecentre@compassion.org.nz

‘The Whanganui River settlement of Jerusalem is home to a long established Māori community and the Catholic order of the Sisters of Compassion (since 1892). To make this documentary, Miriam Smith and Christopher Pryor spent a year in Jerusalem, following the lives and interactions of the nuns and the Ngāti Hau. North & South called their observations of a world of co-existing contrasts — Māori and Pākehā, young and old, secular and religious — “a cinematic treat”.

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/how-far-is-heaven-2012

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.

St Brigid's School Fair

The St. Brigid's School Fair is on Sunday, 10 November at 10:30am – 1:30pm. There will be a great selection of food and heaps of fun for the kids including a bouncy castle, huge blow up obstacle course, games, professional face painting, a box maze and much, much more! There are some great silent auction items up for grabs, along with spot prizes at our tombola and spin-the-wheel. For those looking for a bargain, there are quality handmade craft items, plants, books and toys. A fun day out for all ages! See you there, rain or shine.

To find out more about ANCOP, visit this website: www.cfcancop.org.