Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Kia orāna!  

The annual ‘Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ’Āirani: Cook Islands Language Week is being held from Sunday, 2 August to Saturday, 8 August 2020.

Have a great week

Arohanui,

Bernadette Murfitt

Principal

Sacred Heart Cathedral School

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.

"Today, a small group of senior students - Liai, Claudia, Maia, Alice, Katie, Rupert, Blair, Sophie M, Kezia and Lynda, went to The National Library to celebrate reading. We were joined by the astonishing prime minister Jacinda Arden, Bill McNaught the National Librarian and Tracy Martin the Minister of Internal Affairs. It started off with some amazing books being displayed then we were soon seated and the event began. We started with a karakia then we were welcomed by Mr. McNaught and he said his speech. Next, we had Tracey Martin, some students from Huntley College and some other schools and Jacinda who said their speeches. But what really inspired me was the speech from the student from Huntly College who said that reading was his armor because reading is a safe place and a distraction. All of the speeches were spectacular and inspired me alot. When we got around to Jacinda's speech, she made an amazing announcement about appointing a “Reading Ambassador.” After we got something to eat and drink."

Liai and Claudia

This year's theme is “Kia pūāvai tō tātou Reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani i Aotearoa”, which means “That the Cook Islands Māori language may blossom throughout New Zealand.”

The Cook Islands community are the second largest Pacific ethnic group in New Zealand making up 20% of the Pacific population (Census 2013).

There are three distinct Polynesian languages spoken in the Cook Islands:

1. Cook Islands Māori is an Eastern Polynesian language with a number of dialects. This language belongs to the same language family as New Zealand Māori and the languages of Hawai‘i and Tahiti.
2. Pukapuka is a Western Polynesian language, belonging to the same language family as the languages of Sāmoa, Tuvalu, and Tokelau.
3. Palmerston Island has its own unique and distinctive mixture of Cook Islands Māori and English.

Room 7 attended a Cook Islands dance at the Ministry of Education, yesterday.

Congratulations to Jack Rm 9.  After attending trials over the last two weekends, Jack has been selected for the Wellington Hockey U13 representative training squad. He will train over the remainder of term 3 with the squad and then attend a regional tournament in the October School holidays.  Well done Jack!

Congratulations to Malchus in Room 5, who has achieved a GOLD certificate in both Mathletics and Reading Eggs.  Excellent work, Malchus!

Last Tuesday, around 50 students represented Sacred Heart Cathedral School at the Central Zone Cross Country Championships which took place at Liardet Park in Berhampore.

The day was fine and clear with a slight chill in the air. The course was wet and muddy - perfect conditions for cross country running!

As always, we are very proud of the way our students conducted themselves, both on and off the course. Congratulations to all and well done to the following runners who have qualified for the Interzone Competition:

Year 5:  Lucas 10th

Year 6:  Lachlan M 2nd

Year 7:  Yulia 1st, Ryder 3rd and Flynn 7th

Year 8:  Maddi M 1st, Katie 5th, Charlize 9th and Tyler 10th

Thank you to Nigel Ingram for making sure that students made it to their races on time, to Nicola Nation for supervising and making sure our space was kept dryish and to all other parents who supported and supervised students.

Ann Stephen & John Grevatt   

The Middle syndicate rooms 5, 6 and 7 have been going to Wellington Girls' College once a week for Gymnastics lessons.  See below for photos taken of Room 5 and Room 7's classes yesterday.  

Anika, Rm 9 has lost her school skirt - it went missing after she had changed into PE gear yesterday.  Please check your daughter's skirt and if Anika's skirt has been picked up by mistake, please return it to Room 9.  Thank you.

Our annual school disco will be held on THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER - please note this date in your diary.  More information will be coming out soon on the theme of the disco and ticket sales.

In this survey, we are interested in learning more about your thoughts, feelings and attitudes towards Sacred Heart Cathedral School.  This survey is to help us understand different aspects of the parent/school relationship.
When answering these questions, please consider your child’s current experience at school.  If you have more than one child at school and you have different answers for each child, please use the comment box to record this.  We will incorporate your feedback into our 2021 Strategic Plan.

The survey will open on 30 July 2020 and will close on 10 August 2020.
The syndicate with the most responses will receive a pizza lunch.

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Registration is now open for the 2020/21 programme which begins with Confirmation this coming Term 4 followed by First Reconciliation in Term 1 and Holy Communion in Term 2 of 2021.  For your child to be eligible, he/she must already be baptised and be at least 8 years old. The first parent’s session is at 7.00pm on 15 October 2020 at St Thomas More Church in Wilton.  For registration and/or further enquiries, please contact Angela at angela.nzet@outlook.com or the parish office at cathedral.parish@wn.catholic.org.nz.

We will confirm if this will be proceeding on Friday 14 August through a notice sent out via the SchoolApp.

Pub Quiz on Thursday, 20 August at 7pm - Time to think about a team!

A quick reminder to start pulling together your pub quiz teams for our annual Quiz Night.

This night out at the Shepherd's Arms has now become legendary and is a must-do event in the Sacred Heart calendar. 
Teams are made up of 6 people. You can put together your own team or come along solo and join a team on the night. 
There'll be more details to come but book it in your calendar and start getting your teams together.  
Any questions, email Hannah hankmcdonnell@gmail.com or text/phone mobile number 0274230940.

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