Dear Parents/Caregivers,

This week we celebrate  Tokelauan Language Week | Te vaiaho o te gagana Tokelau!

A warm welcome to Sophia, who started at our school on Tuesday, 27 October in Room 1.  We hope you will enjoy your time at our school and are sure you will make lifelong friends.

Our Year 7 and 8 students left for Camp Kaitoke. There were lots of excited faces and plenty of gear to ensure the camp will be home away from home. Special thanks to our teaching staff Christine, Jane and Ann who have planned this exciting outdooor experience for our children for the second time as we had to reschedule from earlier on in the year. Thank you also to our parent helpers who have all taken time out of their busy lives to support the staff over the next three days. We are looking forward to hearing all about the wonderful outdoor adventures you all have.

As we are in Alert Level 1 it is important that we continue to employ good hygiene, use the COVID app when out and about, stay home if we are sick or ring healthline if you have any concerns about your health.

Last Wednesday, Dion and Kymani helped out to keep our school clean and tidy for our new families who had visited our school for the Parent Orientation.

Have a great week and special thanks for the way you support our school.

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.

The Parish are closing off the access down the steps from our school playground to the driveway between the Cathedral and the Catholic Centre because of the Health & Safety requirements of the Cathedral Construction Site.  This will be effective from tomorrow, Thursday, 29th October.

About Tokelau Language Week 

Tokelau is made up of three small coral atolls and is home to around 1500 people. There are more than 7000 Tokelau peoples living in New Zealand with over half of the country’s Tokelau community living in the Porirua and Hutt Valley areas of Wellington.  There are also Tokelau communities in Auckland, Taupō, and Rotorua. Family, community, and language are the centre of Faka-Tokelau, the Tokelau way of life.  

Tokelau Language Week provides the opportunity to introduce your students to the culture and language of Tokelau, helping to keep Gagana Tokelau alive in New Zealand.  This special week helps all New Zealanders journey towards shared cultural understandings. Learning a new language gives us insight into new ways of thinking, and to different beliefs and cultural practices.  Through this learning we acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes that help us live in our culturally diverse world.

Learn some simple words and phrases
Words and phrases you could try:

• Hello: Malo ni
• Greetings everyone: Fakamālo atu kia te koutou uma
• Goodbye – to those who are leaving: Tofa koutou
• Goodbye – to those who are staying: Tofa ni
• Welcome: Malo te aofia mai
• Please: Fakamolemole
• Thank you: Fakafetai

EPro8 is a NZ engineering competition for Years 5 to 13. Children are challenged to work as a team to solve engineering problems.  Winning teams progress to Round 2.

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Congratulations to these students for their achievements in this year's assessment:

MERIT:  Joshua Rm 6, James Rm 6, Joseph Rm 6, Irene Rm 8, Tyler Rm 10, Victor Rm 8, Declan Rm 10.

CREDIT:  Malchus Rm 5, Chanelle Rm 5, Adee Rm 5, Cielo Rm 5, Euan Rm 6, Sam L Rm 6, Keiffer Rm 6, Daniel Rm 8, Charlize Rm 8, Katie Rm 9.

DISTINCTION:  Leon Rm 5, Jonfred Rm 7, Sammy B Rm 6, Tammy Rm 7, Maia Rm 8, Nathan R10.

Students are to bring their school hat to school.  If your child does not have a school hat, you can purchase one at school for $15.00 each or at NZ Uniforms - https://www.nzuniforms.com.  A child who is not wearing a school hat will have to sit in the shade.

It is important that we are all sun smart. By wearing a school sunhat we are reducing exposure to UV radiation and the risk of skin cancer. 

This will now be held at the school in Rooms 6 and 7 - on the same level as the office.

Together with our Year 8 children and families, we will gather to celebrate their time at Sacred Heart Cathedral School with a Leaver’s POT LUCK Dinner. 

Date: Thursday, 19th November.

Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm.

Venue: Room 6 & 7.

Invitees: Year 8 children and their families.

BYO:  Please bring a cold non-alcoholic drink that your family likes and a dish of something tasty to share, savoury and/or sweet is great.

Notes:  If your contribution does contain PEANUTS, please label this for easy identification.  We can heat food but there is NO FREEZER SPACE and LIMITED FRIDGE SPACE.

Parking:  Parking is available in the school playground from 3.30pm.

Dress code:  Your choice - come as dressy or casual as you feel comfortable.

This celebration is led by Year 8 parents so if you can provide assistance with planning and logistics from now and/or on the day to set up, serve and tidy up – we would love to hear from you. Please email nicky_jones@xtra.co.nz.

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Ho ho ho…santa’s here with more mufti and hamper cheer…

Yes, it’s that time again.  Another Christmas rolls round and so it goes, our 2020 Christmas season mufti day (Friday, 6th November) is upon us and with it our annual call out for Christmas hamper contributions.

On mufti day (next Friday), we’ll ask all students to bring an item towards a hamper, which will be 'raffled' off.  Best of all, you’ll all get an opportunity to win one of these fantastic hampers.

We’ll send home to each family a small book of five raffle tickets with each ticket worth $2.  You can sell them to friends, family or you might choose to up your odds on winning one of these goodies by buying the lot.  We ask that each family sends the money and ticket butts back to school by Friday, 27th November.  Also, please include any unsold tickets in your returned envelope.  We’ll draw the winning ticket the following week, announcing winners on Wednesday, 2nd December.

Keeping it simple, we have chosen themes for each year for our hampers and have provided you with a few ideas to begin with below.  We ask that all contributions be non-perishable and something you think you’d love to see in a hamper if you won.

Junior syndicate: 

• chocolate santas
• christmas mince pies
• christmas crackers
• mini christmas puddings/cakes
• candy canes etc.

Middle syndicate:

• olives
• crackers
• pesto
• dried tomatoes/artichokes etc
• chutneys, sauces etc
• salsa

Senior syndicate:

• christmas decorations for the tree or table
• christmas crackers
• christmas cards
• ribbon, paper or tissue
• something for the nativity

Dates for your diary         

06 November - Mufti day and bring an item for the hamper auction.

11 November - We’ll send your children home with raffle tickets.

27 November - Final day for returning all money and raffle ticket butts.

02 December - Winner’s names will be announced in the newsletter.

St Mary's Old Girls' Association invites you to their fun-filled lunch at the Thistle Inn, Thorndon on Saturday, 7th November 2020 at 11.30 for a 12pm start.  The menu is scrummy and the company will be great.  St Margaret Mills, an Old Girl and the Congregational Leader for the Sisters of Compassion is the guest speaker and will tell us about her life and the wonderful work the Sisters do around Wellington.  If you attended St Mary's College Wellington or you are keen to support us then come and join us.  Numbers need to be confirmed by Sunday, 1st November.  For further details, please contact Judy Houlahan at email judyhoulahan@gmail.com or phone 4795507 or 0211016968.  Looking forward to seeing you there.

The Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon will be held at Kilbirnie Park on Sunday, 21 March 2021.  It is designed for Kiwi kids aged 7-15 years to help them stay active and healthy through a programme of participation.  Participants get to swim, cycle, and run their way around age appropriate courses, either as an individual or as part of a team of two.  We have registered Sacred Heart Cathedral School for the 2021 TRYathlon so, if you are planning on registering your child for the TRYathlon, please register via our school group link using my details as the school coordinator (Suzanne Adair, suzanneadair@hotmail.com): https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=40601&G=120377

Please register early as places always sell out quickly!

WDC turns 30 – Star Wars meets springboard diving at Kilbirnie Pool

Wellington Diving Club is turning 30 and to celebrate we’re putting on a spectacular display & show that will be hugely entertaining!

Saturday, 14^th November – 11.00am

Free entry plus vouchers for all spectators for a free Sunday have-a-go session.

Trial Lessons also available throughout Term 4 – Tues, Wed, Thurs (4pm) or Saturday 10.15am. T&C’s apply.

For more information please call Barbara on 027 485 8888 or https://wellingtondiving.org.nz/contact.

Directed by Susan Wilson                                                                             

Music Arranged and Directed by Michael Nicholas Williams

      STARRING GAVIN RUTHERFORD as Dame Rosie Bubble

A new pair of shoes really can change your life!     

From the writers of last year’s acclaimed Pantomime, Alice in Wonderland, comes their brand new

look at the much loved, magical fairy tale of Cinderella. Simon Leary and Gavin Rutherford

have collaborated to bring you yet another fabulous family show. It’s jammed packed with singing,

dancing, up-to-the minute jokes for the adults, and a sizeable dose of magic and slapstick for the kids.

Cinderella lives on Mt Victoria and nearby are her rich, evil and unkind step siblings. Things are

rough - but with Cinderella's can-do attitude, an encounter with someone who may turn out to

be a Prince, and a fairy godmother with magical powers, could things possibly end happily?

Circa Theatre

14 NOV -20 DEC & 2-16 JAN

www.circa.co.nz

Thank you for your continued support.  There has never been a more important time to support us with our fundraising.  20% of every Entertainment Membership goes directly to our cause.