Sacred Heart School Newsletters

22 October 2014

16 October 2014


Dear Parents

Welcome back to Term 4. It is hard to believe that it is almost November.
While there are a number of events involving our children this term, the 2 main ones are the Year 6 Camp to Stewart Island, and the Mass and Fair on Sunday 9th November.
A huge thanks to the PTA and fair committee who have been working very hard in preparation for the fair. We are all looking forward to it.
A reminder about sun hats. Please ensure your child has one named, in their bag every day.
Welcome to Ella Nicoll and Molly Duffy who joined the children in Room 2 on Monday. We hope they enjoy their time at Sacred Heart School.

Term Events:
16/10                                           John Parsons – Cyber Safety
21/10                                           School Photos
29 – 31/10                                  Year 6 Camp
9/11                                              School Mass + Fair
14/11                                           Catholic Schools Tournament
21/11                                           Yr 4/5 Night Out
7/12                                              Year 6 Day at Secondary Schools
9/12                                              Year 6 Day
10/12                                           Year 6 Night
10/12 @ 1.30pm                       End of Year Mass
11/12 @ 12.30pm                     End of Term 4

John Parsons – Cyber Safety
We hosted John Parsons today for the second installment of our Cyber Safety programme.

Parent Hui
We will be holding the 2nd parent hui in the next couple of weeks. Invites will be sent out as soon as a date is finalised.

School Disco – Thursday 23 October
The PTA have organised a Disco for the children next Thursday.
Years 1-3 are from 6:30 – 7:30 pm, and Years 4 – 6 will be from 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Chips, drinks and a minimal amount of glow toys will be for sale. 
Gold coin entry fee please. 

PTA
The PTA are missing a ‘Sunbeam Hot Water Urn’ that was last seen on Pet Day.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of this, please contact the office. Thank you.

School Photos ~ Tuesday 21 October
Please contact Christine if you require a family photo. These will be taken 8.30 – 9.00 am.
Pre-schoolers are welcome.

Outstanding Monies
Can we have all outstanding monies paid to the office asap.
We have several children who have not paid their touch, basketball and gym festival fees, along with 25 families that have not paid their activity fee. Being a small school, we are unable to carry this debt, so we would appreciate your prompt attention to this matter. Thank you.

Sports Teams
We have a number of different sports teams in local compeitions. Please keep an eye on the noticeboard for times. When possible, they will also be posted on Facebook.

Ride with the Stars ~ Sunday 2nd November 2.30 pm
Bring your bike and ride Queens Park with cycling’s superstars. Several of the tour riders will be present plus some of our own cycling stars … maybe even an Olympian or two. They will accompany you on the short ride around Queens Park. Participants are asked to provide their own bike and helmet, and arrive at 2 pm. Spot prizes will be awarded on the day.





 Faith Insights/Facts in the Weekly Newsletter
Faith Insights/Facts for your school newsletter continue.  As we draw near to the closing of the Year of Faith called by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, I thought it fitting to draw on ideas conveyed in the first encyclical  prepared by Pope Francis, Lumen Fidei (Light of Faith) to provide spiritual nourishment and ‘food for thought’ for those in your school community. Some weeks include insights, others relate to the liturgical year.

Faith Facts for Week 1
Some of the faith facts/insights you will find in the newsletter this term will be excerpts from the Encyclical Lumen Fidei.  An encyclical is a letter; a teaching document which approaches a subject from as many different angles as the Pope deems necessary and relevant to the Church’s contemporary needs.  Lumen Fidei was written by ‘four hands’.  It was started by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, and as Pope Francis tells us he “as [Benedict’s] brother in Christ [has] taken up his fine work and added a few contributions of my own” (LF§7).  The title comes from the opening words of the Encyclical in Latin. Lumen Fidei translates to Light of Faith.  So each week look to the excerpts from this beautiful document and ponder the challenges that are posed!

Altar Servers
Saturday 18 October 7.00 pm                                   Caleb Wolf
Sunday 19 October 10.30 am                                   Megan Sullivan & Charlotte Sherriff
Children’s Liturgy                                       Trish Sherriff

Achievements
Congratulations to Breyah Takitimu who has been accepted into the Australian Ballet School Training Program for 2015. A marvelous achievement.

Congratulations to Brooklyn McLeod who has been chosen to dance her Jazz in the ILT Scholarship. She also won the Jazz championship, 1st in Ballet, 2x 2nds and a VHC at the competitions held in the school holidays.

Congratulations to Tyler Pool who was placed 1st and Aubrey Page who was placed 2nd  in the ‘Gym Shoe Burn Out Duathlon’ with Melissa Aitken at Teretonga last weekend.

Basketball Results:              
Flyers won 14 - 0. POD was Kyron Devery.    Shooters won 16 – 11. POD was Sionelle Cahill. Sharks drew 10 – 10. POD was Ben Dawson. Slamdunkers won 19 – 7. POD was Caleb Hickey.
Breakers lost 2 – 12. POD was Cole Robertson.

For Sale 1 x size 16 Pinafore in excellent condition. $30 ono. Enquiries to the office.

The Baby Factory Exclusive Offer  ~  Bring your school newsletter into the Invercargill Baby Factory Store and SAVE 50% off an Edinburgh Half Booster Now Only $19.99
 
Have you got a calf or pony and want to have a go at an A&P show without all the cost and stress of a large show??? Southland A&P Assn are running a ‘Spring into Action Have a go Show’ on Sunday 9th of November.
Go to www.southlandapshow.co.nz , facebook.com/southlandap or email southland.ap.show@xtra.co.nz to get a copy of the schedule and entry form.

Supporting Families For Mental Wellness
A free information session for family and friends regarding Youth Mental Health is schedule to be held on Monday 20th October @ 1.00 pm at Hospice Southland. Topics to be covered are:
·       SPARX – is a free online computer program that helps young people with mild to moderate depression. It can also help if they are feeling anxious or stressed. It can be accessed from any computer that is connected to the internet. Find out more about this therapy tool and how to support young people to access it.
·       Youth 2000 – hear about the research that has been done in New Zealand about young people’s mental health and what it tells us.
RSVP by Friday 18th October to Jo 0800724496 or email education@sfsouthland.org.nz




Room 8 Class Happenings

Tiger
As the tiger slept under the shady tree, the leaves fluttered in the breezy air.  The grass swayed from side to side. The zookeeper came in with the tiger’s tasty breakfast. He hung the meat on the branch so that the tiger could eat it later. Walking slowly to the door, the zookeeper closed it without making a noise. The tiger woke up stretched its legs, getting ready to eat.        Caleb
                                                +++++
I’m Hungry
Grrrr!
Tiger, KING OF THE JUNGLE,
Hunting all night and day. 
No sleep at all.
I was about to go to sleep BUT   
There it was – a nice juicy cattle beast.  I can’t give up now!!!
1…….2…….3                 POUNCE!
Yum in my tum!              NEVER GIVE UP!!    Jarran
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A focus in writing has been learning to write poetry.  We have found this extremely tricky.  Below are some of the beginnings of what we are learning.

Spring
Blossums blooming
Pale pink petals covering the trees
A breeze blows by the petals
Dancing
Touching the ground as quiet as a mouse
Bright, green grass
Bowing side to side
Sun shining.     Azriel
                                                +++++
Signs of Spring
Blossums blooming
High on trees
Dancing upon the breeze
Pink, white
Falling onto the waiting ground.    Jasmine
                                                +++++
Spring
Drifting away on the lightness of day,
Pale, pink petals
No match for the blue sky
Fluttering through thin air
Touching grass
As silent as a ghost.    Ella





























12 December 2013

5 December


Dear Parents

As the school year draws to an end I wish to take this opportunity to thank all our parent coaches, drivers and supporters who have ensured our sports teams have been able to complete this term.
We have had soccer, badminton, table tennis, cricket, basketball, flipperball and touch teams this term who have all performed well which is a credit to them but also a reflection of the support from our coaches and supporters. Many thanks for your commitment to our children.

Congratulations to Mrs Tagomoa-Kaa in making her Sacraments of Initiation last weekend.

Good luck to Summer Smith, Anika Winders, Jacob Boniface and Malachi Lang who are taking part in the BMX Champs this afternoon. We look forward to hearing about this.

I will be away tomorrow so will unfortunately miss the Room 7 & 8 camp sleepover. I know all the children are looking forward to this and hope you all have a great night.

Our final school Mass will be next Thursday at 9.30am.
We are hoping for some fine weather after lunch so we can use Mrs McKenzie’s water slide.

School Events for your Calendars:
Friday                         6/12         Mufti, Gold Coin, Jump Rope
Friday                        6/12         Canteen – Final Day
Friday                        6/12         Rooms 7 & 8 Sleepover
Tuesday                    10/12       Year 6 Day
Wednesday             11/12       Rooms 5 & 6 to Anderson’s Park
Thursday                                    12/12       End of Year Mass 9.30am
                                                      Reports go home
Friday                        13/12       End of Term 4 @ 12.30 pm
Monday                     16/12       BOT 7 pm
Tuesday                    28/1         Start of Term 1 2014

Year 6 Leavers
Next week the Year 6 leavers’ night will bring an end to an association with a number of families -Boniface, Brookland, Brown x 3, Cooper, Devlin, Downing, Forde, Hawkes, Kinney, Nolan, Reitsma-Smith, Russell, Sherriff, Tinker and Wilkes.
I thank you all for your support and contribution to our school over the years. Whether it be class help, camps, sports, fundraising, social events PTA or BOT, it has all been much appreciated. Thank you.

Reports
Our reporting format is different to an increasing number of schools that are computer generated reports from the school management systems. We have retained our format with the aim of making them more “personal” to each child. I will be asking for feedback from parents in regards your interpretation of the reports next week. An issue is that we have designed rubrics with criteria statements for Maths, Writing and Reading. The teacher and children use these when setting goals and next steps. Because of this a lot of children of similar ability will have similar comments in regards progress and achievements.

Mufti Gold Coin for Philippines / Jump Rope
Tomorrow will be mufti to fundraise for the Philippines. We would appreciate your child donating a gold coin.  At 1.30pm Jump Rope will kick off. The children will need to bring suitable footwear for skipping and if they have a hula hoop, could they bring that too please. Parents are welcome.

McDermott Buses
McDermott’s will finish transporting our children on Tuesday 10th December. The Otatara bus will leave at 12.00 noon on this day but the other buses will go at the normal time. Please let Christine know if your child is to be put on this early bus.

Book Amnesty – LIBRARY BOOKS AND READING BOOKS
We have a lot of books not being returned to school. Can I ask all parents to check at home for books belonging to us and return them asap, no questions asked.  Many thanks.

Lost Glasses
Declan from Room 1 has lost his glasses. We would appreciate you keeping an eye out for these.

FAITH FACT FOR WEEK 8

Did you know that Advent is the season that begins the Church year?  This does not mean that Advent is the most important time of the year.  The Easter cycle has always had this honour.  We have a number of symbols that remind us of this season and help us on our prayerful journey towards the birth of Christ.  Symbols like the Advent Wreath, an Advent calendar, perhaps you even have a Jesse Tree.  The Jesse Tree has persons associated with the gradual coming of the Messiah added each week. 
Google “Jess Tree” and create one in your home!

Altar Servers
Saturday 9 December             7.00 pm                     Nathan Russell      
Sunday 10 December             10.30 am                                     Max Forde & Caleb Brown    
Children’s Liturgy                                                         Aletta Reid

Basketball Results:
Flyers lost 4-6              Breakers won 20-2              Slamdunkers lost 18-20          Sharks lost 4-20

Touch Results:
Stars won against St. Pat’s 5 – 0.  POD was Alex Hawkes and Alex McLeod.
Ballers lost 5 - 6
Sharkes lost 0 – 2
























Out of School Art Classes 2014 ~For more info contact 2177482.

Singing & Drama Holiday Programme 16 – 19 December 9am – 3pm
Fully interactive and extensive singing and drama programme for students Years 1 – 8 who would like to have fun while learning the arts of singing and drama. “Voice development, microphone work, mime, improvisation, short plays and musical theatre”. For more info contact: Alice Fraser 0212054412 or Miriam Erikson 0276004631.


We thank the BNZ for supplying our new school sign.




Room 5 Class Happenings

Last week Room 5 were inspired to write about Vikings from a story we had enjoyed in class. Here are a few of the responses made from the story.

Once upon a time there was a boy named Josh. One day he saw a Viking ship. He saw a Viking. “Do you want to be a Viking with us?”, asked the Viking. Josh replied, “Yes”. So he hopped on board and lots and lots of Vikings came aboard. They untied the boat and sailed away down a stream.  They crashed into a rocky shore of an island so they jumped out and walked down the rocky shore. Lots of waves splashed on them and they got really wet. They kept on walking when one man tripped over in the water but the king saved him so they ran back to the ship and sailed back home.  Cole H

Once there was a Viking. His name was Spooky. He was going to fight and saw an eating plant. They took it on the boat and found brown coal. They were fighting a roaring, white, grey and green dragon. He was thirty -four feet long. He had claws. They got back on the boat and rowed to a rocky island.  Jimmy

Once there was a ten -year old boy called Josh who believed in Vikings so much that he went into the Viking’s layer. The leader of the Vikings said,” You are going to Mars to fight with us and as quick as a wink he was on the Viking ship. He was so surprised that he had a sword and a shield and silver armour.
“We are going to fight dragons, “said the leader. “They live in space. Josh was scared. He had never fought with a sword before. The leader of the Vikings said,” Don’t worry. We will train before we fight because he is of my people. We haven’t trained very much.” So they trained every morning and every afternoon. Finally they were trained and fought the dragons.  Caleb

Hiccup is a Viking. He saves Berk Island from wild dragons with their own dragons. Stoic is a Viking as well. Stoic has a brown beard. He ahs a friend called Gobba. Gobba makes swords and shields. You will never get lost but if you do get lost we have shields or swords to help you.
Cole H

One day Vikings killed heaps of dragons.  Children tried to train the dragons but they got told off. Right then a baby was born called Hiccup. When he was eight he trained his own dragon and kept it a secret. Then when he went to dragon school he learnt about the dragon’s weaknesses. He had fun with the dragon. Soon the whole village heard and they all wanted a dragon. Soon the dragon went crazy because it had a loose tooth and no one knew. They checked the dragon. And they saw the loose tooth and fixed it. The dragon was all better.  Malachi


I would also like to take this opportunity to thank parents and grandparents for your support given to the ‘Fabulous Room 5 Team’ and myself over the year. Your help has been much appreciated. Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and break to enjoy with your families.

Regards Nicola Winders