19 November 2008

Dear Parents

A huge thanks from the Board of Trustees and all the children, to the Fair Committee/PTA for the excellent event last Sunday. As usual the weather was kind and it was a brilliant day. Thanks also to all the helpers – adults & children who worked at all the stalls and our sponsors for contributing to the success of the day. With some of the funds raised, we intend to: provide additional classroom resources, IT equipment, and assist with the playground maintenance (including a new sandpit area). Following the success of the HEHA water fountain we may also look to apply for extra funding for more shade areas.
To all those mothers who see an eftpos transaction for La De Da; I’m sorry to say its money for the fair, not an early xmas present.
The End of Year Mass will be held Monday 15th December with school finishing on Tuesday 16th December at 2.45 p.m.

2008/9 CLASSES & TEACHERS
This week we have accepted Mr Gander’s resignation as he moves to a job at Sacred Heart School in Timaru for 2009. Their gain is our loss and we wish him all the best.
Also from Monday Miss Forbes will be working in Room 1 & 2 with the children during numeracy & literacy time. We look forward to her joining our staff for the rest of the year.
2009 Yr 1 - Rm 1 - Miss O’Neill
Yr 1 - Rm 2 - Mrs Stupples
Yr 1/2 - Rm 3 - Miss Swney
Yr 2/3 - Rm 5 - Miss Kirkwood
Yr 3/4 - Rm 7 - TBA
Yr 4/5 - Rm 9 - Miss Tagomoa
Yr 5/6 - Rm 8 - Mrs Lieshout

WELCOME
To Sionelle Cahill and Lucy Nind who joined the junior children this week.
We hope they enjoy their time with us at Sacred Heart School.

LOST PROPERTY
We have accumulated a large amount of lost property again. Please take the time to come and check if something belongs to your family. Several items are named.
Excess clothing will once again be taken to St Vincent De Paul at the end of the term.

BASKETBALL
Just a reminder basketball fees are now OVERDUE. Please pay your $30 to the office as soon as possible as we need to pay the Basketball Association.

RESULTS
Basketball: Spurs lost 9 – 16, Speedsters lost 2 – 30, Shooters won 12 – 10, Dunkers lost 7 – 16
Touch: Starters lost 4 – 8, Stars won 7 – 2, Storm won 5 – 1, Heat lost 1 – 3, Sharks won 4 – 0.


PTA ~ The school fair last weekend was a huge success!! We have raised over $10,500 (final tally yet to be confirmed). We would like to thank Liza Adams, Lynley Stevens and their fair committee for all the hard work they put into organising the day. Without them the fair would not have happened. A big thank you to everyone involved, including parents & families who helped in some way, we couldn’t have done it without you. It was great to see all the teachers/staff involved and also Mrs Forbes (who did lots towards the fair as well). The raffles that were sold on the day will be drawn when all the tickets are sold. The children will be bringing some of these home to sell and this will add to the overall tally.
Remember to get your calendar orders in before 26 November.
Bromley Wear Uniforms – for a new pinafore at an affordable price, Nicki Brookland is now taking orders for next year. If you are interested contact her on 214-0112.


CONGRATULATIONS
To Rory Horn who came 3rd in level 0, MAG gymnastics, Patrick Horn, 2nd in level 3 MAG, Patrice Brookland, 3rd in level 2 WAG and Olivia Thornbury, 2nd in level 5 WAG. They all competed last Sunday in the Invercargill Gymnastics Club Competition.

Tour Of Southland

On Friday the 30th of October two people from Sport Southland came to our school. They told us about the Tour of Southland and how to keep safe on bikes. They told us about some safety rules especially, about helmets. When you are wearing your helmet you should only be able to fit one finger at the bottom of your helmet strap.
My favourite bit was when Roman told us about the Tour of Southland and showed us the shirts that they wear. Yellow shirt is the leader jersey. There is one for the King of the Mountain. Roman was in the Share the Road Team.
We also went out to watch the Tour of Southland. That day Thursday the 5th of November everybody woke up and looked out there window and saw the snow on the ground. At school when we went out to watch the Tour of Southland, it was very cold and it began to snow and hail again. But we still stayed out to cheer on Roman. The people with the speakers on top of their cars and trucks said thank you to Mr Forde and to Sacred Heart School for coming out because normally nobody would come out when it was hailing and snowing and raining. Most people don’t come out in that horrible weather.
By Rylee and Ben Henderson

Cloak making

On Thursday and Friday Room 9 made Maori cloaks. In Room 9 we made cloaks and went to the Marae but the Marae is another story. We made cloaks because we were learning about Maori things. Room 9 likes art and learning new things. First we spread paper all along our tables. After that we got a piece of paper and folded it into the shape of a cloak. We got some crayons and we coloured it in. Later we painted it black over the crayon. When the paint was dry we scratched the paint off and made koru patterns. You do the same on the other side. An exciting part was when we put some feathers and sparkles on the cloaks. Finally we put our photo inside our cloaks. They showed how each of us is different and a treasure.
By Khyla and Rory.

School Fair

At the School Fair Alex and I went on the boat. Alex paid for himself.¬ Mr. Gander lifted Alex on and I walked up. It went slowly and I got a big seat. Alex got to hold on to a handle, near my handle. The boat was wobbly it nearly tipped. It was like we were going to fall of!!!!!!!!! The boat went around the school two times. It wasn’t bad but it was worth only two dollars. Alex gave me 1 dollar back.
Next we went on the police car it felt like it banged into the hedge. It was funny. We were going to go on it again but we didn’t have enough money. Next time we might get some more money from his mum. She gave him 5 dollars and his grandad and Jeremy gave him 2 dollars.
We didn’t know that we could on the fire truck. If we knew that we would have gone on it.
It was fun at the school fair because there were lots of things to do.
By Mike & Alex.