15 August 2008

Dear Parents

We have been visited this week by Harold the Giraffe and the Life Education Van. Teresa Wallace has been working with all classes. I’m sure you too have been treated to lots of interesting facts from your children after their visit to the van.
Haven’t the Olympics been exciting? I have been enjoying watching top athletes compete in sports that are never shown on chanel 1, 2 or 3 and only rarely on Sky. I noted the senior children today playing hardball at playtime – the power of TV is evident.
The other really good thing about the Olympics is being able to control the TV remote with “The Olympics are on” winning out over all reality and cartoon shows.
The Southland and All Blacks rugby game may be a test of this tomorrow night.
Thanks to Fr. Vince, Miss O’Neill and all children staff and parents who were able to join with us in celebrating The Assumption Mass today.

BOT MEETING ~ The next meeting is on Monday 7.00 pm. All welcome.

SCIENCE FAIR
Congratulations to the following students who have been chosen to represent Sacred Heart School at the Southland Science Fair to be held at Ascot Park Hotel next week.
Why Not Waste Water? - Ryan Le Breton, Which Fuel Heats the Quickest? - Michael Walker, Daily Bread - Clarke Le Breton, Which Pen Lasts the Longest? - Patrick Horn and Thomas Hawkes, Ice Cubes - Cassidy Mackie and Kelsey Waddell.

NETBALL TOURNAMENT
Well done to the Zone teams who took part in the Southland Netball Tournament this week. A big thanks to Miss Kirkwood, Mrs Honotapu and Mrs Russell and all the other parents who assisted on the day.

NETBALL
Stars lost 11 – 16. Player of the Day was Jessica-Lee Kyle.
Steel lost 8 – 11. Player of the Day was Madison Hibbs-Fearn.
Sting lost 1 – 2. Players of the Day were Mackenzie Wild and Georgia Mackie.

Draw for next week
Stars play St Theresa’s Green on court 7 at 5.00 pm
Steel play St Patrick’s Green on court 3 at 4.30 pm
Sting play St Theresa’s Yellow on court 4 at 3.30 pm.

PTA
The next meeting will be held on Monday 25th august at Lynley Steven’s place: 17 Northwood Avenue 7.30 p.m. All welcome.

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Kids' nightwear - "Low fire danger" doesn't mean there's no fire danger
Last year, three children were seriously injured and one sadly died when their pyjamas caught on fire. This winter the Ministry of Consumer Affairs is running an awareness campaign concentrating on two key messages to prevent this happening again:
Ø Keep children a metre from the heater; and
Ø Dress children in snug-fitting pyjamas to reduce fire risk.

We're also reminding parents that children’s nightwear which is labelled as 'Low Fire Danger' doesn't mean that there's no fire danger. All fabrics will eventually burn. Changes to the labels on children's nightwear (which will be seen in shops next year) will give clearer messages to consumers, so they can make safer choices when they buy children's nightwear.