5 September 2008

Dear Parents
It has been good to see the sun this week and hopefully the first signs of Spring. I am lucky that my mower is currently broken as I will now have an excuse not to mow the lawns tomorrow and watch the Stags take the ‘Ranfurly Shield’ from Auckland.
I hope all Dads have a great Fathers’ Day on Sunday.

Our thoughts and prayers have been with the Hewitt family this week.


FIRST RECONCILIATION
Congratulations to Rory Horn, Samuel Sherriff, Ben Henderson, Isabella Wild, Samuel Russell and Damian Mitchell who celebrated their First Reconciliation on Thursday night. This was a lovely celebration with their families. A big thank you goes to Miss O’Neill and Father Vince who prepared them for this Sacrament.

SPECIAL CHARACTER REVIEW - The reviewers were very pleased with their time at Sacred Heart School and commented very favourably on what makes our school special. Very well done to all concerned.


CONGRATULATIONS - To Meg Kelly & Ryan LeBreton who were placed 1st & 2nd in the 2nd round of the Southland Schools Speech Contest. They will go onto the next round at JHJC.

CATHOLIC SPORTS TOURNAMENT - The annual Catholic Schools Sports Tournament will be held at Stadium Southland on Monday 22 September. The four sports being offered this year are Rippa Rugby, Soccer, Uni Hockey and Netball. The children from Rooms 5 & 7 will take part.

KIDS CONGRESS - On Tuesday a group of students from Rooms 5 & 7 will be taking part in a ‘Kids Congress’ run by the Thinknet Cluster at Bluff school. There will be about 80 children taking part in a variety of ICT experiences including Podcasting, movie making etc.

SCHOOL PHOTOS - These will now be held next Friday (12th September) from 9 am. Individual photos will be taken of all children but please return the slip on Monday if you require a family photo taken.

RIPPA RUGBY DRAW FOR 10/9/2008
Stars @ 4.30 pm court 1 Sharks @ 4 pm court 3 Storms @ 4.30 pm court 3

ROOMS 5 & 7 CLASS MASS ~ will be celebrated this Thursday 11th Sept at 11.30 am in the church with a picnic lunch to follow. Everybody is welcome.

FUN FERNS NETBALL TEAM
Caelan O’Connor and Ella Richardson receiving a prize on behalf of the Fun Ferns netball teams last Saturday.



Class Happenings ~ Room 8

Room 8 has been hit hard with this nasty bug that has been going around. We have had very little numbers in the class for the last 2 weeks. The symptoms are headache, fever, vomiting and diarrhea. If your child has any of these please keep them at home as we don’t want another bout of this bug.
On a more positive note we have achieved a lot this term. We have visited the Life Education Van and learnt heaps about feelings and how we can deal with different emotions. We were lucky enough to have Grant Milne from Touch Southland come and teach us some awesome moves to practice on the touch field. In Literacy we have been learning what a good letter looks like and tells us. We discovered that we must tell the reader something and ask them something to achieve this. In Numeracy we have mastered fractions. We know what each number tells us and how to find a fraction of a number.
Yesterday we had our class mass with Room 9. Thank you to all the parents that came along and celebrated this with us and joined us for a shared lunch, it was great to see the sun.

JUMP JAM
As part of our school’s Jump Jam contract, four year 5 student took part in a student leadership afternoon at Salford School. They were taught the technique moves for Jump Jam 12, and how to break them down for the junior school. We look forward to being lead by, Briar Kilsby, Shelley Mitchell, William Mason and Clarke LeBreton.





Tickets are now on sale for Sing Out at the ICC Booking Office.
Our school’s performance is on Wednesday 17 September.
Tickets are $12.50 for adults and $6.50 for children.


DODGERS SOFTBALL CLUB ~ REGISTRATION DAY TUESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 4 PM AT SURREY PARK GROUNDS. ENQUIRIES TO DONNA MILNE 2161650

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