6 November

Dear Parents
By all accounts Room 9 are having a great camp. The sun has been shining and they are enjoying their activities.
We are sure to hear about what fun they had over the next few weeks.

We welcome Troy Sutherland and his family to Sacred Heart School this week.
We hope they enjoy their time with us.

Gospel reading Sunday 8 NOVEMBER

Mark 12:38-44
The Bible says that one day, Jesus went to the temple and sat down near the place where the offerings were placed. He sat and watched the people as they came by and put in their offerings. Many rich people, dressed in fine robes, came by and put in a lot of money. Then, a poor widow came by and put in two small copper coins that weren't even worth a penny.

Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "This woman has given more than anyone. The others gave out of their wealth, but this woman gave all that she had." You see, Jesus is more interested in what is in the heart of the giver than he is in the size of their gift.


SCHOOL PHOTOS ~ All orders should now be handed in.

ALTAR SERVERS ~ Saturday 7th 7pm = Mitchell Smith Sun 8th 10.30 am Erica Forde & Patrice Brookland

TRANSPORT OFFERED TO VERDON NEW ENTRANT DAY – FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER
If you require some assistance, please contact 215-8292.

INDEPENDENCE GAMES (8 – 17 Yrs) 9 – 11TH APRIL 2010 IN CHRISTCHURCH
This is an excellent opportunity for young people with similar sporting abilities to meet and compete.
Supported by CCS Disability Action. Enquiries to Trish Mitchell 215-8292.

CRICKET ~ Many thanks to Samuel Downing for helping last week with the coaching of the cricket team.
You did an excellent job and this was much appreciated.


Zoe Grace Williams

BASKETBALL RESULTS
Fireballs (Yr 3 & 4 Boys) v - Lost 0 - 14
Celtics v (Yr 3 & 4 Mixed) - Won 12 - 10
Spurs (Yr 5 & 6 Boys) v - Won 18 - 8
Slamdunkers (Yr 5 & 6 Girls A) v - Won – not sure of the score
(Probably a huge margin!)
Small Blacks (Yr 5 & 6 Mixed) v - Lost 1 – 24
PTA Update

Thanks so much to everyone who helped with our extremely successful major fundraiser and helped in the making of 2400 dozen Truffles last weekend.

We had parents, senior children, ex pupils, staff including our very own Principal Mr Forde, board members, grandparents, friends and other family - a very special thank you to you all for making the whole process so successful and fun to be involved in. To those who very generously came to help both Friday night and Saturday morning – a very special thank you. To the hard working members of the PTA who have worked tirelessly in the background in the time before, during and after last weekend – again a very special thank you to you all as well.
To everyone thank you for an absolutely fantastic effort.

A huge thank you must also go to the following parents and their companies for all your help in relation to making this fundraiser so successful.
• Paul Wallace and Countdown for your help with supplying a good deal of the ingredients at cost.
• Ray Oosterbroek and BIDVest for the use of the freezer truck and supplying and donating some of the biscuit crumbs.
• Estelle and Aaron Cooper for the great coffee and hot chocolates on Friday evening.

The invoices are coming in and we are selling the last of the extra truffles so should be in a position to confirm the amount made in next weeks newsletter.

Congratulations to Room 6 who was the class to sell the most truffles and will have enjoyed a special treat this afternoon - well done Room 6, you sold a total of 742 dozen!!!!

We have some trays, a pair of scissors and some towels left in the office - if you are missing any of these please call into the office. We are also missing a measuring jug - if anyone has taken an extra one please also return to the office.

Wednesday 11th November at 2pm in school staff room – Parents’ afternoon tea.
Please come and join PTA parents for afternoon tea and a chance to meet other parents from the school community – all parents welcome and a special invitation to all new parents.

Monday 9th November, 7.30pm at school – PTA meeting everyone welcome.




Room 5 Class Happenings
In Inquiry we are looking at temporary and permanent change and how materials can change when heated and cooled.
Our class made lava lamps using butter and hot water. We had to predict what we thought was going to happen to the butter when hot water was poured onto it. This is called a hypotheses.
These are some of our Hypotheses:

It will go all milky ~ Shaun W & Bridie
I think it will fizz up ~ Macy & Henry
It will make cheese ~ William
It will melt and go runny ~ Joshua, Nathan, Jacob & Shaun C

We drew and labeled what we observed. We all had lots of questions about why the butter went to the top of the water. Now we are going further and trying to answer some of our questions.