5 June

Dear Parents

We have been very fortunate this week to have had 5 Interactive White Boards installed thanks to the Invercargill Licensing Trust. This means all our rooms and children now have access to this new technology. I have been busy getting them set up for use. One of the best parts of the ILT donation to schools has been the training that goes along with the installation of the boards, which a number of our staff will be undertaking over the next few months.

I am also pleased to welcome back Isabel Stanley to our school staff. Isabel will be replacing Vanessa Stupples in Room 2 from the 15th June. Isabel started her teaching career at Sacred Heart School and has taught at Windsor North & Myross Bush schools.

This week we welcome Jasmine Ridd to the junior school. We hope she and her family enjoy their time with us at Sacred Heart.

SACRED HEART FEAST DAY
The school will be attending the 9.30am Mass on Friday June the 19th to celebrate Sacred Heart Feast day.

INFLUENZA A (H1N1) SWINE FLU
We have had a number of notices from the Ministry about this. Relevant points for all families are:
➢ Most cases world wide have involved children
➢ The spread in Japan & Australia has been linked to schools
➢ Community spread (transmission between people who haven’t traveled) is confirmed in Australia, USA, Canada, Mexico & Japan
➢ Australia has 634 confirmed cases; 521 in Victoria; 12 schools have been closed

All communications re-inforce the importance of hand washing and keeping children home if sick.
All schools are asked to ensure their home-school contact details are up to date which is why we are asking all families to provide this information:
Please supply all e-mail, phone and cellphone numbers. Please indicate e-mail (preferably) or
cell phone number, where you can be contacted if we receive information we need to send to all families in an emergency.


PARENTS NUMERACY EVENING
The 2nd evening for this, based on Year 4 – 6 children will be held at Donovan Primary School Hall, 11 June 7:00pm.


ALTAR SERVERS ~ Sat 6th June: Shaun Swain Sun 7th June: Hannah Brown & Mathew Nind

SMILEY’S CHILDREN’S COSTUME HIRE
Have you visited Smiley’s, the new children’s party and costume hire, 124 Don Street, 218-7510.

YMCA’s BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ~ CONNECTING FAMILIES DAY ~ SATURDAY 6th JUNE 10AM – 2PM
Bring the whole family along for a fun filled day: Rock Climbing, Group Exercise, Fun Games, Face Painting, Bertie Budgie, Family Passport Challenge & Much More !!! FREE ENTRY.

PTA
Have you got your tickets from the office yet for the Staff & parents "Fantastic All Blacks Fun Nite" to be held in the Grannies bar (Northern Tavern) on Sat June 20th @ 7.00pm. We have a big screen to watch the All Blacks vs France rugby game. Dress up as an All Black supporter (optional). Tickets are $5 each.
Please bring a plate for supper. There will be prizes ....Oh and kick off is 7.30pm.

CLASS HAPPENINGS - ROOM 8

This week we have had our new interactive whiteboard installed and are slowly getting to know our way around the workings of it. We have also had some children working on our new class blog, so please do check it out and comment on some of the awesome stories the children have been writing. http://room81shsinv.blogspot.com
We had a very successful ‘Blue Day’ last Friday and Friday and some Room 8 children used the money to create a heart, we raised $220









We are very fortunate to be
able to send children to a
variety of different
workshops at the museum.
Some children in the
senior syndicate have been
given the opportunity
to participate, information
about this will have already
been given to your child.
Sometime next month
each child who took part
in one of these workshops
will have their piece of art
displayed in an exhibition
in the Museum. This will be displayed for four weeks. So do take some time to have a look at the awesome work the children will have done.







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