5 March

Dear Parents
A big thanks to all the parents who have been able to help with swimming this week. It is a very busy time and your help is much appreciated.
On Monday the senior children will be at the Zone Athletics (weather Permitting). If the athletics go ahead, there will be no swimming for any of the children. In case the sports are postponed, all children are still to come with their swimming clothes.

Athletic Sports
These will be held on Monday 8th March. All children have been given a note regarding what they need to bring. Please make sure all children are at school before 8.50 a.m., as we hope to leave at 9.00 a.m.

Upcoming Events:
Zone Athletics – 8th March
Sunday Mass – 21st March
Swimming Champs – 28th March

Activity Fee
These will remain the same as 2009. 1 child - $70, 2 children - $100 and 3 children - $125.
Compulsory books will be added to these amounts.

Scholastic Bookclub
Number 2 Bookclub will close on Wednesday 10th March.

Southland School Swimming Champs
As to date we have no children interested in these champs. Entries close Wed 17th March, so if your child wishes to enter, please see Mr Forde next week.

Marist Rugby Club ~ Schoolboy Weigh in
Sun 14th March 11am – 12 noon
Tue 16th March 4 – 5 pm

Plunket are offering you the opportunity for a FREE child’s car seat check. South City United Video Car Park Mon 15th March 10am – 2 pm.
Check out the junior notice board for more info.

Fruit from Peirce’s Orchard ~ Millers Flat
Again we have the opportunity to get fruit delivered from the above orchard. An order form has been placed on the junior notice board for parents wanting to order boxes of mixed fruit, apples or pumpkins. These orders will be faxed through to the supplier on Tuesday 9th March, so please have your money to Christine on Tuesday morning. Delivery date is Thursday 11th March.

House Cleaner
Available $40 for 2 hours. Kylie Wednesday or Thursday Only.
Phone 2158193 or 0273884376


Corbyn Shuttleworth got 3rd in the 2010 Twilight Series held last weekend at Macaulay Ford Kart raceway. This was also his first race meeting ever. He is racing again this Saturday, 11am Pitt Road Otatara, free admission.



Room 9 Class Happenings

The Sharks
Today’s the day, the day they come!
Today the Sharks are coming to teach us some skills about basketball. The Sharks are the new Southland Basketball Team that is competing in the NBL. Today we meet one guy, his name is James and he comes from the North Island.
When the Sharks came, we were ready to go until Richard started picking on Keegan and Georgia. You’re probably wondering who Richard is. He is the coach of the Sharks and is the Southland Development Officer. When we had to dribble back and forwards he said silly stuff like goat or boy.
When we were shooting we had to imagine that there was a transformer or fairy on top of the hoop. James is really tall. He is as tall as the hoop at our school.
There is a game where you have to be on the painted lines and you aren’t allowed to go on the concrete. We had to go back and forwards and we were not allowed to walk or run [it was really hard for Keegan and Georgia]. By Keegan, Tom and Jack N

FitnessRun
Zoooooooom!!!! Where did Keegan come from?

Everyday Room 9 does a run around the school, we call this a fitness run. We do a run everyday to get fit for the Saints Zones Athletics Sport. Keegan is the fittest in the school, he’s good at running long distance and he wins most of the time.
At the end of the run Mrs Lieshout tells us our times. When we get back to our class we write our times in our maths books and graph it (Keegan’s time is under 4 minutes for 2 rounds). We use line graphs to record our times from our fitness run.

We have to train for relays, long distance runs and sprints at All Saints Day. When we run we try to beat our personal times, if we beat our time we must be getting quicker by seconds. By Braedon, Sam H and Ronan

PTA
PTA oyster raffle, please remember to keep selling this raffle. This is our major fundraiser for this term and this raffle should appeal to lots of people.
Some ideas on where they could be sold: dad’s /granddad’s/ nana’s / mum’s work, sports practice / sidelines at rugby/ touch etc.
Get the kids together and knock on the neighbour’s doors. It’s a great way to meet people in the community around us. Please make an effort to sell these tickets, we don’t often have raffles and it’s for all our Sacred Heart Children.

Self Defence Course for Girls yr 7, 8 &9 by registered instructor Sarah Anderson.
Sunday 14th March, Sacred Heart Hall, 10am – 4pm. $20.00
For more information and enrolment please call Liza Adams on 2159995 0274599954 or e mail pladams@xtra.co.nz .
Places are limited; participants need to be willing and enthusiastic. (Some spaces for Mums also available).



CALLING ALL PARENTS AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL ROOM 9 NEEDS YOUR HELP

In Inquiry we have been learning about rules, what are they and why we have them?
We are trying to make the car park a safer and problem free place. We will need to take photos and videos of what is happening in the car park between 8:15 and 8:55 in the morning and between 2:45 and 3:15. We have made a survey on Survey Pirate.com to see what people think about the car park.
We need proof that there is a problem so we can report on what the problem or problems are.

We have made videos of the car park to see what we need to act on and improve on in our car park to make it a safer place for kids and parents.

If we have proof that there is a problem, we will need a solution to try to fix some of the problems in the car park. Then it will be a better place for years and years to come.

By Emily, Meg and Ashleigh

Please help us gather information about the car park by doing this online survey at the following web address.

http://www.surveypirate.com/Survey.aspx?surveyid=12250&hash=6fXSCJSZ4ysTL7dmacauzA%3d%3d
If you don’t have the internet we have some hard copies of the survey in Room 9, or you can come in and use a classroom computer.