5 February

Dear Parents

Welcome back to Sacred Heart School for 2010. We have had an excellent start to the year with fine weather and enthusiastic teachers and children.

A special welcome to the new children and their families who have started at school this week: Phoebe Roskilley, Reilly McLean & Joshua Newell (Rm 1) George Nally (Rm 3) Amy Ingham, Kate Johnstone (Rm 5) Zane Johnstone, Tom Nally (Rm 6) Antony Hogue, Jake Maxwell, Monique Nolan, Logan Maxwell (Rm 7) and Jack Nally (Rm 9).
We hope you all enjoy your time at our school.

2010 promises to be an interesting year in education with the current media focus on the implementation of the national standards and what will or won’t happen. The Prime Minister announced this week that there will be a leaflet drop to all households in an attempt to win favour with the public. Please make sure you read this, there will be opportunities to answer questions you may have.

In regards to Sacred Heart, I have no issues with continuing to report on our children’s achievement and to have very high expectations of all our children. Our focus for the year will be to continue implementing the revised curriculum; particularly in literacy and numeracy, and consultation with our parent community on how to fine tune our reporting system.

Parent Info / Meet the Teacher Night
On Tuesday 9th February you will have the opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher. There will be 2 meeting times: 6.30pm & 6.45pm. This will be followed by a general information session in the hall.

House Captains
Congratulations to our new house captains & vice-captains.
Donovan – Captain: Campbell Hosie
V/C: Jack Sievwright
Kavanagh – Captain: Chanae Flowers
V/C: Callum Aicken & Reuben Brown
Pompellier – Captain: Molly Stevens
V/C: Tom Harrington, Georgia Mackie, Keiren Perkins
Marist – Captain: Emily Bower
V/C: Jack Nally, Brock McLean
Harrington – Captain: Keegan Fiebig
V/C: Sam Hogan, Ronan Harvey, Braedon Timu, Mackenzie Wild
Mercy – Captain: Meg O’Connell
V/C: /Troy Sutherland, Zyntarah MacDonald, William Clapperton



A list of reminders for all families
Office Hours
Mrs Forbes is here from 8.30 – 2pm daily. Stationery can be purchased before school daily and I ask that any phone messages arrive before 2pm.

Assembly times
The school assembly is usually held on Monday at 2.15pm. Parents are welcome to attend. Each class rotates in preparing prayers and we encourage classes to present work or to acknowledge individual or group achievements.

Newsletter
The newsletter is sent home every Friday and is given to the eldest child in each family. Any articles are to be to Mrs Forbes by Thursday morning. The newsletter is also on–line and can be accessed from www.shsinv.school.nz
If you want a copy e-mailed please e-mail office@shsinv.schoool.nz

Absences
Please ring or e-mail the Office to report all absences
Ph: 2157317 or office@shsinv.school.nz

Bus / OSCAR
Please let us know what days your child will be travelling home by bus or to OSCAR, especially if it’s only on certain days.

Uniforms
We expect the correct uniform to be worn at all times. Please send a note if there is a reason for non-compliance.

Prayers
We encourage parents to join their classes for morning prayers. Please say all good-byes before school starts to avoid possible disruptions.


School Events
Some of the events this term include:
Info Night 9th February
Ash Wednesday 17th February
Beach Days 18&19th February
Swimming 1-12th March
Zone Athletics 8th March
Sthld Athletics 20th March
Good Friday 2nd April
BOT Meeting 15th February
PTA AGM 22nd February


Sports Notices
Touch / Flipper ball
A reminder to return the forms by Monday for Touch and let Miss T know if you wish to play flipper ball.

Basketball
We have been lucky enough to be offered some coaching sessions by the Shark players. This will occur on Tuesdays at lunchtime with groups of 20 students. It is for those players intending to play basketball in Term 4 this year. The first session is with the Year 5 & 6 children on the 9th of March.
Any questions about this see Mrs Lieshout.

Starterz Football (soccer) first games on Monday 8th February, then 15th, 22nd and March 1st & 8th. The draw is in Saturday’s paper & also on the notice board outside the office.

AMP Kids Tryathlon will be held on Sun 21st Feb. Entries close Monday 15th February. See Miss T for entry forms.

Southland Junior Netball Academy - Want to freshen up your netball skills before the season starts?
Then join the Junior Netball Academy! Suitable for players from 8 –15 years. Mondays starting 8 February Stadium Southland. Please register with Wendy Frew (nee Telfer)– 03 217 1303 wendy@netballsouthland.org.nz


House Colour Day 1.30 p.m.
This will be held on Monday afternoon replacing our assembly time. Children are to dress up in their house colours for the day.
Parents are most welcome to attend.
Donovan – Orange
Kavanagh – Yellow
Pompellier – Light Blue
Marist – Black
Harrington – Green
Mercy – Red


Sacred Heart PTA Annual General Meeting
Monday 22nd Feb 7.30 pm
Come along to the Community Trust of Southland rooms for our PTA AGM, a lovely supper will be provided after a quick meeting and Estelle Cooper will bring the “Caffeine Machine”
so we can buy nice coffee + hot chocolate.
New PTA members most welcome.