20 August

Dear Parents

This week saw the resignation of Heather Roy as deputy leader of the ACT Party and from her government portfolios. While this wouldn’t normally rate a mention, in this case it is of some significance as she was Associate Minister of Education. She had a responsibility for Special Education and was part of the team reviewing the current systems and procedures. It will be interesting to see what happens now.

Sometimes I consider I have the best job in the world. We have excellent teachers at Sacred Heart who provide varied programmes for our children.
As I wander around the school I am privileged to often see examples of this and one is portrayed below with three boys from Room 6 using their initiative after a science lesson to create their own boat. Well done boys.

We welcome Joshua Henderson who joined the children in Room 1 on Monday. We hope he enjoys his time at Sacred Heart.
Room 1 enjoyed the birthday cake he won from More FM


ALL BUSES
DUE TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS INVOLVED WITH UNION MEETINGS NEXT TUESDAY 24TH AUGUST, ALL BUSES WILL LEAVE SACRED HEART SCHOOL AT 12.45 P.M. IF YOUR CHILD IS TO BE PUT ON THIS EARLY BUS – PLEASE RING AND INFORM THE OFFICE.
OTHERWISE PARENTS WILL NEED TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM.


E-mail trees
To enhance our home/school communication lines can you please send an e-mail to the office and your child’s teacher.
office@shsinv.school.nz
moneill@shsinv.school.nz
vstupples@shsinv.school.nz
tswney@shsinv.school.nz
vwilliams@shsinv.school.nz
rbuxton@shsinv.school.nz
nwinders@shsinv.school.nz
stagomoa@shsinv.school.nz
klieshout@shsinv.school.nz

Dylan Elise Motivational Drumming Show
The children will be taking part in this on Monday @ 9.15 a.m.



Some Interesting Websites Are:
The Symmetry Game (UK site) helps students learn basic info on geometric shapes. As well there is other maths activities http://bit.ly/symmetrygame

Nrich is a site with investigations catering for all levels http://www.nrich.maths.org

MUFTI DAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS IN PAKISTAN.
Next Friday 27 AUGUST we ask for a gold coin for a mufti day to raise funds for the flood victims in Pakistan. We plan to send the money raised to CARISTA which is a Catholic agency involved in aid, development and social justice throughout the world.

Altar Servers Saturday 21st @ 7 pm = Hannah Brown
Sunday 22nd @ 10.30am = Erica Forde & Emma Harrington
Children’s Liturgy = Pauline Harrington
Overhead = Sam Russell

Congratulations to:
Sam Downing & Braedon Timu who won a prize at the Southland Science Fair.
Ashleigh Baker who has been selected to go to the South Island Gymnastics Championships.
Tom Harrington & Sam Downing who were named ‘most improved players’ for the Under 11 & 10 Marist Primary Rugby Teams.

Scholastic Bookclub Issue 6 ~ closes next Friday 27th August.

Collegiate School Relay Carnival ~ Saturday 11th September 6.30 pm
Children who are competent swimmers and interested in participating in this annual event can see me.

Need a Babysitter?? ~ Our Babysitting Club is currently looking for new families to join. No money involved. Please phone Trish Sherriff on 2156811 if you would like some more information.

Acapella Singers ~ Sunday 5th Sept in First Church at 2.30pm.
Door sales ($15 adults, $12 students) and children are free!
The Acapella Singers are joining with the Central Otago Regional Choir to provide some top rate entertainment!



Room 6 Class Happenings

The Life Education Van
Last Thursday, Room 6 got to see Harold. It was fun. We watched “Billy’s Story”. It was Billy’s first day at school. He was nervous too but then he was happy because a boy called Sam let Billy join in his game. We looked at a doll called Tam. It was a body. The brain helps you think. The lungs help you breath. It will go to another school. Cory Foleni

Yesterday and today we went on the Life Education bus. The teacher was Teresa and she is nice. Harold sang us a song. It was called “I believe I can fly”. That was cool. We watched this movie. The main person was Billy and the nicest person was Sam. Billy had some other friends but I don’t know what their names are. We saw Tam with the body parts. They were called brain and I don’t know how to spell all the others. We learned about feelings. There were ashamed, loved, helpless, nervous and I can’t remember the others. It was really fun!!! There was a box to put your shoes in. You don’t have to put your shoes in the box. Henry Mason

Today we went on the Life Education truck. We saw stars lighting up when Harold sang “I want to fly”. We watched a movie about Billy going to a new school. We learnt about Tam with body parts. We also learnt about bullies. It doesn’t matter what you look like, you could be a bully. The teacher was Teresa. We looked at lungs and a heart. The heart pumps the blood around your body. We learnt about feelings. We saw some faces on the wall. We talked about being alone because some people like being alone and some people don’t. We learnt about the brain. Charlotte Sherriff

Yesterday and today we went in the Life Education truck. First we discovered that they had a new door. There were puppets, TV, Harold and all sorts of other stuff. We had to put our shoes in one of the shoe baskets. Then we sat down on the mat. After that we met Harold. When we said “Hi Harold” he got scared. His room was a mess because he was looking for a movie we were going to watch. While he was looking we got a card with a feeling on it. My one said friendly. There were some people on the wall and we had to put our card underneath the person who looks like that or feels like that. Then Harold came out. He found the movie in his undies drawer! The movie was called Billy’s first day at school. Jake Meikle.

We hope you enjoyed reading some of our recounts about our visit to the Life Education truck. When Ms T took our photo we were saying “Hi Harold”. Don’t we look a bit funny with our mouths open?

13 August

Dear Parents

A big thank you to Ian Harrington and the group of parents for digging out and laying a path to the garage and the lodge. It has been very much appreciated, especially with some of our recent weather.
Unfortunately the minor flu epidemic we are experiencing is growing with increasing numbers of children catching it. Please reinforce blowing noses and covering mouths when coughing, to reduce the spread.
Thank you to those parents who were able to attend Mrs Campbell’s meeting last night. It was very informative and I know the children have enjoyed their time with her.

We welcome Jules Barclay to Sacred Heart School.
We hope he and his family enjoy their time with us.

FIRST RECONCILIATION
The 2nd children’s session is next Friday 20 August 3.15 pm¬ - 4.00pm
in Room 1.

BOT ~ The next meeting is Monday 16th August @ 7pm.

Science Fair
Well done to all the children whose exhibits have been accepted for the Southland Science Fair next Tuesday 17th August.

Altar Servers
14th August 7pm = Oliver & Harry McLean
15th August 10.30 am = Elsie Wallace & Bronte Adams

Children’s Liturgy = Susanne Brown


PTA
Fair Committee Meeting Tuesday 24th August, 7.30pm in Room 8.

Mark on your calendars Thursday 23rd September 2010 – SCHOOL DISCO.
At the end of the term the PTA is organising a Disco for the children of Sacred Heart School. Times and further details will be advised closer to the date.




Winter Series Results for Motocross in Cromwell. Jake Meikle won his class 7-11 years 65cc and in the 6-8 years 50cc Josh Cooper achieved second and Mitchell Thompson got fourth.



Room 5 Class Happenings

Wow what a busy start to term 3!
This week as a class we are working on developing our independent skills. We are all trying to unpack our own school bags and emptying our home folders. Please encourage your child to show you how independent they can be.

In our reading programme, we are developing our comprehension skills by looking deeper into a text. This will help us develop our understanding, as we are now reading to learn. So please remember to ask lots of questions. Below are some photos of us busy during our reading rotations.



For out letter writing unit we are busy writing letters to Sharmila who is our World Vision child that the school sponsors. We have learnt that in a letter it is important to tell the person whom we are writing to something and ask them a question so they have a reason to write back.

For our inquiry unit we have been focusing on our big question ‘How is science part of our everyday lives?’ When doing an experiment we have been predicting, observing and making conclusions. We have been looking at floating and sinking. We know that salt makes the water heavy so when adding things to the water it will float – just like the dead sea!


In our PE unit we are concentrating on our movement skills. We have learnt different ways to move and land safely. A new game that we have been playing is called ‘Timber Tag’ – It’s lots of FUN!

This week we have also been to the Life Education Van. We went through a programme that was called ‘All Together.’ We learnt that we need to keep safe in the playground and be good friends with one another.













TERM 4 - TOUCH
PRIMARY COMPETITION GRADES
The module this year will run on Wednesday afternoons from 4pm – 6pm at the Turnbull Thomson Grounds (off Islington St ) with grades available as follows:
Year 1 & 2 (includes Year 0) Year 3 & 4 Year 5 & 6

COMPETITION DATES
The season will commence with the first round of the Primary competition on Wednesday 20th October 2010. The last round will be played on Wednesday 8th December.

COST
The cost for this is $17 per child; this is to be paid before the competition begins.

PARENT HELP
To make Touch a successful sport, we require parents to help coach the teams. If you are able to assist with this please fill in the form below.

PERMISSION SLIP TO BE RETURNED TO SCHOOL BY Friday 27th August 2010. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED


_____________________ would like to play Touch for Term 4 in the following grade.

Year 1-2 Year 3-4 Year 5-6

I am able/unable to coach a team

Signed: ………………………………………………………



Family Works Southland are taking enrolments now for the following programmes in Term 4:
Parenting Programme (For parents/caregivers of children of all ages): A ten week programme to assist parents/caregivers to develop understanding of their child and to help form positive relationships and communication with their child (11 October – 17 December 2010 - evenings from 7:30-9:30)

Grief Group Bereavement Programme “In the Same Boat” ,for children 7 -12 years, (and their parent/s / caregivers) who have experienced loss and change in their lives following bereavement.
(19 October – 7 December – Tuesday mornings 9:30-11:30).

All these programmes are free of charge!