4 March

Dear Parents

A special welcome to the Andrews, Broomhall & Prendergast families from Christchurch to our school community this week. We hope you enjoy your stay with us.
A big thank you for the generosity shown at last week’s Mufti Day. $702 was raised.

Our prayers continue to be with the people of Christchurch.

Welcome to Kate Russell who joined the children in Room 1 on Tuesday.
We hope she enjoys her time with us.

Today we farewell Devan & Tylee Fiebig, we wish them luck with their new school.

Ash Wednesday
The school will attend Mass on Wednesday 9.30 am to celebrate Ash Wednesday.
The beginning of the Lenten season. Parents are most welcome to join us.

Otatara Bus is leaving 1pm on Tuesday 8th March.
Please phone Christine if your child is to be put on this early bus.
N.B. No other buses are affected.

Junior Block Veranda
Thank you for your continued patience with the foyer entrance still blocked off. The veranda is in the final stages of construction.
Things should be back to normal in a week or so.

School Reporting Info Night
A reminder about the information evening on Monday at 7 pm. We will be interpreting the graphs used in last year’s reports, and outlining the reporting procedures for 2011.

Zone Athletics – Rooms 7, 8 & 9
A reminder about the Zone Athletics this Tuesday 8th March. A note has gone home with your child.

Our Thanks
Our thanks go to Merle O’Donnell and the members of the North Rotary Club and the Community Trust for the Dictionaries presented to the year 4 children this morning.

Many thanks to Paddy O’Brien (ex pupil) who came to school today and gave some of our pupils specialist training in High Jump.

House Colour Day
A big thanks to all the teachers and children for making our House Colour day such a success. Having the chants in the hall was brilliant (and noisy) and the children really enjoyed it. We were lucky to be able to finish off the tug of war yesterday. Thanks to the parents who helped the staff retain the title against the winning house team.

Teachers Only Day ~ There will be a teachers only day on Friday 1st April.

3 Way Interviews
These will be held on Monday 11th April from 1.15 – 7.00 pm and Tuesday 12th April 3.15 – 5.30 pm.

Sacred Heart PTA AGM
Tuesday 15th March 7.30 pm. Desert and coffee at Paddington Arms, all are most welcome. Please indicate your attendance to the School office for catering please.
For more information contact Liza Adams: 215-9995.

Altar Servers
Saturday 5th March 7pm = Harry McLean
Sunday 6th March 10.30am = Bronte Adams & Elsie Wallace
Children’s Liturgy = Liza Adams

Squash Southland Competition Term 3 (Yr 3 – 8)
This competition runs for 6 weeks and is played on a Tuesday between 3.30 – 5.30pm, commencing 31st May. Cost is $25 per pupil, with ball, racquet & eye wear supplied. If your child is interested, please collect a brochure from the office.

Fruit Order
Please fill out the order form in the junior corridor by lunchtime on Tuesday 8th March if you require fruit. Delivery is Thursday 10th March.

St Patrick’s Day Mini Market – Thursday 17th March
Please come and support the Year 6 camp fundraiser, to be held at school on St Patrick’s Day at 3.00 pm. Cakes, lollies, drinks, spiders, treats etc.

Congratulations to Sam Downing, Harry McLean and Jacob Downing for their selection in the Yr 5/6 Invercargill Metro Representative Cricket Team.

Grasmere Girl Guides
Spaces are available for 5yrs upwards. Enquiries to Leann 215-9246.

Hot Topics with Ian Grant – Thursday 17th March 7 – 9.15pm
This will be held at the Invercargill Christian Centre, 165 Leet Street. Tickets available from the Christian Centre Office $15 single, $25 double. Enquiries to linda@christiancentre.org.nz

House Tour
The Winton Football Club Inc has organized a House Tour for Sunday 13 March 2011 starting from Winton at 12.30pm outside the Winton Primary School. Tickets are $10 per person and available from The Bakery, Winton Primary School and Winton Motorcycles. Enquiries to Wendy: wwboniface@woosh.co.nz or 221-7417.

Marist Brothers Old Boys Rugby Club Weigh In / Registration Days
These will be held on Sunday 13th March 11am – 12.30pm and Tuesday 15th March 4.30 – 5.30pm. All school age children wanting to play rugby this season are invited to attend. Enquiries to Peter Meulenbroek 027-4862059.

Waikiwi Rugby Club Weigh In & Registration
Tuesday 15th March 4.00 - 5.30pm, Thursday 17th March 4.00 - 5.30pm
Sunday 20th March 4.00 - 5.30pm. Enquiries to: Denise Singleton 215-6225

Do all your shopping from home at WWW.YOURFASTSHOP.CO.NZ and have more time relaxing. Over 50 online stores and all shopping raises money for Sacred Heart School (Waikiwi)
• Food from Dominos Pizza.
• Books from online bookstores, The Nile and Fishpond.
• FREE DVD rental offer from Fatso.
• iPods, iPhones and laptops from Apple.
• Toys from IQ Toys.
• Gifts, prizes and lots more
Just go to www.yourfastshop.co.nz and select Sacred Heart School (Waikiwi) for great discounts and online offers.


Room 6 Class Happenings

I went to house colour day. I was excited about doing my chant. Doing my chant was fun. I got to hold up a “G” because “G” is a letter in Kavanagh. My Mum and my sister came. I had to wear yellow because Kavanagh is yellow. Kavanagh and Mercy won for the first time. My favourite day is house coloured day. That’s because we get to wear no school uniform. Caleb Wolf

Yesterday it was house colour day. We sang our chants. We did it in the hall. I did it at 1.50pm. My house team is Harrington. My house teacher is Mrs T.K. and my house captain is Bree. Her vice captain is Ashleigh. We had to shout out loud, “Harrington, Harrington”. We are green. It was cool and awesome. Bree sprayed silly string. Devan Fiebig

Yesterday we did house chants. I was Pompallier. We had to shout out loud. We had to wear blue. We threw party streamers. They were blue and people blew up balloons. Some people popped balloons. They were loud popping. We popped the balloons. The house captain was Aiden.
Amy Ingham

On Wednesday it was house colour day. It was very fun and cool. We had it in the hall because it was raining. I am in Harrington. It is a cool house. I like Harrington. Harrington came second and Kavanagh and Mercy came first. Donovan came third. Harrington had a good chant and so did everyone else. The whole school went. I like house colour day because I got to dress up in green. It was very, very, very fun and we got to sing our chants on the stage. It was in the afternoon. I felt happy and excited. I had lots of fun. It was after lunch. I like green. Billy Gutschlag

I went to the chant day. It was fun. My house is Donovan. I think my house chant was cool and I think Tessa’s house was cool too. I like this school. It is cool because it has a house chant. It is awesome. I wished we had it every day because I like chants. I felt happy, very happy. We did it in the hall and we got to go on the hall stage. We went in the afternoon after playtime. I went with the school. Katelyn Maloney

Yesterday was house colour day. I’m in Mercy and my friends are in Donovan but we did not do a tug of war. This time we only did the chants. Mercy and Kavanagh got first place. Harrington got second place and Donovan got third place. I like Donovan’s. I think theirs is the best. Last year’s one that Mercy did was not so good. I felt happy. I think that Mercy and Donovan should have won.
Emma Brooks

Yesterday the school went to the hall to do our chant. My team was called Pompallier. It was with our school. It was fun. Donovan was best dressed. Mercy and Kavanagh had the best chant. I thought we were going to have tug of war in the hall and sack races in the hall. I wish we could do it outside so we could have the tug of war and sack races. We’re going to have tug of war and sack races today. I hope Pompallier wins the tug of war. We are going to have tug of war and sack races on our big field out by the fitness play ground. I can’t wait to have tug of war and sack races. The team that wins the most games of tug of war versus the teachers. Jakobe Paraki

Yesterday we went to the school hall to do our house chants. My house was Kavanagh. We came first for the house chant and so did Mercy. Harrington came second and Donovan came third. The whole school did it. It was too wet outside so we did not do tug of war and sack races. We are doing it today after lunch at quarter past one. Our colour was yellow. I felt happy because I had a good time. William Robertshawe