7 February 2013

Dear Parents

Faith Facts

2013 is the Year of Faith.

The boat in the logo represents

the Church. The main mast of the boat  

is a cross and its sails are the shape of the sun which

represents the Eucharist.  On the sails are the

letters IHS, the first three letters of the Greek name for Jesus.

Welcome to Briarlee Devery who started at Sacred Heart last Friday.

Thank you to the parents who were able to join us for the ‘Meet the Teacher’ night on Monday. All teachers have class information sheets that have been sent or emailed home. Please contact your child’s teacher if you do not have one.

The school will attend mass next week for Ash Wednesday, 13/2 @ 9.30am.

This week we have had the first of our science week rotations where we have been looking at different aspects of the Physical and Living World and Planet Earth and Beyond.

Our prayers are with Mrs McKenzie’s son Flynn who is at Starship Hospital in Auckland. We hope his operation was successful and he makes a speedy recovery.

House Captains

Congratulations to our House Captains and Vice- Captains

Harrington

Captain: Kayla Boniface

Vice Captain: Max Forde

Mercy

Captain: Jacob Downing

Vice Captain: Aimee Brookland

Donovan

Captain: Natayla Hawkes

Vice Captain: Cory Foleni

Kavanagh

Captain: Jake Meikle

Vice Captain: Caitlin Smith

Swimming

The children in Rooms 7, 8 & 9 start school swimming on Monday 11^th February. Children are to wear their sports uniforms.

Childrens photos on-line

From time to time we will put photos on our class blogs and school Facebook page. If you do not wish to have your child's picture on the these please let the office know.

Golf Tournament

There is a series of Golf tournaments for children at local courses over the next month. If interested please contact the office.

Facebook Notification

Facebook Address:    www.facebook.com/sacredheartwaikiwi

You can also send a txt to 8987 with “Follow shsch435” to receive free updates to your phone.

Junior Netball Academy
Registrations are now being taken for the Southland Junior Netball Academy. This is a skills based coaching programme that is available for 8-15 year olds. The programme consists of 8 x 1 hour coaching sessions, a training t-shirt, diary and lots of fun. For more information, check out www.netballsouthland.org.nz or contact Tracy on 03 2171303 or tracy@netballsouthland.org.nz

Guitar Lessons

Maya Music is now taking enrolments for Term 1 2013.

All ages most welcome - the benefits of music last a lifetime.

Enquiries to (03) 973 0430.

Out of School Music Classes.

Is your child interested in music? Would they like to learn to read

music & play an instrument? We have classes on a Saturday morning

and are still taking enrolments for 2013. We have something to suit

every age group and our prices are very cheap.

Music and Movement ages 6 months – 5 years, $2 per week

Music Awareness ages 5 – 6 years $30 / 6 weeks

Musicianship (recorder), 7 years up $65 full year, then choose an

instrument from a wide range we have to offer.

We also have a choir for students aged 6 upwards.

Contact Deborah  216-5137 (answerphone)

admin@osmc.co.nz     enrol online at www.osmc.co.nz 

Children’s Achievements

Breyah Takitimu sat the American Jazz Dance Affiliation Exam Intro 4 achieving a mark of 97.5.  Danye Takitimu sat the AJDA Intro 2 Jazz Exam and achieved a mark of 97.  Both girls have just found out in their level they both scored the highest mark in New Zealand.  For Breyah this is the second year in a row. 

Mya O’Connor won the trophy for the top female pre competition gymnast and was selected for the Southern Region Development Squad.

Sports Notices

 A reminder about returning the sports notices for cricket, Waterpolo (flipperball) & touch as soon as possible. There are spare copies at the school office.

The AMI Kids in the City event starts at Queens Park at approximately 12.30pm on Sunday 10^th February 2013.

All participants (aged Under 14 years) must register by 12pm at the AMI tent at the BNZ Surf to City finish area.

The organisers appreciate your support by getting to Queens Park early to assist with the running of this event.

The event is free for all children under the age of 14 and there will be spot prizes after the event.

Scholastic Bookclub

Issue 1 for 2013 closes on Friday 15^th February.

Please make cheques out to Scholastic NZ.

Room 1 ~ Class Happenings

What an exciting week we have had with our first lot of science rotations. 

Here are some thoughts and wonderings:

I learnt about what is in leaves. – Anya

I wonder how you make the dye for the flowers, our flower might change colour. – Mason

I learnt that bugs eat each other. – Jordis

I found some good spots to find bugs. – Rohan

I learnt how we see, and how colour is made. – Ellie

Our colour wheel shows us how other colours are made. – Alex

Thank you to all the parents that came to our ‘Meet the teacher night.’  If you were unable to make it and I do not have your email address please email me at vwilliams@shsinv.school.nz