16 May

Dear Parents

Welcome to Mckenzie Blight-Cranston who has started in Room 2 today.

We hope he and his family enjoy their time at Sacred Heart School.

We also welcome 5 students from the Southland campus who will be with us for two weeks:

            Room 1             Jasmine Hayes and Keanu Kahukura

            Room2              Rebecca Watson and Laura Kirkwood

            Room 7             Kym Pollock

School Events

20/5    Bob Bickerton – visiting show

17/5     Move Improve start for the Junior School

21/5     Board of Trustees Meeting

22/5    Catholic Schools’ Day

7/6      Sacred Heart Feast Day

16/6     Aerobics & Hip Hop Festival

June     School & Zone Cross Country

28/6    Southland Cross Country

Week 2  ~  In the words of Pope Francis...

Crossing the threshold of faith means not being ashamed to have the heart of a child who, because he/she still believes in impossible things, can live in hope—the one thing that is capable of giving meaning and transforming history. To ask for it without ceasing, to pray without fainting and to adore so as be transfigured by what we contemplate.

  

Catholic Schools Day ~ Wednesday 22^nd May

Next Wednesday is Catholic Schools’ Day. This year we have planned to hold a joint Mass involving all the Invercargill Catholic Schools, to be held at The Invercargill Working Means Club 11am for approx 1 hour.

With only 1000 seats available, we are still juggling the legistics, as our combined rollls are over 1500. 

I will let you know if there are any changes asap.

Groups of senior students from Verdon will return with us and after we all have lunch, they will run some sports sessions with our senior students.

A programme for the junior school is still being developed.

St. Thomas’s pupils from Winton have been invited back to Sacred Heart to spend the rest of the day with us.

Please ensure your child is in correct school uniform, definitely no gym shoes.

There will be no ‘heat ups’ this day as our timetable will be rather flexible.

School Mass – Trinity Sunday 26^th May

Our school mass this term is on Sunday 26^th May. We expect all children to attend.

Fonterra Milk Scheme

I will be visited next week by Fonterra representatives in anticipation of our joining the “Milk in Schools Scheme”. I will be able to confirm start dates after that meeting.

Sports Team Procedures

If you have any questions regarding sports, please contact the school. As soon as we have the draw, we will advertise them on the noticeboard in the junior corridor.

Library Bags

These are available at the office for $2 each. All children are required to have a library bag to help keep the books clean and tidy.

Reading Programme

Thank you to those parents who were able to attend the meeting last night.

Also as the next stage in our LCN (Learning Change Network) contract, a small group of children will go to Waverley Park School to share their writing journeys with other children.

A part of our programme that we have always done but haven’t considered it too special, is using children as buddy readers and writers. When we shared these as part of  our LCN meeting, there was a lot of interest from the other schools who thought it innovative to do on such a large scale. So often we find it is hugely beneficial for both the reader and the listener in that the reader now has a real audience for their stories and the listener develops critical questioning skills they can use with their own work.

Sports Results

Our Year 1/2 Cricket Team had their 1^st game against Woodlands yesterday and won 6 – 1.   Well Done!  Player of the Day went to Robbie Humm.

Altar Servers

Saturday 18^th May        7.00 pm            Sam & Nathan Russell

Sunday 19^th May           10.30 am          Georgea Newell & Jacob Sullivan

Children’s Liturgy                                Megan Roulston

Rippa Rugby Championships

Rugby Southland is holding a one day Rippa Rugby Tournament Sunday 30^th June starting at 11am. Teams are made up of Year 1 - 6 players and must consist of 5 boys and 5 girls. If your child is interesting in playing in this tournament, please contact Christine.

Oklahoma

The children had a visit this afternoon from some of the Verdon pupils performing in their production “Oklahoma”. This sneak preview was enjoyed by many. Tickets are available from Verdon College $20 adults, $10 children or a family pass for $50. The production runs from 22 – 26 May.

Netball South ~ My Little Team & Me

If you are a beginner coach of fun/futre ferns and would like to learn more about the fundamental skills of netball, plus some simple tactical ideas, come along to Stadium Southland, Wednesday 5^th June 6.30 – 8.30 pm. Cost is only $5 per person. Register now to Tracy 2171303 Ext 3.

Child Care

QHC offer quality home based childcare for 0 ­ 5 years olds at $4.90 per

hour.  We offer 20 hours free ECE for 3 and 4 year olds, up to a maximum

of 6 hours per day, 20 hours per week with no extra costs.  WINZ and

childcare subsidy rates are also available.  Educators are friendly, caring and have a genuine interest in children¹s learning and development, they are first aid and home based care trained and have undergone full police and CYFs checks.  Visit our website: www.qhc.co.nz or contact Helen Hart 03 235 8839 / 021 246 6113 for further information.

Nigel Latta “The First Decade” Tues 18^th June 7.30pm $25

Tickets for this show at the Civic Theatre, hosted by the Southland Multiple Birth Club are available at the ICC Booking Office.

Class Happenings – Room 9

Pig Hunting

Every year when it was my special day dad would drag me out of bed so we can go pig hunting.

When we get there we get out and went to see my Dad’s friend because he and his son were coming with us. So we graded our guns and went up the hill.

We see a couple of pigs in the gully and sneak up to them. Cam friend’s son gets out his gun and BOOM that one is down. Now we have to get the other one. Dad gets his gun out and shoots it.

Now it is my turn to have a go and my job is getting the pigs in the gorse. I get the first pig but I cannot find the other one. We  go get Cam so he can help me. Finally we find it. We carry them back to Dad and he puts it under a tree so we can get it tomorrow when we come out of the bush.     Tom

The Bush Walk

“Where are we going?” I asked. “It’s a surprise” said Dad. We soon got there. And guess where we were. We were at a bush walk.

There was green grass, birds chirping and fresh air everywhere. “Wow look” said Jake “Tree vines” “Cool” I reply.

So Jake and I swung from vine to vine to vine. You’ve just got to swing then let go, then grab hold of another one. We kept on going until kalomph!

I smacked right into a tree.

It was a crack-up. The tree must have thought I was George of the Jungle. Please don’t do what I did it wasn’t pretty.      Logan