9 May

Dear Parents

A warm welcome back to Term 3 at Sacred Heart School. Thanks very much for ensuring all your children are in their winter uniforms – they have certainly needed them this week.

FAITH FACTS - Year of Faith Inserts for the Weekly Newsletter

Faith Facts for our school newsletters during Term 2 are quotes from Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, on the theme of Porta Fidei, the Door of Faith.  He says, “Whereas a closed door harms us, paralyses us, separates us, the image of an open door has always been the symbol of light, friendship, joy, freedom, confidence. How we need to recover these things! ... What does crossing the threshold of faith challenge us to do?”

Week 1  ~  In the words of Pope Francis...

Crossing the threshold of faith challenges us to discover that although it seems today that death reigns in its various forms and that history is ruled by the law of the most powerful or the most cunning, and although hatred and ambition operate as driving forces of so many human struggles, nevertheless we are absolutely and decisively convinced that this sad reality can change and must change, because “if God is for us, who can be against us?”

 (Rom 8:31, 37).

Term 2 signals the start of winter sports and we have teams taking part in hockey, netball and table tennis through the school. Also a lot of our children play rugby or soccer for clubs.

We also have three aerobic teams who are preparing for their festival and we will again take part in the Polyfest later in the year.

This term we will be starting practices for our school production.

Congratulations to Ella Van-Eeden who received the Sacrament of Baptism during the holidays.

Our prayers are with Jimmy Barris and his family this week.

Parent Meeting (Re: Senior School Reading)

On Wednesday 15th May there will be a meeting for parents to discuss and demonstrate the Reading Programme in the Senior Syndicate. This will be at 7pm.  All parents are welcome to attend this. If your child is in Year 3 this might be a good meeting to come to as it will help you understand the change in emphasis that occurs in the teaching of reading from ‘learning to read’ to ‘reading to learn’. Could you please let Christine know if you are attending this meeting?

It is similar to the meeting we ran 3 years ago.

New Website

With the school facebook page being used more and more, the school website needs a drastic overhaul to keep up with the times. This will be completed this term and will have easier newsletters, calendars and contact links than at present.

School Mass – Trinity Sunday 26^th May

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

The Sacramental programme will also be starting this term for the children. There will be more information available as soon as dates are confirmed.

Chess Club

Chess club is up and running again for terms 2 and 3.  It is held on Monday lunch times in the library.  You do not need to know how to play, we can teach you, but you must be in Rooms 6,7,8 or 9.

Boost

Boost Club begins again this term and will now run in Room 3 every second Friday, starting tomorrow.  Boost 1 children will be from 11.30 – 2.45 and Boost 2 children will join us from 1.15-2.45. If your child was in Boost last year, they are automatically included in the same class this year. Children who are new to Boost this year have already been contacted. Mrs Stupples

BOT Election

A reminder to  parents,  nominations close on 16 May at lunch time in the school office.

Garage Sale – This Saturday ~  11^th May 8 am ~ Sacred Heart School Hall.
The Year 6 children and their families are holding a garage sale this Saturday, to raise funds for their school camp. ‘Plenty of bargains to be had’. Something for everyone. See you there!

PTA Meeting

The next meeting will be held in the staffroom this Monday @ 7.30 pm.

Library Bags

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

Scholastic Bookclub ~ Offer 3 closes Wednesday 15^th May. Credit card payments only require one slip with the total amount filled in, not a slip for each page. Also cheques are to be made out to Scholastic NZ. Thank you.

Lost Jersey ~ this jersey is still missing from Term 3 last year. The name on the tag is ‘Baynes’. Please check your child has the correct one.

Hockey Southland

Tim Page is running a coaching clinic through Southland Hockey for the next 4 Sundays from 10am. These sessions will go for 45 minutes. This is for Year 1 & 2’s only. If you would like your child to attend, please leave your name at the office.

Makarewa Country Club ~ Autumn Festival & Open Day ~ Sunday 12^th May 10am – 12 pm

33 Boutique craft stalls, coffee cart, light meals at Wagon Wheels Bristro, face painting, live music with Liv McBride.

Think, Shrink and Grown ~ Wednesday 22 May 7pm ~ Workingmens Club

Learn three simple steps to getting your finances “sorted” at our FREE community seminars.

Call 0800582459 to register.

Verdon College presents ‘OKLAHOMA’ @ Centre Stage ~ 22 – 26 May

Adults $20 Children $10 Family Pass $50 – tickets available from Verdon College.

South Zone Junior Netball Academy 8 – 14 yrs Aurora College $95 per term

Anyone interested in this academy, can obtain a registration form from the office.

Altar Servers

Saturday 11^th May                     7.00 pm                                       Charlotte Sherriff & Caleb Wolf

Sunday 12^th May                       10.30 am                                                       Bridie Kinney & Bree Chilton

Children’s Liturgy                                                                           Jackie Taylor

Aimee Brookland's tap dancing trio was picked to perform live on the breakfast show in the holidays, as a warm up for "NZ Got Talent". They won the best act by a NZ poll which also featured 2 other performances. The girls went onto audition for NZ Got Talent later in the day. They find out around June 24th if they have made it through to the next stage or not.

WINTER UNIFORM  ~  TERMS 2 & 3

Winter Girls                 

Pinafore

White long sleeved button to neck blouse

White skivvy    

Red Tie (optional)                       

Blue V neck jersey

Navy blue or white socks/Navy blue tights                                               

Tan, brown, navy or black shoes

Winter Boys                

Winter weight grey shorts

Long sleeved button to neck grey shirt                                                      

Red Tie (optional)

Blue V neck jersey                                                        

Grey knee high socks

Tan, brown, navy or black shoes

Thank you for the support you give the children in wearing the correct uniform.  

In this way we develop a pride in our appearance and in so doing a pride in our school.

Class Happenings – Room 8

We are continuing our writing journey and have produced many great pieces.  Lots of time is spent sharing our ideas with others so that we may strengthen these in our minds before we put pencil to paper.  The writing process allows us to draft our thoughts, followed by editing and proofreading what we have written.  This may take us many days.  Sometimes we get to publish our final piece when we are happy with it.  Below are some examples we wrote about a favourite toy.

My teddy bear is so big that he takes up a whole chair.  He is like a human and you can sit on him just like a chair.  My bear is from 1992 and he is wearing 1992 clothes with a watch in his pocket.  He has a striped hat like what old people wore in the olden days.  He has so much fur on him that he makes me sneeze.  My Nana and Grandad gave him to me when I was one.  He is so cool and I love him to bits.  His name is Poppa Joe.   Azriel

My best teddy bear’s name is Bronty and she is the same age as me.  She is worn out because I keep cuddling her.  My Aunty got her from America.  Her ears have nearly fallen off and she used to have white fur with a black bow.  Now she is brown.  She also had a little star and wore black shoes.  I sleep with her.   Hannah

My teddy bear’s name is Zeke and I got him from my Nana when I was born.  He is old because his fur is coming out.  He sits beside my pillow now.  He is soft and I like him.  He was my very first teddy bear ever.  I used to take him everywhere up town.  Zeke is at home sitting there keeping warm.  He likes it there.   Reilly

My first scooter was a red and silver Razor.  It had big red wheels that were bumpy because I kept doing skids.  My scooter had adjustable bars that could fold down to fit into small places. It had red grip tape and red foam grips.   I used to ride it to kindergarten and millions of other places that I can’t think of.  After a few years it got so worn out and there was no point in getting new wheels and grips.  Mum and Dad took it to the dump and I got a new scooter.  My new scooter is called an MGP.

It is designed for stunts so it is much stronger.   Jakobe

Ok, it’s time to tell you about my big teddy bear.  He was my favourite toy and I got him from my Mum and Dad when I was a baby.  He was as big as me!  He has lots of hair and a striped bowtie.  I used to keep him on my bed but now he’s in the wardrobe.  I put him in the wardrobe so Mum wouldn’t find him.  My sister always threw him everywhere.  The thing that I like about him is that he’s easy to hold and he is like a real baby bear.   Ethan