14 February
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FAITH
FACT FOR WEEK 2
What is a creed?
A creed is a statement of belief. Many religions use creeds as concise,
authoritative summaries of their essential beliefs. They are often spoken
during worship or initiation rites such as
baptism. Creeds are also referred to as professions of faith.
In the Christian Church the two most important creeds are the Apostles’ Creed
which is a summary of the faith of Jesus’ Apostles and the Nicene Creed which
came from two councils or meetings in the 4th century. It is more
detailed than the Apostles Creed.
Dear Parents
Tomorrow
will mark the end of week 3 of the term. We have had a very settled start and I
thank you for all your support in this as we get the children back into the
routine of school
Thank
you to Mrs Winders and Fr. Jacob for our Ash Wednesday Mass yesterday.
Our
prayers are with the Van Eeden family at this sad time.
Please
note the time for the next PTA meeting.
If
you are a parent of a Year 1 – 3 children, please consider joining the PTA. We
currently have a very well run PTA who have been pro-active in organising a lot
of wonderful events for the children and parents at our school. They have also
been instrumental in funding most of the “extra’s” that our children enjoy
using around the school. These include the sports bins, computers & i-pads
and chess set to name a few.
With
a number of the current committee soon to end their association at Sacred
Heart, we ask for some new parents to volunteer and join the PTA.
As
the saying goes “many hands make light work”.
PTA
meeting Monday 28th February 7.30 Staff
Room – we’d love to see anyone interested in getting involved with the PTA this
year. It’s not a major commitment and we’re not all about just
fundraising - we try to give the
families some social fun as well throughout the year. You only need to be as
involved as you can and attending every meeting is certainly not
compulsory. Any questions feel free to
contact me at home 2158883
Susanne
Brown
Pope Benedict’s Resignation
As
most of you will be aware Pope Benedict has resigned as Pope of the Catholic
Church. While it is not that unusual for an 85yr old to resign, what is unusual
is that the position of Pope has for the past 600yrs been for ‘life’.
I
believe Pope Benedict should be commended for his decision to bow to the
pressure of age and ill health. What will be interesting is who will be his
replacement. Will he be from Africa or Asia, where there has been a swell in
Catholicism or stay with a conservative European. A number of commentators see
the choice of the next Pope to be vital in re-connecting with those who no
longer see the church as relevant in their lives. It will be interesting to see
what happens.
BOT Meeting
The
next meeting is on Monday 18th February @ 7pm. All welcome.
Pedestrian Crossing
Wanted: Enthusiastic parent
volunteers to assist with supervising the North Road school crossing
before and after school.
If you are able to assist
once or twice a week, please contact the school office.
Sports Teams
We will put up game times on
the noticeboard asap.
We encourage you to use the
sports website to check for cancellations, as we don’t always receive them. We have entered the following teams into
competitions:
Cricket: Yr 5 & 6 Hardball –
play Friday night
Kiwi 8 – play Thursday pm
Touch: Yr 1 – 3 play Wednesday pm
Yr 3 – 4 “
Yr 5 – 6 “
Flipperball: Yr 1 – 3 play Friday pm
Yr 5 – 6 x 2 teams “
Southland Explorers Club
Explorers
is a Young Naturalists Club for children 7 – 13yrs who aspire to be David Attenborough.
In the past years the club ran frequent fieldtrips, regular meetings and
occasional camps. If is for young people who would sooner be out experiencing
the real world than pushing buttons or staring at a flickering screen. The
focus is on beaches, bush, birds, fossils, bugs and rivers. An initial meeting
for interested parents and children will be held at 7pm on Thursday 28 February
at the Hearing Assn rooms, 126 Leet Street.
The
first fieldtrip to Tiwai Point will be on Saturday 2 March.
If
this sound like a club for your child, please contact Lloyd Esler 213:0404 or
email: esler@southnet.co.nz
HAG Cricket
~ Saturday’s 9am
Queens Park ~ Commencing 16th Feb
HAG is a cricket introduction program which runs for 6 weeks for
children aged 5-8. Centres are designed
to teach kids the basics of cricket through fun drills and games. The cost is
$35 which includes giveaway’s.
Enquiries are welcome to: emma@southlandcricket.co.nz
Room 5 ~ Class
Happenings
We enjoyed Science Week last week
and learnt many new things. Here are a few of them:-
We had coloured milk and we put
liquid in the milk. It changed colour and we mixed it up. It changed into
green. Hunter
We went to Room 2 and we learned
about space. It was fun. Sam M
It was Science day and my
favourite part was learning about colour change. It was fun. I saw a sheep’s
eyeball. I also liked making a colour-wheel.
Jack
We talked about space. The sun is
a big fire ball but stars are even bigger than the sun. We found out that the
sun doesn’t move but Earth moves. Markus
In the garden we found an ant, an
earwig and a spider. We had to find these in a hoop in the garden. I liked it because there were big kids with
us. Matthew
There’s not much gravity in
space. People can’t stay on the ground without it. Up in space you cannot build
a house because it will float away. In space there is lots of stars. Space is
all dark. Space is around the Earth. The sun is a star. Ben B
Please note that Room 5 now has a
blog; http://rm5sacredheart.blogspot.co.nz/
where the children will share
what is happening. It will also include links for literacy and mathematics
websites that will help consolidate learning at home, as well as term class
newsletters.
Altar Servers
Saturday 16th Feb 7.00 pm Nathan
& Samuel Russell
Sunday 17th Feb 10.30 am Bridie
Kinney & Caitlin Smith
Children’s Liturgy Jackie
Taylor
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