8 August

Dear Parents

Our prayers are with the Holland family.

Keeping Ourselves Safe Meeting – Tonight 8^th August @ 6 pm

A reminder about this meeting tonight.  Constable Fenton Herrick will outline aspects of the programme and be able to answer any questions.

If you need to bring your children, please do so and we will set up some activities for them in Room 6.

Assumption Mass

Next Thursday the children will attend Mass for the Feast of the Assumption. Parents are most welcome to join us in the church @ 9.30 am.

Ski Trip ~ Thursday September 5^th ~ Yr 4/5/6

We are now opening this up to Year 4 children, accompanied by a parent. Forms are available in the office for children interested in this day trip.

Seats will be confirmed when payment is made @ $115 each and will be based on a 1^st in 1^st served system.

Teachers Only Day – 19^th August

MES OSCAR will provide care for Sacred Heart children from 8.30am until 6pm in the hall on 19 August.

If you are interested in using our service, please contact 218-9520.

Production DVD

Mrs Stupples is currently working on putting together our 2013 school production DVD. If you would like a copy of this, when it becomes available, please ring Christine to have your name put on the list.

Help Our School Get a Share of $500,000 Worth of Sports & Art Gear

Collect the stickers from specially marked Meadow Fresh products. The more stickers collected, the more gear our school will get.

When you buy specially marked 2L Meadow Fresh Milk, check under the back label to see if you’ve won $250 for you and $500 for your school!

There is a box in the Junior corridor under the RED POST BOX. Put your filled sheets in it. Sheets are available from the notice board by the Red Post Box in the Junior corridor.

Basketball – Tuesdays 4 – 7.30 pm – For Yr 3-6

If your child would like to play please fill out the slip and return to the office no later than Friday the 16th of August. $40 must accompany this slip.

N.B.  Sorry no late entries.

FAITH  FACT FOR WEEK 2

The Feast of the Assumption

This is the dogma that the Blessed Virgin Mary was taken (assumed) body and soul into heaven at the end of her earthly life.  Mary’s Assumption is a sharing in the Resurrection of her Son and an anticipation of the resurrection of others.  The Assumption is celebrated liturgically by a Feast Day on 15 August.

Megan McKenna Presentations

Bishop Colin encourages all parishioners and teachers in Otago and Southland to attend, as his guest, one or more of Megan’s sessions.   Megan keeps her audience mesmerised and brings meaning to Scripture stories.

Venues:           Wednesday 14^th August - Topic “Cast Out into the Deep”

                at Holy Cross Centre, Mosgiel 10.00am -3.00pm 

                       (Tea and coffee available, bring own food).

Thursday 15^th August - Topic: “Like a Hammer Shattering Rock” at Kavanagh College Auditorium, York Place, Dunedin.  4.00pm – 6.00pm (Ecumenical Public Session).

                        Monday 19^th August – Topic:  “Cast Out into the Deep”

St Peter’s College Chapel, Kakapo Street, Gore.  10 -3.00pm

                        (Tea and coffee available, bring own food).

Contacts for reservations:

            Pauline 03 4745750 or Susan 03 4741994 ext 701

            Email paulinel@cdd.org.nz  or susanh@cdd.org.nz

Hockey Results:

SH Ballers lost 1 – 2 to Salford. Player of the Day was Jack Harding.

SH Stars won 2 – 0 against Makarewa. Player of the Day was Joshua Newell.

Achievements

Congratulations to all the children who participated in the Chess Tournament on Thursday.  There were some fierce battles, and Sacred Heart School came third in the team competition.  The children should be proud of themselves and it was a great day overall.  Mrs Stupples

Congratulations to Jacob Downing, Kayla Boniface & Aimee Brookland who were selected for the “All Saints Silver Netball Team” and will compete in the Southland Tournament tomorrow.

Congratulations to Brooke Cross who won Gold at the Southland Gymnastic Step 1 competition last weekend.

Congratulations to Mark Bryan who has been named as a finalist for the 2013 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

Congratulations to David Stupples, along with his band Scrambl3d from James Hargest College who won the 2013 Smokefree Rockquest, Southland Regional Finals last weekend.

Class Happenings   ~   Room 2

It has been a busy start to the term with new children starting school.  

We are showing the new children our routines and teaching them our games and activities.  

Father Hook came to see us last week, and we had lots of fun singing with him and his guitar.  We love singing 'Aroha is love' and 'Awesome God' and look forward to Father coming to visit us again soon.

This week we are learning to read aloud to an audience.  We have been learning to stand still while we hold the book, make sure our voice is loud and clear, remember to look at our audience sometimes, and use expression to make our reading sound like talking.  We are also learning to be a good audience, by making sure we are nice and quiet, and looking at the person reading.

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Basketball

I give permission for ________________   to play basketball.               

Year ____                    Signed_________________