1 August
Dear Parents
Welcome back to Term 3 at
Sacred Heart School.
We welcome this term
Grace Vincent, Jestin Binu and their families to Sacred Heart. We hope they
enjoy their time with us.
We wish all the children
taking part in the Chess Tournament today all the best. They were all looking
very excited when I saw them this morning.
We look forward to
another busy term with some of the events listed below:
8/8 KOS Parent Meeting
9 & 15/8 Zone Netball Tournament
15/8 Feast of the
Assumption
19/8 Teacher Only Day
20/8 Poly Festival
5/9 Ski Trip
8/9 Confirmation
19/9 Science Van
22/9 School Mass
23/9 Convent Cup
24/9 Mercy Day
25/9 Kid Can Cook
Teachers Only Day – 19th 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.
Seasons for Growth – Loss and Grief Programme
This term we are running
the Seasons for “Growth programme” at school. It is the first time this has
been offered in Southland. The programme helps children come to terms
with grief and loss in their lives. This loss can be due to parent
separation, death of someone close, or even children having difficulty coping
with changing schools, a new baby etc. If you believe that your child is
having real trouble with some of these issues and would like your child to take
part in this programme, please contact Mrs Stupples (vstupples@shsinv.school.nz)
as soon as possible.
The programme will start
at the end of next week.
I-pad Mini’s
With the lease up on our
pod laptops, we have had a change in focus and have replaced them with 20 i-pad
mini’s, which will be used across all the classrooms. Rooms 7, 8 & 9 have
been using some in their rooms so far this year and we will look to extend this
throughout the school.
The staff begins some
professional development next week on the educational application of these in
relation to their class levels.
Ski Trip ~ September 5th ~ Yr 5/6
Forms have now been sent
out to those children who showed an interest in the Ski Trip. Your seat will
only be confirmed when payment is made.
Seats are still available
for children and parents @ $115 each.
In
Term One Anne Kennedy from Dunedin Diocese compiled Faith Facts for the Weekly
Newsletter and Von Cassidy and Margaret Fitzpatrick from the Auckland Diocese
compiled Faith Facts for Term Two. Maureen
Phillips from the Wellington
Diocese has prepared the
following Faith Facts for Term three.
In its broad sense the term sacrament refers to ways in which
the invisible saving power of God is made visible through created things. But properly speaking a sacrament is ‘a visible
sign of invisible grace’. Thus the
Second Vatican Council spoke of Christ as the sacrament of God, and the Church
as the sacrament of Christ. In
particular it refers to the seven sacraments of the Church which are signs and
instruments of Christ’s grace.
PTA ~ Our next meeting will be held on the Monday 5th August 7.30 pm in the
Staff room. All welcome.
Lost Jersey - With the name Lucy Baynes. Please check at home.
Scholastic Bookclub ~ Issue 5 will close on Friday 9th August.
Achievements
Congratulations to Breyah
Takitimu who has been asked to be an extra in Swan Lake with the Royal NZ
Ballet next Thursday and Friday night at the Civic Theatre.
Also Breyah and
Danye danced last weekend in Dunedin competitions and both won their age groups
bringing home 7 trophies.
Claire Kinney was
named Player of the Day this week from her Queen’s Park Soccer Team.
Hockey Results:
SH Ballers won against St
Theresa’s 3-2. Alex Hawkes was Player Of the Day.
Basketball
Basketball
starts this Term and runs into Term 4. It will be on Tuesday night at the
Stadium from 4-7.30pm. It is for Year 3- 6 children. The season is from 10
September and finishing in December. Each team will play 10 games.
If
your child would like to play please fill out the slip at the end of this
newsletter and return to the office. These must be returned by Friday the 16th
of August AT THE LATEST. Cost is $40 and
includes entry to the Stadium. This must be paid to the office with this slip.
Any queries please contact Mrs Lieshout by email at klieshout@shsinv.school.nz
VERDON
COLLEGE
Join us at
our Open Day
SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 1pm – 3pm
Principal’s Welcome at 1.15pm
Class Happenings ~ Room 1
Welcome
back to term 3! This week we have been
focusing on getting back to school mode.
We have been trying hard to make sure that our reading and numeracy
rotations are completed to a high standard.
Numeracy Work
Reading Work
For
reading next week we are completing our ‘read aloud assessment’.
The following specific
learning outcomes will be assessed:
• Able to be heard
• Stands still and holds book
• Develops eye contact
• Uses simple punctuation to assist expression
Could you please assist
your child with these.
They could practise in
front of the whole family and even in front of a mirror.
In
writing we are still writing our narrative stories. If your child has been sent home with a note
for a new writing book, can this please be at school next week? Many thanks
Vanessa Williams.
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Basketball
I
give permission for ________________ to
play basketball.
Year
____ Signed_________________
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