School Newsletter

Dear Parents I hope everybody has been able to keep warm and dry over the past few weeks as winter has come to visit us. Last week we welcomed Suzy Evans to our teaching staff. Suzy is teaching in Akomanga Aroha and is having a brilliant start. Thank you to everybody for making her feel

Dear Parents  Today we farewelled Mrs Anna Russell.  We thank her for all her hard work and dedication that she has put into each and every child at Sacred Heart School. She will be missed and I wish her all the best at Waihopai School, they are very lucky to have you.  Thank you for

Dear Parents A warm welcome to Senara Jayatillaka and her family to Sacred Heart.  Senara started in Akomonga Aroha this week. We also welcome two student teachers; Angela Pierce and Chenell Waihape from the Southland Campus, who are in Akomonga Mana for two weeks. We hope you enjoy your learning experience. Prayers and thoughts are

Dear Parents It is hard to believe that it is the end of term 1.  I hope that you and your family has a safe and enjoyable term break.  The children will return to school on Tuesday 4th May in full winter school uniform. Resignation It is with great sadness that I inform you yesterday

Dear Parents Welcome to Taiga Heads who joined the children in Akomanga Aroha on Monday. We are thrilled to welcome the Heads whanau back to Sacred Heart School. We are lucky to be able to celebrate Holy Week throughout the school term this year.  This allows the teachers to teach and celebrate the importance of

Dear Parents Our prayers and thoughts are with Mr Parker and his family, and also the Phillips family. Athletics Well done to all the students that participated in the Zone Athletics at Surrey Park Stadium last week. It is great to have feedback from other schools that they were impressed with Sacred Hearts sportsmanship and

Dear Parents Kia ora, It has been unsettled times as we move in and out of Alert levels.  It is good to see the children regularly hand washing and hopefully we will be able to participate in sports next week. Thank you to the 12 families who supported our working bee on Saturday.  Not a

Dear Parents A warm welcome to Kade Black who joined Akomanga Tika this week. We hope Kade and his family enjoy their time at Sacred Heart. It is a nice feeling knowing we have moved to alert level 1.  We will continue to encourage regular hand washing and have our contact tracing sign in form

Dear Parents A very warm welcome to 2021.  It is great to see everyone looking refreshed and ready to start this new school year. A very special welcome to all the new families who have joined our Sacred Heart family. Hawkdun Patterson Georgia Hamilton Shanika Rose Mathew Aaron Vijay Sam Cahill Isaac Temple-Doig William Cahill

Dear Parents It is hard to believe that it is the end of year already. Sadly we say goodbye to some excellent staff members: Lynley Ingham, Helen Smith, Penny Ivey and Nicole Hubber.  Thank you all for your hard work and dedication towards the school. Congratulations to the following students who were awarded our end

Dear Parents Kia ora, with only a few weeks remaining of the school year, please ensure you have the following dates put on your calendar. Upcoming events Colour Run – 27/11 – running starts at 1.30pm Tough Kids – 2/12 Shared Kai – 3/12, 1pm Reports sent home – 4/12 Year 6 day – 8/12

Dear Parents It is hard to believe that we are over the half way mark of the term and fast approaching the ‘Silly Season’.  Please ensure that all accounts are settled at the office ASAP. A very big thank you goes out to the helpers who assisted with the Garage Sale on Friday and Saturday.