School Newsletter

Dear Parents All families should now have their child’s report. If you have any comments regarding the report format, we would appreciate you emailing: principal@shsinv.school.nz Below are the class teachers for 2022. Akomanga Aroha:  Suzy Evans Akomanga Tika:  Selina Tagomoa-Kaa Akomanga Wairua:  Emma Austin Akomanga Manaaki:  Alama Taula Akomanga Mana:  Lisa Gerken/Penny Ivey Stationery lists

Ata maaarea Parents and Caregivers I do not know where the term has gone.  We have six school days left and the school year will be over.  Our finish date is Friday 10th December (full day) because we have had the school open for instruction for the correct number of half days up to that

Kia ora Parents and Caregivers It is hard to believe that we are more than half way through Term 4.  It is a busy term for teachers as they have been assessing their Akonga.   This information will be presented to you in your child’s report.  This report will be given out towards the end of

Dear Parents Thank you to the staff and the tamariki for welcoming me to the school at last week’s assembly.  My goal is to learn all the names of the students here by the end of Term 4. Students have settled back into routine and classroom programmes are up and running.  We encourage you to

  Kia ora whanau Welcome back to Term 4.  It has been a very busy start for me as Acting Principal.  As you can imagine there is a lot that I need to know about your school, your children and how things are run here. The Board of Trustees and the staff have been very supportive in

Kia ora whanau It has been my true privilege to serve as principal of Sacred Heart School for the past year and also a teacher for the past 17. I can honestly say that my time here has been full of blessings. I have grown immensely, I have built deep relationships, and I have learned

Welcome back to school at Level 2!  It was so great to see the students and staff back and while not all students will admit it, I think they were pretty happy to be back too.  Thank you to all the parents and caregivers who have been the “home school teachers” over the last three

Kia ora whanau We are in full swing of our terms learning.  It has been great to see the children learning about the Olympics and watching the amazing athletes. We will be having our own Olympics celebration on the 27th August. Life Education Van Life Education Trust Southland has visited Sacred Heart School the last

Dear Parents Kia ora whanau, A very warm welcome back to term 3. I hope you all have a great break with you children and that you enjoyed some quality family time together. This term we welcome Violet Mansell, Kyrus and Kylar Velez into Akomanga Aroha and also Vanessa Wilmshurst who will also be working

Dear Parents Winter is well and truly here.  We have noticed that there are a lot of children with coughs and colds. Please encourage your children to bring and wear their jersey and jacket to school each day.  Thank you to those who are keeping their child at home if they sick to stop the

Dear Parents Kia ora Whanau It’s hard to believe that we are over half way through the term.  With the shortest day of the year being on Monday 21st June and winter in full force we ask that the children bring a named jacket to school daily as we do encourage outdoor play if weather

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