February 2008

Inaugural Mass

“Love one another with true respect and service” was the theme for our very special Inaugural Mass.  It was lovely to see past pupils and past teachers, family, friends of the school and Sisters of our Lady of the Missions, celebrating  the beginning of our new school year together.

At the Mass, Yr 13 Leaders for 2008 were commissioned.  We prayed for God’s guidance in all our decisions and prayed for a successful year.  We thank Fr Paul Kerridge, Monsignor Hannigan, Fr Felix and Deacon Vince Onesi for celebrating the Mass.  Thanks also to Mrs McKee and Miss Hoera for all their hard work and organisation and everyone else who contributed to make the Mass a memorable occasion.

Welcome Powhiri:  All new staff and students were welcomed to Sacred Heart at our special Powhiri.

Sacred Heart College, Napier

Te Kāreti o Ngakau Tapu

“Hearts and Minds in Harmony”

Dear Parents, Caregivers, Whanau,    

           Greetings and welcome to the 2008 school year.  I trust the holiday period was relaxing for you and that special family times were enjoyed.  The school year is now well under way; we are fully staffed, student leaders have been inaugurated, all girls have classroom programmes and are setting goals for the year.  Your involvement in the support for these goals is crucial to your daughter’s success this year.

                      Our inaugural Mass on Friday last week was a beautiful witness to our Special Catholic Character.  The theme of ‘Love one another with true respect and service’ will be highlighted throughout the year.  Our Year 13 Leaders were announced and blessed by Father Paul and it was especially exciting to see our new Year 9 girls make such a strong commitment to the singing and participation in the Mass.

           Our N.C.E.A. results for 2007 are very pleasing.  We have achieved above national percentages in all levels and many individuals have been awarded endorsements.  These are listed under Academic Excellence on the next page.  More details of N.C.E.A. analysis will be presented in our next newsletter.

           It is pleasing to see all students now in full school uniform after some problems with our suppliers in Auckland; this was extremely frustrating and I apologise for this inconvenience.  I ask you to ensure your daughter’s presentation is always of the highest standard which includes compliance with school rules regarding earrings, makeup etc.

           Our focus for this year is: 

These will be developed further in subsequent newsletters and your contributions, particularly to formulating a new Strategic Plan and in exploring the new New Zealand Curriculum, will be welcomed.

           Sr Colleen, our Director of Religious Studies has just returned from Thailand where she attended a Mission Sisters’ Chapter.  The prayer on page 3 comes from the Sisters and is very appropriate as we embark into a new year.

           I look forward to meeting you at one of the many events on our school calendar in the coming months.           

 

           Regards and God’s blessings  — Steve Bryan, Principal

N.C.E.A. Endorsements (This means at least 50 credits at Merit or Excellence)

 

Year 11 Level 1—Merit

Cathryn Bilby, Jessie Eagle, Rose Faletutulu, Christina Ferrick, Holly Girven Russell, Emma Hinton, Katie Jenssen, Catherine Joule, Amelia Longley, Rebecca McGrail, Rhiannon Muggeridge, Eniketi Onesi, Emmi Sau, Sue Seumanutafa, Kate Simkin, Emma Stothart, Natasha van Tuel, Joy Whittington

Year 11 Level 1 — Excellence

Abigail Neave, Ashleigh Neave, Veronica Noetzli

Year 12 Level 2 — Merit

Isabel Mooney, Emma Pedersen, Rebecca Rappel, Siobhan Storey, Lucy Whitlow, Te Huinga ki Matariki Williams

Year 13 Level 3—Merit

Rachel Doohan, Laura McElroy, Ashlee O’Connor, Morgan Pedersen, Katherine Perry

 

The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has retrospectively awarded Endorsements to students from 2006.

Year 11 Level 1 —Merit

Katie Alexander, Whitney Burt, Sidney Dillon, Rebecca Dine, Melanie Hutchinson, Lauren Johnson, Isabel Mooney, Jessica Oosthuizen, Emma Pedersen, Agatha-Jean Thomas, Lucy Whitlow, Te Huinga ki Matariki Williams

Year 11 Level 1 — Excellence

Siobhan Storey

What is our Peer Support Programme?  Our Peer Support programme aims to provide a senior friend for every Year 9 student entering Sacred Heart College so that the new student feels welcome, develops a sense of belonging to a caring community and has some fun as well.  This programme runs for three terms of the school year and we meet with Year 9 students during scheduled form time.  Here are some photos for you to giggle over taken at our recent Year 9 orentiation.

 

We congratulate our new School Leaders for 2008:

 

Reversed roles—Mrs Taylor and Miss Saddler being coached on school rules by a Year 13 student.

We Welcome our New Staff

Miss Amanda Rutherford … Miss Rutherford has been living in New Zealand for two years and comes to us from Taradale High School to fill the role of HOD Social Sciences.

Miss Sue John … Miss John used to be the Deputy Principal at St Joseph’s Maori Girls’ College.  She is very happy to be here at Sacred Heart and will be teaching English and Religious Education

Miss Helen Wilson … Miss Wilson comes to us from Napier Girls’ High School and will be teaching Mathematics

Mrs Joanne Jowet-Morell … Miss Jowet-Morell has a daughter at St Patrick’s and will be teaching English for us.

Miss Shelley Bicknell … Miss Bicknell is a first year teacher and will be teaching our new option —Year 12 Photography/Design.  She will also be assisting in teaching all Art subjects. 

Miss Amy Clark … Amy is our new GAP student and is living in the Hostel and working around our school.  She comes from the Isle of Man and on her return will attend the University of Liverpool to study Geography followed by a Post Grad. Teaching Diploma.  She lives with her Mum and Dad, two brothers and one sister—She is the baby of the family!

We welcome our Japanese Exchange Students from Junten High and from our sister school, Hikarigaoka

Term 1 has started off with a busy time in the Sports Department. The College has two Senior Tennis teams and five Junior Tennis teams.  All teams have Managers -  Special thanks to Mr  Brown, Miss  Lewis and Mr  Scott. Games are played at different schools on a Tuesday after school.

We have three Volleyball teams. They play at the Pettigrew-Green Arena on a Wednesday evening. This is the most number of teams  we have had. Coaches are Mrs Stout, Miss Calder and student Coach, Patricia Maka.

Thursday after school is Touch Rugby and Cricket.  Touch is played at Central Hawke’s Bay College. We have only one team as a result of transport difficulties. Mrs Wakeling is managing the team.

Cricket has been fortunate to obtain a qualified Coach.  Ryan Pryor has offered to coach in Term 1 before he takes up a playing role in Britain in April. Thank you Ryan and also Mr Marshall who is the teacher in charge of Cricket. On 26 February a group of students will compete in the Year 9 and 10 Athletic Relays in Hastings.

We have three teams entered in the Hawke’s Bay Secondary Schools’ Teams Triathlon to be held on 12 March. Thanks to Miss Calder and our student coaches Abigail Neave and Catherine Bilby.

 

The College wishes to thank all Sports Managers and Coaches for the time and effort put in towards promoting sport in our College. Without these people Sport would not run to such a high participation level. Throughout the year we are always looking for parental support in this area. We are fortunate to have our top teams of Netball, Hockey and Soccer being coached by highly qualified people - Cecilia Rappel (Netball), Deborah and Te Paea Parkinson (Hockey) and Tim Motu (Soccer).

We require 8 coaches for our Netball teams, a Rugby coach, Managers for Canoe Polo, Squash and Badminton.  If you are able to assist please contact Mrs French, Sports Co-ordinator.

 

Rowing results: Competition held at Lake Karapiro 26—27 January 2008.

Katherine Thomas and Abigail Neave placed 2nd in ‘A’ Final Under 17 girls 8’s and 4th in ‘A’ Final Under 17 girls Quads (Sculling)

Katherine Thomas placed 4th in ‘B’ Final Under 17 girls Double Sculls.

Abigail Neave, Lucy Laird and Sian Whitehead will be competing in the North Island Championships during March

Cycling: Ashleigh Neave won 4 out of the 5 stages of the Hub 2-day Tour and was overall winner of the U17 girls.

Our Sports Department would like to thank Mark McKelvie of Sports World for his support over the last few years in donating prizes for sporting events.  Thank you very much, Mark.

PTA News:

We invite our community to attend our Annual General Meeting to be held at 7.30pm on Monday 3 March in the staffroom.  This will be followed by a P.T.A. meeting.  New members are most welcome.  Supper provided.

                                 Your PTA supporting our College and our girls

Drama Skills / Public Speaking

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$85 per school term

Jan Davis Registered Teacher

Phone: 835.7666

Mr Anton Wuts— We are thrilled to have musician Anton Wuts join our lineup of Itinerant Music Tutors.  Anton is a well known clarinet and saxophone player whose expertise and wealth of experience give our students a wonderful opportunity to be nurtured and encouraged in their music-making.  Anton joins a lineup of top Hawke’s Bay musicians, including his wife, Margot Peirard (vocalist), enjoying further music-making and success with their band "Tropical Downbeat Orchestra".

Year 9 and 10 “Meet the Teacher BBQ” … We invite parents and caregivers of Y9 and 10 girls to join us at school on Tuesday 26 February at 5.30pm.

Noho Marae … Our Year 9 girls leave for their Noho Marae EOTC experience on 28 February staying overnight at the Te Aranga Marae in Flaxmere.

Swimming Sports …

We wish our students all the best for swimming and athletic sports.  We will have results in our next newsletter.

Board of Trustees …

We are very fortunate to have an excellent Board of Trustees.  The Chairperson is Mrs Debbie Neave and she can be contacted on 8355.460.  We welcome everyone back to the 2008 year—especially new staff.

 

Other Board members are:

Elected by Parents:

Mr Chris Whittington

Mr Gary Dickinson

Ms Tina Luka

Ms Barbara Nonu

Proprietors Representatives:

Mr Richard Gregory

Mrs Susan Doohan

Mr Mark Johnson

Mr Trevor Neave

Elected by Staff:

Mr Terry Marshall

Elected by Students:

Katie Alexander

Plus:  Mr Steve Bryan, Principal and Mrs Lynda Pipe (Minute Secretary)

 

The first Board meeting of the year is on Tuesday 25 February at 6.30pm in the staffroom and will focus strongly on our strategic goals for 2008. Contratulations to senior girls on some very impressive NCEA results.

Concerns … If you have a concern about your daughter’s progress or any aspect of College life, please contact one of the following:

Your daughter’s Dean:      Year 9— Mr Ashley Brown

                                            Year 10— Mrs Mona Stewart

                                            Year 11— Mr Terry Marshall

                                            Year 12—Mrs Charmaine Naidoo

                                            Year 13—Mrs Christine Watson

Guidance Counsellor:       Mrs Amy Walewski

Youth Minister:                  Miss Chanel Hoera

Deputy Principal:               Mrs Kirstin Taylor

Assistant Principal:            Miss Anne Saddler

Principal:                            Mr Steve Bryan