Text Box: September 2006

Text Box: Sacred Heart College, Napier Te Kāreti o Ngakau Tapu “Hearts and Minds in Harmony”

Text Box: Opening of our Cultural Centre Wednesday 6 September 2006

Text Box: Dear Parents, Caregivers, Whanau—                           Recently a Sacred Heart group, including three Year 12 girls, attended the biannual Catholic Schools’ Convention in Wellington.  The theme of “Radiating HOPE, Challenging our times” resounded through keynote speakers, seminars and liturgies.  The message that we are all agents in ensuring that authentic quality Catholic education is delivered to the new generation of Catholic young people was proclaimed. Quality Catholic education involves quality care for our girls at all times.  With the holiday period looming it is especially important that the safety and wellbeing of the girls is promoted and given focus by us all when they are in social situations.  At school we have been sharing prayerful, reflective times where the dignity and wellbeing of each of us is highlighted.               In Term 4 the College will receive visits from the Education Review Office and the Catholic Education Office as they both review teaching and learning practices, and the Special Catholic Character within the College.  Their reports will offer us areas in which we can strategically plan for in the coming years.               The draft New Zealand Curriculum Document is on the school website at www.sacredheartnapier.co.nz.  I encourage you to take some time to become familiar with it, and question the proposed values and key competencies that will underpin the curriculum of our school.   You will receive an opportunity to share your ideas as part of the consultative process before we submit our feedback at the end of November.               If you are the parent of a Year 11-13 girl, you will receive with this newsletter a report indicating your daughter’s recent examination results.  A more detailed analysis will be sent in Term 4 but for now this will highlight the progress and/or  revision pathways necessary in the next eight weeks before public examinations.                We welcome Mrs Rebecca Pearce back to the staff at the beginning of Term 4 from her maternity leave and the birth of her beautiful daughter, Evie.  Miss Kirstin Daly begins her maternity leave early in Term 4.  This is all good news for future enrolments at Sacred Heart!  Congratulations to Mrs Sue Wakeling on being the recipient of a Teacher’s Study Award and to Mrs Angela McKee for her N.Z. Science, Mathematics and Technology Teacher Fellowship.  Both ladies will undertake these full time study awards in 2007.                As you receive this newsletter I will be in France with Sister Colleen on pilgrimage tracing the origins of the Mission Sisters who founded our College.  I look forward to sharing with you the experiences of this wonderful opportunity afforded to me.               As Spring flourishes, may all of your senses be filled with the glory and wonder of our God. Best wishes — Steve Bryan, Principal                                                             God’s blessings on you all— Steve Bryan, Principal

Text Box: Congratulations to Nicolette Epps for winning a well contested election for the position of Student Representative on the Board of Trustees.  Thank you to the nominees and to all students who took the time to vote. 

Text Box: We congratulate the following students who have received Certificates of Excellence in the following subjects: English: Transactional Essay for Film Study (Yr9)               Cushla Cantwell, Erin Johnson, Caroline Maradzika, Ampili Mathews, Laura McKay, Jessica Stuart, Rosita Vanu, Stevie   Wrightson Science: Light (Yr9)               Silky     Boparai, Judy Faka’osi, Laura Keenan, Jessica Kinder,     Kirsty Lowther, Caroline Maradzika, Ampili Mathews, Stacey McCourt, Christina     Noetzli, Michelle Porter, Janelle Quinn, Amy West Science: Electricity (Yr10)               Jessie Eagle, Rebecca McGrail, Abigail Neave, Ashleigh Neave, Veronica Noetzli,       Eniketi Onesi, Courtney Pedersen, Sue Seumanutafa, Kate Simkin Science: Acids (Yr10)               Jessie Eagle, Holly Girvan Russell, Emma Hinton, Rebecca McGrail, Abigail Neave, Veronica Noetzli, Eniketi Onesi, Sue Seumanutafa, Kate Simkin  ASDAN: Information Handling (Yr11)               Ma’ata Moata’ane ASDAN: Oral Communication (Yr11)               Charmaine Parmenter Chemistry: Solve simple quantitative chemical problems (Yr12)               Laura McElroy   National Bank Mathematics Competition Merit Awards: For Top 15% in the country.               Jordan Anderson, Aimee Dine, Rose Faletutulu   Victoria University Graduates: Cheri Nelson (BA), Leigh Burns (BCA), Laura Dooney (BA), Jessica Elliott (BCA), Maria Malone (BEDTC), Fionnuala McKeever (LLBHON), Julia Moughan (BT/BA), Janine Russell (BSC), Kelly Smale (BA/BCA), Mereana Taungapeau (BA/BSC), Nicole Warrington (BSC)                        

Text Box: Academic Excellence Text Box: Year 10 student winners of a 2006 EIT Science Fair Technology Prize for their project “Freezer Saver”. This was an alarm system which gave warning that the freezer was left open.  Well done girls!  Thank you to all the girls who represented the College in quiz teams, technology teams and titration.  Start thinking about 2007 projects. 

Text Box: Congratulations to Sister Muriel, a member of our Mission College Trust Board, for being the recipient of a Laureate Award, for outstanding contribution to the New Zealand Catholic education system.

Text Box: Special Character Text Box: Hot Food Day—Form classes had been beavering away for weeks, planning their menus for this special annual event.  The weather was magnificent and the scene a picture with staff and students tasting the wonderful food available for lunch.  Students were allowed to wear mufti for the day.  It was a tremendous effort and we raised approximately $1,600 for the Missions.  Well done!  

Text Box: Junior Social— Our combined Sacred Heart and St John’s College Junior Social was held on Friday 8 September in the Gymnasium.  The theme this year was “Retro” and by all accounts, everyone had a wonderful time.

Text Box: (Right to left) Sisters Mary Gabriel, Antoniana Maria and Mary L Concepta, Sisters of Life from New York visited our College on Monday 18 September to promote the value of life.  They are visiting New Zealand for two weeks and spent the day speaking to our Year 9, 11 and 12 students. 

Text Box: Culture Text Box: God, Friends, Chocolate and Forgiveness Year 9 girls have been great to retreat with! Our theme was friendship…and yes, God and chocolate go well together…a win win combination. There were some quiet and reflective moments which the girls found worthwhile. Almost every girl commented on how meaningful the Reconciliation experience was. “When the priest forgave me my sins it felt like God was there.” “This was my first Reconciliation and so the experience was the most important part of the day.” When the girls thanked Father, they gave him some chocolate which, to their delight he gave back to them to share, explaining how the giving and receiving of gifts is an integral part of our Catholic Mass and sacramental celebration. Of course no retreat is complete without the “not so quiet” times. In group discussions we thought about the qualities of a true friend and we even had emails from God telling us how he wants us to “love one another” as he loves us. It continues to be a real privilege to be part of our girls retreat experience.                             - Wendy Clark (chaplain)

Text Box: Congratulations to Emma Stothart (10PR) who passed her Grade 7 Piano exam with 81%. Rennae Gregory-Hunt who is a member of the City of Napier Army Cadet Unit and has recently been promoted from Cadet to Lance Corporal.  Well done, Rennae Rachel Doohan and Sarah Mills who passed their Grade 7 Ballet exam with Distinction Our success at sPACIFICally Pacific: Months of planning, practising and hard work saw our Pasifika students achieve some wonderful results in the recent sPACIFICally Pacific 2006 competition.  Sacred Heart students were represented in all the speech and writing categories.  This year there was a Fashion Design category and a ’Bring it On’ dance competition for Hip Hop which was a very popular event with our students who put together a great routine under the guidance of Elaine Muliipu-Finai and Kona-i-Holeva Pailate.  The week of events finished with the Cultural Festival and once again our students combined the Pasifika cultures and presented a wonderful item.  Our two leaders, Samantha Lasei-Faitaua and Lagi Farani-Tuisalega worked very hard with the organising committee to put on a wonderful celebration of their cultures. Our winners this year: Rose Faletutulu– Junior Samoan Speech and Junior Writing; Sue Seumanutafa—Junior English Speech and Junior English Writing; Patricia Maka—Junior Tongan Speech; Grace nee Harland—School Fashion Design.  Selina Maka was second in the Senior Tongan Speech and Ma’ata Moata’ane was third in the Tongan Writing Competition.—Well done girls! 

sPACIFICally PACIFICText Box: Sport Text Box: ARTS FESTIVAL 18 October—Century Theatre—7.30pm Showcasing our finest talent in an evening of song, dance and music. COME EARLY (6.30 to 7.30pm) TO SEE A FABULOUS ART EXHIBITION—Framed works by students and other emerging artists.  All works for sale—Bring your cheque book! Text Box: Congratulations to Alexandra Dickenson (Yr10) who has been selected for the Hawke’s Bay Under 16 Soccer team.  Also to our Squash team who travelled to Wanganui for the New Zealand ‘F’ Grade Squash Nationals.  Narrowly beaten in the final by Bay of Plenty—Excellent! - (Ashleigh Ennor 9LN)   Five students attended a “Sport Ambassador Session” on 12 September.  The presenters were Cory Hutchings and Danyon Loader and the interactive session was based on helping young people achieve their goals and developing attitudes to succeed in the sporting arena through the motivation and inspiration of elite athletes.  All our girls had an excellent experience.  Thank you to SPARC for instigating this very worthwhile initiative.  We believe the idea is first rate and hope that future opportunities will be made available to more students around the country.  Cory and Danyon were excellent presenters and role models for our girls.            - Henny French, Sports Co-ordinator Sports Uniforms: There are a number of sports uniforms outstanding from winter sport —please check at home and return as soon as possible.  Term 4 Sports: Touch, Junior Volleyball and Tennis begin week 1, Term 4.  Please pay sports fees to the school office—Touch $15; Volleyball $25; Tennis $7. Cross Country:  What an incredible success this year’s cross country was with an impressive amount of enthusiastic participants.  The Juniors were the first group to run and even though they took off in the wrong direction, once they were back on track they ran a great race.  Our Junior winner was Ashleigh Ennor. The Intermediate record of 14 mins 45s was broken by Alexandra Dickenson in 14 mins 27s followed by Veronica Noetzli with 14 minutes 32. Our Senior race began more smoothly and was won by Kate O’Malley in 14 mins 58s breaking the Senior record of 15 mins 24s.  Despite a strong head wind on some legs of the course, the day was brilliant and everyone had a fun time.    - Danielle Turner 13WS

Text Box: Notices Text Box: The Uniform Shop is open daily from 8.30am to 10.00am, Monday - Thursday in the Hostel.  We look forward to meeting your uniform needs and hope these regular hours will accommodate them. New style blazers are available priced  $224—$238. Small quantity of second hand items for sale.  Payment—cheque or cash. Black lace-up shoes and knee-length black socks are the official College footwear. Black pantyhose are allowed.  Students are to wear black socks as above or black pantihose, not a combination. Brown lace-up shoes and knee-length fawn socks can still be worn this year.                         

Text Box: 9GE Social Studies class with their teacher, Whaea Stuart and student teacher, Whaea Rawhia, enjoying a Roman Feast Day complete with Roman costumes to end their Ancient Civilisation Unit.

Text Box: The Gateway and STAR programmes are a viable option for students looking to move from school into industry, tertiary training and/or employment. In these individualised courses students are able to gain credits towards NCEA levels 1, 2 and 3. The Gateway programme requires students to complete work-ready assessments prior to a work placement. Courses studied include unit standards towards National Certificates, e.g. Retail, Hairdressing, Equine Industry, Business Studies and Child Care Education.               The STAR programme has a classroom based course which leads to the National Certificate in Tourism and Travel along with opportunities to attain credits in other industry areas.               The photos are of our students in the work place. These placements are difficult to find and we appreciate the support given to our school by employers in Napier and Hastings. If you are able to help our students by providing a work placement and would like more information please contact Carol Murphy at the school; phone 8353761 and press 3.  

Text Box: Library Week: During the final week of term we celebrated Library Week with an Inter House Literature competition (won by Marian House) and a visit from Deborah Burnside a local writer, who spoke to Year 9 students.

Text Box: Calendar Text Box:       24 HomeStays for Japanese Students 12 nights paid homestay 28 October—9 November Interested? Please contact Mrs Murphy at Sacred Heart College or phone Michelle McKay on 870 9378 WantedText Box: Trophies: Can all those students who received trophies at our Prizegiving in 2005, please return them to the school office by the end of the first week of Term 4.

Text Box: Stationery: This year you have the opportunity to order your daughter’s stationery requirements on-line through School Supplies.  They will post your order direct to your mailing address.  Details will be forwarded to you with stationery lists at the beginning of Term 4

Text Box: New Caledonia : We wave goodbye to Whaea Stewart, Mr Terry Marshall and his French language students who are visiting New Caledonia on their bi-ennial pilgrimage.  During their stay they will spend time together in a hotel, plus two nights being hosted by local families.  They will also spend a day in a local school and be involved in various excursions and visits to restaurants. 

October

 

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TERM 4 BEGINS

Mrs Halford returns

Mrs Pearce returns

 

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Sr Colleen and Mr Bryan return from France

Assembly

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Bk2: Otago Liaison, Y12,13

4-6pm: Snr Parent Interviews, Gymnasium

6.00pm: BOT Finance and Property

6.30pm: BOT Operations

 

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9.15am: Y12 Mass

Bk1 : Vic Univ Liaison to Y13

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Welcome ERO

3.30pm: Curriculum/HOD meeting

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6.30pm: BOT meeting

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Assembly

Arts Festival, Century Theatre, 7.30pm

20-23 : H.B. Anniversary and Labour Weekend

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Assembly

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12.20pm: Y13 Mass

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Saturday 28 : Japanese School Party arrives