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Week 9 – Reminders

Mon Sep 14 04:12pm

Good afternoon everyone

It’s so lovely to see the warm sun today!

Touch Rugby – Term 4

If your child/ren are interested in playing Touch Rugby next term, please ensure you return the Touch notice by tomorrow. The notice was sent home with the eldest child last week. 

Netball Years 1 – 4 – Summer Netball

If your child/ren are interested in playing Future Ferns Netball next term, please ensure you return the Netball notice by tomorrow.

Yummy Stickers

If you have been collecting Yummy Apple Stickers this year, please return the sheets by the end of Term 3 so that I can send them off for free sportsgear!

Calendar Art orders

Calendar Art orders closed last Friday. We have made our school order and are unable to accept any later orders, sorry. If you have made an order but not yet paid, please do so as soon as possible, please.

Uniform Shop

Term 4 is a Summer Term. All students will need to be wearing blue school sunhats and wearing short-sleeved polos and/or shirts. If you need summer uniform, please visit the uniform shop before the end of term. This will give us time to order any items that may not be in stock.  Mondays 8.45am – 9.15am and Thursdays 2.45pm – 3.15pm.

Shaun the Sheep – The beast of Mossy Bottom – Camp Movie Fundraiser – Wednesday 30 September 5.45pm

Grab your friends for a holiday movie catch-up! Tickets now on sale from the school office – $20 per person (includes a lolly bag).

Cash/EFTPOS at the office or online banking into the Camp Account 12-3142-0121485-01

 

Coming up next week….

Grandparents Mass – Thursday 24 September

Next Thursday 24 September, we will be holding our annual Grandparents Mass at 9.30am. Please let your family know they are welcome to attend. We will host a morning tea afterwards and grandparents/family are welcome to attend.

End of Term 3 – Friday 25 September

School will close for the end of Term 3 at 3pm. We will reopen for Term 4 on Monday 12 October.

Calendar Art Orders close today. No late orders can be accepted. One form per child please

Fri Sep 11 07:41am

Reminders

Thu Sep 03 04:41pm

Good afternoon everyone

Just a few reminders for tomorrow and next week…

Book Club

Book Club closes tomorrow. Online orders only, please. 

Bake Sale

Leilani, Gigi, Ellie, Daphne and Pearl will be running a Bake Sale tomorrow after school from 3pm – 3.30pm. All proceeds will be going towards purchasing a lemon tree, which will be planted in honour of Mrs Tristram in our Memory Garden. Please bring some gold coins to buy their baked goods.

Enrolments 2027

Enrolments for 2027 close on Monday 7 September. Please ensure you have submitted your online application and provided a birth certificate, a signed Preference certificate and any Visa’s, if applicable. 

School Leavers 2026

Thank you to those parents who have let us know your child will leaving at the end of this year. If your child will be leaving us (excluding Year 8’s) please let me know ASAP so I know how many enrolments I can accept for next year across all year levels.

Term 4 – Touch Rugby and Netball 

Notices came home yesterday. If your child has been away sick, they will be given their notice when they return to school. If you have misplaced your notice, we have spares in the office, or alternatively, you can email me in the office.

Calendar Art order forms

The students have worked very hard on their art this year and it all looks amazing! Please remember that all art orders are due by next Friday 11 September. We cannot accept late orders due to the process we need to follow, so please ensure you have ordered to avoid disappointment.

Your child/ren’s art can be viewed in the office until orders closed. If you have lost your form, we have spares in the office. Please remember one order form per student, though one payment can be made.

 

 

Influenza A

Mon Aug 31 12:49pm

Good morning everyone

We have over fifty students away today with confirmed Influenza A and other winter illnesses. If your child is unwell with Influenza, please keep them home until they are completely symptom-free. 

What to watch for: Sudden high fever, sore throat, severe cough, body aches and/or vomiting/diarrhea. 

Please report all absences to the school office via HERO, the SchoolApp or leave a message on the absences telephone line (04 568 6711). Due to the high number of illness and time it takes to see a doctor, we will not be requiring medical certificates for sick students. (If you do happen to get one, please email it to the office so I can add it to your student/s medical tab.) We do ask that you keep your child home until they are well.

A student should not be at school if they have:

A Fever: A temperature of 38°C or higher. They must stay home until they are fever-free for 24 hours without taking paracetamol or ibuprofen.
Vomiting or Diarrhoea: Keep them home for exactly 48 hours after the last episode to prevent spreading stomach bugs.
Severe Coughing: Frequent coughing or sneezing that makes it hard to breathe, concentrate, or learn.
A Sore Throat: Any throat pain that requires pain relief medication to feel comfortable.
Tested Positive for COVID-19: Follow current isolation recommendations.
Infectious Sores or Rashes: Conditions like untreated school sores (impetigo), scabies, or an unexplained rash combined with drowsiness or a fever.

Hamburger Lunch FR – tomorrow Wedensday 26 August

Tue Aug 25 12:48pm

Hello everyone

We will be holding a Lunch Fundraiser tomorrow with hamburgers and cinnammon donuts.

There is a GF/DF option of a sausage and bread.

If you would like to order, please do so before 9am tomorrow morning via the HERO app. (I sent an ordering survey on Hero yesterday. Please check under Community Posts.)

If you have any problems with ordering, please send me an email admin@sacredheartpetone.school.nz

Thanks, Anna 

 

Cancer Society Daffodil Day – Friday 28 August

Mon Aug 24 11:15am

Mōrena koutou

This month we are supporting Daffodil Day, raising funds for the Cancer Society and the vital work they do for individuals and families affected by cancer.

This cause is particularly meaningful for our school this year, with the loss of two valued members of staff, Onieka and Sue, to cancer. They were cherished colleagues and members of our school whānau, and we remember them with great fondness and gratitude.

To honour their memory and support others facing cancer, we have set a fundraising goal of $1,000. Please follow the link below to our fundraising page: 

Please feel free to share the link or code with family, friends and co-workers. (The page is registered under Anna Wilson – Team Sacred Heart Petone) 

Every donation, no matter the size, makes a difference. 

On Daffodil Day (Friday 28 August), we will be having a “wear yellow” day. Please bring a gold coin.  We will also be having yellow ice cream for a gold coin koha.

We appreciate all and any support. 

https://www.daffodilday.org.nz/sacred-heart-petone-team

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Reminders and Updates Week 11 Term 2

Thu Jul 02 02:09pm

Good afternoon everyone

Thursday 2 July – School Interviews

School Interviews (Learning Conversations) will be held this afternoon from 3pm – 5pm. Thank you to eveyone that booked an interview and came and spoke to your child’s class teacher. If you did not manage to book for any reason, and you have any concerns, please speak to the classroom teacher to make a time to catch up in Term 3.

Students will finish school today at 2.45pm. They will be supervised at school until 3pm and dismissed as usual with the bell. Students will not be allowed to leave before 3pm unless there is an adult picking them up. 

YCC Non-Uniform Day – tomorrow – Friday 3 July

We will be having a non-uniform day tomorrow to raise funds for Takuilau College in Tonga to build a music classroom and buy instruments. Please bring a gold coin to support Caritas. If you would like to donate more, you are more than welcome to do so.

Please follow the link to watch the video to learn more about the YCC, with some of our very own Sacred Heart students featured! https://www.caritas.org.nz/ycc-day

End of Term 2

Term 2 will finish tomorrow at 3pm. Term 3 will begin on Monday 20 July.

Please note that Term 3 is still a winter uniform term. (The uniform shop will be open on Monday 20 July ay 8.45am.)

School Photographs

Please note that the school photographs will be delivered early in Term 3.

The deadline to have orders sent with free shipping to the the school will be 6th July. Any photograph order made after this date will be delivered to your home address at a cost. 

2027 Enrolments at Sacred Heart School

If you have a child that will be turning 5 in 2027, or you know of someone who like to enrol their child with us, please ensure you have enrolled your child with us by Monday 7th September 2026.

All enrolments are onlinve via our school website https://sacredheartpetone.school.nz/school-info/
Documentation required:Birth Certificate (copy)
Preference Certificate: please note this must be signed by the priest in the parish in which you live.

A big thank you…

It has been a very tough and busy term for our staff. While there were many highs, there were also some lows, and we would like to say a big thank you to our wonderful school community for your unwavering support as we navigated the loss of Onieka and Sue. It has not gone unnoticed and is very much appreciated. We would like to wish all of our students and our families a safe and happy term break.   

 

Hotdog and Cookie Lunch Fundraiser tomorrow!

Tue Jun 30 04:24pm

We will be holding our last lunch fundraiser of the term tomorrow.

We are trialling a paperless way to order! If you would like to order, please log onto the Hero app and check the Community Feed. There is a small order survey attached to the post.

Thank you for your patience while we trial this new paperless way to order.

 

Clarification: School finish times for School Interviews this week.

Mon Jun 29 01:41pm

Good afternoon everyone

We apologise for any conflicting information in our posts regarding school interviews. Just to clarify our finish times this week during Learning Conversations (School Interviews)

Tuesday 30 June: Students may go home from 12.50pm if they are able.

If your student is unable to go home, supervision will be available at school until 3pm.

If you have booked an interview between 2pm and 3pm, your student may stay at school and be supervised.

If your child is staying at school until 3pm, please ensure you have packed them lunch.

Thursday 2 July: Students will be released from their classrooms at 2.45pm, and will be supervised until 3pm.

You are more than welcome to collect your child at 2.45pm.

Please note students will not be released before 3pm unless you collect them. 

School Interviews (Learning conversations) – this week!

Mon Jun 29 11:25am

If you have not yet made a booking, please do so today.

Learning Conversations (Parent/Teacher Interviews) will be held in Week 11. Tuesday 30 June 2pm – 8pm and Thursday 2 July 3pm – 5pm.

We would appreicate if every family could please ensure they have made a time to meet with their child/ren’s class teacher. 

Students may go home at 2pm on Tuesday if they are able; alternatively supervision will be available at school until 3pm. 
How to book a learning conversation:

1. Log into the Hero caregiver app.

2. Navigate to School Bookings in the menu

3. Here you will see the event details and any of your children associated with this event.

4. Click Manage Bookings

5.  This will display a table of all available slots associated with your child’s class.   

6.  A colour key provides you with information on the status of each interview slot.

7. To add a booking, click a GREEN slot.  The booking popup will be displayed.  There is the option of entering a note for the relevant staff member. 

Clicking CONFIRM will secure the interview slot.

Once a booking is made all other slots will become unavailable to prevent duplicate bookings.

The School Bookings should now show your scheduled interview time.

We need your feedback!

Mon Jun 29 11:20am

School Board – Strategic Plan – Have your say on the future of our school!

We need your feedback! Every three years the School Board sets new strategy for the school, and we are about to start this process. We need to hear from you to help inform this strategy. The Board has created a short six question survey which we would like families to complete before July 31.

Link to survey

Have your say!

HuttFest – tomorrow – Year 4- 8 only

Mon Jun 22 04:30pm

Good afternooon everyone

Year 4 – 8 students will be participating in the 2026 HuttFest held at Walter Nash Stadium tomorrow!

Students will travel by bus to Walter Nash at 8.45am – please ensure your child is at school by 8.30am. This is for roll call and to receive important instructions.

Students will remain at the venue for the day, returning to school by bus before 3pm.Please ensure you have packed a good morning tea and lunch, plus drink bottle for your child.

The performance slot will run from 12 – 2pm. 

If you are attending the perfomance slot, please note that the organisers have specified you will be required to stay for the entire time slot. This is to minimise disruption and distraction for the schools who are performing.

Parents are welcome to take their children home straight home from the venue – please let their class teacher know.
Parents are welcome to sign out younger school siblings, although please note this will be marked as E for Explained but Unjustified.