Christ's commandment of love John 13:31-33, 34-35 is not new to us. We've heard it before many times and yet it still continues to challenge us anew to live out in our daily lives.

Christ says, 'I will not be with you much longer.' He is preparing his disciples for his going away. In giving his new commandment to love one another just as He has loved us, he is saying that his presence will always be with us because where there is love there is God. In seeing love lived out in us as his disciples of this generation others will see Christ living and active in us and know who we are and who it is we follow.

The essence of God is love and God cannot but transmit love. This farewell address by Jesus instructs us to love one another. We are asked to transmit this love to others because we have been gifted with a relationship with him. By showing love we are revealing God to the world.

This love is not a sentimental feeling. We witness to this love by who we are, what we do with our lives and how we treat others. We are invited to reflect and to open our hearts to see: How are we relating to those around us, with ourselves and with God?

Sacramental Meeting/Liturgy for families of Year 4 children will be at 6pm Tuesday, 17th May in the church.

On Wednesday 10 May we all enjoyed celebrating our first whole school Mass at 9.00am and this week we look forward to the Harinui Team celebrating a Liturgy with Father Andrew on Wednesday 17 May at 2.00pm This is a new initiative that we are undertaking with our Junior Classes as we help them to grow and deepen their understanding of the teachings of the Church.

On Friday 20 May we will have a Pink Dress Up / Down Day ( No Uniform Day) to show we all support Bullying Free New Zealand. Children may wear clothing to school in the colour pink to acknowledge they support anti - bullying.

We will all continue to keep our school Bullying Free by speaking up to make positive ongoing change to behaviour we do not like.

It is compulsory to wear the correct winter uniform from today Monday 16th May. This is a requirement of the school and all parents/ guardians agreed to the uniform policy when you enrolled your child / children at our school.

We ask for your continued support in this and ask that you ensure your children wear our school uniform correctly and with pride.

There will be no full school assemblies until Monday 13 June.

Syndicate Teams and teachers will present their weekly Principal Awards to ensure students are acknowledged for their hard work and achievements.

The netball teams will be transported by bus straight after school. Parents must collect their children from the netball courts immediately after their child’s game as we DO NOT provide buses after netball. Thank you. Details of the games for tomorrow night are as follows:

HCS Y8 Blue vs Clendon Park Y8 Panthers at 4:00 pm on Court 3

HCS Y8 Red vs St Cuthbert’s Y8 2M at 6:00 pm on Court 20

HCS Y7 Blue vs Bucklands Beach Y7 Gold at 5:00 pm on Court 1

HCS Y7 Red vs Diocesan Y7C at 5:00 pm on Court 5

Lunch orders need to be given to the classroom teacher NO LATER THAN on Thursday 19/5/22 so that our PTFA volunteers can be ready for Friday.Lesina Fonoimoana and Magdalene Smith are rostered on for Friday 20/5/22.

Please ensure that your child’s lunch order is written on the front of an envelope and has the correct money inside. Below is the lunch order menu. Please note that we have discontinued the quiche option.

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