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SHGC Updates
Staff Farewell
After many years teaching at Sacred Heart, at the end of the term we bid farewell to Gail Swart, (20 years); Margaret Millin (26 [...]
World Challenge
On 6th December, 22 students and 3 teachers departed for the 2018 World Challenge trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. Keep in touch with their [...]
Senior Prize-Giving
On Friday 2nd November we held our Senior Prize-giving. Recipients of Special Awards can be viewed here.
Thanksgiving Mass
On Thursday 1st November we gathered as a school community for Mass, not only to celebrate All Souls Day but to give thanks for [...]
Young Writers Achievements
Congratulations to the following students who entered the New Zealand School for Young Writers Competition and have had their writing selected to be published [...]
Year 12 Retreat
The Year 12 Retreat was held 24-26 October at the Waihi Academy. It was a jam packed few days filled with singing, dancing [...]
Year 13 Production
For our final production together, the Year 13’s performed the fast moving kaleidoscope that is ‘Love & Information’ written by the incredible Caryl Churchill. [...]
Parade of Champions
Sacred Heart Barbershop Chorus 'Heart Attack' has realised a dream! Performing in ‘The Parade of Champions’ Gala Concert. Whilst it is an honour [...]
A Day with Stan Walker
An invitation to spend the day with Stan Walker is something that doesn't happen every day! Three lucky students (Hunter-Rose Earl, Brodie Cox [...]
Samoa Music Tour
After several big fundraisers and a lot of rehearsals, 8th October saw 13 of our students join forces with St John’s College for [...]
New Caledonia Trip
A group of our French students and staff recently traveled to New Caledonia with students and teachers from Nouvata College. Arriving in Noumea students [...]
The Waikato/BOP Band and Orchestra Festival
On the 24th August, 71 ensembles converged on the Waikato University Performing Arts Centre filling three concert chambers from 8:30am - 7:00pm. SHGC’s Sacred [...]
Chanel Shield
This years Chanel Shield team competed alongside St John’s College (Hamilton), Aquinas College (Tauranga), Campion College (Gisborne) and the 2018 host school John Paul [...]
Full School Mass – Feast of the Assumption
On Wednesday we gathered as a school community to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption with a full school mass. At this feast we [...]
High Achievers Competition: Caitlin Hernandez
Our first High Achievers Music competition was held last night. 26 finalists performed in front of judges Bridget Greenslade and Martin Griffiths. The supreme [...]
MANU KORERO
“Kua takoto te Manuka” Ngā Manu Kōrero is a Māori speech competition for secondary students. The competition encourages а uency in Te Reo Māori [...]
Mayor Welcomes International Students
Yesterday a number of our International students were welcomed to Hamilton by Mayor, Andrew King. During the welcome past student Mint Alongkorstantin (2017) was [...]
Welcome Mark McAlley
SHGC is pleased to welcome Mark McAlley as our new Director of Sport Development. Having 18 years teaching experience both in New Zealand [...]
Gateway Placements Completed
Congratulations to the following students for completing their Gateway placements at the end of last term. The Warehouse (Rema Saki, Kaorite Tabera and Kelly [...]
Bullying Free NZ Win for SHGC
Mrs McQueen’s Year 10 students entry into the Bullying-Free NZ competition won FIRST PRIZE in the Senior PowerPoint Category. One of hundreds of entries, [...]
Waikato Hospital Gateway Placements
A few very lucky students have been completing their Gateway placement at Waikato Hospital including Liana McLuckie (pictured on left) in the Sterile Services [...]
‘Plastic Ocean’ Art Installation
In response to a growing awareness of the damage single use plastics can cause, the Green Team (aka our Environmental Group) have created a [...]
Vinnies Lunch
Our Year 10 girls thoroughly enjoyed prepping and serving lunch at Vinnes yesterday. A huge thank to school staff for arranging leftovers from Wednesday [...]
Arts Showcase 2018
Cure a wet start to the week and get along to the Arts Showcase 2018 starting tonight @ 7pm. Further details in the attached [...]
Language Perfect World Champs!
The competition is over and we gained 80 awards! Our top language student is Jorjia Travers. Huge congratulations also to the following who gained [...]
NCEA – Have your say
Kōrero Mātauranga is inviting New Zealander’s with an interest in education to have their say in the redesign of NCEA. There are lots of [...]
Gateway Placement Success Story
Year 13 student Britney Stirling has really enjoyed her Gateway placement at St Paul's Catholic School, in Ngaruawahia. The experience has enabled her to learn [...]
Swimming Success
A huge congratulations to the following students who competed in the North Island Secondary Schools Swimming in Palmerston North on the weekend of the 12th [...]
Students shine representing SHGC
Today the office of Tim Macindoe MP provided an opportunity for the community to meet National Party Leader, Simon Bridges. Students Nikita Ramen, Pieta [...]
Animal Encounters
Last term the International Department had a day trip to Greenmount Llama Farm and Hamilton Zoo. The weather was windy and wet but [...]
Congratulations Aylish Waldron!
Aylish Waldron, Year 13, represented the College at the recent United Nations Waikato Region Speech Contest. The topic was "How should we balance [...]
Caritas Challenge
The cool weather didn't hinder today's Caritas Challenge to raise funds for HAFOTI; a women's group in Timor Leste. Winning Houses from the coin [...]
Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival
We are pleased to announce that one of our 5 minute pieces, Henry V, Act 111 Scene 1V, won at the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare [...]
Caritas Fun Challenge
Friday is the last week of Term and it is also our Caritas Fundraiser. Students can dress in mufti and should start gathering coins [...]
Waka Ama Results
Congratulations to our Waka Ama students who made it to the Semi Finals for both the 250m and 500m, placing 9th overall in the [...]
Duke of Edinburgh – Silver Qualifying Tramp
Our Duke of Edinburgh students enjoyed the beautiful Mt Tarawera as their back drop on the recent Silver Qualifying Tramp. A boat ride across [...]
Volunteer Opportunities at the Waikato Show
Coming to Claudelands Showgrounds on Friday 6th, Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th of April, The Waikato Show has celebrated our people, our environment, our [...]
First Place for Krystie and Kayla
Congratulations to Krystie Soloman for achieving 1st place in the Women's 800 Meter Run (under 18) at the recent NZ Track and Field Champs. [...]
Kayla Shines Again
Further congratulations goes to Kayla Goodwin who has just competed in the Australian National Heptathlon Champs in Melbourne (in 32degree temps!) and secured 3rd [...]
School Athletics Day
A great day was had by all on Monday 5th March at our annual School Athletics Day. It was wonderful to see everyone getting [...]
Rowing Success
Congratulations to the Sacred Heart Girls’ rowing teams who competed in the North Island Secondary School Championships last weekend and made the finals on [...]
Congratulations Kayla – New NZ Record
Please join us in congratulating Kayla Goodwin on winning the NZ U18 Heptathlon and setting a NEW NZ RECORD for the U17 Heptathlon with [...]
Whānau BBQ
Our Whānau BBQ was held at the College on the 13th February supported by our PTFA (School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association). As our [...]
OPENING MASS
On Friday February 9th we celebrated our first Mass for 2018. Our focus was on community and welcoming all those in, and associated with, [...]
Opening Powhiri 2018
We held our Opening Pōwhiri on Wednesday, 7th February welcoming all new students, their whānau and our new staff members. [...]
LOGOS Retreat 2018
Year 13 leaders from Sacred Heart Girls’ College and St John's College attended a Special Character Retreat in Auckland in late January. Strong connections [...]
Junior Prizegiving
Click HERE to view the Junior Prizegiving Award Recipients
Senior Prizegiving
Click HERE to view the Senior Prizegiving Award Recipients.
Student Diary Cover Competition
Thank you to all the talented young women who submitted artwork for the Student Diary Cover Competition. After much consideration, the votes [...]
P.E. Junior Cultural Movement
On Wednesday, 22nd November, the Junior P.E. classes presented their performances for the Movement unit. The unit was designed to celebrate diversity and difference and to showcase [...]
Round the Bridges
Congratulations to those students who competed in the recent Round the Bridges, Hamilton event. Gemma Horan placed 3rd in the 12km Under [...]
Year 13 Retreat 2018
With the 2017 school year coming to an end, plans for Year 13 retreat next year are underway! This three day-two night event is [...]
Bring your own Laptop 2018
Bring Your Own Device enables new learning opportunities such as: collaboration, learning differentiation, learning beyond the classroom walls, interactive learning, and electronic resources. Teaching [...]
Year 10 Enterprise Evening
On the 26th of October 2017, the two Year 10 Enterprise Studies classes held a Market Evening to present and sell their products to family, friends [...]
Congratulations to Keelin Leong
Congratulations to Keelin Leong who competed in the New Zealand Gymnastics Competition in Nelson during the October holidays. Keelin had an extremely successful competition winning five medals. [...]
Synchronised Swimming Nationals
During the last school holidays, Alisha Smart, Y10, went to Invercargill for 5 days to compete in the Synchronised Swimming Nationals Competition, representing Waikato. She participated in [...]
Success in the International French qualification examinations
Recently, a group of our senior French students sat the DELF International examinations where they were tested over a couple of hours on their listening, reading, [...]
NZSS Swimming Champs
We had 6 girls recently compete at the NZSS Swimming Championships. The team of girls did very well and were able to achieve some PB’s amongst them. They [...]
NZSS Gymsport Championships
NZSS Gymsport Championships- Tumbling 3 of our students went to compete and represent our school on Sunday 10th September at the NZSS Gymsport Championships in the [...]
Hockey Champions
Congratulations to the 1st XI Hockey team for winning the Chica Gilmore Secondary Schools Tournament in Whangarei on Monday, 4th September. Sacred Heart are proud [...]
Top 5 in the Commonwealth for Kayla Goodwin!
Congratulations to KAYLA GOODWIN who represented NZ at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas last month. To be selected in itself, is a [...]
Clay Shooting Champion!
On Thursday, July 6, Grace Beddis (Year 13) attended the Inter-School Shoot hosted by Hamilton Boys High School at the Waikato Gun Club. This was [...]
Hockey Girls make Final!
Our 1st XI Hockey team last night won 2 - 1 against Dio! It's the first time the team has beat Dio and the [...]
Waikato Secondary School Gymsport Competition
Congratulations to the following girls who competed at the Waikato Secondary School Gymsport Competition which was held at the Hamilton Gymnastics Centre on [...]
Leadership Holiday Programme for Juniors
Check out this awesome opportunity for our junior students (up to age 14) in the upcoming term break!
North Island Swimming
Sacred Heart mum and swimming coach Sarndra Petrin writes in about the North Island Secondary Schools Swimming experience. The weekend of 12th May, I [...]
Special Character Scholarship
Each year the Board offers a Special Character Student Scholarship to our Year 10-12 students up to the amount of $2,000.00. Students who are [...]
Cross Country Results
Congratulations all the students who decided to get ACTIVE and participate in this year's school x-country event. We had perfect weather and an excellent [...]
SHGC Cross Country
School X-Country / Jog-a-thon Wed 31 May 2017 PERMISSION FORMS MUST BE IN BY 3pm on THURSDAY 25/5. Thank you.
Congratulations Kayla!
Congratulations to Kayla Goodwin who has just been named in the NZ team for the Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in the [...]
Amy’s Amazing Painting!
Congratulations to Year 12 student Amy Barnes who has won second prize at the Paterson Burn Excellence in Art competition. The competition was open [...]
Pasifika By Nature
A massive congratulations to our Pasifika group who competed in the Pasifika By Nature competition over the weekend, placing fifth overall. The group, composed [...]
Mrs Cooper writes in from France
Mrs Cooper's French Experience Mrs Belinda Cooper - our Languages Leader of Learning - has been on a Ministry of Education Language Immersion Award [...]
Six medals and four PBs!
NISS Athletics Day Results Congratulations to our SHGC girls who competed at the North Island Secondary Schools Athletics Championships. Five SHGC athletes: Brooke, Krystie, [...]
Athletic Development Coaching
Athletic Development Coaching Athletic Development Coach Lesley Sommerfield has been training some of our athletic teams, maximizing and developing their health and sport. [...]
SHGC Waste Audit
SHGC Waste Audit Last week the Environment team completed a full waste audit of the school. Our Environment leader Keira McGregor and a [...]
Success for Athletics at Nationals
CONGRATULATIONS to Kayla Goodwin (16yrs), Krystie Solomon (13yrs) and Sophie Young (15yrs) who competed at the above Nationals last weekend. We are very proud of their [...]
3000m Race
3000m Race Takes Off Well done to all those who turned out for the school 3000m. You can all be very proud of [...]
Important Upcoming Dates
Dear Parents/Caregivers IMPORTANT DATES: Thursday 30 March – Staff Professional Learning On Thursday, 30 March, extended Professional Learning will be held from 2.00-4.30pm for [...]
Athletics Results and a Broken Record
Records, Results and Reps We have the official results from the Central Zone Athletics Day, which you can read in full here. Congratulations [...]
Reports and Parent-Teacher Interviews
Reports and Parent-Teacher Interviews Interim reports for all students will be posted out during Week 8 of this term. Parents are invited to [...]
World Challenge with Sacred Heart
A World Challenge Report Over the Christmas holidays, a group of Sacred Heart Girls' College students and staff went to India [...]
Ani Writes in from Arkansas!
Alumnus Ani Gemmill on Athletic Scholarship Ani Gemmill, class of 2016, is currently studying at Arkansas State University on scholarship with the track [...]
Lacrosse Trials cont.
Thanks to those who came along to trials on Tuesday afternoon. Still to come this week... Yo-Yo Testing This is scheduled for Wednesday [...]
Calling All Lacrosse Players
Lacrosse Try-Outs Lacrosse Trials will take place Tuesday and Thursday this week, 3.40pm at Steele Park. Stick Skills sessions for new and developing players will [...]
3000m Run Postponed
3000m Run Postponed Unfortunately due to the weather forecast predictions - we have had to postpone our 3000m run. We will now run [...]
Zone Athletics
Results - Central Zones Our girls did exceptionally well at the recent Central Zones championships held on Tuesday 7 March at Porritt [...]
MyMonitor Temporarily Offline
MyMonitor Offline Until Friday Due to the power outage that occurred at school on Monday, 6 March, the MyMonitor online payments system has [...]
Academic Excellence
Academic Excellence Assembly Congratulations to our Top Scholars! At the first Academic Assembly we acknowledged the following students who excelled in NCEA in [...]
Athletics Day Gallery
Athletics Day Gallery Check out some photos from the 2017 Athletics Day -
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday Liturgy Here are a few images from our Ash Wednesday liturgy. We hope Lent has started well for you and look forward [...]
Athletics Day Records!
New School Records Set! Congratulations to all who competed at our School Athletics. This year, our Age Group Champions are: Junior - Krystie Solomon [...]
Welcome BBQ Fun!
View the BBQ Gallery! We welcomed new students and their families to the school on Tuesday, 21 February to meet our staff and [...]
Looking for a Lacrosse Coach!
Will you be our Lacrosse Coach? Outstanding opportunity to develop your growth mindset! Sacred Heart is in need of a Lacrosse Coach! Don't [...]
PTFA Events
PTFA Events in February Welcome to our 2017 new families to our Sacred Heart Girls College Community A couple of events coming up [...]
Welcome BBQ!
Whānau Welcome Barbeque 2017 On 21 February (Tuesday) a BBQ is being hosted by the school and PTFA from 5.30 – 7.30 pm. [...]
Athletics Day!
Athletics Day - Monday, 27 February This year the SHGC Athletics Day will be held at Porritt Stadium on Monday 27 February. We [...]
Gold for Kayla
A massive congratulations for year 11 Kayla Goodwin, who over the Christmas Holidays competed at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Championships and walked [...]
Opening Mass
Opening Mass We held our Opening Mass on Friday, 10th February at the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The theme was "What is [...]
Opening Powhiri 2017
We held our Opening Powhiri on Tuesday, 7th February with new students and staff, and their Whānau, welcomed!
Senior Council 2017 Named
Congratulations to the Senior Council for 2017. The girls were named at a special full school assembly on Monday 5 December. We wish them [...]
Senior Council 2017 Named
Congratulations to the Senior Council for 2017. The girls were named at a special full school assembly on Monday 5 December. We wish them [...]
Te Miha Māori – Tīhei Mauri Ora!
Haere mai ki te Miha Māori whakatīmatanga o te Whare Karakia nui o Maria Te Takakau Tapu. You are all warmly invited to attend [...]
Prizegiving Feedback
Thanks to all of those who attended the Senior Prizegiving. We would like feedback from parent and students and ask that you complete the [...]
Prizegiving Feedback
Thanks to all of those who attended the Senior Prizegiving. We would like feedback from parent and students and ask that you complete the [...]
Coaches Wanted!
We're on the hunt for new coaches for the 2017 year! We're looking for experienced people to take on coaching roles in the following [...]
Consulta de la Comunidad – Visión Veinte21
Para ayudar a la Junta de Fideicomisarios a desarrollar la Visión del Colegio, necesitamos conocer su experiencia actual, así como "lo mejor que puede [...]
Updated School Song!
Our teacher in charge of Music James Martell has updated the school song! Students new and old, feel free to download the music and [...]
Senior Prizegiving 2016
Proxime Accessit - Stephanie Nagy Dux - Jemma McClymont Congratulations to all of our 2016 Senior Prizegiving prizewinners! You [...]
Community Consultation – Vision Twenty21
To help the Board of Trustees develop the College Vision, we need to know your current experience as well as 'the best you can [...]
Yuki Kugue
Yuki Kugue was astudent at Sacred Heart from 2012 till 2014 from Japan. She is studying at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific university in Beppu-Oita, Japan. [...]
Maggie Chan
Alumnae, Maggie Chan is now the Manager at Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong. After graduating from Sacred Heart Girls' College, Hamilton NZ, Maggie [...]
Geon Hee (Connie) Kim
Geon Hee (Connie) Kim called into to school recently to say goodbye before her return to Korea. It was lovely to see Connie who [...]
Fah Komilkiti
Fah Komilkiti was a past student. After completing her time here at Sacred Heart Girls's College she was accepted into 4 out of 5 [...]