SHGC Updates
Job Vacancy: Lead Rowing Coach
Sacred Heart Girls Rowing is looking for a Lead Rowing Coach to join its team for the 2023/24 season. The lead Coach will be [...]
Welcome Kim McAlley
This Term we welcomed Kim McAlley as our new Deputy Principal. Kim is a passionate educator who encourages students and teachers to be their [...]
Catholic Character BOT Student Scholarship 2023
The Board of Trustees (BoT) invites applications from Year 10-12 students to apply for a Catholic Character Student Scholarship award, from a fund of [...]
The Sound Of Music
MAY 3 - 6 2023 Buy your tickets today!! www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/9059 The story follows Maria (played by Samantha Richards), a devout young woman on the [...]
ROWING SEASON SUCCESS
Congratulations to the SHGC rowing squad on a successful 2022/2023 season. The squad supported each other and pushed each other well overall, which resulted [...]
Public Notice
Due to a resignation on the Sacred Heart Girls' College Board of Trustees a casual vacancy has occurred for an elected Parent Representative. The [...]
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: KIANA POHE-BRIGHT
Kiana Pohe-Bright, is a recent ex-student, 2022 Sports Leader, and the recipient of a prestigious Athletics scholarship at the University of Concordia Irvine in [...]
Athletics Day Results
Athletics Day results are in! Congratulations to everyone who took part in the day and especially to those who placed. Click here...
The Young Enterprise Scheme (YES)
The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) is an opportunity for students to unleash their inner entrepreneur and experience the start-up world first-hand. It [...]
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
This year we have welcomed 49 international students to our school. Most are new students – some are here for a couple of weeks, [...]
Mia Gaier: SCHOLARSHIP SUCCESS
Congratulations to Mia Gaier, a Year 12 student last year, who received a New Zealand Scholarship in English, one of 3 percent of students [...]
2023 Student Leaders
At our whole school Prizegiving event on Friday we announced the student leaders for 2023. From left to right: Rieley Chou-Lee: Head Girl Otobina [...]
David Johnstone Charitable Trust Scholarship 2022
Congratulations to our three recipients of the David Johnstone Charitable Trust Scholarship Rose Cotter-Huxtable, Jordyn Marriott and Tylah Somers. These students epitomise the criteria [...]
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award
‘Challenging young people to develop skills and tools to improve themselves – and their communities.’ After days and days of rain, the wind finally [...]
2023 Student Scholarships applications open
We now welcome applications for the 2023 Student Scholarships in the areas of Catholic Character, Academic, Arts, Cultural, and Sports. Full details and the [...]
Planning and Building Futures
Engineers, planners and surveyors, BCD Group of Hamilton, hosted our Year 10 students as part of the Secondary School Employer Partnership (SSEP). The girls [...]
The Kudos Science Trust – Kudos Awards
Congratulations to science enthusiast Tupou Kananonga for excelling in Science and making the Sacred Heart College and community proud! Tupou received a Braemar Charitable [...]
Winter Sports Tournament Results
At this year’s Winter Sports Tournament, we’ve seen some magic moves, spirited play and solid teamwork in all three codes: Football, Hockey and Netball. [...]
New Surf Lifeguards!
Recently, two of our Year 9 students—Olivia Moroney and Ruby Pinheiro—became NZ Surf Lifeguards! After passing the physical tests—a series of tricky theory tests [...]
Equestrian Success
Our Sacred Heart Equestrian duo Olivia Watson and Maya Matthews competed at ESNZ North Island Secondary School Equestrian Championship recently. Over 50 schools across [...]
Chanel Shield 2022
Our Chanel Shield Team upheld the mana of our College in Gisborne last weekend. The Chanel Shield is a competition in oratory, scripture reading, [...]
Success at the Nationals!
Sacred Heart athlete Kenzye Gemmell represented Waikato at the NZ Gymnastics Nationals in Invercargill recently and gained National placings as follows: 3rd Place in [...]
International News
And now we are ten! We are very excited to greet five new international students this term. All are settling in well and enjoying [...]
Gateway Placement
Year 13 student Abbie Smith has spent one day each week of Term 2 at Li'l Pumpkins Early Learning in Tamahere. Thank you to [...]
‘Girls with Hi-Vis’
Last week Year 12 students Megan, Caitlyn and Romina were hosted by Connexis and Genesis Energy and spent the day at Huntly Power Station! [...]
Gateway news
Last year SHGC student Katalia Barr completed a Gateway placement with Justin and the team at local business Claudelands Automotive and is now following her [...]
Enrolments are now open!
Our recent open evenings were a great success! We loved welcoming new friends and whānau and look forward to them becoming members of our [...]
Rugby Success: SHGC 1st XV v Rotorua Girls’ High School 1st XV
On Wednesday 8 June our 1st XV Rugby team travelled to Rotorua to take on Rotorua Girls' High School 1st XV in round four [...]
SPORTS EXCHANGE WITH SHGC NEW PLYMOUTH
This week our 1st XI Hockey and 1st XV Rugby teams met their SHGC New Plymouth counterparts at the Gallagher Hockey Centre and Steele [...]
CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
Ten of our runners competed in the Central Zones Schools Cross Country event at Tauhara Park this week against runners from other schools in [...]
Open Evenings – 8 and 9 June
Please find information about our upcoming Open Evenings here. We look forward to welcoming new families interested in joining our school community in 2023. [...]
CATHOLIC CHARACTER STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
The Board of Trustees (BoT) invites applications from Year 10-12 students to apply for a Catholic Character Student Scholarship award, from a fund of [...]
A win for our SHGC 1st XV!
Yesterday our 1st XV Rugby Team travelled to Taupo to play against Taupo-nui-a-Tia College in the first round of the newly formed Chiefs Wahine [...]
EQUESTRIAN SUCCESS
Our team of three (we were a member short) did extremely well at the Waikato Interschools Show Jumping Championships held at the Leamington Pony [...]
Visit to Rome
Former student Jenny Lewis (third from the left in the photo) is enjoying a gap year overseas. She was in Rome during Holy Week [...]
Swimming success!
During the holidays SHGC student Chloe Peters (centre in the photo) competed in Swimming New Zealand's 2022 Apollo Projects Ltd New Zealand Age Group [...]
Lacrosse news!
CONGRATULATIONS to our Year 13 student Louise Hildrick who has been selected for the New Zealand Lacrosse Under-18 Girls’ Development Team! The team will [...]
Open Evenings
Please find information about our upcoming Open Evenings here. We look forward to welcoming new families interested in joining our school community in 2023. [...]
Junior Girls Touch Team win!
On 28 March our Junior Girls Touch Team won the Waikato final against the St Peter's Junior Red team (who they lost to in [...]
VOLLEYBALL BRONZE!
Our top ranked Senior Volleyball Team claimed 3rd Place (the Bronze award) in the Division 2 competition held at the Peak Recreation Centre recently. [...]
Rowing Success!
Our rowing squad competed at the North Island Secondary School Championships held at Lake Karapiro on 13/14 March. The squad have shown resilience and [...]
Equestrian news
Our equestrian team achieved fourth place overall at the NISS Dressage Championship at St Peters recently. In the Pony section, Lauren Phillips rode Broadwater [...]
Athletics success
Kiana Pohe-Bright won a Gold medal in the Under 20 100m and 4x100m events, as well as a silver medal in the Under 20 [...]
SOUNDSPLASH PERFORMANCE
Year 12 student Shontelle Shepp performed at the recent Soundsplash music festival at Mystery Creek. She says, “I was lucky enough to have our [...]
US Rowing Scholarship successes
Three Sacred Heart Girls’ College students have been awarded scholarships to universities in the United States in recognition of their outstanding rowing achievements. Year [...]
Māori Scholarships awarded
Three Sacred Heart students are the recipients of Māori Entrance Scholarships at Otago University, valued between $15,000 and $17,000. Lilli-Peach Phillips, McKayla Gregoire, and [...]
Pasifika students awarded Otago University scholarships
Two Year 13 Pasifika students have been awarded scholarships to Otago University. Tiri Teerite is the recipient of a Pacific People’s Entrance scholarship valued [...]
Christmas Food Drive
Kia ora e te whānau. As we are now in Advent, the lead up to Christmas, it is important for us to recognise this [...]
2023 Student Scholarships applications open
We now welcome applications for the 2023 Student Scholarships in the areas of Catholic Character, Academic, Arts, Cultural, and Sports. Full details and the [...]
ICQ INTERNATIONAL CHEMISTRY QUIZ
In Term 2, five SHGC students took part in the online ICQ International Chemistry Quiz. Yesterday we received the results. Year 12 students did [...]
SUCCESSFUL BRONZE DUKE OF EDINBURGH PRACTICE TRAMP
Twenty-six students, three parents, Mrs Wolff and Mrs Cooper spent 10 hours in lovely weather conditions in the Karangahake Gorge last Saturday. We decided [...]
Support Caritas Aotearoa
We are helping Caritas Aotearoa to raise funds for various situations where there are communities that are in need of our support. We are [...]
JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM SUCCESS!
Congratulations to those in our Premier Junior Basketball Team (Tesrne Blank (C), Lily Ashton, Majella Matafeo, Jordahna Matthes, Miller Chou-Lee, Chanel Boston-Bennett, Theresa Biladi, [...]
Harlequins Rugby Team selection!
CONGRATULATIONS to six girls from our 1st XV Rugby Team: Elenoa Fihaki, Nina Trumm, Sina Neli, Shyrah Tuliau-Tua'a, Jordyn-Leigh Westrupp, and Haley Parker from [...]
NETBALL VICTORY
Our Premier team deservedly won the B grade division of a tournament held at Minogue Park last Sunday. The games were part of the [...]
SHGC 1st XV v Harlequins Representative Team
On 11 August our 1st XV took on the Harlequins representative team in a thrilling encounter at Steele Park. We led for most of [...]
CHANEL SHIELD VICTORY
The Chanel Shield is a competition in oratory, scripture reading, debating and drama between the five Catholic secondary schools in the Hamilton diocese: Aquinas [...]
SWIMMING SUCCESS
SHGC students took part in the recent 2021 New Zealand Secondary School Swimming Championships. Chloe Peters did fantastically well in the 13 year old [...]
SHGC 1ST XV AT HARLEQUINS RUGBY CAMP
Nine of our 1st XV Rugby players attended the 3-day Harlequins U17 Rugby Camp at St Paul's over the school holidays. The large number [...]
SHGC HAMILTON V SHGC NEW PLYMOUTH: RUGBY & BASKETBALL
On 6 July SHGC New Plymouth students travelled to Hamilton to play our Senior Basketball and 1st XV Rugby teams. Both New Plymouth teams [...]
SHGC 1ST XV – CHAMPIONS AGAIN!
On 30th June our 1ST XV team played Cambridge High School in the final of the Waikato Secondary School Girls 1st XV Competition. Leading [...]
BARBERSHOP SUCCESS
Our Barbershop Quartet SOUL SISTERS and HEART ATTACK Chorus (pictured) are regional champions… again! HEART ATTACK won the chorus competition and one of our [...]
Catholic Character Scholarship
The Board of Trustees (BoT) each year offers Year 10-12 students the opportunity to apply for a Catholic Character Student Scholarship award, from a [...]
TE TOA SHIELD HOCKEY SUCCESS!
On 5th June the 1st XI Hockey Team played Sacred Heart Girls' College - New Plymouth winning 2-0. Our Hockey team last won the [...]
KATHLEEN FARRELL MNZM
Congratulations to past student Kathleen Farrell (née Smith) who received an Order of Merit for Services to Netball in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2021. [...]
Kilikiti Success!
Last week some of our Pasifika students were involved in a Kilikiti tournament held at the University of Waikato. Our Junior Kilikiti team won [...]
SOUL wins at Smokefree Rockquest!
One of our student bands, SOUL, has won the “People’s Choice Award” at the Waikato Smokefree Rockquest finals on Friday night. They now have [...]
Central Zone Cross Country Results
On a fine blustery day 7 Sacred Heart Cross Country runners travelled to Tauhara Park in Rototuna to compete in the Central Zone Cross [...]
Gold Winning Trampolinist!
Mackenzye Gemmell (Year 9) is a Trampolinist for Hamilton City Gymnastics. In the last weekend of the April holidays she represented them at the [...]
CROSS COUNTRY
The weather was perfect for the our Cross Country held Wednesday 12 May at Hamilton Gardens. The mixed terrain 3.5Km course tested our competitors [...]
BEYOND THE SCHOOL GATES
On Wednesday 12th May, from 5pm to 8pm, we will be hosting our first expo-style careers event, Beyond the School Gates. We warmly invite [...]
Swimming Sensation!
During the first week of the holidays Chloe Peters attended the Aon New Zealand National Swimming Championships 2021 in Wellington and came away with [...]
Congratulations!
The following students placed in the Hook, Line & Sing-A-Long competition! Top 5 Award: “Kainui Road” by Helen De Vries & Charli O’Hearn. Highly [...]
Nesian Festival
A group of our Pasifika students represented the College in the weekend at the K'aute Pasifika Nesian 2021 festival. A number were also volunteers. [...]
Congratulations to our Rowers
SHGC Rowers Brooke Pitchford (Deputy Head Girl Learning) and Emily Gordon have both been selected to trial for the New Zealand (Junior) U19 team. Maiya [...]
Big Fish Musical
Tickets are now on sale! Don't miss out on attending this combined musical production between Sacred Heart and St John's College. It is going [...]
Physiotherapy Service
Our on-site Active Health Physiotherapy service for students is up and running for 2021! Find full details here.
Job Opportunity
We are seeking an amazing individual to support our Pasifika student well-being, learning and achievement. To find out more please see full details here.
Meet our Leaders
Introducing our Student Leaders for 2021! We look forward to their leadership and guidance throughout the year. Full details here.
Welcome Back!
Students, you were missed! A special welcome back from our teachers when we returned to school.
Duke of Ed Tramp
How lucky we these girls to be able to complete the 44km, 3 day Silver Duke of Ed OE practice tramp just before all [...]
Move to Level 2
Please find the latest communication here from our Principal. We look forward to welcoming our students, teachers and support staff back to school.
At Home Learning Guide
Here is a quick link to our At Home Learning Guide to assist students as they begin studies at home in Term 2.
A Message from the Bishop
The Bishop of Hamilton, Steve Lowe, has asked that we share this letter with you. Please read it here.
Sports Events Update 19.03.20
The following Regional and National Sports events that some of our students participate in have been cancelled: Waka Ama Nationals North Island Secondary Schools [...]
Student Leaders 2020
At yesterday's final full school assembly for this year the Student Leaders for 2020 were announced. Tietie, Jennifer and Alyssa are pictured here welcoming [...]
Award Winners
At a ceremony held at Hamilton Gardens last Friday night, three students received a David Johnstone Charitable Trust Award. Following an extensive application process [...]
Senior Prize-giving 2019
Full details of Senior Prize-giving recipients can be found here. Visit our Facebook page to view all the photos.
Sports Prize-giving 2019
Full details of Sports Prize-giving recipients can be found here.
Tournament Winners!
For the second year running Sacred Heart U15s 7's team have claimed the Rototuna Invitational Rugby 7s Tournament. It was all made to look [...]
Year 10 Speech Finals
The Year 10 Speech Finals were held recently. Congratulations to all the speakers who entertained the audience and left us all thinking. A special [...]
Music High Achievers Competition
The annual Music Department High Achievers concert was held on 16th October at The Cathedral of The Blessed Virgin Mary. The adjudicators were Maria [...]
Tainui Waka Rugby Players
Mia Robertson, Heeni Blakey and Logan Hauraki have been named in the Tainui Waka Rugby Team. Our girls are off to Auckland this Saturday [...]
Halberg Games
Sophie Ridgway competed at the Halberg Games this month held at King's College, Auckland and did extremely well in the swimming division. She came [...]
Chop Your Locks!
Alyssa, Carter, Claudia, Danielle, Ella, Kayla and Jennifer decided to chop off their ponytails for an amazing cause. Chop Your Locks fundraises for the same organisation [...]
Top Science Award
Samantha Brown was awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand Gold Crest Science Award. The Gold Crest Award has been running since 1989 and [...]
National Champions!
Heart Attack Barbershop Chorus have, for the first time ever, won the National Championship. 79 students took to the stage at the Issac Theatre Royal [...]
Outward Bound Scholarship 2020
The College and the Mission College Hamilton Trust Board invite applications for the Outward Bound Scholarship 2020. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist [...]
Te Hui Ahurea
If you are looking for an awesome free event to come to in August, come along to the Kahui Ako Te Ahurea Cutlural festival [...]
Waikids Ear Clinic
Details can be found here for the FREE children's Ear Clinic Service for Term 3.
Level 3 Drama Solo Performances
Last night our Level 3 Drama students performed their Solo devised Drama's. Students created these performances from scratch using an inspiring person as inspiration. [...]
Big Sing Success!
SOUL SISTERS sang their Scared Hearts out at The Big Sing Competitions in Tauranga on Tuesday. Choirs competed from the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regions [...]
Musical Performance Assessments
The first two L1 and L2 NCEA Performance Assessment evenings were held this week at The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A huge [...]
Concert Band Success
The combined SHGC/SJC Concert Band (Sacred Saints) travelled to the Hawkes Bay Festival of Music in the weekend to compete. They were awarded a [...]
Summer Sports Awards
On Wednesday we held our Summer Sport Awards, celebrating the achievements of students that participated in our summer codes. Details of all the recipients [...]
Zones Cross Country
On Wednesday 15th of May our school Cross Country Team attended the Zones Cross Country held at Day's Park in Hamilton. Students in our [...]
Pink Shirt Day!
This Friday is Pink Shirt Day! A day that celebrates diversity and creates environments where all people can feel safe, valued and respected. All [...]
Cross Country
The School Cross Country was held today at Days Park. Well done to all the girls who participated on this clear chilly morning! Results [...]
German Exchange
In December last year, students Carter Haddon, Christine Fraser-Jones and Anna Corkery with Miss Cotton (Teacher in Charge) joined 20 other students from around [...]
Maadi Cup Results
SHGC Rowing took a squad of 18 girls to the NZ Secondary Schools Rowing Championships (Maadi Cup) last week at Lake Karapiro. All girls [...]
Gumboot Day
Sacred Heart will be joining many New Zealanders in raising mental health awareness this Friday by participating in GUMBOOT DAY. Students will be required [...]
Swimming Sports
Our annual school Swimming Sports were held last Thursday 21st March at Waterworld, Te Rapa. It was a great mix of competitive and social [...]
Scholarships
The Board of Trustees invites applications from Year 10-12 students to apply for the Special Character Student Scholarship award. Applications close Friday 10th May, [...]
School Trustee Elections
Board elections are being held on Friday 24 May, 2019. Find out more information about the role of a School Trustee and the Drop [...]
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” NgÄ Manu KÅrero is a MÄori speech competition for secondary students. The competition encourages а uency in Te Reo MÄori [...]
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
KÅrero MÄtauranga 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 PÅwhiri on Wednesday, 7th February welcoming all new students, their whÄnau 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 [...]
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 [...]