ISSUE 17: June 9th, 2023

Principal / Executive Leadership Team

Dear Parents, Carers, Staff, Students & Friends

King’s Birthday Holiday - Monday 13th June

We hope that everyone enjoys the upcoming long weekend.  The school will be closed on Monday for the King’s Birthday public holiday.  A good chance to refresh before the last two weeks of term.

Region Cross Country 

Congratulations to the following students who competed in the Region Cross Country in St Arnaud on Tuesday.  9-10 Girls:  Emmy Guthrie 30th, Lily Colbert 36th  9-10 Boys:  Jenson McGlashan 35th  11 Girls:

Ivy Hards 20th, Lucianna Lazo 43rd  11 Boys:  Jesse Sinclair 24th  12 Girls:  Mercedes Leal-Kaiser 49th.

PSG (Parent Support Group) Meetings 

PSG’s were well attended and provided the opportunity for important goal setting going into Term Three.  Thank you to parents and staff for your input and collaboration.

Mildura Eisteddfod 

Well done to our Junior, Middle & Senior Unit choirs who competed at the Mildura Eisteddfod this week.  All groups performed very well and received honourable mentions. Big thank you to Mr Barbary for preparing the students for this event.

Junior Unit Social

Congratulations to our Prep, One & Two Students for their wonderful dancing at last night’s Junior Unit Social. Thank you to parents for attending this great tradition and for getting involved.  As always, we thank our Prep & Junior teachers for their hard work in coordinating the night and we especially thank Mr Corey Barbary for working with each class on their dances during Performing Arts lessons.  

Division Football & Hockey - Wednesday 14th June 

Division Football & Hockey is being held this Wednesday.  Our boys & girls Football teams and boys & girls Hockey teams are competing. Mr Burford & Mrs Rowles will attend with our Football teams and Mrs Beckwith & Miss Matthews will attend with our Hockey teams. Football is being held at the Mildura Sporting Precinct and Hockey at the Sunraysia Hockey Centre.  We wish our teams all the best.  Please provide permission for your child to attend this event via PAM. 

Year Six St Joseph’s College Visit - Thursday 15th June 

Our Year Six classes will be visiting the SJC Enright Campus this Thursday.  Students will arrive at 8.30am, a BBQ lunch will be provided and the day will conclude at 3.20pm.  Parents will drop off and pick up students.  Students are supervised by SJC Staff on this day.  

Division Netball & Soccer - Friday 16th June 

Division Netball & Soccer is being held this Friday.  Our boys & girls Netball teams and boys Soccer team are competing.  Mrs Campbell & Mrs Thompson will attend with our Netball teams and Mr Burford & Mr Whitehead will attend with our Soccer team.  Netball is being held at the Mildura Sporting Precinct and Soccer is being held at the Aerodrome Ovals.  We wish our teams all the best.  Please provide permission for your child to attend this event via PAM. 

Parent Teacher Meetings - Tuesday 20th & Wednesday 21st June

Parent-Teacher meetings will be held in the last week of term on Tuesday, 20th & Wednesday 21st June.  Parents are encouraged to book a meeting via PAM to discuss your child’s learning.  Please contact the school office if you have any questions.

Sacred Heart Feast Day - Friday 23rd June

Our annual Sacred Heart Feast Day will be held on the last day of Term Two - Friday, 23rd June.  More details will be shared with families next week.  Mass will be held at 9.30am on this day. 

School Fees

Just a reminder to parents that it's getting to the middle of the year and families who have chosen to pay their school fees over the year, will need to be aware that at least half of the fees are now due and the remainder must be finalised by 14th September.  If you have any queries please contact Mrs Mary Avery in the office.

2024 Prep Enrolments

Please note 2024 enrolment applications have now closed. Letters of offer will be sent to families on Friday the 16th June.

Instrumental Music Lessons

Sacred Heart is lucky to have Maddy Barbary available for Year 4-6 students to receive instrumental lessons at Sacred Heart during or after the school day.  Lessons can be offered in flute (classical), flute (folk), recorder, saxophone, clarinet or piano.  Maddy is in her final year of study at The University of Melbourne’s Conservatorium of Music studying a Bachelor of Music.

Maddy will offer a $270 per term program for each student and will offer a choice for individual lessons or group lessons that can be arranged with parent consultation. This allows for at least 8 lessons each term.  Time slots would be 25 minutes for individual lessons and 35 minutes for paired/group lessons.

If interested please contact Maddy directly on 0457 081 016 or email maddy.barbary20@gmail.com

Assembly 

Thank you to the School Choir for hosting today's Assembly. Year Three Amaroo will be hosting next week’s Assembly which will be held in the Stadium on Friday at 2.30pm.  All welcome to attend.

Have a great weekend everyone and God Bless!

Ryan O’Callaghan

Religious Education

2023 Sacramental Dates

Please note the change of date for First Eucharist.

First Eucharist

Parent Information Evening - Wednesday 6th September 2023 @ 7pm SH Church 

Sacrament of First Eucharist - Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd October 2023

Reconciliation

Parent Information Evening - Wednesday 11th October 2023 7pm SH Church 

Sacrament of Reconciliation - Wednesday 22nd November 2023 7pm SH Church

Learning and Teaching News

School Reports

Teachers are currently finalising end of semester reports. These reports will demonstrate a judgement for curriculum areas and compare their learning to a previous judgement. Children who are identified as ‘EAL- English as an Additional Language’ have their progression marked on an EAL English Curriculum Pathway. Reports will be released on PAM on Monday 19th June. We encourage you to read the reports closely and bring these to Parent Teacher Interviews (Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st June) to discuss any concerns or to clarify any aspects with your child’s teacher.

Learning Diversity News

Coco, the school’s wellbeing dog has been visiting students during class time who are a little apprehensive of the thought of a dog at school and in classrooms. She made another visit today and the students seem to be feeling happier about her and her presence in the school soon. 

It will be Coco’s first real introduction to the classes this week. She visited the junior students yesterday and the rest of the school community today. Coco will be attending school for two days a week, until the end of term and until she is familiar with her surroundings, calm and happy. 

The students have been discussing the three expectations of having a wellbeing dog on site, in their classrooms -

The three expectations are very important for everyone to follow, as it sets the scene for Coco to feel safe and calm, something that will flow on to the students when she is in their classrooms. When these three expectations have been established and embedded within the school community and Coco is ready, she will attend school each day.

Program Support Group (PSG) Meetings - Thank you to the parents who attended their child’s PSG meeting this week. These meetings were for students who receive either extensive (all the time) or substantial (most of the time) adjustments to their program, so not all students who have an Individualised Learning Program (ILP) had a scheduled PSG meeting this term. The remaining students who receive either supplementary (some of the time) or Quality Differentiated Teaching Program (QDTP) adjustments will have their term 2 goals, evidence of progress and term 3 goals communicated and discussed at the Parent/Teacher Interviews at the end of this term. 

As part of the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) on School Students with Disability, schools are required to inform parents and caregivers what the NCCD is, why the data is collected, what schools must do for students with disability, what information is collected and more. Please read this information sheet to familiarise yourself with the NCCD processes.

Autumn Fun!

Some fun photos of our students enjoying the last few Autumn leaves in our Adventure Playground! 

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Prep Unit News

WOW! WOW! WOW! What an amazing display of dancing last night. A big thank you to our prep parents for the effort you put into the students costumes and for dancing up a storm with them on the night. A massive WELL DONE to the students in Prep (and Year 1 and Year 2)... you all danced like super stars. This week the Prep students have been doing a lot of learning about patterns, writing sentences and have continued listening to The Creation Story from the Bible. Ask your child if they know whether The Creation Story comes from The Old Testament or The New Testament? The sounds you will need to be continually practising at home are: m, s, t, a, p, i, n, f, r, o, c, h, d, e, g and the tricky words: I, the, my, a, is, was, you, to, they, that, said.

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Some reminders for the beginning of term:

• Please cover your child’s reading diary in clear contact.
• School starts at 8:45am each day. If you are at school after 8:45am you will need to sign your child in at the office. 
• Your child’s library bag needs to be at school every day - kept in their school bag.
• Sports days are Tuesday and Wednesday - sports uniform is needed.
• Practise the sound and fluency chart each night to develop automaticity. Automatic recognition of letters/sounds is extremely important in reading and writing.
• Read and record ‘Enhanced Comprehension’ and ‘Reader’ in the reading diary each night.
• Library books are to be returned to school on Fridays.

Have a well deserved long weekend… we will see you all on Tuesday!

Junior Unit News

The rain didn’t dampen the fun we had this week. Our Junior Unit Choir excelled at the Mildura Eisteddfod gaining a well earned Honourable Mention in their category. All students are commended for maintaining a positive attitude, behaving appropriately and performing beautifully. Thank you Mr Barbary for the time, effort and planning you have put into our choir.

Thursday night's Junior Unit Social was super enjoyable! Thank you students, parents and teachers for your energy, enthusiasm, time and organisation. Our students spoke passionately about this event on Friday morning with the highlight of teaching their parents/carers how to dance ‘The Nutbush’ and ‘Cha Cha Slide’. This set off laughter and infectious smiles throughout the room. Thank you for your creativity Mr Barbary.

The students all looked fabulous in their ‘Dancing Through the Decades’ outfits. We thank families for organising awesome costumes and delicious plates of supper. Our sincere thanks to our Sacred Heart staff for your assistance in setting up, packing up and support to make this event so successful. Our heartfelt appreciation to the Tallent family for loaning us their ‘disco ball’ decorative display for the evening and all our lovely families for helping pack up

Bundaleer will attend Mass on Wednesday 14th at 9:30am. You are all welcome to attend. 

We wish everyone a lovely long weekend and look forward to seeing all our gorgeous children back at school on Tuesday

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Middle Unit News

Years 3-6 Disco - Save the Date!
The Years 3-6 Disco is fast approaching! This event will be held on Thursday the 22nd of June (Week 9) from 6:30pm-8:00pm in our school Stadium. More details will be provided next week. 

Year 4 Science

Just a reminder that in Year 4 at the moment we are asking students to please bring in any recyclable materials we can use in our Design and Technology units.

Senior Unit News

Please note that it is our school policy that items from home (including stationery) do not come to school. These items are often very distracting and cannot be replaced if lost, broken or stolen. Personal fidget items are also not permitted at school unless prior arrangements have been made with your child’s teacher. 

Years 3-6 Disco - Save the Date!
The Years 3-6 Disco is fast approaching! This event will be held on Thursday the 22nd of June (Week 9) from 6:30pm-8:00pm in our school Stadium. More details will be provided next week.

Sacred Heart Environmental Committee (SHEC)

Today in SHEC we looked at the  impact of Plastic Pollution in our environment. We explored ways of reducing our consumption of single use plastics.

Library News

Scholastic Book Club News:

Orders for the Scholastic Book Club Issue #4 are now closed and finalised. Usually, within a fortnight, orders are delivered to SHPS and given to students via their classroom teachers. 

Occasionally, some orders may be on backorder. If this is the case, students receive a small gift with a note from Scholastic Australia regarding the backorder’s new estimated arrival date.

If you have questions or issues with Book Club, please don’t hesitate to contact me rather than directly messaging Scholastic.

Thank you for supporting the students’ reading welfare and the SHPS library.

Ms Zema at azema@shmildura.catholic.edu.au

Student of the Week Awards

Congratulations and well done to the following students on receiving the students of the week this week!

Cooinda -    Madison Charlton                               Yongana - Jake Bottrell

Wahroonga -    Lotti Walker                       Mootwingee - Hamish Petrie

Bundaleer -      Samuel Mobilio                        Minga - Noah Bates

Karinya -       Kai Landkroon                            Eumeralla - Joseph Mammone

Nangare -  Elle Njegovan                                Waminda - Airleas French 

Barramunga -  Olly Harding                     Kyema - Isla Njegovan

Amaroo -    Hugh Petrie                            Myalla - Eli Maddern - Andrews

Illawarra -    Assante Ribarits                          Narooma - Cooper Carruthers

Dourim -  Thomas Simonetta

Ray White Positive Behaviour Awards

No Awards This Week! 

Responsible -  

Safe - 

Respectful -