ISSUE 18: 10th June, 2022

Principal / Executive Leadership Team

Dear Parents, Carers, Staff, Students and Friends,

Congratulations to the children who received the Sacrament of Confirmation last weekend.  I had the pleasure of attending a few of the Masses and it was lovely to see so many families present.  Special mention to Fr Matt for celebrating so many Masses with everyone.

Staffing Update

Mrs Rosmarie Zalec has informed me of her resignation of her Learning Support Officer position effective immediately.  Rose has been an amazing contributor to the history of our school with 50 years of service occurring this year.  She has worked as a classroom teacher, librarian and has led students with special environmental groups including Kids Teaching Kids and Wiggly Worms.  Her work has been a memorable and enjoyable experience for many Sacred Heart students.  We will acknowledge Rose’s amazing contribution at our Sacred Heart Feast Day Mass at the Sacred Heart Church on 24th June at 9:30am.

Queen’s Birthday Holiday

A reminder that there will be no school on Monday due to the Queens Birthday long weekend. Wishing you all a wonderful long weekend and if you are travelling that you do so safely.

PSG Meetings

Program Support Group Meetings (PSG) meetings will be held on Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th June. See below for additional information. 

Eisteddfod Choirs

We have many students across all year levels taking part in this year’s Eisteddfod Choirs which is being held at the Mildura Arts Centre this Friday.  We wish these students and Mrs Taylor all the best.  Further details including performing times are outlined in the Performing Arts section of the newsletter.

Assembly - Eumeralla

Thank you to the Year 3/4 School Choir who led our Assembly today.  They did a brilliant job with their performances and are well-prepared for the Eisteddfod.  Eumeralla will host our next Assembly, which will be held in the Stadium at 2.30pm on Friday.. 

School Sports Victoria Division Finals

Division Netball & Soccer is being held this Wednesday 15th June.  Our boys & girls Netball teams and boys & girls Soccer teams are competing.  Netball is being held at Sarah Oval and Soccer is being held at the Aerodrome Ovals. 

Division Football & Hockey is being held on Friday 17th June.  Our boys & girls Football teams and boys Hockey team are competing.  Football is being held at the Aerodrome Ovals and Hockey at the Sunraysia Hockey Centre.  

We wish our teams all the best on both Wednesday & Friday. 

Student Reports

School Reports will be made available to parents this Friday 17th June from 8.15am.  Simply go onto your PAM account, click on your child’s profile and select Assessment Reports in the profile menu to view your child’s School Report.

P/T Interviews

Parent-Teacher meetings will be held in the last week of term on Tuesday, 21st & Wednesday 22nd June. Bookings are now open on SIMON (PAM). Go to your PAM homepage and click on Parent-Teacher Interviews, select child's name, select year level, select an interview time and then click on Book Interview.  Contact the school office if you have any questions or are having difficulty booking a meeting.  We encourage all parents to attend these meetings to discuss your child’s achievements and areas for improvement.    

NAIDOC Week

We had a wonderful early celebration of NAIDOC Day yesterday. We were lucky to have Sean Choolburra presenting for us as part of our celebrations.  Sean engaged and shared with us his culture in a fun and engaging way. A big thank you to Uncle Will Hannah for also sharing his culture. As always, it is wonderful to have members of our local community share their culture and stories with us.

Have a great weekend everyone and God Bless!

Mark Gibson

Religious Education

Sacred Heart Feast Day

Our Sacred Heart Feast Day is being held on the last day of Term Two - Friday, 24th June. More information will be provided over the next couple of weeks in regards to this special day.  A whole school Mass will be held at the Sacred Heart church at 9.30am.  An invite will be sent home with all families next week.

2022 Sacramental Program Dates

 Sacrament of First Communion (Eucharist) 2022 Year 4 students

Parents Information Night Wednesday 7th September 7pm Sacred Heart Church

Celebration of Sacrament Friday 21st Saturday 22nd Sunday 23rd October

Sacrament of Penance (Reconciliation) 2022 Year 2 students

Parents Information Night Wednesday 12th October 7pm Sacred Heart Church

Celebration of the Sacrament Wednesday 23rd November 7pm Sacred Heart Church

Learning Diversity News

Program Support Group (PSG) meetings will be held on Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th of June. Parents of the students who require a formal PSG meeting on those days have been notified via an email from Mrs Deacon. Emails were sent out on Monday 6th June. These meetings have been scheduled during the school day and coincide with classroom teachers’ daily schedules. Parents will need to confirm their attendance at the meeting by either emailing a response to Mrs Deacon or calling the school office by Tuesday 14th June at the latest. 

Evidence of progress for term 2 and term 3 goals will be discussed at the Parent/Teacher Interviews for those students with an Individualised Learning Plan (ILP) and who do not require a formal PSG meeting. Please book an appointment time with your child’s teacher when bookings open.

Maggie Dent - raising strong girls - ABC

A wonderful conversation between Maggie Dent and Sarah Kanowski on raising strong girls. Access the broadcast via this link: 

Prep Unit News

This week the Prep students have been doing a lot of learning about patterns, writing sentences, we’ve played traditional Aboriginal games in Sport and begun listening to The Creation Story from the Bible. Ask your child if they know whether The Creation Story is in The Old Testament or The New Testament? Have a well deserved long weekend… we will see you all on Tuesday!

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Show and tell reminder for this week (odd week):

Junior Unit News

This week's NAIDOC celebrations brought wonder and awe to the minds of our Junior Unit students. We were honoured by the visit from Uncle Will Hanna and Father Matt, who proudly treated our students to an Acknowledgement to Country & Blessing of Journey Poles.  

Tuesday's festivities invited the extremely talented Sean Choolburra to Sacred Heart stadium. Our students thoroughly enjoyed his engaging presentation as you will see in the photos from this week.

Beginning at the entrance of our school, our students went on a walk of discovery, to proudly acknowledge the Latje Latje people. Students revisited each of the Moieties; Mumboola the Dreamtime serpent, Guthoo the sand goanna, Woorawa the eagle and Yillburri the emu. These are the moieties of the WakaWaka Nation gifted to us by Margrett Gilson to help protect and guide our children. Students have also experienced  a variety of Indigenous arts and games this week.

Year One students are enhancing their knowledge of tricky words focusing on reading and spelling: two, three, four, why, house, because. We are revisiting plurals and our knowledge of adjectives, verbs, nouns though the story ‘Josphines wants to Dance’.

The Year Two students begin their new Show and Tell presentations in Week 8 and 9. The topic for students to share is "When I Grow Up". Please encourage your child to think about who they may want to be when they are older. They can bring in props or pictures of their aspiring occupation.

A friendly reminder that students will need to bring in a SOCK for their Performing Arts lesson next week. WE WILL SUPPLY the craft materials required for the sock puppet. Please ensure that your child/ren’'s jumpers/jackets are clearly named.
We wish you all a wonderful long weekend and look forward to seeing our students back on Tuesday.

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Middle Unit News

Year 3-6 Disco… Save the Date!

We are thrilled to announce that the Middle & Senior Unit Disco is back. It will be held on Thursday June 23rd from 6:30pm - 8:00pm in our School’s stadium. Students are always super excited to attend this event and preparations are underway. More details will be announced closer to the date.

Senior Unit News

Year 3-6 Disco… Save the Date!

We are thrilled to announce that the Middle & Senior Unit Disco is back. It will be held on Thursday June 23rd from 6:30pm - 8:00pm in our School’s stadium. Students are always super excited to attend this event and preparations are underway. More details will be announced closer to the date.

Junior Neighbourhood Watch

The Year 6’s have been participating in a Junior Neighbourhood Watch Program, that means that the police come into our school and talk about how to be safe, crime prevention, and learning what police officers do. We have had lots of fun experiences throughout the semester. On Monday, we had them come in and talk about the different types of fingerprints and how they identify them. They told us all of the different types of fingerprints, the common ones and the rare ones. Then they let us have a go putting our fingerprints onto paper with ink. It was a great experience and I’m sure all of the Year 6 students enjoyed it.

George Miller

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Library

Library Times 

Monday - Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday 

Tuesday - Yr 5, Kyema, Barramunga 

Wednesday - Eumeralla, Waminda,  Mootwingee, 

Thursday - Preps, Bundaleer, Amaroo

Friday - Minga, Karinya

Due to the public holiday, some children may miss out on going to the library this week with their class. Please remind your child that they can come to borrow during lunch times as well!

Performing Arts

Just a reminder for everyone to bring in a sock to school for the last week of the term. We will be supplying Pom poms, googly eyes and wool to decorate the sock puppets. Children are welcome to bring any other craft supplies from home they may wish to use on the day.

Parents may purchase tickets to watch our eisteddfod choirs perform at the Mildura Arts Centre on June 17th here; https://mac1.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/65023

Times are as follows and more information will be sent directly to families this week;

• 9:30am session - sections 490 and 491 (Prep - Grade 2 Choirs)
• 11:30am Section 492 (Grade 3-4 Choirs)
• 1:30pm Section 493 (Grade 5-6 Choirs)

Students of the Week