ISSUE 36: November 11th, 2022
Principal / Executive Leadership Team
Dear Parents, Carers, Staff, Students and Friends,
Welcome to our Week Six Newsletter.
Our timetable will hopefully assist with improved eating supervision, better behaviour, less food waste, increased ability to focus, and improved academic achievement. You can look at the table below to see how the
2023 Eating & Play Timetable Changes
Healthy eating positively influences young people’s growth and development and lifelong health and wellbeing trajectory. Healthy eating can improve student concentration, mood, memory, learning, academic performance and mental wellbeing and give them the fuel they need to thrive. To support better outcomes we are considering changes to our timetable. Like many schools do now, we are proposing the change of swapping our recess and lunch break times. You can look at the table below to see the proposed changes:
2022 Timetable | 2023 Proposed Timetable |
10:55am-11am: Recess eating outside 11am-11:25: Recess play 1:27pm-1:37pm: Lunch eating outside 1:37pm-2:07pm: Lunch Play 2:10pm: Lunch finishes | 9:55am-10:05am: Fruit snack in classroom 11am: Lunch play 11:30am-11:40am: Lunch eating in classroom 1:40pm: Recess eating outside 2:10pm: Recess finishes |
We welcome any feedback on these proposed changes to assist us in making a final decision. Please do this by completing this survey:
Remembrance Day
Thank you to our School Captains and the fellow students who proudly represented the school at the Mildura Remembrance Day Service today. We also had a short service at school at assembly and the students showed great reverence during this occasion.
Josh Carmichael Visit
It was great to have Josh Carmichael visit all Year levels on Wednesday and talk about his AFL career, experiences of being a past student at Sacred Heart and much more. The students asked fantastic questions, listened attentively and got many items signed. Big thanks to Mrs and Mr Carmichael for organising.
Year 4/5 Leadership Day & 2022 House Captains
Our Year 4/5 students will participate in Student Leadership Development sessions on Thursday, 17th November. These sessions will be run virtually by Unleashing Human Potential. Nominations will be taken from Year Five students for 2022 House Captains on Monday, 21st November. On Friday, 25th November all Houses will meet for House Captain speeches and voting at 9am. Good luck to all students!
Welcome Back
We welcome Max & Harry Gaylard back to Sacred Heart this week following travels around Australia. Max will join the Year Five classroom Illawarra and Harry will join the Year Two classroom Myalla.
2023 Prep Transition
The Buddy BBQ (Year Five/2023 Preps) is being held at school this Wednesday, 16th November beginning at 5pm. 2023 Preps and 2023 Buddies will come together, along with their parents for a meet & greet in the Courtyard Area. Students will enjoy a sausage in bread and a drink. This is always a popular event and a great opportunity for both students and parents to connect.
Our Prep 2022 Transition Program is attached below.
Schools Sports Victoria (SSV) Events
Congratulations to all students who have represented our school during the week showing great sportsmanship and competitive spirit.
- Our Year 5/6 boys & girls Basketball teams competed in the SSV Region Basketball Finals in Bendigo on Tuesday. The girls won 1 out of 3 games and the boys 2 out of 3.
- Year 5/6 Boys & Girls Division T20 Cricket at the Aerodrome Ovals today.
- Year 3/4 Boys & Girls Division T20 Cricket at the Aerodrome Ovals today.
Week Seven events:
- Our Year 5/6 boys Volleyball team will compete in the SSV State Finals in Melbourne on Friday, 18th November.
God bless!
Mark Gibson
Religious Education
First Reconciliation
Students should be working through their lessons at home. Feel free to contact Ryan O’Callaghan at school if you have any questions regarding this Sacrament. Celebration of this Sacrament will be on Wednesday 23rd November at 7pm at the Sacred Heart Church.
Learning and Teaching News
First Nations Bedtime Stories Online
Each year Common Ground, a First Nations not-for-profit organisation, produces five Dreamtime stories. The films are shared online and are accessible by schools and families. You may be interested in signing up to Common Ground and celebrating First Nations cultures by experiencing these stories together. The stories are released daily between November 21st-25th 2022.
Learning Diversity News
Prep Unit News
This week in Prep we have been revising all the awesome learning we have learnt throughout the year in InitiaLit and Maths. The Preps were a bit awe struck and had the best time meeting Josh Carmichael on Wednesday. It was fantastic to have Josh visit our students and we say a big THANK YOU for giving up your time.
Some reminders:
- Sounds to continue practising with your child/ren at home: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, r, f, o, c, d, h, e, n, g, l, k, u, b, j, w, ck, ll, ff, ss, sh, ee, qu, z, ch, y, v, x, wh, th, oo (as in moon), oo (as in book), ng and ay.
- Learn all the tricky words at the back of the reading diary.
- Library day is Monday. ALL prep students need to return their library books each FRIDAY.
Show and tell reminder for this coming Thursday = odd week.
Prep Unit Team Contact Details
- Unit Leader: Mrs Rebecca O'Callaghan
- Cooinda (Year Prep): Mrs Rebecca O'Callaghan
- Wahroonga (Year Prep): Miss Courtney Sheridan
Junior Unit News
We ended this week with reflection, appreciation and gratitude as we pay our respects to all service men, women and animals who gave their time (and lives) for others.
Having Josh Carmichael visit on Wednesday was a HUGE honour for our students. They asked many interesting questions, listened attentively and had the opportunity to have items signed by Josh. We are grateful for the terrific organisation from Mrs Carmichael and our leadership team as well as the MAGNIFICENT manners shown by our Junior Unit students. All students received a signature from Josh to take home.
Next week, we are introducing our students to the biblical passage, The Shepherds and the Angels- Luke 2:8-20. Students are reflecting on the similarities of Luke's nativity story in comparison to other Gospel stories as well as enhancing their knowledge of Advent.
We continue to build on our knowledge of ‘stress’. After unpacking what it might look like, sound like and feel like for some people, we begin to discuss the importance of relaxation techniques.
Junior Unit Team Contact Details
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- Unit Leader: Mrs Katrina Groves
- Karinya (Year 1): Mrs Katrina Groves (Monday-Thursday) & Mrs Amilea Pacher (Friday)
- Bundaleer (Year 1): Mrs Maree Irvin (Tuesday-Friday) & Mrs Amilea Pacher (Monday)
- Barramunga (Year 2): Miss Georgina Hewitt
- Waminda (Year 2): Mrs Chris Carmichael
- Kyema (Year 2): Mrs Jaimi Willersdorf
Middle Unit News
Just a reminder that classrooms open at 8:15 each morning.
Also a reminder that Year 4 students need to have their laptop charged everyday - it can make learning difficult if laptops are flat.
Middle Unit Team Contact Details
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- Unit Leader: Miss Sophie Price
- Minga (Year 3): Mrs Cathryn Rowles
- Eumeralla (Year 3): Mrs Sarah Beckwith
- Amaroo (Year 4): Mrs Natalee Johnson
- Yongana (Year 4): Mr Corey Barbary
- Mootwingee (Year 4): Miss Sophie Price
Senior Unit News
Senior Unit Team Contact Details
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- Unit Leader: Mrs Jo Campbell
- Myalla (Year 5): Mrs Danielle Gunn (Monday-Wednesday) & Mrs Emma Kotsiakos (Wednesday-Friday)
- Illawarra (Year 5): Miss Belinda Zappia
- Narooma (Year 6): Mrs Jo Campbell
- Dourim (Year 6): Mrs Maria Beer
Library
Junior Book Reviews: Please take a moment to check out the reviews that the children in Year 1 & 2 have completed! They have all worked exceptionally hard to find a book they enjoyed, rate it, and write a short review. These can be found on the library windows, both inside and outside.
Middle Unit “My Interests”: Year 3 & 4 students have this week taken time to assess their own slide shows and post to Seesaw. Many students have really tried hard to research and present a topic that they are interested in!
Scholastic book Club issue #8 has been sent out today. All orders will need to be in no later than Wednesday 23rd November to allow for delivery. This is a great opportunity for some secret santa gifts! Just remember to click the “gift” box when ordering online.
The student’s last day of borrowing books will be the Friday 25th November. ALL books are to be returned to the library no later than Friday 2nd December to allow time to check all books back in. Please make sure you encourage your child to have a hunt for any missing books - we currently have about 150 books that are overdue! Let’s get this down to 0 by the end of the year!!
Timetable:
Monday - Illawarra, Eumeralla, Waminda, Preps
Tuesday - Amaroo, Minga, Karinya,
Wednesday - Bundaleer, Barramunga, Year 6, Mootwingee
Thursday - Yongana, Kyema, Myalla
Administration
Students of the Week
- Dourim - Evalyn Thorpe
- Narooma - Marly Pengelly
- Illawarra - Niamh Fush
- Myalla - Xavier Robinson
- Yongana - Victoria Cirigliano
- Mootwingee - Izzy Zadow
- Amaroo - Adelina Mazza
- Eumeralla - Joseph Mammone
- Minga - Agnes Sajeevan
- Barramunga - Eliza Marciano
- Waminda - Alyssa Cursaro
- Kyema - Dawson Boake
- Karinya - Emily Cirillo
- Bundaleer - Estelle Creighton
- Wahroonga - Otto Hamence
- Cooinda - Stella Seaton - Stewart
Ray White Positive Behaviour Awards
Safety - Jango Stockman
Responsible- Lexi Kerr
Respectful - Oliver Love
Respectful - William Groves
