Sacred Heart Catholic School Mosman eNewsletter

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Handball for Dads and Kids on Friday 8-8.40 at school!

Tell the boss you’ll be late…

Dear Parents and Carers,

The time is ticking away and before we know it it will be the end of the year. Please take a look at the amended calendar below and see what we have planned for the rest of the term. We hope that we will see you at school at some of our events during that time.

Thank you to our parents who have banded together to make sure our fair happens this year. Pre Covid each year the school held a huge community event - the Spring Fair. This year the Christmas Fair will be held on Sunday the 27th of November. It is always a great event for the children so please pop it on your calendar. You may get requests to lend a hand before the day - that's always a great opportunity to connect or reconnect with other families.

The focus for 2022 has been on balance. It is a year for rebuilding relationships and engaging the community in the school and parish. While we are working towards excellence in academics, we have been actively fostering our student's spiritual development and promoting and supporting their wellbeing while engaging with parents to offer support and guidance in their role as first educators of their children. Some of the ways we have done this have been through the Back to Parish initiative, the introduction of the Friendology program and the Parent Engagement program.

I reported recently on our excellent Naplan results. It wasn't until last Friday that we realised, comparatively, how good they are. At a Principal’s Naplan meeting Sydney Catholic Schools reported the top performing primary schools (out of about 130 SCS schools). They reported on six categories of Naplan (Reading, Writing and Numeracy for Year 3 and Year 5). To our school’s surprise and joy, Sacred Heart Mosman scored in the top three in three of the categories. They were as follows:

Year 3: Achievement

2nd in Reading in SCS primary schools

Year 5: Achievement

1st in Reading in SCS primary schools

3rd in Writing in SCS primary schools

I’d like to congratulate all staff and parents again for this result as it has been a combined and prolonged effort from all of us to reach this point.

Thank you to the many parents and students who attended the Year 1 Family Mass last Sunday. Please see the notices re the mass next Sunday. It is a very special one that has not been celebrated for a while.

Dad’s Handball Friday the 28th October

Please remind the dads that they are invited to handball on Friday morning. Just for fun and for a chance for our dads to spend time with their kids and connect with other dads.

Concert 13th December

The concert preparation is well under way and will be a great celebration of the school’s 100th year anniversary as a Marist school. A reminder re costumes is located at the end of the newsletter.

From the P and F - School survey - reminder.

Have your say!

Please take the time to complete the P&F School survey to ensure we capture the thoughts of our school community during this time of change at Sacred Heart. The feedback is anonymous and will assist the P&F in identifying areas of improvement, potential areas of concern and areas which are important to you and your children.

We aim to close the survey off prior to the next P&F meeting in Nov, so please access the survey soon.

Today you will receive your newsletter in two different formats. The new email with a link should be able to open the newsletter directly without logging into Compass which will make it easier to access. Please let us know if this method works for you. Our calendar is constantly being updated. The most recent version is on Compass and the side of the newsletter. Please see some important dates below:

Regards

Julie Caldwell

Diary dates coming up:
Week 3
Handball for Dads and Kids!	Friday 28th October 8am-8.40am	An invitation to all dads to join us for a morning of fun and to share and show our skills!
Year 3 Grade Mass	Friday 28th October 9.30am	All parents welcome
Peer Support	Friday 28th October 2pm	Mixed grade meetings - Friendology
World Teachers Day	Friday 28th October	Many thanks to the P and F for our lovely lunch!
Kinder Mass Blessing of the Animals All welcome	Sunday 30th October 9am Mass	Sacred Heart Church for mass 10.30am outside the hall for the Blessing of the Animals
Week 4
All Saints Mass	Tuesday 1st November 12pm	Whole School Mass - parents welcome
All Souls Day	Wednesday 2nd November	Morning liturgy
Ice Block Friday	Friday 4th November	Fundraising for Year 6 graduation
Zero Emissions Expo	Friday 4th November	Yr Six environmental team at the Zoo
Peer Support	Friday 28th 2pm	All grades - Friendology
Week 5
STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY	Monday 7th November
First Reconciliation Retreat	Tuesday 8th November	Year 3 and others enrolled in Reconciliation
Ice Block Friday	Friday 11th November	Fundraising for Year 6 graduation
Big Blue Awards	Friday 11th November	Sponsored by Claudia Portalie at McGrath Mosman
Remembrance Day Prayer	Friday 11th November 11.30am	All grades
Kinder 2023 Orientation 1	Friday 11th November 9.30-11	Kinder 2023 visit the school
Peer Support	Friday 11th November 2pm	All grades - Friendology
Year 2 and 3 Family Mass	Sunday 13th November	Sacred Heart Church
Week 6
First Reconciliation Ceremonies	15th and 16th November	Year 3 and others enrolled in Reconciliation
Amadeus Concert	Thursday 17th November	All students Playground
Swimming Carnival	Friday 18th November	Years 2-6 Manly swim centre
K-1 Water Safety Day	Friday 18th November	At school
Kinder Orientation Day 2	Friday 18th November	Kinder 2023 and their families
Year 4 Family Mass	Sunday 20th November	Sacred Heart Church
Week 7
John Burland workshops	Tuesday 22nd November	Gospel music led by John Burland All grades
Sports Club Meeting	Tuesday 22nd November 7pm	Committee members
P and F Meeting	Wednesday 23rd November	All welcome. Meet Miss Leanne Meehan 2023 Executive Principal
Peer Support	Friday 25th November 2pm	All grades - Friendology
Year Five Family Mass	Sunday 9am 27th November	Sacred Heart Church
Christmas Fair	Sunday 27th November 12.00 - 4.00pm	On Sacred Heart school grounds
Week 8
Advent Liturgy Week 1	Monday 28th November 8.40am	Week 1 of Advent
End of Year Liturgy Year 4	Thursday 1st December 2pm	A celebration of the year with your child’s class
Handball for Dads and Kids!	Friday 2nd December 8am-8.40am	An invitation to all dads to join us for a morning of fun and to share and show our skills!
End of Year liturgy Kinder	Friday 2nd December 2.10pm	A celebration of the year with your child’s class
Year Five incursion	Friday 2nd December	Planetarium in the school hall
End of Year Parent Event	Saturday 3rd December	Under the stars at Sacred Heart
Week 9
Advent Liturgy Week 2	Monday 5th December 8.40am	Week 2 of Advent
End of Year liturgy Year 1	Monday 5th December 2.10pm	A celebration of the year with your child’s class
End of Year liturgy Year 3	Tuesday 6th December 2.10pm	A celebration of the year with your child’s class
End of Year liturgy Year 5	Wednesday 7th December 2.10pm	A celebration of the year with your child’s class
End of Year liturgy Year 2	Thursday 8th December 2.10pm	A celebration of the year with your child’s class
Year 6 Graduation Mass	December 8th 6pm	Sacred Heart Church
Year 6 Graduation Dinner	December 9th 6pm	Norths Leagues Club
Week 10
Advent Liturgy Week 3	Monday 12th December 8.40am	Week 3 of Advent
100 Years Concert	Tuesday 13th December 6pm	A musical celebration of our 100 years as a Marist school
Year 6 Excursion to TOPS	Wednesday 14th December	Stanwell Tops activity day.
End of Year Awards and Big Blue Awards	Thursday 15th December 9am	Ceremony for end of year awards
End of Year Mass Students last day	Friday 16th December 9.30am	Thanksgiving Mass in Sacred Heart Church
Summer Holidays begin 16th December Year 1-6 pupils return in summer uniform Monday 30th January Kinder testing days - Monday 30th Jan - Wednesday 1st Feb Kinder first day - Thursday 2nd Feb