Uniforms

Thank you to all the students who come to school dressed in their correct uniform each day.  We ask that parents support our uniform policy by ensuring that the necessary items are ready for your child to wear each day.  Only Sacred Heart branded uniforms should be worn.  We have noticed that some children are wearing other sporting tops and advising that their uniform isn’t washed or wearing the wrong shoes and advising that they couldn’t find their correct shoes or left them somewhere.  No other jumpers or hats should be worn.  As per our policy “compulsory enforcement of our uniform policy enables consistency in dress standards throughout the school and is a way of identifying students who are part of the SHM community. If for any reason your child is unable to wear a particular item of our school uniform, they should provide a note from their parent/guardian advising the school of the situation and take appropriate steps to correct the uniform as soon as possible.”  Our uniform policy can be located on our website under School Life > Parent Information > Online Parent Handbook.  Remember the Parent Handbook is password protected to our SHM Community (Password is SHM2020). In summary:

The Summer Uniform is to be worn by all students from Kindergarten to Year 6 every day during Terms 1 and 4 except for assigned sport days. The formal uniform consists of the following:

Girls:
● Shoes Black leather school shoes (Lace up or Velcro)
● Dress Sky/Navy Stripe dress with SHM logo
● Socks Navy ankle socks

Boys:
● Shoes Black leather school shoes (Lace up or Velcro)
● Shirt Blue short sleeved shirt with SHM logo
● Shorts Navy tailored shorts
● Socks Navy knee high socks
● Tie - Boys must wear a tie everyday all year

As the warm weather has arrived, though is still unpredictable, we have a transition period of the last week of term 3 and first week of term 4, children can wear either their full winter or full summer uniform.  All students should wear their summer uniform starting Monday 16th October, Week 2. 

Sports Uniform - Sports shoes should only be worn on sports uniform days - not with our winter or summer school  uniform. 

A reminder of the policy around hair styles and standards:

Girls: 

Hair must be pulled back if long enough into a ponytail, pig tails, braid or plaits. They must be worn with an approved hair accessory such as navy ribbon or navy headband. (Flowers, patterns, colours of any kind are not acceptable).  

Boys: 

Hair styles for boys should be short and tidy and not grown or groomed in an extreme or exaggerated fashion. Hair should be evenly cut, a natural colour, worn off the face and should not obstruct sight. Hair must be at least a “number 3” cut. Dreadlocks are not permitted.  

Art Show

Thank you to Mrs Conroy, our teachers, parent committee led by Stephanie Bailey and the students for all their work for our Art show which starts tomorrow.  We are running the show over two afternoons, this Thursday and Friday, to give families more opportunities to attend. The afternoons will have a lovely ambience with amazing visual art, music and food.   

Canberra

Congratulations and thank you to our Year 6 students and the teachers who attended the camp in Canberra last week.  The children displayed exemplary behaviour and the tour guides at the venues visited - National Museum of Australia, Questacon, the National Portrait Gallery, Parliament House and the Australian War Memorial, all commented on how respectful and engaged our children were.  The children learnt so much about the history of our country and political system as well as being able to have fun and enjoy time with their peers.  

Zing Activ - Gymnastics 

Next term we again partner with Zing Activ (formerly Dance Fever) to provide our Gymnastics program in line with the movement skills outlined in the syllabus  Each year level will have a 40 minute lesson on Wednesday each week.  

Scope IT

All of our students have attended sessions with Scope IT over the past two terms.  Year 6 have been coding electronic devices integrated with their natural disasters unit.  Year 5 looked at website design to create an informative display for their Gold Rush unit and Year 4 created Biomes for geography in Minecraft.  Year 1, 2 and 3 learnt about scratch coding linked to their science learning about forces, the earth's resources or living things and Kindergarten learnt junior scratch coding integrated with their fairytales theme. 

The lessons are always engaging and we thank them for working in partnership with our teachers, especially Mrs Petersen to develop our students' deep thinking skills.  Scope IT are returning next term for a one day Minecraft workshop with Year 2.  

Tech Club

Our Year 6 leaders continue to share their knowledge and skills during our lunch time Tech club.  Look at how students from Kindy to Year exploring Beebots, drones, spheros and our friendly talking Dashbot.