NAPLAN

Further to the information last term regarding our excellent NAPLAN results, Sydney Catholic Schools have now released information on the Top 15 Sydney Catholic Schools relative to the NSW State average.  We are so proud of the efforts of our students and teachers and excited to be in the top 15 list in a number of areas:

Year 3 Reading - Sacred Heart Mosman - 9th place

Year 3 Writing - Sacred Heart Mosman - 14th place

Year 3 Numeracy - Sacred Heart Mosman - 13th place

Year 5 Grammar & Punctuation - Sacred Heart Mosman - 6th place

Year 5 Writing - Sacred Heart Mosman - 12th place

What an amazing achievement for our students to rank so highly amongst the other 149 Sydney Catholic Schools. 

The Christmas Story - Art Exhibition and Opening

Thank you to Miss Jackson and Mrs Conroy who worked over many afternoons with our students to design and paint artworks related to the Christmas story.  We had two successful entries of students’ artwork in Sydney Catholic Schools ‘The Christmas Story Art Exhibition and Competition 2023’. The following students have had their artworks selected for the exhibition and we want to acknowledge how proud we are of them for all of their hard work.

Arabella Crone

Caitlin Swain

The students and their families are now invited to celebrate Mass on the first Sunday of Advent at St Benedict’s Catholic Church, Chippendale and to view the exhibition.  

Swimming Carnival - Program 

Our swimming carnival for Years 2-6 is being held next week and Miss Calizar has put together a program overview based on the races that parents have entered their child into.  We have attached the proposed run sheet for the day.  The  100 metre and 50 metre races are run first so that we can record times to identify if any of our students qualify for the Sydney Catholic Schools events next year.  This means that our races for non swimmers are not held until approximately 12:00pm.  These will be races with props including kick boards and swim noodles.  By their nature, swimming carnivals are different to sports carnivals, given we only have access to one pool.  This means that the students are watching others swim for much of the day.  Our House Captains will lead cheers and we hope that all students will support those racing by watching and cheering them on.  

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Please note that times are approximate and may be subject to change depending on the length of each event

Just a reminder that I sent a note home on Monday regarding the process of organising our class groupings for 2024.  There is much thought that goes into placing a child in a class.  We consider a child’s academic and well-being needs, who each child works well with, if there is anyone who they do not work well with, friendship groups and children’s preferences, the number of girls and boys in each year level, social and emotional needs, information from parents, teaachers and other individual circumstances.  

If you wish us to consider any information related to your child, please email the office by Friday 10th November,  info@shmosman.catholic.edu.au with your child's name and current class in the subject line. 

When taking into consideration all of the requests, it is not always possible to ensure perfect outcomes for everyone.  Getting class selection ‘right’ is important to us and we ask that parents trust in the process.  Once classes are organised, there are no changes as you can imagine that changing one child would have a follow on impact on the whole process above. Parents can not choose or request a particular teacher and our classes and staffing are announced in the last week of term.  We look forward to Tuesday 12th December, when all students will have an opportunity to meet their class members and new teacher/ teachers for 2024. 

Shine and Share

‘Shine and Share’ sessions are an opportunity for all students to shine as you share in your child’s learning and give thanks to our wonderful teachers and learning year.  The classrooms are open during the times below so please feel free to join, even if for a small amount of time.  

Wishing you God’s Blessings, 

Jane Taylor

Assistant Principal