Dear Parents and Carers

This is the last newsletter for this term so I will wish you all a safe and happy holiday with your family. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to making Sacred Heart a warm and nurturing community this term. At Sacred Heart we do strive to live our school motto each and every day here at school.

Congratulations to the students who were presented with a Big Blue Award last week:

Kinder : Chloe Venn and Olivia Baillie

Year 1 : Katherine Ho and Joshua Steer

Year 2 : Ben Rudd and Angus Bloomfield

Year 3 : Eleanor Hogben and Angus Lund

Year 4 : Rose Baillie and Juliette Minetti

Year 5 : Hetty Murphy and John Dynon

Year 6 : Bronte McPherson and Roisin Thompson

Congratulations to our students who participated in the Pope Francis Awards. Each student contributed 10 hours of voluntary service to the local Parish, and 10 hours to the School; some of the students exceeded these hours!  They will be presented with their awards this Friday at assembly.

This Friday is a Teddy Bears Picnic (gold coin donation) to round off the term and to support our students who have made it through to Nationals, especially Christian who will travel to Darwin and Poppy for Cross Country. 

We will be presenting a MATHS WORKSHOP for parents on Wednesday 13th November at 9am in the library. To register please click this link. This workshop will present the fundamentals of Addition and Subtraction from Kinder through to Year 6.  At a later date we will look at Multiplication and Division.

Preparations are well under way for the Spring Fair on Sunday the 17th of November. Please put this date in your diary as it promises to be an exciting day for everyone.

If you are accessing Vacation Care in the first week of the holidays please be aware that the awning over the front entrance is being replaced and will mean the front gate is not accessible. Please use the gate at the other end of the school on Cardinal Street.

This week we fondly farewell Mrs Dianne Loots from the front office. Dianne and her family are relocating to the Gold Coast to begin a new phase of their lives. I’m sure most of you have either been helped, supported or welcomed by Dianne. She has brought her deep faith and positive attitude to our office and with Ingrid they have been a truly dynamic duo. We wish you and your family all the best. May the road rise up to greet you ….. and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand. 

As of Term 4, when communicating with the Administration team, please forward emails to either info@shmosman.catholic.edu.au or accounts@shmosman.catholic.edu.au

Next term’s calendar is online and features a number of exciting opportunities. Our senior students will again join with their teachers to present our Peer Support message. This years focus will reinforce our anti bullying message, linking our new PDHPE syllabus strand interpersonal skills and aligning them both to our new PAWS behaviour expectations.

Next term we will have a new provider for canteen as Joseph Arena has retired from this role. Attached is the new menu for next term. Menu The new menu will appear on the Flexischools App under Sacred Heart Mosman so your ordering process should be very similar. Please note that the new menu features weekly specials, a focus on using environmentally friendly packaging and savings on healthy options.

All parents are welcome to attend our school incursion on Tuesday the 29th October. The incursion will feature a Rock Band with a view to Music Mates, the company presenting the band, offering out of school Rock Orchestra lessons in music in 2020. More information regarding the Rock Orchestra will be available next term. There is no additional cost to parents. 

Next term the children should return in their full summer uniform. If you need to buy uniforms in the school holidays don’t forget that Cowan and Lewis will have their shop open at Turramurra on the following days:  

Monday - Friday  9am to 5pm

Saturday  9am to 12pm

Upcoming dates this week:

• Sports Club Meeting tonight at 7-8pm 
• Ice block Friday, this Friday, second lunch
• Teddy Bears Picnic this Friday, first lunch.  Gold Coin donation for our students who attended Nationals
• Staff Development Day - Monday 14th October
• Pupils return to school Tuesday 15th October

Regards

Julie Caldwell