As the 2019 school year draws to a close I would like to take this opportunity to thank this year’s committee as well as all the others who have taken time to help out with activities this year. I would also like to personally thank Julie, our Principal and all the staff of SHM for their support around what we have done and their involvement. We also acknowledge the enormous efforts Julie and her staff have made teaching and guiding our children this school year.

As you know we took the decision to step away from fundraising and to concentrate a little more on community based events that bring the school community together. We took time out from having the mid year major fundraiser and replaced this with our Sacred Heart Celebrates function early in the year whilst still having the Spring Fair, Mother and Fathers’ Day breakfasts, School Disco and from time to time information nights on topics we felt were of importance to parents and carers.

The feedback we have received has been very positive whereby we have used the grounds of the school and providing events to come together in a more relaxed atmosphere and only recently the successful Christmas drinks where we combined each class was also an overwhelmingly successful addition to the school calendar.

Jacqui McCarthy and MJ Whitson have contributed many hours acting as our Parent Liaison and we acknowledge and thank them for the wonderful results they have achieved during their year long tenure. We also wish to thank our class parents for their time and effort.

We still did manage to raise some funds this year that will go to SHM School and will be spent wisely on things that will benefit each of our children at the school.

The P & F met recently at its last meeting and we have mapped out dates for the various activities that you will see on the 2020 school calendar. 
I encourage you to get involved in rolling out these events. It has been said many times before but our children really do love to see you their parents and carers,  at the school and involved. However big or small a role you can take on is greatly appreciated.

On top of all of this the P & F is also here to listen to any feedback and I urge you to reach out to me or any of the committee members with any other suggestions or issues you want to raise so we can try and cater for the school community in 2020.

At the AGM to be held in first term we will elect a new committee so I I urge anybody who might be interested in being involved on the committee to reach out to me as any new faces are always very welcome.

On behalf of the P & F Executive I want to wish everybody a Happy and Holy Christmas and look forward to hearing from you in 2020.

Kind Regards


Chris Janes
SHM P & F President