Dear Parents and Carers,

Our Character Strength liturgies began on Monday. They are a wonderful way to celebrate the end of the year and to be able to meet up with your child’s teacher before we head off to the holidays in a short while. The Character Strength liturgies have been a tradition at Sacred Heart for many years. They are based on the work the school has done with positive psychology. Each child has one of the 26 strengths highlighted. This is the strength that they have shown in their work and at school over the last year.  You will be sent a reminder by your child’s class teacher. Each liturgy is in the church and all begin after 2pm. The dates are all in the Compass calendar - see the link here. A reminder that all of our events are on this calendar. Please check it often over the next few weeks. It is a live calendar and any changes are immediately reflected here.

A reminder that any Zoom links we provide have a host. As it is our community’s expectation that we keep your children safe, unidentified guests on Zoom will not be let into the meeting by the hosts, i.e. "iphone" or initials are not acceptable.  A first name and last name is essential. 

Our Christmas Fair was a wonderful success. I'm sure the children have told you about their amazing day. As you can see from the photos the children were treated to stalls, fun games, and lots of fun.

The day was not possible without some very hard work by our teachers and our “behind the scenes” parents. The exciting thing was that the fair was actually part of Year One’s Deep Learning Project where they were solving a real world problem : The Spring Fair has been cancelled - what should we do? Year One recruited their learning partners: Year Six, parent consultants, Mosman Council (recycling team) and the school Leadership Team to help them solve the problem. Their answer: The Christmas Fair!.

Thank you to the instigator and organiser of this project, Mrs Petersen. Her enthusiasm, leadership and organisation ensured the Christmas Fair was such a great success. Thank you to the Christmas Team who met regularly with Mrs Petersen - their fun approach and “can do” attitude ensured the Christmas Fair was an event shared by all and used each teacher’s talents. Thank you to Miss Blake, Miss Jackson, Miss Brickley, Mrs Grebe, Miss Conroy, Mrs Ruming and Mrs Jago. 

Thank you to Year Six and their teachers, Mrs Sheehan and Mrs O'Callaghan who put the stalls together and ran the Fair on the day. Thank you to all the teachers in the school who “Decked the School” so that it feels a lot like Christmas here at Sacred Heart!

Five parents answered our “behind the scenes” help callout. Their support in preparing Year Six through consultation meetings and on the day was invaluable. Many thanks to Jacqui McCarthy, Anja Venn, Lynda Griffin, Jennifer Burns and Alison Ramadge for your work and support.

Our teachers are putting together footage of the day and this will be ready when it is finished. We will send you a link when it is complete. 

Our raffle winners were:

Taronga High Rope Voucher - Will B

Soft toy and book - Ewan M

Books - Zahra S 

Orpheum Tickets - Jack W

Lolly Jar correct guess - Isabella E

Congratulations to Mrs. Samantha Edwards who has been appointed to the substantive position of Religious Education Co ordinator at Sacred Heart. This position is as third leader on the leadership team of the school. Mrs Edwards has been in the acting role as REC since Term 2. Samantha has previous experience as an Assistant Principal and Literacy coach. We are very excited by this appointment as it means we go forward into 2021 with a strong leadership team with the ability to continue to move the school’s strategic direction forward.

Regards

Julie Caldwell