Dear Parents and Carers

Thank you to the Kindergarten parents who were able to attend the 100 days of Kindergarten liturgy in the hall on Friday. It is a credit to parents and teachers alike to see the positive growth and development of the children in their first year of school. Many thanks to Mrs Lozina our Family Educator, for preparing the liturgy.

For those of you who have met Deacon Mark over his time at Sacred Heart we were pleased to learn that he has been appointed to the Mosman parish and will stay on at the parish as our new Assistant Priest after his ordination next Saturday. Please note the two masses next Sunday that the school will be involved in. 

Calendar dates. As a school we do try to keep dates the same and communicate these well but circumstances can change at times and dates need to change. The Compass calendar is linked to our live school calendar and is the most up to date. The calendar below has been updated as well.

It was a delight to attend the first Conference Athletics yesterday with the team. Please see Mr De’s account below. Thank you to Mr De who ran the carnival’s field events and Miss Blake who was our teacher track marshall for the day.

Community News: Congratulations to the Seve family for hosting the Breast Cancer fundraiser event last Sunday. Please see Lindi’s account and achievement below. We are very proud of our community’s efforts to raise money for this very important research.

In order to equip our children with the best tools to support positive mental health our teachers are getting further training in ways to support students. Miss Roache and Miss Morgan will be attending the Peaceful Kids program later this week and Miss Hollingsworth and Miss Blake will be attending the Rock and Water program in the coming weeks.

Mr Brierley and I will be attending the Principal and AP’s Retreats next week. It will be a good chance to connect with colleagues again after a number of years of only meeting via Zoom.

Please see our report on our Waste Free week. We are learning as a school to be more sustainable and our efforts are really paying off. As a result we would like to go Waste Free every day to see how we can become greener, how we can further educate our children and contribute to healthy and waste free lunches. On that note could you please note that our Covid policy of not having birthday food/lolly treats at school is still in place. 

We are looking forward to another wonderful Science Week this year. We’ll let you know some of our exciting events in Week 5 and what we have been learning in Science in the next newsletter.

Regards

Julie Caldwell

Have a wonderful week. 

Regards

Julie Caldwell

Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop celebrations

This Friday, we will celebrate our whole school Mass for Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop. The Year Six students will lead us in the Mass and parents are warmly welcome to attend. Saint Mary MacKillop’s Feast Day falls on Monday, 8th of August and the students will attend a special incursion on Wednesday, 10th of August to celebrate Saint Mary MacKillop.

Saint Mary MacKillop Founder Day acknowledgement- this Friday, 5th August!!!

Students in the MacKillop Colour House (Green Colour) are invited to wear a green accessory this Friday to acknowledge the Feast Day of Saint Mary MacKillop which we will celebrate on Friday.

Father Mark’s Thanksgiving Mass - this Sunday 7th August at 11am- all are welcome!

Please keep Deacon Mark in your prayers this weekend, it is a very special time for him. On Saturday, Deacon Mark will receive his Ordination into the Priesthood. Please see Heartfelt for the invitation, you are most welcome to attend. Father Mark will then celebrate his first Thanksgiving Mass this coming Sunday, Sacred Heart Church at 11am, followed by a Luncheon. Families are warmly invited to attend. The school will be providing sweet plates for the luncheon so there is no need for families to bring a plate, unless of course you wish to. If you would like to contribute, please leave your sweet plate at the Parish Hall prior to the Mass, between 10:30am -11:00am. If there are any students in the Pope Francis program who may be free to assist with serving at the Luncheon alongside their parent/s, please contact me on kristen.jackson@syd.catholic.edu.au.

Family Winter Sleepout this Friday, 5th August!! See Heartfelt!!

It would be fantastic to see families participating in the SHM Family Winter Sleepout this Friday! Our Family Faith Educator, Mrs Lozina, has set up the fundraising event and provided all the details and links in Heartfelt of how you can make a contribution and show your support.

Feast of the Assumption Mass, Monday 15th August at 12pm

Sacred Heart will celebrate the Feast of the Assumption whole school Mass on Monday, 15th August at 12pm. Mass will be led by our Year Three students. Parents are warmly welcome to attend.

First Holy Communion Retreat Day- Tuesday 16th August

Year Four students will participate in a Retreat Day on Tuesday, 16th August, in preparation for making their First Holy Communion this term. We wish the Year Four students all the very best in their preparations for this very special time in their Sacramental life.

Kristen Jackson

Religious Education Co-ordinator

The 2022 Non-Government School census will take place on Friday August 5, 2022.  The Census reference period is Monday 27th June - Friday 5th August, 2022. The data collected during the August Census flows into the start of year planning and through to Catholic Schools NSW's reporting obligations to the Bishops and also to other organisations such as the National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC).  

The August Census will be finalised from schools' Compass data at midday on Friday 5th August 2022. 

Please see the following notices regarding collection of data for Census.

Last Sunday 31st July, the Mosman community came together with the help of Mosman Rugby and O'Gorman partners to raise both funds and increase awareness of breast cancer on behalf of the Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation. 

Over 120 attendees supported Hamish Seve in Year 2, his Dad Matthew and other locals in having their heads shaved for charity. It was a fantastic event that showed great support for Lindi and over the course of last week, $20,000 was raised for this amazing not for profit charity.  

Thank you very much to the Sacred Heart community including the teachers who joined us on the day or donated to this event.

Over the next two weeks we will be offering x1 free chess demonstration to any students who are not current members of the chess club. The demonstration will be held on Tuesday 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM at Sacred Heart Primary School (Mosman).

If your child has a friend who is not currently in the chess class and would like to give it a try, please forward the attached document to them. Siblings are also welcome to try the chess club.

COMPASS: