24th May  2019

Dear Parents and Carers

This week we are finalising our interviews for 2020. Many of the families we have interviewed seek to come to Sacred Heart because of your recommendations and for community that has been built here. Outside people have looked at our senior students and found them to be compassionate, friendly, articulate and proud of our school, they have found our staff  warm, welcoming and student focused. They have found the sense of community and the parents they meet to have built a community that they would like to be part of. Thank you for being part of our community and your contribution to making our school a great place to be.

If you have not encountered the work of social researcher Brene Brown yet I encourage you to look at her TED talk on vulnerability. Her research encourages us to show our vulnerable side in order to be our true selves. One of her latest pieces talks about wholehearted living by encouraging us to be role models of imperfection by letting go unhealthy expectations.

Ten Guideposts for Wholehearted Living

1. Cultivate authenticity: let go of what people think
2. Cultivate self-compassion: let go of perfectionism
3. Cultivate a resilient spirit: let go of numbing and powerlessness
4. Cultivate gratitude and joy: let go of scarcity and fear of the dark
5. Cultivate intuition and trusting faith: let go of the need for certainty
6. Cultivate creativity: let go of comparison
7. Cultivate play and rest: let go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth
8. Cultivate calm and stillness: let go of anxiety as a lifestyle
9. Cultivate meaningful work: let of self-doubt and “supposed to”
10. Cultivate laughter, song, and dance: let go of being cool and “always in control”

Our Year 2 mass was well attended last Sunday by our families and was a  great celebration and reminder of God’s love. Love one another as I have loved you was the gospel of the day. Father Pelle spoke to year 2 about kindness and inclusion. We have reminded children this week about anti bullying. Can you have a chat with them about what strategies they have learnt about and been reminded about at school this week.

Thank you to our Year Six teachers for their participation in the Catholic Care parent night and the Confirmation retreat day. Thank you to Thomas and Mary and the parents who assisted in retreat day.

You may have noticed that on Thursday staff are dressed in their activewear. Not only are they extremely comfortable, the staff are participating in the 2019 Step Challenge. This is a staff wellbeing initiative that encourages physical activity and to take a time out for themselves to be active. As much we endeavour to nurture the wellbeing of our students, we also aim to ensure the wellbeing of our valuable staff. If you do see a teacher in their active wear, ask them how many steps they have! We are doing awards each week to recognise teams and individuals. Congratulations to the team 'Sacred Heart and Soul' who accumulated a total of 637 565 steps in the first week. Congratulations to Susan Russell who received the award for most steps in one day, which was a grand total of 27 649!

Blue Awards Friday

Friday 31st May at 8.40am is our Big Blue Award assembly, the coffee cart will be here and all parents are welcome.

Crazy Sock Day

On Friday the 31st of May we will be holding crazy sock day in order to support one of our children who will be representing NSW in basketball.  Children can wear any sort or type of sock on that day for a gold coin donation.

Our next P and F meeting will be held on the 11th June at 7pm in the school hall. All parents are welcome.

Tell Them From Me Survey information can be found later in this newsletter.

Our school disco is tomorrow. Thank you to our Kindergarten parents for all the work that has gone into ensuring that this will be a fun evening for them. Details follow in the newsletter. Children need to bring their own drink bottles.

Whole School Photos

28th May - Order details have been sent home.Parents can still place orders up to six weeks after the photos were taken. Please note that your child must wear their full winter school uniform on Tuesday. 

Year Six and Confirmation Candidates

2nd June at 12.30pm in St Mary’s Cathedral - please note this change of venue to other years and only one time slot is available.

Regards

Julie Caldwell

Heartfelt

Term 2, Week 4

“Some of the most fascinating and uplifting stories of the unexplained are those that people perceive as being miraculous in nature. Sometimes they are in the form of answered prayers or are seen as the actions of guardian angels. These remarkable events and encounters lend comfort, strengthen faith -- even save lives -- at times when it seems these things are needed most.  Are they literally from heaven, or are they created by a little-understood interaction of our consciousness with a profoundly mysterious universe? However  you view them, these real-life experiences are worth our attention.”                                                Stephen Wagner

The past election weekend was quite an eventful one.  The catch cry seemed to be “I believe in miracles.” It made me think about the idea of miracles.  If we live our lives in wonder and awe of God, miracles become so much more apparent in our earthly lives but why do we lose the ability to see the miracles in birth, in life, in everyday things? My guess is that faith needs to be exercised daily in order to be able to reach that level of consciousness where miracles are more apparent.  May your prayers lead you to a positive mindset so you can delight in the miracles around you.

The children are very excited about our Family Life competition.  We have had many entries describing some awesome ways that families spend time together.  The winner of our competition will be announced at the end of week four.

Do you knit?

SHM is  eager to teach our older students to knit so we can make blankets for Vinnies. A few talented parents or grandparents would really make life easier.  

Are you free on Thursdays from 1 to 2 pm? We would like to start in the next few weeks.  Please contact Mary Lozina or the school office.

Gift of Bread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4-GowLEEY&t=174s

Thank you to Alex Clyde and Marcus and Jess Wilkinson for helping with the pickup of bread from Baker’s Delight Bridgepoint.  We now have two Baker’s Delight stores on board. Please make sure you thank them with your hospitality when you are in the area.

We need to fill two more  spots:

• Bread delivery (one box) to Crows Nest on Friday mornings before 11am (once or twice a month).
• Return of crates to Baker’s Delight Neutral Bay on Fridays (small to medium car is fine).  

These are rostered so you can do weekly or monthly duties.

Call Mary Lozina if you can help.

SPaR……….Stop,Pray,Reflect…

NO SPAR ON 30th MAY DUE CROSS COUNTRY REGIONALS.

NEXT SPAR WILL BE ON THURSDAY 6TH JUNE.

WALK AND TALK:

Thank you to Jacqui Saric who led the Walk and Talk brigade on Tuesday.  This might become your permanent gig! I’ll be walking with you all next week.

VINNIES NIGHT PATROL SNACKS AND SWEETS

Please donate snacks and place them in the basket which is in the school foyer.

VINNIES WINTER HAMPERS

SHM parent representatives will be organizing our Vinnies Winter Hampers in the next few weeks.  These hampers are put together for our local families on the north side, who need a helping hand.  A flyer will be coming soon.

PARISH NEWS……

YEAR 2 FAMILY MASS

Thank you to the families who attended our year two family Mass.  Your support and friendship was much appreciated on the day. The children did an awesome job during the Mass and the parents’ morning tea was scrumptious.  Let’s do this again sometime!

CONFIRMATION RETREAT DAY

Many thanks to Thomas Dabbah for his excellent organizational skills.  The Confirmation retreat day was well attended and the students had lots of fun while learning and developing insight into their faith.

ANGELS FOOD DELIVERY

Do you know of anyone in need of a meal?  Anyone struggling? The Sacred Heart parish has an Angels service which delivers dinners to families in need.  Please call the school office for more details.

STATE OF ORIGIN MEN’S GET TOGETHER

Parish bulletin link:

http://www.shnparish.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=55

May your journey be smooth and may you always stop to see the miracles.

Mary Lozina

Family Educator

Our Lady Help of Christians Mass - St Mary’s Cathedral

Every second year, the primary schools of the Sydney Archdiocese gather together for Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral for the Feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians. It is a special day as Mary is the patron saint of Australia.

 The Year 6 Liturgy Team were invited to the Mass along with myself and Mrs Lozina. We were very surprised to see Deacon Joe from our parish of Mosman concelebrating with Archbishop Anthony Fisher.

Overall, it was a great day going on a short walking tour of Sydney as well as sharing in a special day with other students from primary schools around Sydney.

Upcoming Dates

It is Glow Crazy time at the annual school disco!

White clothing or accessories recommended for the full "Glow Effect" 

Last minute Larries, please bring $15 (no change given) to the ticket table upon arrival. 

 
The annual school photos will take place on Tuesday, 28th May and families are required to please have registration / online purchase completed by this weekend.  Any additions or missed opportunities can be accommodated by contacting the School Photographer directly for up to six weeks after photos are taken.

Please note that all children must wear their full winter school uniform. 

To Book photos: Please follow these steps by clicking on the following link: 
https://store.theschoolphotographer.com.au/   
1. Register your details
2. Click on: My Online Order Code - Sacred Heart Mosman Code:  X1660PSB40S
4. Select your child/children using the same Code: X1660PSB40S
5. If you want a family photo, please note this step follows after making the individual booking
6. Review order and ensure you make payment 
7. Ensure that you get a booking reference number whilst on site and that you get an email.

Further information can be found here: 
Guide

We are inviting students, teachers and parents to provide feedback on their experience of our school using an online survey. The surveys are an important part of our whole school evaluation and strategic planning process. Our Cyclic Review will be held in August 2019 and the data received from these surveys will be intergral in our plans going forward.

We would like to invite you to complete the Tell Them From Me (TTFM) Partners in Learning survey. As we value the role of parents and carers within our school community we would greatly appreciate your feedback. The information you provide will be used to maintain our commitment to working together in partnership to further improve student learning and wellbeing at Sacred Heart.

The survey is anonymous and will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. You are able to access the parent survey on your computer or mobile device by using the URL below:

www.tellthemfromme.com/7tz54

The Tell Them From Me^® Survey window is now open and will  remain open until Friday 7 June. You can survey at any time during this window and surveys take approximately 20 minutes to complete. All remaining, open surveys will be automatically closed on Friday 7 June at 4:30pm.

My excursion to the Australian Museum

Yesterday, my class went on the bus to the Australian Museum. When we got in I looked up at the ceiling. I felt like I was standing in a skyscraper because the ceiling in the museum was very high. We went to the museum to learn about Aboriginal culture.

I learnt that there are different coolamons for different things. Some are made for carrying water and others are made for carrying things like babies and berries.

Our class then moved onto the dinosaurs, and when I saw the size of those mighty beasts I felt like a tiny little ant. In the next room, we saw an axe that reminded me of stormbreaker. Then I saw fossilised Dino poop and we went to the museum to learn about aboriginal art. I felt interested but I think they need some rare, real things. It would be cool if they found a real dinosaur.

It was so much fun and I would love to do it again but I guess will have to do that with my parents. In fact, I’m going to do that with them this weekend and I thought it was so interesting and fun!

Liam Hogan

3 Blue

As part of our marketing overhall for the school, we are now creating a new school website for our prospective families which we will launch in term 4.  We have a professional videographer and photographer visiting the school in June.  
If you are a keen droner, and have a drone which can take reasonable to excellent quality videos or videos, we would like to hear from you as the real grab factor would be a birds eye fly-over that only a drone can achieve! 

The recently launched Facebook group, Sacred Heart Mosman has an avarge of 109 parent followers (permission only members) and we reach short under 200 friends with our regular posts. Whilst the weekly Heartbeat E-Newsletter (which is emailed to our parent community directly) has been successfully received. 

Whilst our existing families have seen our special courtyards, play areas, balconies and how the murals brightens up the school, from the outside, those who have only passed by car or bus rarely have a glimps of what lies within our walls.  

Please contact Dianne in the school office if you can help.

We are excited to be taking part in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. We will redeem these points for awesome educational resources for our sister school - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School, Waterloo.

You can help our school make this happen by collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Points. Just collect these points when you shop at Woolworths between Wednesday 1st May and Tuesday 25th June 2019. Simply pop them onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and once it is completed, just bring it back to school or drop it into the Collection Box at your local Woolies.

The more we collect, the more we can redeem. There are thousands of products available through the Woolworths Earn & Learn program, and we would like to get lots of new gear for the students and teachers at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Products in the range include resources for mathematics, English, science, art & crafts, through to sports gear, library supplies and more.

We are grateful for your support and look forward to a successful program. If you have any questions, please ask at school.