4th July 2019

Dear Parents and Carers

Thank you to the 30 or more parents who attended the Writing workshop on  Tuesday. If was a very successful morning where parents were able to see our goals in action. Copies of our learning continuum for writing were handed out so that parents could see where their children were at with their writing and what their future goals might be. The highlight of the workshop was seeing and hearing our writing from Kinder to Year Six. Three of our public speakers (Ruby, Patrick and Henry) entertained the audience with their writing and tips for assisting students at home. Many thanks to Mrs Kelly and Mrs Miller for preparing the workshop.

Last Friday’s Big Blue Awards winners were:

Kindergarten: James Rich & Emma Cichon 
Year 1: Samik Panta & Isabella Johnson
Year 2: Charles Wilkins & Benjamin Allan
Year 3: Lola Channing & Benjamin Griffin
Year 4: Ruby O'Donnell  & Tom Ramadge
Year 5: Amelia Nobilo & Mia  Winter
Year 6: Henry Burton & India  O'Connor
Arrowsmith: Ben Naidou

Today was our sports jersey day. Many thanks to those who contributed a gold coin to contribute to our second year six student who has made it through to play for NSW in the Catholic school nationals competition. The children had a fun day and we are all looking forward to the holidays.

Congratulations to our staff who entered the SCS Step Challenge. We had four teams of five staff compete. The winning team walked over 4.5 million steps in eight weeks. They not only won the school Step Challenge but came second out of 258 teams in the archdiocese. What an achievement!  Congratulations to Ingrid Carvalo (team leader), Mary Lozina, Andre de Villiers, Martina Peterson and Cecilia Jago.

Mr Tony Farley visited today. Tony is our new Director of Schools for SCS. We spoke of the North Sydney network of schools and how they are currently advertising for an executive leader of our network. This will be an innovation in leadership for Catholic Schools and an exciting change for our schools in the north.

This week the BIG SCIENCE show visited and children saw many experiments that could not be done in a classroom.  View the article a little further in the newsletter.

Please find the Term 3 School Timetable for each classroom's weekly plan and the sport uniform days. Year 5 Gold have art in class on a Wednesday as such 5G sport uniform extra day falls on a Wednesday. 

We wish to remind parents that it is necessary to arrive on time by 8.40am daily, a teacher is on duty in the school courtyard from 8.10am or please make use of before school care through SCECS and refrain from making medical appointments during school hours.
Please try the staggered collection at pickup times in car-line, K-year 2 from 3-3.10pm and years 3-6 between 3.10-3.20pm due to congestion on the surrounding roads.

Have a wonderful holiday. 

Dates 

Monday 22nd July - Return to school for Term 3. 

See further down in this newsletter for more important reminders.

Regards

Julie Caldwell

Well, Term 2 has just flown by. I can’t believe we are already half-way through 2019!

Speaking of flying, this year’s BOOK WEEK theme is –

READING IS MY SECRET POWER!

Reading empowers all of us, no matter what age, race, gender or religion. How awesome that we share this universal ‘super power’ with so many people! Did you know that our secret power begins pre birth? Being read to as a baby in the womb is the first time our secret powers were used without even knowing it.

Family reading practices and the influence of educators, significantly impact a child’s attitude towards reading. Our role is to ignite that flame within the child to become curious and connected to texts and to be able to express their ideas creatively.

Book Week runs from 17th August to 23rd August 2019 - Term 3, Week 5

Our annual BOOK WEEK PARADE will be held on TUESDAY 20TH AUGUST at 8:40am.

During that week, we will also have author Lesley Gibbes visit and talk about her books and the work of an author.

A great holiday time activity would be to start looking around home for bits and pieces for that perfect costume! – no need to go to great expense, just use your imagination (we all have an array of bits hidden in cupboards!) We love to see children who have been creative and made their own!

Think about the theme - secret powers can also be super powers. There are lots of amazing characters from books to inspire you eg any super hero, Roald Dahl’s Matilda, Enid Blyton’s Famous 5 or Secret 7, real life heros and their story eg sporting, or someone that has made a difference to our world.

We are also running a POSTER COMPETITION to support our Book Week Theme. Our amazing art teacher Miss Conroy, has been working with the children on this already. 

Finally, we have our CARNIVAL BOOK FAIR which will take place from the 2nd September to 6th September. The library will be open before and after school on that week for you to purchase books. Your child/ children will have an opportunity to put together a wish list as part of their library lesson/

Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday break.

Please remember that from next term, a library bag will be required each Friday in order to borrow and return books.

Happy Reading

Cecilia and Josie

Sacred Heart Library

On 2 August the school will particpate in Census 2019. Children do not need to do anything to be included in the census and will attend class as usual.

The system used by Sydney Catholic Schools to collect and collate the information is a secure program and student's and family's information is kept secure at all times. Your data will not be used for any other purpose than described in this enclosed Privacy Statement.

If you have moved in recent months, it is now the time to contact us at info@shmosman.catholic.edu.au to update your details.

Each year we offer our students in Years 2 to Year 6 the opportunity to participate in The University of New South Wales International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS). The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) is an independent, quality skills-based assessment program which rewards and recognises achievement. All students receive a certificate and an individual student report indicating which questions they answered correctly and their score compared with the rest of the students tested in Australia. 

Certificates are awarded for each year level as follows:

• High Distinction to the top 1% of students in Australia
• Distinction to the next 10% of students in Australia
• Credit to the next 25% of students in Australia
• Participation to all other participating students

The assessments are suitable for students wishing to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment. ICAS gives you broad insights into your child’s performance across English, Mathematics and Writing. It gathers performance information through a 30-60 minute supervised in-school test. 

ICAS Assessments are now online, a move that reflects a sector-wide transition to computer-based assessment. This allows greater accessibility for students and faster delivery of results. 

https://pay.unswglobal.com.au/ 

The dates and entry fee per student are as follows:   

Writing - Tuesday, 10th September 2019 (AUD $15.95 AUD GST inclusive) OPTIONAL  (Not available for Year 2)

English – Tuesday, 17th September 2019 ($15.95 AUD GST inclusive) OPTIONAL  

Mathematics – Wednesday, 18th September 2019 ($15.95 AUD GST inclusive) OPTIONAL  

Online parent payment:

ICAS fees is now paid online directly with ICAS, visit https://pay.unswglobal.com.au/  and enter your school’s unique code to make a direct payment to UNSW Global. Online payment will close on 14th August 2019. Sacred Heart’s unique access code is: f94f5f50b6

Please note that Year 2 students have not previously sat a test under these conditions. Therefore, it would be wise to ensure that your child is both academically and emotionally prepared for this experience.

If you require any further information, please contact michelle.glynn@syd.catholic.edu.au or your child’s classroom teacher.

For the first time, on August 9 and 10, a number of Year 6 students will be taking part in a School Sleepout to raise money for St Vincent de Paul. The students will be sleeping on school grounds among the elements for one night, while taking part in activities that emphasise empathy for those less fortunate.

We have five week to raise as much money as possible for our Year 6 students. 

If you would like to donate to our cause, we would appreciate any and all contributions. Please also feel free to ask friends and family to support our students in their experience.

To donate, you can head to bit.ly/shmsleepout or scan the QR code below with the Camera app on both iPhone, iPad or Android devices.

Earlier this week we were visited by a scientist from Fizzics Education for the grand-finale after these crazy scientists have been with SHM over the past term teaching K-6 age appropriate science and experiments.  All lessons were very well received by the students.  They were taught about electronic circuits, the science of toys, marvellous mixtures, energy - light and sound focus, chemistry capers and about the properties of materials.

This week Fizzics showed us how mega bubbles are made with a mixture, what colours light is made of, how sounds change to a higher pitch when instruments are shortened, how air can move in circles when pushed out from a drum, how air rushes forward to support other moving air and the impact of liquid nitrogen on the properties of materials. The children were exclaiming and clapping with excitement as various scientific wonders were presented. We definitely have some curious scientists in the making.

A special thanks to Mrs Martina Petersen who arranged this incursion for the school term.

The winners of the chess tournament played during the term in chess lessons with their own podium finish.

1st place: Max Fenwick

2nd place: Thomas Swain

3rd place: Lucas Fernandez

Excellent chess moves played and touch it, move it rules strictly enforced by all players. 

Come and enjoy your football over the holidays with our SHM FC training partners XLR8:

XLR8 July School Holidays

Both weeks

9am – 12pm

Four locations:

Montview Oval, Hornsby Heights

North Turramurra Recreation Area (NTRA)

Charles Bean Oval, Lindfield

Thomson Park, Artarmon

For more information and registration please follow the link - https://nsfa.asn.au/xlr8/holiday-clinics/

  

We also have our XLR8 Mini World Cup returning this July. One day, 5 vs 5 tournaments with prizes to be won and a BBQ lunch provided!

See the attached flyer and the following link for more information – https://nsfa.asn.au/xlr8/worldcup/

 
Cowen and Lewis is our school and sport uniform provider.  They have a shop front at Turramurra which is open 9-5pm during the week and on Saturdays from 9-12pm.

All can be purchased on-line at Cowen and Lewis with free delivery to the school twice weekly.

https://www.cowanlewis.com.au/shop/category/sacred-heart-mosman   

 Your child will be called to the office once their order arrives, it will come home with your child in a brown labelled bag.  For returns, please print the following, complete: https://www.cowanlewis.com.au/files/Exchange_Sheet.pdf and return with the item to school office for collection. 

The following is when summer and winter uniforms are worn:

Term 1 & 4:      Summer

Term 2 & 3:      Winter

Please find a Link to the Uniform Guidelines.

There will also be allocated days in Term 1 and Term 3 where Cowen & Lewis will set up shop on campus to sell relevant uniforms for the following terms. 

QKR! Guides on Setting Up Profile and Clothing Pool

QKR - Setting yourself up.pdf

QKR - SHM Clothing Pool.pdf

Parents Information Handbook

Parent Handbook 2019

Compass Guide

We encourage you to update your iPhone app update 5.0.8 Compass app in order for you to continue to get the latest features and improvements being released with each update,  the need to configure auto-updates in the iOS App and Google Play stores will ensure users have the most recent version of the Compass School Manager App. 

How do I check my device has the latest app version? Currently, the iPhone version is 5.0.9 (release Sept, 2019). Steps to check: Tap on App Store > Tap on Compass School Manager > Tap on Update (if update is not an option and it has Open, then the app is up-to-date). See here the iPhone troubleshooting guide

Guide on how your payments for school fees is now via Compass!

Giving Permission to Events now via Compass! 

COMPASS ATTENDANCE INSTRUCTIONS.pdf

Permission Form for Class Lists to Parents Communications 

Class list permission 2019.pdf

Enrolment Forms 2020

Enrolment Forms  

2019 School Fees

2019 School Fees

Application for Extended Leave
Extended Leave Application, 10 days and over during school term