Dear Parents and Carers

This is the last newsletter for this term so I will wish you all a safe and happy holiday with your family. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to making Sacred Heart a warm and nurturing community this term. At Sacred Heart we do strive to live our school motto each and every day here at school.

Congratulations to the students who were presented with a Big Blue Award last week:

Kinder : Chloe Venn and Olivia Baillie

Year 1 : Katherine Ho and Joshua Steer

Year 2 : Ben Rudd and Angus Bloomfield

Year 3 : Eleanor Hogben and Angus Lund

Year 4 : Rose Baillie and Juliette Minetti

Year 5 : Hetty Murphy and John Dynon

Year 6 : Bronte McPherson and Roisin Thompson

Congratulations to our students who participated in the Pope Francis Awards. Each student contributed 10 hours of voluntary service to the local Parish, and 10 hours to the School; some of the students exceeded these hours!  They will be presented with their awards this Friday at assembly.

This Friday is a Teddy Bears Picnic (gold coin donation) to round off the term and to support our students who have made it through to Nationals, especially Christian who will travel to Darwin and Poppy for Cross Country. 

We will be presenting a MATHS WORKSHOP for parents on Wednesday 13th November at 9am in the library. To register please click this link. This workshop will present the fundamentals of Addition and Subtraction from Kinder through to Year 6.  At a later date we will look at Multiplication and Division.

Preparations are well under way for the Spring Fair on Sunday the 17th of November. Please put this date in your diary as it promises to be an exciting day for everyone.

If you are accessing Vacation Care in the first week of the holidays please be aware that the awning over the front entrance is being replaced and will mean the front gate is not accessible. Please use the gate at the other end of the school on Cardinal Street.

This week we fondly farewell Mrs Dianne Loots from the front office. Dianne and her family are relocating to the Gold Coast to begin a new phase of their lives. I’m sure most of you have either been helped, supported or welcomed by Dianne. She has brought her deep faith and positive attitude to our office and with Ingrid they have been a truly dynamic duo. We wish you and your family all the best. May the road rise up to greet you ….. and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand. 

As of Term 4, when communicating with the Administration team, please forward emails to either info@shmosman.catholic.edu.au or accounts@shmosman.catholic.edu.au

Next term’s calendar is online and features a number of exciting opportunities. Our senior students will again join with their teachers to present our Peer Support message. This years focus will reinforce our anti bullying message, linking our new PDHPE syllabus strand interpersonal skills and aligning them both to our new PAWS behaviour expectations.

Next term we will have a new provider for canteen as Joseph Arena has retired from this role. Attached is the new menu for next term. Menu The new menu will appear on the Flexischools App under Sacred Heart Mosman so your ordering process should be very similar. Please note that the new menu features weekly specials, a focus on using environmentally friendly packaging and savings on healthy options.

All parents are welcome to attend our school incursion on Tuesday the 29th October. The incursion will feature a Rock Band with a view to Music Mates, the company presenting the band, offering out of school Rock Orchestra lessons in music in 2020. More information regarding the Rock Orchestra will be available next term. There is no additional cost to parents. 

Next term the children should return in their full summer uniform. If you need to buy uniforms in the school holidays don’t forget that Cowan and Lewis will have their shop open at Turramurra on the following days:  

Monday - Friday  9am to 5pm

Saturday  9am to 12pm

Upcoming dates this week:

• Sports Club Meeting tonight at 7-8pm 
• Ice block Friday, this Friday, second lunch
• Teddy Bears Picnic this Friday, first lunch.  Gold Coin donation for our students who attended Nationals
• Staff Development Day - Monday 14th October
• Pupils return to school Tuesday 15th October

Regards

Julie Caldwell

Enclosed please find the Term 4 Timetable for the whole school.

It is important to note the days which your child will have the opportunity to wear their sport uniform as this changes each term.  Term 4 the whole school will do Gymnastics on a Wednesday when whole school will wear sport uniforms. Your child's sport day may also change each term, please check this too on the timetable.

by clicking on the pdf the doc will download for your convenience to either save or print.

Sincere thanks for your generous support at our recent Carnival Book Fair. There are lots of happy children reading new books and of course having fun with squeeze bouncy balls, Rubik’s cubes and crazy magnets!

Please be patient if you are still waiting on any orders, we are in the hands of the Publishers and Suppliers who are working hard to ensure we get our goodies as soon as possible.

As a result of our sales, teachers will be able to select some fabulous new resources to support our Curriculum and of course… new books for the Library.

As we wind on down to our final Term of the school year, please help your child remember their library bags each Friday to transport books to and from school and a reminder too, to look at home for any overdue books.

Have a wonderful holiday break. The weather should be great for outdoor activities. Find a shady tree somewhere and escape with a good book!

Happy Reading!

Cecilia and Josie

Sacred Heart Library

The children are busy learning a new piece which is quite challenging.  Once they master it, they will be so proud of themselves.  Help them by going through the piece with them and if possible, listen to it on youtube so they get a "feel" for the tune.  It's going to be a great term 4.

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