Dear Parents and Carers,

At yesterday’s End of Year Mass the following reading (about Jesus’ teaching) was an appropriate one to end our very big year.  Don’t forget what I teach you. Always remember what I tell you to do. My teaching will give you a long and prosperous life. Never let go of loyalty and faithfulness. Tie them around your neck: write them on your heart.

Today we farewell our Year Six students and a number of families. All our leaving teachers, families and students have been acknowledged at our Graduation mass and end of year mass Graduation. It is very hard to say goodbye but we also acknowledge that in order to grow, change needs to happen. At the end of year mass I thanked and acknowledged staff, students, our priests and parents. Here is the document with the acknowledgements: -

Thank you to the staff who chose to donate to the St Vincent de Paul bushfire appeal instead of our regular Christmas gift giving to each other. Here is the link in case any families want to do the same. SVDP bushfire appeal.

Christmas can be such a happy time but for some families it can be a time of stress and strain.  I know this will be our first Chritsmas without my father. He was the king of Christmas and so it will be a very different time without him. Karen Young’s words describe so well the way that we can remember those who won’t be with us this Christmas. Link

Yesterday the children met their teachers for 2020 and spent some time in their new classrooms. We do this to ensure the children have a confident start to their new year. 

STAFFING FOR 2020

Kindergarten

Kristen Jackson and Kate Monkton

Year 1

Martina Petersen, Jane Harrison and Leisa Galloway

Year 2

Charlotte Allen and Jane Tracey, Simone Jones and Claire Brickley

Year 3

Cathy Curran and Veronica Hunt, Marilina Watson and Anna Siokis 

Year 4

Andre De Villiers and Nerissa McCartney, Samantha Edwards

Year 5

Lianne Morris, Ashley Blake

Year 6

Leanne Nicol, Nick Brierley and Kylie O’Callahan

SCHOOL LEADERS 2020

Congratulations to our new school captains for 2020:

Millie Bloomfield and Sebastian O’Brien

Our vice captains for 2020 are:

Lucy Rudd and Antony Nobilo

PARENT LIAISON 2020

Many thanks to our outgoing Parent Liaison Representatives for 2019. They have contributed so much to the school by being the link between the school, class parents and P and F. Thank you to Alison Ramadge and Jenny Winter who have taken up the role for 2020. If there are any parents who would like to put their names forward as Year Representatives for 2020 please send an email to parentliaison2020@gmail.com. There will be a meeting early next year to discuss the role of class parents. The proposed class grouping for next years social events are:   

Kindy                 Disco

Years 1 & 3        Spring Fair

Year 2               Father’s Day Breakfast

Year 4               Mid-Year Drinks/Social (new proposed event for 2020)

Year 5               Mother’s Day Breakfast

Year 6               Graduation

2020 Starting School

29th January Students 1-6 begin school

30th January Kindergarten begin

The calendar dates for 2020 appear each week beside the newsletter text. It is constantly updated as it is a live link to the schools public google calendar. The following page is a good one to bookmark as it holds all our archived newsletters and calendar.  Link

 Uniform for Term One

Schools are often judged by the public on how we wear our uniform.If you are shopping during the holidays for uniforms can you please ensure that the children have black leather shoes for their summer uniform and trainers (not basketball shoes) for their sports days. The children need white socks for their sports days.

Can parents be vigilant about sending hats to school in Term One. We have had a large number of children who are not wearing their hats on the playground. 

Sports Uniform Days Term 1

Kindy Gold - Tuesday and Wednesday

Kindy Blue - Wednesday and Friday

1 Gold - Tuesday and Wednesday

1 Blue - Wednesday and Thursday

2 Gold - Wednesday and Friday

2 Blue - Monday and Wednesday

3 Gold - Tuesday and Wednesday

3 Blue - Monday and Wednesday

4 Gold - Wednesday and Thursday

4 Blue - Monday and Wednesday

5 Gold - Wednesday and Thursday

5 Blue - Monday and Wednesday

6 Gold - Tuesday and Wednesday

6 Blue - Monday and Wednesday

Have a wonderful break from school and have a lovely Christmas with your families. Farewell to all those who are leaving. See everyone else in the New Year!

Regards

Julie Caldwell

As the 2019 school year draws to a close I would like to take this opportunity to thank this year’s committee as well as all the others who have taken time to help out with activities this year. I would also like to personally thank Julie, our Principal and all the staff of SHM for their support around what we have done and their involvement. We also acknowledge the enormous efforts Julie and her staff have made teaching and guiding our children this school year.

As you know we took the decision to step away from fundraising and to concentrate a little more on community based events that bring the school community together. We took time out from having the mid year major fundraiser and replaced this with our Sacred Heart Celebrates function early in the year whilst still having the Spring Fair, Mother and Fathers’ Day breakfasts, School Disco and from time to time information nights on topics we felt were of importance to parents and carers.

The feedback we have received has been very positive whereby we have used the grounds of the school and providing events to come together in a more relaxed atmosphere and only recently the successful Christmas drinks where we combined each class was also an overwhelmingly successful addition to the school calendar.

Jacqui McCarthy and MJ Whitson have contributed many hours acting as our Parent Liaison and we acknowledge and thank them for the wonderful results they have achieved during their year long tenure. We also wish to thank our class parents for their time and effort.

We still did manage to raise some funds this year that will go to SHM School and will be spent wisely on things that will benefit each of our children at the school.

The P & F met recently at its last meeting and we have mapped out dates for the various activities that you will see on the 2020 school calendar. 
I encourage you to get involved in rolling out these events. It has been said many times before but our children really do love to see you their parents and carers,  at the school and involved. However big or small a role you can take on is greatly appreciated.

On top of all of this the P & F is also here to listen to any feedback and I urge you to reach out to me or any of the committee members with any other suggestions or issues you want to raise so we can try and cater for the school community in 2020.

At the AGM to be held in first term we will elect a new committee so I I urge anybody who might be interested in being involved on the committee to reach out to me as any new faces are always very welcome.

On behalf of the P & F Executive I want to wish everybody a Happy and Holy Christmas and look forward to hearing from you in 2020.

Kind Regards


Chris Janes
SHM P & F President

Wow! What a wonderful year we have had, jam packed with many events, successes and lots of books read!

A final big thank you to our amazing Library Monitors and parents who have supported the Library this year, it is very much appreciated and a huge help to us.

The Holiday Break is time for us all to ‘recharge our batteries’ ready for the start of a new decade – 2020, can’t quite believe it.

Remember, you will never be bored or lonely with a good book. Please encourage your children to keep reading during the holidays.

Whether it be going through cook books and recipes to make a special meal to share, or scanning those catalogues ready for the Boxing Day sales, keeping World Cup Cricket Scores, or navigating maps on your iPhone to reach your holiday destination, it doesn’t matter – it’s all reading.

Wishing you all a peaceful, safe and joyous Festive Season.

Happy Reading

Cecilia and Josie