Dear Parents and Carers,

Today is Ash Wednesday and we begin the period of time before Easter. It is a time of spiritual reflection where we can strip back some of the things that we do and look at what really matters in our lives. It is also a time for renewal of our connection with our faith and examine what that looks like. The students celebrated Mass with Father Henry. Thankyou to Mrs Watson who led the Year 3-6 mass and the Infants liturgy led by Deacon Noel and Miss Jackson.

This Friday we will hold our twice a term assembly where traditionally one student from each class receives a Big Blue Award for displaying our school values of Faith, Generosity and Courage. In order to encourage and celebrate our student’s good behaviour we have increased the Blue Awards to two per class each five weeks and we have added two PAWS awards per class to encourage and promote our school rules. Parents will be sent an email before the day if their child is getting an award. Our usual Friday merit certificates will also be given out. At this Friday’s assembly the Year Six students will receive their leadership badges. Many thanks to Claudia Portale From McGrath real estate Mosman who continues to support our Big Blue Awards.

Tomorrow the students and teachers will work with David Harrington in a series of activities that will give the indigenous perspective to our Science work. We look forward to working with David and sharing with you his work next week.

Next week is Catholic Schools Week. This year we will be celebrating 200 years of Catholic education in Australia - a very significant milestone. Normally we would hold our Open Day in this week but this year we have decided to hold it a little later. If you have friends or neighbours who are looking at sending their child to school in 2021 can you let them know that our Open Day is on the 18th March 9.30am- 11.00. 

Our first parent social event will be held next week. It is a chance for us to get together as a community. Please see the flyer below for details.

Regards

Julie Caldwell

We are only 5 weeks into the term and our students are already starting the year with a bang in the sporting area! Like always, the Sacred Heart students are shooting goals and making a splash in all that they do!

Congratulations to Eloise Bailey, Lucie Gaffney, Alexandra Goulstone and Charlotte Mutton who will be representing Sacred Heart and the Eastern Suburbs region in the Eastern Region Swimming Championships on March 10 for the Junior Girls Freestyle Relay. An additional congratulations to Poppy O’Brien and Utsav Panta who will also be competing in individual events. Just keep swimming guys!

Good luck to Grace Prince, Elise Thomson, Mille Bloomfield, John Dynon and Francesco Safiotti who will be heading to Wollongong this weekend to commence their final trial to attain a spot on the Mackillop team. This journey started last year for them and they all have been working incredibly hard. Good luck team!

In Netball news, Lucy Rudd, Pippa Harrison and Heidi Higgins will be starting their journey for a spot on the Mackillop Netball Team in the next few weeks. These three year 6 students will be competing against some of the best players they have come up against. They are all looking forward to the challenge! 

Finally, Lieveke Elenbaas after trialling at the Sydney Archdiocese Hockey trial has been selected to represent the Sydney region in the upcoming Mackillop trial in Canberra! Lieveke has worked incredibly hard for this opportunity and is thrilled to continue this journey. Well done! We will make sure our cheers are heard from Canberra! 

It is wonderful to see all our students giving it their all and approaching every step of their sporting journey as a learning opportunity. This is a credit to our wonderful teachers, coaches and parent community.