15th March  2019

Dear Parents and Carers

Last week was the first Sunday of Lent. The responsorial psalm struck me as a very special one for Lent: “Be with me Lord when I am in trouble.”

It can be used as a quiet prayer in times of need, as a guiding thought each day or as a Lenten theme. The children have responded well to their Lenten Challenges. Some families now have beautiful prayer spaces at home. Please check out with your child the Lenten challenge for the week.

This Sunday is St Patrick’s Day and we invite you to the Family Mass at 9am at Sacred Heart. At the end of mass there will be a farewell morning tea for Father Sebastian who is leaving our community to study in Rome for the next five years.

Many thanks to Mrs Petersen and the students of 1 Gold. We have had to relocate the class to the library as we have a leaking pipe which is  unfortunately encased in concrete. XRay machines this week have been unable to locate the leak and more machinery has been brought in today to attempt to locate the leak. Sydney Catholic Schools have been very supportive as have our builders.

For your information we have a number of confirmed cases of Influenza A within our school community. We will be encouraging good hand hygiene and careful coughing (into our arm). Please keep your child at home if they are developing any flu like symptoms.

There will be a Winter School Uniform POP-Up shop at school on Tuesday the 9th of April.  Entry to school is via the main entrance to visit the POP-Up in the senior undercroft from 7.45am until 9.30am.

National Day of Action

Today our students joined in the National Day of Action against Bullying. Year Six held lunchtime activities for students to encourage and model  friendly and productive play. We reinforced the idea of Bystanders becoming Upstanders by taking an action appropriate to their age and stage of development.

In light of recent events in our community and the church I feel that a proactive response to these events is to inform ourselves of the best ways to keep our children safe and a commitment from us all to do so.

Some of the things parents can do are:(and school teaches in child protection lessons)

• Use proper body names and be open and willing to talk about our bodies and sex. Knowledge helps keep your child safe.
• Know which are our private parts (ones covered by swimmers) and that no one should touch without permission.
• Discuss the difference between good touch and bad touch.

• Explain your child’s right to say NO even to an adult.
• Have your child name 5 trusted adults who they would go to if they had a problem. Explain if the first one doesn’t take action then move to the next until they listen and take action.
• Encourage children to trust their feelings.Talk about feeling safe and unsafe and work together on plans of what to do if they feel unsafe.
• Teach the difference between safe and unsafe secrets. The only ones that are ok is if someone gets a nice surprise.
• Discuss what the children have learnt in Child Protection lessons at school. Child Protection week is in September .

Our school Protective Behaviour lessons are taught in September. I have included a copy of the note that is sent out each year regarding these lessons. Please have a look at the lessons that each grade is taught and you will see the age appropriate  knowledge that each child can cope with. This information comes from the NSW syllabus and child protection specialists.

School Sequence of Lessons for Child Protection  LINK

Support for parents Resource

If you need any support with these resources or with your family please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Spring Fair

Thank you to Emma Lund and Katie O’Brien who will lead the committee for the Spring Fair 2019. We are grateful to the many parents who have already committed to helping. This is a child centred event that happens in Spring.

Sacred Heart Celebrates

Over 250 tickets have been sold to this event. We’ll see you there!

To date, the upcoming compulsory Years 2-6 Athletics Carnival & Cross Country Trial received good permissions to attend, thank you.  Please see the tabs lower down in this newsletter for completing your Online Permission Forms if it is still oustanding.  We will run a Volunteer Induction at the Athletics Carnival commence at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation Wakehurst Pkwy, North Narrabeen.

Regards

Julie Caldwell

Dear Parents and Carers,

On behalf of SHM P & F Association the 2019 Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 12 March.

We saw the appointment of a new Vice President, Paul Graham replacing outgoing Vice President, Sam Wright. We thank Sam for his time and contribution to the school community.

Retiring Head Class Representatives, Siobhann Roberts-Thomson and Michelle Tam stepped down from their Honorary Committee Member positions and Jacqui McCarthy and Mary-Jo Whitson, Parent Liaison were appointed in their place. We thank Siobhann and Michelle for the countless hours they have contributed to the P&F and the school community both on and behind the scenes over the past two years.

We also welcome two new Committee members Michelle Crone and Rachael Steer.

The 2019 P&F Committee is as follows:

This committee and myself are keen to get to work to assist all parents and carers in our mutual aim to strengthen the partnership between family, school, parish and the wider community for the benefit of our children’s overall development and learning.

Acting on the results of the 2018 P&F online survey together with key learnings from the 2018 School Fundraiser and Spring Fair we have stepped away from significant fundraising efforts for an initial period of 12 months (with a review planned for the end of that period). Instead we will focus on working closely with Julie Caldwell to deliver events that will engage the whole school community with the ultimate priority being our children and to create the “glue” that is so important to Sacred Heart Mosman. A calendar of events is in place and I draw your attention to this calendar that is on the school website, so you are all abreast of what is coming up. Notably our key parent function for this school year is the event on March 23 on school grounds. Live music, DJ, Food trucks and BYO it promises to be a great night out. Over 250 tickets have been sold and we encourage you to purchase your tickets if you haven’t already had a chance to do so www.trybooking.com/BAVAA

The school fundraiser traditionally held in August will not run this year. The Spring Fair will run as planned in early November.

Please give us your ideas and thoughts on what more the P & F could do and attend any general meetings we have to voice your thoughts.

If you need to speak with myself and any of the P & F committee, please don’t hesitate to contact us on the numbers or email above as we would love to hear from you. 

Please remember the P & F is not here simply to fundraise rather to act as a mechanism for representing parents and provide a forum where matters relating to the education and development can be discussed productively and we seek to create a warm and welcoming school community.

Kind Regards

Chris Janes

President

Sacred Heart Parents & Friends’ Association.

Roll Up! Roll Up! Roll Up!

Planning for the 2019 Spring Fair is underway!

We had great attendance at our kick-off meeting yesterday and a pleasing number of volunteers, from all year levels, signing up to help organise our ‘Greatest Show’ Spring Fair (to be held in November).

Katie O’Brien, Emma Lund, Mary-Jo Whitson and Jacqui McCarthy have offered to jointly coordinate the overall event (which is one of the most fun, celebrated events on our annual calendar).  And many bright, eager volunteers have already come forward from across the school to help in various sub-committees.

But we still need more helpers to join us…

We need people to get involved in all areas including food, the cake stall, entertainment, decorations, set-up, clean-up, supervising, etc.  It all adds up to lots of fun.

If you’re keen to help us create a memorable Fair for our children please email amzukerman@hotmail.com 

We look forward to hearing from you!

Jacqui McCarthy and Mary-Jo Whitson

parentliaison2019@gmail.com 

Dear Parents,

All students at Sacred Heart are being registered for the 2019 Premier’s Reading Challenge. The Challenge is an annual statewide initiative aimed at encouraging children to engage in reading for pleasure and learning. The Challenge will run until the end August.

Next week, you will receive your child’s/children’s password details and information on how to log on to the PRC site. Children who have participated in previous years, will continue to use the password already allocated to them. Some of you have already started to enter books which you have read – well done!

All children who complete the Challenge will be presented with a PRC Completion Certificate.

Looking forward to celebrating your reading achievements.

Happy Reading!

Kind regards

Cecilia and Josie

Sacred Heart Library

Please visit the Sacred Heart School website Calendar, your Compass App, or this click on the Menu Bar in this newsletter to view the interactive School Calendar.

Online Permission Form & Event Information 

In two weeks, Friday 29 March, Sacred Heart Mosman will have our annual school Athletics Carnival at the Narrabeen Academy of Sport & Leisure Centre.  (Please take note of Change of Venue from 2018).

All students from year 2 to Year 6 will be required to attend the carnival whilst Kindergarten and Year 1 will have their own sport event next term with further details to be announced shortly.

Students will have the opportunity to have their hair spray painted or face painted in their house colour on the day for a gold coin donation at the event.

  

Regards
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary - Mosman

This year all students in Years 2 to Year 6 will have the opportunity to participate in the Sacred Heart Cross Country Trials.

DATE: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 (Term 1 Week 10)

VENUE: Allan Border Oval, Mosman

START TIME: Years 2, 3 & 4 will walk the course at 9.20am. Years 5 & 6 will walk the course at 11.40am. Any student in year 5 who is turning 10 in 2019 will be attending the morning trial (with yr 2, 3 & 4)

FINISH TIME: Approximately 11.30am for Years 2, 3 & 4 and 1.30pm for Years 5 & 6

DISTANCES: 8/9/10yrs: 2km 11/12/13yrs: 3km

TRANSPORT: Children will walk to and from the oval with their teachers and parent helpers.

 

This is a compulsory school event. All students from Year 2 to Year 6 will be required to attend the carnival as it is a school day.  Children may choose to run or walk the race according to their fitness level.

 

Please return the ONLINE permission form no later than Monday 25 March. Any student who has not returned a signed permission slip will not be able to attend the event

Click HERE to view and submit the ONLINE permission & Volunteer form in order for your child to attend. Please submit one form per child if you have more than one child. TIP:  Before submitting, opt for a copy of the completed form be sent to you.

CLOTHING: Children are to wear their sports uniform including a hat. Runners must be worn and spiked footwear is not permitted.

WHAT TO BRING: Children will need to bring their fruit break, recess, lunch and drinks for the day (at least two water bottles). Sunscreen should be applied before walking to the oval. It is recommended that your child packs a tube of sunscreen in their bag.

MEDICAL CONDITIONS/ALLERGIES: Please include in consent form – any relevant medical history important for our information eg asthma, bee stings, allergies etc. Asthmatics please bring medication.

WET WEATHER: In the event that it is raining alternative arrangements will be made.

SELECTIONS: The first 4 placegetters (4 boys and 4 girls) in each event will qualify for the Eastern Region Cross Country Trials. Details TBC.\

Regards

Administration

 

Participant ticket sales are now closed and no further sales for participants can be accommodated.
 

Bookings for Spectators:
Parents and Spectators – are required to purchase tickets through Try Booking. These tickets are ALLOCATED seats and a certain number of seats are available directly behind your children. Once these tickets are sold, there are additional ALLOCATED seats available in the blocks which are located at either end of the Arena


Date:   Thursday, 4th April 2019
Time:   Doors open 4.30 p.m. for a 5.30 p.m. start – finish 8.45 - 9.00 p.m.
Venue: Quaycentre (formerly known as Sports Centre), Corner of Olympic Blvd & Sarah Durack Ave, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW
Drop Off for Students @ Hall of Champions Level 3
Cost:   $9.00 per spectator  
                                 
 
SPECTATOR TICKETING – Tickets will now be pre-sold and allocated seats are bought online through trybooking.com
 
 
STEP 1 – trybooking.com                                     
STEP 2 – enter Dancefever into Search event   
STEP 3 – Click on the Day of the Challenge       
STEP 4 – Click on Book Now        
STEP 5 – Scroll down to your school.  Spectator seating Block
STEP 6 – Enter the Number of Spectator Seats     
STEP 7 – Next         
STEP 8 – Finalise Payment

CLICK HERE - VIP INFORMATION - for registered student participant  info to the Dance Fever Interschool Challenge for 2019.  

We look forward to your company on the night and guarantee a wonderful time for all.  

The following morning on the 5th of April at 8.40am the children will get an opportunity to perform their dance for the school community at the Big Blue Awards.

Kind regards,

Admin

We currently have approx 100 new books for the library that need to be covered with contact. If you have some time available over the coming weeks, could you please contact the school office to let them know. Many thanks in advance.

Dear families,

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