NEWSLETTER: 13th May 2015 TERM 2, WEEK 4

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1 SACRED HEART PRIMARY SCHOOL VISION: At Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School we promote a sense of belonging and generosity which reflects the teachings of Jesus. We strive towards independence and mastery in an atmosphere of faith hope and love. 40 Mary Street, Highgate WA 6003 Phone: (08) Fax: (08) admin@shpsh.wa.edu.au Website: FAITH TRUTH LOYALTY Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam For the Greater Glory of God Parish Priest: Father Peter Bianchini 64 Mary Street, Highgate Phone: (08) Fax: (08) highgate@perthcatholic.org.au Parish Mass Times Saturday 8:00am, Vigil Mass 6:00pm Sunday 9:00am, Italian Mass 10:15am Monday to Friday 7:00am (except 8am public holidays) Saturday 5:00pm - 5:30pm Reconciliation NEWSLETTER: 13th May 2015 TERM 2, WEEK 4 Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to Week Four of our term. I begin today s Newsletter, feeling very privileged and blessed to have been appointed last week, as the Principal of our wonderful School Community- On sharing this news with my family, I have been delighted to learn that my late grandmother began her school years here at Sacred Heart, as a five year old boarder- Sacred Heart has very quickly become close to my heart, and I feel a strong sense of responsibility to the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, for continuing our work, both this term, and into the future, in combining our strengths and talents to provide a wonderful education for our boys and girls, and a continued sense of community for all families and staff. Learning This week, our children in Years Three and Five, complete their NAPLAN assessments in Reading, Writing, Numeracy, Spelling and Grammar and Punctuation. The best possible preparation for any assessments, is being well rested, and I thank Mrs Julia Hill, and Miss Claire Cooper for their preparation of the children, ensuring they are well supported and excited about completing these tests, to demonstrate the learning and understandings they have covered in the past two or so, school years. Yesterday saw our staff gather with our School Support Consultant, Ms Tamara Boyer and our School Improvement Advisor, Mrs Eileen Climo, to examine student data, for the purpose of identifying trends over time, what areas we have to celebrate, and areas for focus and further development. The data that staff work with, includes PIPS (Performance Indicators in Pre School), NAPLAN, the Bishops Religious Literacy Assessments (BRLA), Early Years Literacy and Numeracy Data (EYLND) completed in Years One and Two, and standardised tests. The analysis of student data, both internal and external, is a necessary AITSL Professional Practice skill. Assessment can be for learning, of learning and as learning- purposeful assessment informs teachers planning (formative), and gives information about student progress, (summative). Engagement What a wonderful Mothers Day celebration we all enjoyed last Friday afternoon! The efforts of our Parents and Friends Association, and in particular, our Year Two parents, under the guidance of our president, Mrs Sharee Hogg, ensured all mothers were treated to High Tea, a beautiful rose and a special time with their children. Thank you to everyone for their work. I hope the Mother's Day festival continued over the weekend, and that all mothers enjoyed special treatment, and the love and support of their children and families. This evening, our Parents and Friends Association has scheduled a workshop in our Library, starting at 6.45pm, for the purpose of establishing some big ideas for focus over this year. There will be some early contributions from our School Board Chair, Mr Steven Brown, our Assistant Principal, Mrs Carolyn Perlini, and myself. It is hoped that parents will be provided with a context, and emerging from discussions, will be a range of suggestions for focus areas and developments at our School, for wider consultation. Special thanks to Andrew Del Marco, (Vice President of the P and F) for his coordination of tonight's workshop please try to get along to participate in future planning for our boys and girls. Accountability I have enjoyed the privilege of conducting the 2016 Kindergarten enrolment Interviews over past weeks. This process sees us working closely with Fr Peter Bianchini, as we are a school that enjoys a close relationship with our parish. Fr Peter and I have been heartened to meet with young families who are excited about the prospect of joining the Sacred Heart School Community. In preparing for the interviews, I have been called to reflect on our purpose as a Catholic Primary School, the prominence that is given to the Religious Education Learning Area, and the opportunity to experience positive liturgical experiences. In addition, we share with families, the importance of sound, oral language development in the early years, and the importance of technology in supporting good, foundational literacy and numeracy skills. Perhaps what comes through very strongly in our discussions with parents, is their desire to provide a Catholic education for their children, as they themselves have experienced, and a school that has a strong sense of community and welcome- this is our collective responsibility, and I thank everyone for their continued efforts to contribute to our success as a Catholic Primary School! We look forward to welcoming our 2016 Kindergarten children at an Orientation and Transition day, later this year.

2 Discipleship This Thursday, our Year Three parents will gather for the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Penance) Information evening in the Library at 7.00pm. This very important milestone in your child's faith journey is a time of celebration and preparation. Reconciliation is a Sacrament of healing, restoring our relationship with Jesus when we have broken that relationship, through choices we make. As a school, we look forward to supporting you, as the primary educators of your children, with preparation for this very special Sacramental journey. The Religious Education programme here at school, offers your child a basic understanding of Reconciliation, but the opportunity to deepen this understanding, and experience of the sacraments, is provided by you as parents, when you ensure your child is able to attend Mass regularly, and reflect on how the sacraments make continued contributions to their developing faith. I look forward to meeting with you all tomorrow evening, as together with our Parish Priest, Father Peter Bianchini, our Parish Sacramental coordinator, Mrs Nadia Napoli, and our Assistant Principals, Mrs Renee Byrne-King and Mrs Carolyn Perlini, we all commit to this most special of journeys. In closing, can I thank everyone for their continued efforts to contribute to all that is Sacred Heart! Term Two is a busy one, and through everyone s hard work and organisation, our boys and girls experience a smooth start to our days, and positive learning. As the days become cooler, we are very fortunate to be able to access delicious warm lunches from our Canteen- I'm planning to work my way through the Menu! Many thanks and God Bless, Mrs Tanya McGuire Principal IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES May 11 NAPLAN (11th to 15th May) 13 Year 1 & 2 Class Mass am P&F Strategic Planning Meeting pm School Library 14 Reconciliation Information Evening pm School Library 16 Enrolment Mass Confirmation pm 20 Year 3 & 4 Class Mass am School Board Meeting pm 23 Enrolment Mass Eucharist pm 29 Catholicity Day - SCHOOL CLOSED Jun 1 PUBLIC HOLIDAY - SCHOOL CLOSED 2 STAFF PD DAY - SCHOOL CLOSED 3 P&F Meeting pm School Library Engaging Hearts and Minds Our school has been focusing on "Being Respectful" so far this term with pleasing results. Y charts were used to introduce and teach this skill to the students. Following class discussions about what this skill looks like, sounds like and feels like, the teachers recorded the students answers on a Y chart. Here is an example of a Y chart, created by our Year 2 students: It would be great for parents and care-givers to please reinforce and practise this skill with their children at home. Thank you for supporting our whole-school social skills program. SCHOOL NEWS Penance (Reconciliation) Information Evening A reminder that the Penance (Reconciliation) Information Night will take place, tomorrow night, in the School Library at 7.00pm. The candidates are not required to attend this meeting. We look forward to seeing all the candidates parents. Uniform Focus At Sacred Heart we wish for the students to take great pride in the way that they present themselves in the school uniform. This week s uniform focus is: ensuring that the full winter uniform is now being worn by all students. The uniform policy can be accessed on the school website: NAPLAN NAPLAN has started well this week for Year 3 and 5. The children are well prepared and have been very positive and mature in their approach to this national standardised testing. Thank you to Mrs Hill and Miss Cooper for their wonderful teaching and preparation with the students. Great work, Year 3 and Year 5, you are all super stars. Year 1 and Year 2 Class Liturgy The Year 1 and Year 2 classes participated in their class liturgy at the Sacred Heart Church, this morning. We thank Fr Peter for leading the liturgy and the teachers for preparing such a reverent and meaningful celebration. We would also like to thank all the parents for sharing this special occasion with the Year 1 and Year 2 classes. Year 3 and Year 4 Class Liturgy Next Wednesday, the 20th May, the Year 3 and Year 4 classes will participate in their class liturgy in the Sacred Heart Church, beginning at 9 am. The liturgy will be celebrated by Fr Peter. We welcome all Year 3 and Year 4 Parents, as well as other parents and members of our school community, to attend this special celebration. Mother's Day Devonshire High Tea On Friday 8th May, the P&F celebrated all the Sacred Heart Mother s with a beautifully presented and tasty Devonshire High Tea. The mothers who attended felt special and celebrated. The Year 2 P&F representatives should be congratulated on such a wonderfully organised event. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the P&F for their continued support in our Sacred Heart community. Thank you!

3 SCHOOL NEWS SPORTS NEWS Swimming Training Beatty Park on Monday at 3.30pm 4.30pm. Cross Country Training Hyde Park Tuesday and Friday morning at 7.45am am. A record amount of children are coming to Cross Country training this year. We had 41 runners last Friday and 38 runners on Tuesday. Come along and join our team. CONGRATULATIONS to Myles Brown (Yr 5) for becoming the first member of the 20K Club. If you complete 20km before June 8 th at our morning sessions, you will receive a certificate of acknowledgement at assembly. Thanks to Maria Devlin for the valuable training sessions on Friday morning. Thanks also to Mr Ryan Bowden (EA in Year 3) for supporting the team. SPIRIT SHIELD PROGRESSIVE POINTS Henley 63 points Hewitt 62 points Taylor 57 points Lee 39 points Mrs Stephanie Alderman ( Physical Education teacher) Sacramental Program 2015 If your child is a candidate for a Sacrament this year, here are some important dates for your diaries. Sacrament Parent Information Evenings Reconciliation: Thursday, 14th May at 7.00pm. Venue: School Library Sacrament Workshops for Candidates and their parents. Confirmation: Tuesday, 30th June at pm. Eucharist: Tuesday, 9th June at pm. Reconciliation: Tuesday, 16th June at pm. Venue : School Hall Enrolment Masses Confirmation: Saturday, 16th May at 6.00pm. Eucharist: Saturday, 23rd May at 6.00pm. Reconciliation: Saturday, 6th June at 6.00pm. All Masses will take place at the Sacred Heart Church. Sacrament of Confirmation Saturday, 8th August 2015 Sacred Heart Church, Highgate. Circle of Security Workshops Just a reminder that I will be running 4 workshops beginning on Friday, 22 nd May at 9.30 am pm in the School Library. Please see the Flyer attached to this Newsletter and register to attend by Wednesday, 20 th May. I will proceed with the workshops subject to numbers. If you want to find out more about Circle of Security please contact me at Campos.Hilary@cathednet.wa.edu.au. Alternatively ask a parent/caregiver who has already attended a previous course to tell you about their experience of it. I look forward to hearing from you. Hilary Campos (School Social Worker) STUDENT AWARDS Pre Primary Josh Lailey Year 1 Lyla Stewart Chiara Del Marco Year 2 Imogen Mailey Mark Bontempo Year 3 Isabella Chillemi Olivia Sullivan Year 4 Connor Shuttleworth Angelica Donnelly Year 5 Anthony Panaia Steven Ho Year 6 Emily Bilton Jasmin Le CANTEEN Canteen Menu Update - apologies for omitting the Fish Fingers and Slushies from the recent menu update. The menu has been updated and is available on the school website. FISH FINGERS x 3 $1.50 SLUSHIE $2.50 Please order from the new menu. Sushi orders MUST be paid on Monday to receive Sushi on Wednesday. LIBRARY There are a large number of new books in the library. Sadly they are unable to be borrowed as they are waiting to be covered. It is a big job for one person, but as the saying goes many hands make light work, so if you feel you have time to cover some books please call in to the library and pick some up. While you cover them your child/children can read them. Thank you, Mrs Sue Hanford. Circle of Security Parenting Idea Canteen Menu P&F School Fete 2015: We are looking for some fabulous businesses who are interested in sponsoring our rides at the School Fete (see school website for a list of those rides available) in return each company will receive some fabulous marketing opportunities both in the lead up and on the day of the Fete. Whether you work for or own a business who may be interested, please get in contact with Alysha Cass at alysha.cass@iinet.net.au today. School Banking: School Banking is on Tuesday morning from 8:30am in the school library, this is a great way to introduce your children to the benefits of regular saving. They receive some great awards and the school is paid commission by the Commonwealth Bank on the deposits made. School Fete Craft Group: We will once again be having a fabulous arts and crafts stall at the 2015 School Fete there is a craft group already actively creating some wonderful items, if you re interested please contact Danielle at trevndan@westnet.com.au for more details. School Bags: Old style school back packs are available for $60 and new trolley bags (no school logo attached) are now available for $75. Please see the office staff if you would like to make a purchase P&F Executive ATTACHMENTS

4 I didn t know what Circle of Security was really all about but thought I could use all the free help I could get. I m glad I joined in and feel I learnt a lot about Parent- Child interactions and relationships from Hilary and the other participants in the workshop. ( Parent ) Do you ever wish that your child came with an instruction manual? Do you wonder if there are other ways to help teach your child appropriate ways of behaving? If so, then this is the course for you! PARENTING WORKSHOPS TERM 2, 2015 This 4 week course will be held on Friday 22/05, 5/06, 12/06, 26/ am 12.15pm in the Library Commitment to attend all 4 sessions is very important to enjoy maximum benefit from the programme. To register, please return the slip below to the school office. For more information, please contact Hilary Campos, Social Worker. I would like to register for the Circle of Security Parenting Workshops. Tel no.: No. of Children enrolled at Sacred Heart

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