Sacred Heart School 40 Ovens Rd, THORNLIE 6108 Phone: 9251 3000 Fax: 9251 3090 Email: admin@shthorn.wa.edu.au Website: www.shthorn.wa.edu.au

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13 September 2017

The Parable of the Good Samaritan tells the story of a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jeri-cho, and while on the way he is robbed of everything he had, including his clothing, and is beaten to within an inch of his life. That road was treacherously winding and was a favourite hideout of robbers and thieves. The next character Jesus introduces into His story is a priest. He spends no time describing the priest and only tells of how he showed no love or compas-sion for the man by failing to help him and passing on the other side of the road so as not to get involved. The next person to pass by in the Parable of the Good Samaritan is a Levite, and he does exactly what the priest did: he passes by without showing any compassion. The next person to come by is the Samaritan, the one least likely to have shown compassion for the man. The ‘Good Samaritan’ saw only a person in dire need of as-sistance, and assist him he did, above and beyond the minimum required. He dressed the man’s wounds with wine (to disinfect) and oil (to sooth the pain). He put the man on his animal and took him to an inn for a time of healing and paid the innkeeper with his own money. He then went beyond common decency and told the innkeeper to take good care of the man, and he would pay for any ex-tra expenses on his return trip. The Samaritan saw his neighbour as someone who was in need.

GOOD SAMARITANS AT SACRED HEART

Next week, as a part of their Professional and Personal Development Day, the staff at Sacred Heart will be ‘Good Samaritans’ as they work together on a project called ‘Schoolbags for Jesus’. This project aims to enable children from around the world to receive an education and break the cycle of poverty. Each bag will have the essentials for a child to attend school such as pens, pencils, exercise books – the things we sometimes take for granted!

We ask that the school community support the staff by donating any of the following sup-plies which the staff will collate into the drawstring bags ready for delivery:

48 page notebooks

Pencils – lead and/or coloured

Sharpeners

Erasers

Black pens

Blue pens

Crayons

Ruler

Stickers

Small story books

Shirt or cap

Small toy

To assist with the delivery of the bags, the school community may also make a donation of a gold coin. There is a donation box in the front office.

The drawstring bags will be collated by staff on Friday afternoon and delivered to ‘Buckets for Jesus’ who are responsible for the Schoolbags for Jesus project. We will keep you posted on the progress of the project.

FIRST COMMUNION Congratulations to our Year 4 students who, along with children from the parish, received the sacrament of First Communion at a beautiful mass on Sunday afternoon. It was wonderful to see them so proud and ready to receive Jesus in the bread and wine and it was also fantastic to see the support they had from family, friends, school and parish community as the church was overflowing! Thank you to Mr Milne, Mrs Zdravic, Mrs Wladyka, Mr Maher, Mrs Vinci and Mrs Hall who helped prepare the children, the choir and the mass. Thank you also to the choir and altar servers who took time out of their weekend to support their peers. YEAR 6 DEBATING This Thursday students from Year 6 will be representing Sacred Heart against Aquinas College in our annual debating competition. Students from our school will go to Aquinas for the debate, while some Aquinas stu-dents attend Sacred Heart to debate at our school. We wish them all well in this exciting competition. YEAR 2 ASSEMBLY Year 2 will be presenting the last assembly for the term this Friday at 8.30am. All parents and friends are welcome to attend. LIFE EDUCATION VAN VISIT Beginning this Friday and continuing till next Thursday, each class from K-Yr 6 will be participating in Life Ed-ucation van presentations. The session topics range from making and maintaining friendships, healthy life-styles and drug awareness education. Your children may mention Harold from the van, so please chat with them about what they have learnt. There will also be a FREE parent session where the parents can hear the same information that their children have heard and are able to ask questions of the presenters. The parent session will take place next Wednesday morning from 8.15-9.00am in the van set up on the oval. Please take advantage of this great information session. DRESS IN YOUR FAVOURITE SPORTS TEAM DAY Next Thursday is Dress in Your Favourite Sports Team Day (previously known as AFL Day). Children are asked to wear the colours of their favourite sporting team – netball, football, rugby union or league, cricket, basketball, etc and donate a gold coin to St Vinnie’s. Please see the attached lunch order special for the day. These lunch orders are due back Friday 15 September.

ANNUAL GREAT BOOK SWAP CHALLENGE On Tuesday 17 October we will be hosting our Annual Great Book Swap Challenge. What a great oppor-tunity for you to clean out your collection of books over the holidays and send them in. On the day of the book swap children will be able to purchase a pre-loved book for a gold coin donation which will go to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

Enjoy the sunshine!!

Assistant Principal

The Year Two students went to the Literature Centre in Fremantle to discover how you go about making a picture book.

At first we thought the wheels on the bus weren't going to go

round at all as someone had parked in the wrong spot and our bus was stuck for 40 minutes!! We handled it beautifully and played a

few games as we sat on the bus waiting.......and waiting........

Finally, we began our journey and arrived in Fremantle in record time! Two lovely ladies showed us the process of thinking of an

idea and all the steps it takes to actually make a book!

FIRST COMMUNION

First Communion

Congratulations to our students who received Jesus for the first time in the Sacrament of First Holy Commun-

ion on Sunday. It was a beautiful celebration and the children looked amazing and conducted themselves rev-

erently throughout the Mass! After lunch on Monday, the celebrations continued as the students indulged in a

delectable chocolate cake made for them to commemorate the occasion.

Murphy House Mass

Last Friday, we were led in a beautiful mass by Murphy House. Thank you to the teachers, students & choir

who made the mass that extra bit special. Thank you also to our Faithful Faces group who led the school in a

reflective dramatisation of the Gospel.

LifeLink Garden

Spring is in the air and our LifeLink hearts are in full bloom. If you are walking past the office, why not have a

look at our LifeLink garden which will be on display for the next week.

Graham Maher

Faith Coordinator

SUSTAINABILITY NEWS

TERRACYCLE

Sacred Heart now has two TerraCycle bins on site, outside the LIBRARY.

Our school earns money for each piece of recycling sent to TerraCycle!

We have already sent over 10 boxes to be recycled, so keep up the

terrific effort!

We are hoping to raise even more money so it can be added to our St Vincent

de Paul Society donation at the end of the year.

The first box recycles oral care products such as old toothbrushes, floss con-

tainers, empty toothpaste tubes and caps, empty packaging from toothpaste and toothbrushes. We have

one month left to get in as much ORAL CARE recycling as possible, to go into the draw to win

a park bench for our school!

The second box recycles empty beauty care packaging and much like the oral care recycling, we earn

money for every kilogram collected. Accepted waste includes:

Cosmetics packaging such as used lipstick and lip gloss, mascara, eye shadow, bronzer, founda-

tion, eyeliner, eye shadow, lip liner, and concealer packaging.

Hair care packaging such as used shampoo and conditioner bottles

and caps, hair gel tubes and caps, hair spray and hair treatment packag-

ing.

Skin care packaging such as lip balm, face moisturiser, face and body

wash soap dispensers and tubes, body and hand lotion dispensers and

tubes and shaving foam packaging.

YEAR SIX DEBATING

The Year Six classes have been busy preparing for their interschool debates against Aquinas College on

Thursday. Students have worked in groups of three to research plan and deliver debates on the following

topics:

That zoos are a form of animal cruelty

That all Australian children should participate in organised team sports

That packaged food should be banned from school lunch boxes

That all students should be required to volunteer in the community

That social media is a waste of time

We are looking forward to seeing our school leaders use their speaking and listening skills and persuasive

writing techniques to argue their points!

Mrs Bathols & Mr Landers

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING UNIFORM SHOP

Dawn, our uniform shop manager is going away. Therefore she will open FRIDAY 15 SEPTEMBER from 1.30pm to 4.00pm and MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER from 10.00am to 1.00pm.

These extra hours should give you an opportunity to purchase your SUMMER UNIFORMS, so please take note of these special times, as she won’t be here again before the holidays.

RAC Little Legends Club Competition

This competition closes on 30 September. Please register for your free pack and

to help the school win $5,000! Every entry counts!

Kindy to Year 6

SCHOOL’S OUT DISCO

When: Thursday 21 September 2017 Where: School Hall

Time: 6.00pm to 8.00pm (Half hour dinner break included) Cost: $5.00 disco entry includes Sausage Sizzle

Woohoo! Not too long to wait now for the school disco. Completed forms are due by this Friday 15 Sep-

tember. You my pay by cash or bank transfer. If any parent would like to volunteer their time to help on the

night, please email pandf@shthorn.wa.edu.au

$2.00 Cool drink, $1.50 Juice Box, $1.00 Water Face Painter available – Free!!!

Please Note - normal school rules apply to this event

We are in need of more gladwrap/alfoil/giftwrap tubes. If you can help, please drop them at the office. Thank you

GLOW BRACELETS $1.00

Glow Sticks with Lanyard $2.00

Glow Necklace $2.00

Flashing Glow Heart Head Bopper

$4.00

Lolly Bags $1.00

PRE-PRIMARY NEWS

The Pre-Primary classes intend to build a garden bed of succulents as part of their sustainable garden. They would appreci-ate any donations of succulents that you might have.

KEEPING FIT!!!!

House Carnival 2017

Last week the 2017 Athletics Carnival was held over three days.

On Monday the Year 4-6 students participated in their field events and the 400m. Congratulations to all the stu-dents as the results were outstanding. I was also especially proud of the students endeavour during the 400m event.

On Tuesday the Year 4-6 students went across to the high school to run the 200m. It was great to see all the cheering that occurred as students supported their peers. It was especially positive for those students who strug-gled to complete the event and were able to hear their class mates chant their name to help them to the finish line.

On Thursday the students in PP-6 competed in the 100m and team games. Congratulations to all the students who competed to the best of their ability. Thank you to all the faction captains and those who were in the cheer squad for creating such a tremendous atmosphere with the new cheers.

Thank you very much to all the parents who volunteered their time over the three days of the carnival. It was great to have so many volunteers and some new parents put their name down to help. It is greatly appreciated.

Interschool squad information has already been given out. Training commenced on Wednesday 13

September.

Interschool Athletics Carnival on Wednesday 25 October (Year 4-6 only)

and/or Friday 27 October (Year 1-6).

Year Level Name

4 Champion Boy Isaiah Leahy/Chase Guest

Runner up Hayden Thomas

4 Champion Girl Zoe Giles

Runner up Dion Hajje

5 Champion Boy Rory Welch

Runner up Locklan Didiwik

5 Champion Girl Claudia Didiwik

Runner up Ashlee Balazs

6 Champion Boy Kalisto Ubu

Runner up Elijah Scoble

6 Champion Girl Arania Didiwik

Runner up Olivia Pinto

Murphy 1544

Wright 1507

Maguire 1370

Welch 1369

Did you know this inter-

esting fact?

The boys pictured on the

left and highlighted above

have been champion boy

and runner up for three

years in a row and this

year were photographed

with their three medals

from three consecutive

years.

Awesome!!!!

This term, we will be trialling a Homework Club for students who:

need extra time to finish their homework and assignments

need a quiet place to complete homework and assignments

need access to the internet to finish homework and assignments

The Homework Club will run on Wednesdays from 2:45pm - 3:20pm in 6B and will be supervised by a junior and senior school teacher. Students will go straight from class to 6B and will need to be picked up by their par-ents at 3:20pm from the drop off.

Students need to come prepared with their diary or homework folder and any homework that needs to be completed. There is no need to sign up - just come along whenever you need to. Next week is the last week and we will advise if it is continuing next term.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mrs Bathols in Year Six.

JAPANESE NEWS URGENT MESSAGE FOR YEAR 4, 5 AND 6 FAMILIES We are urgently seeking a family to host a Japa-nese male student when we host students from Gunma Kokusai Academy next term from 15 October—1 No-vember. If you are able to help please contact Gold Intercultural Learning on homestay@goldil.com.au or 9444 7687. Otherwise you can fill in an expression of interest form which you can get from the front office. Mrs de Sales

DODGEBALL

This coming Friday 15 September brings to a close our an-nual DODGEBALL Competition between the students and the staff of Sacred Heart Primary School. Immediately follow-ing the Assembly will feature a few exhibition games. These include a rematch of the SHPS Staff vs. the SHPS parents-a fierce game that was contested last year, with the teachers being victorious. No doubt the parents will be wanting some revenge, especially against the likes of our extremely compet-itive Mr. Landers and Mr. Maher. The final decider will also take place. This will feature the two remaining student teams. Please show your support by attending the and cheering on the teams.

Soccer goals

We must be having a soccer frenzy this year with the amount of students playing at both recess and lunch. It is wonderful to see so many kids enjoying a wonder-ful sport and seeing such a mix of both boys and girls. Due to the enormous de-mands by the students, the school has decided to purchase extra soccer goals to cater for the various year levels. Further to this, now that Athletics has ended, we will mark out areas on the oval to make adequate space for students and try to ensure that students play safely. Special thanks to Mr. Colin Stillwell for sourcing out the new soccer goals.

Shane Landers

Wellness Coordinator

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FRONT OFFICE DOOR WILL OPEN AT

8.15AM ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

MONDAY—STAFF HAVE TO BE PRESENT AT A MEETING AT 8.00AM BEFORE THE SCHOOL WEEK

COMMENCES.

WEDNESDAY—TO ENABLE STAFF TO ATTEND PRAYER AT 8.00AM.

Thanks for your understanding.

CONFIRMATION PHOTOS

The proofs of the Confirmation Photos are now available. Go to the website

www.prophotobooth.com.au

Confirmation/View/Order/Communion/Confirmation 2017/Find your album and put in the following code shc357

There are some stunning individual photos, family photos and photos of the students actu-ally being confirmed. Who knew that our children could look so stunning and grown up!!

Don’t miss your opportunity to capture this special day with a beautiful photo.

@SHPSThornlie

Do you have a twitter account? How can 500 million people be wrong?

Twitter generates 340 million tweets a day and handles over 1.6 billion search queries a day.

With this in mind Sacred Heart Primary School decided to get on board and have a presence on Twitter to give our community the opportunity to share in our day-to-day school events.

What is the primary purpose of the Sacred Heart Primary School Twitter Page?

The school Twitter page will be used principally to be followed by staff, parents and other professionals in order to advertise the excellent work by staff, children, parents and our school community.

Similarly, it will also contain information detailing special events in school. The aim of this is to run along-side more traditional methods like sending home Newsletters, and not to replace it.

Aims of Using Twitter

To quickly share and celebrate school achievements, successes and updates.

To demonstrate safe and responsible use of social media.

To promote Sacred Heart Primary School as a forward thinking and progressive school through our use of 21st Century technology.

Shane Landers

Wellness Coordinator

CANTEEN NEWS - Recess and Lunch can be ordered via www.ouronlinecanteen.com.au

Many thanks to our volunteers this term for their assistance with our Tuesday Pop Up specials and our Sports Carnival. Your help is very much appreciated.

Lucy and I will be working on the Summer Menu for Term 4. We would love to hear some suggestions with what your child would like to see on the Menu. Suggestions can be brought to the canteen or put into your classroom lunch box/trolley.

As it is almost the end of term, some menu items may not be available as we will be creating a new menu for Term 4. Please provide a second option for your child. Online ordering options will be updated daily with what we have available.

Please remember we can ONLY accept Australian Currency in the canteen.

Please do not send foreign currency.

Code is the language used to instruct computers.

The aim of coding is to equip students with the skills they need for computing and help them to

problem solve, become logical thinkers and to create.

“We don’t want to live in a world where young people just consume the web,” explains Clare Sutcliffe, Co-

Founder and CEO of Code Club. “We want to help them actively create the content they are engaging with.”

Students are creating programs with specific goals and getting familiar with concepts including sequence,

selection and repetition in programs. They are developing their logical reasoning skills and learning to use

websites.

SCHOOL FEES School Fees are overdue and require prompt payment unless prior arrangements have been

made with the office, as it is the end of term next week. Thank you

Fathers’ D

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ind

y On Wednesday 30 August

our two kindy classes came

together with their Dads to

celebrate Fathers’ Day. We

had a fun filled evening

that included instrument

making, portrait drawings,

photo booth and the even-

ing was completed with an

African Drumming Ses-

sion. It was awesome to

see over 100 people beat-

ing in rhythm to create a

wonderful experience for

both the children and their

Dad/Grandparent. It was

lovely to see the Dads

meeting each other and

getting to know other fami-

lies in the school. Thank

you to everyone for making

this evening so memorable

for our Kindy families.

Annie Gerhardy and the Kindy Team

TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE TERM FOUR

1 FEBRUARY

7 APRIL

26 APRIL

29 JUNE

18 JULY

21 SEPTEMBER

9 OCTOBER

8 DECEMBER

SCHOOL HOURS: Mon - Fri 8:30am to 2:45pm

OFFICE HOURS

Mon & Wed 8:15am-4:00pm

Tues-Thurs & Fri 8:00am—4:00pm

APPOINTMENTS

Parents are reminded to contact the office in order

to set up an appointment with staff members.

Principal: By appointment only.

Loreto Child Care Centre: 9251 3014

Outside School Hours Care: 9251 3015

PARISH TIMETABLE WEEKEND MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil 6.00pm Sunday 8.00am and 10.00am WEEKDAY MASS TIMES: Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8.45am Wednesday 8.45am Parish or School Mass Saturday—8.45am RECONCILIATION Sat 5.00-5.30pm before Mass or anytime by Appointment. PH: 9459 4459 Website: www.thornlie.perthcatholic.org.au

Monday D. BARKER

Tuesday CLOSED

Wednesday A.POWE

Thursday A. LADYMAN C. GLASER

Y.MIYAMOTO*

Friday PUPIL FREE DAY

TERM DATES 2017—STUDENTS

CANTEEN ROSTER

18—22 September 2017

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS

TERM TIME ONLY

If you are unable to come at these times please complete a uni-form order form availa-ble from the Office, pay for it and your orders will be filled and deliv-ered to your child’s class.

ABSENTEES/SICKNESS In order for the school to reconcile attend-ance it is a requirement that a message is left on the Absentee Line

9251 3005 as emails to teachers are often not opened at the start of the day. Your co-operation in this regard is appreciated.

Monday 8.00-9.00 am

Tuesday Closed

Wednesday Closed

Thursday 8.00—9.00 am

Friday 2.30- 3.30pm

MAGUIRE 50

MURPHY 48

WELCH 53

WRIGHT 45

GOING HOME THIS WEEK

TUESDAY LUNCH SPECIAL CHEESEBURGER & WATER

EVERY CHILD

GET ACTIVE SPORTS K—3

AFL DAY EVERY CHILD