In the coming week we celebrate the Easter Tridium – Holy Thursday when Christians celebrate Jesus giving us the gift of himself in the Eucharist – Good Friday when Jesus dies on the cross and Easter when we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus and the hope that brings. ‘So we are called not only to believe that Christ once rose from the dead, thereby proving that he was God; we are called to experience the Resurrection in our own lives by entering into this dynamic movement, by following Christ who lives in us. This life is expressed by the power of love and of encounter; Christ lives in us if we love one another. And our love for another means involvement in one another’s history.’ Thomas Merton

Sacred Heart Catholic School  

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NEWSLETTER 06/19 ‐ 10th April 2019

 

 

SCHOOL PHOTOS Students to wear their full summer uniform on Thursday for photos please.  Girls to have navy ribbons or school scrunchies in their hair.  ADDITIONAL COUNSELLOR SUPPORT FOR SACRED HEART Following conversa ons with Centacare we have been able to secure a counsellor to work at our school for an addi onal day a week to sup-port our students and their families.  The new arrangement will       commence in the first week of term two.  We are fortunate and I am very grateful to Centacare for responding to our needs.  ADDITIONAL TEACHER ASSISTANT TIME As our enrolment has increased we have a racted some addi onal staffing from Catholic Educa on Diocese of Wagga Wagga.  On            reflec on we have decided to provide more teacher assistant hours to support teaching, learning and wellbeing in classes.  Interviews will be conducted in week one with the new employee commencing in week two.  Exci ng news for our school.  It means that each grade will have a Teacher Assistant shared between the two classes.  ALERT FOR PARENTS When a ending the school or a school func on and you observe        inappropriate behavior at any  me please do not intervene yourself (unless a safety ma er) but contact a teacher immediately to deal with the situa on.  It is not acceptable for any parent or carer to discipline a student (who is not their child) whilst at school.  WINTER UNIFORM CHANGEOVER Winter uniform is to be worn in terms two and three. There will be a two week changeover next term. 

TERM 1 Week 11 Thursday 11th - April School photos Friday 12th April 2.00pm Assembly Year 1H and Mindful Student Awards 2.15pm Easter egg raffle 2.30pm Teacher/student Touch event Term one ends TERM 2 Week 1 29th April Pupil free day for staff development 30th April Students return 2nd May Years 1 and 2 to ‘Possum Magic’ at the Civic Theatre

Upcoming Dates

Dear Parents and Carers,  

May the joy, hope and peace that the promise of Easter brings be the gi  to your family this Easter.  

What a full and varied end to the term we have had with the beginning of the Mindfulness Curriculum, Informa on morning for Kinder 2020, Athle cs Carnival and Cross Country and school photos just to men on a few.  

Teachers are pleased with the achievements of  your children this term.  They have noted the se led nature of their classes no ng and recognising individual achievement and growth. Our students are to be commended for the manner in which they have  entered into the many and varied learning experiences this term.  And  because we aren’t perfect yet there have been  mes when some students have needed support to focus or help to sort out issues on the playground or social issues. We appreciate the  mes parents have advised us directly of concerns that have arisen so teachers or myself can address the concern.  Of par cular focus in our school is quality social interac ons encouraging children to always treat one another with respect in word and ac on.  

Wasn’t our Athle cs Carnival a great event.  We very much appreciated the presence of so many parents and grandparents who cheered our students on and who assisted us with the running of the field events.  And then you helped again with our Cross Country yesterday.  I thank you so much, we  certainly are a fortunate school community.  

Monday 29th of April, first day of term two, is a pupil free day.  The staff will be working on developing their knowledge of the English Syllabus as this is part of our annual plan for improvement. Students return on Tuesday 30th April.  The past few weeks have been difficult for our school community.  Let us not be defined by this experience but learn from this  me and con nue to help our wonderful strong school community grow into the best place it can be for our students and all who enter its gates.   

As we come to the end of the term thank you for the many and varied ways that you have supported our wonderful school community.  Let us con nue to pray for Sonny Moore during his  me of illness and remember his family.   

Happy Easter and happy holidays to you all.  

Yours sincerely,  

Carolyn Ma hews 

PRACTISING MINDFULNESS AT HOME All classes K-6 introduced the learning experiences to develop        mindfulness over last week. This fortnight the focus has been on Awareness.   An ac vity to prac ce at home is: Ten Deep Breaths – awareness of body and feelings through a      breathing ac vity- ‘Find a quiet space at home and sit down comfortably.  Invite child/children to place their hand on their tummy and take 10 deep breaths.  Prompt children to feel their hands move up and down on their tummy with each breath.  A erwards have the children write down how this ac vity made them feel in their journal. 

Tadhg McMahon Ella Howard

Brandon Bartlett Isabella Stramandinoli

Toby Kohlhagen Olivia Taylor Tilly Bower

Vyanah Moore

WEEK 9 MERIT AWARDS STAR AWARDS

Kinder Harrison Mar n, Charlie Mayberry,      

Harry Caldwell, Anan Jie Harry Treloar 

Hope Norton-Fraser 

Year 1 James Plumb, Stella Cosier,                      

Jed Sutherland, Spencer Brown Vyannah Moore Phoebe Joiner 

Year 2 Yzrah Boter, Charlo e Ma ngly  Zoe White 

Year 3 Cruiz Hale, Chloe O’Brien, Ruby Co erill, 

Ben Jones, Jacob Youll Harry Phillips Archie Pollard 

Year 4 Ruben Evans, Flynn Morey, Aus n Smit, 

Madina Brentnall, Angus Grant Brock Wo on Olivia Taylor 

Year 5 Evie Joselin, Aidan Evere , Ava Golden, Ethan O’Halloran, Bonnie Brentnall 

Rebekah Law Indy Coates 

MERIT AWARDS Wk 3 & 4

Lachlan Oliver Salvatore Zavaglia

Digby Wallace Eli Watson

Jack Phillips Agaazveer Pasricha

Monica Stephen Zoe White

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 2- 2019 Wed 08/05

Cynthia Davoren Thu 09/05

Belinda Carroll Bev Phillips Fri 10/05

Shannon Plum Emma Mayberry

Wed 01/05 Lisa Glass Thu 02/05 Leah Moore

Amanda Cutting Fri 03/05

Shannon Curtis Chris Hall

WEEK 10 MERIT AWARDS STAR AWARDS

Kinder Joe Nigh ngale, Ava Ford,                           

Harvey McFarlane, Cashlin Stanley Farrah Conteh O o Rudd 

Year 1 London Miller, Kaden Maher,                      

Nicholas Mangahis, Agaaz Pasricha Callie Hosie Evie Co erill 

Year 2 Myra Meldrum, Tyson Gilchrist  Emily Brooke 

Year 3 Paige Plum, Nate Richardson, Koby Sherden, 

Chaylah Bartle , Kade Richardson Chloe O’Brien 

Isabella Stramandinoli 

Year 4 Edward Dixon, Liliarna Mikolic,                  Harry Dwyer, Thomas Joyce 

Molly Stephen Billie Brentnall 

Year 6 Adelle Robinson-Cummins, Jordan Kendall 

Jack Hayes, Madeleine Gaiter, Je  Gustowski Abdul Conteh 

Sacred Heart School Family Group

Adults Only Dinner 7pm Friday, April 12 Duke of Kent Hotel

All welcome. RSVP Janet Moriarty

0435 049 009

SCHOOL PHOTOS TOMORROW

Thursday 11th April Sibling forms are available from the school office.

K

K YR 5 YR 1 &2 YR 1 &2 YR 3 & 4

Congratulations to Martina and Stephen Cosier

on the arrival of Leah Alexandra.

A little sister for Stella (1E)

YR 6C

Thank you to everyone who participated and supported the Famine Day. We raised $1600 which

was wonderful! If you haven’t returned your money yet could you please do so before the end of term.

By Renata (4B)

YR 6P YR 3 & 4

Sports Report ‐ Week 11 MacKillop Swimming Congratulations to Hamish Curtis, Anastasia McFarlane and Darcey Figgis who represented our school at the MacKillop Swimming in Sydney on March 27th. Darcey Figgis swam a personal best time to finish 5th in the 8 years 50m freestyle. Amazing results, Darcey! Hamish swum beautifully on the big stage to finish 16th and Anastasia finished 12th with a personal best swim! Touch Trials Congratulations to Zaylee White and Cody Plum who were successful at Diocesan Touch Trials and will now represent MacKillop in Sydney in May. Well Done! Mortimer Shield Both the boys rugby league team and girls league tag players have participated in training after school over the past couple of weeks. Thank you to Darryl Plum and Damion Fraser for coaching and the parents and students who have committed to training in recent weeks. Mortimer Shield is on Thursday 2nd May. Athletics Carnival Firstly, thank you to all the parent helpers who helped us at the carnival last week. From helping in the canteen to assisting at field events, it was all much appreciated and enabled our carnival to run smoothly. Congratulations to winning house, Brennan! Fantastic participation by all your team got you over the line! The sportsmanship by all students is to be commended and as a school we are very proud of the way students enter these carnivals with such a wonderful attitude and enthusiasm. Well done to our Age Champions: Junior Champions Paige Plum Ruben Evans Junior R/up Molly Stephen Jackson Murdoch 11 Year Champions Jazmin Myles Patrick Murphy 11 Year R/Up Ella White Geordie Taylor Senior Champions Maggie Clark Cody Plum Senior R/Up Anastasia McFarlane Abdul Conteh Notes for the Deanery Carnival went out on Tuesday. Stu-dents who came 1st or 2nd in an event qualified for Dean-ery. The Deanery Carnival will be held on Wednesday 22nd May at Jubilee Park, Wagga. Cross Country Thank you to all the parents who assisted us in supervising along the track for our Cross Country event yesterday. Well done to all the students who participated with great enthusiasm! Students who came 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their age group will represent our school at the Diocesan Cross Country in Holbrook on Monday 6th May. Notes will go home to these students by the end of the week. Term 2 Thursday 2nd May Mortimer Shield Monday 6th May Diocesan Cross Country (Holbrook) Wednesday 8th May Paul Kelly Cup Wednesday 22nd May Deanery Athletics Carnival (Wagga) Thank you to all parents who have volunteered at any of our sporting events this term. We have held many successful events and we rely heavily on parental assistance. Sarah Pembleton Sports Co-ordinator

A word from Mr King Last week Sacred Heart began working with our students on The Mindfulness Curriculum. It is a framework and resource to support our teachers in bringing mindfulness into their classrooms. The Mindfulness Curriculum is a structured but flexible framework that we are using as a social and emotional learning program in the classroom. The Mindfulness Curriculum is based around 20 topics which have been mapped to the Australian Curriculum and supports students in K-6 to develop self awareness, self management, social awareness and social management skills. Some of the areas that are covered are;

Managing Emotions Self Compassion Optimism Gratitude Empathy Positive Relationships Resilience

The reason for us devoting time and resources to this important area can be seen by the following points;

Wellbeing is essential for learning. With mindfulness students are more focused and more engaged learners. 1 in 7 primary aged children and 1 in 4 secondary aged children are experiencing mental health problems. Society is experiencing major and rapid changes and this is having an impact on the wellbeing of students. The use of technology, smartphones and social media by children is affecting learning and there's more testing and pressure for students to perform. Wellbeing and learning can't be separated. One supports the other. Wellbeing underpins the way children feel about themselves and how they relate to others. Wellbeing affects how children think, learn and engage. Mindfulness can help with wellbeing, bringing about strong improvements in attention. Mindfulness is a skill for life. Mindfulness can calm the mind, focus our attention and help us make the most out of life. Mindfulness is about focusing atten-tion on the here and now, rather than thinking about the past or worrying about the future. Good mental health in childhood sets young people up for the future and their career. Mindfulness is a skill that can build the foundations for optimal student concentration and attention. A regular mindfulness practice can have positive bene-fits on both students and educator engagement.

This program will support and strengthen the work we do with our Habits of Mind and Bluearth programs, with the combination of all three ensuring our students are given the best resources possible to be able to apply mindfulness when difficult situations arise. Feel free to speak to your class teacher if you need any further information. Mr King