School Hours

Teachers are on duty between 8.30am and 3.30pm each day.

Morning: 

1. No child should be on the playground unsupervised before 8.30am. If you need care before this time, please utilise our Before-hours-care offered by YMCA.
2. Children can be dropped off on Murphy St or at the front Drive-through. Parents and Carers are welcome on the playground to stay for the morning assembly.
3. All children should be at school by 8.55am to start with our assembly.

Afternoon:

Teachers dismiss children from the classrooms (This week we will often walk children to pick up areas!) 

YMCA will usually pick up children in Kinder and Year 1 from the classrooms. Older children walk directly to meet YMCA educators in the school hall.

Children make their way out of the building to our three supervised pick-up points. 

Murphy St. Please park facing uphill on Murphy St or in the adjacent streets. Parents and carers wait at the gate for the duty teacher to send your child to you. Children will raise their hand to indicate that they can see you. Children catching the bus or crossing the road will be walked up to Hodgson Cres by a duty-teacher

Drive-through and main car park off Hodgson Cres. Please come down Hodgson Cres. Students will exit the building and make their way to the shady area near the hall doors. Collect your child and leave the car park making a left hand turn only onto Hodgson Cres. 

a) Join the queue for drive-through. The teachers on duty will assist your child to the car. A nametag in your windscreen is very helpful!

or b) Park in the carpark. Come up to gather your child. Please be very careful of moving vehicles.

Walking/riding across Hodgson Cres or Beasley St. Children meet the duty teacher at the bike cage or near the canteen. The group walks down to the main school crossing, with the teacher supervising crossing these busy roads.

Any child not collected by 3.30pm will be brought to the office. A phone call will be made to check what is holding you up.

Thanks for your cooperation and respect for the safety of all.

Communication, Payments and Calendar

Good communication is the key to smooth relationships. We ask parents to set yourself up for the year on the following platforms. For more information refer to the Parent Information Note (PIN)  coming home shortly. For support please speak to a staff member.

1. Calendar -  COMPASS or our  school website
2. COMPASS - app or online (Helpful hint when logging in the first time: search for PEARCE rather than Sacred Heart)
3. Email - Teachers can be contacted directly via their cg email or via the COMPASS platform.
4. Qkr! App - Use Qkr! for all online payments, including Canteen and Merchant Feast. (We will not see your payment if you accidently use the pay option on Compass. Furthermore you will be charged a processing fee to reverse it.)
5. Our social media platform is  Facebook
6. Facebook ‘ Sacred Heart Parents and Carers’ Group - send a membership request to join our FB parent group. Group moderated by our Community Council. Used to share information and for you to ask questions about what’s going on.
7. Remember to visit our school website, especially the staff lists and the ‘for parents’ tab with the What to do if….? FAQ flowcharts.

Lunch clubs

Our school offers many extra-curricula opportunities for students to choose. Some are paid activities with specialist staff; others are free activities run by our talented teachers. 

Please refer to the list below for what is being offered during Term 1. You may wish to talk to your child about joining in. Clubs start in Week 2, unless otherwise stated. Please note chess is run by external companies and require enrolment and registration fees.

Monday

Gardening with Mr  Fox. Free for children in Yrs 2-6. Meet Fr Fox near the hall doors at 11am

Library is open. Children in Yrs K-6 can choose to spend their lunch playtime in the library reading, drawing and playing quiet games including lego. Come into the library via the Maker Space doors.

Tuesday

Chess Lessons with Sydney Chess Academy. Please refer to the flyer attached further in our newsletter for the costs and enrolment process. Meet Jordan at 3Red classroom at 11am. Chess starts 13 Feb (Week 3)

Karaoke with Mrs Riley. Free for children in YrsK-6. Meet Mrs Riley at the music room at 11am.

Wednesday

THINK!  with Mrs Wode. Free club for Yrs 3-6. Various activities building thinking and creative skills, and drama. Open to all, but great preparation for students who may want to join a Tournament of the Minds Team next term.

Choir with Mrs Riley.  8.30-9.15am in the music room.  Full details for how to enrol in choir will be published next week.Choir will start Week 3.

Thursday

Library is open. Children in Yrs K-6 can choose to spend their lunch playtime in the library reading, drawing and play quiet games including lego. Come into the library via the Maker Space doors.

Friday 

Bike Club with Mr Sweeney. Free for Yrs 3-6. Children can bring their own bikes and helmets or borrow one of the school’s. Meet Mr Sweeney at 11am at the bike cage.

NAPLAN

The annual NAPLAN tests will be held across Australia between 13-25 March. Information will be sent via COMPASS to families with children in Years 3 and 5 shortly. 

Here is the link to the NAPLAN website with Parent and Carer Information for general community reference.

Yours in the virtue of Respect,