Dear Community

We are looking forward to the Cross Country Carnival tomorrow. Thanks so much to the many parents assisting. You are all most welcome to come and support! It should be great fun!

Enrolment 2025

Officially, the enrolment period for Catholic schools begins at the end of April: on Monday, April 29, and finishes on Friday, May 31. We will be conducting some targeted marketing and advertising (social media, signs, etc.), but the best form of advertising, I believe, is ‘word of mouth’. Please spread the word, and if you know families interested in a Catholic education at Sacred Heart, please have them contact me—I am pleased to show them around our fantastic school.

Sacred Heart Primary School will hold two Open Days for interested families early next term on Monday, May 6, and Wednesday, May 22, from 9.30 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Enrolment forms are available on our website and can be completed until May 31. 

Please inform any friends or family about these days. Please spread the word!

Staffing News

As you know, Mr Aaron Fox finishes at Sacred Heart in his tenth year as a teacher, Religious Education Coordinator and Coordinator. Again, we wish Aaron all the best in his future professional opportunities and thank him for his commitment over many years here.

After selection, Mrs Laura Stumbles has been appointed ‘Acting Coordinator’ for Term 2. Mrs Sarah Salter will teach in Year 2 two days per week to allow Laura to complete her leadership responsibilities. Congratulations, Laura, on your appointment, and welcome Sarah (who is a regular relief teacher at Sacred Heart).

Mrs Amy Kelly will teach full-time in Term 2 (replacing Aaron’s one day in this class), and I appreciate Amy’s generosity in ensuring Year 6 is not disrupted.

The position of Coordinator will be advertised early in the term and hopefully finalized by mid-term.

Self-Reflections

To promote deep learning at Sacred Heart, we regularly give students the opportunity to reflect on, recall, and apply their content knowledge about what is being taught and evaluate themselves as learners. One example is the 'Student Self Reflection' sent home after each Term.  

We encourage parents and carers to use their child/rens self-reflection to open up discussion about their learning and how they are utilising their ‘Learning Assets’ to find success and overcome challenges. These conversations will help students have agency in their knowledge and express and share a common language of learning with you. These self-reflections have been read by your child's teacher but are meant to be an authentic example of their thinking and progress, spelling errors, handwriting and all. If you have concerns about your child’s learning progress, don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher.  

Uniform reminders

I appreciate your support of the school uniform this year. A reminder that a full winter uniform is required for Terms 2 and 3. A copy of our ‘School Uniform Policy’ is available on our website, and I encourage all families to re-familiarise themselves with the correct uniform and appearance requirements. Please ensure your children are ready to go for the start of Term 2.

Thank you for such a great term and for making me feel welcome. We have had a pleasing and productive start to the year.  Your support and hard work ensure Sacred Heart School is a happy, peaceful and productive place. Seeing how well the kindergarten students have settled into the routines is impressive. Many of them are reading and writing, and only eleven weeks ago, they were turning up to ‘big school’ for the first time. They have come along so far.

The staff have worked extremely hard to prepare and deliver quality programmes to cater to all students. You should be very proud of how the staff have worked in many aspects of school life.

I thank our parents for all they do for the children at school. This year, we have enjoyed tremendous support from parents who help us in many ways.

I wish you a fabulous Term 1 break. I look forward to seeing you back, refreshed, in a few weeks.

In faith and partnership,

David Austin

Principal