Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to a new term. Many in the community have had the opportunity to get away and/or spend time relaxing these holidays. We have also had reports of families who spent time in isolation due to illness. The children have come back full of energy and excitement ready to begin a new term of learning.

COVID 19 update

As per the letter from the Director of Catholic Education the following COVID 19 processes are in place in regards to being on site at SHPS:

• Physical distancing should be maintained on school sites where possible 
• Students and visitors must not attend school sites if they are unwell and will be sent home if they show any symptoms of COVID-19 
• Visitors and students should at all times maintain appropriate hand and respiratory hygiene 
• Although we encourage visitors to wear masks on school sites, they are not required
• We ask parents to let the school know via the front office if their child/ren tests positive for COVID-19 to help us in our planning 
• Onsite meetings need to be held remotely where possible

Unfortunately we are unable to invite parents to our Friday afternoon assemblies for the remainder of the term due to the new road map from Catholic Education.

We will continue to communicate any adjustments as we respond and information becomes available. 

NAIDOC 

As part of our celebration and recognition of the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the children at SHPS will participate in a NAIDOC prayer celebration on Friday. Unfortunately, due to current restrictions for CE schools we are unable to extend an invitation to our parents and carers at this time.

Library and STEAM staffing

We would like to welcome Mrs Caroline O'Mara to the Sacred Heart staff this term. Caroline will be teaching library on Tuesdays and Aaron Fox will teach library on Mondays.

We also welcome back Mrs Vanessa Miller. Vanessa will be teaching STEAM on Thursdays and Kerry Wode will teach STEAM on Wednesdays.

Change to library days - Stage 1 and 3 will have library on a Monday, and Kindergarten and Stage 2 will have library on Tuesdays.

Change to STEAM/Italian/Music days - Kinder and Stage 3 on a Wednesday, and Stage 2 and 1 on Thursday.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

School photos were delivered to SHPS today. They will be sent home with your child/ren tomorrow. Please let your teacher know if this will not work for your family.

Take care and keep safe

Term Three Sport Days

Kinder-Tuesday and Friday

Stage One-Tuesday and Friday (changed!)

Stage Two-Tuesday and Thursday

Stage Three-Tuesday and Thursday 

Children’s Liturgy Sunday 24th July at the 10.00am Mass. Volunteers are welcome.

GROW YOUR HOME LIBRARY (& INDEPENDENT READERS) WITH THE FREE BOOK OFFER!

Every child deserves access to quality and affordable books, and Scholastic Book Club offers great prices with Value Books as low as $3 on every issue of Book Club. Best of all, if you order on Issue 5 you can select FREE BOOKS!

Place your Issue 5 order on LOOP to select up to 3 FREE BOOKS. To qualify all you have to do is spend over $30 and you can select 1 FREE book, or spend over $50 and you can select 2 FREE books or over $70 and you can select 3 FREE titles from a special online list. The list will display after you create your order and head to the checkout.  CLICK HERE for more information.

Did you know that 20% of your Book Club order goes back to our school in Scholastic Rewards? These Rewards are redeemed on Books and Educational Resources which helps stretch our budget further.

Tennis Programs starting again in Week 3.

Rising Star Tennis Academy is starting a five week school program from Week 3, Monday 1st August and will run through till the end of Week 7, Friday 2nd September. 

The Red Ball Play and Train Program, which is aimed at students between yrs 2-6, runs Mondays after school from 3:15 - 4:15pm. These sessions will be held at Sacred Heart on the tennis courts at the back of the school.

The Whizz Kids Program, aimed at students yrs K-2, will run Tuesday during lunchtimes from 11:00am – 11:30pm. This program will be open for our Playgroup participants as well.

The cost of these programs are:

$160 for the Play and Train Program.

$140 for the Whizz Kids Program.

These can be paid via Qkr.

If you are interested in your child participating in these sessions please email Mr Mitchell to register your interest in the session you wish your child to participate in. Expressions of interest are due by Thursday 28th July. Mr Mitchell will email all parents who have expressed interest by Friday 29th July.

All equipment needed for the program will be provided by Rising Star Tennis Academy and Sacred Heart Primary. On a non-sports uniform day, the children are asked to bring a pair of runners that they get changed into before the start of the session. They do not need to get changed into a spare pair of clothes. If it is their sports day they are to just wear their sports uniform. 

Any questions contact the front office (6286 2443, email) or  email Mr Mitchell .

Little Hearts Playgroup

Little Hearts Playgroup has recommenced for Term 3 with lots of fun indoor activities.

Playgroup provides children aged between 2 and 4 years opportunity to grow and develop through play and provides their parents and caregivers opportunity to connect with their community.

Please contact the office if you would like to be a part of the fun!

Are you able to help Playgroup? We are looking for donations of wooden puzzles suitable for pre-schoolers. If your children have outgrown their wooden puzzles we would love them.

Any donations can be left at the front office.

Congratulations to the following students celebrating their birthday this week 

Declan K, Finn O, Max P, Milana B, Charlotte B, Matilda W.