Dear Parents and Carers,

This weekend our Church celebrates the Feast of Corpus Christi which translates from Latin to "Body of Christ." 

This feast calls us to focus on two manifestations of the Body of Christ, the Holy Eucharist and the Church. The primary purpose of this feast is to focus our attention on the Eucharist. At every Mass our attention is called to the Eucharist and the Real Presence of Christ in it. The secondary focus of this feast is upon the Body of Christ as it is present in the Church. 

Annual Survey to inform the SHPS community

We encourage all families to participate in the annual school survey. This survey - “Tell Them from Me’, is an important and valuable way for SHPS to hear the voice of students, parents and teachers in our community, affirming what is going well and looking towards ways of improving our school. The survey ling will be sent out on Compass later today.

Staff Leave

We wish the best and every blessing to Mrs Laura Stumbles as she begins her well deserved long service leave on Monday. Her students look forward to hearing about her family travels.

We wish Mrs Lisa Davis the best and every blessing as she enjoys the opportunity to spend time with family on a well deserved long service leave holiday.

No Newsletter for the next 2 weeks

Please note that while Mrs Davis is away there will be no newsletter (weeks 8 and 9). Reminders and important information including birthdays and awards will be sent out to families through the Compass platform.

Parent/ Teacher Communication

Staff are busily preparing reports for parents to share student progress for the end of Semester 2. These reports will be available to parents through COMPASS at the end of week 9. We will send out a notification through Compass to let parents know when they are available online

Confirmation

Congratulations to all students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation last weekend. We extend our gratitude and appreciation to Mrs Katie Imbriano for leading the preparation of a beautiful and meaningful retreat for candidates in the Parish hall last Friday.

PEER SUPPORT

This Friday we will begin our Peer Support Program led by our Year 6 students and supported by year 5 students. This year’s theme is resilience. The aim of the program is to work on strategies together to help students deal with life's challenges.

Take care and keep safe

Compass Notifications

Please refer to Compass for the following notifications:

• Head lice
• Sacred Heart Feast Day: As the celebration of Sacred Heart Day draws near, Mrs Kane has prepared a special offer from the canteen for the day. Children will be able to order for lunch, a sausage sandwich and special treat (available on QKR for $5).
  Traditionally, class parents have volunteered to make cupcakes for recess. Please contact the front office if you are able to help make cupcakes. Thank you to those that have already volunteered, we still require six more helpers to cover all classes.

Congratulations to the following students who made their Sacrament of Confirmation last week.

Edward. B, Maxx. B, Isabella. D, Imogen. H, Natasha. L, Marissa. M, Mikayla. R, Jennifer. T

Thank you to Fr Richard, Christina Erwin and Melanie Kerr for the Mary Help of Christians Parish for supporting the children throughout the program.

Vinnies Winter Appeal 2023

The Sacred Heart Mini Vinnies group are asking our community for donations of warm clothing, blankets and sleeping bags for the 2023 St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal.

Donations can be brought to the Front Office over the next few weeks.

Karissa, Hope, Bella and Natasha (Mini Vinnies)

MHoC Website

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Sacred Heart Pyjama Day

In conjunction with the Vinnies CEO Sleepout (Thurs 22^th June) and the Vinnies Winter Appeal, students are encouraged to wear their pyjamas to school on Friday 30th June. 

For the privilege of wearing their pyjamas, students are asked to bring a gold coin donation to support St. Vincent de Paul. Just a reminder to wear appropriate footwear that will allow safe participation in school activities.

Parent Information Session

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Private Piano Tuition

Places have now become available 

Those parents who are wanting their child/children to have piano lessons, can contact the teachers directly on the following contact numbers;

• Mrs Hildegarde Mendoza Phone: 0417 580 975
• Mrs Pam Cox Phone: 0418 442 203
• Mr Craig Mewett Phone: 0409 151 887 / 6278 7382

Congratulations to the following students celebrating their birthday over the next week 

David R, Harrison A, Emily D, Charlee R.

Biggest Morning Tea

On Monday the SHPS staff hosted the Biggest Morning Tea in support of Cancer Council Australia There were many delicious treats and Mrs Evenden took home 1st prize for her wonderful Gooey Lemon Cake. If you wish to donate please click the link below.

https://www.biggestmorningtea.com.au/fundraisers/natashabarrenger

Playground

Just another lovely recess break on the playground. 

Author Visit

This week Sacred Heart was visited by the award winning author, Dr Cameron Stelzer. Cameron’s Pirate Rats and the Stroogle are some of the fan favourites in the library. 

All the children participated in a variety of different workshop to develop their capacity to be creative writers. As communicators they explored ways to entertain their audience by using engaging language to draw in their audience or creating entertaining pictures. 

Thanks Cameron for sharing your talents with our learning community today.

South Weston Cross County

Congratulations to the students who represented Sacred Heart at the South Weston Cross County. They all had a great day.

Playgroup

This week Playgroup enjoyed Glitter Playdough and had fun with shaving cream.

Thank you to Eva from year 1 for donating some wonderful new dress ups.

Playgroup currently has 1 shopping trolley and 1 dolls pram, these are both very popular items. If anyone has either a dolls pram or shopping trolley that your children have grown out of and you would like to rehome, Playgroup would really appreciate them.