Dear Sacred Heart Community,

It’s hard to believe how quickly this term is passing, with just a few weeks before Easter. The mornings are darker- before we know it, we will be in the middle of winter! We will gather in just a few weeks to celebrate our Holy Week liturgies as we prepare for Easter. These moments hold deep significance for us as a Catholic school community, offering an opportunity to reflect on Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection.

Please claim the dates:

• Friday 4 April (Palm Sunday liturgy, led by Kinder at 2:40pm) in the hall.
• Thursday 10th April (Holy Thursday liturgy, led by Year 4 at 12:45pm in the hall
• Thursday 10th April (Good Friday and Easter liturgy), led by Year 5 and 6 in the Church at 2pm.

We look forward to sharing these special celebrations with you.

Working Bee Success

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Working Bee last Friday afternoon. The turnout was very good, and we achieved so much together. It was wonderful to see parents, staff, and students working side by side, building community spirit while making tangible improvements to our school. A huge thanks to all those who assisted. If you are missing gardening gloves- we have a couple of pairs!

Athletics Carnival

Planning for tomorrow's Athletics Carnival is in full swing, and I have no doubt it will be another fantastic day of sportsmanship and school pride. Congratulations to Laura Stumbles, our Sports Coordinator, for her tireless efforts organising this huge event. The organisation behind the scenes is enormous—thanks, Laura. Thank you also to the many parents who are volunteering to help tomorrow—it truly couldn’t happen without your support. A full report next week!

Thank you for your continued support of what we do at Sacred Heart. Have a blessed and productive week.

Staffing Changes
As you know, Mrs. Laura Stumbles will remain as Religious Education Coordinator for the rest of this year. The following staffing changes will take place for the remainder of 2025:

1. Mrs. Elysia Riley will continue to teach on Mondays and Tuesdays in 2 White.
2. Mrs. Simonne Evenden has kindly agreed to work every second Friday in Room 2 Red, while Elysia will continue teaching in the same class every second Friday.
3. Caroline O'Mara will teach four days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday) in 3 White, with Mrs. Sam Peake stepping in to teach every Wednesday for the rest of the year.

The position of REC will be advertised later this year for a 2026 start.

I want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Caroline, Simonne, Elysia, and Sam, who have all graciously taken on these additional roles for the students, ensuring minimal disruption to their learning.

Concerns with the online game, Roblox

The school has been informed that some senior students using the online game Roblox are engaging in inappropriate behaviour. Concerns have been raised that students may be teasing or bullying others and engaging in inappropriate sexual behaviour while playing the game. We have also raised concerns that children in the game may interact with unknown players, including adults pretending to be children. For more information on keeping children safe online using platforms like Roblox, visit the e-Safety Commission's website- https://www.esafety.gov.au/.

If any parents have questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out. 

In faith and partnership,

David Austin

Principal

Harmony Day

We celebrated Harmony Day with many ways to respectfully connect with each other culturally. Music from around the world during the morning, our parade of cultural colours, buddy class activities. Some classes enjoyed food with Year 2 trying a Bhutanese dish and Year 6 sharing a special lunch cooked and served at school by Bella and Joey. Their classmates loved trying a German Dish ‘Fladel Soupe’.

Such a special and important day. Thankyou to all the families who supported your child to participate in Harmony Day.

Fun on the playground

Sacred Heart playground this morning was fun to witness. Mr Sweeney rocked a mullet hairstyle due to a challenge from some of his students, students new and old enjoying the rocks and logs, and big buddies playing with little buddies. 

New Calendar on the way

During the next week we will be swapping our calendar feed from google to outlook. Most parents and carers will not notice anything different when viewing our calendars on Compass or our Website, but if you sync to your own apps you may need to renew the link. We will let you know when it happens.

Yours in working together

Kerry Wode

Facebook and Instagram

We regularly post photos of school events and happenings on our school social media accounts. Are you following us?

Lent 

Last week as a staff we reflected on our Lenten Journey so far. We read together a reflection about renewal and we were struck by how much it resonated with us. 

This week our focus is on Joy, this Lenten theme of Joy prepares us for the Easter Celebration but remember, it is not just at Easter we need to find Joy, joy is year round.

So we ask ourselves, how can we find Joy this week and how can we practise being joyful and, in the coming weeks when everything around us is just so busy.

Find the time to find the Joy!

Project Compassion is in our final weeks, please continue to your Project Compassion boxes at home to bring in at the end of Term. 

Athletics Carnival

Tomorrow is our Athletics Carnival. Those parents who have volunteered, your child brought home a note yesterday. If you didn't receive this, please contact the school. If you are now able to help, please let Mrs Stumbles know. 

Final Reminders

• Students are to come to school. We will depart from school at 9:30am by bus.
• Students must bring all their own food and a drink bottle, hat and sunscreen.
• The students 8yrs and above, will start with the 800m. The 800m is an optional event this year. If a student wishes to be considered for the next carnival for this event, they must race in this on the day.
• The rest of the events all students will do. The 100m races will be the first race, once the 800m finish. An approximate starting time would be about 10am, but it may be a little earlier or later depending on how the morning is running.  
• Once the 100m races are finished, students will move into a rotation with their age-group for all other track and field events.

Zara from Year 5, read a story to the Friday Playgroup on Harmony Day.

We ‘nailed' NAPLAN! 

Year 3 and 5 celebrating the end of the assessment period with an icy pole.

Lovely to have St Clare's College visit with three alumni students of Sacred Heart. ♥️