Dear Parents and Carers,

In this time of uncertainty and change I thought to use the model of St Joseph who's feast we celebrate today. This adapted reflection from "Living Word" on today's Gospel  (Matt 1:16, 18-21, 24).

Forget St. Joseph as the “Foster Father of Jesus.” He’s not. He is the “Husband of Mary.” That’s how the Church announces this feast in the heart of Lent.
The Gospel for today is Matthew 1:

Her husband Joseph, being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally.

Let us be people of honour, wanting desperately to care for the people in our lives.
We are on board. We shall be people after the heart of Joseph and look out for each other at this time.
Amen.

Interim Reports and Interviews

Interim Reports will be sent home next Friday afternoon as previously advertised.

As per the communication from Catholic Education, Parent/Teacher Interviews have been postponed. After speaking with staff, it appears that many parents have already touched base with their child’s classroom teacher. If there is something that you wished to check with your child’s classroom teacher, please make contact via email. 

• Our deepest condolences to the Vecchi family on the passing of their Father/Grandfather.

• With a lot of information coming out at the moment, please monitor emails and the SZapp app.

• Please take 2 mins of your time to link yours and your extended families Canberra Southern Cross Club membership to the Sacred Heart Primary School Incentive program where 7.5% of money spent on food and beverage will go back to the school for school resources.
  
  Alternatively, when you are next at the any of the Canberra Southern Cross Clubs ask them at the front reception to link yours and your family members card.
  
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  Every dollar counts and goes back to help our children and the school!

Harmony Day                                           

- Harmony Day is going ahead tomorrow. 

- There will be no parade and no assembly.

- Friday awards will be given out during morning announced

- Please wear orange or items from your culture.

- The classes will be doing many activities. The teachers will take photos and videos of the classes. We will put these together and the children will watch what other  classes did on their classroom screens in the afternoon. 

Peer Support Session 4 - Make the change
Our session this week in Stronger Together - our Peer Support module encourages students to identify any behaviours or actions they feel are unhealthy in self and others. Skill building in identifying behaviours, inclusive practice and developing empathy to assist students to transition into making positive decisions to change. This might be an opportunity for parents of participating students to remind your child about when they have handled change well and the skills they could use.

NAPLAN

Please click here for the NAPLAN Parent Information Brochure.

The NAPLAN test period will start 12th May. However there are practice sessions planned for next week, beginning on Monday 23rd March.

Notices were sent via SZapp this week for families to prepare their child’s device. You need to download the Locked-Down-Browser app and bring headphones. (Type NAP into the AppStore) Please click here to view the note.

Please note the minimum iPad specs are for iPad Air (1st generation), iPad Pro (1st generation) and iPad (5th generation). iPad mini cannot be used.

Further detailed instructions can be accessed from the Browser Guide Linked Here. The relevant sections of the guide for parents has been highlighted on the contents page.   

All students in Years 3 and 5 are expected to participate in the annual NAPLAN assessment. Students with disability may qualify for adjustments that reflect the support normally provided for classroom assessments. We ask parents and carers to please discuss the use of any adjustments for your child with your child’s teacher or Kerry Wode.  The teachers will make necessary adjustments for children to participate in the practice sessions, in order to help the students learn the platform.

If you have any questions or concerns about your child’s participation in NAPLAN please contact Kerry Wode or Anne Staines.

SZAPP UPDATE

 Make sure you know the school pass code before you launch the date.

Ask any teacher or ring the school if you are not aware of this security measure.

Learning Asset - Communicators

Communicators can communicate ideas confidently in different ways and for different purposes. They listen thoughtfully to what others communicate. They can adapt their communication style to different contexts. (K. Murdoch ‘Power of Inquiry’ p98)

Communicators know that we use our whole bodies to express ourselves. They learn to manage their voice and word choice for different audiences and purposes. Examples of times when we may teach the assets of being a communicator may include:

• Use our body and face as well as words to communicate effectively
• Confidently share our thinking and feeling 
• Speak to others in a way that helps them understand
• Create digital texts to communicate ideas
• Use the right voice and language for different situations 
• Listen carefully to what we are hearing and show others that we are listening 
• Ask questions to help us understand
• Design and use criteria to plan and assess our communication
• Select the right communication form for the purpose or context
• Persuade and convince an audience

Kinder and Stage 1 will focus on being ‘Confident’. Stage 2 and 3 will develop language about all three – Confident, Respectful, Responsive

Congratulations to the following students celebrating their Birthday 

Aleria G, Airlie R, Joseph I, Taige M.

The following Awards will be presented to the children during the morning announcements.