Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope you have been able to enjoy our SABBATH Week and have managed to fit in time to do something together as a family without the pressure of homework.

Athletics and Swimming Carnival

A huge thank you to Mr Mitchell and Mrs Stumbles for organising our first two major carnivals over the last few weeks. We send a message of thanks and gratitude to all our volunteers who helped on the day.  As well as being successful sporting events for the students they were fabulous community events.

We look forward to seeing you at the Cross Country to be held on the 23 April, the first Friday of Term 2. Please refer to the note sent out this week for details.

Harmony Week at SHPS

This week of celebrating diversity has been very busy. Thank you to all those families who were able to dress their children to celebrate their cultural background or found something orange to support Harmony in the world. Our thanks to Mrs Wode for organising this event.

St Patrick and St Joseph

We also recognised the Feasts of St Patrick and St Joseph this week. We saw a great deal of green on Wednesday as we celebrated the Patron Saint of Ireland. On Friday we will celebrate St Joseph as we join the Church in honoring the year of St Joseph. Father Richard has placed a beautiful banner in the Church depicting one the icons.

Pupil Free Day

Monday 19^th April will be a pupil free day for all school in the Archdiocese of Canberra Goulburn as part of the CATALYST program. This is to give staff time to be engaged in professional learning to implement system wide approaches for improving outcomes for students in literacy and numeracy across all schools. This professional learning will continue the journey we began in January during stand down time.

Please remember SCHOOL PHOTOS Tuesday 20^th April.

CLOSE the GAP Day 18 March

Australia's peak Indigenous and non-Indigenous health bodies, NGOs and human rights organisations are working together to achieve equality in health and life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Close the Gap Campaign aims to close the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation. The campaign is built on evidence that shows significant improvements in the health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can be achieved by 2030.

A day to become aware of what is being done and a time to show support for this important campaign.

Take care and God bless,

NAPLAN Testing in Years 3 and 5 - Parent Information   

Click here for the ACARA NAPLAN Parent Information PDF

Click Here for Sacred Heart NAPLAN and iPad Preparation instructions

Timeline

Now -   Practice Test site open now for schools and parents

            Prepare iPads and chrome books as

            Teachers and parents identify and discuss disability and accessibility                         adjustments for individual child’s participation

March 25th - Coordinated Practice Test at school

May 11-21^st  -NAPLAN testing dates for 2021

Further information about the tests and examples of the questions can be found on the ACARA website. https://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/parent-carer-support/.

Parenting Insights – Two great new articles

Setting digital boundaries Focusing solely on time is not the only digital boundary to consider. Read more here..

That’s leadership thinking! What mindsets are good starting points for developing leadership mindsets in the next generation? Read more here..

Interim Reports and Parent Teacher Interviews

Interim reports were sent home this Monday. Please book an interview with your child’s teacher following the instructions on the sheet that was included or go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au select ‘make a booking’ and type in the code yfkvk.

Yours faithfully,

National Ride 2 School Week School Ride Morning

This week is Ride to School Week and we are encouraging all students as well as parents and carers to get as involved as they can on Friday morning. This initiative is led by the Physical Activity Foundation (PAF) and is partnered by many community organisations. It is a great community event that helps promote healthy lifestyles. 

On Friday we will have teachers stationed at several locations (see the map attached to the bike cage for details) to ride into school in groups. 

We will be meeting from 8:20am onwards and we will start riding to school from 8:30am.

When students arrive there will be fresh fruit provided and some party tunes to welcome us to school. All participating students will go in the draw to win some cool prizes that afternoon.

Can’t wait to see everyone riding into school on Friday morning!

Mr Mitchell

iPads for Sale

Our lease agreement for our current iPads is up at the end of May and we will be offering these for sale. Please CLICK HERE for further information.

Collaborators 

Collaborators can work with others on shared goals, questions and challenges. They know how to be a constructive part of a team, to use different roles for different tasks and to actively listen to and respect other people’s views. They understand how their behaviour affects others.(K. Murdoch ‘Power of Inquiry’ p98)

Collaborators can talk about how we work together and plan for working in different ways with different people. Examples of times when we may teach the assets of being a collaborator may include:

• Think and talk about our feelings with others
• Talk about how we can play and learn together
• Look after and share materials with others
• Show others we are listening to them
• Do different jobs when you are in a group
• Use words to solve problem
• Manage time and stay organised as a team 
• Understand and respect other points of view

• Compromise and negotiate when we don’t get our way

Kinder and Stage 1 will usually only explore being ‘Compassionate’. Stage 2 and 3 will develop language about all three – Compassionate, Empathic and Reliable.

Sport Days

There have been changes made due to the  Gymnastics program.

Kindergarten- Wednesday and Friday

Stage One-Wednesday and Friday

Stage Two-Tuesday and Thursday

Stage Three- Tuesday and Thursday 

We encourage you to put your compassion into action this Lent through your prayer, fasting and almsgiving by supporting Project Compassion. Each family should have received a Project Compassion box for their donations. These may be returned to school at any time until the end of term.

Saint Oscar Romero is our inspiration for Project Compassion 2021, so in his words let’s “Aspire not to have more, but to be more.”

Hot Cross Buns

This year we will be offering as a fundraiser to our families, the opportunity to purchase Bakers Delight Hot Cross Buns (6 pack). Mrs Cooper and Mrs Davis will be co-ordinating the orders via the front office.  Final date for orders is Friday 26th March, pick up of the buns is on Wednesday 31st (pm).  There are:-

• Traditional Buns
• Choc Chip Buns (Cadbury Dairy Milk Choc Chips)
• Mocha
• Fruitless
• Apple & Cinnamon

The cost is $8.00 per pack (to be paid when placing order). Orders can either be placed at the office, by phone or via QKR.

Easter Raffle

Over the last couple of years, we have held an Easter raffle.  It has been very successful in the past where we have had over 35 baskets up for prizes! It has brought so much joy to our children and families, so we have decided to do it again!

We will draw the tickets at the afternoon assembly on the 26^th March, the week before Easter and Term 1 ends.

What do you need to do:-

We are asking every family to donate an egg/or eggs, or anything that resembles Easter to you (colouring books, stickers) so that we can put together lots of baskets for prizes. The more goodies we get, the more prizes there will be for the children to win!

Please start bringing items to the front office up until the 22nd March.

Baskets will be placed at the front office for collections.

We will be sending raffle tickets home to each household for purchase of $1 per ticket. (There is a separate note attached to the tickets for further information.) Please return the tickets to school with the correct money and tickets completed.

Tickets can be sold up until the 25^th March.

If you would like to purchase more than the 10 provided, please contact the front office for more. All the money we raise will go towards new school equipment and upgrading play spaces.

It is an exciting, fun time for the children in our community.

 Happy Hunting!!

• Mary Help of Christians Parish as a new Youth Minister:  Nicholas Weir.  While he settles in and gets to know the parish, Nick would love to hear from the youth in our Parish and their parents!  If you haven’t already done so, please fill out the survey found at: https://forms.gle/ahJPxspXZXZrnkPi8

• The Sacrament of Confirmation Program enrolment window will open on 15 March via Qkr!; details are being finalised but will be posted on the parish website:  http://www.mhoc.org.au/sacraments/confirmation/
• For our enroled participants, Sacrament of First Holy Communion Program Session #4/Practice is 24 March 7pm in the Church

Confirmation Program Dates 2021

2021 Confirmation Letter

School Photos

School photo day will be Tuesday 20th April, Week One of Term Two. This year the school photos will be taken in the summer uniform. We ask that for Week One of Term Two your child/children wear their summer uniform.

Cross Country

This years Cross Country will be held on Friday 23rd April (Term Two Week one). Please CLICK HERE for further information and the permission note.

Netball

If your child is interested in playing netball for the school please follow the appropriate link below for your child’s year group. All players are welcome, both girls and boys and no experience is required. 

Registrations close Thursday 1^st April 2021. The Juniors and NetSetGo Skills season will commence on Saturday 1 May.
All teams will require a coach. Please contact the school netball coordinator Lilly Kennett if you would like to volunteer. 
Email:Lilly

Year 2 and 3 Netball Link 

https://netball.resultsvault.com/common/pages/reg/welcome.aspx?type=6&id=93243&entityid=42436 

Year 4, 5 and 6 Netball Link 

https://netball.resultsvault.com/common/pages/reg/welcome.aspx?type=1&id=22039&entityid=42436 

Arawang Calendar Link 

http://arawangna.act.netball.com.au/files/39126/files/Calendar/arawang%20calendar%202021.pdf 

The Arawang fee schedule for 2021 is as follows (all are per individual): 

Net Set Go Skills Program - $95 (all registrations for this program go via Arawang only not mynetball) 

Year 2 or 3 GO Competition- $150 

Year 4, 5, or 6 Competition - $155

We look forward to the start of the season!  

Harmony Day

A wonderful morning had by all the Students and Staff celebrating Harmony Day.

Touch Football Garla Day

A group of Year 5/6 students attended the ACT Touch Football Gala Day this week, enjoying a day of fun and team spirit.

Wendy Rix Art Project

The children have been working with Wendy Rix to create two art pieces that will be displayed in our indigenous garden, ‘Naraganawali gawar, dambaliny, murring’ (Nurturing hearts, minds and spirits)

Congratulations to the following students celebrating their birthday this week 

James A, Airlie R, Taige M.

Kindergarten	Taylor C, Michael S, Lilly T.
Stage One	Emily D, Anna J, Cooper G, Mick M, Cohen T, Lucy M, Riley W, Lachlan P, Lucas B, Esther F.
Stage Two	Matilda H, Lachlan H, Amelia V, Elliot H, Leira G, Lachlan D, Mikayla R.
Stage Three	Riya S, Matilda W, Milla K, Georgia S, Mirella M, Layla V, Mia R.

SCHOOLS CHESS CHALLENGE (WODEN)  on Sunday, 28th March 2021

Schools Chess Challenge Woden 2021 Entry Form

Relax Kids Chill Skills Course

Relax Kids flyer term 2 2021

Ozcode Academy

Ozcode Academy offers coding and robotics classes for primary and high school students in Canberra,  and will be running a coding and robotics program for students from ages 7-15 during this coming Easter School Holidays . 

Ozcode Academy