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Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back everyone. We hope that everyone was able to enjoy a well-earned break from school and were able to take the opportunity to relax with family and/or friends. We have had a calm and smooth return to school for Term 2.
Assemblies and School Events
This term we are welcoming parents back to school assemblies and whole school events with the easing of some COVID -19 restrictions.
Friday Afternoon Assemblies
Please feel welcome to join us if your child is receiving an award or your child’s class are leading the assembly. Adults will need to adhere to the Social Distancing requirements during this time and register attendance through the ACT App.
Whole School Events
Parents will be welcome to join us for whole school events. To record attendance Parents/Carers or Grandparents are required to RSVP so we can keep to the number limitation for events. They will also need to register through the Canberra App per the ACT governments requirements.
ANZAC Day
“ANZAC” was the name given to a combined force of First Australian Imperial Force and New Zealand Army troops who landed on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula at around dawn on Sunday, the 25th day of April, 1915, barely nine months after the outbreak of World War I.
On every 25th day of April for the past 100 years, “ANZAC Day” has been observed in Australia and New Zealand, becoming an honoured and sacred institution along the way.
Monday will be a public holiday in the ACT so Sacred Heart will celebrate this important event on Tuesday morning after the children have taken their bags to the classroom. Further details are included in today’s Newsletter.
Mothers’ Day
We will be celebrating the gift of mother’s and special women in our lives on Friday 7th May from 8.55am. This will be followed by an opportunity for parents to visit classrooms. More details be sent home soon.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Peake (Miss Bartley) on their marriage at the end of last term.
Professional Learning on Monday
On Monday staff participated in professional learning to develop fluency tasks in mathematics. We also spent time completing the next CATALYST unit online. This involved further learning on Cognitive Load Theory and High Impact Teaching Strategies.
School Photos
Thank you for your support in having all children organised for the annual school photos on Tuesday morning. This made for a very efficient process.
Take care and God bless,
Creative and Thinking Skills Lunch Club
Mrs Wode and Mrs Filardo are running a lunch club on Thursdays for students in Years 3-6. Any student interested in some thinking fun can join in. Any student considering trying out for Tournament of the Minds in 2021 must join this club. There is no cost for this lunch club.
Tournament of the Minds 2021
We will be offering TOMs again this year for students in Years 5-6 (we may include Yr4 tba). TOMs competition will run during Term 3 with competition days happening in Canberra on 28th or 29th August; Canberra Finals on Saturday 4th September and the virtual International Final on 16th-17th October.
A virtual final makes the cost of entering TOMs much less which means we can include many more students. Please talk to your child about whether they would like to be involved. They will need to attend the lunch club training this term and only commit to a team by the end of Term 2. Click on link to see the flyer.
Winter Uniform
As you prepare for winter uniforms a reminder that the colour of our tracksuit pants and school trousers is navy. Black clothing is not part of our uniform.
Also children have the option to wear sky blue long sleeve polo, peter-pan collar shirt or skivvy with navy trousers or tunics. We have adapted our policy to reflect this and thank parents who asked for clarification on this point.
Yours faithfully,
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Friday 23rd April |
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Sunday 25th April |
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Monday 26th April |
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Wednesday 28th April |
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Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd May |
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Monday 3rd - Friday 7th May |
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Tuesday 4th May |
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Monday 3rd May - Friday 21st May |
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New Sign in/out System
As of the beginning of Term Two we have moved to a new procedure for signing in/out your child/children. This will now be done electronically by the front office staff.
Cross Country
This year's Cross Country will be held tomorrow, Friday 23rd April. Please CLICK HERE for further information and the permission note.
Sports Uniform days for Term 2
- Kinder, Stage 1 and 2 - Wednesdays and Fridays
- Stage 3 - Tuesdays (not week 1) and Thursdays
ANZAC Day
Families are invited to join our school community in a short prayer service for ANZAC Day.
This will be held on Tuesday 27th in the school hall at 9.15am . As this is a whole school event it would be appreciated if you could RSVP by emailing the school or call 62862443 if you wish to attend.
Library News
WARM UP WITH A GOOD BOOK
TUESDAY MORNINGS - 8:30am - 9:00am
The school library is open each Tuesday morning during Term 2, between 8:30am-9:00am. Parents and Carers are invited to visit the library with their children before school to borrow books or just come in to share a story before school starts.
Hope to see you!
Mrs Borgia
We are commencing our Peer Support lessons next Friday .The whole school participates in Peer Support for 30 minutes each week. One Year 6 Peer leader will facilitate a small group of 6-8 younger students, who work together through a number of structured activities. Each teacher will supervise 2-3 groups in their classroom. Sacred Heart are working on a module called Living Positively helping us explore the concept of optimism. Our first session enables the children to get to know everyone in the group, agreeing on how they will work well together and interact cooperatively with others. They will also begin to think about what it means to be optimistic. We encourage you to talk to your children about Peer Support every week, as it will help to reinforce the concepts learned in each session.
SZapp – Managing your messages
SZapp is our main avenue for communicating with families. It was brought to our attention this week that some families were missing some messages. We discovered that not everyone knew to update their preferences to receive messages for a particular stage. So, within the SZapp app
- Select the MANAGE tab
- Toggle on PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
- Toggle on the name of your child’s STAGE group
We do not publish the security code for Sacred Heart in writing. Please speak to staff and other parents for our code or phone the office.
If you have the app for a number of schools, we advise you to select the DEFAULT SUBSCRIPTION to best suit you, and then carefully monitor messages from all schools.
Term 2 Events, Learning Journeys, Open days and our Enrolment Period
We are monitoring COVID-19 restrictions and hoping to welcome parents, carers and visitors back into the school for more events. Please monitor our communications carefully for how we will manage bookings and visits for Open Days, learning journeys or classroom visits, enrolment visits, Friday assemblies and our all-important Mother’s Day celebrations.
Open Days Save the Dates – 5th, 7th and 13th May 2021 Open days for current and prospective families.
We are aware there are many families across the school who have not had a chance to visit to see what schooling at Sacred Heart is like across all grades K-6. This year our Open Days will welcome current and prospective parents to take a tour and/or talk to staff about Sacred Heart K-6. Please save a date and watch for details.
Please Click Here for our K-6 Brochure, promoting the wonderful opportunities Sacred Heart Pearce offers from Playgroup – to Year 6. We encourage you to take a new look and to pass it on to local families.
Canteen News
New to the Canteen Menu is a Beef Hamburger for $4. You can select to have lettuce, tomato, sauce and cheese (extra .50c).
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.
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
CHESS!!
Learn to be a chess champion! Coaching for students at Sacred Heart Primary School Pearce is held on Thursdays from 11:00am to 11:45am, starting on 22 April 2021. Learning and playing chess helps children develop their logical thinking and problem solving skills, improves their concentration and focus, while also being a great source of enjoyment. Activities include group lessons on a demonstration chess board or interactive whiteboard, puzzle solving and fun practice games.Students earn merit awards by making checkmates, or by displaying skills and positive qualities, which all good chess players strive to develop. If your child is interested in taking part, you can collect an enrolment form from the school office, or Email for a copy. For all enquiries, please contact Sydney Academy of Chess on (02) 9745 1170.
Playgroup
Playgroup started back this week and one of the activities that brought a lot of joy was the ball pit.
Congratulations to the following students celebrating their birthday this week
Faith D and Meri H.
This week's assembly will be run by our school leaders in the hall.
Awards will be presented at this time.
Due to COVID restrictions, parents are unable to attend.
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Kindergarten |
Rhys M, Joshua C, Alexis P. |
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Stage One |
Samuel Y, Earnest F, Kelli G, Joey F, Riley W, Bella F, Noah F. |
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Stage Two |
Maiya W, Dominique S, Noah J, Ryan G, Alice H, Olivia L, Kazou M, Imogen H, Hamish F. |
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Stage Three |
Luke H, Alessia M, Ruby B, Ava A, Georgia A. |
