Uniform Reminder

With just four weeks of Term 3 left, it is time to start thinking about summer uniform. We have noticed a number of non-uniform items being worn with the winter school and in particular with the sport uniform. We acknowledge the difficulty this year in getting out to the shops to purchase items.

If you need to buy summer items from our clothing pool, please book in an appointment time through the office. See available times in the reminders below. For other items please plan ahead for purchases, so that every child starts Term 4 with the correct items for summer school and sport uniform. Please refer to the Uniform Policy on our website for all details, including acceptable jewelry, hair and accessories.

ICAS – UNSW optional tests for students Yr2-6       

Due to COVID-19 disruptions, UNSW has created two opportunities to complete the tests. Sacred Heart will participate in the second session, between 12-23 October. Due to the changes, enrolment will be via the school this year (it was fully online last year) and writing is no longer one of the skills tested.

For families interested in their child undertaking the ICAS assessments, please discuss this with your child, and have them collect the information and registrations forms from Mrs Wode early next week when they are called.

Kerry Wode and Aaron Fox will be coordinating these tests this year.

Photography and Child Safety

We would like to remind all families that photographing and videoing children at school can be a breach of our child safety requirements. We endeavour to share with you, through the newsletter and facebook a variety of activities and faces. These are always carefully screened to ensure names are not attached and are in respect of the media permissions in place for each child.

As such we ask that parents do not capture images of children at school without explicit permission from us. At larger events, where permission is granted, only take photos of your own child(ren), and always consider your family's digital footprint before posting any photo to social media.

With the students in Years 3-6 having ready access to cameras on their devices, teachers and parents need to educate each child to never post images of other students online and to protect their own digital footprint.

Parents and guardians can update their child’s media permissions with the office at any time. Original permissions were set when you completed enrolment forms.

 Yours faithfully,