Feast of the Assumption

Our school hosted the parish mass on Monday for the Feast of the Assumption. This significant feast day celebrates the extraordinary person of Mary - the pure love she brings to the world through being the mother of our Lord Jesus. Father Richard reminded the children, that we do not pray to Mary, rather we ask Mary to pray for us, to take our prayers to God. History has proven the power of invoking Mary’s intercession through prayer.

After the mass, a number of parishioners approached staff to praise our students for how wonderfully and reverently they participated. Thanks to Mrs Imbriano and our senior students for preparing the mass. We are so proud of our school. We nurtured hearts on Monday!

Lockdown Drill

Today we practised our Lockdown procedures.

Twilight Fair

Our enthusiastic committee have continued working towards preparing for our Twilight Fair on Friday 25th November 3.30-7.30.

We are accepting donations of toys, games and books for the treasures and book stalls. Please drop them off to the Maker Space on Fridays before and after school.

Treasures already donated for the Twilight Fair

Keep an eye out for the updated fridge magnet and the next Twilight Fair Newsletter. Please follow our Facebook Events page. This will help us to spread news of our fabulous fundraising and community event.  

Tournament of the Minds

With one week to go, our TOMs team is working very hard to prepare their ten-minute performance to solve the challenge. 

They are using their research, creativity, collaboration and time-management skills to solve the following ARTS challenge:

Who Are You? A mystery person has elaborately painted arms, they are wearing an interesting piece of jewellery and are dressed in a fabric that appears to be representative of a culture. Your team will use the clues to identify who this person is, where they have come from and the secret message that is hidden within their adornments. 

Chess Club

Chess club has moved to Tuesday lunchtimes. We welcome back Jordan as the coach.

If your child is interested in taking part, you can email for a copy of the enrolment form and details of cost. For all enquiries, please contact Sydney Academy of Chess on (02) 9745 1170.

Yours faithfully,

Compass Notifications

Please refer to Compass for the following notifications:

• Stage 2 Birrigai Excursion Notes
• Book Week Parade Friday 26th August
• Flowchart for lodging absences
• An email has been sent out to all the Tournament of Minds participants. 

Open Classroom Invitation (in lieu of our traditional Father's Day activities)

On Friday 2^nd September, we would like to invite our Sacred Heart families to another open classroom to celebrate the wonderful learning of the students. In particular, we would like to welcome fathers and father figures as an acknowledgement of the special role they have in their child’s life. We are unable to have a mass this year, as Fr. Richard will be away; therefore, the open classrooms are a way of creating an occasion for the students to connect with their families.

Date: Friday 2^nd September 8am-8:45am

Guides: Your child(ren) will be your guide. They may take you to any classroom around the school. Please avoid the Hall as YMCA will be hosting before school care. It is the children’s choice as to what they want to show you. Some teachers may be around, but any specific questions about your child’s learning should be discussed at an interview time.

Social distancing: Please enter through the front doors at the Front Office, so we are aware of the number of people in the building. QR codes will be available but are not mandatory. Please maintain 1.5m between family groups and if a room or area is crowded, please visit another room first.

Would your child make a wonderful altar server?

Fr Richard will be holding Altar Server Training at the Church on Saturday 17th September between 9am and 10am. For more information please see the link below or EMAIL the Church Office for a registration form.

Altar_Servers_Guide_2022.pdf

Private Piano Tuition

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

 

Stage 3 Dance

Stage 3 have been refining their knowledge of the elements of dance. One of their lessons involved using individual elastics and working collaboratively to create interesting group shapes.   

Kindergarten Maths

Kndergarten have been learning all about patterns in their maths lessons.

Ukulele club

The children that love their music have now extended themselves into the Ukulele lunchtime club with Mrs Riley.

Tennis

For sport this term Kindergarten are learning the skills to play tennis.

Think U Know Presentation

This morning Stage 2 had a presentation from the Australian Federal Police about cyber safety.

Another fun week at Playgroup with making fizzy bubbles with bicarb and vinegar for science week and using scales to find what was heavy.

On Tuesday we had our story and snack with Miss Klomp and the  Kinder Red children. On Thursday Mrs Wills daughter Chelsea came and read to us.

 

Congratulations to the following students celebrating their birthday this week 

Ansh B, Liera G, Georgia A.