Afternoon Pick-Up Reminders

If using the Murphy Street pick-up, parents need to park and walk across to collect your child from the gateway. When you are near the gateway, we ask your child to raise their hand, so the duty teacher can safely let them walk to you.

Drive-through at the front of the school works much more efficiently if you have your surname displayed in the windscreen. 

Drink Bottles

Please ensure your child/children have a drink bottle each day. Please help us be more sustainable.

Depending on the class group, children may have their water bottle in a tub, their bag or on their desk. Either way, we encourage children to drink at any time during the day and we regularly remind them to do so.

Compass Notifications

Please refer to Compass for the following notifications:

• Sacred Heart Christmas Concert Night and Farewell
• St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal
• End-of-Year checklist

Colour Fun Run

We wish to say a huge thank you to everyone involved in our major fundraiser for 2023. We had staff, parents and grandparents who supported us in many different ways - donating prizes, approaching businesses for support, setting up the powder and course, helping supervise on the day, cleaning up at the end and assisting with the prize draw. We could not run big events without your help.

Most excitedly we raised $11,900. We look forward to ordering the new fencing along the kinder courtyard and purchasing classroom equipment for our maths daily review lessons. Please pass on our thanks to all the people who sponsored your child to have fun. We had many very happy prize winners.

A huge shoutout to our generous community supporters this year.

1. Harvey Norman $500 gift card, courtesy of the Gumm Family
2. Big W gift cards, courtesy of the Walking Clinic (Lee/Pearson family) and Big W
3. Limelight Movie tickets
4. Hoyts Movie Tickets
5. Southlands Cruise and Travel giftware

On behalf of our community, I thank our generous supporters.

Community Council Open Meeting

We held a very successful open meeting last Thursday night. We continued our discussion of the school’s plans and initiatives in the areas of enrolment challenges, ‘Tell them from me’ parent and student survey feedback, and learning initiatives. We brainstormed which school communications are having the most success and endorsed the End-of-Year Calendar. We finished by welcoming our new principal, Mr David Austin and mixing & mingling with parents of children starting kinder in 2024. 

A very successful night. We look forward to seeing even more parents and carers at our open meetings in 2024.

STUDENTS NOT RETURNING TO SACRED HEART PRIMARY SCHOOL IN 2024 

If your child is not returning to Sacred Heart in 2024, please forward the following information to the school office email: office.shps@cg.catholic.edu.au 

This information is required for class organisation for 2024 and government accountability. 

• Child’s Name

• Class

• Destination School

• Forwarding Address

• My child/children have an Enrolment Application pending at another school

Mary Help of Christians 2024 Sacramental Programs

Enrolments for Mary Help of Christians 2024 Sacramental Program for First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion open on Thursday 16 November for children who will be in Year 4 or above in 2024. The Program will be held on Wednesday evenings from 6.30 to 7.30pm and will begin with the Parent Information evening on Wednesday 7 February 2024. Please see our website under the Sacraments tab for further information about the program and details on how to enrol.

A printed note was given to Catholic children in Year 3 this week, containing all the details.

Save The Date: The Sacrament of Confirmation program, for children in Year 6 and above, will be held in Term 3, commencing on 31 July 2024.  More information about the program is available on the Mary Help of Christians website  under the Sacraments tab.

For further information please contact Christina the Parish Sacramental Coordinator

 Awards will be presented during the school assembly on Friday from 2.40pm.