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 if they are late arriving or leaving early. This will now be done electronically by the front office staff. 

Mothers Day Celebration

All mothers are invited to join in celebrating the gift of mothers and significant women in our lives next Friday Morning at 8.55am. Year Two will be leading our Prayer Celebration. We look forward to welcoming on site those mums and special people that can attend. Due to COVID restrictions we are asking that there be one guest per family, please contact the office if this is causing any issues for your family. Please be mindful to adhere to social distancing on the day.

More details will be sent in a SZapp push shortly.

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  

• For those currently enrolled, Confirmation Presentation Masses are 1 and 2 May during normal mass times.
• For those currently enrolled, Confirmation Session 2 is 5 May 6pm in the Church.
• For those currently enrolled, Confirmation Session 3 is 12 May 6pm in the Church.
• Nick Weir, MHOC Youth Minister, is looking forward to kicking off the Youth Group on Sat May 8! If you are in Years 5 to 8 please come along from 4.30pm to 6pm and Years 9-12 from 7-9pm. Please bring a friend for some games, food and good conversation. Please email Nick Weir or on 0452 208 151 with any questions.

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

1. Select the MANAGE tab
2. Toggle on PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
3. 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We do not publish the security code for Sacred Heart in writing.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 – 5^th, 7^th and 13^th 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 on SZapp and our website.

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

This week at Playgroup we listened to the story That’s Not A Daffodil by Elizabeth Honey

Then we planted a daffodil bulb and made a daffodil with patty pans.

Cross Country Carnival

Last Friday the children, staff and parents had a wonderful day and beautiful weather for the Cross Country.

ANZAC Day Liturgy

Tuesday morning the whole school attended an ANZAC Liturgy.

Cooking

This term we have cooking with Mrs Kane. This week Mrs Kane had 5/6 Navy in the kitchen cooking pancakes.

STEAM

Year One and Two finished their inquiry into simple machines by experimenting with pulleys.

Congratulations to the following students celebrating their birthday this week 

Cooper G, Josephine K

Kindergarten	Matthew C, Calli R, Kayla J.
Stage One	Emily D, Cooper G, Matilda W, Olive W, Tatatenda K, Isabel U, Emilia B, Isabella B, Finn H, Lachlan P, Esther F, Louis M.
Stage Two	Louise Q, Riley D, Luca P, Amelia V, Halle R, Marissa M, Natasha L, Ruhan K.
Stage Three	Oscar B, Michael K, Caitlin L, Aengus D, Shivon Y, Samantha VH, Leila W, Charlotte R-B, Ellison H.