Term 1, 2023 Weeks 5-6

Principal's Message

Welcome to Week 5 & 6!!

Sacred Heart continues to be a hive of activity with a number of events taking place both in and out of the classroom in the coming weeks. I was very proud to see so many students representing our school with such enthusiasm at the Northern Region Swimming Carnival in Mudgee last week. Our school spirit was definitely evident as students cheered on their friends in every event. 

This week we have had the pleasure to host the The Loreto Rural Partnership between Sacred Heart and Loreto Normanhurst.

Anika, Aimee, Darcie, Emily, Keenor, Lily, Zoe, Mrs Zammit and Mrs Skelly have been working in our classrooms with our students, with a focus in Religion, History, PE, Science and Maths. I am sure you have had your children coming home with wonderful stories of the time they are spending with the girls.

We finish off Week 5 with a Parent Teacher Information Evening and a BBQ.

God Bless

Kylie Scott

RE Happenings

Project Compassion boxes went home last week to each family. We are hoping to fill the large Project Compassion box at the front office by the end of Lent.

Please support Caritas Australia this Lenten season themed ?For all future generations?. You will be helping empower our world?s most vulnerable communities to grow stronger and share their strengths with their communities to lift themselves out of poverty.

K/1/2

Kindergarten students have been very busy learning lots about different animals in our English lessons and have loved using their fine motor skills to make spiders and their webs and draw and make spiders.  They have been doing lots of hands-on activities when counting in maths and have been so clever to work out what numbers add together to make 10.  Along with Year 1 & 2, Kindergarten enjoyed using our new balls to practise their catching, kicking and throwing even though it was super hot!

Year 5/6 News with Mrs Kitchin

This week in English we have been working on our creative writing using a picture stimulus as a prompt.  A stimulus is when  the students are given a picture or an illustration and asked to create a story based on what they see in the picture. The students have been writing some very impressive texts with great use of expensive (descriptive) words to describe their characters, settings, events and resolutions.  Students have recorded a piece of their own writing on Seesaw to share their amazing progress with their parents.

In Religion we have started our Lenten journey.  Lent is seen as a time of faith and renewal as well as the preparation for celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus at Easter.  Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Easter Sunday and has been a traditional time for fasting or giving up something.

During Lent Caritas,  Australia's main annual fundraising campaign called Project Compassion raises much-needed funds to help alleviate poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity in the most vulnerable and marginalised communities in the world.  Project Compassion runs through from Ash Wednesday until Easter. Last week Project Compassion boxes were distributed to all students.   If you wish to donate please return the boxes with any change that you have spare by the end of Term 1.

We were very lucky last week to have 8 girls from Loreto Normanhurst visit Sacred Heart.  Emily, Anika, Keenor and Aimee,  have been working very hard with our class in Science, Maths and Creative Arts. Libby has written a report explaining what one of the lessons they worked  on with our students. 

Our Day with the Loreto Girls

Tuesday 28 February 2023

Today Emily, Anika, Keenor and Aimee from  Loreto joined us in our classroom for maths and religion. After lunch we were very lucky to have them teach our art lesson. We began the lesson by reading some of the book ‘ Horton Hears a Who’ with everyone having a turn of reading in front of the class.  Then, we watched a video on anti-bullying. Next, we painted symmetrical butterflies by folding a piece of paper in half.  We dropped a small amount of different blue and white paint down the fold and pushed the paint out to the ends of the paper away from the fold. Once opened you have a beautiful butterfly.  Lastly we made origami shirts using blue paper. We used the blue and white theme in preparation for ‘Do it for Dolly Day’.

‘Do it For Dolly Day’ is a day dedicated to bringing the community together, spreading kindness and uniting in taking a stand against bullying.  What a fun afternoon, thankyou Loreto. – Libby 

Important Dates

Dio Swimming Dubbo 

8/3/23

St Patrick's Day Celebration

Choose a coloured small item to accompany your sports uniform, socks, ribbon, badge, armband

17/3/23

NAPLAN

15/3/23 - 27/3/23

Cross Country- Sacred Heart

17/3/23

P&F AGM

21/3/23- 4.30 pm

Parent Teacher Interviews

28/3/23 - 29/3/23

Pupil Free Days T1 

6/4/23

NSW Premier's Reading Challenge

NSW Premier's Reading Challenge 
The Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely. The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is open to all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 10, in government, independent, Catholic and home schools.

2023 Challenge dates
Students can include any books read from the end of the 2022 challenge on their 2023 reading record.

Key dates for the 2023 challenge are:
27 February 2023 - challenge opens for student entries
Friday 18 August 2023 - challenge closes for student entries
Friday 1 September 2023 - final date for coordinator validations of completed reading records. 

SPB4L Focus

Weeks 5 & 6

Responsible

We are responsible learners when we present our best work.

We are Respectful, Responsible and Safe Learners.

Weeks 7 & 8

Responsible

We arrive and leave the school grounds safely

We are safe when we follow the playground rules.

Free Space Camp for Students in the school holidays

Do you have some students from 12 - 14 years who may be interested in attending a STEM based activity day or camp in the school holidays? There will be one offered at CSU in Dubbo in April and another at James Sheahan in January 2024. There have been days and camps run at Mudgee, Parkes and Gilgandra (see video link of activities). Please see the attached flyer for more information and the following link to see other free activities.

P&F Meeting Week 4

P&F Meeting

Our first P&F Meeting was held on Tuesday, Week 4. There was a fantastic roll up of parents and plenty of great ideas were discussed. Our AGM will be held on the 21/3/23