Sacred Heart School Twitter: @SHPSThornlie

40 Ovens Rd, THORNLIE 6108 Phone: 9251 3000 Fax: 9251 3090 Email: admin@shthorn.wa.edu.au Website: www.shthorn.wa.edu.au

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11 April 2018 END OF TERM WOW! What an extremely busy term we have all managed to get through! Congratulations firstly to mums and dads who have stayed dedicated to bringing children to

school on time, in their correct uniform with food and water to keep them going at school and

their homework completed! Extra points to those parents who do drop off and pickups to more

than one school and after school activities and those who are dropping children to school after

finishing a night shift!

Secondly, what a great job our students have done to stay on task for an extra-long term.

They have started the year with a new teacher and new classmates, been able to adjust to new

routines and structures, shown how clever they are through the assessments and testing that

take place early in the year and still maintain their smiles, friendships and happy goodbyes as

they cross the crosswalk at the end of the day.

Finally, the biggest WELL DONE goes to our very devoted and enthusiastic staff – teachers, ed-

ucation assistants, admin staff, uniform shop and canteen staff and of course Mr Vince! The

staff that work together at Sacred Heart do so to benefit your children’s education and care.

They spend countless hours at school and home on tasks that contribute to your child’s success

here at Sacred Heart. Besides planning, teaching and assessing the curriculum, staff are in-

volved in weekly meetings with colleagues and parents, coaching in digital literacies, ensuring

children feel safe and happy at school, preparing and planning assemblies, masses and other

special events, sports carnivals and practice, at least four playground duties a week. This all

happens on weekdays! I can assure you, ALL of our staff spent countless evenings, weekends

and holidays thinking about what they can add, adjust and include in their repertoire of strate-

gies to ensure your children have the best possibilities here at Sacred Heart. Below is a great

example of what happens in a typical day of a teacher.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SACRED HEART TEACHER…. MR BURKE

Mr Burke usually wakes at around 5.45am on school days and arrives

to school between 7.15-7.30am. Before children enter the class-

room, Mr Burke is usually at his desk preparing for the day or in

meetings with colleagues. On Wednesday mornings, Mr Burke at-

tends staff prayer where the staff have the opportunity to gather

together to reflect and pray.

When children arrive at school, Mr Burke greets them and helps

them prepare for their day – bring in homework and notes from

home, have their diary in class to record homework and other im-

portant information, ensure pens, pencils and digital resources are

ready. He then begins lessons.

While the class are attending specialist classes, Mr Burke prepares lessons, marks work and as-sessments, finishes administration tasks such as checking off permission slips, absentee notes, etc. completes testing and assessing, researches information for upcoming lessons and events,

prepares for future events such as Eagles Cup and class masses.

As Mr Burke does five playground duties throughout the week, he is able to join his colleagues for lunch twice a week. After children leave for the day, you can find Mr Burke at school completing more paperwork and preparation for the next day. Generally he stays at school until around 5.30pm and even takes work home to complete on weekends – at least two hours’ worth each weekend – more at busy times of the year such as report writing time. Even though Mr Burke loves to spend time digging around for vinyl records, his mind constantly ticks over about how to support his students better, both academically and socially. CHANGES TO DISCOVERY DRIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF TERM TWO Concerns regarding road safety along Discovery Drive were again discussed at a recent meeting held between the Chief Engineer of the City of Gosnells and school leaders from South Thornlie PS, Thornlie SHS and Sacred Heart PS. The concerns have been discussed over a long period of time and a decision was made regarding the best solution.

It has been decided that installing a length of frangible bollards along the centre of Discovery Drive, adjacent to all existing access points to carparks to the two schools will prevent right turn access, allowing only left in / left out traffic movements. This will ensure that queuing along Discovery Drive during peak school periods will be significantly reduced and the conflict of right turn movements removed. The removal of the right turn movements will however result in some cars having to travel further distances or arrange to change their trav-el routes. It is advised that travelling to turn at the roundabouts would be the safest option.

The City has received approval from MRWA to install these bollards and associated line marking and will en-deavour to undertake these works during the upcoming school holidays.

The installation of these bollards will be trialled for a period of six months to ensure their effectiveness. Upon completion of this trial and assuming they prove successful, consideration may be given to a more permanent treatment.

Please take care and take particular note of any new signage in the area as we all adjust to the changes.

CAR PARKING ISSUES

It has come to our attention that there are a number of parents who continue to park in the NO PARKING are-

as around the carpark. The reason we ask that no one parks in these areas is because cars parked here cre-

ate a barrier to clear vision around corners and/or they limit the reversing and turning space for some cars and

drivers. In the safety interests of our school community, please refrain from parking in the NO PARKING spac-

es.

WINTER UNIFORM

Children will return to school on Tuesday 1 May and as the weather is still unpredictable at this time of year, we will have the usual two week changeover from summer to winter uniform at the beginning of Term 2. Please take note of the winter uniform below, as stated in our Parent Handbook. It may be worthwhile trying the uniform on over the holidays just in case children have grown!

Girls (Winter) Blue pleated winter skirt Blue school over blouse Blue school woollen jumper Black leather lace-up shoes Blue school socks or tights to match the colour of the pleated skirt Blue school hat

Boys (Winter) Blue school shirt, long/short sleeve Grey school trousers long/short Blue school woollen jumper Black leather lace-up shoes Grey school socks Blue school hat

MURPHY HOUSE MASS The Year 1-6 students attended the Murphy House Mass this morning. Thank you to the teachers who have helped prepare for the Mass, to Father Minh-Thuy for saying the Mass and the children who led the celebration of the Eucharist. EDUDANCE Edu-Dance is a creative hip-hop dance program designed for primary school students The program fulfils the Physical and Health outcome requirements (Dance element) for students and covers many other aspects such as coordination, musical appreciation and self-confidence, and gives many children the opportunity to experi-ence the excitement of performing in front of an audience. Most importantly it is promoted as a program for fitness and fun. Next term we are lucky enough to have EduDance return to Sacred Heart. Please help your child be prepared by dressing them in their sports uniform on their allocated day:

Monday – PPW, 1W, 2W, 3W, 4W, 5W, 6B, 6W

Tuesday – PPB, 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B

Dates and times of the EduDance concert will be advertised early next term.

YEAR TWO ASSEMBLY This week, for our final assembly of the term, the Year 2 children will present the assembly. All parents and

friends are welcome to attend.

I wish to take this opportunity to remind children that the holidays are a time to rest, relax and spend quality

time with their friends and family. It is also a time for mums and dads to have a break from packing lunches,

ironing uniforms and helping with homework, so children, please try to do something special for your parents

to show how much you appreciate their help during the school term. Enjoy your break everyone and we look

forward to seeing you all safe and well at school on Tuesday 1 May.

Vanessa Alaniz Assistant Principal A BIG WELL DONE TO A GREAT FELLOW!

Congratulations to Vicario Gracias (5B) for completing a superb season for the Gosnells Cricket Club. Vicario was awarded U11 Junior Cricketer of the Year and also received an award for Best Bowler and Best Batsman (Best All-rounder in cricketing par-excellence).

Apart from being a gifted cricketer, this is a great reward for the tireless effort and time Vicar-io has committed to the game. We at Sacred Heart are very proud of your achievements Vicario. Keep up the good work. The future of Australian cricket needs your skills and, I dare say, your virtues of fair play and respect for opponents!!

Kindergarten 2019 Interviews

Thank you to those families that have submitted their Enrolment Form for Kindergarten 2019. All families have been emailed to or-ganise an interview, which will take place in May and June. If you have not been contacted please call Mrs Chloe O’Leary on 9251 3000 to organise a time.

Is this your garage door opener? It is in the front office.

“Trash N Treasure’ Car Boot Sale

A big THANK YOU to all the families who came down and sup-ported the Car Boot Sale on Saturday. It was a great success and lovely to see the community enjoying the event. Special mention goes to Mrs O’Neill for giving up her Saturday morning to be our First Aider, Mr Vince for setting everything up for us prior to the day, Mrs Vinci and the Sacred Heart Pri-mary School Choir, Aldi Southern River for the donation of the sausages and Team Brockhurst from Century 21, Thornlie.

Thank you for collecting the vouchers and placing them in the School’s box at Coles Forest Lakes or in the office. So far we have collected just over 40,000! This competition has now ended, so make sure you gather any vouchers laying around the house or in

your handbag as we have until the end of May to get them back to Coles!!!

2018/19 Entertainment Books

Just in time for School Holidays!!! The P&F are very excited to be fundraising with Enter-tainment

TM again this year. By ordering your 2018/19 Entertainment

TM Book or Enter-

tainmentTM

Digital Memberships from us today, 20% of the proceeds will be contributed towards our school. The Digital Membership will be available on 10 April. By purchasing your copy today, you will receive bonus Early Bird Vouchers up to the val-ue of $200. If you would like to view the book to see the fabulous offers available, please open the following link: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/866062/ To order your copy now, please type the following link into your web browser:

A huge thank you to all parents who donated to the cake

stall for AUTISM DAY. As you can see, there was a lot of

BLUE cake and treats!!! Lots of children enjoyed adding

some blue accessories to their uniform to make it a more

special day, and support from parents was overwhelming.

We thank you for making this a memorable occasion.

Through your generosity we were able to make a very

impressive donation of $722.10 to the Autism Association

WHITE PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS

As the plastic shopping bags are being

phased out from the middle of the

year, we are giving you early warning

and opportunity to save your white

shopping bags for Ms Gevaux.

She loves her Christmas Craft and we

2018 Inter School Swimming Carnival Results

Last Thursday the Interschool Swimming Carnival was held. The students had trained extremely hard as a squad and were ready to do their best in representing the school. Mr Maher and I were both tremendously proud of the effort put in by all students.

I was most proud of the way that all students swam to the very end even if they had no chance of winning particularly in the relays. Unfortunately this was not enough and Sacred Heart finished in fourth place. Many of the other schools had squad swimmers and this was the biggest difference.

Congratulations to the swimmers below who received medals on the day.

SWIMMING CHAMPIONS 2018

YEAR LEVEL NAME

5 Runner up Champion Boy Chase Guest

6 Runner up Champion Boy Rory Welch

6 Runner up Champion Girl Angelina Smith

50m butterfly champion Rory Welch

ENSURING CHILDREN GET PROTECTED FROM

LIFE-THREATENING MENINGOCOCCAL

INFECTION

On 23 January this year, WA Health introduced a pro-

gram to provide free meningococcal catch up vaccine

for all children aged 12 months to less than 5 years.

Parents of age-eligible children should not delay be-

cause the WA catch up vaccination program is time

limited and will end on 31 December 2018.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

NEXT TERM IS

TUESDAY 1 MAY

Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four

31 JANUARY

13 APRIL

1 MAY

27 JUNE

18 JULY

21 SEPTEMBER

8 OCTOBER

TBC DECEMBER

School Hours: Mon - Fri 8.30am to 2.45pm

Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8.00am to 4.00pm

APPOINTMENTS

Parents are reminded to contact the office in order

to set up an appointment with staff members.

Principal: By appointment only.

Loreto Child Care Centre: 9251 3014

Outside School Hours Care: 9251 3015

0417 091 296

PARISH TIMETABLE WEEKEND MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil 6.00pm Sunday 8.00am and 10.00am WEEKDAY MASS TIMES: Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8.45am Wednesday 8.45am Parish or School Mass Saturday—8.45am RECONCILIATION Sat 5.00-5.30pm before Mass or anytime by Appointment.

Monday PUPIL FREE

DAY

PUPIL FREE

DAY

Tuesday CLOSED CLOSED

Wednesday A . POWE

Thursday A LADYMAN

Friday M BANKS

TERM DATES 2018—STUDENTS

CANTEEN ROSTER

30 APRIL—4MAY

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS

TERM TIME ONLY

If you are unable to come at these times please complete a uni-form order form availa-ble from the Office, pay for it and your orders will be filled and deliv-ered to your child’s class.

COMMBANK SCHOOL BANKING

EVERY WEDNESDAY

RECYCLE YOUR USED BATTERIES INTO THE

BATTERY RECYCLING BIN OUTSIDE

THE OFFICE MONDAY—FRIDAY

ABSENTEES/SICKNESS In order for the school to reconcile attend-ance it is a requirement that a message is left on the Absentee Line

9251 3005 as emails to teachers are often not opened at the start of the day. Your co-operation in this regard is appreciated

Monday CLOSED

Tuesday 8.00am to

9.00am

Wednesday CLOSED

Thursday 8.00—9.00 am

Friday 2.30– 4.00pm

MAGUIRE 38

MURPHY 46

WELCH 25

WRIGHT 31

GOING HOME THIS WEEK 11 April 2018

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK

ORDER FORM K-6

SCHOENSTATT MAY PILGRIMAGE

Sunday May 6 2018, 2.30pm-4.30pm, 9 Talus Drive Mt Richon; www.schoenstattwa.org.au Phone 9399 2349

Come to honour Mary our Mother in the Marian month of May. Rosary procession; reflection with hymns to Mary; Benediction. You are welcome to bring your Pilgrim Mother Shrine and flowers for Mary.