SACRED HEART PRIMARY SCHOOL VISION: At Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School we promote a sense of belonging and generosity which reflects the teachings of Jesus. We strive towards independence and mastery in an atmosphere of faith hope and love.

40 Mary Street, Highgate WA 6003 Phone: (08) 9328 8817 Fax: (08) 9328 9340 E-mail: admin@shpsh.wa.edu.au Website: http://web.shpsh.wa.edu.au/ Twitter: @shpsHighgate

FAITH TRUTH LOYALTY

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam

“For the Greater Glory of God”

Parish Priest: Father Peter Bianchini 64 Mary Street, Highgate Phone: (08) 9328 3433 Fax: (08) 9227 0137 E-mail: highgate@perthcatholic.org.au www.members.westnet.com.au/highgatesh/news.htm Parish Mass Times Saturday — 8:00am, Vigil Mass 6:00pm Sunday — 9:00am, Italian Mass 10:15am Monday to Friday — 7:00am (except 8am public holidays)

Saturday — 5:00pm - 5:30pm Reconciliation

NEWSLETTER: 6th May 2015 TERM 2, WEEK 3

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to Week Three of our Term, and now that Swimming lessons have concluded, don't our boys and girls look splendid in

their Winter Uniform? My thanks is extended to all parents for your efforts to ensure our children are correctly attired, and wearing

their uniform with pride. This Friday afternoon, our hard working Parents and Friends Association will conduct the Mothers’ Day

Afternoon Tea - as this most important of roles in our society is highlighted and celebrated this Sunday. Please join us for this special

occasion, and enjoy being treated in a special and loving way by your children.

Learning

Today at our first Professional Learning Community Meeting for this term, our teaching staff gathered to identify, initially from a

personal perspective, and then in collaboration with others, our shared beliefs and values about Teaching and Learning. This very

significant step, will determine all future actions, and areas of focus at Sacred Heart. We anticipate presenting our beliefs and values,

together with the associated practices that flow from these, to our School Community this term.

Next Tuesday at our Staff Meeting, we will all work with our School Improvement Advisor, Mrs Eileen Climo, and our assigned

School Support Consultant, Ms Tamara Boyer, on the examination of student achievement data, (including school means over time,

value added residuals, and individual student gains). Both our curriculum strengths, and areas to focus on for development this year,

will be identified.

Engagement

As the provision of a safe and supportive environment is always our priority, I would like to offer a special thank you to everyone

for their continued efforts to assist our boys and girls with the morning and after school routines. In particular, our senior students

are setting a positive example to our younger students by moving around the school and on walkways safely, and by only entering

classrooms from 8.30am, when teaching staff are in attendance. As the mornings this week are signalling a chilly change, many of our

children are making use of the Library, where it is very welcoming and warm! Games and books make for a wonderful way to start

the day. The drive through zone continues to flow smoothly when everyone moves to the designated bays for pick up and drop off.

Please do not park in the drive through zone.

Our first Assembly for the term will be conducted this Friday at 9.00am. Teachers are preparing merit certificates for two students,

and I look forward to presenting these this week, and sharing a coffee with parents and visitors following Assembly, in the first of

our Parent and Principal Coffee Chats. Please join us if you are able, as I am keen to gain an even greater knowledge of our Sacred

Heart community.

Accountability

The two parent bodies that operate within Catholic schools, the School Board and the Parent and Friends Association, support

schools to provide resources for the successful delivery of curriculum and safe, supportive learning environments.

The 2015 Sacred Heart School Board members are:-

Stephen Brown (Chair), Andrew Sullivan (Treasurer), Trevor Hope (Secretary), Brendan Maine (Member), Angela Elder (Member),

Kate Barker (Member)

The 2015 Sacred Heart Parents and Friends Association Executive members for 2015 are:-

Sharee Hogg (President), Andrew Del Marco (Vice President), Yvette Keys & Kathryn Bond (Secretary), Phil Nillsen (Treasurer/Board

Representative).

In preparation for the identification of some future directions for the Parents and Friends Association, a workshop meeting is

scheduled for next Wednesday, 13th May at 7.00 pm. Mr Andrew Del Marco will facilitate presentations from our Sacred Heart

School Board Chair, Mr Stephen Brown, our Assistant Principal, Mrs Carolyn Perlini, and myself. It is anticipated that several big

ticket ideas will arise from discussions, with a view to further refinement and wider consultation. Please join us in the library, for

what is hoped will be a productive workshop, generating direction and guidance about what are priorities for our Parents and

Friends Association, in coming months. In addition, an Occupational Safety and Health audit of the school’s facilities is a priority

in coming weeks to assess areas requiring immediate attention, and the identification of items that will require attention in the

medium and longer term. This too, will provide the School Board, with some clarity about maintenance needs.

Discipleship

This Thursday, our Year Four parents will gather for the Sacrament of Eucharist Information evening in the Library at 7.00pm. This

very important milestone in your child's faith journey is a time of celebration and preparation. The connection our children make

to celebrations within their family, being centred around the table and the sharing of meals together, and celebrations within their

parish family being centred around the altar and the meal of Holy Communion, is made so much easier, when children experience

Parish celebrations often. As a school, we look forward to supporting you, as the primary educators of your children, with

preparation for this very special Sacramental journey . The Religious Education programme here at school, offers your child a basic

understanding of Eucharist, but the opportunity to deepen this understanding, and experience of the sacraments, is provided by

you as parents, when you ensure your child is able to attend Mass regularly, and reflect on how the sacraments make continued

contributions to their developing faith.

I look forward to meeting with you all on Thursday evening, as together with our Parish Priest, Father Peter, Mrs Nadia Napoli,

our Parish Sacramental coordinator, and Mrs Renee Byrne-King, we all commit to this most special of journeys.

Last Sunday, saw many of our children participating and leading within the parish, as our Year Five Family Mass was celebrated.

Thank you for supporting your children on this day, and for the Morning Tea contributions that added to the sense of fellowship

we all enjoyed. Special thanks also to Miss Claire Cooper, and our Assistant Principals, Mrs Renee Byrne-King and Mrs Carolyn

Perlini, for their support of our children and the background preparations.

I was complimented about how smart our children looked in their beautiful winter uniform last Thursday, at the pre launch event

of the Archbishop’s Life Link Day, where together with all metropolitan Catholic schools, we were treated to a very informative

presentation by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, focusing on the great work here in the Archdiocese by many of our Catholic

agencies. The call for us to “serve the poor” and those who are less fortunate than us, will present our school with the opportunity

for some innovative and student driven ideas to be initiated. Mrs Perlini and I were accompanied by Nathan Le and Hannah

Potula, as Senior student representatives of the Pastoral Care Committee, and their reflections about the day can be found later in

today's newsletter.

In closing, can I affirm you all for the great work that continues on the home front as we progress with the demands of this term.

Colder mornings can make for slower than normal starts to the day- please continue to assist your children with organisation and

preparations the night before- this leads to a greater sense of independence- our ultimate goal! I thank everyone for their

continued prayers for Hamish, and his devoted family, from St Patrick's School in Katanning. Hamish remains in intensive care at

Princess Margaret Hospital, with small, but encouraging signs each day.

Many thanks and God Bless,

Mrs Tanya McGuire

Principal

IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES

May 7 Eucharist Information Evening - 7.00pm School Library 8 Mother’s Day Devonshire High Tea - 3.00pm School Hall 11 NAPLAN (11th to 15th May) Wholefoods and Holistic Health Talk - 7.00pm School Hall

13 Year 1 & 2 Class Mass - 9.00am P&F Strategic Planning Meeting - 7pm School Library 14 Reconciliation Information Evening - 7.00pm School Library

16 Enrolment Mass Confirmation - 6.00pm 20 Year 3 & 4 Class Mass - 9.00am School Board Meeting - 6.30pm 23 Enrolment Mass Eucharist - 6.00pm 29 Catholicity Day - SCHOOL CLOSED Jun 1 PUBLIC HOLIDAY - SCHOOL CLOSED

SCHOOL NEWS

Uniform Focus At Sacred Heart we wish for the students to take great pride in the way that they present themselves in the school uniform. This week’s uniform focus is: ensuring that the full winter uniform is now being worn by all students. The uniform policy can be accessed on the school website:

http://web.shpsh.wa.edu.au/pdf/policies/policies_uniforms.pdf

Year 5 Family Mass On Sunday, 3rd May, our lovely Year 5 families assisted Fr Peter in leading our second Family Mass for 2015. A big thank you to the children and par-ents who proclaimed the readings and brought up the offertory gifts. You all did a fantastic job. Thank you to the many Sacred Heart families who attended; it was wonderful to see so many people there. A special thanks to Miss Cooper for preparing the students and to Fr Peter for leading the mass on Sunday. Thank you also to Mrs Ammoscato and the choir members for leading the congregation in the hymn singing. The morning tea following the mass was also lovely, and very well attended. Thank you to all the parents who contributed the delicious food. We look forward to the next Family Mass, which will be facilitated by the Kindy and Pre-Primary classes and will take place on Sunday, 7th June, Term 2. More information will be published closer to the event. Carolyn Perlini and Renee Byrne-King (Acting Assistant Principals)

Year 1 and Year 2 Class Liturgy Next Wednesday, the 13th May, the Year 1 and Year 2 classes will participate in their class liturgy in the Sacred Heart Church, beginning at 9am. The liturgy will be celebrated by Fr Peter. We welcome all Year 1 and Year 2 Parents, as well as other parents and members of our school community, to attend this special celebration. Carolyn Perlini and Renee Byrne-King (Acting Assistant Principals)

SCHOOL NEWS

SPORTS NEWS SWIMMING TRAINING is underway. Well done to the children who attended training at Beatty Park on MONDAY at 3.30pm – 4.30pm. Come along and join the team as our coach is Andy and the training is free. Just pay to enter the pool. Already the feedback has been extremely positive and encouraging. Take this opportunity to get international coaching. Handy Hint - Wrap a hot water bottle in the swimming towel so it is nice and warm at the end of training. (From the Women’s Weekly) CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING - Every Tuesday and Fr iday morning at 7.45 at HYDE PARK. Become a member of the 20k team. If you have run 20km by JUNE 8th, the SHPS Cross Country event, you will receive a certificate to acknowledge your efforts this term. Laps are recorded each session and have been backdated to session one, so a lot of children are well on the way to achieving the goal. Come along and improve your health and well being and feel proud of yourself that you accepted the challenge! Have a go! Children who attend training on Tuesday morning can stay in their sport uniform for the rest of the day. ONLY those children have permission. Everyone else in Years 3, 5 and 6 must wear winter uniform. Thanks so much to Maria Devlin (Myles and Lachlan’s mother) who runs an amazing session on Friday morning with the runners. It is very much appreciated by everyone involved.

SPIRIT SHIELD PROGRESSIVE POINTS Henley 41 points Hewitt 38 points Taylor 39 points Lee 24 points

Mrs Stephanie Alderman ( Physical Education teacher)

Circle of Security Workshops

Just a reminder that I will be running 4 workshops beginning on Friday, 22nd May at 9.30 am – 12.15 pm in the School Library. Please see the Flyer attached to this Newsletter and register to attend by Wednesday, 20th May. I will proceed with the workshops subject to numbers. If you want to find out more about Circle of Security please contact me at Campos.Hilary@cathednet.wa.edu.au. Alternatively ask a parent/caregiver who has already attended a previous course to tell you about their experience of it. I look forward to hearing from you. Hilary Campos (School Social Worker)

CANTEEN 9422-7945 Please order from the new menu. Sushi orders MUST be paid on Monday to receive Sushi on Wednesday.

ATTACHMENTS

Circle of Security P&F The Wholefood Hub P&F Sponsorship Proposal School Fete (School website)

LIBRARY There are a large number of new books in the library. Sadly they are unable to be borrowed as they are waiting to be covered. It is a big job for one person, but as the saying goes ‘many hands make light work’, so if you feel you have time to cover some books please call in to the library and pick some up. While you cover them your child/children can read them. Thank you, Mrs Sue Hanford.

STUDENT AWARDS Pre Primary Sam Keys Lucia Jonescu Year 1 Jade Banh Benjamin Maine Year 2 Natalia Milic Luke Nillsen Year 3 Anisha Thambiran Aaron Le Year 4 Aden Thompson Lorena Bongiovanni Year 5 Aimee Demarte Josh Nillsen Year 6 Malekai Dal Busco Jacqui Le

Sacramental Program 2015 If your child is a candidate for a Sacrament this year, here are some important dates for your diaries. Sacrament Parent Information Evenings Eucharist: Thursday, 7th May at 7.00pm. Reconciliation: Thursday, 14th May at 7.00pm. Venue: School Library Sacrament Workshops for Candidates and their parents. Confirmation: Tuesday, 30th June at 6.00-7.30pm. Eucharist: Tuesday, 9th June at 6.00-7.30pm. Reconciliation: Tuesday, 16th June at 6.00-7.30pm. Venue : School Hall Enrolment Masses Confirmation: Saturday, 16th May at 6.00pm. Eucharist: Saturday, 23rd May at 6.00pm. Reconciliation: Saturday, 6th June at 6.00pm. All Masses will take place at the Sacred Heart Church. Sacrament of Confirmation Saturday, 8th August 2015 Sacred Heart Church, Highgate. Carolyn Perlini and Renee Byrne-King (Acting Assistant Principals)

LifeLink Day Pre-Launch Last Thursday students from Year 6, along with Mrs McGuire and Mrs Perlini, had the privilege of representing Sacred Heart Primary School for the Pre-Launch of LifeLink Day. The LifeLink organisation, established in 1994 by the Archdiocese of Perth, provides for the ongoing financial and promotional support of agencies established or assisted by the Church. Here is what our two student representatives had to say about this event:

On the 30th of April, Hannah and I (Nathan), Mrs Perlini and Mrs McGuire had the opportunity to represent our school at the pre-launch of LifeLink Day. It was located at Good Shepherd Primary School. When we arrived at Good Shepherd we received badges, two information booklets and a cardboard box full of LifeLink posters to put around the school. We were greeted by the Executive Director of Catholic Education in WA, Dr Tim McDonald. Once we found our seats and everyone was seated, the Most Rev Archbishop Timothy Costelloe began with an opening speech. Then we watched a video about a few of the LifeLink agencies, which gave us a better understanding about LifeLink. LifeLink helps people that are in need from people who have donated and raised money. Then Archbishop Costelloe explained to everyone about the Link Up Chain that our school will be involved in on LifeLink Day on the 3rd June. After the Archbishop’s address, the students had the opportunity to ask Archbishop Costelloe and Bishop Sproxton questions about LifeLink. After the launch we were given a variety of delicious treats at a special morning tea. It was certainly a great experience for Hannah and I. We were very happy that Mrs McGuire and Mrs Perlini chose us to learn about LifeLink. As the ArchBishop has quoted “Together, we can make a difference”. (Nathan Le and Hannah Potula)

Carolyn Perlini and Renee Byrne-King (Acting Assistant Principals)

Confirmation Information Evening Thank you to all the Year 6 parents and parents of the parish candidates for attending the Confirmation Parent Information night last Thursday. We hope that this session has helped you in guiding your children to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. A thank you to the presenters, Father Peter Bianchini and Nadia Napoli, the Sacrament Coordinator for the parish, for sharing their knowledge with the candidates’ parents. Carolyn Perlini and Renee Byrne-King (Acting Assistant Principals)

Eucharist Information Evening A reminder that the Eucharist (First Holy Communion) Information Night will take place tomorrow night, in the School Library at 7.00pm. The candidates are not required to attend this meeting. Carolyn Perlini and Renee Byrne-King (Acting Assistant Principals)

P&F

School Fete 2015: We are looking for some fabulous businesses who are interested in sponsoring our rides at the School Fete (see school website for a list of those rides available) in return each company will receive some fabulous marketing opportunities both in the lead up and on the day of the Fete. Whether you work for or own a business who may be interested, please get in contact with Alysha Cass at alysha.cass@iinet.net.au today. Wholefoods and Holistic Health Talk: Nikki Di Costa, founder of The Wholefood Hub (www.wholefoodhub.com.au) , Nutrition and Holistic Health Coach and Pharmacist is offering a session for SHPS families and friends on Monday, 11th May at 7pm in the hall. The session is being offered at a reduced price to families as well as $5 from every ticket being donated to the P&F. See the attachment for more information and bookings. Mother’s Day High Tea: The P&F will be holding a Mother ’s Day Devonshire High Tea in the School Hall 3pm – 4pm on Friday, 8th May 2015 – see the attached flyer for more information. School Banking: School Banking is on Tuesday morning from 8:30am in the school library, this is a great way to introduce your children to the benefits of regular saving. They receive some great awards and the school is paid commission by the Commonwealth Bank on the deposits made. School Fete Craft Group: We will once again be having a fabulous arts and crafts stall at the 2015 School Fete – there is a craft group already actively creating some wonderful items, if you’re interested please contact Danielle at trevndan@westnet.com.au for more details. School Bags: Old style school back packs are available for $60 and new trolley bags (no school logo attached) are now available for $75. Please see the office staff if you would like to make a purchase. 2015 P&F Executive

COMMUNITY

2015 Mother’s Day Classic Walk or run for Breast Cancer Research It doesn’t matter how you walk or run.

It just matters why. Langley Park, Perth

Walk or run 4km or 8km Sunday, 10th May 2015

Register online at mothersdayclassic.com.au

Taekwondo for Kids - ATI Martial Arts Give your child the help they deserve to build their:

Confidence, Self Esteem, Focus, Strength, Co-ordination, Balance, Life Skills

Call Anthony 0402-144-018 to make your booking. www.atimartialarts.com.au

The St Vincent de Paul Society is opening a new Vinnies shop in July located on Scarborough Beach Road, Mount Hawthorn. We are looking for mums, dads, grandparents and neighbours to volunteer anywhere from a few hours per week to full days, doing a variety of jobs including merchandising, working the cash register, cleaning, customer service, sorting and hanging donated clothing. Our shop will be open 9am to 5pm Monday to Fridays and 9am – 4pm Saturdays, and we provide training to all volunteers. It is a great opportunity to make new friends while supporting not just Vinnies but also the local community. Vinnies are also looking for quality donations of clothing and bric-a-brac to help fill this new shop and so if you have anything to donate please drop if off at the Vinnies shops located in Scarborough, Innaloo or Osborne Park and mark it “for Mount Hawthorn” and help kick start the new shop with some great pieces. For more information and to register your interest please contact Alex at Vinnies on retailvolunteer@svdpwa.org.au or 9475 5435.

“I didn’t know what ‘Circle of Security’ was really all about but thought I could use

all the free help I could get. I’m glad I joined in and feel I learnt a lot about Parent-

Child interactions and relationships from Hilary and the other participants in the

workshop. ( Parent )

Do you ever wish that your child came with an instruction manual?

Do you wonder if there are other ways to help teach your child

appropriate ways of behaving?

If so, then this is the course for you!

PARENTING WORKSHOPS

TERM 2, 2015

This 4 week course will be held on

Friday 22/05, 5/06, 12/06, 26/06

9.30am – 12.15pm in the Library

Commitment to attend all 4 sessions is very important to enjoy maximum

benefit from the programme.

To register, please return the slip below to the school office. For more

information, please contact Hilary Campos, Social Worker.

I _______________________________________________ would like to register for the Circle of Security Parenting Workshops.

Tel no.: ____________________ No. of Children enrolled at Sacred Heart