ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Sacred Heart School Vision Statement and Philosophy speaks of creating a Catholic faith community that, with Jesus as our model, promotes tolerance, compassion, equality, justice and joy in each other’s presence. As educators, we look for and celebrate these qualities, dispositions and character traits to acknowledge these in others.

Prep A	Ethan Emans	Consistently displaying an excellent, responsible attitude to all his learning and always being a helpful student in class! Well done Ethan, very proud of you!	Prep C	Mattias Iosefo	For being an independent learner. It has been fantastic to see you take on feedback and challenge yourself to achieve your writing goal. You are working so hard to sound out words, use full stops and apostrophes and write in lowercase letters. Well done superstar!
Prep A	Sarah Sestich	most helpful student in class.	Prep C	Leo Pajic	For becoming more confident during Writing. Seeing you enjoy writing and try your best to sound out words that you want to write makes my heart sing. You should be very proud of yourself, because I am very proud of you!
Year 1B	Lauren Gusman	For sharing your love and kindness with us in 1B. Your kind and caring nature is so beautiful. I just love hearing about your holidays. Keep it up Lauren!	Year 1N	Alana Strangio-McRae	Trying your best in every part of your learning this term. I am so proud of your efforts! Keep it up superstar.
Year 1B	Heidi Morrissey	For your great improvements in your writing. You have made such a magnificent effort to reach your learning goals and I am so proud of your tremendous growth. Keep it up superstar!	Year 1N	Alexander Hudson	Being a kind friend to everyone in 1N. You are so respectful and thoughtful! We are lucky to have you!
Year 2A	Clara Mallawarachchy	For being very thoughtful when helping out your peers and making great contributions to our class discussions.	Year 2V	Jaxon Birch	For showing kindness and empathy towards your peers at school. I am so proud of you for always making sure that all of your peers are feeling ok. We are so lucky to have you in 2V Jaxon!
Year 2A	Fletcher Biddlecombe	For showing great focus and determination when writing your narrative. It was fantastic to see the effort you put into your writing this term.		Brian Nguyen	For settling well in 2V. I am proud of you for putting in effort to complete tasks and for displaying kindness towards your peers when working in the classroom.
Year 3BD	Nicola Simkin-Tran	For the curiosity and wonder you consistently show in all aspects of your learning. This, along with wonderful research skills and creativity, was on show in your digital information text, 'Keas'. It was a brilliant text to view and read. You should be very proud of yourself Nicola.	Year 3C	Madeleine Roache	For your great leadership demonstrated in all areas of learning. You always listens and respects others' ideas, and shares your expertise and knowledge during class discussions. Excellent work Maddie! We are so lucky to have you in 3C.
Year 3BD	Dhatri Tatikonda	For the impressive work ethic and persistence you showed in researching, writing, editing, and publishing your digital information text, 'Blue Whales'. Your end product was outstanding! You should be very proud of yourself Dhatri.	Year 3C	Freya Sciberras	For being a phenomenal problem-solver. You always have a positive attitude towards facing challenges and you can always find a solution to tackle the problem. Your persistence is contiguous and you are such a great model for the class. Well done Freya!
Year 4KR	Marcus Magri	For always trying your hardest in all areas. Marcus you are kind to everyone and have developed amazing focus.	Year 4M	Irene Dimopoulos	For being more focused in all areas of learning and working independently to complete set tasks.
Year 4KR	Rhiannon Flower	For the effort you showed when working in groups. You persevered when it became challenging and ensured the end result was the best your group could manage.		Mason McEwan	For working collaboratively in your team to produce your video and slideshow about the ice melting in Antarctica. Your active participation in gathering information for your slide show was wonderful to see. keep up the great work!
Year 5E	Harley McGregor	For your perseverance with challenging tasks, especially in Maths. It was so good to see you have a go and keep trying. I love how your attitude towards Division really improved. Well done!	Year 5K	Olivia Dowling	For your incredible writing using your spelling words. Your short paragraph painted such a vivid picture thanks to the emotive language you used and had such a powerful impact on the reader. You are amazing!
Year 5E	Eliza Mayne	For your wonderful writing when using the picture prompts. You included such creative and powerful vocabulary words that really strenghtened your writing. You're diligence and inquisitive nature are such amazing assets.		Oliver Nguyen	For having such a wonderful growth mindset especially in the area of Mathematics. It is wonderful to see you persevering and challenging yourself Oliver. You have really flourished. Keep it up!
Year 6A	Lucy Stuart	For writing an engaging paragraph about camp that included a topic sentence with an appositive, detailed sentences and a concluding sentence with a subordinating conjunction. Keep up the great work Lucy.	Year 6K	Amelia McEwan	For showing courage and persistence during your ski lesson at the Grade 6 Camp at Mt Buller. You never gave up and kept trying to achieve your best. I am so proud of you Amelia! Keep up the great work.
Year 6A	Alex Bondi	For your positive attitude on camp and for showing courage and persistence during your ski lessons. Well done Alex.	Year 6K	Joshua Lewis	For having such a positive attitude on the Grade 6 Camp to Mt Buller. You showed resilience and bravery as you challenged yourself to achieve your best. It was wonderful to see you support and encourage other students. Keep up the great work Josh!

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday to our students who have celebrated a birthday in the past fortnight.

Prep	Isabella Hick Mattias & Malakai Iosefo	Sep 17 Oct 4
Year 1
Year 2	Ruben Baker	Sep 20
Year 3	Jude Middleton Lucas Magri	Sep 13 Sep 30
Year 4	James Hanigan Georgia Watson Eliza Gazeas Matilda & Charlotte Kummrow Rhiannon Flower Mya Laidlaw	Sep 12 Sep 17 Sep 20 Sep 24 Sep 26 Sep 31
Year 5	Yohans Dagneaw Jimin Lee Ishaan Shetty Audrey Dearnaley	Sep 14 Sep 25 Oct 6 Oct 8
Year 6	Alex Bondi	Sep 1

We hope you had a wonderful birthday!!

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