From the Principal

Last week we acknowledged Shrove Tuesday with our students enjoying a morning tea of pancakes, cooked and served by a wonderful group of parents, 21 in total, which was fantastic. Sincere thanks to the many parents who helped with this activity. It was wonderful to see a good number of our Prep mums also helping out. Thank you

Shrove Tuesday led us into Ash Wednesday, which was acknowledged with a whole school mass.

School Closure Day - tomorrow

A reminder that the school will be closed tomorrow - Friday 6th March. Staff will be involved in professional learning around intervention models.

Monday 9th March is the Labor Day Public Holiday.

Our school closure in Term 2 will be held on Friday 24th April

School Sports

Unfortunately the school sports has been postponed due to the heavy rainfall.

We have rescheduled the School Sports for Thursday 19th March 5pm-7pm

Instagram

We have officially joined the socials. Keep up to date with all the latest news and information on our Instagram page.

Please follow our official COHR Instagram page.

A Colour Explosion

This year we will be replacing our school Walkathon (which was scheduled for Wednesday 11th March) and introducing a Colour Explosion Run on the last day of Term 1.

Further information on our Colour Expolsion will be sent home today.

Combined Schools Day

Friday 13th March - the Annual Combined Schools Day and Liturgy will this year be celebrated at Sacred Heart Primary School. During the day the students from both schools will join in combined activities together and come together at a special Liturgy in the Hall at 11:00am. Parents are most welcome to join us at the liturgy. A sausage and drink will be provided for lunch on the day.

Parent helpers will be needed for this day. If you can assist please phone the office and leave your name.

Reconciliation Family Night

Thursday 12th March 7pm - 8pm

Sacred Heart Primary School is hosting this year's Reconciliation Family Night. It is a night for both parents and those children receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation this year.

Families from both Sacred Heart and Christ Our Holy Redeemer are asked to attend. The evening will involve a discussion about the importance of this Sacrament and an opportunity for families to share some time discussing the significance of this Sacrament in their daily lives.

Kinder Connections

This week we commenced community engagement activities with our local early learning centres and pre-schools. On Wednesday 10 senior students and staff visited Guardian ELC (formerly Cocos) reading picture story books to the young children. In the coming weeks and months we will also be visiting St John's Pre-School, Emmanuel Pre-School and Three Bees ELC.

Staff News

Next week we welcome back Elise Rimington. Elise will be returning from maternity leave and will be working in the 3/4GR classroom each Thursday and Friday.

2021 Enrolments

Our enrolment process has commenced for Prep 2021. Any current school families that have children who will be attending Prep next year are asked to come to the school office and collect a 2021 enrolment form. If it isn’t convenient to come in, please phone and we will send a form home.

Veggie Garden

WOW! Look at the size of this zucchini! In recent weeks the children have seen the vege patch producing a number of zucchinis as well as small roma tomatoes.

Early Arrivals

A reminder that students are not to be at school before 8:30am. The children are not supervised before this time and it is an important safety measure that children are not on the school grounds unsupervised.

If your child requires care before 8:30am we would ask that you contact our Out of Hours School Care service conducted by Youth Leadership Victoria on 0412 958 605

Division Swimming

Congratulations to Drew McLaughlin and Christiano Belmuda who represented COHR this week at the Division Swimming. We are very proud of them for making it to this level.

As we journey through Lent let us keep Christ at the heart of all our

words and actions.

Let us focus our lives more clearly on the way of

Christ and living the Christian life.

Grade 5/6 Camp Information Night

Due to the school sports night being moved to Thursday 19th March, there will be no camp information session. If you would like anything clarified or have any questions about the camp, please direct your query to one of the 5/6 teachers.

Principal's Message

Inspired by the Spirit, we are a strong community supporting and leading learners in a safe and inclusive environment.

Issue 3 · 05 Mar 2020

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