Principal News

Dear Sacred Heart School Community

School Production

The big day has finally arrived (no, not the beginning of the Ashes Test series, but our production of Peter Pan). All is ready for a sensational night. After watching yesterday's rehearsal, I know there are going to be a lot of very proud parents and guardians at the Thornbury Theatre tonight. A final reminder that our students need to be in the theatre by 6.30pm tonight and for those attending, it is a fully vaccinated event.

Below are a couple of shots from yesterday's rehearsal.

We ask all parents and guardians to refrain from videoing the school production tonight. As you will be aware, we have enlisted the services of a company who will provide a live stream and recording later. This arrangement means that there is copyright on the production. You are welcome to take photos without impinging on the view of those audience members behind you.

Year Six Graduating Class

On Monday night we honour our 2021 Year Six class with a special graduation ceremony in the school grounds. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our twenty two graduating students and thank each for the invaluable contribution they have made to our school. Each has brought their own unique gifts to our school, and Sacred Heart has been a much richer place because of their presence. I would like to wish each student the very best as they embark on the next exciting stage of their life's journey.

I would like to acknowledge our departing families for their contribution to our school and for the manner in which they have worked with us during their child's education at Sacred Heart. We bid farewell and wish every happiness to the:

Keogh Family Roney Family Boubis Family

Claite-Hearne Family De Vincenti Family Calabro-Ori Family

Foster Family Letelier-Le Family Lyons- Maiolla Family Mukesh Family Paminiano- Piag Family Parker Family

Farewells

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Liz Yandell for her contribution to our school over the past nine years. During her time at Sacred Heart, Liz has filled a number of very important roles and has been a regular member of our school's leadership team. With great passion and diligence, Liz has held the Learning Diversity, Literacy, Wellbeing and Deputy Principal positions, and in each, has initiated or been part of the group responsible for implementing strategies and programs to facilitate school improvement. I would like to particularly thank Liz for her support of me and helping me be a better principal these past three terms in her Deputy Principal role. Liz's experience came to the fore as she met the day to day challenges of running a school with skill and calmness. On your behalf I would like to wish Liz and Mick very happiness as they embark on their sea change.

I would also like to thank Kartia and Alex who have worked this year as Learning Support Officers. Both are training to be teachers and showed with their ability to develop close relationships with the students, that they will be great teachers. On behalf of our school community, I would like to wish Kartia and Alex every happiness and success in their future teaching careers.

School Reports Parent Portal

A letter went home yesterday detailing how to access your child's report through the parent portal.

Instructions on how to access the nForma Parent Portal will be sent out to the email addresses that have been previously supplied to the school. These emails will be sent out on Friday 10th December.

It is very important that you have updated your email addresses with the school, as an automated email containing instructions and login details will come from no-reply@nforma.com.au and not the school. Please ensure that you check your junk/spam folder for an email from that address.

It is highly recommended that you use a computer to access your child’s reports for the first time. Subsequent logins can be made on a mobile device if preferred.

Once you have followed the instructions, you will be able to view your child’s report online.

Once in the portal you will need to choose your child (if you have more than one at our school) and then choose the reporting component.

Forgotten passwords:

If you have forgotten your password, please follow the 'forgotten password' link. Please note that your new password needs to be at least 7 characters long and must include at least one non alpha-numeric character, e.g. *, - / or similar.

If you have requested a password reset and the email does not appear, please look in your junk/spam folder for an email from no-reply@nforma.com.au.

If you have any questions or issues, please email Jess Herrick; jherrick@shpreston.catholic.edu.au

Last Week of School

A reminder that next week is the last week of school for our students.

Wednesday 15th December: Students meet their 2022 classroom teacher

Wednesday 15th December: Student reports can be accessed online through the parent portal

Wednesday 15th December: Students will be dismissed at 3.20pm

Some 2022 Year Preps in their New School Uniform

A Final Christmas Message from the Library

"Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!" (Neil Gaiman)

Wishing all our students and families and a happy Christmas together and a safe and relaxing holiday. See you in 2022!

With best wishes,

Gerry & Liz

School Fees

Just a final reminder about school fees. Thank you to all those families who have paid their school fees in the past few weeks. We still have a small number of families yet to pay their term four dues, and we ask that this be please paid before the last day of school..

A number of families have agreed to pay their school fees by direct debit in 2022. These families will be given a hard copy of the direct debit authorisation form next Tuesday (See copy below). Any other families who would like to receive this form are asked to contact Maria either personally or by email in the coming days.

1 Clifton Grove Preston Victoria 3072

ABN: 38 292 570 905

Telephone: (03 9487 1001

Email: principal@shpreston.catholic.edu.au

DIRECT DEBIT REQUEST (DDR)

I/We request and authorise Sacred Heart Primary School Preston, User ID 410901, to arrange, through its own financial institution, to debit funds from my/our nominated account at the financial institution shown below according to the details specified.

Name(s) …………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………

Address: ……………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………Postcode ……………………..…

Telephone:…………………… Mobile: ………………………

Email: ……………………………………………………………………….………

Please deduct money from my/our Financial Institution account:

This debit will be made through the Bulk Electronic Clearing System (BECS) from your account held at the financial institution you have nominated below and will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Direct Debit Request Service Agreement.

Name of Bank Account: ……………………………………………………………………

Name and Branch of Financial Institution where account is held:

……………………………………………………………………………………………..

BSB Number: |___|___|___| - |___|___|___|

Account Number: |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|

Please debit $………………………… from the above account each:

Please circle your preference: Week Fortnight Month

Commencing _____________________ Using ID Reference_______________

Signature(s): …………………............................................Date:……………….

(To be signed by both parties for joint accounts

Direct Debit Request (DDR) Service Agreement

Our commitment to you

This document outlines our service commitment to you, in respect of the Direct Debit Request (DDR) arrangements made between Sacred Heart Primary School Preston ABN 382 9257 0905 (User ID 410901) and you. Direct Debit arrangements pertain to requests to deduct money from your financial institution account. The agreement is designed to explain what your obligations are when undertaking a Direct Debit arrangement with us. It also details what our obligations are to you as your Direct Debit Provider.

We recommend you keep this agreement in a safe place for future reference. It forms part of the terms and conditions of your Direct Debit Request (DDR) and should be read in conjunction with your DDR form.

Drawing arrangements

The first drawing under this Direct Debit arrangement will occur on the nominated date.
We will only arrange for funds to be debited from your account as authorised in the Direct Debit Request.
If the debit day falls on a day that is not a banking day, we may direct your financial institution to debit your account on the following banking day.
We may vary any details of this agreement or a Direct Debit Request at any time by giving you at least fourteen (14) days written notice to the address you have given us in the Direct Debit Request.
We will keep any information (including your account details) in your Direct Debit Request confidential. We will make reasonable efforts to keep any such information that we have about you secure and to ensure that any of our employees or agents who have access to information about you do not make any unauthorised use, modification, reproduction or disclosure of that information.
We will only disclose information that we have about you to the extent specifically required by law; or for the purposes of this agreement (including disclosing information in connection with any query or claim).

Your rights

Changes to the arrangement

You may change, stop or defer a debit payment, or terminate this agreement by providing us with at least fourteen (14) days notification by

telephoning us on (03) 94871001 during School hours;
writing to Sacred Heart Primary School, Preston]; or
arranging it through your own financial institution.

Enquiries

You may enquire about anything relating to your Direct Debit arrangement by contacting Sacred Heart Primary School, Preston on (03) 94871001

Disputes

You should check your account statement to verify that the amounts debited from your account are correct.

If you believe that there has been an error in debiting your account, you should notify us directly on (03) 94871001 and confirm that notice in writing with us as soon as possible so that we can resolve your query more quickly. Alternatively you can take it up with your financial institution direct.

If we conclude as a result of our investigations that your account has been incorrectly debited we will respond to your query by arranging for your financial institution to adjust your account (including interest and charges) accordingly. We will also notify you in writing of the amount by which your account has been adjusted.

If we conclude as a result of our investigations that your account has not been incorrectly debited we will respond to your query by providing you with reasons and any evidence for this finding in writing.

Your commitment to us

It is your responsibility to ensure that:

your nominated account can accept direct debits (your financial institution can confirm this); and
your account details which you have provided to us are correct by checking them against a recent account statement; and
that there are sufficient clear funds available in your account to allow a debit payment to be made in accordance with the Direct Debit Request.

If there are insufficient clear funds in your account to meet a debit payment you may be charged a fee and/or interest by your financial institution. You may also incur fees or charges imposed or incurred by us; and you must arrange for the debit payment to be made by another method or arrange for sufficient clear funds to be in your account by an agreed time so that we can process the debit payment.

Please take care.

Yours sincerely

Mark Tierney

Principal