School News
Farewell to our Staff who are moving on to other ventures...
As was shared with families in our last newsletter, we say thank you and good bye to some of our staff who are moving on to other opportunities and positions next year.
Anna Walpole
Anna Walpole takes on the role of classroom teacher at St Damian’s Primary School, Bundoora in 2023.
Anna has taught at Sacred Heart Kew for 15 years, since arriving in 2008. On behalf of past and present leadership, I sincerely thank Anna for all her contributions to the life of our school and community throughout this period. Anna has positively impacted the lives of many children and families over this time, with her energetic and engaging teaching style.
Tony Hollamby
Tony Hollamby takes on a part time (2 days) classroom teacher role at Our Lady’s Primary School Wattle Park in 2023.
Tony has taught at Sacred Heart Kew for 11 years and held various roles during this time, including, Classroom teacher, Religious Education Leader, Senior Team Leader, Deputy Principal and Acting Principal, stepping into this role whilst a search for a Principal took place in 2018-2019. More recently, Tony has taught part time in the Senior year levels and is currently on some well deserved long service leave this term.
Tony has been a professional and much valued and respected teacher and staff member in our school and the wider community throughout this time. He has imparted his love of Mathematics and Science upon many children over the years. On behalf of past and present leadership I thank Tony for all his work, contributions and support to and of our school during his time here at Sacred Heart Kew.
Jenny Stewart
Jenny has decided to focus on new challenges and pursuits in her life next year and won't be returning to Sacred Heart Kew as a classroom teacher in 2023. However, Jenny will still come in from time to time as an emergency teacher throughout the year.
Jenny has worked at Sacred Heart Kew for 4 years. Jenny has taught both as a full and part time classroom teacher capacity across Year 2 and Year 4 levels during this time. We thank Jenny for all her contributions and support of our children and look forward to having her still pop in from time to time as an emergency teacher.
Meg Savell
Meg Savell takes on the role of classroom teacher at Livingstone Primary School for 2023.
Meg began her journey with us as replacement Music and Performing Arts teacher in Term Four 2020 and came on board as Year Three teacher last year. I thank Meg for all her energy, work and contributions to our school and children across these roles in her time with us at Sacred Heart Kew.
Emily Kypriotis
Emily has decided that she won't be returning to Sacred Heart Kew in 2023. Emily is looking at doing emergency teacher work and travelling overseas next year.
We thank Emily for teaching and nurturing the children in 2EK as a graduate classroom teacher this year and wish her well in the future.
Hannah Burridge
Hannah will take on the role of full time Drama and English teacher at Richmond High School in 2023. Hannah has been working at Richmond High School as an emergency teacher this year.
We thank Hannah for all her work at Sacred Heart Kew this year as Performing Arts Teacher and wish her well for the future.
We wish all our leaving staff much happiness and success for the next chapter and thank them for their significant contributions to our school.
2023 Staffing
As was shared with families earlier this week...
In 2023, we welcome Holly Burke to Sacred Heart Kew who will teach Year One next year.
Holly is an experienced classroom teacher, having taught in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Northern Territory (including in remote indigenous communities) and also in Melbourne. Most recently, Holly has been teaching at Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School in South Melbourne as a Year Two teacher. Holly is very excited to be joining the Sacred Heart Kew staff and school community and enjoyed meeting her class during our 2023 Transition session.
Please click on the link below to view our complete 2023 Staff List.
2023 Year 6 Leaders
Congratulations to all the Year 5 students who applied for leadership roles for 2023. It is with great pleasure that we announce our 2023 Year 6 Leaders:
School Captains
Charlotte Lai
Michael Ryan
House Captains
Gold
Adam Alaoui
Silver
William Lowrie
Blue
Hamish Reed
Green
Christian Duffy
Social Justice/Wellbeing
Eve Alfonso
Martin Magdy
Library
Christian Tirpcou
Noah D’Intini
The Arts
Amy Watt
Isabelle Miotello
Sustainability
Miles Missen
Adam Wu
We look forward to a fabulous 2023 school year.
Christmas Giving Tree
A huge thank you to all our families who have donated to our Christmas Giving Tree in support of St Vinnie's over the past few weeks. Your generosity is very much appreciated. Des and Barbara Papworth from St Vinnie's have collected the gifts with thanks and gratitude for our community.
Christmas Carols
A big congratulations to all the students for their beautiful singing at our Christmas Carols last Thursday night. Thank you to our RE Leader, James Millane, for organising the evening and Nativity Play which was led by Year 5/6. A big thank you to the staff who coordinated the performances and supported the students. Thank you to our wonderful community for taking part at our Carols this year.
End of Year Mass
Yesterday we celebrated the end of the school year as a whole school community. We gathered in the Church for our End of Year Thanksgiving Mass, thanking God for the year that has been. We acknowledged the staff and students who will be leaving Sacred Heart Kew this year and moving on to new schools and adventures. Thank you to the staff and families for supporting our students throughout the year.
To the staff and students leaving:
An Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
The rains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of his hand
The Leadership Ceremony followed the Mass with the giving and receiving of the light of leadership. Congratulations to our Year 6 students for completing a successful year and we wish our Year 5 students all the best as they begin their leadership journey in 2023.
2023 School Musical
We are thrilled to announce that all our students will be taking part in the Sacred Heart School Musical, 'The Lion King Jr' in 2023. More details about the musical will be communicated early next year.
2023 Term Dates
Term 1
Wednesday 1 February – Thursday 6 April
Term 2
Wednesday 26 April – Friday 23 June
Term 3
Monday 10 July – Friday 15 September
Term 4
Monday 2 October – Friday 15 December
2023 School Closure Days
The following days and dates will be School Closure Days in 2023.
Term 1
Friday 10 March (Staff Professional Development)
Monday 13 March (Labour Day Public Holiday)
Term 2
Monday 24 April (Staff Professional Development)
Tuesday 25 April (ANZAC Day Public Holiday)
Monday 12 June (King’s Birthday Public Holiday)
Term 4
Monday 6 November (Report Writing Day)
Tuesday 7 November (Melbourne Cup Public Holiday)
Friday 1 December (Planning for 2024)