School News
Staffing Update
Tony Hollamby 4TH Term Four
Mr Tony Hollamby will take some well deserved long service leave next term.
Mrs Jenny Stewart will continue to teach 4TH (Monday - Wednesday) and Mrs Mak De Iluiis will teach 4TH (Thursday and Friday). Mrs Mak De IIuiis has been a regular emergency teacher with us this term and is very excited to be teaching 4TH in Term Four with Mrs Stewart. We welcome Mrs Mak De IIuiis to Sacred Heart Kew in this replacement role.
It goes without saying that on behalf of all Sacred Heart Kew school community members, I wish Mr Hollamby all the very best for his upcoming long service leave. We wish him and his family well during this period.
School Counsellor (CatholicCare) update
We are pleased to share with the school community that CatholicCare have appointed Sahithi Chintakunta as our School Counsellor. Sahithi will join us next Monday. Please see below for an introduction. We look forward to welcoming Sahithi to Sacred Heart Kew next week.
Hi everyone! I am Sahithi Chintakunta, the new school counsellor at Sacred Heart Kew. I am a Master of Counselling student at Monash University and am originally from India. I have a background in psychology and ABA therapy and have always been passionate about supporting children in their wellbeing and mental health needs. I hope to work collaboratively with families and teachers during my time here, so please feel free to reach out to me anytime. I would be happy to speak with you.
Uniform Shop – Friday 9 September
The pre-loved uniform shop will be open again on Friday 9 September from 8.30am-9.00am.
This will be a good chance to stock up on summer uniform items before the kids transition from their winter uniform to summer uniform early in Term 4.
We would love good quality (and recently cleaned) donations of all sizes. No shoe, socks or bags. Card only. No cash please.
Book Week
Book Character Dress Up Parade
On Monday 22 August, we kicked off Book Week with a Character Dress Up Parade. The students paraded their bright and creative book character costumes around the MPR. Thank you to all parents who were able to attend the parade and a huge thank you for supporting your child's costume design.
Here are some class photos of our students in character.
Prep MW
Prep CB
1EE
1HC
Year 2
3GR
3MS
4EO
4TH
5CB
Year 6
Prep MW
Prep CB
1EE
1HC
Year 2
3GR
3MS
4EO
4TH
5CB
Year 6
Thank you to Mrs Drough and our Library Leaders, Max, Adele, Remy and Francesca, for leading the parade.
Gus Gordon visit
We also welcomed author and illustrator Gus Gordon to Sacred Heart last Monday. Gus Gordon is an internationally acclaimed illustrator and author. He has illustrated and written over 80 books for children. His illustrations are known for their loose and energetic line work, mixed media and humour.
Gus’s first picture book, Wendy, was a Notable Book in the 2010 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year Awards. His second picture book, Herman and Rosie, now published in twelve countries, has been internationally acclaimed and awarded, including the CBCA Honour award for best picture book in 2013. Somewhere Else, which was published in November 2016, is an irresistible story about a duck called George, the possibility of adventure, and taking risks to realise what you value most in life.
The students listened to Gus talk about his love of reading and writing, and learnt how to illustrate simple book characters.
Scholastic Book Fair
A huge thank you to all students and families who bought books and other items from the Book Fair. We sold $4720.96 worth of Book Fair items which will contribute to purchasing resources from Scholastic for our school. We thank you for your support.
Basketball Clinics for all children (Prep - Year Six)
Over the past two weeks, all students have been participating in basketball clinics facilitated by Level-Up Basketball. The children have been learning various basketball skills including dribbling, shooting, passing, defensive stance, spacing, matchplay and working together in a team in various roles.
Running Club
Running Club will recommence for students in Year 3-6 on Friday 7 October at 7:45am on the Oval. Running Club is open to all Year 3-6 students and operates every Friday morning at 7:45-8:30am with Mr O'Shea and Mr Millane.
