Principal News
Dear Sacred Heart Community,
Prayer
Camp
These past three days I have had the privilege of being with our Year Five and Six students and their teachers Marie and Marty on camp at Creswick (hence the late publication of this newsletter). One of the themes of the whole camp experience has been building our sense of trust. Trust both with each other and within our selves. Our students have experienced a myriad of opportunities to develop trust with each other and challenge themselves to step out of their comfort zones by trusting their own abilities. It has been an incredibly rewarding time watch our students develop their sense of self and the ability to rely on their peers. Can I thank Marty and Marie for the great camp.
New Uniform
We are excited to announce a change to our girl's summer dress. As the manufacturer is no longer stocking the previous design, we have opted for the above version which is now available at the uniform shop. Next year's Foundation class will be the first group to wear the new dress as a group with current students who need to purchase a new dress purchasing the new version.
Date for Year Six Graduation
A date has been set for our Year Six departing class' Graduation Mass. Father Aloysius has confirmed his availability for Tuesday 10th December at 6.00pm. Further details will follow for our parents of Year Six students in the coming weeks.
Foundation 2025 Students Meet Buddies
Last Monday we completed our fourth and final transition session for our 2025 Foundation Class. Two of our students Eden and Kayleigh can't be at the next event on 12th December when our Foundation students meet their Year Six Buddy. They meet their buddy on Monday and were given a special Sacred Heart Bear that will be with them in the classroom next year.
School Fees (As per last week's newsletter)
I am writing to provide you details of changes in tuition fees for the 2025 academic year as you would have seen in last week's newsletter.
Any decision to adjust tuition fees is never made lightly, nor without careful and thorough consideration of our students’ needs and our school’s capacity to provide an education experience that supports every student to flourish.
We are also cognisant of the financial pressures that many families have experienced this year. Sacred Heart PS is facing increasing costs in multiple areas of school operations, including WorkCover premiums, Child Safety compliance, risk management, teacher resources and professional learning, and higher central system costs.
Our tuition fees at Sacred Heart PS are also influenced by the Commonwealth Department of Education’s calculation of our community’s ability to financially contribute to the operating costs of our school, known as the Capacity to Contribute, or CTC, which is reviewed annually. School funding is complex, in particular how the government funds Catholic(and other non-government) schools and how tuition fees support our school.
To ensure that we can continue to deliver a personalised, high-quality education that is responsive to the diverse interests and academic, social and emotional needs of our students, it is necessary to adjust our fees in 2025.
Family Disco
We hope you are getting excited about the family disco which happens this Friday. Get out the dancing shoes for a big night.
Please remember that it's a provide your own food and refreshments. We provide the venue, music and the great times.
Like all events when staff and students are present, it is a child safe protocol that the event be alcohol free)
Our great parents and Friends have put together some hampers which you can now bid on (in school foyer) with final bids being taken on the night.
Community Choir (from former parent and great support of our school Amelia)
We have Christmas Choirs for both Children and Adults and they will all be performing at a Carols Event at Edwardes Lake on the 14th of December.
We also have performances at Federation Square.
Given all the support Sacred Heart has provided to us, there is no costs for any students from Sacred Heart to join the Christmas Choir program.
For adults, we are also running a mass community choir for the carols with rehearsals community on 6th November - all welcome to register for this event which is also free to participate.
Interested families can call me on 0434 356 688 or
email manager@arcappella.org.au
Vacation Care
Yours Sincerely
Mark