Religious Education 

& Wellbeing News 

Harmony Day

We are all really looking forward to celebrating our cultural diversity at Sacred Heart on Monday for our Harmony Day celebration.  

Students are asked to come to school wearing  clothes from their culture or colours. 

Alternatively, if they do  not have anything, they can work something orange.  

Please come along for the Parade at 8.50am in the schoolyard.

We can't wait for a really great day celebrating on Monday!

Thank you to the Student Rep Team for coming up with some great ideas for the day.

                                                  Project Compassion  - From Caritas                                                       

Second Week of Lent

(Week beginning Monday 17 March)

Toefuata'iga - (Toy-foo-ah-tah-ing-ah) is a 13-year-old primary school student from Samoa. Samoa may be a country surrounded by water, but access to clean drinking water is scarce in some areas, with many families facing extreme hardship as a result.

Toefuata’iga’s school community struggled without reliable access to clean water, which impacted students’ education and hygiene. Teachers often had to leave the school to fetch water from nearby homes, disrupting lessons and adding strain to the community. When the water ran out at the school, students were sent home which meant they missed out on valuable learning time.

Thanks to the support of Caritas Australia in partnership with Caritas Samoa, Toefuata’iga’s school now has a 10,000 L water tank through a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) program. Teachers and students are now able to focus on education and improved hygiene. 

“Now that we have the water tank, things are so much better, we can stay at school all day, and I get to spend more time learning and playing with my friends. I’m happy that we don’t have to go home early anymore.” – said Toefuata'iga.

This transformative story is just one example of how Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion creates waves of change around the world. 

You can support Project Compassion 2025 through the donation boxes at the school or this QR code.

Thank you for standing with us, as we Unite Against Poverty this Lent. 

Take Care,

Kate 

Wellbeing & RE Leader

kharris@shpreston.catholic.edu.au