Sacred Heart Kew

Deputy Principal

National Reconciliation Week

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

 

The dates for NRW remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey— the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.

 

Reconciliation must live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

We all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation, and in playing our part we collectively build relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures, and futures.

 

The National Reconciliation Week (NRW) 2025 theme, Bridging Now to Next, reflects the ongoing connection between past, present and future. Bridging Now to Next calls on all Australians to step forward together, to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us.

 

Last Tuesday, our staff and students gathered together to pray and acknowledge Reconciliation Week. Thank you to Miss Bilney and Mrs Richardson and Year 3 for coordinating and leading this special paraliturgy.

 

Let us pray. May we be a voice for reconciliation for generations. May we continue to take action for reconciliation, by repairing relationships in our homes, schools, communities and country.

 

We ask this in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 

 

Amen

 

Building Resilience in Children, Teens and Families Parent Session -Tuesday 29 July 7:30pm

To support the ongoing wellbeing of all our families here at Sacred Heart, we have invited Clinical Psychologist Andrew Fuller to come and speak to our parent community on Tuesday, 29th July at 7:30 pm in the MPR. Please respond to the Operoo that has been sent out today.

Semester 1 Reports

Staff are currently working on assessment and reporting as they gather evidence to support students' academic achievement against the Victorian Curriculum and the Religious Education Framework.

 

Your child's achievement against the Victorian Curriculum and the Religious Education Framework for the semester is rated against a five point descriptor scale, displayed by a Dot, which identifies whether your child is:

  • Well above standard

  • Above standard

  • At standard

  • Below standard

  • Well below standard

Not all strands of a Learning Area are reported on each semester. If a child is showing the same result at the end of Semester 1 compared to the previous report, this does mean that progress has not occurred. Progress is not always even and each child has his/her own rate of learning. Each increment represents six month's growth and your child may still be progressing, but consolidating what has been learnt previously e.g. your child may have shown five months growth, but not moved up an increment.

 

The Student Report format will contain a personalised 'Comment on Student Learning' which may refer to the student's academic achievement, personal and interpersonal skills, thinking skills, organisational skills as well as behaviour and effort.

 

The Student Report will provide you with an overview of your child's achievements and assist in strengthening our family-school partnership. The Student Report is intended to promote discussion at the Parent/Teacher Chat (27 August) about how we can work together to benefit your child. 

 

Changes to Student Reporting

  • There have been some changes made to the Student Report format. The Mathematics 2.0 Curriculum will have its own page and the progression dot point will only appear on this page.

  • The English and Mathematics 2.0 pages will also feature a Work Habits Table indicating how your child's Effort and Behaviour is progressing in these learning areas.

  • The Specialists (Visual Art, Performing Arts, Health and Physical Education and Chinese) will also include the Work Habits Table above.

Please note that Semester 1 Reports will not be emailed to you as has been the process in the past. Instead, you will be able to access the Report via the nForma Parent Portal. See below for instructions. We will send notification via Audiri, when the Reports are available to view on Friday 4 July.

nForma Parent Portal

nForma have updated the Parent Portal which has been designed to be more user-friendly. The portal gives parents access to a platform that allows access to Student Reports at any time, and also view student absence details. Below are the instructions for:

  • Logging in and Downloading the app to view Student Reports.
nPortal Guide Reports.pdf
Installing the App.pdf
nPortal Guide Reports via the App.pdf

 

Please note that you will be able to access Semester 1 Reports via the nForma Parent Portal on your desktop or the installed app. When the Semester 1 Reports are made available later this term, you will be notified to access them through the nForma Parent Portal. In the meantime, if you need to view previous Reports, please read through the attached instructions.

 

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)

The NCCD is an annual collection of information about Australian school students who are receiving adjustments because of disability. 

  • For the NCCD, schools count the number of students receiving adjustments because of disability and make decisions about the level of adjustment being provided for each student with disability.
  • Schools provide NCCD information to education authorities and the Australian Government Department of Education. 
  • For the NCCD, school teams must have evidence to show that they have followed the Standards processes. 

For more information about the NCCD, please read the link below.

 

NCCD Letter to Parents.pdf

 

Whole School Expectations UPDATE

As previously mentioned, recently all our students were updated with a change to the Whole School Expectations. Expectation 4 has been updated from 'Look after our school' to 'Take pride in our school'. There are a few reasons for this change. 

 

One of these reasons is to ensure that ALL children wear the Sacred Heart Kew school uniform 'with pride', including wearing the correct Sacred Heart Kew school uniform items each day at school (see attached Bob Stewart Uniform List 2025 below). 

 

Children in the correct Sacred Heart Kew school uniform will be receiving House points as our 'spot checks' continue over the next few weeks. 

 

We ask families to please support us, encouraging your child(ren) to wear their full Sacred Heart Kew school uniform with pride.   

 

As previously communicated, the transition period from the summer to winter uniform has now ended. From last Monday 2 June ALL children are required to wear their full winter school uniform. 

 

Runners are only to be worn with the Sport Uniform. Students can pack their runners in a separate bag and change into them for Recess and Lunch if they wish to. 

 

Children are also reminded that nail polish is not permitted and only small sleeper earrings are to be worn.

 

Many thanks for all your support with ensuring that all children are in the correct Sacred Heart Kew school uniform, wearing it with pride. 

 

Bob Stewart Uniform List 2025.pdf