School News

NEW - Fortnight in Foundation

It has been a cold two weeks with the Winter weather finally upon us. There are a lot of colds and coughs around and we are encouraging children to leave on their jumpers. Some coats, jumpers and beanies are not named and this makes it hard to return it to the correct owner. Please make sure your child’s belongings are clearly labeled. 

Foundation has continued their learning about Animals Everywhere and have created a habitat for an animal. Their dioramas and information reports will be available for families to view tomorrow, Thursday 20th June, from 3pm in their classrooms.

During this fortnight we had the opportunity to learn more about ‘Native Australian Animals’ with Fiona and ‘Insects and Bugs’ with John from GM Landcare when they visited the Foundation classes. They shared facts, where the creatures could be found and how important it is not to go and pick up any animals you don’t know about, big or small, from the environment. There was a lot of excitement and some of us, including the teachers, kept our distance. 

Children have also enjoyed using the reading PM app during class and we encourage that they continue to use this at home during the week and on the holidays to continue their reading. 

Over the holidays, it would benefit our children to participate in family fun activities that will continue to promote learning for example board games, reading books, imaginative play including shops and schools and writing shopping lists. 

Our next newsletter will not be before the holidays, therefore we wish you a happy and restful break as a family. 

NEW - Year 3/4 Potato Olympics

Welcome to the year 3 and 4 Olympic Games, where we will find out who will be top spud! This term we have started the Potato Olympics with a bang. We have been learning about different types of formal measurement. Mr. McDowall lit the flame for our Opening Ceremony and we have been competing in events such as diving, breaking, bowling and shot put. 

In every event there are 3 winners - 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 

3/4 MC Results:

In Break dancing we have John John Jr in 1st sponsored by John, 

2nd was Joew sponsored by Baxter and 

3rd was Jeff sponsored by Jackson. 

In Shot Put we had Bob Jr in 1st sponsored by Fletcher, 

Joew was 2nd again, sponsored by Baxter,

and Jeff sponsored by Jackson and Amelia sponsored by Aylah came equal 3rd. 

Finally, in Bowling we have Speedy Gonzalez in 1st place, sponsored by Marco, Boe Jr Kullson in 2nd sponsored by Logan and 3rd place was David Warner sponsored by Mason.

Our last event will be Diving - then we will hold our medal ceremony.

Emerson H.

3/4 NB Results:

First we did break dancing. In 1st place we had Pickles (Ashlee.K) with 6.87seconds from Canada, in 2nd place we had Swifty (Amelie) with 4.49seconds from France and in 3rd place we had Millie (Grace.S) with 4.4seconds from Singapore. To compete in break dancing we had to spin our potato to see which potato spun the longest. 

Next we competed in shot put. In 1st place we had Cornflakes09 (Ari) with 15.2m from Greece, 2nd place we had Bob (Levi) with 14.97m from Argentina and in 3rd place we had Astin (Mac) with 13.92m from the USA. In the shot put we had to throw the potato like it was the shot put. 

Our next event was bowling. 1st place was Bob Jr (Noah) with 19.65m from South Korea, 2nd place we had Cornflakes09 (Ari) and 3rd place was Nick (Noa) from Italy. 

Lastly we competed in diving. 1st place was Nick (Noa) with 30mL from Italy, 2nd place we had Joe King (Vivian) from Mexico and Lizey (Eliza) from the UK, who both scored 35mL and in 3rd place we had Timmy (Khloe) with 48mL from Switzerland. 

We have had so much fun competing and showing sportsmanship as well as trying our best. We have also learnt the different ways in which things are measured. 

3/4NB

3/4 KD Results:

Our first activity was Break Dancing, which is the new Olympic sport in 2024. 

Break dancing is where we had to spin our potato on a hard surface and time it with a partner we had to do two spins and see what our best time was. 

Our places were:

1st: Jimmy J - Olivia C 10.21 seconds

2nd: Bob Jr - Ged 6.10 seconds

3rd:  Goku - Nate - 5.44 seconds

Our second activity was Shot Put. We had some practice and then we took our turn. We stood in a hoop and attempted to throw our potato as far as we could. We measured out distance in meters. 

Our places were:

1st: Dusty - Mannix - 17.5m

2nd: Mitch Jr - Mitchell - 16.35m

3rd: Brooke - Olivia T - 14.2m

Our third activity was High Jump. We had to sit against a post and attempt to throw our potato up as high as we could, we had two jumps. We converted our jumps from meters, to centimeters and millimeters. 

Our places were:

1st: Ronaldo - Dante -2.03m

2nd: Mitch Jr - Mitchell - 2.02m and Wedges - Sophia 2.02m

3rd: Bob Jr - Ged 2.01m

Our last activity will be diving…..to be continued 

Written by Shaylee and Olivia 3/4 KD

NEW - Sacred Heart Feast Day

On Friday the 8th of June, our school Feast Day occurred.  As part of the celebrations, students participated in some fun physical activities in our House Groups.  One of the activities after the Mass was the egg and spoon race. Many people dropped their eggs as soon as they started! It was challenging for some of the preps but they got through it! 

Another activity was sack races, where the goal was to get to the end and back without falling over in a sack. This was similar to the 3-legged race, where students chose a friend and tied their ankles together before running towards the finish line.  Thankfully, there were no injuries reported (that we heard of).

We also got to play with the parachute by holding it and raising the parachute up and down while running underneath it.

It was a really fun day for most people!

Max Reid, Alexia Alampi, Nathan Aiken and Sophie Miller

NEW - Music

Foundations are continuing to learn about beat and rhythm. They have also been enjoying listening, moving to and talking about music from The Carnival of the Animals.

Grade 1/2 have been learning to sing in unison and in parts.  They are becoming familiar with the musical alphabet as they learn to play the Chime Bells.

Grade 3/4 and 5/6 have also been singing in unison and parts. They absolutely love performing their dance routine to ‘Take You to Rio’ and playing on the xylophones.

NEW - Art Studio

Congratulations to these students for their effort in the Art Studio for weeks 7, 8 & 9.

NEW - Library

Congratulations to the top borrowers for Semester One! The following people have borrowed more books than anyone else in their grade. Not only do they get to enjoy reading, they receive a prize from the library and their sports house - Geary, McAuley or Frayne - will receive 50 points! Well done.

F - Joey Jervies

1 - Violet Borzillo

2 - Alec Mercuri

3 - Nate McConnaughie

4 - Mac Laidlaw

5 - Anabella Cricelli

6 - Nathan Aitken

NEW - Emergency Management Drill

Families please be advised we will be conducting a Lockdown Drill on Monday 24th June at 1:25pm as part of our Emergency Management obligations. Access to school will be restricted during this time. Thank you for your consideration.

Choir/Sandhurst Arts on Show Sneak Preview

Monday 24th June, 2:45pm in the Mercy Centre

Families are invited to attend a performance by our Choir and the students who will be participating in Sandhurst Arts on Show next term. This is a great opportunity to build confidence in performing and a chance for parents to attend, who may not be able to make the concert during school time next term. 

SAoS Concert Wed. 18 September, 1-2pm, St. Mel's Shepparton

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent Teacher Interviews will be held on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th June for parents and teachers - there is no expectation to bring or include students in the meeting, teachers will not be prepared for students to be present. 10 minutes is allocated for each Parent Teacher meeting.  Please be punctual and mindful of the next interview time.  All specialist teachers will be available for interviews; first in, first served for booking them.

Parents who have a PSG meeting will NOT have an interview with their class teacher (but can still book with specialists if wanted).

Bookings close on Monday 24th June at 4pm.

NCCD Fact Sheet for Parents, Guardians and Carers

PAM & SiMON Everywhere Guide

Volunteers

At Sacred Heart we value the support of volunteers. Over your child/ren’s journey through Primary School there are many opportunities to volunteer and support your child and the school. Please visit the volunteer page on the school website for further information.

Lunch Orders

Tatura Hot Bread Bakery will be providing the School lunch orders for two days a week. Lunch orders will be available Thursdays and Fridays. Please find below the 2024 price list.  There is an example on how to correctly fill in the lunch order bag on Daily Messages, the Hot Bread Bakery has advised that all lunch orders need to be in the correct format. Thank you.

A reminder orders are to be done through the School, not to be dropped off at the Bakery.

Second Hand Uniform Sales

Sacred Heart will now only be accepting second hand uniform items as a donation to the school. If families wish to sell items we request that this is done privately. Please see below the current uniform stock available for purchase. If you wish to have a browse of the uniforms or make a purchase, please see Sally in the school office on Tuesday or Wednesday.

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