Principal's News

Dear Parents and Carers,

 Our school enjoyed a fantastic day with our old friend, Andrew Chinn last Thursday. Andrew is an amazing teacher who entertained and included the children in performing many of his songs that our students know so well. 

Andrew has a gift for names such that it appeared he knew almost every child’s name by the end of the day. The kids sang and danced and enjoyed themselves enormously. I’m sure many of them went home still humming some of the songs we sang last Thursday. What a gift to be able to send kids home singing!

Thank you to our Religious Education Leader, Julie for organising Andrew’s visit and thank you to the parents and grandparents who were able to come along to the concert after lunch.

At Sacred Heart, we come to school to “have fun and learn stuff”.

FR. MICHAEL’S 50th JUBILEE THIS Friday our Parish Priest, Fr Michael will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination. I hope everyone had the opportunity to see the article in last Friday’s Colac Herald about our inspiring leader. 

Our Catholic Schools will be coming together to celebrate this important milestone with Fr Michael by attending the 10:00am Mass at St Mary’s on Friday May 24th. After Mass we will be sharing a cake with Fr Michael on the courts at St Mary’s school. Parents and friends are invited to join us for this after mass celebration, as I’m not sure where we will fit anyone else besides the kids for the Mass!

Hope to see you there.

NATIONAL WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY (Wednesday May 22nd) This is a great opportunity to consider how our kids get to and from school. We all know the benefits of extra exercise and less cars on the road, but I wonder if we have considered the benefits such as self confidence, self reliance and independence that come with kids taking responsibility for getting themselves to and from school. Please see on page 13 of  this newsletter for information about some options to support this day that our school is offering.

Jack Lenaghan - Principal