School News

School Counsellor - CatholicCare

CatholicCare has managed to find a suitable replacement School Counsellor, so we can continue this service at Sacred Heart Kew. Susan Konstantas began working with us today and will work on Monday's from 19 June for the remainder of the 2023 school year. We look forward to having Susan work with us supporting our children in this important School Counsellor role. 

Parent/Teacher Chats - Thursday 13 July, 2023

Parent/Teacher Chats will take place next term, on Thursday 13 July. On this day, the children will finish school at 12.45pm and the first interviews will commence at 1.30pm, finishing at 7.30pm.  If you are unable to pick your children up there will be supervision provided by staff not engaged in the Parent Teacher Chats until 3.15pm. A separate Operoo form will be sent regarding this.  After School Care will be provided as usual from 3.15pm onwards. To book your child in to After School Care, please contact Camp Australia directly. 

Bookings will open online next Wednesday 14 June at 9am.  The booking link and code will be sent to all families via an Audiri app notification at this time. Bookings will close on Wednesday 12 July at 3.15pm. All Parent/Teacher Chats will be held ‘face to face’ as was the case earlier this year.  

The purpose of these chats is to meet with your child's classroom teacher, discussing with them, your child’s learning progression and achievement in Semester One. Your child's Semester One Report will assist with these Parent/Teacher Chats. If you have more complex issues or concerns about your child please organise an additional meeting with the teacher.  

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 dimensions of a Learning Area are reported on each semester. If a child is showing the same result as the end of Semester One, 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 about how we can work together to benefit your child. 

You will be receiving your child’s Semester 1 Report online via the nForma Parent Portal. Instructions on how to access the nForma Parent Portal will be sent out to the email addresses that have been previously supplied to the school. It is very important that you have updated your email addresses with the school, as an automated email containing instructions and login details will come from no-reply@nforma.com.au and not the school. Please ensure that you check your junk/spam folder for an email from that address. For security purposes, all passwords have been reset since Semester 1.

Semester 1 Reports will be emailed on Friday 23 June.

School Musical UPDATE

As mentioned in our last newsletter, we are excited to officially announce that our Disney Lion King Jr School Musical will take place on Monday 9 October and will be held at the Besen Centre (87 to 89 Station Street, Burwood).

Tickets will go on sale early next term. Families will be able to purchase up to 5 tickets, at this larger venue. Stay tuned for further details in the coming weeks. 

Garden and Running Clubs

Please note that due to the cold weather approaching, both the Garden and Running Clubs will cease. They will recommence when the weather warms up. 

2023 Term Dates

Term 2 

Wednesday 26 April – Friday 23 June (school finishes at 12.45pm)

Term 3

Monday 10 July – Friday 15 September (school finishes at 12.45pm)

Term 4

Monday 2 October – Friday 15 December (school finishes at 12.45pm)

2023 School Closure Days

The following days and dates will be School Closure Days in 2023. 

Term 2

Monday 12 June (King’s Birthday Public Holiday)

Term 4

Monday 6 November (Report Writing Day)

Tuesday 7 November (Melbourne Cup Public Holiday) 

Friday 1 December (Planning for 2024)

Miss Peppercorn Lunch Orders - Every Friday

School Lunches are able to be purchased every Friday from Miss Peppercorn. Please see menu below and ordering instructions.