NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER

Lord our God,

all truth is from you,

and you alone bring oneness of heart.

Give your people the joy of hearing your word

in every sound and of longing for your

presence more than life itself.

May all the attractions of a changing world

serve only to bring us the peace of your

kingdom which this world does not give.

Amen.

Dear Parents & Students,

Congratulations to our staring Dad’s Football

Team that successfully defeated the Sandy East

team last Saturday 85-38. A job well done.

The trophy has pride of place in the office

window.

InsightSRC SURVEYS

A reminder to all parents that all

InsightSRC Surveys need to be done either

online or in hard copy and returned to the

office by this Friday 20th September.

Thank you very must for taking the time to

complete these survey.

TERM 4 2013.

A reminder that ALL staff and students

return on Monday 7th October for the

commencement of Term 4.

JAPANESE DAY

Last week the children had a wonderful

day participating in Japanese Day. They

took part in Jujitsu, traditional Japanese

Painting/construction—Manga drawing,

Hebi Puppet making, Origami activities,

Japanese biscuit making and sushi making.

A special thank you to Mrs. Jacqui Reed

for her preparation and organisation of the

day and all the staff and parents who made

the day so successful.

SAYONARA & ARIGATOU

親愛なる恵美先生、聖心教区学校、サ

ンドリンガム、教職員及び学生に代

わって申し上げますありがとう非常

に、過去 3 週間の私たちの学校の特別

な部分をされています。我々 と希望

を私たちとあなたの時間はすべての期

待メルボルンを訪問する場合再びお会

いすることを望みます。さようなら、

ありがとう。

Dear Emi Sensei,

On behalf of the students and staff of

Sa cred Hea r t Pa r i sh Sch oo l ,

Sandringham, we would like to thank you

very much for being a special part of our

school for the past 3 weeks. We hope that

your time with us was everything you

hoped for and we hope to see you again if

you visit Melbourne.

Goodbye and thank you.

SUMMER UNIFORM

All children are expected to be in full

summer uniform by Monday 21st

October. Information regarding summer

uniform ordering along with order forms

are on our website. The Uniform Shop is

open every second Tuesday between

3.00pm & 4:00pm.

Parents are asked to check that the children

have the correct summer uniform to

commence the term with.

Please Ensure that All Clothing is

Labeled

NO HAT, NO PLAY

A reminder that all children must wear

their school hats at all times whilst outside

during fourth term. New hats are available

from the uniform shop. Any child without

a hat will have to remain in the shaded

areas of the school grounds.

Spare hats are no longer available from

the office due to health regulations.

END OF TERM 3, 2013

The children will be dismissed from class

at 2.30pm next Friday 20th September

2013.

TERM 3 2013

September

12 Water Expo 6:30—7:30pm

20 Footy Colours Day & Sausage Sizzle lunch

End of Term 3—Dismal at 2:30pm

October

7 All Staff and Students Return

7 Uniform Shop Open 3-4pm

8 Newsletter

11 P&F Welcome back Afternoon Tea 2:30pm

14 P & F Meeting 7:30pm

18 Assembly

21 All students expected to be in Summer

Uniform

22 2014 Prep Information Evening 7pm

Uniform Shop 3-4pm

23 Newsletter

25-27 School Art Show

November

1 School Athletics Sports

Assembly

4 School Closure Day

5 Melbourne Cup Holiday

6 Newsletter

8 School Athletics Sports (Back-up)

11 P & F AGM Meeting 7:30pm

12 St. Bede’s Orientation Day

13 Yr 5/6 Resilience Programs AM

14,21,28 Prep—Yr. 2 Trill Skills Gym Program

14 2014 Prep Orientation Mornings 9:30-11

(A-Mc)

14 2014 Prep Orientation Mornings 9:30-11

(Me-Z)

15 Assembly

19 Uniform Shop 3-4pm

20 Newsletter

21 2014 Prep Orientation Morning 9:30-11

(ALL)

22 School Closure Day

29 Assembly

December

4 Carols

13 Christmas Concert

17 Graduation Mass/Dinner

18 End of Term 4 Dismal at 1pm

Learning Today, Leading TomorrowLearning Today, Leading TomorrowLearning Today, Leading Tomorrow 11 Fernhill Road Nth, Sandringham. VIC. 3191 Australia Phone: 03) 9598 9322 Fax: 03) 9597 0354

Email: principal@shsandringham.catholic.edu.au; admin@shsandringham.catholic.edu.au

Wed Site: www.shsandringham.catholic.edu.au

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2013 TERM DATES

Term 4 - 7 Oct—18 Dec

2013~SCHOOL CLOSURE DAYS

Monday 4th November 2013

Friday 22nd November 2013

WATER EXPO

A reminder to all families that the children’s Water Expo is being held this Thursday 12th September from 6:30-7:30pm

The children are looking forward to showing you what they have learnt.

SOCIAL MEDIA for your INFORMATION

You may have noticed in the weekend papers there has been a reference to children using social media sites. The main site

the articles referred to was KIK. Last year we had student issues with this site. Please make sure you are aware of the sites

your children are using. Sometimes children just do not think it through, and let those they do not know into their online

conversations.

FOOTY COLOURS DAY

Next Friday 20th September the children will be walking down to Sandringham Football Ground for a Footy Colours Morning

full of fun activities. The children will eat their lunch at the oval and the return to school. If any parents are available to help us

out, we would be most grateful. The entire school will leave school at approximately 9:15am to walk to the oval and return

around 12pm. If you are available to help, please let your child’s classroom teacher know. (The more, the merrier).

See flyer in this newsletter.

Fr Frank will be leaving during the holidays for his annual overseas sabbatical in Europe. We hope he has a restful,

rewarding trip and we look forward to his safe return in November.

On behalf of Fr. Frank and the staff of Sacred Heart Parish School, I wish you all a safe and relaxing holiday and

look forward to seeing everyone in Term 4. (Monday 7th October)

Kind regards,

Erin Macdonald

Principal

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NEWS FROM THE CLASSROOMS

FOUNDATION H & P G’day and Kia ora from the Preps!

Don’t forget our whole school Expo tomorrow night,

Thursday the 12th from 6.30pm until 7.30pm. Come

and hear your children share their great knowledge

about Weather, Water, Floods and Droughts. Visit the

prep classrooms and ask searching questions. Look at

the children’s amazing work and be informed. We look

forward to seeing you and hearing your comments.

There is only a week and a half until the end of term.

The children and the teachers are all looking forward to

a well earned holiday. Please continue to play games

with and encourage your children to learn the high

frequency words in their diaries or from their word lists.

Please return all library books as soon as possible as

there will be a stocktake in the library. We ask that

children return all take home books by next Wednesday

too.

Thank you to all our parent helpers this term. You are

wonderful and much appreciated.

We wish you a wonderful and restful holiday and look

forward to seeing you back in term four.

Regards,

Libby, Suzie and Louise

YEAR 1/2 Hi Everyone, The end of Term is fast approaching, it is difficult to believe how quickly it has gone by. We’d like to acknowledge the children in year 1 and 2 for all the hard work they have put in this term. We are very proud of their efforts and it is evident that they learnt and progressed a great deal. The 1/2s did a fantastic job performing the ‘Water Cycle Song’ at Assembly on Friday afternoon. The rest of the school greatly enjoyed the performance. Thank you to all those parents who attended.

This Thursday night is the Sacred Heart Water Expo, the children have been working hard on our Inquiry throughout the Term and they are looking forward to showcasing some of their work tomorrow evening. Cheers and Go Cats, Miss Brodie, Mr Carmody and Miss Wilson.

YEAR 3/4 What a fabulous term we have had and hasn’t it flown. It is sad and scary to think we only have one more term with this set of adorable students. Yesterday we went to Mass as a level. It was lovely to be able to share fully in the Mass with all our children and to watch as they received the Eucharist again. The respectful and reverent way they presented themselves was a joy to behold. We look forward to the culmination of our Inquiry topic with our Expo tomorrow night. The children have been working hard to complete their tasks and prepare themselves to amaze you with what they have been discovering. In our Maths workshops we have been covering the topic of Money and have been problem solving and calculating change. This has involved lots of revision with place value and number facts and is highlighting the importance of knowing multiplication tables. As part of our fortnightly Homework Grid it is expected that the children have been learning and revising their multiplication tables and division facts as part of their

homework routine. Problem solving is a life skill and being confident with number facts will greatly assist them, now and in the future. In Literacy, we have continued with writing both factual information for our Inquiry work and writing Narratives to create a storybook about either a flood or a drought experience. We have been honing our comprehension skills when reading information about drought and floods. Our focus has been on the strategies of finding the main idea, identifying facts and details and drawing conclusions and making inferences. These are all important strategies when reading and understanding information. We all hope you have a peaceful holiday with your gorgeous children. …and for those of us with a team still in the finals… GO Hawks (from Rob and Jo) and Go Cats (from Janet)

NEWS FROM THE CLASSROOMS

YEAR 5/6

Another two weeks has past, and the end of term 3 is in sight. This has kept us very busy indeed! The 5/6s have been working hard on the various water projects. Some have been doing experiments, some have made movies and others have even written a song about water! These will all be on display during the water expo night tomorrow night. With two weeks of inter school sports being cancelled we have nothing to report there, however we are all hoping it is on this Friday as it our last inter school sport for the year. In English we have been looking at non fiction writing and have begun our own writing pieces this week. In mathematics we are still finishing off our measurement unit specifically looking at volume and capacity.

We have also spent this term working on a stand alone space unit. This has been very interesting and we are currently working on our planet projects as well. We are all looking forward to the holidays; along with a well deserved rest! Jayne McKay, Catherine Newington and Jonathan Bence

Christmas Production 2013

It’s nearly that time of year again!

The annual Christmas performance will be held on Friday 13th December this year,

however it can’t run without its performers.

Any students that are interested in trying out for the Christmas performance are welcome

to audition on the following dates in the second week of Term 4:

Prep & Year 1/2 - Monday 14th October

Year 3/4 – Tuesday 15th October

Year 5/6 – Wednesday 16th October

Students will not require any pre-rehearsed material. The audition requires that they

read from a script that is given on the day (younger year levels will have older students

helping them).

Students will be noted on their confidence, projection of voice as well as their behaviour

and effort within Performing Arts classes throughout the year.

In previous years we have had many students within the school auditioning for a limited

amount of spots. Parents are encouraged to communicate with their children that not

every student that auditions will get an acting role but that they should still try their

best and feel proud that they gave it a go regardless.

Every student gets to sing alongside their class within the performance.

If you have any questions then please contact me at:

tthiessens@shsandringham.catholic.edu.au

Trent Thiessens

Performing Arts Teacher

Parish News: Mass times at Sacred Heart Parish are as follows:

Sunday Mass 9.00am and 11.00am

Monday Mass 5.00pm in Convent

Tuesday Mass 9.30am

Wednesday Mass 9.30am

Thursday Mass 9.30am

Friday Communion Service 9.30am

Saturday Vigil Mass 6.00pm

Sacred Heart Parish

13 Fernhill Road North,

Sandringham 3191

PH: 9598 1511

Parish Priest: Fr Frank O’Loughlin

Parish Secretary: Mary Norton

Planned Giving: Adrian Power

Sacred Heart Parish has a website: www.sandringhamcatholic.org.au

Hi Everyone,

The Bunnings Sausage Sizzle is fast approaching on Saturday 21st September.

Thanks to those who have already volunteered but we need at least another 14-16 people to help out before it can go ahead.

At this stage, I don’t have enough people to do it and I don’t want to have to cancel the event as we wouldn’t then be given the oppor-

tunity in the future.

Last year we raise almost $2500 for the school and it was a lot of fun.

I need volunteers as below:

Please contact me as soon as you can on ctolb@tpg.com.au to let me know if you can help out.

Thanks,

Regards,

Chris

Slot # Time No. of people required

1 8am to 9.30am 2

2 9.30am to 11am 2

3 11am to 12.30pm 1

4 12.30pm to 2 pm 5

5 2pm to 3.30pm 3

6 3.30pm to 5pm 2

Term 3 Fees are

NOW OVERDUE.

Please pay amount

due as soon as

possible. Much

appreciated.

Thanks to families

who are up to date.

FAMILY NAME:_________________________ ELDEST CHILD CLASS:_____________ BEING PAYMENT FOR:______________________________________________________ (IE: TERM 2 FEES) (NB: THIS FORM IS ONLY TO BE USED FOR SCHOOL FEES. PARENT’S ASSOCIATION PAYMENTS MUST BE MADE SEPARATELY. THIS CAN BE LEFT AT THE OFFICE IN A CLEARLY LABELED ENVELOPE TO BE PASSED ON.)

AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE

FOR FEE PAYMENTS ONLY

* These amounts are due by the end of week two in each term (DATES LISTED BELOW):

Term 1 Term 1 –– 15th February 201315th February 2013

Term 2 Term 2 –– 26th April 201326th April 2013

Term 3 Term 3 –– 26th July 201326th July 2013

Term 4 Term 4 –– 18th October 201318th October 2013

SACRED HEART SCHOOL DIRECT DEPOSIT

ACCOUNT NAME:

Sacred Heart Sand. General School Acc.-2154#2100

BANK: CDF via NATIONAL AUST BANK

BSB: 083-347 ACCOUNT NO: 646750863

Please include your family name and eldest

child’s class as reference for us.

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS!

The uniform shop will be open every second TUESDAY,

the same week as the Newsletter.

Opening hours: 3-4pm

Order forms available online and can be left at the office.

Second hand uniforms available.

Contact:

Petra Whitson 0412 168 905 petrawhitson@aapt.net.au

Sharon Pryor 0423 027 395 pryor.sharon@gmail.com

Option 2Option 2

Quarterly cash or cheque or direct Quarterly cash or cheque or direct

deposit payment:deposit payment:

Including Building FeeIncluding Building Fee Excluding Building FeeExcluding Building Fee

i.e. Paid through Church Planned Giving

One ChildOne Child $719 per Term$719 per Term $531.50 per Term$531.50 per Term

Two ChildrenTwo Children $807 per Term$807 per Term $619.50 per term$619.50 per term

Three ChildrenThree Children $895 per Term$895 per Term $707.50 per Term$707.50 per Term

ADMINISTRIVIA "It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when

you're tired; you quit when the gorilla is tired."

Robert Strauss

Any child who arrives after the 9am bell

must be signed in at the office by a

parent or carer. Please call the office

if your child is going to be late, or away

for the day. We will call parents if we

haven't received explanation by 9:30am.

If you are paying your fees by the term,

please note the dates below that

payments fall due. We do not issue

statements in order to cut down on paper

use and administration time. You can,

however, request a statement at any

time during the year.

If you have something to drop in at the

office for your child, please ensure it is

labelled clearly with their name and

class. It will be passed on at the next

break time. We do not interrupt class

time.

Any payments sent to the office must be

in clearly labelled envelopes. Please DO

NOT send cash fee payments with your

child—amounts are too large and we

cannot be held responsible should it go

missing. Cash payments not accepted

after 12 midday on Fridays.

Payments for the P&F (i.e. for functions

or uniform shop) must be kept separate

from school payments. Please ensure

P&F items are addressed separately in

envelopes to school items and are clearly

labelled; this will help with passing on to

relevant people.

Remember, if unsure of anything at all in

relation to administration matters at

school, don't hesitate to ring the office

and we will be more than happy to assist

you with any problems.

The office is open between 8:45am and

3:45pm Monday –Friday.

Quote for the fortnight:

Father’s Day Gift Certificates – It’s not too late to

join in the fun!

After the success of our first ‘Sporty Dad’ & ‘Arty

Dad’ last Saturday, we have received a number of

requests asking if kids and dads can still be part of

the fun.

‘Of course’ is the answer!

For those who have not signed up and would like to

bring their Dad or special person along to one of our

fabulous events we still have limited places on the

following days:

‘Dance Dad’ – Saturday 14th September 2 –

2.45pm (Let the lovely and very talented Troy &

Michelle teach you some ‘strictly ballroom’ magic)

‘Sporty Dad’ – Saturday 5th October 10 –

10.45am (No place to hide in this workout – just ask

our first group of Sporty Dad’s & kids!)

‘Arty Dad’ – Saturday 5th October 11 –

11.45am (Pete had our participants drawing like

pro’s by the end of the first session – lots of hidden

talents uncovered!)

‘Sporty Dad’- Saturday 5th October 4 –

4.45pm (Last chance training for our Dad’s and

kids!)

(NB. For those who have already participated in an

event and would like sign up again please do so).

One of the best parts about these Father’s Day Gift

Vouchers is it only cost $5 (per event /per child) to

entertain Dad for an hour – that’s a bargain!

So - to join in the fun please return an envelope

containing $5 to the Office by no later than Fri-

day the 13th September 3pm.

Please clearly mark on the front of the envelope:

FD Event/ Child’s Name/ Class/ Activity/ Date/

Time

Any queries, please contact

Beck Melville 0419 873 624

Don’t forget our school app now has

Parent e-forms

You can send an absentee notification or

change of details via e-forms

Please ensure you have your notifications

switched on, so that you don’t miss any

important notifications

The app is available both for Apple and

Android devices

Download from:

Extend After School Care at Sacred Heart Primary School Kids Club Competition The winners have been announced! Thank you for all the amazing entries we received for our annual Kids Club Compe-tition! The votes have been tallied and the winners have been announced. Please visit the Kids Club competition page on our website to see who won. Congratulations to the two winners and we hope you enjoy your prizes! ONLINE BOOKINGS: extend.com.au CALL OUR OFFICE: 1300 366 437