Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope

As Pilgrims of hope, builders of peace:

You have called us to be Christ's body in this world,

and bring Good News to all who are longing for the Kingdom.

In this Year of Jubilee,

give us courage to walk as pilgrims of hope and people of peace.

Through Christ who is The Way

Amen

Good afternoon Sacred Heart School families and welcome to 2025. Despite the sweltering start to the term, our students have hit the ground running building relationships with their new teachers and classmates, and familiarising themselves with their classroom and learning environment. We welcome a number of new families to our community and embrace the new friendship opportunities that the diversity of relationships bring.

Opening School Year Mass and Leadership Badges

Yesterday, we gathered in our Sacred Heart Parish Church as a whole school to celebrate Mass. As a Catholic community, the celebration of the Eucharist at Mass is a core part of our faith and identity, and Fr Stephen implored our students to have a heart like Jesus' Sacred Heart. He also quoted the late Pope Benedict who said: "The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort, you were made for greatness" and this powerful message was passed on to our Year 6 Leaders as they received their blessed Ministry Badges for 2025. The original Greek meaning of the word ministry is 'to serve' and we hope our year 6 leaders courageously take up their leadership roles this year with authenticity and selflessness.

Parking

Thank you for your patience and understanding with our school parking. Having met with Fr Stephen, he has offered the vacant block next to the Parish Church as another parking option for our families. This adds to the front of the ECE building, the bottom car park, Kiss and Drop (no parking), and the southern end of Sculpture Park. A reminder that we are reserving the upper basketball court for our Pre-K, Kindergarten, Pre-Primary, and Playgroup families to safely enter the school grounds. For large school events, such as the EduDance Concert etc, the lower oval will be opened as a further parking option. In all situations, please drive and park safely and legally, considering the safety of our students and broader community members.

Parent Information Night

Hopefully, you were able to attend our Parent Information Evening earlier this week, meet your child's class teacher and receive an overview of the year ahead. Your child's teacher is your 'port-of-call' for any academic, social, pastoral or general matters. They will know your child best and have further insight into the context, events and relationship dynamics within the classroom. For complex matters, email is not a preferred form of communication, but rather a phone call or face-to-face meeting.

Code of Conduct

Please see attached below the Sacred Heart School Code of Conduct. This applies to all members of school community: students, staff, and parents/guardians. It outlines the expected behaviour and standards of all community members and ensures the safety and wellbeing of all students within our care.

Lastly, a special congratulations to Emery (Yr 5) and Leif (PP) who welcomed baby Maia over the holidays.

Enjoy your weekend ahead and God bless.

Mark Tenney

Principal

Sacred Heart School, Mundaring

Friday 14 February:

P&F Meeting - 2pm in the Library

Wednesday 19 February:

Assembly - (No Performance)

Friday 21 February:

P&F Welcome Sundowner - 4.30pm on the school oval

Monday 24 February:

Constable Care Incursion

Wednesday 26 February:

Parish Mass - Years 5 & 6, 9am in Church

Friday 28 February:

Faction Swimming Carnival - Years 1 to 6 only. St Brigids College, Lesmurdie

Monday 3 March:

PUBLIC HOLIDAY - Labour Day

Please note dates are subject to change to school events when due to unforeseen circumstances.

A special congratulations to our Year 6 Leaders who received their Ministry Badges in our whole-school Mass this week. We pray for their courageous and selfless leadership this year.

Welcome to all students and their families, whether returning or joining our Sacred Heart School Community for the first time. I look forward to being of service, support and help in my role as School Social Worker each Tuesday term time for 2025.

As a registered facilitator for Circle of Security - a series of workshops for parents and caregivers, I would like to offer the opportunity to you to attend these workshops here at Sacred Heart (subject to sufficient interested parents/caregivers).

At times all parents feel lost or without a clue about what our child might need from us. Imagine what it might feel like if you were able to make sense of what your child was really asking from you. The Circle of Security® Parenting™ program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.

Using the COSP™ model developed by the Circle of Security originators, can help parents and care-givers to:

· Understand their child’s emotional world by learning to read emotional needs

· Support their child’s ability to successfully manage emotions

· Enhance the development of their child's self esteem

· Honour the innate wisdom and desire for their child to be secure

Here is a link to find out more and the video (9 mins) is well worth watching as an introduction.

https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com/resources-for-parents/

PLEASE REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN ATTENDING CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENTING PROGRAMME BY EMAILING admin@sacredheartps.wa.edu.au WITH YOUR NAME, CONTACT NUMBER AND PREFERENCE FOR THE SERIES OF WORKSHOPS (WEEKLY) TO BE HELD MORNING, AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AND/OR EMAIL ME hilary.campos@cewa.edu.au FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Student Absences

If your child is going to be absent or late on a school day please email the school via

admin@sacredheartps.wa.edu.au prior to 9.00am. If the school has not been notified of absence or late arrival an SMS will be sent out at approximately 9:15am to follow up the unexplained absence.

Students with Medical Conditions

It is important that if your child has or has developed a medical condition that you update any changes that have occurred. Once you inform us, if there is more information that we need we will let you know.

Administration of Medication

A reminder that if we are required to give out medication, the relevant form must be completed at the office. We are not able to administer any medication without the form completed and signed by the parents or carers.

Student Late Arrival

It is necessary for parents to sign their child/ren in at the Office if they arrive late to school - after 8.50am. If your child/ren are going to be collected early parents/carers are required to come to the Office and sign them out.

In both cases, a green slip will be given to you for handing to the relevant teacher.

The Uniform Shop has been a hive of activity since the start of term!

Now that the busyness of uniform sales has slowed, a reminder the Uniform Shop is open for fittings and purchases on Thursdays only from 8.30am to 9.00am and from 2.45pm to 3.15pm.

Online purchases via QuickCliq can be made at any time. Orders will be filled and sent home with students. Please use the link below (after Canteen News). A log in will need to be set up if it is your first time ordering.

Our canteen operates each Wednesday pending volunteers.

PLEASE NOTE: For the ease of Canteen operations and our volunteers, Quickcliq is the preferred method for ordering recess and lunch. Please see instructions below to assist with set up and ordering online.

QuickCliq Online Canteen Ordering

Canteen orders can be placed using the link below. A log in will need to be set up if it is the first time ordering.

To place your order select MEAL ORDER, select your child and start ordering! Ordersclose at 9am on Wednesdays (Canteen day).

Canteen Helpers Needed Each Week

For the canteen to operate each week two volunteers are required.

We would love to see the Term1 roster filled for the rest of the term and into next term.

Hours: Wednesday’s – 9:00am to 1.30pm. Even if you can only spare an hour or two. This makes such a difference! Maybe able to help with a 9:00am to 11:30am or 11:00am to 1:30pm shift.

Issue 1 Book Club catalogues have been sent home with students. Orders will need to be placed by tomorrow, 14 February 2025.

Orders can be placed via LOOP (payment with credit card). Please visit: Scholastic.com.au/LOOP

or download the LOOP app.

Book Club Gift Function enables you to tag Book Club orders on LOOP that are intended as a surprise gift. Follow this link below: ‘How to use the Gift Function on Book Club LOOP’

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P&F Sundowner

We will be holding our annual Sundowner on Friday 21 February from 4.30pm to welcome all our families to the 2025 school year. Bring along a picnic basket, drinks and blanket.

P&F Meeting - Tomorrow! Friday 14 February 2pm in the library

All parents are welcome and encouraged to come along to be part of the planning of events for this year.

P&F 2025 Executive

President: Meegan Mirco

Vice-President: Adrian van der Muelen

Secretary: Jessica Morrison

Treasurer: Jacinta Tucker

If your child is interested in learning the guitar, piano or drums during school hours, please see the attachment below:

REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN, JOIN US FOR THE WINTER NETBALL SEASON 2025!

It's time to gear up for an exciting season of netball! The Winter Netball Season 2025 promises not only a thrilling sporting experience but also a chance to build lasting memories on and off the court.

To register for SET or GO (born 2015 – 2018)

https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/e33098

To register for JNR or SNR (born 2014 & earlier)

https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/5b25b6

We are also looking for someone to run the ‘Net’ programme, which is a skills-based programme for the younger children. This is run after school once per week. Please let us know if you are interested in running this programme.

Should you have any issues registering online, please reach out to Laurie or Angela at sacredheartsportsgroup@gmail.com

Registrations are now open online and will close at 6pm on Friday 7 March 2025.

Mass Times:

Saturday: 8:30am and 6:00pm (Vigil)

Sunday: 7:30am (Chidlow) and 9:30am (Mundaring)

Tuesday: 8:30am

Wednesday: 9:00am

Thursday: 8:30am

Friday: 8:30am

Reconciliation

Mundaring: Saturday 9.00am

Chidlow: First Wednesday of the Month: 12pm to 1pm

Parish Priest: Fr Stephen Gorddard

Telephone: 0431908630

Email: mundaring@perthcatholic.org.au

Pastoral Care Coordinator: Deacon Paul Reid (0455 818 718)