SACRED HEART NEWSLETTER Phone: 6743 4656 Fax: 6743 4250 Email: [email protected] ​
[email protected] Website: www.sacredheartboggabri.org.au Week 7 Term 1 7th March 2016 Dear Parents/Carers Wow! I can’t believe that we have past the halfway point of the term already as it only seemed like yesterday I was writing the first newsletter for the school year. The next two weeks are going to be very busy indeed as there is definitely a lot happening at Sacred Heart. To celebrate ‘Catholic Schools Week’, we are having our 1st House/Grandparents Day on ​
Thursday 10th March​
. There will be a lot of activities happening and it will be interesting to see if the Cox house can get their revenge on Namoi in a series of scientific challenges. I gave the students a preview on what some of the activities will be like and they are very excited indeed. Also on ​
Wednesday 9th March​
, I will be going to Armidale along with our school leaders Bailey and Fergus to represent our school at the Dioceses celebration of Catholic School Week commencing with Eucharist at the cathedral and then followed by the Spirit of Catholic Education Awards. Also our Schoolbag App is available for parents who have an android phone. The app for itunes will be available in the upcoming week. As soon as both apps are available I will send home a note outlining how our Schoolbag App works. I am looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday. Dallas Hyatt live as that word commanded. Do you remember the story about Noah and his ark? In that story the rain fell for 40 days and nights. Maybe that the author meant that God kept Noah and his family away from their ‘Promised Land’ until they were ready to live by God’s word and live by it. Jesus spent 40 days and nights in the desert before he began his preaching. Maybe God was giving him the chance to become strong before his work began. Has God been making us stronger during Lent? Our forty days are not over yet, so it is not too late to make a fresh start. Happy Birthday to Claire Watt and Himaja Yerrapureddy who celebrate their birthday next week. We hope you both have a great day! SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
Don’t forget our School Assemblies will be held every Friday afternoon at 2:30pm commencing next week. Everyone welcome to come along and listen to what has been happening and what will be happening at Sacred Heart and to congratulate Award Winners for their efforts in class. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
Has Lent seemed too long? We just have passed CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING halfway through the 40 days of Lent, and that is AWARD WINNERS WEEK 5 & 6 good news? This means we are halfway to Easter. Students Of The Week We count the 40 days from the First Sunday of for Attitude, Values and Study Habits Lent through to Holy Thursday. AQUA Hunter Rigelsford & Tori Whelan The number ‘40’ appears in the Bible many times. ORANGE The most important ‘40’ is the 40 years that the Andrew Valks & Sienna Woods Hebrew people lived in the desert after their lives in PRINCIPAL’S AWARD slavery in Egypt and before they moved to the Promised Land. That certainly was a long time, but Molly Rees when they thought about it later, they decided that f​
or doing a fantastic job helping the God had kept them in the desert for as long as it transition students. took to make them ready to hear God’s word and to PARISH NEWS
STREET STALL The Sacred Heart Parish will be having their annual street stall on the 23rd March. If you are able to donate any unwanted food for their hamper or bring a cake or slice to sell on the day, it would be greatly appreciated. BULB DRIVE The parish are holding a Bulb Drive again this year. Order forms have been sent home today with this newsletter. Orders are due by Friday 1st April. Garden Express will not accept personal cheques as payment. If you are paying by cheque, could you please make payable to SACRED HEART PARISH. Thank you. St Joseph‛s
Feast Day ~
Saint Joseph’s Day celebrates​
the life of the foster father of Jesus Christ and this year is ​
celebrated on ​
Saturday 19th March. This particular day will also be a celebration world­wide marking the 150th anniversary, or sesquicentenary, of the founding of the Sisters of St Joseph in Penola, South Australia. A special mass will be held at St Patrick's Church, West Tamworth. ​
Congratulations to Sr. Maria for continuing to be part of the Sister’s of St. Joseph and we hope she enjoys the sesquicentennial celebrations. PTF NEWS
Fundraising for Drover’s Campfire A note was sent home last week regarding the PTF’s activities over the Drover’s Campfire Week ~ 20th April ­ 25th April 2016. The PTF are holding a ‘Vintage Wedding Fashion Parade’ on Thursday 21st April and catering for Afternoon Tea on Sunday 24th April. As this is the last weekend of the school holidays, we need notes to be returned to school before Wednesday 23rd March (next PTF Meeting)​
so that final arrangements can be made before the end of term. ​
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SELL TICKETS DOWN THE STREET ANYTIME, PLEASE CONTACT ROBYN AT THE OFFICE NOW TO COLLECT TICKETS / POSTER / DREAMPOT. Easy Peasy! Ms Traynor sat down the street from 8:30am ­ 12pm on Saturday and sold $107 worth of tickets! It would be appreciated if ​
every family​
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could contribute in some way so that it is not just left to the same people all the time. I appreciate that people are busy but as the saying goes ‘many hands, make light work’. We don’t have the RSL Meat Raffles to rely on this year and we still need to pay our set bills. We still need helpers to sell raffle tickets down the street. A couple of hours in the morning is all that is asked. If you are able to help let Robyn know at the office. Your help in the matter is greatly appreciated!
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
WEEK
HOUSE/GRANDPARENT‛S DAY ~
THURSDAY 10TH MARCH Don’t forget our 1st House/Grandparent’s Day on Thursday. It starts at 9:30am and parents are invited to bring along grandparents or anyone interested community member. Bring a picnic rug for ‘lunch on the green’. GOOGLE ROAD TRIP On ​
Wednesday 9th March​
, Mrs Howarth, Mrs Goddard and Mrs Kelly will be participating at a Google Workshop at the school. This workshop is designed to train teachers on how to use the chromebooks productively in the classroom. Mrs Jenny Darley will teaching K­6 on that day. SPORT
CROSS COUNTRY Remember that this Friday will be the last day that the children will be doing aquatics for sport. The major focus for sport for the rest of the term will be on preparing for our School Cross Country. More information regarding dates and times for the cross country will be in the next newsletter. SOCCER Thank you to the 9 children who have nominated to play soccer for the school in the local Gunnedah competition. I will let know you what direction we will be taking as soon as I find out. But training will definitely be on every Wednesday at the school from 3.20pm­4.20pm. If you are interested and still haven’t returned your note, can you please contact Mr Hyatt. 2017 KINDER TRANSITION
PROGRAM From all reports the children who are participating in our Kindergarten Transition Program are having a great time and from I have seen some of them don’t want to go home! We still have some vacancies available, so spread the word around. CANTEEN ROSTER
11th March ~ Kiara Woods/Fran Jackson 18th March ~ Jodie Rigelsford WINTER UNIFORM ORDERS Please check your winter uniforms for the start of Term 2. Ms Traynor will be placing an order at the end of next week, no late orders can be accepted. If you wish to order Girl’s Winter Tunic/Tie, you can do so from Grace’s Uniforms, Coonabarabran on 6842 1670 or from stores in Tamworth. Yellow Long Sleeve Shirts are available from the Office along with Tracksuit tops (pants need to be ordered). MARCH Sun 6th ~ Sat 12th ­ Catholic Schools Week Wed 9th ­ ​
Mass @ 9:15am / Google Road Trip for Staff / Mr Hyatt and leader in Armidale Thurs 10th ­ ​
Grandparents/House Day ­ MS TRAYNOR ~ LONG SERVICE
9:30am start LEAVE
Wed 16th ­ ​
Mass @ 9:15am Ms Traynor is taking Long Service Leave from Thurs 17th ­ St Patrick’s Day Monday 21st March ~ Friday 8th April.​
During Sat 19th ­ St Joseph’s Feast Day ~ Sisters of this time Leah Rees will be taking over her duties St Joseph Sesquicentenary for the 3 week period. Sun 20th ­ Palm Sunday Mon 21st ~ Fri 8th April​
­ Ms Traynor on HOUSEKEEPING REMINDERS
LSL LATE ARRIVALS Wed 23rd ­ ​
Mass @ 9:15am / PTF Meeting @ If your child arrives at school after 8:50am or late 1:45pm bus children after 9:00am, you​
MUST​
sign your child in the Late Arrivals book. If you don’t your Thurs 24th ­ HOLY THURSDAY child will be marked absent for the whole day. Fri 25th ­ GOOD FRIDAY (Public Holiday) NOTES DUE Sun 27th ­ EASTER SUNDAY It is very important that notes are returned by the Mon 28th ­ EASTER MONDAY (Public due date. This date is requested for a reason and Holiday) only makes it difficult for the secretary to do her job properly. APRIL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Fri 8th ­ LAST DAY OF TERM 1 As the school is currently in the processing of Tues 19th ­ ​
Set up for ‘Vintage Wedding obtaining books for the library, we are running Fashion Parade’ ­ Showground behind schedule in making these available to our Thurs 21st ­ ​
PTF ‘Vintage Wedding Fashion students to borrow. If you have any spare time and Parade’ @ 3pm (Showground) can help out by covering the new books, can you let Sun 24th ­ ​
PTF Afternoon Tea @ 2:00pm Mr Hyatt or Ms Traynor know. (‘Bungalow’, Boggabri) Monday 25th ­ ANZAC DAY NOTES DUE:
● Bookclub Orders ­ Wed 16th March TUESDAY 26TH ­ TERM 2 ~ SCHOOL ● Drover’s Campfire PTF Activities ­ RESUMES Wed 23rd March BOOKCLUB
Bookclub brochures were given out to students with this newsletter. If you would like your child to purchase from these brochures there are two options: 1. Go online and order through the LOOP at www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP​
, follow the steps. Boggabri Girl Guides Tuesday afternoons Ages 5‐9 – 3.30 to 4.30pm Ages 10‐14 – 4.45 to 6pm For more information please contact Stephanie Hancock on 0402 539 031. 2. Return to the school by cash or cheque (please make cheques payable to Sacred Heart School ~ NOT Scholastic as stated in the brochure) ORDERS ARE DUE ~ Wednesday 16th March HOLY THURSDAY ​
~ 6PM GOOD FRIDAY​
~ 3PM VIGIL SATURDAY ​
~ 6PM