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Educating for Life

‘Thinking to Learn

Learning to Think’

SACRED HEART PRIMARY SCHOOL

Issue No 6 NEWSLETTER 11th May 2017

Principal – Mr Brian Martin 2 Mora Avenue Oakleigh 3166

Telephone 8574 4500 Fax 8574 4555

Camp Australia OSHC 0401188896 Parish Priest – Fr John Magri - Ph. 9568 1206

Email: principal@shoaklegh.catholic.edu.au Website: www.shoakleigh.catholic.edu.au Email: office@shoakleigh.catholic.edu.au

Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace Our Lord is with thee Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death

Amen.

A Beautiful Blessing

Motherhood is a beautiful blessing and it certainly has its challenges. Whether a woman is a mother of one or seven, an adoptive mother, a foster mother, a single mother, a godmother, an aspiring mother, or a spiritual mother, she is not alone in her journey. Mary is the perfect role model for mothers, no matter where life's circumstances direct. Mary is a refuge and advocate, she teaches about faith and being open to God’s divine plan.

Mary demonstrated her courage and faith in God when she opened herself to God’s will. Hers was an unconventional pregnancy that had severe consequences in her life, and yet she accepted it with an open heart. To become a mother, Mary had to give up everything she had known and had to enter into a new world. Mary could have very easily refused God’s request to be the mother of Christ, but she took it on. There is a natural worry that comes with the huge responsibility that is motherhood. There is a fear of the unknown, a doubt to be ‘ready’. Accepting God’s will when it is not in the plan is very difficult. Like Mary, we all must remember that God has a plan and we need to trust in that plan and in Him.

We can all think of times that mothers make sacrifices for their children. Maybe a weekend coffee session to take the children to sport. Or taking on a new job to pay for school fees, uniforms or the mortgage. We all have our hopes and dreams for our children, siblings, nieces, nephews, godchildren and grandchildren. It is certainly necessary for us to be supportive and loving yet set limits for our children. There are also times when we have to allow them the opportunity to grow into their own person and establish their own relationships. Mary highlights how hard motherhood can be. There comes a point the children need to think for themselves and make their own decisions. We can assume that Mary had at least a small personal desire to have her son just be a normal carpenter and not have to suffer and give up his life for us. However, she had the courage to put him and others before her own desires. When his time came, she moved out of the way and let Jesus go to work in his public ministry. Mary teaches us to be loving and compassionate, but also gives us an example of how to detach out of love. Similarly, each mother must strike a balance between protecting their child from the world, and encouraging them to find a place where they can use their gifts to enrich it.

Mary really highlights how hard motherhood can be. She saw her own son put to death. As a mother, Mary had to watch her own son go through horrific pain, unable to help him. The most difficult yet essential lesson that Mary teaches us is her willingness to accept suffering and still remain faithful. Even trusting that Jesus’ death was part of God’s plan, it must have been so difficult. In this time of confusion and grief, she relied on her family and friends –– Joseph, Mary Magdalene and the disciples. When we suffer such immense pain in our lives, we may be tempted to isolate ourselves, but we must remember to turn to our loved ones and let them help us deal with our pain.

In this month of May, let us reflect on the life of Mary and her significant role in being the Mother of Jesus. Let us think of our own mothers and the part that they have played in our lives, particularly around Mother's’ Day. May we thank God for our mothers, and if they are still with us, perhaps we can also thank them for the part they have played in our own lives.

Regards Brian

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Community Calendar 2017

Sun 14 May 2017

Mother's Day

Mon 15 May 2017

Cross country training

2:30pm – 3:00pm Assembly Reconciliation

Tue 16 May 2017

9:15am - 10:15am School Tours

School Banking

Thu 18 May 2017

District Cross Country Norton’s Park, Wantirna

South VIC 3152, Australia

Sat 20 May 2017

7pm - 11pm PA Trivia Night

Tue 23 May 2017

School Banking

Fri 26 May 2017

Newsletter Released

PA Disco

2:30pm – 3:20pm 2nd Hand Uniform Shop

Mon 29 May

2:30pm – 3:00pm Assembly 1/2JB

Tue 30 May

School Banking

3:00pm 3/4VS-Paraliturgy

7:15pm – 8:30pm PA meeting

Wed 31 May

Thu 1 Jun

9:15am – 10:15am School Tours

Fri 2 Jun

Sat 3 Jun

5:30pm – 6:30pm Confirmation

Commitment Mass SH

7:00pm – 8:00pm Confirmation

Commitment Mass HR

Tue 6 Jun

School Banking

Wed 7 Jun

7:00pm – 8:00pm Confirmation Parent

Information Night @ SH for SH / HR

Fri 9 Jun

School Closure Day

Newsletter Released

Mon 12 Jun

Queen's Birthday

Tue 13 Jun

PA Subway Lunch

School Banking

Wed 14 Jun

7:00pm – 8:00pm School Education Board

Mon 19 Jun

9:15am – 10:15am School Tours

2:30pm – 3:00pm Assembly 5/6BD

Tue 20 Jun

School Banking

Region Cross Country

Wed 21 Jun

Thu 22 Jun

F/JF-3:00pm Paraliturgy

Fri 23 Jun

Red Assessment out

Newsletter Released

Term overviews out

9:00am – 10:00am Sacred Heart Mass

2:30pm – 3:20pm 2nd Hand Uniform Shop

Open

Sat 24 Jun

Sun 25 Jun

Mon 26 Jun

2:30pm – 3:00pm Assembly 1/2KB

Tue 27 Jun

School Banking

Reports out

4:00pm – 6:00pm Creative Music Concert in

hall - hall

Wed 28 Jun

3:00pm F/SD-Paraliturgy

4:00pm – 6:00pm Creative Music Concert in

hall - hall

Thu 29 Jun

Fri 30 Jun

10:00am PA Sausage Sizzle

1:00pm Students finish

End Term

Please note – School Closure Day on Friday 9 June. Monday 13 June is Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday.

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Another helpful article regarding positive parenting from Michael Grose Parenting Ideas.

Wellbeing tips for primary school kids By Dr Jodi Richardson

It’s time for parents to have a clear understanding of

wellbeing and how we can support our kids to cultivate

their own.

Wellbeing – it’s a word we hear a lot these days. We

understand that it’s important for our kids; but it’s not

always clear exactly what it is, how we know if they’ve got it, and how we can help them to get more!

Put simply, our kids’ wellbeing is a combination of their physical, mental, emotional and social health. And

because a range of different elements contribute to their wellbeing, there are a bunch of activities we can

do with them, role model for them and teach them, to improve it.

Developing wellbeing is more than ensuring the absence of ill-health, it’s about taking action to adopt

thinking and behaviour patterns that researchers have shown to foster flourishing physical and mental

health.

Here are 5 practices that you can put into action to enhance your kids’ wellbeing:

1. Get them outside and moving

There’s so much we can do! Park further from school at drop off and pick up and increase their

daily exercise at the same time; stay a while after school to let the kids play; stop at the park on the

way home or head outside after bags are unpacked and have a bounce on the trampoline.

2. Create plenty of opportunities for your kids to foster positive connections with their friends,

family and of course with you!

Positive social relationships not only enhance kids’ wellbeing, but are key to their future wellbeing

as adults as well. Time spent with friends helps our kids to develop social skills including sharing,

compromise, listening and conflict resolution.

3. Keep screen time to a minimum

Kids love screens, but we’re the parents and we can work with our kids to create clear and

consistent limits. Kids aged 2-5 are recommended to have one hour of screen time per day and two

hours a day max for 5-12-year-olds.

4. Help your kids develop mindfulness skills

Mindfulness is about paying attention in the present moment, letting thoughts come and go

without getting caught up in them. Sounds easy, but like any skill it takes time and practice. It gives

kids’ overstimulated minds a rest! I highly recommend the Smiling Mind app for age appropriate

mindfulness meditations.

5. Last but not least – ensure your kids get ample sleep

Primary school kids need 10-12 hours per day. Often, what helps enormously is establishing clear and consistent routines including no screen time one hour before bed, a ‘wind-down’ routine which may include a bath/shower, being read a book and then quiet reading before lights out. Jenny Lefèbvre Student Wellbeing Team.

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The social event of the year is upon us!

Book your babysitter so you can be part of this fabulous event.

SACRED HEART PRIMARY SCHOOL

Saturday 20th May 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start

The Hall at Sacred Heart Primary School

2 Mora Avenue, Oakleigh

TABLES

Get together a group of friends from school, family, neighbours or workmates

and organise a table of 6-8 people.

If you’re unable to make a full table – don’t panic! Order your tickets and we’ll

happily find you a table.

COST& PAYMENT

Tickets are $10 per person. Please complete the accompanying form and

return with payment to the school ASAP.

WHAT TO BRING

Your thinking caps, drinks, glasses and nibbles.

Gold coins.

There will be fun games, giveaways and special performances on the night!

Coffee & tea will be provided.

HAVE A QUESTION?

Please contact Jenny Matthews on 0414 925 763 or Gavin Kenny on 0437 222 758 if you

have any questions about the night.

WANT TO HELP?

We will need some help setting up and packing up on the day/evening of the

trivia night.

Please contact Jenny or Gavin if you can contribute some of your time.

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We are also looking for a Quiz Master/M.C. for the night. If you think you

have what it takes to do this job, please contact Jenny or Gavin (you won't

need to do any preparation in advance).

Given alcohol will be present, this is an adults only event (BYO alcohol).

SACRED HEART PRIMARY SCHOOL TRIVIA NIGHT

TICKET ORDERING& PAYMENT FORM

Form and payment to be returned to the school office CONTACT NAME FOR BOOKING:

PHONE:

NUMBER OF TICKETS BEING PURCHASED:

TOTAL MONEY ENCLOSED (tickets at $10 p/p):

Please tick if you’d like us to allocate you a table:

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2 min Parking Area - Zone 1

Drivers are not to leave their cars unattended and must

move forward in line to let others in behind. Drivers

should drive around the block if 2 minutes has expired to

allow others waiting in line to use it.

Don’t hog parking zones. Move Up!

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Dear Parents and Carers,

The Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) has been held annually since 1978. Your child is invited to enter this internationally recognised competition. One of the largest annual events on the Australian education calendar, the AMC was the first competition of its kind in Australia and is now one of the largest of its type in the world. More than 30 countries participate each year.

The competition aims to be accessible to all students from Years 3 to 12, not just the mathematically gifted. There is an emphasis on problem solving, a valuable life skill, and the questions are designed to be fun for the student.

Once again we are registering the school for this competition. For further information go to the Australian Mathematics Trust website: http://www.amt.edu.au/mathematics/amc/ . All students in Years 3-6 are welcome to enter. The competition is scheduled for Thursday 27th July. Students will be supervised at school when they participate in the competition.

As well as the $6.50 entry cost, AMT has an optional online preparatory course for the competition called GetSetAMC. This problem-solving course has an additional cost of $2 for individual students if enrolled through the school. Once enrolled, students will be allocated an Access Code which can be used to access GetSetAMC. Details of this course are available on the AMT website: https://amt.edfinity.com/products/586a626f37f8130004170a09

To enter students in Australian Mathematics Competition complete this form and return to school with CORRECT money by Friday 5th May.

Moira Luzan

Student Class $6.50 entry Optional $2 GetSetAMC

Total amount of money enclosed $

By entering my child/ren in AMC I realise that my child/ren may be withdrawn from regular classes, or part of recess time, to participate in the competition. Parent’s signature -------------------------------------------------------

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Hi there, Sacred Heart families!

I’m Caitlin, the coordinator of your Out of School Hours Care program, and I’m reporting from the OSHC

Area to let you know a bit about what we have been up to in Before and After School Care!

Firstly, I am so thrilled to announce our brand new 2017 OSHC Leaders! Drumroll please…

… Alessandra, Liana and Annie are our new outstanding OSHC Captains!!! Polly and Ryan are our

exceptional Environment Leaders, Rohaan and Sebastian are our super skilled Sports Leaders and Ava

and Ruby are our creative, cool Arts/Craft/Cooking Leaders! We are so excited to be able to provide all

of these children with opportunities to practice their leadership skills at OSHC, and have special

leadership responsibilities here.

We have spent the past couple of weeks doing all kinds of amazing activities – we created a brand new

2017 hand print banner for the OSHC Room, complete with over 50 handprints, and even handprints

from parents and siblings of children who attend! While we completed our hand print banner, we

focussed on growth mindsets, and how we can change our thinking from negative (“I can’t do this…”,

“I’m terrible at this….”) to positive (“Mistakes are lessons…”, “I can always try again…”). We have been

so pleased to see so many children rethink the way they view situations, and watch everyone giving

things a go – even if they don’t succeed the first time they try something!

We LOVE science at OSHC, and have been experimenting with all things science – slime, putty,

explosive soda, colour changing milk and even layered liquid rainbow jars – wooowwwwwwww! We

have also been planting new plants (strawberries, sunflowers, mint, basil and parsley) for a small OSHC

Garden, and in the meantime, learning about being environmentally friendly, and kind to our planet.

We have made an OSHC vow to save more paper, water, electricity and food – we will keep you posted

on how we go!

Please don’t forget to book if you are wanting to use the OSHC service – this can be done through the

Parent Portal (www.campaustralia.com.au) OR for last minute bookings, please call me on 0401 188

896.

Remember, if your child has medical needs (e.g. allergies, asthma, anaphylaxis), you will need to supply

us with their Action Plan, medication and any other relevant documents BEFORE they attend OSHC!

We prioritise your child’s safety and wellbeing over everything else.

Thanks so much to everyone for reading, and we hope to see you around in the OSHC Area sometime

soon!

Caitlin and the Camp Australia Team

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WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND

Invest in your most precious asset......Your Marriage!

Forget life’s tensions and interruptions and rekindle the closeness, intimacy, love and romance

that brought you together. Recharge your relationship batteries and explore the precious nature

of your marriage, allowing you both to share your feelings, hopes and dreams with each other in

ways that normal, daily living tends to inhibit.

There is no group sharing. Couples and a priest present the weekend. It is based around Catholic

values but couples of all faiths are welcome.

Melbourne weekend dates: 17-19 June, 19-21 Aug, 11-13 Nov

Starts 7pm on Friday. Ends 5pm Sunday. Accommodation and all meals provided.

Information/Bookings:

PH: Marianne & Marcel (03) 9733 0997

Email: vicbookings@wwme.org.au

Website: www.wwme.org.au

Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) 2017 Programs and Application Guide

Everything you need to know about AYO's 2017 programs and how to apply.

https://issuu.com/austyouthorch/docs/ayo041_2017_program_low-res_spreads

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