Sacred Heart School 40 Ovens Rd, THORNLIE 6108 Phone: 9251 3000 Fax: 9251 3090 Email: admin@shthorn.wa.edu.au Website: www.shthorn.wa.edu.au

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18 October 2017

Dear Parents, Children and Friends

Happy, calm children learn best

All parents want the best for their children. We want happy, healthy and successful children who grow up managing their lives meaningfully in this busy and chaotic world. One of the best ways to do this is to create calm lives for our children. Stress is one of the biggest fac-tors for physical and mental issues.

Canadian psychology and philosophy professor, Dr Stuart Shanker, writes about the key factor of children’s learning capacity being their ability to self-regulate their emotions and behaviour. He says that being treated with kindness and fairness will give children the best opportunity to learn this vital skill.

Dr Shanker also writes about the importance of children’s energy levels in them being able to cope with day to day experiences and challenges. Experiences that sap their energy include over-scheduled lives, overstimulation, poor sleep patterns, too much TV/screen time, low quality food, lack of predictable routines and boundaries, abuse, shouting, shaming and unre-alistic expectations.

Children need to be in a relaxed, calm and focussed mind space in order to play and learn. If a child is struggling with anxiety, stress or feeling disconnected, they have less energy to learn, think and be happy.

So, what helps build self-regulation?

Music

Drama

Art

Nature

Sport

Positive and safe affection

Deep loving relationships

What doesn’t build self-regulation?

Too much TV or screen time

Not enough human connection

Stress and threat

Calmness is a skill that can be learned early in life. Parents are great teachers and role mod-els in creating calmness and stillness in daily life.

Class Placements 2018

During the next few weeks 2018 classroom lists will be compiled. Placement for students re-sult from a range of information gathered from the current year by classroom and support teachers together with an awareness of students’ learning styles, academic achievement, so-cial/emotional development, peer interactions and gender. This incorporates knowledge of peer support structures for individuals within year groups.

It is the responsibility of the school to place ALL students into class groupings which accommodate individual and collective needs according to the information gained as outlined above. Whilst parent requests are con-sidered they cannot necessarily be accommodated due to professional judgement by classroom teachers and other school personnel e.g Principal, Assistant Principal, School Chaplain.

Please direct any questions or queries regarding class lists in writing to Mrs Swann (not classroom teachers) prior to Friday 10 November.

2018 class lists will be announced on Wednesday 6 December when students meet together as a class for the first time during whole school transition. Class lists will also be displayed on classroom doors on this day at home time. There will be no alteration or change to publicized class lists.

Save the Date: Annual Community Meeting

Our Annual Community Meeting takes place from 6.30pm on Thursday 29 November in the school library. At this meeting our P&F and School Board will present their reports and staffing for 2018 will be an-nounced. Please mark this date in your diary.

Attached to this newsletter are the P&F and School Board nomination forms. I would ask that you seriously consider offering yourself for nomination on either of these associations. It is a wonderful way in which par-ents can actively contribute to the school as both focus on providing the very best for our students.

May God bless our school and those within it.

Miranda Swann Principal

HOMEWORK CLUB

We are pleased to advise that homework club will be available again this term.

When: Every Wednesday Time: 2.45pm to 3.20pm Where: 6B

Various staff will be available to assist and supervise the students.

MUSIC CONCERT

The annual Sacred Heart School Musical Evening is taking place on the

evening of Friday 3 November. It will showcase the talents of the chil-

dren at our school who are currently in the Lumen Christi Music pro-

gramme and learning a musical instrument or those who are learning pri-

vately. The children in the school choir will also have the opportunity to

perform the songs they have been learning this year for the Performing

Arts Festival and Carnivale. If your child is involved in the concert and has

been preparing a piece of music, you will need to obtain tickets from Mrs

Hall in the school office. The tickets are FREE but are limited to 4 per

family, however if you would like any extra tickets they may be available

closer to the date.

WHEN: Friday 3 November

Time: 6.00pm with light refreshments afterwards

Where: Brennan Hall

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED!

100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima

Last Friday was the 100 year anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima where the Miracle of the Sun

happened.

This story is about three shepherd children who lived near the town of Fatima, in Portugal. Francisco (aged 9)

and Jacinta Marto (aged 7) were brother and sister and Lucia (aged 10) was their cousin. It was their job to

go to the nearby hills to look after the sheep for the family.

One day, in 1916, when the children were looking after their sheep an angel appeared to them. The angel ap-

peared to them three times. The angel taught the children some prayers and prepared them to meet Our Lady.

In 1917, Our Lady appeared to the children six times. This took place between May and October, on the thir-

teenth day of each month. At first, no one believed them and at one stage they were put in jail, however, the

children always spoke the truth.

Our Lady gave the children an important message to tell everyone in their village.

Lucia asked Our Lady to perform a miracle that everyone could see, so that they would be believed. On 13th

October 1917, there was a ‘miracle of the sun’ witnessed by 70,000 people. Those who were there described

the miracle as ‘The day the sun danced’.

For more information, google: The Story of Fatima ppt

Do You Have a Question?

Have you ever noticed how many symbols are in the Church? Do you have a question about our Faith? Have

you ever wondered why we do the things that we do in Church.

Why do we bless ourselves with Holy Water when we enter?

Why do we have bells ringing at certain times during the Mass?

Why does the Priest always kiss the altar at the start of every Mass?

Why is there always a red light burning next to the Tabernacle?

Why do we sit, stand and kneel at different times?

See Mr Maher or send your questions to the front office at admin@shthorn.wa.edu.au and your questions will

be answered in the next ‘Faith Focus’. This will continue throughout the term, so keep your questions coming.

WA

Graham Maher

Faith Coordinator

Bunnings Sausage Sizzle. The P&F Bunnings Sausage Siz-zle for 2017 will be held on Sat-urday 21 October. Please come along and buy a sausage sizzle and a drink to help raise funds for the school. Volunteer forms were sent home in the Newsletter last week (see be-low).

The response for help has been very minimal. Please remember that all of the efforts we make in fundrais-ing are for the benefit of the children and that many hands make lighter work for everyone.

PARISH NEWS THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS!! - Fr. Tim, Fr Tom and all Sacred Heart parishioners wish to sincerely thank Janet de Brito BLS LLB JD, for her 10 years of service in our office. Janet has been a formidable force in our parish, al-ways going above and beyond in her duties as parish secretary. Whilst she hasn’t gone far, working at the Gosnells Legal Centre, Janet has com-pleted her studies and no longer works in the parish office. On Friday 6 October Janet was sworn in at the Admission of Lawyers ceremony, at the Supreme Court of WA and is now a practicing Lawyer. We wish her the best of luck in all her future endeavours. We also welcome Marcia de Brito who has taken over the role as the new parish secretary. NEW ALTAR SERVERS—There will be new Altar Server training on Saturday 21 October after the 8.45am Mass for children who have made their First Holy Communion and would like to become Altar Servers. Those wishing to attend,

please place your name on the form on the table in the Church foyer or school children are asked to return

Glow Sticks with Lanyard $2.00 Glow Necklace $2.00

‘Just a little more time, please, please!’ Does this sound familiar? Research states that up to 40% of

school children are not getting the required amount of sleep. This may mean that’s almost half of the stu-dents at Sacred Heart are not getting a good night’s sleep. The required recommendations are Pre-schoolers (11-14 hours), 6-13 years (9-11 hours). Research also suggests that our bodies and minds like regular routines. This may not seem exciting, however children need routine so their body and brain can grow and develop.

Better Bedtime Routines - Rituals - Part One

Let your child know who is ‘The Parent’ and who is ‘The Child’. There are times when the child may think they are the grown-ups, which causes even more problems. When your child complains say ‘I’m the mum /dad - it’s my job so you can grow up happy and healthy” At times tough love maintains the boundaries of the child-parent relationship.

Make sure that both mum and dad are in agreement to bed time and routine. Children will use this to play one against the other if you cannot agree. Please read if this is an issue in your family. http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/baby/baby-sleep/disagreement-over-childrens-bedtime-is-bad-for-your-relationship-20170811-gxucml

Choose a regular time to go to bed and wake up that is beneficial to the amount of sleep your child needs to rebalance their activities and develop a healthy body and mind. If needed, set an alarm an hour before bed time to remind you and your child to wind down and get ready for bed. This way both of you can prepare to calm down.

Let your child sleep in their own bed. If they sleep with you, it is setting up confusing unhealthy roles now and for the future. A child needs their own bed. Watch this short video “The Free Pass - Getting your child to sleep in their own room” and let me know if this works for you.

https://www.drgreene.com/the-free-pass-getting-your-child-to-sleep-in-their-own-room/

If you are having problems with your child’s sleep routine Relationship Australia may be able to help as they run specific courses www.relationshipaustralia.com.au. I am also available to assist and support. Please contact me if you need any more information. I am at school this week Wednesday and Thursday 8am - 4pm. Have a great ‘restful’ week ahead Frances Mercer TWITTER

Frances Mercer Provisional Psychologist & School Chaplain Sacred Heart School Ph: 9251 3000

WE NEED CARDBOARD BOXES

Because of the creation of the 21st Century

learning HUB in the Library, we need to pack up

lots of books. We are looking for cartons about

as big as an A3 photocopy box or a removalist

book box or similar to pack up the books.

If you are able

to give us these

boxes, please

bring to the of-

fice. Thanking

you in advance.

VISITORS FROM JAPAN Japanese News A huge welcome to Saki, Koki, Ayame, Rion, Yakumo and Ruka who are visiting us from Gunma Kokusai Academy in Japan until November 1. We hope they enjoy their time in their Year 4 and 6 classes and with their wonderful host families. It has been great to see them making many Sacred Heart friends already. Taiko Club Next Monday, 23 October will be the final Taiko club session for this year. We would like to showcase what we have learnt this year so will be putting on a small performance at the assembly on Friday, 27 October. We would love for you to come and see what we have learnt!

Nola de Sales

ASHTON SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

Book club has gone home today. This will be the last Book Club for the year.

All cash and cheque orders are to be returned to the office by 4.00pm Wednesday 25 October.

Loop orders will close 8.30am Thursday 26 October. This is your last chance to place an order before Christmas. Online orders are always available but freight will apply if orders are placed after the school LOOP cut off date.

Bernie Halliday

Library

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FRONT OFFICE DOOR WILL OPEN AT

8.15AM ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

MONDAY—STAFF HAVE TO BE PRESENT AT A MEETING AT 8.00AM BEFORE THE SCHOOL WEEK

COMMENCES.

WEDNESDAY—TO ENABLE STAFF TO ATTEND PRAYER AT 8.00AM.

Thanks for your understanding.

A meeting of cultures. Our visitors from Japan in front of our Anniversary Garden

with Grasstree and Kangaroo Paws.

OUTSTANDING SCHOOL FEES

Fees are overdue and MUST be finalized ASAP. Exceptions are those on a payment plan using BPay, who will need to finalise their fees by 30 November, and those who pay by Direct Debit. If there are problems anticipated and you have not yet spoken to Mrs Swann, please make an appointment to meet with her by contacting Mrs Margaret O’Neill on 9251 3000. Thank you. Mrs Steen

LUMEN CHRISTI MUSIC PROGRAMME

Music enrolments for 2018—We have a few places available in our Primary Instrumental Pro-gram for Piano or Guitar tuition in 2018. If interested please phone Terry Walsh at Lumen Christi College 9394 9300 for a brochure and further information.

Enrol your children now in VacSwim swimming lessons during the summer school holidays. With swimming pools and beaches a part of the Western Australian lifestyle, ensuring your chil-dren learn how to swim and are safe in the water is a must for all families. Your children can join in the fun of learning to swim in lessons run at pools and open water venues across the State. VacSwim is for all chil-dren – from beginners through to advanced sur-vival, rescue and resuscitation. Your children can learn to swim for just: $7.00 per child for a five day short program $13.00 per child for all other programs. It's even cheaper if you have three or more chil-dren: $18.00 a family for a five day short program $35.00 a family for all other programs. To find out more about VacSwim and to enrol online please visit education.wa.edu.au/swimming.

CONFIRMATION and COMMUNION PHOTOS

The proofs of the Confirmation Photos are now available. Go to the website

www.prophotobooth.com.au

Confirmation/View/Order/Communion/Confirmation 2017/Find your album and put in the following code shc357

COMMUNION PHOTOS are found under the code sh235

There are some stunning individual photos, family photos and photos of the students actu-ally being confirmed. Who knew that our children could look so stunning and grown up!!

Don’t miss your opportunity to capture this special day with a beautiful photo.

SUSTAINABILITY NEWS

TERRACYCLE

We have two blue TerraCycle bins outside the library to recycle oral care products and empty beauty care products.

Oral care products include old toothbrushes, floss containers, empty toothpaste tubes and caps, empty packaging from toothpaste and toothbrushes.

We have one month left to get in as much ORAL CARE recycling as possible, to go into the draw to win a park bench for our

school!

Beauty care packaging includes cosmetics packaging, hair care packaging, skin care packaging and shaving foam packaging.

Together with Garnier, TerraCycle is giving away a playground to the primary school that collects the most used beauty products between 9 October and 8 December, 2017 (TERM 4). The playground is valued at $45 000 and made from recycled beauty products!

Collect and send in as

many used beauty prod-

ucts as possible through-

out the contest period to

give Sacred Heart the

chance to win!

COMPOST, GLORIOUS COMPOST!

On the school holidays, Mr Burke and Mrs Connolly

helped me empty and turn all 9 of our compost bins! What a job! There is now a huge pile of beautiful rich compost waiting for Mr Vince to use.

We were amazed to find plastic wrappers, icy pole wrappers, squeezy yogurt packaging and even the stickers from fruit buried in amongst the compost that looked as good as new. It was amazing to see that fruit and veggie scraps decompose but plastic packaging is untouched, even after a couple of years in a compost bin! Mrs Bathols

Tuesday 31 October

Friday 10 November

Cakes, muffins, cupcakes

and other sweet treats will

be on sale after assembly

and at recess!

Nothing over $3!

TERM ONE TERM TWO TERM THREE TERM FOUR

1 FEBRUARY

7 APRIL

26 APRIL

29 JUNE

18 JULY

21 SEPTEMBER

9 OCTOBER

8 DECEMBER

SCHOOL HOURS: Mon - Fri 8:30am to 2:45pm

OFFICE HOURS

Mon & Wed 8:15am-4:00pm

Tues-Thurs & Fri 8:00am—4:00pm

APPOINTMENTS

Parents are reminded to contact the office in order

to set up an appointment with staff members.

Principal: By appointment only.

Loreto Child Care Centre: 9251 3014

Outside School Hours Care: 9251 3015

PARISH TIMETABLE WEEKEND MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil 6.00pm Sunday 8.00am and 10.00am WEEKDAY MASS TIMES: Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8.45am Wednesday 8.45am Parish or School Mass Saturday—8.45am RECONCILIATION Sat 5.00-5.30pm before Mass or anytime by Appointment. PH: 9459 4459 Website: www.thornlie.perthcatholic.org.au

Monday S.WEALE

Tuesday CLOSED

Wednesday A. POWE

Thursday P. LIM K.ROCHFORD

Friday P.ROSS F. WALKER Y. MIYAMOTO*

TERM DATES 2017—STUDENTS

CANTEEN ROSTER

23-27 OCTOBER 2017

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS

TERM TIME ONLY

If you are unable to come at these times please complete a uni-form order form availa-ble from the Office, pay for it and your orders will be filled and deliv-ered to your child’s class.

ABSENTEES/SICKNESS In order for the school to reconcile attend-ance it is a requirement that a message is left on the Absentee Line

9251 3005 as emails to teachers are often not opened at the start of the day. Your co-operation in this regard is appreciated.

Monday 8.00-9.00 am

Tuesday Closed

Wednesday Closed

Thursday 8.00—9.00 am

Friday 2.30- 3.30pm

MAGUIRE

MURPHY

WELCH

WRIGHT

GOING HOME THIS WEEK

SCHOOL FEES SELECTED

FAMILIES

POP UP LUNCH SPECIAL EVERY CHILD

Are you bored in the holidays? Do you struggle to find things to do? Do you

normally attend a day care during the holidays? Look no further, the

WA Young Salesian Summer Camp is the answer for you? For only $41 a day

(almost half the price you would expect to pay for daycare), you could be

having the time of your life at Nanga Bush Camp in Dwellingup. Filled with

activities throughout the day, this is a camp not to be missed.

This camp is open to ALL students aged between 11 1/2 - 15.