Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Mona Vale

05/09/2024

SHOWS
Welcome to SHOWS - 'Sacred Heart Our Weekly Special' for Week 6. Hear from 4 of our Year 6 students as they chat to students in the school about some recent highlights.

03/09/2024

NORTHERN BEACHES PUBLIC SPEAKING 🥈
Today Kali and Charlotte from Year 6 represented Sacred Heart at the Northern Beaches Cluster Public Speaking Final! This was held at St Rose and each school had two outstanding students to represent them. Mr Michael Regan, Independent Member for Wakehurst attended and Mater Maria teachers and students adjudicated. Well done to all speakers and we are very excited to announce that Charlotte came 2nd and will now progress to the Broken Bay level.

02/09/2024

YEAR 1 RETREAT
Yesterday our Year 1 students, along with parent volunteers and staff, visited Mary MacKillop Place at North Sydney. This was a chance for everyone to reflect, connect to their faith and connect to the environment around them and each other. Students engaged in activities, visited the museum to see where Mary MacKillop, our first saint, lived and how she lived and visited the chapel and her tomb.
The students were so quiet and reflective in the chapel and represented our school beautifully.
Thank you to Mrs McCamey for all of her organisation for this day and giving the students this opportunity.

01/09/2024

THANK YOU
Thank you to our amazing Canteen Manager, Kay, for all of her hard work in putting together a wonderful Father’s Day breakfast on Friday and gift stall on Thursday. We are so appreciative of how Kay and our HUB president, Amber, work together to make these days special for our community. And thank you to all of our amazing parent volunteers. They couldn’t do it without you!

01/09/2024

At Catholic Schools Broken Bay, we firmly believe that "Safeguarding is Everybody's Responsibility," which is why we fully embrace events like National Child Protection Week.

The week of 1-7 September 2024 holds a powerful message, "Every child in every community needs a fair go," alongside the theme "Every conversation matters." This event seeks to engage, educate, and empower all Australians to better understand child abuse and neglect, and to work collectively as a community to safeguard our children by implementing preventive measures.

Our schools provide opportunities for our students to use resources to learn about online safety, including protective behaviours, 'unsafe secrets', inappropriate questions and requests and who they can go to for help.

To learn more about safeguarding visit https://bit.ly/3SUIhvm

01/09/2024

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
Today we celebrate all the wonderful Dads and Father figures in our Sacred Heart Community and thank them for all that they do for us.
May you feel love and gratitude on this day ❤️

28/08/2024

NORTHERN BEACHES ATHLETICS
In Week 4, 57 Sacred Heart students represented Sacred Heart at the Northern Beaches Athletics Carnival at Homebush. We had a fantastic day of results, sportsmanship and amazing effort, with Sacred Heart coming 2nd overall on the day.
Congratulations on the following qualifying results and our athletes that are attending the Broken Bay Athletics Championships today at Mingara on the Central Coast.

TRACK EVENTS
Relay
Girls 8-10 4 x 100m Relay – 1st
Girls 11-13 4 x 100m Relay – 2nd
Boys 11-13 4 x 100m Relay – 1st

100m Dash
Girls 8yr 100m – Marley S (4th)
Girls 8yr 100m – Sofia D (5th)
Boys 8yr 100m – Harley W (4th)
Girls 9yr 100m - Abbie W (1st)
Girls 9yr 100m – Ruby L (3rd)
Girls 9yr 100m – Amelia E (4th)
Girls 10yr 100m – Skye L (4th)
Girls 11yr 100m – Leanne B (1st)
Girls 11yr 100m – Anna T (5th)
Boys 11yr 100m – Archie W (5th)
Girls 12yr 100m – Harper G (3rd)
Girls 12yr 100m – Sienna F (5th)
Boys 12yr 100m – Kobie (2nd)

200m Dash
Boys 8-10yr 200m – Lewis G (3rd)
Girls 11yr 200m – Leanne B (1st)
Boys 11yr 200m - Edward G (3rd)
Girls 12-13yr 200m – Harper G (3rd)
Girls 12-13yr 200m – Sienna F (4th)
Boys 12-13yr 200m – Kobie T (3rd)

800m Run
Girls 12yr 800m - Lucia K (1st)

FIELD EVENTS
Discus Throw
Girls 8-10yr – Scarlett G (3rd)
Boys 11yr – Brody K (2nd)

Long Jump
Boys 8-10yr – Lewis G (3rd)
Girls 11yr – Leanne B (2nd)
Boys 11yr – Edward G (1st)
Girls 12-13yr – Ines (1st)

Shot Put
Boys 11yr – Brody K (2nd)

High Jump
Girls 11yr – Cara H (2nd)

28/08/2024

SHOWS
Welcome to SHOWS for Week 5 of Term 3. What a week we had last week with so many exciting things happening in the school. Hear from four of our Year 6 senior students as they share some of this with you.

24/08/2024

PUBLIC SPEAKING 2024
Congratulations to our finalists who bravely delivered their speech and an impromptu (for 3-6) in front of students, parents and our adjudicators on Friday. And a huge congratulations to our category winners:
K-2: Noah
3-4: Oliver
5-6: Anna
We also need to congratulate all students in the school for writing, preparing and delivering their speeches over the past couple of weeks.
As you can see our finals were on Book Parade Day!

23/08/2024

22/08/2024

PRE-SERVICE TEACHER
Welcome to Mr Rogan, who is currently in his final year of his teaching degree at ACU and is undertaking his final placement at Sacred Heart. Mr Rogan is in 1 Blue for a total of 7 weeks and completes this at the end of term.

20/08/2024

It's not too late to register for our Term 3 free webinar for parents and carers!
On tonight!
Consent and online boundaries: how to support your primary-aged child
Join the eSafety Commissioner's expert education
and training team for a FREE live webinar
Tuesday 20 August from 7.30pm – 8pm
CLICK TO REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1244428795787444059

19/08/2024

SHOWS
Welcome to SHOWS - Sacred Heart Our Weekly Special for week 4, as our year 6 seniors share some highlights including chatting to our Year 6 public speakers for an upcoming competition and some Year 4 students about their retreat.

18/08/2024

TWEEN PARENTING SEMINAR
“What your kids need now before the teenage years”
A fantastic seminar for parents and carers is being held on Thursday 29 August at St Paul's College, Manly. For tickets or more information, go to
https://events.humanitix.com/parenting-seminar-what-kids-need-now-before-the-teenage-years-presented-by-michelle-mitchell

18/08/2024

FREE WEBINAR FOR PARENTS AND CARERS: Consent and online boundaries: how to support your primary-aged child

REGISTER NOW: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1244428795787444059

CCSP's next eSafety Commissioner information session for parents is an evening event on Tuesday 20 August from 7.30pm - 8pm. See you there!

As children begin to navigate the online world, they need to know how to make decisions around consent and boundaries. This webinar will outline strategies for parents and carers, as well as support those hard-to-have conversations.

It's suitable for parents and carers of children in primary school.

15/08/2024

SCHOOL ATHLETICS RESULTS
As 57 students from Sacred Heart compete at the Northern Beaches Athletics Carnival today, let’s reflect on the amazing results at a school level recently and celebrate our champions…..

14/08/2024

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today we commemorate Mary being taken up into heaven, body and soul, after her earthly life, and honour her unique role in salvation history and her sinlessness.

14/08/2024

SHOWS
Welcome to SHOWS - Sacred Heart Our Weekly Special for Week 3 of Term 3. Four of our Seniors chat about just a few of the many things happening in our school as Term 3 gets into full swing.

11/08/2024

When it comes to friendships, nothing sparks a bigger Friendship Fire® than disrespect. 🔥😳

In our Friendology curriculum for schools, we teach students that respect is when “Your friend accepts who you are – your thoughts, feelings, and opinions – even if they are different.”

This month, our URSTRONG Schools are really digging into and how to show it in friendships - even during conflict! Teachers, your August newsletter is in your inbox with a ‘sweet’ lesson, an article for your parents, an invitation to a webinar (you won’t want to miss this one!!), and a celebration! ✨👏

08/08/2024

SAFEGUARDING IN OUR SCHOOLS
All of our staff engaged in training in our school library last night from our Catholic Schools Broken Bay Safeguarding team. Safeguarding is a priority for our school system in order to create a safe and supportive environment for children to learn and grow. All staff are expected to promote child safety by having a clear understanding of their Safeguarding responsibilities and act in accordance with those responsibilities.

Watch this video and find out more on the CSBB website
https://csbb.catholic.edu.au/about-us/safeguarding/

06/08/2024

Consent and online boundaries: how to support your primary-aged child
Join the eSafety Commissioner's expert education and training team for this FREE live webinar - hosted by CCSP
Tuesday 20 August from 7.30pm – 8pm
Click to register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1244428795787444059

04/08/2024

STUDENT RETREATS - KINDY
Last term our first Student Retreat for 2024 kicked off with Kindergarten spending the day at the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Gardens. Each grade will have a student retreat day at a place of natural wonder or worship and at these retreats our students have the opportunity to reflect and connect to their faith, the environment and each other. We are always very appreciative of the parents who engage in these days and help facilitate the student groups.
This term many more grades will have their retreat day, with Year 6 heading to Manly tomorrow.

02/08/2024

Ladies & Gentleman! Please help us in congratulating our Director of URSTRONG Schools, Tyson Greenwood, who has been named one of *Australia’s Most Influential Educators*! 🥳💫👏

This prestigious list involved a nationwide search by The Educator for leaders who are making a significant impact on school communities across Australia. Tyson has been teaching for over two decades and has empowered tens of thousands of kids with friendship skills since joining our team at URSTRONG! As our Implementation Expert, he leads and guides our URSTRONG Schools through Friendology Educator Training, sharing his expertise in the science of wellbeing and social-emotional learning. Tyson is a world-class educator who brightens up schools with his sense of humour, warmth, and genuine passion! 💗

We are so proud of the impact Tyson continues to have on kids, educators, and parents globally and is so deserving of this incredible recognition! 🤩

URSTRONG Schools

02/08/2024

NATIONAL PRINCIPAL’S DAY
Today we nationally celebrate all Principals and especially our very own Mr Wahab. He is professional, yet fun and always up for a laugh. He is dedicated to bringing the best out in each and every student and providing the best teaching techniques for learning outcomes and achieves this through our wonderful staff. Thank you Mr Wahab!

31/07/2024

GRANDPARENTS DAY
We are so excited to welcome our grandparents and grandfriends to Sacred Heart tomorrow for Grandparents Day. This is a special day where they can visit the classrooms, attend a beautiful mass in the church and then enjoy morning tea in the hall with a performance from our band as well. Our annual Book Fair will also be running tomorrow from 8:15am before school and until 3:30pm after school.

31/07/2024

Let’s be honest, friendships are easy for kids when they’re getting along. 👏 However, Friendship Fact #1 reminds us that “No friendship (or relationship) is perfect.” This means, it’s normal to have Friendship Fires® once and a while! 🔥 But, what if it’s MORE than once & a while… What if these Fires are constant?

Many kids at our URSTRONG Schools will admit they’ve experienced a high-conflict friendship…and it can feel very challenging when a friendship goes from the Green-Zone to the Red-Zone regularly. 🥴 Words that children often use to describe these up-and-down friendships include: unpredictable, hard, and exhausting.

“Fiery Friendships” can feel especially confusing for parents, as their child oscillates between “Best Friends” and “They’re not invited to my birthday party!” For teachers, these students can sometimes cause a lot of drama for classmates who sometimes find themselves caught in the middle (what we call in our Friendology friendship skills curriculum, a Friendship Sandwich! It’s sticky and messy in there!).

So, what can we do to support a child in this type of everyday-is-different friendship? 🤔 Pop on over to our blog for lots of tips and links to FREE resources for parents. And, a massive thanks to our incredible team of URSTRONG Schools who are empowering students with friendship skills every day! 👏👏👏

https://urstrong.com/high-conflict-friendships/