Our P.B.S. Values are: Respect for Ourselves Respect for Others Respect for our Learning BeAttitudes: Be Honest

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1 2nd June 2016 Phone: York Street, Launceston Tasmania From the Principal: Our P.B.S. Values are: Respect for Ourselves Respect for Others Respect for our Learning BeAttitudes: Be Honest Tomorrow our School celebrates our Feast Day. The feast of the Sacred Heart is celebrated in our school with a whole school Mass, followed by the SHCS Cup where vertical class teams compete across fun games and activities to win the SHCS Cup. Having students in each team from P-6 is a great way to continue to build pastoral care and community amongst the students. In the afternoon we finish the day with SHCS Got Talent. Each class has nominated one act to perform on the day. The afternoon usually kicks off with a surprise guest appearance by a famous artist or act. Mr. Julian Davie and Mr. John Hood are the only two staff who know who the special act is. Sacred Heart Feast Day Friday 3rd June 9.30am Mass, Church of Apostles 11.40am SHCS Cup, Presentation Hall 1.45pm Sacred Hearts Got Talent, St Albies Celebrating together the feast is one of the most widely practiced within the Catholic Church, taking Jesus' physical heart as the representation of his divine love for humanity. The devotion especially emphasizes the unmitigated love, compassion, and long-suffering of the heart of Christ towards humanity. For our school it is a chance to gather together and celebrate the positive and pastoral spirit, culture and climate of our School. I will be, along with several staff, attending the funeral of Tamieka Smith tomorrow. The willingness and offers of practical support from families and members of our school community for Shaun, Lily and Harper has been overwhelming. An was sent out yesterday with a link for any willing parents to nominate any ways they can offer practical help for the family as well as any families within our school currently or in the future that will need a helping hand. The SHCS Care Team will be the medium that our school will use to offer a helping hand to families for the short and long term, when needed.

2 From the Principal: Tuesday 21st June our Prep to Grade 6 students will be holding a Pyjama Day Fundraiser. Students can for a gold coin donation wear their Pyjama s for the day. There will also be a raffle on the day and for an additional gold coin donation students can win a ipad. Students are also asked to bring a can on non perishable food as part of our Can Drive for the Benevolent Society. Date: 21st June What: Pyjama Fundraiser Why: Funds go towards World Youth Day Pilgrimage in Poland for young " people from within the parish attending Cost: Gold coin for wearing Pyjamas Another gold coin for raffle to win an ipad At least one non perishable can of food for Benevolent Society Winter Can Food Appeal Congratulations to our two teams who competed in the Grammar Challenge. Elizabeth Hannah, Sophie Illingworth, Haylie Lehner, Connor Leeflang, Kalani Ciantar, Will Symons, Ella Pursell and Lucie Slevic Thanks to Tony and Julian for giving up their weekend, to staff and parents who came along at different stages and most importantly to our students who represented our school will a sense of pride. Our students did a fantastic job, with congratulations particularly to the Davie Team of Sophie Illingworth, Elizabeth Hannah, Hayley Lehner and Connor Leeflang for winning a variety of sections of the challenge, including Overall Winner. Kinder Halley We have completed a Fire Drill and Lockdown practise across the last week. Overall, staff and students responded as expected and needed in both of the practises. The Lockdown was an internal lockdown practise where students are already in class and follow a clear plan to move themselves into a pre designated space. Mr. Simon Natoli, from the TCEO supports our school in the area of WHS. Simon has helped us revise our procedures as well as supervise the lockdown and provide feedback to staff on how we went.

3 From the Principal: Strings Soiree Thursday 9th St Thomas More s Arrive no later than 5.10pm ready for a 5.30pm start Staffing Updates Miss Alex Hegarty will be on leave for the first week of Term 3. We welcome Mrs. Megan Badcock to Grade 4 for the first week. Megan is a former teacher here at SHCS and very familiar with our school and expectations. Miss Jessica Gleadow will be on leave in the last week of this term and the first week of Term 3. Jessica will reorganise her co teacher days in the weeks when she returns, no replacement will be in place for the weeks of leave. Inter-school Cross Country Training: Monday 6th 8am Wednesday 8th 8am Car Park: The car park is on track to be completed and ready for use again from Monday 13th June. We are currently finishing off line marking, wheel stoppers in each car space, fencing and galvanised painting of the railings. Stage 2 Redevelopment 3/4 Classrooms / Library: We can now confirm that Stage 2 of our building program will commence from the middle of January We have started now weekly meetings beginning to finalise budget, design drawings and the like. We will keep the community informed of the implications and organisation of the building program across the remainder of the year, in preparation for a start in January 2017.

4 Last Thursday the Grade 3-6 students participated in the SHS Cross Country Carnival. Although the weather was poor, we all had a fantastic day. Congratulations to MacKillop for winning the carnival. Thank you to all the staff, parents and grandparents who helped on the day. We now look forward to the NIJSSA Cross Country Carnival on Tuesday 14 th June. By Hamish McKenzie and Isabella Johnston (2016 MacKillop House Captains)

5 ~ May 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 29th 30th 31st 1st June 2nd June 3rd June 4th 3.15pm Gr 5/6 Book club 11.30am Strings Program 12.45pm Band Program 9.30am Sacred Heart Feast Day Mass, Cup & Sacred Heart Got Talent ~ June 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 11.30am Strings Program 9am Assembly 3.15pm Art Club 12.45pm Band Program 5.10pm Strings Soiree 12.30pm Gr 5/6 Winter Sport 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th Public Holiday NIJSSA Cross Country 6.30pm Board Meeting 11.30am Strings Program 9am Assembly 12.45pm Band Program 12.30pm Gr 5/6 Winter Sport 19th 20th 21st Pyjama day Fundraiser 3.15pm Art Club 22nd Tasmanian All Schools Cross Country 23rd 11.30am Strings Program 12.45pm Band Program 24th 9am Assembly 12.30pm Gr 5/6 Winter Sport 25th Key Dates for Term 2 June 13th - Public Holiday 14th - NIJSSA Cross Country 22nd - Tasmanian Primary All Schools Cross! Country 28th & 29th - School Photos 30th - Foundation Band and all Strings! Workshop July 1st - Last Day Term 2, BBQ & Plain Clothes " Day School Banking for 2016 is every Wednesday Uniform Shop News Open every Thursday 2pm-4pm shs.clothingpool@catholic.tas.edu.au Webpage: Facebook: Pinterest: Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School S.H.S. Parents and Friends shsl.pnf@catholic.tas.edu.au

6 The Spirit of Jesus is Alive in: Prep Best Prep Hills Grade 1 Murphy Grade 1 Crawford Grade 2 van Ryn Grade 2 Reid Grade 3 Hood Grade 3 Symons Grade 4 Hegarty Grade 4 Wood Grade 5 McLeod Grade 5 Viney/Steven Ebony Harper For a great effort in her sounds group Ella Viney For using great problem solving skills in maths Xavier Davie For acting upon feedback Lily Humphreys For excellent work habits this week Abby Wines For being a caring and compassionate friend Samuel Agelopoulos For showing enthusiasm for all tasks this week. Keep up the good work Averyl Quinn For thoughtful ideas using shape poetry Breeanna Harper For great organisation Charlotte Cox For your hard work in maths this week Ethan Jeong For placing 3rd in the most recent Tasmanian Sumdog Maths Competition Emma McLeod For always being a Go-Kart Xavier Duffy For the respectful and genuine way he treats others Georgina Hart For her outstanding effort and progress with her reading Murphy Widdowson For demonstrating great thinking during our science experiment this week Ben Berlese For being a caring and considerate class mate William Bevis For having a can do attitude in all that he attempts Jayda O keefe For great work in science this week Imogen Bennetts-Menis For excellent use of shape poetry writing Lachlan Davern For great work in science Sebastian Stone For your fantastic effort with your narrative writing Max Maloney For great improvements in the quality of your written work Senay Todd For his outstanding performance in group speaking Liliana Ercole For her great attitude towards everything she does Grade 6 Davie Grade 6 Claessens Amelia Lewis For her attitude, commitment to always achieve a high standard of work and her friendly manner Liam Jones For his application and the reliability with which he completes assigned tasks Aspen Chugg For her constant effort in all she does. Brilliant attitude! Ella Digney For her fine attitude and the enthusiasm she shows for her work

7 All Schools Cross Country: Please join us for our Family Mass 6pm Saturday Newstead Church 19 th March 14 th May 18 th June 20 th August 17 th September 22 nd October 12 th November This event is on Wednesday 22 nd Symmons Plains. If your child is interested in participating please john.anderson@catholic.tas.edu.au The school will organise the on-line registrations and cover the cost of the $12 entry fee. Your child must be born in 2004, 2005, 2006 or 2007 to enter. If you or your child/ren would like to help with the Mass please contact Jacquie Wood or jacquie.wood@catholic.tas.edu.au Term Dates Catholic Schools 2016 Term 1 Thursday to Friday Term 2 Tuesday to Friday Term 3 Monday to Friday Term 4 Monday to Thursday Friday 20 th May 2016 Student Free day 2017 Term 1 Thursday to Thursday Term 2 Monday to Friday Term 3 Monday to Friday Term 4 Monday to Thursday Parents and Friends News BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND The 2016/2017 Entertainment Book or Digital Membership is now available. Books/Digital Memberships are selling for $65.00 each and our school receives $13.00 from every membership sold. To order your Book or your Digital Membership securely online visit: Cash payments can be made at the school office. For further information contact Rebecca on Term 1 Thursday to Friday Term 2 Monday to Friday Term 3 Monday to Friday Term 4 Monday to Thursday Entertainment Books are available for purchase at the school office - cash sales only!

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9 Grade 2 van Ryn have been learning about Verbs. We learned they are 'doing' or 'action' words. We used pipe cleaners to make a man. We then shaped our man so he was doing some sort of movement. We stuck them on a piece of paper and completed a background. Our last job was to write a sentence containing our verb. We had a lot of fun making our Verb Men. working with vulnerable people registration Government legislation now requires all people working or volunteering with vulnerable people to be registered. It is an expectation placed on our schools that any person who is on an excursion, helping in the classroom, helping out with students getting changed after swimming, attending camps etc must have this registration. If parents do not have registration or registration is pending you may not be able to volunteer and attend the excursion or school event. This is something that we do not want to have to do but as legislation and system policy we need to adhere to. How to apply for a WWVP and Number 1. Complete the online application form 2. Print the Application Receipt which is generated when the application has been completed in full 3. Take the Application Receipt to a Service Tasmania shop, pay the fee ($17.60) and have your 100 point check to confirm identity Once your registration has been approved and you receive your WWVP card, please bring it to the school office so your name, registration number and expiry date can be recorded and verified.

10 The Camp Quality Primary education program will be visiting on June 23rd. Prep Grade 2 at 12:20pm and Grade 3 6 at 2:10pm. Hi parents and carers! We re writing from Camp Quality to let you know that our Primary School Education program has been invited to perform at your child s school. Camp Quality is Australia s most trusted children s charity. Our purpose is to create the best quality of life for kids living with cancer and their families. At no cost to schools, parents or students- our vivacious and loveable puppets, Kylie, Dean and Melissa visit schools to help support children affected by cancer. The puppets dispel myths and misconceptions that are commonly associated with the illness. Since 1988 our program has visited schools across Australia, sharing an interactive, engaging narrative that explains: The ins and outs of cancer Why their peer who has undergone treatment may look a little different (due to the side effects of chemotherapy) Why it s important to be supportive of their classmate who is either living with cancer or has a diagnosed parent or sibling That cancer isn t contagious, so it s ok to play The importance of positivity and recognising our own strengths It took away the stigma and fear from cancer. As we have a student at our school being treated for leukaemia, it helped the children understand what she is going through and why she has lost her hair. Having an understanding of the disease has certainly increased the empathy in the other children too. - Primary school principal The manner in which the show addresses cancer is age appropriate while clearly articulating the facts. It has helped me to be able to talk about cancer in a positive and reassuring manner - Primary school teacher Following the performance, students are encouraged to ask questions and share their concerns. While we are able to answer most of their questions and concerns, we provide teachers with resources to supplement the performance and aid classroom discussion. If any concerns arise after the performance, please feel free to contact us. If you would like more information about the program or would like to see a clip of our puppets in action, please visit You re also welcome to contact our puppet team by ing us at Kylie@campquality.org.au or by calling As a not-for-profit charity, all services come at no financial cost to the families we support. Thus, we rely heavily on the generosity of everyday Australians to keep our programs running. To donate, please visit our website. Need help talking about cancer at home? The Kids Guide to Cancer app has been developed to support children age 8-13 who have a parent, sibling, friend or loved one with cancer. Providing them with age appropriate information, the app answers some of the big questions kids have about cancer and gives them ideas on how they might be able to support their loved one.