Sacred Heart Primary School Newsletter – 10 February 2015 Email: [email protected] Website: www.sacredhearttwb.catholic.edu.au What’s on Wednesday, 11 Feb Catholic Schools’ Swimming Carnival Friday, 13 Feb Leaders’ Induction 11am Friday, 13 Feb Welcome Night Year 6 Tuesday, 17 Canberra Info Feb meeting 6pm Wednesday, 18 Feb West Zone Swimming Carnival 12,13 & 14 May NAPLAN I said a Valentine prayer for you and asked the Lord above to fill your heart and bless your soul with the precious gift of love. I asked Him for sincere love the kind that's meant to stay just like the generous love you give to those you touch each day. I prayed for love from family and from every cherished friend then I asked the Lord to give you his love that knows no end. Last Wednesday we held our School Captain elections. All our candidates prepared and delivered some great speeches and I was very impressed with the quality of all our potential student leaders. Congratulations to Henry Cronk and Zélia Cross who were elected as our male and female captains for 2015. Our School Captains and House Leaders will be officially acknowledged at our Leadership Induction liturgy this Friday at 11 am in our hall. All parents and friends of the school are invited to attend. Tonight is our parent information night for all classes and I know the teachers would love to see you there. The timetable for tonight’s sessions is as follows: 5:30 pm Year 2 and 3R 6:00 pm Prep, Year 1 and Year 4/5B 6:30pm Year 4H 7:00 pm Year 5/6 T 263 Tor Street, Toowoomba tel: 4634 3436 fax: 4634 5571 Sacred Heart Primary School Newsletter Tomorrow, Mr Toohey and Mrs Weber are off with our swimming squad to the Catholic Schools’ Swimming Carnival at Milne Bay. I wish them all a safe and enjoyable day. This Friday night is our P&F Welcome Night. This event is always an enjoyable evening and is a great way to meet other parents. The evening starts at 5:30 pm and we hope to see you there! Mr Chris Rosentreter PRINCIPAL Occupational Therapist , Rachel Crooke and Speech Language Pathologist, Megan Venz will be visiting the Prep classes this term to make general observations to identify if any of the children require some ongoing assessments in these areas. Parents will be notified this week if their children are to receive some extra academic support this term through learning support intervention. Intervention can take place by small group withdrawal or by working in classrooms with the child. The Learning Support teacher also works in classes assisting with reading groups. Will be held this Friday from 5:30pm. Pizza order forms are due into the office by 9am this Thursday, 12 February. Year 5 & 6 students will attend the Canberra trip in September. A deposit of $50 is due this term. Please make payment along with the permission. Year 1 students will attend a production at the USQ on Friday 27 February. The cost of this excursion is $10. Please make payment by Wednesday 25 February along with the permission slip. Payment can be made by cash, cheque or eftpos for your convenience. Prep interviews will be conducted in the next couple of months to finalise 2016 Prep classes. If you have a child or know of someone who has a child ready for Prep next year please call into the office for an enrolment pack. Sacred Heart Primary School Newsletter Pancake Tuesday will be held on Tuesday, 17 February (the day before Ash Wednesday). The upper school students will be selling pikelets to raise funds for the Missions. Please return order forms to the office by this Thursday, 12 February. A family information report will be sent home this week. Please update any information required, sign and return to the office. To ensure you receive up to date information we require email addresses to be up to date. Expression of interest forms were included in last week’s newsletter for the Child Writes program. If your child is interested in being involved in this program please return the form to the school by Friday, 13 February. The Uniform Shop operates on Mondays and Thursdays from 8.00am to 10.00am. If Monday is a holiday the opening day will be a Tuesday. If this time is inconvenient please call Betty on 4633 3162. PLEASE NOTE: Stocks are ordered – a note will be in the newsletter to advise of arrival date. REMINDER NOTICE: Clothing Pool has extended sales of old style spray jackets now @$10-$20 each and grey fleecy pullovers now@$18 each until 26 February. Pre loved polo sports shirts are FREE (if you do not have one) until arrival of new stock at the end of Term 1. Layby and EFTPOS are available at the clothing pool. Betty Clothing Pool Convenor Thanks you to all who have commenced using the online ordering via Flexi schools. If you are having problems please come and see the Tuckshop or contact the office. As of Term 2 we will be only be using online ordering, there will be no cash orders accepted. Thank you to this week’s helpers Kelly James, Tamara Death and Melissa Armstrong. Muriel Garrod Tuckshop Convenor Friday afternoon sport will commence this Friday, 13 February. Years 5, 6 and selected Year 4 students will participate in the following: Boys AFL play at Queen’s Park - Junior B 1:00pm and Senior B at 1:45pm Girls Touch Football play at Martin Luther Senior B at 1:00pm and Junior B at 1:45pm. Students will be notified by Thursday as to which team they have been selected in. Good Luck to our students who have been selected to attend the Catholic Swimming Carnival this Wednesday, 11February. Sacred Heart Primary School Newsletter Taking bookings for all levels, starting at water confidence to stroke correction. A hooded swimming towel has been left at school from last year’s Fun Day. It was found in the Prep or Year 1 play area. Please see the office if it belongs to you. Location - Harristown State High School’s heated 25m Pool Age - All ages and Levels Cost- $120 for the term Ratio - 4 swimmers to 1 teacher Bookings made by email. Get your family active and eating well The healthy lifestyle program for families called PEACH™ - Parenting, Eating and Activity for Child Health – is taking registrations now for a group to start in Toowoomba in term 2. The FREE program is available to families with a child aged between 511 years who is above a healthy weight their age. The program is fun for kids and helps parents and carers make healthy eating and activity a part of every-day life. It consists of 10 group sessions that run for 90 minutes each. The first 9 sessions are held weekly within the school term. Ongoing individualised family support is offered through the second half of the program ending with one final group session. Some of the topics covered include nutrition skills, relationships with food and eating, changing family lifestyle behaviours and making healthy eating affordable. While the parent sessions are taking place, children enjoy active play with a trained child physical activity facilitator. The program is funded by the Queensland government and being delivered by the Queensland University of Technology. If you would like more information about the PEACH™ program or to register please contact free call 1800 263 519 or visit www.peachqld.com.au [email protected] Peak2Park This year’s annual fun run/walk will be held on Sunday 1 March and the Sacred Heart Community are participating again this year. The format will be as in previous years – leaving Picnic Point and finishing at Lake Annand with the 10km heading off at 7am followed by the 4km at 7.30am. The school group will participate in the 4km but we are still able to accept your entry in the 10km. Please note, it is your responsibility to supervise your own child on the day. We would love to see as many of our families as possible support this very worthwhile cause. This year the major beneficiaries are the The Leukaemia Foundation, Fresh Hope Association and The Toowoomba Hospice. The entry fee is: $20 family or $10 per participant. The school who registers the most participants in the 2015 Peak2Park, will win a Harvey Norman Electrical voucher! If your family would like to participate please complete the form below and return it with your entry fee as soon as possible. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. The _____________________________family will be attending the Peak2Park. Names of participants are: ____________________________ Amount enclosed: ______________