Teacher Assistant Required

Expressions of interest are invited for a Teacher Assistant position within the school. The position is for 4hours and 45 minutes to be spread over 3 days. Further hours may be available in the future. Applicants must have completed training in Support-a-Reader, Writer and Number or be studying towards or hold a Certificate 111 in Educational Support. Further information is available at the office and expressions of interest must be received by Wed 15/3/06.

Graduation Congratulations

Congratulations to Mrs Kathy Byrne who is celebrating her Graduation from Central Queensland University on Saturday. She has a Masters Degree in Special Education. We thank Kathy for the wisdom and enthusiasm that she brings to her role as Assistant to the Principal Curriculum and as one of our school Learning Support teachers.

Swimming Refund

Any swimming lessons that have been cancelled due to the weather will be refunded on the parent’s account in Term 2.

Nut Free Zone

Clarification:

No nuts of any sort are to be brought to school
No items that list nuts as an ingredient are to be brought to school
Food items which are labelled “may contain traces of nuts” can be included in children’s lunches.

Commonwealth Bank Visitors to Year 1

On Monday Mr Gary Chalk visited the Year 1 classrooms to promote school banking. Thank you to Marion Price, our school banking officer, for accompanying Gary. T

he school receives $5 for each new

account that is opened.

Banking day is Tuesday.

Community Contributor Award

Last week this award went to Mark Byrne in recognition of his extra responsibilities as Work Place Health and Safety Officer, Administrator of MyInternet and football coach. Mark willingly assists around the school in many different ways and is appreciated for his friendly

and competitive nature.

Outside School Hours Care Meeting

All parents are invited to this meeting being held in the OSHC building on Monday evening 13^th March at 6pm. Some items for discussion will be the requirements for the Licensing and Accreditation of the Outside School Hours Care service.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent Teachers Interviews are being planned for the last week of this term, Mon to Thurs, 3 to 6 April. Booking times will be made available to you later in March. This will be a good opportunity for parents to share knowledge about their children’s learning and progress with the teachers, especially the Mathematics and English Journey teachers.

Cruising Cleaner

One of our school cleaners, Mrs Daphne Speechley, will be away next week cruising around Fiji . We hope that Daphne and her husband have a wonderful time. We welcome Mrs Deb Henebery as a cleaner while Daphne is away.

Upper Stage Fundraising

We are looking for donations of prizes for our Mother’s Day raffle. If you can help in any way please leave your donations at the school office. (Thanks, Helen Oberg)

St Patrick’s Day Races

If you are not planning to attend the Race Day on March 18 you can still support this fund raising effort by the Diocesan Catholic Education Office by purchasing a raffle ticket. These are available from the school office for $1. 1^st Prize is 12months Gym Membership in Rocky; 2^nd Prize is a leather Office Chair; 3^rd Prize is a Wheelbarrow of Drinks; 4^th Prize is an Ipod and 5^th Prize is a Basket of Cosmetics worth $300.

Parent reporting of Concerns

We encourage parents to communicate to the school any problems or issues that their children may be having. The school staff are very willing to assist children with establishing and maintaining good relationships but we are sometimes unaware of problems that may be occurring. A brief note or phone call to the Home Teacher or school office may be all that is needed for parents to gain clarification about something that is occurring at school or to give information that will assist the staff in ensuring that children feel part of a safe and caring school community.

Schools Clean-Up Day

Thank you to Mrs Dean and all the students and teachers for their contribution to the clean-up on Friday. The school grounds are looking nice and tidy and certainly greener after the recent rain.

Uniforms

Best wishes and thank you to Mrs Shirley Jennings who has retired and sold her sewing business. Shirley has made uniform items for Sacred Heart School for many, many years. She wishes to extend an apology for the problems that have been encountered this year with the iron-on lettering on the Graduating Shirts. Hopefully all the problems with these shirts have now been rectified and if not parents are encouraged to contact the school office.

The Uniform Committee has sort quotes from new suppliers and a new supply contract will be entered into soon. Until then there are shortages in Sizes and .

We wish Shirley and her husband Nev all the best on their round Australia trip.

Uniform Shop News

The Uniform Shop committee has asked for quotes from new suppliers and a new supply contract will be entered into soon. Until then there will be shortages in sizes 6 and 8. As soon as stock is available we advertise in the newsletter. We welcome any feedback on the uniform. Please communicate this feedback through the Uniform Shop or School Office.

APRE NEWS

Confirmation/Eucharist Update.

Today an Important Notice for Confirmation/ Eucharist Candidates for 2006 went home with the newsletter to all families in Middle and Upper Stages. This letter outlines the four stages that your child is required to participate in if he/she is to be eligible to receive these Sacraments this year.

Please read carefully and keep Important Dates to Remembersheet somewhere for easy reference. If you have any questions after reading the letter please don’t hesitate to call either the Parish Office, Father Bryan, 49336171 or myself at school.

A Sacramental Team meeting will take place on Monday 13^th at the Presbytery at 7:00pm.

Last Friday Mrs Gawne and the children from MG led us in

celebrating Ash Wednesday. It was a meaningful start to Lent and our journey to Easter.

This Friday at assembly Mr Honor and MH will help us continue our journey to Easter by launching our school’s Project Compassion focus for Lent. See you there!

Please note the following changes to up-coming class led assemblies.

Mrs Wren and LWR will lead us in prayer next Friday 17^th March and Mrs Mullane and Mrs Dean with LM will lead us in a special Assembly on Harmony Day, Tuesday March 21^st.

THE FRIENDSHIP GROUP will meet next Tuesday morning at around 9:00am in the library to discuss their next “Meet & Greet” opportunity planned for Harmony Day, Tuesday March 21^st. Mark this date on your calendar. It will be a great time to catch up with friends and perhaps make some new ones. See you there!

Lower Stage Thank you

Thank you to Clare Dash for making ‘sentence makers’ for Lower Stage English.

Items required by Upper Stage

Upper M are in need of old magazines suitable for school projects. Please leave these with Debbie McGuire in Upper M if you can help or drop them at the office.

LIBRARY NEWS

A big “Thank You” to the following mums and grandma who have assisted in the library during the past few weeks: Marion Price, Helen Stephensen, Kym Bowden, Cathy Cranny, Gloria Brown, Jo Millar, Chrissie Dunphy, Akiko Kuwazuru and Sue Wilkins.

HELP IS STILL REQUIRED: If anyone could assist in the library with a variety of tasks it would be greatly appreciated. There are many new reading and library books. We need to process these as quickly as possible so they will be available for teacher, student and classroom use.

LOST READING BOOKS: A few more reading books from last year have been returned this week. Please continue to check at your house for any overdue books. Return to the library ASAP.

BOOKCLUB: All Book club orders, together with correct payment are due back at school by TOMORROW, Friday 10^th March.

Sean Choolburra Visit

On Thursday 16 March, Sean Choolburra will perform for all stages. The program will include dance, stories and didgeridoo. He demonstrates with an array of artefacts from fishing nets to hunting shields. Students will be encouraged to dance, sing and participate in traditional and contemporary dance styles.

P&F Meeting News

The P&F Meeting on Tuesday evening was well attended with parents representing all stages in the school.

After 10 years of dedicated service Trish Weir has resigned her position as Treasurer. We thank Trish for all her time and commitment and are grateful for her offer to assist a new person in the role. Thank you to Deb Mason who has indicated her interest in taking on this position.

MYSA Conference

Next Wednesday (15 March), teachers from the MYSA (Middle Years of Schooling Association) Conference will visit our school to observe initiatives in technology, literacy, numeracy and Religion in the Middle and Upper Stages. A special thank you to teachers in these stages for their openness in sharing the great experiences they are offering our students.

Mrs Jennifer Williamson and Mr Mark Byrne will attend the conference on the following two days. They will listen to speakers from across the country and overseas regarding the best practices in the middle years of education.

From the Sports File

KCD Interschool Sport

Continues tomorrow for AFL and Netball. Please remember $2 for bus and venue hire.

KCD Trials

U/11 & U/12 Rugby League trials will be held next week. Children involved have received information notes.

Development Cup

Congratulations to the Sharks Rugby League Team on their effort in this week’s Development Cup game. Sacred Heart was defeated by Farnborough SS 16 – 10.

Sharks play Taranganba SS next Monday in Rd 3.

Senior Swimming Carnival

The Senior Swimming Carnival has been set down for Wednesday March 29, week 10. This date has been changed from the last week of term 1 due to a number clashes with other events.

Bungaleer News

The environmental group is meeting again on Tuesdays at lunchtime. Now that the weather is a little cooler the members are very keen to get their hands dirty. We welcome any students who would like to join our group.

We are going to continue working with the Livingstone Shire Council on the Lammermoor Beach Project. On Saturday 22April from 9am we will be involved in a Community Tree Planting Day. It would be great if as many members of our Sacred Heart community as possible supported this day.

The Bungaleers need to complete permission slips so we can continue to work at the beach in our lunch time. An initiative for this year is to work out ways to Recycle, Reuse, Reduce. We are hopeful for reduce our food scraps and paper waste. We are keen to hear from families who have chooks who could collect a container of scraps on a regular basis.

(Helen Dean and Margaret Curley)

Student Councillors Report

Student Councillors have been busy this week looking at what each stage has been up to this term.

Preschool

Pres-schoolers have been learning about people and animals such as turtles, snakes and butterflies. They have artistically created different animals and collages of people. They have learnt that turtles have hard shells and that butterflies lay their eggs on leaves. The preschoolers have been working hard and having lots of fun. (By Alexandra Barlow & Jayde Southwell)

Early Stage

Early Stage have been learning a great deal about Australia this term. They have made collages of cities and deserts in Australia. They have been hard at work learning counting, reading and writing.

Together with Lower Stage they participated in the liturgy of Ash Wednesday and began learning how everyone is special to God. (By Aidan Nagle & David McKone)

Lower Stage

In Lower Stage this term they have a pirate theme. They have been designing pirate flags and pirate costumes. They are also learning of the many wonderful treasures from other places around the world.(Bronte Alexander & Elke Shaw)

Middle Stage

Middle Stage has been investigating the history of the Commonwealth Games and preparing for 2006 in Melbourne. They are busily preparing photo stories and powerpoint presentations to share their knowledge of a favourite sport or sportsperson. (By Alexandra Barlow & Tyler Horstman)

Upper Stage

Upper Stage have been getting physical this term. Gearing up for a heavy schedule of sports. The approaching start of the 2006 Commonwealth Games has kept their minds firmly on the green and gold “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie”.

Caritas Australia visited the stage to encourage the whole school to “Go for Gold” and help out the missions by donating to project compassion. (By David McKone & Ashlee Dare)

SEE ROCKY’S C’WEALTH GAMES DISPLAY

Featuring paintings and photographs of Rockhampton’s past and present athletes and information on the Commonwealth Games.

Open 9am-4pm from 8 March to 26 March in Customs House (downstairs), Quay Street, Rockhampton. For more information contact Rockhampton Tourist & Business Information, Customs House. Phone 49 222855.

Community News

AWARDS FOR WEEK SIX – Term One

Early Stage – Maggie McLaughlin, Isaac Maple, Britney Wightman, Skye Kelly, Anais Campbell, Kieran Thurecht

Lower Stage – Lethan Mann, Lachlan Roberts (2), Reagan Twidale (2), Harrison White, Meg Landry, Lucia Pilcher, Patrick Busby, Demi Butler, Georgia Holzberger, Alon Ebro, Tom Smales

Middle Stage – Olivia Hall, Matthew Pope, Kody Smith, Hayden Hutchinson, Luke Ashton, Benjamin Fry, Georgia Doyle, Sophie Eastwood

Upper Stage – Courtney Butler, James Zerk, Jayke Findlay, Alys Bow-Curd

AWARDS FOR WEEK SEVEN – Term One

God Moment Award – Ben and Mia Burke, Mark Byrne, Rebecca Dash

Early Stage – Abbie Gilliland, Jacob Holzberger, Benjamin O’Dea, Holly Farry, Darcy Welldon, Mitchell Hutchinson

Lower Stage – Kynan Lowry, Maddee Thomson, Bailey Jones, Megan Reynolds, Alex Stevens, Patrick Busby, Beau Pearson, Scott Stevens, Isabelle Fleming, Christian Wilkinson, Adam Bressington, Patrick Hay, Meg Landry

Middle Stage – Emma Power, Mitchell Jensen, Jacob Pardon, Madeline Tongue, Renee Spence, David McKone, Michael Effeney, Kaitlin Ronan, Jesse Kase, Olivia Hall, Thomas Edwards, Rielly-Anna Stokes

Upper Stage – Christian Turton, Jacinta Barker, Courtney Butler, Denny Kim, Emmalie Maclean

TUCKSHOP NEWS

There are still several vacancies on the Tuckshop Roster for Wednesdays and Fridays. If you can help one day a

month 8.30am to 12.30pm phone Tracey on 49 395234.

Friday, 10 March: Helen Oberg, Marion Price, Leonie Wilson and Tracey Lowry

Monday, 13 March: Pam Cuffe, Rebecca Walker, Kirsty Welldon, Trish O’Maley

Wednesday, 15 March: Leonie Roberts, Jennifer Gardiner, Barbara Buckett, Jane Constantinou

Friday, 17 March: Evelyn Holzschuher, Gloria Brown, Pam Smales, Nicole Pardon, Tracey Lowry

FOR SALE:

* Chest Freezer 300 litre Fisher & Paykel - $280. Phone Ray 49 336964.

* Single bed (base and mattress) - $20. Contact school office.

GIVE AWAY – Beautiful kitten (only one left) – 7 weeks old, wormed and toilet trained. Phone Linda 49 250969.

HOUSEKEEPING AVAILABLE – Reliable and efficient. Monday-Friday 8.30am-2.30pm. Phone 49 395116 or 0438 888747.

Emu Park Bus Conveyance Committee AGM 7pm Tuesday, 14 March at Emu Park Primary School music room. All committee positions are vacant.