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Educating for Life

‘Thinking to Learn Learning to Think’

SACRED HEART PRIMARY SCHOOL Issue No 3 NEWSLETTER 26 February 2016

Principal – Mr Brian Martin

2 Mora Avenue Oakleigh 3166 Telephone 8574 4500 Fax 8574 4555

Camp Australia OSHC 0401188896 Parish Priest – Fr John Magri - Ph. 9568 1206

Email: principal@shoaklegh.catholic.edu.au Website: www.shoakleigh.catholic.edu.au Email: office@shoakleigh.catholic.edu.au

Road Safety Prayer

O Lord our God; we know that all people are precious in your

sight, and that you would not want any of your dear ones to be

hurt in any way.

And so we seek your blessing upon our roads asking for your

protection and your guidance on our families.

Instil in us all Father, the virtue of patience, understanding and common sense, praying that we may all drive with

due care and regard for our fellow-road-users, and we ask you to bring us all home again in your peace without

death, injury or trauma.

And so Father, we ask you to bless the roads and all who travel on them.

(Roadwise adapted)

Traffic Management at Sacred Heart

Parking and traffic congestion remains at the forefront of concern within our school community. The majority of

parents drive their child/ren to and from school each day. Congestion occurs at these key times and often our

children are put in dangerous positions. Traffic management around the school is a very complex issue involving

hundreds of people and as such solutions take time to be worked out.

Over the last year the School Education Board (SEB) has been working through potential solutions to traffic issues,

liaised with Monash Council, the Parish and members of our School Community. Surveys have been undertaken

and dangerous and illegal behaviours observed. Parents were invited to share their view on the matter through

forums and email responses.

As a result of this investigation there will be changes to the parking and traffic arrangements around our school

boundaries. These traffic and parking improvements are intended to ease congestion, improve traffic flow,

increase parking options for families and ensure safer visibility of pedestrians at peak times around the school

gates.

The improvements consist of:

The introduction of a new 2 min drop off zone in Mora Ave

Moving permit parking from Mora Ave to outside the church in Johnson St

The implementation of a preferred traffic flow direction to complement these changes.

The changes are expected to occur in the coming week.

A Traffic and Parking Safety Guide has been written for all families in our school community. It is written in plain

language with pictures to assist in understanding. It is in response to behaviour that is illegal and in some cases

potentially life threatening to members of our school and local community at peak times. Many of the issues

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raised are because of a lack of common courtesy by parents and carer drivers. A hard copy of the Traffic and

Parking Safety Guide will be sent home for all families shortly.

Please take the time to read all the information in this booklet and I encourage you to pass it onto anyone else in

your family network who picks up or drops off your children at school. This is to ensure a smooth transition and a

safer traffic solution for all of our Sacred Heart Community. Additional copies of this booklet are available at the

school office, if there is a need we will arrange copies to be translated into other languages. Please enquire at the

office.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank the School Education Board for their leadership in this matter as well

as for their time and dedication in seeing this project to an end. If this is the type of work in which you have an

interest, the SEB may be a way in which you can contribute to the school community. The SEB AGM is coming up

next month with limited vacancies. Applications are in last newsletter and close shortly.

Regards

Brian Martin

SCHOOL TOURS FOR 2017 ENROLMENTS

Tue Mar 1

9:15am – 10:15am

School Tours

Wed Mar 16

9:15am – 10:15am

School Tours

Thu Apr 21

9:15am – 10:15am

School Tours

Mon May 16

9:15am – 10:15am

School Tours

Tue May 31

9:15am – 10:15am

School Tours

Thu Jun 16

2:30pm – 3:30pm

School Tour

Bread for the Hungry – Can you help? We have established a network to support families in the school who could benefit from free bread once a week. WE NEED A FEW MORE VOLUNTEERS. We require volunteers on a Thursday evening to collect bread from a local baker, bag the bread and drop off at the school. The school will then arrange for distribution. If you would like to know more information or if you are able to help, please contact the school office or speak to myself. – Regards - Brian

REMINDER – SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY ON FRIDAY 11 MARCH – please register your interest with Camp Australia

(it depends on numbers as to whether it will open for the day).

LABOUR DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY MONDAY 14 MARCH.

ENROLMENTS FOR 2017 Enrolments are now open for 2017. Applications close at the end of June. Enrolment forms and information packs may be collected from the school office, downloaded from our website or will be available on school tour days. Current Families Enrolment of Siblings in Sacred Heart School Please collect an enrolment application form from the school office or download from our website. Please return it to the school office by the end of Term 2. If you know of any families who wish to enrol in our school, or know who have another child who will be attending Sacred Heart next year, please pass on this information.

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School Fee Statements will be sent out in the next fortnight. We have introduced a new system with various ways to pay your school fees, including Bpay. Should you wish to pay school fees prior to the account being sent please contact the office for a statement. School Photos 8 March Envelopes and instructions for ordering have been sent home. Summer school uniform is to be worn on photo day even if your child has sport on this day. You may send your child’s runners with them but black school shoes are to be worn for the photos. Portrait photos will be taken of all students as well as class photos. Sibling photos may also be ordered. You may place your order online this year with the code on the envelope so you do not have to return an envelope unless you are paying by cash or cheque.

CSEF application form and information for holders of Health Care /Pensioner Concession / Temporary

foster parents or Veterans Affairs Gold Card – eligible parents may claim $125 per year for Camps,

Sports and Excursions per child which will be paid to the school. – You may also collect an application

form from the school office. Please see form and instructions further in the newsletter.

School Education Board AGM: The School Education Board (SEB) AGM is an open meeting for all parents. Please feel free to attend

without the fear of being co-opted in for a position on the SEB. This is an opportunity to hear how the

school has fared over the last 12 months. The AGM will be on Wednesday 9 March at 7pm in the

staffroom.

School Calendar The 2016 School calendar may be downloaded by following this link http://www.shoakleigh.catholic.edu.au/calendar.html The events until the end of term are on page 6 of the newsletter Parent Handbook The Parent Handbook may be accessed ONLY by following this link http://www.shoakleigh.catholic.edu.au/private.html. There is no link on the website

School Newsletter Email addresses for new families have been entered onto the school system. Please provide an email address to the school to receive newsletters, if you have not already done so on your enrolment form. The school office email address is office@shoakleigh.catholic.edu.au

CareMonkey As a parent you will have received an email from the CareMonkey system inviting you to enter the details for your child / or an update reminder in an electronic medical form. To ensure your privacy the information provided will only be accessible by the relevant staff for your child. There is only one primary carer’s email address associated with each child. You will automatically be sent additional reminders on a regular basis until the care profiles are complete. Once the care profile is complete, the emails will stop. Please feel free to contact the school office, Jan Morice or Brian Martin if you have any questions. You can also visit the CareMonkey website for more information: www.caremonkey.com

Skoolbag app – see instructions further in the newsletter.

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Please see attachments: School Calendar The Heart Coffee Shop opening times School Tours Flyer Skoolbag App CSEF Information and Application to be returned to school office Murrumbeena Auskick Monash Health and Wellbeing Series

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SACRED HEART CALENDAR 2016

Fri 26 Feb 2016

9am - 11am Interschool Sport Match 3

9am – 10am Parent Helper Literacy Training

Newsletter Released

Sat 27 Feb 2016

5:30pm - 6:30pm Reconciliation Commitment

Mass SH

Mon 29 Feb 2016

Level 5/6 excursion to Melbourne Museum

Tue 1 Mar 2016

9:15am - 10:15am School Tours

School Banking

Fri 4 Mar 2016

Gala Day Interschool Sports

2:30pm - 3:20pm 2nd Hand Uniform Shop Open

Mon 7 Mar 2016

2:30pm - 3pm Assembly - General

Tue 8 Mar 2016

School Banking

School Photos

Wed 9 Mar 2016

7pm - 9pm School Education Board AGM

Thu 10 Mar 2016

Newsletter Released

Fri 11 Mar 2016

CLOSURE Day – Staff PD

Sun 13 Mar 2016

CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK BEGINS

Mon 14 Mar 2016

Labour Day Public Holiday

Tue 15 Mar 2016

PA Subway lunch

School Banking

11.30am – 1.30pm Yr 1 & 2 local

Oakleigh Walk

Wed 16 Mar 2016

9:15am - 10:15am School Tours

Thu 17 Mar 2016

Mass St Patrick's Cathedral

St Patrick's Day

7pm - 8pm Literacy Family Night F-6

Fri 18 Mar 2016

9am - 11:30am House Cross Country

Warrawee Park Oval, Oakleigh

2:30pm - 3:20pm 2nd Hand Uniform Shop

Sat 19 Mar 2016

CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK FINISHES

PA Mother Daughter Camp

Sun 20 Mar 2016

PA Mother Daughter Camp

Palm Sunday

Mon 21 Mar 2016

2:30pm - 3pm Assembly - General

Tue 22 Mar 2016

School Banking

Wed 23 Mar 2016

Combined Schools Day - Easter Focus

Red assessment folders out

Term overviews out

Thu 24 Mar 2016

Newsletter Released

11:45am - 12:15pm Easter Story Assembly

1.00pm End Term 1 Students finish

Fri 25 Mar 2016

Good Friday

Holidays

Sat 26 Mar 2016

Holidays

Holy Saturday

Sun 27 Mar 2016

Easter Sunday

Sun 3 April 2016

Daylight Savings Ends

Mon 11 Apr 2016

START OF TERM 2 Students Return

2:30pm - 3pm Assembly 5/6V

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The Skoolbag App is live for our school community. This is for both Apple devices from the app

store and android devices from the playstore. As outlined in the newsletter last week, the Skoolbag App provides you with an easy free way to let you know key information about school activities. It provides you with a convenient way to receive school notifications and it communicates directly with iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows Phones devices. School newsletters, school notices and alerts will be communicated directly to your smartphone through the Skoolbag app. The Skoolbag App can be downloaded from the following locations: For iPhone and iPad users: 1. Click the "App Store" icon on your Apple device. 2. Type "sacred heart oakleigh" in the search. 3. If iPhone, you will see your school appear, click "Free" then "install". 4. If iPad, change the drop list to "iPhone Apps", your school will then be visible, click "Free" then "install". 5. When installed click "Open". 6. Select "OK" to receive push notifications, when asked. 7. Click the "More" button on the bottom right of the App, then "Setup". 8. Toggle on the Push Categories that are applicable for you by tapping the on/off switch. For Android users: You must first have signed up with a Google Account before installing the app. 1. Click the "Play Store" button on your Android Device 2. Click the magnifying glass icon at the top and type in sacred heart oakleigh 3. Click the school name when it appears in the search. 4. Click the "Install" button. 5. Click "Accept" for various permissions (please note, we do not modify any of your personal data on your device). 6. Click "Open" when installed. 7. Click the "More" button on the bottom right of the App, then "Setup". 8. Toggle on the Push Categories that are applicable for you by tapping the on/off switch. Please Note: Some brands of Android phones need the setting in "Notification Manager" changed to "Allow" instead of "Notify" in order for the push notifications to work. The phone must also be running at least version 4 system software to run the app. For Windows Phone users: 1. Go to the Windows Store on your Windows Phone 2. Search for "Skoolbag" in the keyword app search 3. Install the Skoolbag app. 4. Find your school either by using the keyword search or location service. 5. Click the "Pin" icon to pin the school tile to your Windows Phone home screen. 6. Click the "More" button on the bottom right of the App, then "Setup" 7. Toggle the Push Categories that are applicable to you by tapping the on/off switch. Please Note: The Skoolbag Windows Phone App is for 8.1 version Windows Phones. We believe Skoolbag will provide the missing link in the communication between home and school. I encourage you to install the Sacred Heart Skoolbag App on your personal devices.

Regards Brian Martin

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