Sacred Heart Central School Cootamundra eNewsletter

Last Friday we welcomed Archbishop Christopher Prowse to our community as he visited the Parish to meet with many parishioners and to address our students. He was also here to confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on our 11 candidates on Saturday night at the Vigil Mass. The Mass was an important milestone in the faith journey of our Year 6 students when they confirmed their faith in front of their family, friends and the parish. Thank you to Mrs Maxwell, Sr Kathy, Fr Lolesio, Miss Van Kerk Oerle and the Stage 3 teachers for preparing the candidates for the Sacrament. Thank you to Ms Wade and her wonderful little choir members – Emmeline Last, Evie McPherson, Matilda Wray and Aleena Haisall for helping make the Mass extra special.

As we enter the final two weeks of school for Term 2 we will continue to fill the days with lots of learning opportunities and extra-curricula activities. This Friday we will celebrate Sacred Heart Feast Day with Mass followed by whole school House activities. This is a special day to celebrate our wonderful community and the proud traditions upon which our school is built.

Our teachers are very busy at the moment preparing Semester reports that will be available in the final week of the term. All reports will be posted onto the COMPASS platform where all previous and future reports will be stored. Please make contact with the Front Office if you are unable to log onto COMPASS.

Our Primary athletes competed in the Western Region Carnival in Young on Friday. It was magnificent weather and our students conducted themselves with distinction. Our primary girls relay team broke a record and many students will travel onto the next archdiocesan level. More details to follow.

The final day for students for Term 2 will be Thursday 3 July. On the Friday 4 July Teachers will be onsite completing Professional Learning and preparation for Term 3. Students will return for Term 3 on Tuesday 22 July.

Please click here to view a letter regarding the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). Please read carefully as this impacts many of our children on personalised plans.

Remember as the Dalai Lama proclaims "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."

God Bless,

Ms Nicky Trinder

Principal

Archbishop Christopher Prowse

We were blessed to have the Archbishop Christopher Prowse join us at Sacred Heart on Friday, where he spoke to Stage 3 and our Secondary students.

Sacrament of Confirmation

Congratulations to the following candidates who have recently received the Sacrament of Confirmation. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide and strengthen them in their faith journey.

Beth Adams

Stella Blackman

Rose Dickinson

Heath Frost

Zoe Lake

James Last

Zara Lawson

Connor Manton

Ava Sannazzaro

Harry Smith

Leo Sutherland

Max Winsor

Infants/Primary Awards
ES1B	ES1N
Riley Phillips	Emma Kingston-Jones
Paxton Whitney
S1B	S1G
Florence Knagge	Spencer Adams
	Annabella Petrovic
S1M	S1W
Thomas Twyford	Cody Moore
Harry Burge	Ava Black
S2B	S2G
Darcey Crouch	Archie Kingston-Jones
Blake Smith	Stella Evans
Jake Hughes	Hallie McPhail
Max Winsor	William Heritage
S3D	S3G
Oliver Tiyce	George Porter
Edie Roberts	Daniel Wincohen
Joshua Knewstub	Clancy O'Toole
A	Zara Lawson
	Henry Barnes
S3M	Secondary House Points Winners
Jaxson Shaw	T2W6 - Darcy Fry
Heath Frost	T2W7 - Lucas Walker
Juliet Daley
Abby Welch

Tuning in to Kids®

Emotionally Intelligent Parenting

A program for parents of children aged 3 – 12 years

Would you like to be able to better support your child in managing their own emotions and behaviours? Starting in week 3 of term 3, Sacred Heart is running the Tuning Into Kids group program.

Tuning Into Kids will help you to improve your own skills in:

talking with your child
understanding your child
helping your child manage their emotions
preventing behaviour problems in your child
teaching your child to deal with conflict

Tuning in to Kids shows you how to help your child develop emotional intelligence.

Children with higher emotional intelligence:

have greater success with making and keeping friends
have better concentration at school
Increased resilience when facing difficulties
are more able to calm down when upset or angry
tend to have fewer childhood illnesses

Skills associated with emotional intelligence are proven to prevent or reduce mental health problems. Emotional intelligence may be a better predictor of academic and career success than IQ!

Where: Sacred Heart Central School Library

Duration: 6 Weeks

When: Wednesdays – starting August 6th, 5.30-7.30pm

Contact: Student & Family Counsellor

Natalie.Cowled@mccg.org.au or 6942 2612

Note: there is a minimum/maximum number of places available – please contact Natalie through the details above if you have any questions!

While we will not be able to provide childcare, if you would like to attend and need to bring your child/children with you please contact Natalie to discuss the options available.

Visiting Author

Scared Heart was lucky to have a visit from author, Solli Raphael last Tuesday. He performed some of his poems and helped us write our own.

Stage 3 Science

Stage 3 exploring how to design and build a catapult in Science to launch objects.

Primary Sport

WR Athletics

Our Western region team travelled to Young last Friday, 20th of June. A full report of their achievements will be published in Friday's newsletter. The team did extremely well, even breaking a record!

Primary Sport Dates

If you have any photos from any event please email them through and we will put them in the newsletter next week.

If you have any concerns or questions please don’t hesitate to contact me via email

Kind regards

Wendy Van Kerk Oerle

Primary Sports Coordinator

wendy.vankerkoerle@cg.catholic.edu.au

Secondary Sport

CG Soccer

Congratulations to the students who went to the CG Soccer last week.

The results for the girls were as follows:

Game 1 V Trinity Goulburn - 3-0 win with goals to Emerson Jones, Sarah Lake and Sophie Sannazzaro

Game 2 V Lumen Pambula - 1-1 draw with a goal to Sophie Sannazzaro

We placed first in our pool and played the grand final.

GF V Hennessy - 0-0 draw at full time, however a 3-1 loss in a penalty shootout. Goal to Mikayla Parsons and 2 goalie saves to the cool headed Emerson Jones.

2nd overall

The results for the boys were as follows:

Game 1 V Trinity Goulburn - 2-0 loss

Game 2 V Lumen - 2-1 win with goals to Ryan Dempsey and Lucas Walker

We placed 2nd in our pool and played a final for 3rd and 4th.

Final V Hennessy - 2-1 loss with a goal to Harry Simons

4th overall

Congratulations

Girls Team: Mikayla Parsons, Sophie Knewstub, Maddison Schofield, Maycee Twyford, Lucy Dunk, Emerson Jones, Sarah Lake, Ella Roberts, Caitlin Collins, Ruby Harris, Tia Lawson, Lily Peacey, Sophie Sannazzaro, Hannah Tregear

Boys Team: Henry Fry, Matthew Wilde, Josh Lubke, Oliver Dempsey, Ryan Dempsey, Lucas Walker, Caleb Barton, Noah Carr, Josh Ismay, Connor Loiterton, Eamon Sutherland, Harry Simons, Harry Winsor, Roy Dunk.