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Welcome from the Parents and Friends Association at Sacred Heart Primary School 2017 Welcome. The Sacred Heart Parents and Friends Association is YOUR association. All parents and friends are automatically part of the P&F and we encourage you to be an active part of your child’s school life. Kids love to see their parents participate wherever, and however they can. How? The P&F holds events and supports initiatives which raise funds AND community spirit for the school. The event calendar for 2017, out 120 th Anniversary Year, is attached to this flyer. Some events are assigned to class groups, to share the love and the load throughout the year. We strongly encourage your involvement in helping to organise these events. To support the P&F, meetings are held on the the first Wednesday of every month, at 7.00pm in the Science Room (attached to the Hall). Everyone is welcome to the meetings, and it is a great way of meeting other parents and having fun while supporting our children. Class Representatives (Class Reps) Each class has 2 or 3 Class Reps whose role it is, is to communicate news and items to the other parents in their class. If your class doesn’t yet have an allocated Rep, please consider being one. Please contact Gary Brown (President 2017) if you would like to be a Class Rep. Special offers At Sacred Heart, we love to involve family businesses and local businesses whenever possible. These help to support our events and have help in fund-raising. If you have a family business then please let us know. At the moment, the school has two business offers that help raise funds for the school Beaufort Street Books When you buy a book over $15 from Beaufort Street Books, they will provide a credit to the School and for every $15 spent you will earn 1 ‘Books for Schools voucher’, which represents a $1 credit to the school. All you need to do is quote ‘Sacred Heart Primary School Highgate when you buy a book. You can still also participate in the BSB loyalty program and earn credits for family. Flight Centre Mt Lawley When you make a booking through Flight Centre Mt Lawley, they will donate 1% to our school: 1. Simply make a new travel booking with Flight Centre Mt Lawley 2. Mention Sacred Heart Primary and the Rewards Club fundraiser to your Flight Centre consultant before your booking is finalised. 3. (Note: This fundraiser does not include online bookings)
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Welcome from the Parents and Friends Association at Sacred Heart Primary School 2017
Welcome.
The Sacred Heart Parents and Friends Association is YOUR association. All parents and friends are automatically part of the P&F and we encourage you to be an active part of your child’s school life. Kids love to see their parents participate wherever, and however they can.
How?
The P&F holds events and supports initiatives which raise funds AND community spirit for the school.
The event calendar for 2017, out 120th Anniversary Year, is attached to this flyer. Some events are assigned to class groups, to share the love and the load throughout the year. We strongly encourage your involvement in helping to organise these events.
To support the P&F, meetings are held on the the first Wednesday of every month, at 7.00pm in the Science Room (attached to the Hall). Everyone is welcome to the meetings, and it is a great way of meeting other parents and having fun while supporting our children.
Class Representatives (Class Reps)
Each class has 2 or 3 Class Reps whose role it is, is to communicate news and items to the other parents in their class. If your class doesn’t yet have an allocated Rep, please consider being one. Please contact Gary Brown (President 2017) if you would like to be a Class Rep.
Special offers
At Sacred Heart, we love to involve family businesses and local businesses whenever possible. These help to support our events and have help in fund-raising. If you have a family business then please let us know.
At the moment, the school has two business offers that help raise funds for the school
Beaufort Street Books
When you buy a book over $15 from Beaufort Street Books, they will provide a credit to the School and for every $15 spent you will earn 1 ‘Books for Schools voucher’, which represents a $1 credit to the school. All you need to do is quote ‘Sacred Heart Primary School Highgate when you buy a book. You can still also participate in the BSB loyalty program and earn credits for family.
Flight Centre Mt Lawley
When you make a booking through Flight Centre Mt Lawley, they will donate 1% to our school: 1. Simply make a new travel booking with Flight Centre Mt Lawley 2. Mention Sacred Heart Primary and the Rewards Club fundraiser to your Flight Centre
consultant before your booking is finalised. 3. (Note: This fundraiser does not include online bookings)
Sacred Heart Primary School 2017 Art Auction and Exhibition
One of the major events in 2017, will be an Art Auction and Exhibition of student’s art in Term 4 (November). The students will be preparing their art pieces throughout the year. To make this event happen, the school will need a team of twenty volunteers to help support the students and their teachers.
If you would like to know more, or are able to assist, please contact Ms Renee Byrne-King, Assistant Principal and Art Specialist.
School Banking
All children at our school are able to participate in the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program. It is run by parent volunteers and happens every Wednesday morning before school. It is great way for children to learn how to save money, and raises money for the school.
If you would like to know how to participate, please contact Maria DeMarte, [email protected], or Maria Devlin, [email protected] , or come down to the Hall/Science Lab on a Wednesday morning before school.
Canteen
The School Canteen is open on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and is operated by Mrs Suzanne Biundo and Ms Antoinette Torre. The Canteen Menu is available on the school’s website, and additional hard copies are available on the table in the Administration entrance hall. The canteen loves to have parent helpers. Please let the Canteen staff know if you can help.
2017 Calendar of Events
Event Description Class organisers
Welcome Event
Sunday 26.2.17 (Term 1)
Morning Tea after Mass in the front Courtyard
Year 5 and Year 6
(Working Group of 10 volunteers suggested – 5 each class)
Easter Raffle, April 7 Similar to 2016 Easter Raffle
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Mother’s Day Friday 12th May Possibly a picnic/ food trucks celebration as families on the Oval-TBC
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Dinner Dance
Saturday 24.6.17 (Term 2)
themed catered entertainment past and present students and families adult only event bar raffles silent auction photobooth
Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3
(Working Group of 15 volunteers suggested – 5 each class)
Father’s Day Friday 1 September
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Fun Run –
date in question (Term 3) in conjunction with sports day/week/month
themed -pledges sausage sizzle or something at the post event celebration 4pm - 6pm event
Year 4
(Working Group of 5 volunteers)
Art Auction and Exhibition
Friday 24.11.17 (Term 4)
Requires Art sub-group to assist Ms Byrne-King (4 persons)
Kindy and Pre-Primary
(Plus a Working Group of 20 volunteers throughout year)
