From the Principal
What a year we have had! As a final note for this year I will meld the different reflections that I was able to make over the past weeks. This was definitely the year not to get all we wanted but to appreciate all we had. Sacred Heart is all about making memories and 2020 has been memorable. As we head into the last throes of the Christmas season and school is out for the year it is timely to reflect on the year that was. It has been a year like none other. A year where the unexpected happened and left in its wake a transformed landscape of social distance, sanitising, protocols and rationing. Yet despite the challenges that COVID brought we can look back and realise that it taught us many important lessons to take into a new decade. – the value and importance of community ( I cannot praise our community anymore for the tenacity and energy they displayed), the connectedness of education, the adaptability of staff and students (and parents, though some definitely did not relish the role of teacher) and the resilience we find in the face of great adversity. The new year and the new decade had promised so much and the 2020 theme – we rise by lifting others was lived by our staff and students as we navigated remote learning and COVID protocols and guidelines that seemed to change daily. I hope that you look back on this year where the lessons you learnt last a lifetime. While the word ‘unprecedented’ has likely been overused in recent months, it continues to be apt for the period of disruption that we have experienced in schools across the state, the nation and the world in 2020 so far. Coming off the back of the worst bushfire season in the state’s history and widespread flooding, COVID-19 brought unique challenges to learning and teaching in our schools. We adjusted to an intimate form of schooling where we had little but classrooms and playgrounds to focus on. We sanitised and then we sanitised some more. The students and staff and parents were incredibly patient as we navigated unchartered terrain. We could never have imagined 2020 would look like this but right at the very beginning we prayed that we would come out the other side of this pandemic and thanks to God’s hand we did and now we look to 2021 as the best year yet. Where the value on being kind is never over rated and that the kindness we share with one another will get us through any dark times.
Mrs Nicky Trinder
Principal