These past few weeks have been marked with lots of successes and lots of new challenges. Wonderful sporting events, gala days, the Mock Trial competition and a memorable liturgy have been highlights of the past weeks. However these past weeks have also been increasingly challenging as we have had a considerable number of staff and students absent from school for a variety of reasons. Many are still impacted by COVID and spending mandatory time in isolation, but now there are additional viruses and “bugs” that are keeping staff and students at home. We thank families for keeping sick children at home and preventing the spread of the contagions, we thank the students for coping so well with the changes to routine and class structures to ensure that all classes are covered by a teacher and we thank the staff for so generously offering to help as we struggle with no or limited casual teacher replacements whilst maintaining learning in the classroom. Unfortunately this may continue as the new “normal” for some time as schools navigate the winter months. This is our peak time for illnesses but it is more challenging this year as the number of available casual staff dwindles. We are doing our very best to ensure that learning continues.

Ironically one of our goals this year is to address the issue of attendance. We understand if a child is sick and unable to attend school but we would encourage parents to ensure that at all other times students are present for learning opportunities.

The weather has been bitter and dreary the past week and layers of clothing were the usual attire. We are very happy for students to wear additional layers UNDERNEATH their uniform to keep warm and to continue wearing the uniform on the outer layer. The school coat is an excellent addition to our uniform and is available locally for a reasonable price. There are winter uniform articles available in the uniform pool but not all sizes are available. There are no coats in the pool nor are there any ties. If you have any of these items at home that you are no longer using please consider donating these to the uniform pool. Mrs Kylie Winsor does an excellent job of coordinating and managing the uniform pool and we are grateful for her enthusiasm and efforts. If you would like some items please leave a message at the front office and Kylie will collect them at her earliest convenience. They can be collected from the front office for a donation.

Our Confirmation candidates were presented to the Parish at Saturday night’s vigil mass. Thank you to Mrs Maxwell, Sr Kathy, Fr Lolesio and the Stage 3 teachers for their support and preparation of the candidates. Please keep the students and their families in your prayers.

We have entered the final assessment period coming in to Semester One reporting. Most students will have assessments and assignments due at this time. Secondary students will have some examinations in some subjects in Week 8 as reports are finalised for dissemination at the end of the term. All reports will be sent out digitally and can be accessed through the COMPASS portal. Please contact the school asap if you have not sorted your COMPASS access. If you could check your email inbox for any COMPASS notifications first it would be greatly appreciated.

Every school in the archdiocese has been granted additional Professional Development days from the Catholic Education Office to assist in planning and preparation to maximise learning opportunities. In dialogue with the closest regional schools we decided to opt for FRIDAY 10 JUNE and FRIDAY 1 JULY. These are pupil-free days and unfortunately we are unable to offer supervision. Please make a note of these dates.

We continue to keep families who are struggling with illness in our prayers and hope that God continues to hold them in the palm of his hand.

“Be kind. Be fair. Be honest. Be true. And all of these things will come back to you. Remember what goes around, comes around.” Kindness is never wasted.

God Bless

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Primary Sport

CG Football (Soccer)

Our Canberra Goulburn girls football teams played at the MacKillop trials in Goulburn on Friday. Our teams played fabulous football and are to be congratulated on their efforts.

Sophie Sannazzaro, represented Sacred Heart and made it to the possible v probable game. 

CG Rugby Trials

Congratulations to Jake Harris for making the CG Rugby team on Monday. It was cold and wet but there was still lots of great rugby on display. The Canberra Goulburn team will play at the MacKillop trials in Forbes on the 26th and 27th of June.

Good luck

Next week looks to be a very busy day in our primary sports calendar. Good luck to our Primary students heading to Eastern Creek on Tuesday for the CCCNSW cross country. They are; Ava Sannazzaro, Sophie Sannazzaro, Sacha Mcleod, Jake Harris, Max Winsor and Alex Byrne.

Good Luck to our Stage three Girls and Boys at Mortimer Shield Rugby League/Tag  on Wednesday. 

Finally, we wish the best of luck to our stage two rugby 10s team travelling to Canberra on Friday for the Brumbies Rugby 10s Championships. 

Current notes due/overdue

• Mortimer Shield Young
• Ruby 10s Canberra 
• WR Athletics

Primary Sport Dates

Regards

Wendy Van Kerk Oerle

Priamary Sports Coordinator

Secondary Sport

NSW All Schools AFL

Congratulations to Oscar Roberts, who competed in the NSW All Schools AFL competition as part of the 15yrs NSWCCC AFL team. The competition was held in Lavington in Albury on 30th-31st May. NSWCCC won 1 out of their 4 games. Oscar competed extremely well amongst a very talented field of athletes in very cold and wet conditions. Well done Oscar.

NSW All Schools Swimming

Congratulations to Josh Harris, who competed in the NSW All Schools Swimming competition as part of the NSWCCC Swimming team. The competition was held in Homebush on Friday 3rd June. Josh placed 9th in the 50m Freestyle final with a time of 27.67 and 9th in the 50m Butterfly final with a time of 31.45. A fantastic achievement. Well done Josh.

Riverina Schools Futsal Championships

Congratulations to the students who competed in the Riverina Schools Futsal Championships in Wagga on Tuesday 31st May. Both the Under 14’s girls and boys teams represented Sacred Heart in a competitive and sportsman like manner. The girls were undefeated all day, and slightly lost the grandfinal. They received the runners-up medallion for their wonderful achievements. The boys had two wins from 4 games and refined their skills throughout the day. Well done to everyone and thank you to Lousie Dickinsion and Kim Sannarraro for assisting with the transportation. 

14yr Boys Futsal

Ben Piffero

Jake Winsor

George Smith

Blake Holder

Riley Mills

Alex English

Evan Lonnen

Chase Cullen

Thomas Peacey

14yrs Girls Futsal

Emily Dickinson

April Dickinson

Leila Ismay

Matilda Sannazzaro

Zara Bodycott

Coonabarabran North West Equestrian Expo

Macey Bryant and Eliza Tozer headed to Coonabarabran on Thursday 2nd June, for the North West Equestrian Expo. The girls will be competing in a variety of events, including Team Barrel Racing, Team Penning, Warrumbungles Way Challenge, Working Horse Challenge and Sporting. For more information go to https://www.nwequestrianexpo.com.au/. 

NSWCCC Cross Country

Good luck to Jake Winsor, Josh Harris, Sarah Harris, Cooper Jones and Lily McLeod as they represent the Canberra Goulburn Diocese in Cross Country at the NSWCCC Competition on Tuesday at Eastern Creek.

Secondary Sport Dates

or further information, see Ms Withers or go to:

• CSNSW Sport: website (https://csnsw.sport/)
• CG Sport: Canberra Goulburn Sport nominations page (https://www.sport.cg.catholic.edu.au/nominations)
• Sport @ SHC: Secondary Google Classroom (student code - xcdqo3f) https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/Njk2NjYzNTMxM1pa 

For school teams to go away to gala days and competitions, students must return their note and money by the due date to be eligible to attend the excursion.

As always, if you are concerned about anything to do with PE or Sport, please arrange a meeting or get in contact with me so we can work out a solution. We want everyone to be involved in all aspects of school life, to the best of their ability and feel good about their experience.

I can be contacted at megan.withers@cg.catholic.edu.au or on 02 69422612 during school hours. 

Regards

Megan Withers

Secondary Sports Coordinator

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