What beautiful rain! We had actually forgotten what it was like to have wet weather at school. It is a much needed weather event and we appreciate the welcome blessing that it is for all. Wet weather means a lot more jackets have come to school and it is always a challenge to make sure everyone leaves with the jacket that they came with. Having all uniform items marked with your child’s name is very important especially when everything looks the same. We still have a lot of unmarked items left over from the Athletics carnival last Friday. If you are missing items please send your child to check the front office. We return items with names back to the classrooms but still have a lot of items waiting for collection. On the topic of uniform a gentle reminder that the winter uniform does include the tie and it is expected that it is worn correctly. No one should be presenting in summer uniform so all students require the tie. We also expect our students to tuck in their shirts to look presentable and to keep warm. We have a wonderful transition of wearing our uniform with pride.

Unfortunately we had to cancel the reconciliation walk scheduled for today. The walk was to re-enact the walk that the First nations girls had to make from the train station to Bimbadeen when they were removed from their families. We are grateful to the local AECG for their initiative and passion in educating and supporting our young people as they learn and appreciate the important history of our town and the importance of Reconciliation.  It will be postponed until a later date.

The Athletics Carnival last week was a marvellous success. Thank you to Ms Van and Ms Withers for their efforts on such a big day. It was not O’Shaughnessy’s year…again. But our time must be coming soon. Congratulations to Mercy for their resounding win and to all our students who gave 100% in their events and helped and cheered all day. It was a great day for attendance and we thank the families who joined us on such a beautiful autumn day to cheer on our athletes.

Our lovely School Counsellor Mrs Laura Maxwell has taken maternity leave to await the impending birth of her first child. At this stage Catholic Care have been unable to source s replacement for a face-to-face counsellor and we may be allocated online session until a counsellor can be engaged. All clients have been contacted about the end of service for now and others will be contacted as soon as sessions are made available. If you would like to register for your child to speak with a counsellor, then please use the online link to apply. This helps Catholic Care catalogue the need in our school for the regular counsellor’s hours.

https://catholiccare.force.com/housing/s/school-referral-form

Next Monday we welcome Mr Ross Fox the Director of Catholic education in the Canberra Goulburn Diocese. He will be spending some time with us touring the school, meeting students and staff and listening to the achievements and ambitions of our students. We will also discuss with him the future development of our site and our school. We are very grateful for the effort he will make to come and visit with us. We will show him what a wonderful, resourceful and dynamic school we have.

The Confirmation Sacramental program has begun and we have 19 students who will begin this journey of affirmation of their Faith. Please keep them and their families in your prayers as they commit to learning more about their Faith and their relationship with Jesus. Thank you to Mrs Maxwell and the Stage 3 teachers, Sr Kathy and Fr Lolesio for their guidance.

A reminder that lunch orders must be ordered by 9.30am especially on Thursday and Fridays. The volume of orders on both these days is exceptionally high (which is a great thing) but it means that the canteen doesn’t have the time to process and provide a lunch at 11.05. Amanda does an amazing job in the canteen and the huge order numbers are a credit to the great service that she provides.

Our Infants student led a reverent and inspiring Liturgy today. The students led all the ministries and were extremely well prepared by their teachers. The maturity and confidence that our little people showed by reading in front of the entire school community was impressive.

Next Friday we will celebrate the Feast day of the Sacred Heart. We will come together in a Mass at 12noon followed by a sausage sizzle lunch. All families are most welcome to attend.

Mary Mother of Christians - Infants Liturgy

Upcoming Faith Formation Events

Confirmation Sacramental Program Session 3 - 6^th June 3:30-4:30pm

Sacred Heart Feast Day Mass - 7^th June 12noon

Confirmation Sacramental Program Session 4 - 13^th June 3:30-4:30pm

Healthy Relationship Secondary Program - Tuesday 18^th and Wednesday 19^th June

Confirmation Sacramental Twilight - 20^th June 3:30-7pm

Sacrament of Confirmation - 22^nd June 5pm

NAIDOC Liturgy - Thursday 4^th July 2:30pm

Term 2 Weeks 4 and 5

SHC Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to all those who participated in our Athletics carnival last Friday. It was a very successful day. A huge thank you to the parents and community members who volunteered to help with the canteen, officiating, measuring for field events and helping in any other capacity. We could not have run the day without you.

Results

Champion House 

(based on the Athletics event results) 

First -  Mercy (Blue) on 2599.7 points

Second - De La Salle (Red) on 2157.1 points

Third - O’Shaughnessy (Gold) on 1799.2 points

Spirit Cup

Best Dressed

Aiden Smith

Leila Ismay

Age Champions

Congratulations to the new record holders:

Senior Girls Discus

Old Record - 1990 - Tania McDevitt - 21.96m

New Record - 2024 - Emily Dickinson - O'Shaughnessy - 25.50m

Intermediate Girls 800m

Old Record - 1993 - Justine Quilty - 2:44.00

New Record - 2024 - Sasha McLeod - De La Salle - 2:36.26

Intermediate Girls 4 x 100m Relay

Old Record - 1990 - Mercy - 1:00.60

New Record - 2024 - Mercy - 59.70

Primary Sport

Jump Rope for Heart.

This term Primary and Infants are participating in Jump Rope for Heart. Information on how to register has gone home with the youngest in the household. When you register you will be asked to nominate an amount to raise. This doesn’t mean that you have to raise this amount, any small amount will be greatly appreciated. We have so far raised just over $200.00, with 19 students registered. 

We will have a Jump off day at the end of this term. This week's challenge is partner or group skipping. https://www.jumprope.org.au/register/jump-rope-for-heart-2024 

CG Rugby

Tuesday this week, 4 of our students, Oliver Daley, George Clark, Alex Byrne and Koby Bryant, trialled for the Canberra Goulburn Rugby team as a result, Oliver, George and Alex have made the team. The team will now play at the MacKillop Trials in Forbes on the 30th June and 1st July. Congratulations boys. 

Mortimer Shield

Reports from the Mortimer Shield Gala day was that everyone played well, and had a great time. Well done Stage Three. Players of the day were: Reuben Smith, George Clark, Zoe Lake and Mikayla Parsons.

CG Cross Country

Congratulations to our Cross Country team who ran in Canberra on Friday 17th May. Our team included:

Joshua Knewstub Sophie Knewstub Archie Byrne Alex Byrne

Polly Manwaring Campbell Hardie Oliver Daley Estee Mcleod

Zoe Lake Ava Sannazzaro Max Winsor

Students ran their very best and we have three qualified for Sydney on the 5th June. 

Alex Bryne - 1st 

Zoe Lake - 2nd

Estee McLeod - 4th

A special congratulations to these three. 

Primary Sport Dates

Secondary Sport

Representative Sports

A reminder to keep checking the Secondary Sports Google Classroom page for all notifications and processes for registration for the many representative sports coming up this term. IMPORTANT - Please take notice of the due date. There are many reasons for the due date and we need to stick to them.

CG Cross Country

Congratulations to the students who attended the CG Cross Country in Canberra on Friday 17. 

SHC results

16s Girls 

- 3rd - Hallie Kelly - progressing to NSWCCC Cross Country

- 4th - Amelia Smith - progressing to NSWCCC Cross Country

- 6th - Grace Derrick - progressing to NSWCCC Cross Country

15s Girls 

- 15th - Ellie Lake

14s Girls

- 2nd - Sacha McLeod - progressing to NSWCCC Cross Country

- 6th - Sophie Sannazzaro - progressing to NSWCCC Cross Country

- 16th - Sophie Boxsell

- 21st - Ruby Harris

13s Girls

- 19th - Caileigh Sides

16s Boys

- 9th - Jake Winsor

- 17th - Austin Beddow

- 18th - Thomas Peacey

15s Boys

- 10th - Jessy Fisher

- 22nd - Aidan Smith

- 23rd - Chase Cullen

- 24th - Declan Emery

14s Boys

- 10th - Darcy Thompson

- 14th - Roy Dunk

13s Boys

- 1st - Jake Harris - progressing to NSWCCC Cross Country

- 3rd - Eamon Sutherland - progressing to NSWCCC Cross Country

Full results HERE

SHC Team

Jake Harris, Eamon Sutherland, Roy Dunk, Darcy Thompson, Chase Cullen, Declan Emery, Jessy Fisher, Aidan Smith, Austin Beddow, Thomas Peacey, Jake Winsor, Caileigh Sides, Sophie Boxsell, Ruby Harris, Sacha McLeod, Sophie Sannazzaro, Ellie Lake, Grace Derrick, Hallie Kelly, Amelia Smith.

NSWCCC Rugby League Trials

Well done to Josey Hoey and Hallie Kelly for trialling at the NSWCCC Girls U16s Rugby League trials in Sydney on Tue/Wed this week. It was a great experience to play with such up-and-coming talent. Congratulations girls.