Look

He’s

Broken,

Just

Like Me. Everyone has a story.

John was a young man in hospital

who suffered from multiple psychiatric

pathologies. He asked me to bring him

communion after Mass.

I opened the pyx and saw that the top

host was cracked when I have previously

closed the lid. I placed this host in his

hand and he looked up at me and said:

“Look. He’s broken, just like me”. -Fr. Roy O’Neil msc

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19th August 2016

Dear Parents and Members of our Sacred Heart School community, At Sacred Heart we believe in the education of the whole child – spiritually (as we are a Catholic school), academically (as we are a school), physically, emotionally, socially – every little bit of the child so that, with support they become an integrated ‘whole’. Starting next week, we will begin holding our parent and child nights centred on the topic of Human Sexuality. In doing so I acknowledge the vital and primary role that you play as parents in the education of our children about their sexuality. I also acknowledge that this can be a difficult area for many parents, mainly to do with our own hang-ups, embarrassments and uncertainty of what to say and how to say it. Human sexuality is a vital area for all children to grow in their knowledge and understanding. It is who they are, why they think and act the way they do, and how their bodies will grow and develop as they mature into the adolescent. And whilst it is a very personal area for you to work on with your child, I’m happy that we can offer a series of nights to help you get started. An outline of the program has been sent home and payment and notification of attendance are due by Tuesday this coming week. The program on offer is totally voluntary, but we offer it as a service to support you in the often difficult role of parenting as you too work to develop ‘the whole child’ who is your ever-changing son or daughter. Look forward to seeing you there.

IMPORTANT DATES

SAT, 20th AUGUST WORKING BEE 1 - 5pm

MON, 22nd AUGUST

Meet ‘n’ Greet 8:25am Aust Girls Choir Auditions

TUES, 23rd AUGUST

Gymnastics (Year 4 – 6)

WED, 24th AUGUST

PDP # 1 – Wonderful Me – 6pm Library

THURS, 25th AUGUST

Book Week Dress-Up Day and Parade

PDP # 2 – The Story of Me… So far – 6pm Library

FRI, 26th AUGUST

Mega Sports Activities (Prep - Year 3)

TUCKSHOP

Assembly 2pm (led by 5S)

SCIENCE WEEK ACTIVITIES

Today we celebrated Science Week with each class visiting our Science incursion on robots and robotics. The children loved the experience and spent the day very excited by what they saw. It always amazes me when you watch children working scientifically. In Canberra each year our Year 6 students visit a number of science-based venues (Questacon; The Make-it Centre; CSIRO; Canberra Deep Space Centre) and are enthralled at each one. Our incursion today was preceded on Wednesday by the judging of the children’s own robotic constructions. What an amazing array of creations. My thanks to Madonna McGreevy and Marg Concannon (Staff) who organised the day and promoted the scientific world to our children. The next world’s best scientist may already be amongst us – who knows. WORKING BEE – THIS SATURDAY

Have you set this date aside yet? Even for just 1 hour? Under the Hall we have years of accumulated ‘stuff’ – to the point where we can hardly get into the space anymore. TOMORROW from 1 – 5pm we plan to remove the contents from under the Hall and send huge piles off to the trash, or a worthy cause if it’s deemed to be in good enough condition. So, what we still need is many hands to carry the contents out to the front lawn to be sorted, and the worthwhile stuff to be retained and re-stored. Due to the nature of the work this is an ADULT’S ONLY Working Bee. Please come along to help. If every family gave just 1 hour of time we’d have over 190 hours of work completed – more than enough to complete the job in one go. Look forward to seeing a crowd of willing helpers ready to go. CATHOLIC COLLEGES’ MUSIC FESTIVAL

Last Friday our choirs attended the Queensland Catholic College’s Music Festival. Congratulations to our three choirs – Year 3 Choir, Year 4 Choir, and Senior Choir on their performances and for the Silver and Bronze Awards they obtained through their efforts. As I suspected, all our students were great ambassadors and ‘did us proud’. They are to be congratulated. SACRED HEART OLYMPICS

As the Olympics come to a close, so too do the Olympic activities at Sacred Heart. This week we’ve had a ball, especially when we got to play with water bomb balloons in a test of skill and luck all mixed into one. And then today we had the jazziest Olympic outfits warn to school. Thanks to the kids for getting into the spirit of the activities. It should be an event to remember. BOOK WEEK

Next week is Children’s Book Week, and for us an opportunity to get celebrate the wonder of books and assorted literature in our lives. On Thursday there is our annual ‘dress up’ day as the children come dressed in the theme ‘Australia: Story Country’. We also use this day as one of our Pastoral days, whereby we group the children in mixed-age groups as they undertake a series of activities based on the Book Week theme. These days allow us to build student connectedness throughout the school so that as a community of students they work together. My thanks to Lytia Gilbey for her organisation of the day’s activity. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

There is only one corner of the Universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. (Aldous Huxley) Wishing you a great week as we work together for the benefit of our children. Sincerely

Chris Chris Bathersby Principal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Yesterday our Prep to Year 2 students gathered in the church for a Liturgy of the Word. The message from the Gospel was the question Jesus asks us “Who do you say I am?” When we broke open the word we heard that Jesus is one who is KIND, JUST, PEACEFUL, COMPASSIONATE, GENEROUS FROM THE HEART, WISE, UNDERSTANDING AND LOVING. During the liturgy we took our time to learn about each part of the ritual and I explained to the students some of the prime features of the altar and what they mean to us as we gather to worship in the Church. I was especially proud of the many students who were given the opportunity to read. May I take this opportunity to thank all teachers who prepared the students to read. Finally, thanks to Mrs Maureen Cullip and her Year 6 class for assisting with beautiful song “Our God is a Great Big God”. In the coming weeks I am looking forward to the Year 4 Retreat. This will be a day reflecting on the pioneers of the Catholic Church in Queensland. We will also be having our annual Sleep-Out for the Homeless on Friday 2nd September at St Kieran’s School in Brighton. We also have our Father’s Day Breakfast followed by a Liturgy of the Word. Our Parish School Mass will be held on the evening of Sunday 11th September at 5:00pm followed by a pizza meal. There will be more information on these upcoming events soon.

“Patient and merciful. These words often go together in the Old

Testament to describe God’s nature”.

Words of Wisdom - the Word made flesh from Pope Francis - Misericordiae Vultus Yours in Christ

Gerald Assistant Principal: Religious Education

STUDENT COUNSELLOR

Next week is QUEENSLAND ROAD SAFETY WEEK commencing Monday 22nd August. During the week you may like to have a conversation with your children regarding the necessity to keep themselves and others safe on the road and footpaths. To assist you in your conversations, you might like to Google BICYCLE ROAD RULES AND SAFETY IN QUEENSLAND. I will be on retreat next week so there will not be news from me. I will keep all in our school Community in prayer during retreat. Have a safe week cycling. Regards, Teresa

SCHOOL NEWS

IMPORTANT - UPDATING OF PERSONAL DETAILS

Have you recently moved house, changed your mobile phone or work number? Do you have a new email address? Does the school have your correct contact details? It is extremely important to ensure we have your correct contact details for communication purposes and in times of emergency. Please notify the school with any changes by logging into the Parent Portal and accessing ‘My Student’.

***The lost property is held outside the Integrated Arts Room***

Please ensure that your child’s school uniform and hat is clearly named. Also, can you please have a look at your child’s uniforms, including hat to make sure it doesn’t belong to another child? If so, please return them to the office.

PARENT PORTAL

LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH (L.O.T.E.) – JAPANESE 日本語

In Japan, Bon (or Obon using the honorific "o") is a holiday during August 12 -16 when the entire country

takes a break to welcome back and appease the souls of ancestors. Each year during Obon it is believed

the ancestors' spirits return to this world in order to visit their relatives. Obon is an important family

gathering time for Japanese which is why people return to their home town and most businesses are closed.

On the first day of Obon lanterns are lit and people visit their family graves with flowers and incense and

make offerings of food so their ancestors' spirits are brought back home. In some regions fires are lit at

the entrance of houses to guide the spirits or vegetables are carved into animal shapes and put outside the

door with some incense so that ancestors' spirits ride them between their world and our world. A

cucumber is used for a horse and an eggplant is used for a cow.

People also gather at parks, gardens, shrines or temples wearing yukata (summer kimono) and dance around

a stage to entertain and welcome back the spirits of their ancestors.

On the last day people return their ancestors' spirits to the grave. Fires are sometimes lit at entrances of

houses to send the spirits back. In some regions floating lanterns are put into rivers, lakes and seas in

order to farewell and guide the spirits back into their world, or vegetable animals are taken to the river

bank and left to carry the ancestors home.

The children at school thought this event was similar to Halloween but were disappointed to learn that

Japanese children don't receive lollies. Instead they tried Japanese folk dancing after making paper

candles and paper lanterns.

Shoko Thompson (Japanese Teacher)

The Sacred Heart School, Sandgate Library

Proudly presents:

The Annual Book Week Book Character Parade and Activity day

Thursday 25th August

Parade begins at 8:45am at the basketball court.

Parents Welcome

- Children are to dress as their favourite book character.

Robots and Drones at the Heart

Thanks to the over 80 entries in our recycled robot competition. What a great way to celebrate Science week!! The robots are currently on display in our art room and all look fantastic. We will announce winners at next Monday’s Meet and Greet. We all loved our incursion with Peter May of Science Factory today.

CONGRATULATIONS

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK – 12th August 2016

Liam Mudgeway Prep M Charlotte Jarrett Prep S

Phoebe Hardie Year 1S Malakai Rahmann Year 2M

Barbara Cobbo Year 2S Nicholas Raven Joseph Short

Year 4W

Priyanshi Maisuria Year 5M

FORTNIGHT AHEAD

Sat 20th August WORKING BEE 1pm – 5pm

Mon 22nd August Meet N Greet 8:25am in Donna Philps Place. All very welcome.

DDJ Instrumental music lessons

Australian Girls’ Choir auditions 9am

Tues 23rd August

Gymnastics (Year 4 – 6)

BUDDY Lunchtime

Personal Development sessions forms and money due back to school

$10 per child per session attended

Wed 24th August Personal Development Program Night #1 - ‘Wonderful Me’ Suggested Prep to Year 3

6pm in Library

Thurs 25th August Parish Playgroup

Personal Development program Night #2 - ‘The Story of Me….so far’ Suggested Year 4-ish

6pm in Library

Book Week Dress-Up day A day of activities

Fri 26th August Assembly led by 5 Silver 2pm in Donna Philps Place. All welcome.

Mega-Sports Activities (Prep to Year 3)

School R.E. Newsletter issued

TUCKSHOP

Mon 29th August Meet N Greet 8:25am in Donna Philps Place. All very welcome.

DDJ Instrumental Music lessons

Tues 30th August

Year 1 Incursion

P & F by-laws drafts due to Administration for presentation and discussion at the September P & F Meeting

Gymnastics (Year 4 – 6)

BUDDY Lunchtime

Prep S Father’s Day Pizza Night 5:45pm – 7pm

Wed 31st August Personal Development Program Night #3 - ‘Here Comes Puberty’. Suggested for those nearing this stage of sexual maturation.

6pm in Library

Thurs 1st September

Parish Playgroup

Father’s Day Stall 8am – 11am

SCHOOL PHOTO DAY

Fri 2nd September

Assembly led by Prep Silver 2pm in Donna Philps Place. All welcome.

Father’s Day Stall 8am – 11am

Mega-Sports Activities (Prep to Year 3)

FATHER’S DAY BREKKIE & Assembly 7:30am for Breakfast – assembly starting at 8:40am

Teacher-Aide day

Year 5 & 6 Sleep-Out at St Kieran’s tonight

Sun 4th September HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all our Dads

(as seen through the eyes of our students)

The highlight of our week was:

Prep Silver Our highlight of the week was dressing up as our favourite Olympians.

Year 1 Silver Our highlight this week was finding shapes in the school and describing their properties.

Year 2 Maroon Year 2M’s Highlight of the Week was doing Sporty Shorties!

Year 2 Silver Year 2S have enjoyed investigating the next part of the life-cycle of the meal worm - THE BEETLE and our grass heads are looking pretty good too. We are good at growing things.

Year 3 Maroon 3 Maroon's highlight was the Robotic and Drone show and creating our robots.

Year 3 Silver 3 Silver's highlight of the week was working with Mrs Sweeney to change

our thinking to positive. We moved our mindset from fixed to a growth

mindset.

Year 4 Silver In Year 4S our highlight of the week was learning the poem by Banjo Paterson 'The Man from Snowy River.

Year 4 White In Year 4W we have been working with Mrs Downing on developing our own class poetry book about witches. It was so much fun using descriptive words and nouns.

Year 5 Maroon Our highlight of the week was the Science Incursion, it was awesome!

Year 6 Maroon The Year 6 highlight is participating in the Science activities as part of Science week.

PARISH NEWS

MASS TIMES Weekday Masses Monday: Brighton 9:15am Tuesday: Sandgate 7:00am Thursday: Sandgate 5:30pm Friday: Sandgate 7:00am 1st Friday only: Masonic Care 10:00am Weekend Masses Saturday: Eventide 9:30am Brighton 6:00pm Sunday: Brighton 7:00am Sandgate 9:00am Sandgate 5:00pm School Masses Sacred Heart School: 8:45am (1st & 3rd Thursday of each month) Principal: Chris Bathersby Phone: 3269 3427 St Kieran’s School: 2pm (2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month) Principal: Marissa Clark Phone. 3269 5989

PARENTS & FRIENDS

SCHOOL BANKING

COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL BANKING - AVAILABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS AND THEIR SIBLINGS Every child must learn that Mum and Dad are not the bank! Don’t forget that Tuesday is School Banking day and students should bring their weekly deposit. Please fill in the Deposit Slips with Date, Name, Student No, (Account No. if new) and Amount.

Madonna Whillans School Banking Co-Ordinator mwhillans@optusnet.com.au

COMMUNITY NEWS

Worldwide Marriage Encounter: A weekend away for married couples in peaceful, picturesque surroundings – away from the distractions of everyday living. Take time out of your busy schedule, to invest in your most precious asset . . . your Marriage! This is a unique opportunity to recharge your relationship batteries, refocus on each other and fall in love all over again!

Watch our video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy30Vo2P18Q

Venue: Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre, Ormiston QLD (on Brisbane’s bayside) For bookings/details contact: Maria and David Murphy, ph (07) 3342 1456, dandmmurphy@optusnet.com.au Information website: www.wwme.org.au ___________________

FAMILY SUPPORT FOR FREE

Free confidential counselling support for our school community at ACU Brisbane Psychology & Counselling Clinic, Australian Catholic University, Banyo. No referral is required.3623 7453. Email: brisbanepsychologyclinic@acu.edu.au

Our next week end will held 14 to 16 October 2016.

St Benedict’s College, Mango Hill

Twilight Tour – Thursday 8th September, 5:00 – 6:00pm

Register via our College office on ph: 3385 8888 or smangohill@bne.catholic.edu.au.

Brisbane Catholic Education Secondary Schools in the Local area – Quality Inclusive Catholic Education we recommend:

St John Fisher College - Bracken Ridge Girls Years 7 – 12 Ph: (07) 3269 8188 www.sjfc.qld.edu.au

Southern Cross Catholic College – Secondary, Scarborough Co-educational Years 7 – 12 Ph: (07) 3480 3600 www.sccc.qld.edu.au

Mt. Maria College – Petrie Co-educational Years 7 – 10 (with Vocational education based Year 11 & 12) Ph: (07) 3285 5500 www.mmcp.qld.edu.au

St Benedict’s College – Mango Hill Co-educational Years 7 – 12 Ph: (07) 3490 1758 www.stbenedictscollege.qld.edu.au

Mary MacKillop College – Nundah Girls Years 7 – 12 Ph: (07) 3266 2100 www.mmc.qld.edu.au