The 2019 Sacred Heart school captains Ellie Moorby and Isaac Tregear welcomed the school community to the new academic year with inspiring words about rising to new challenges.
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Explaining the school’s 2019 theme of “Dream Bigger”, they said it “encourages us to do better things, to be better people, to work harder at school, to play better sport and to dream of jobs we might aspire to achieve. It tells us not to sit by and let life go buy but to dream and dream bigger”.
Principal Nicky Trinder said from the littlest students to those on the cusp of heading on to new adventures, the school strives to inspire students to rise to new challenges.
“At Sacred Heart we firmly believe that all students can learn. As a school community it is our responsibility to provide learning opportunities, academic or non-academic, where all students can aim for personal improvement and success," Mrs Trinder said.
“Challenge is good. Challenge involves risk. Challenge cultivates curiosity and resilience.
“Michael Jordan famously said ‘I’ve failed over and over again in my life- and that is why I’ve succeeded.’ That is resilience. That is what we want for Sacred Heart students.”
During 2019, infant students will benefit from state and system investments to help them soar beyond the benchmarks and establish solid foundations for their learning futures. The importance of literacy and numeracy competency as the building blocks are fundamental to our teaching and learning.
The NSW Literacy and Numeracy Action Plan will focus on student learning, classroom practice and school leadership to give our students the very best chance to improve their outcomes.
Underlying the academic rigour is the belief that the well-being of the student underpins learning development. Students with good mental health and well-being are better equipped to cope with the everyday demands of school life.
Our well-being programs promote social and emotional learning and the value of community to support the learner.
Rich learning experiences from kinder through to year 10 promote leadership opportunities for all students.
A new leadership model involves all senior students as active contributors to their communities. They learn they have responsibilities to those who need help and to help others to feel safe and included.
The school values leadership as essential for a life beyond the playground and encourages students to reach their potential and beyond.
Learning, community and sporting opportunities at Sacred Heart are numerous and varied and we pride ourselves on knowing our students and how they learn for the best possible outcomes.
