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Sacred Heart School is a co-educational primary school located in the coastal town of Yeppoon.  At Sacred Heart School, we endeavour to hold the message of Jesus Christ at the heart of all we do. This message permeates our relationships, decisions, our teaching and learning.

Sacred Heart is a school where our children are nurtured spiritually, academically, emotionally, socially, physically and culturally.  We offer a myriad of learning opportunities including instrumental music and choral programs, a well-developed Arts program, sports including netball, soccer, rugby league, swimming and AFL, the teaching of Japanese and the MJR (Making Jesus Real) program.

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TERM DATEs 2020

  • Term 1:  28th January to 3rd April
  • Term 2:  20th April to 26th June
  • Term 3:  13th July to 18th September
  • ​Term 4:  6th October to 4th December

COMING UP SOON

~ 19th to 22nd January
Staff involved in Professional Development days

~ 25th January
Pupil Free Day

~ 26th January
Australia Day Public Holiday

~ 27th January
First Day of School for 2021

COMMUNITY NEWS

Our New Prep Play Area
We look forward to having our 2021 Preps playing on it next week.  Click on the images above to view larger version.
FOR OUR YEAR 6 STUDENTS - THANK YOU AND FAREWELL
The Year 6s of 2020 have a unique place in the history of Sacred Heart School; they have been the leaders during one of our most unusual years.

Famously during World War 2, Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave a speech to Harrow School, his alma mater (his old school). The German U-boat offensive in the Atlantic was becoming increasingly successful, German tanks had reached the Crimea and the Blitz, catastrophic bombings of the United Kingdom, had only recently finished. Britain at the time was becoming increasingly desperate.  Churchill made the speech on 29th October 1941 to the boys at Harrow School, “This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”

Although this year has not been quite as dramatic or as dangerous (at least in Australia) as 1941, I can see that our Year 6 leaders have shown tremendous tenacity. Despite the cancellation of many of the events and celebrations that most Year 6s of the past have enjoyed, the 6s have had a real ‘chin up’ attitude. They have maturely accepted that they could not attend camp and all of the great sporting and cultural events of the past. When they have attended opportunities, they have been positive and fair participants at
netball, cricket, rugby league, chess, to name a few. I have appreciated that they have not been ‘whingers’ and have continued to put 100% into their studies.

In particular, their confidence, patience and enthusiasm shown in our inaugural year of Peer Support, where they lead their Heart groups through a myriad of activities and discussions are to be congratulated.  They and their parents should be justifiably proud of their dedication and resilience.

Australia is well placed to be a central player in a post-Covid world. Compared to other nations, our children have managed to continue being educated with few ill health effects. It will take years for our economy, like all economies, to recover, however I can see in our young people a force to be reckoned with as they hold the positive key to our future.

​I wish the Year 6s the best in their secondary school studies and look excitedly forward into the future when I hear of their successes, clearly they are young people motivated to ‘never give in’.

​Finally, I wish everyone a wonderful holiday, a joyful and happy Christmas. To all travelling be safe and we look forward to the start of school on Wednesday 27th January, 2021. Thank you very much to all our families for your support and for entrusting us with the education of our most cherished ‘possession’, your children.

Take care,
Max Martin, Principal