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About Us

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Mission Statement

​We at Sacred Heart:
Keep Jesus in our hearts
Have a love of learning
Respect and care for each other
Celebrate our gifts and
Connect with our environment.

Motto

Enriching Spirits.  Educating Minds.

The central figure with outstretched arms shows that we are a welcoming, loving and joyful community. This figure also represents Jesus who is the centre of our lives at Sacred Heart School. Orange is the colour of "acceptance of all people".

The rising red sun urges us to rise to the challenges of the present whilst looking forward with hope, faith and trust to the future. The colour red reminds us that love is central to all that we do.
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The top of the blue heart looks like waves which are significant because of our beach location. This shows that our environment is precious and special to us. We show respect for our environment.

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History

Sacred Heart Primary School is located on the Capricorn Coast. The Presentation Sisters established Sacred Heart School in 1958 with 41 students enrolled in Years 1 and 2. The school was on a limited site beside the Catholic Church in John Street, Yeppoon. Sr Pius Stubberfield P.B.V.M. was the first Principal and the Parish Priest at that time was Fr M O'Connell. The separate primary school grew out of St Ursula's College. The Presentation Sisters ceased to provide principals to Sacred Heart School in 1977 and since then, have had a limited presence. The last religious member of staff was in 1993.

As enrolment continued to increase and, based on recommendations made by a committee formed to investigate the future needs of Catholic education on the Capricorn Coast, a decision to relocate the school to a new site at Lammermoor Beach was taken in 1987. The school opened at Lammermoor Beach in 1991. Enrolment numbers at Sacred Heart peaked in 2008 with an enrolment of 615 students. In 2009, a new Catholic Primary School, St Benedict's, was opened to the north of Yeppoon. The projected enrolment number for 2016 is 455.

Since 1991 the school has continued to expand with new classrooms, extensions to the administration building and library and an additional car park in Bottlebrush Drive.
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Sacred Heart School has excellent resources with a court-size covered area, full size oval, modern play equipment and a sacred site and labyrinth. The school is located close to the Sacred Heart Church. Lammermoor Beach is within walking distance and, within the school grounds, there is a paperbark swamp which includes a large area of remnant vegetation.

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

14 Barracuda Crescent, (PO Box 241)
Yeppoon QLD  4703
Email: shy@rok.catholic.edu.au
Phone:   07 4994  8215
Absentee Line:  07 4994 8216

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