What are Year Representatives?
The system of Year Representatives works particularly well at our school. Any Sacred Heart parent can volunteer to be a Year Rep for their child's year. The role of a Year Rep is evolving to focus more on ‘pastoral care’ ie. connecting parents, buddying new families, encouraging parents’ to support in classroom and school activities, and coordinating social events that bring families together. Year representatives liaise with teachers and encourage all parents in the year group to become involved in planning and running events throughout the year.
Birthdays
Children's birthdays
Due to the pandemic, we no longer allow anything to be brought in to school (no treats or items may be handed out). The classroom teacher will ensure your child's special day is celebrated in some way.
Teacher's birthdays
The class kitty (collected at the start of the year) is not for buying gifts, flowers or a cake for your class teachers on their birthday. Instead, a morning tea, for all teachers, will be held on a pupil-free day (likely to be in October around World Teachers Day).
If your class teacher/s wants his/her birthday acknowledged, the class year representatives might organise a card and help the children sing “Happy Birthday” when presenting it.