Principal's Welcome

A very warm welcome to Sacred Heart Catholic School in Goomalling, the school with a long history and a big heart.

Sacred Heart Catholic School is located on Ballardong Nyoongar Boodjar land and we acknowledge the traditional custodians of the country on which we are located.

Sacred Heart Catholic School has a proud tradition of being an active part of the Goomalling community. We have a close relationship with our parish. Being part of Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA), we promote a strong partnership with St Joseph’s School in Northam, where many of our children continue their educational journey once they graduate from Year Six. Our school is across the road from Gumnuts Childcare Centre making accessibility to the centre easy.

Like so many schools in rural Australia, Sacred Heart was founded by the hard work of the Presentation Sisters, who travelled from Ireland to Perth with the vision to start schools and educate children in rural and remote areas. The Presentation Sisters foundress, Nano Nagle built her life on helping those in need through education, often carrying a lantern with her on her journey to light the way at night. The story of Nano Nagle is central to our students and staff at Sacred Heart and her story underpins our philosophy.

At Sacred Heart we continue to strive towards the example of Nano Nagle by providing high quality education, whist demonstrating empathy, respect and kindness to all in the classroom and whole school community. Nano Nagle’s Lantern is a symbol that Sacred Heart uses today, that represents hope and is a constant reminder of our school motto ‘Witness The Truth’ in our community.

Our school has been offering a quality Catholic education to the children of Goomalling and its surrounds for over 110 years. We currently offer classes from Pre-Kindergarten to Year Six, in four classrooms across the school. Having small class sizes means our children are offered a high level of pastoral care and individual attention.

Our classes include:

• Little Possums Early Learning Centre

         (Pre Kindy, Four Year Old Kindy & Pre Primary)

• Year 1/2
• Year 3/4
• Year 5/6
  

We also offer specialist classes in, Music, Physical Education, Science and Visual Arts. The school has excellent facilities including a school library, art room, music room, science lab, playgrounds, including a nature play and enclosed early years playground for the Little Possums, school oval, basketball courts and, offers drop off and collection for children living outside of town through bus services. Our children each have access to an iPad to complement their learning and we communicate to parents through the SeeSaw app on a regular basis in regard to the growth of their child.

To find out more about Sacred Heart Catholic School in Goomalling, please feel free to browse our website or alternatively contact the school office through the details provided on this website. You are most welcome to visit anytime for a tour or to have a chat with the office staff. We also offer a fortnightly newsletter that is updated on our website.

Our Facebook can be found @SacredHeartGoom and this Facebook page is also updated regularly.

At Sacred Heart Catholic School in Goomalling, we welcome new enrolments and look forward to nurturing the God given gifts of all children at our school.

Thank you for taking the time to visit us.

Warm regards,

Shaun Joseph

Principal