2022 Kindergarten Orientation

Throughout the week we hosted our 2022 Kindergarten students and their parents for an orientation to Holy Cross. It was wonderful seeing our young students meeting their teacher, Mrs McEntee and playing together in the Kindergarten classroom. 

As current Level 3 guidelines prevent our incoming students from ‘mingling’ with our current students, our Year 4 students were not able to meet their buddies face-to-face - a wave from the balcony was the best we could arrange! We do however congratulate Year 4 for the individual welcome videos they created for each buddy.

Entering Absences on Compass

Parents are able to enter their child’s absences if they are sick or have an appointment and only use the ‘travel’ option, once you have Principal approval. Principal approval is sought via completing Application for Extended Leave. Forms can be emailed to parents upon request or picked up from the school office prior to the absence. We appreciate your cooperation with this procedure.

Reports to Parents

Semester 2, 2021 Student Academic Reports will be made available to parents via their Compass Parent Portal on Wednesday 8 December, from 3.30pm. Parents of students in Year 6, who are not remaining in the Diocese of Wollongong are encouraged to print their child’s report. If parents would like to make an appointment to meet with their child’s teacher to discuss the report, please contact the school office. 

Christmas Mufti Day - Friday, 10 December - Fundraiser

A letter from Kai

To our wonderful Holy Cross community, 

In 2019, with the schools blessing, I was able to organise a food drive for stocking the kitchens in the ICU and Parents Hostel at Sydney Kids hospital, Randwick which was a hugely successful and grately appreciated gift used by many families in need, including our own. Many of these families arrived in the middle of the night from regional towns with nothing to eat till morning and shops opened.

We are able to run a fundraiser again this year and are asking for your kind donations in support of the Vascular Malformations Clinic so families like ours can continue their treatments in this ever evolving field.

My brother Asher has recently begun new treatments on his malformations that begin to remove veins from his neck and reduce the lumps around his airways increasing his chance of a normal life.

We are looking for any monetary donations that will be used to help with the funding of this clinic so Asher and many others like him can continue getting the treatment they need. Unfortunately we have already faced the prospect of this valuable asset being shut down due to funding issues inside the hospital system.

On Friday the 10th December, we will be having a Christmas mufti day. Students can wear Christmas themed clothing in return for a gold coin donation. 

Any donations will be welcomed and greatly appreciated by the many families who attend the vascular malformations clinic.

Kai Wallace, Year 6 Student

Congratulations, Eddie!

We are so proud of Eddie, Year 3, who has been named a Finalist in the NSW Sports Awards - ‘Youth With a Disability’ for his achievements in Surf Lifesaving. 

The winners will be named at a black tie event in January. Well done, Eddie!

Talent Quest