Dear parents and friends of Holy Cross,

I am extremely proud of the learning that takes place each day at Holy Cross. I have the privilege of visiting classrooms daily and watching our teachers deliver carefully planned lessons and watching our students engage and learn. Over the past three years, we have focussed much of our professional learning on teaching Writing and as such our classroom data and NAPLAN results over this period of time have demonstrated significant student learning growth. We will continue to consolidate our teaching of Writing next year whilst we will pick up a new focus for a rigorous professional learning plan for 2023. We are currently in the process of analysing a wide range of data to identify goals for our school’s future strategic plan and will keep you updated.

In terms of our wider 2022 NAPLAN results and our Religious Literacy Assessment results (Year 4), we have performed well above both State and Diocesan means in all areas. We are extremely proud of these results and the learning agenda that has contributed to them.

We are very fortunate to have a high standard of learning resources across all Key Learning Areas and to further extend these, we have recently purchased a wide range of further resources. These include an extensive range of reading materials, mathematics resources - in particular length, time, mass and capacity resources, sporting equipment, STEM resources and a further 10 iPads. In addition to school funds, these resources were funded from the proceeds from our Dance-A-Thon and P&F contributions. We are very grateful for your support in being able to provide our students with such high quality resources.

Staffing for 2023 will be announced as soon as possible. I am very happy with the way this is coming together and I will keep you posted as we finalise our arrangements for next year.

On behalf of our Holy Cross community, I am thrilled to introduce Sadie (Yr 2) and Evelyn (Yr 4) and their family to Holy Cross. We look forward to getting to know you all. Welcome!

Wishing everyone all the very best and thanking you for your support and encouragement.

God Bless,

Kaylene Duffin