Academic Reports

Students’ Semester 2 Academic Reports, Kindergarten - Year 6, will be made available to parents via the Compass Parent Portal on Friday 8 December. If parents would like to discuss their child’s Report with their class teacher in Week 10, please contact the school office.

It is important that parents of students in Year 6 who will be leaving the Wollongong Diocese at the end of this year, download or print a copy of all Reports as once students leave the Wollongong Diocese, we can no longer access Compass records.

Annual School Report

Each year, we are required to compose an Annual School Report. Previous Annual School Reports can be found on the school website. An important part of this process is seeking input from students, staff and parents. We are conscious that parents have been asked to complete many surveys throughout the year, but if you would like to provide your voice on aspects of our school, we ask that you complete the survey by Wednesday 29 December 2023 using this link: Annual School Report Survey - Parents Say

2024 Staffing

We are getting very close to finalising our staffing for 2024. Once this is completed, we will share this with students and families so that we can begin our grade-to-grade transition processes. 

Assemblies

Our final assembly for the year will be held on Wednesday, 6 December 2023 at 8.50am. Principal Awards will be presented and Stage 1 will showcase their learning. We will also be drawing our Library Christmas Raffle. All are welcome.

CAMP Australia Holiday Program

Camp Australia is offering a holiday program in January called Rocketeers. At this point in time, Rocketeers is open only to Holy Cross students. However, for Camp Australia to keep it like this, it will need to be financially viable. A flyer with further information is attached to this newsletter.

2024 School Captain Speeches

On Thursday 30 November, students in Year 5 who are nominating for a School Leadership role will be presenting their speeches in the school Library. These will begin at 12pm. Parents are welcome to join us. After the speeches, students in Years 3-5 will vote. Our 2024 School Captains and Vice Captains will be announced on Friday 1 December.

Professional Learning

Recent Staff Professional Learning

Research tells us that the quality of the teacher is the greatest in-school influence on student achievement. Therefore high quality professional learning for teachers must be a priority to ensure improved teacher practice that leads to improved student growth. Recent professional learning undertaken by our staff this fortnight includes:

14 November 2023

School Improvement System Colloquium

Mrs Duffin & Mrs Jennett

15 November 2023

Instructional Coach Network Meeting

Mrs N Baker

21 November 2023

Understanding PAT Data

Mrs Mitrevski and Mrs N Baker 

21 November 2023

Spiritual Formation 

Miss Costello & Miss Facci

TERM 4 Dates

Please find pertinent dates for Term 4. All pertinent dates can be found on our parent Calendar - Parent Calendar

Friday 8 December -  Swimming Carnival

Thursday 14 December 

- 9.30am End of Year Mass and Year 6 Graduation Ceremony

- 12pm - Year 6 to Helensburgh Pool

Friday 15 December - Christmas Concert and last day of 2023 for students

Students’ final day of the year is Friday 15 December, 2023.

Tuesday 19 December - Last day of 2023 for staff

Congratulations, Emma!

Congratulations to Emma B in Year 5, who placed third in the Wollongong Diocesan Public Speaking Competition held in Bowral last Friday. This was the grand final event with Emma gaining third place overall against Year 5 students from all 29 CEDoW Primary schools. Emma delivered her Bathurst 1000 themed speech with confidence, passion and commitment and we are so very proud of her. Well done, Emma!

Maths Olympiad and Maths Games

Maths Olympiad/Games is a competition which allows students to extend their learning and solve challenging maths problems. This year, 20 students completed 4 competitions.  Each of these tests were quite difficult and the students needed to work with a variety of strategies to solve the questions. It provides students with an opportunity to learn and develop valuable mathematical problems solving skills and its application to the real world.

Congratulations to the following students on their perseverance when working on these problems.

Maths Games: Lachlan B ,Pippin D,  Lee K, Henry M, Max M, Jenna P

Maths Olympiad: Mia A, Isabella A, Tom A,  Alice B, Ella C, Joseph F, Mia G, Joshua H, Lee K, Amos L, Oliver M, Anthony O, Keira P,  Maya R, Jimmy S

A special congratulations to Lee K who achieved a score in the top 25% of individual student scores (in Australia and New Zealand) and received a patch. Well done on a fantastic achievement!