Dear parents and friends,

We warmly welcome our new families whose children began in Kindergarten last week. In choosing Holy Cross, we are honoured that you have entrusted us with the privilege of teaching your children over the coming years. Together in partnership with you as their first educators, we now join you to nurture their growth and enable many opportunities for them to thrive in their faith, learning and wellbeing.  Our 2024 Kindergarten students have enjoyed a very smooth transition into ‘big school’, beautifully supported by their Year 5 Buddies, Mrs McEntee, Mrs Timmins and Mrs Baker. It is delightful to see happy smiling faces, their readiness and excitement each day! We know that our students will make special connections with new friends, and feel a sense of belonging in our Holy Cross community.  

In 2023,  staff, students, staff and parents were given the opportunity to provide feedback about the strengths and areas of growth for the school through the School Cyclic Inquiry process. This feedback was used by staff and in consultation with the Catholic Education Office, providing us with priorities for the faith, learning and wellbeing growth of our students moving forward. The Cyclic Inquiry recommendations further informed our School Strategic Improvement Plan 2024-2027, with three Priority Areas :

Living Our Catholic Identity: By 2027 our community will deepen their knowledge of the Catholic faith and appreciate the meaningful role it can play in our lives today.

In 2024, we will revise our school’s Vision and Mission.

Student Centred Learning and Wellbeing; By 2027 students are agents of their own learning and wellbeing.

In 2024, we will develop a shared understanding of what student voice and agency is.

Excellence in Teaching: By 2027 all students will be engaged, challenged and have maximised their learning growth.

In 2024, we will develop alignment between curriculum teaching, learning and assessment in English and Mathematics.

Our progress towards these goals in 2024 will be shared with our parents and wider community throughout the year. 

Thank you to all parents and carers for your ongoing support of our school. 

Holy Cross P&F Family Fun Day - Saturday 2 March 10am-2pm

Plans are finalised, letters sent out, call outs for donations and rosters for the day made! Our hardworking P&F and Family Fun Day organising committee have everything ready to go for what will be yet another fabulous day for our community. Your support through time on the day and donations is very much a huge part of the successful day of family, friends, fun and fundraising that this event has been for many years. I can’t wait to be part of the day with you all.

Recently I was reading some of our school’s history. Did you know that the Fun day has been held in March for more than 50 years? It’s been called a Boree, fete and in recent times, Family Fun Day. Here are snippets I found: