SCHOOL NEWS
Enrolment for 2025
Enrolments for Kindergarten 2025 are now open. If you have a child attending
Kindergarten next year or you know of anyone who is thinking of enrolling their child, please encourage them to contact the school, or commence an application. Enrolment is now online, and can be accessed via our school website.
School Website
Holy Cross Facebook
If you have not yet followed us, please do! We aim to post photos of student learning and events. We also post a “Next Week at Holy Cross” weekly diary of reminders.
Professional Learning
Recent professional learning undertaken or other professional commitments by our staff this fortnight includes:
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Date |
Event |
Staff |
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4 March |
Case Collaboration Meetings |
Years 3-6 Teachers release through the day with Mrs Colussi and Mrs Baker |
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5 & 6 March |
Gifted Education Course |
Mrs Mitrevski |
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7 March |
NSW Catholic Schools Curriculum Implementation Collaborative ZOOM session 4-5pm |
Leadership Team |
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8 March |
CEDoW Office staff Network Meeting CEDoW Year 4 Religious Education Test - Question Writing Day |
Mrs McGuire Mrs Turton |
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11 March |
CEDoW Principal, REC and Parish Priest Formation Day |
Mrs Colussi, Mrs Turton and Fr Paul Clarke |
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12 March |
CEDoW Maths Curriculum Advisors Day |
Mrs Colussi, Mr Body and Mrs Baker |
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13 March |
Case Collaboration Meetings |
Years 3-6 Teachers release through the day with Mrs Colussi and Mrs Baker |
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15 March |
CEDoW K-12 REC/Leader of Mission Meeting |
REC- Mrs Turton |
Assemblies, Term 1
Tuesday 19 March at 2:30pm- Awards and Year 3 Sharing Learning
Tuesday 9 April at 2:30pm- Principal Awards (Students receiving these will be communicated to parents by Monday 8 April)
New Active and Creative Kids vouchers
The new Active and Creative Kids voucher is now available, helping to make activities more affordable for eligible NSW families. Parents, guardians and carers of eligible school-aged children will be able to use two $50 vouchers per calendar year.
About the new program:
- Vouchers are available to those receiving Family Tax Benefit Part A, or Family Tax Benefit Part B, or both
- Vouchers can be downloaded as a QR code and used toward either an eligible physical or creative activity
- The $50 vouchers will be issued in school term 1 and school term 3.
Vouchers must be redeemed before their expiry date
See here for more information: Active and Creative Kids
Cybersafety webinar run by the eSafety Commissioner
As parents you may have questions about managing your child’s access to online environments, about parental controls for devices and parental involvement in their child’s online profile. The eSafety Commissioner is running a seminar which addresses this for you. This 30 minute session provides an overview of different types of parental controls and how to set them on smart devices and computers, in apps and on gaming platforms for your child’s safety. It's suitable for parents and carers of children and young people in primary school.
Click here to register.
Indulging in an Ethical Easter in 2024
Join with the one billion responsible ‘indulgers’ this Easter and watch what chocolate you eat.
Much of the world’s chocolate, including that sold in Australian shops and supermarkets, is produced using cocoa beans harvested by child labourers, many of whom endure enslavement and poor, sometimes dangerous, working conditions. Most are deprived of an education.
This Easter and beyond, you are invited to indulge responsibly, select ethically sourced chocolate, and support companies working to eliminate slavery from their supply chains.
“Every person ought to have the awareness that purchasing is always a moral – and not simply an economic – act.” Pope Francis
Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) is once again encouraging Australians to join the campaign for Slavery Free Easter eggs and Chocolate. Click on the links for tips and further information -
It’s chocolate, so Indulge Responsibly
How Sweet Is My Chocolate?
Download the How to Be a Good Egg poster
Also, consider not buying something that is overly packaged. Lots of Easter eggs come encased in several layers of foil, cardboard and plastic - each of which come with an environmental and often human cost of their own. Remember to recycle your foil…
Library News
Premier’s Reading Challenge 2024 – WE HAVE OUR FIRST PRC CHAMPS!
With the Challenge only being open a couple of weeks, we already have our first two champions – both from Year 5! Congratulations to Lee and Zeike.
Just a reminder of the requirements…
K-2: 30 books – teachers read Challenge books to students and reading records are entered by me.
Year 3-6: 20 books – students complete and enter their own reading records. Each student records their own Reading Log where they enter ALL books they read – this includes: Library books (both school and public Library), books from home, and books their teachers read to them. At the end of Term 2, there is a dedicated Library lesson on entering their Reading Logs.
The Challenge ends Friday, 23 August 2024.
***Stay tuned to see who completes the Challenge next!***
SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB ISSUE 2 NOW OPEN
Book Club Issue 2 catalogues were sent home last Friday. These orders are due by 29 March 2024.
How to order:
- jump online to order: https://bookclubs.scholastic.com.au/
- if your order is a gift, you can nominate it online as ‘gift’.
- once the orders arrive, all parents are given a courtesy call.
PLEASE NOTE: all orders are done online, the school does not collect cash or cheques.
BOOK COVERERS update!
A HUGE ‘thank you’ to the parents who responded to the call – I am very grateful for your assistance.
If you enjoy covering books in contact (or find it therapeutic), there is still time to join the team.
I am compiling an email list of parents who can cover books in contact and/or plastic. If you are able to assist, please email me at hchlibrary@dow.catholic.edu.au .
Any assistance in this area is very much appreciated – it enables us to get Library Books and Readers to our students quickly.
LIBRARY WARRIORS
An Interview With…Dominic (Year 4)
Note from Mrs Murray: Dom has been a Library Warrior since it started in 2022 and has never missed a Friday. He collects books in the morning before school and gives up his Lunch 2 to put books away. He and Jake are our 'Fiction team extraordinaires'.
What section are you responsible for?
Fiction and Fiction series (with Jake)
What is your favourite book?
The Minecraft books.
What do you love about being a Library Warrior?
Helping Mrs Murray with everything.
What is your favourite Library task?
Putting the books away – I always find something I want to borrow.
Happy reading everyone!
Sue Murray
Library Coordinator
Lunch orders and over the counter service for Lunch 1 – Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
No breakfasts or lunch 2 on a Friday
Please see the attached amended menu, as there have been a few changes