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.
https://www.facebook.com/holycross.helensburgh
Term 2 Dates
All dates can be found on the school website via the Parent Calendar. Further dates will be shared by the end of this term, and on the Parent online Calendar.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the 2nd Pupil Free Day in Term 2 (11 June) will need to be moved. We will inform you of the new date in the next newsletter.
Key Term 2 dates include:
Monday 29 April - PUPIL FREE DAY
Tuesday 30 April - students first day of Term 2
Wednesday 1 May- ANZAC Day service …….Parents and friends welcome.
Tuesday 7 May - Diocesan Cross Country Carnival
Thursday 9 May - School Athletics Carnival @ Beaton Park, Wollongong
Friday 10 May - Mother’s Day celebrations
Thursday 24 May - Mary Help of Christians - Whole school mass
Tuesday 11 June - PUPIL FREE DAY CHANGE OF DATE TBC
Friday 5 July- NAIDOC Week celebrations. Last day of Term 2.
ASSEMBLIES
Term 1
Our last Assembly for Term 1 will be on Tuesday 9 April at 2:30pm- Principal Awards (Students receiving these will be communicated to parents by Monday 8 April)
Term 2
Our fortnightly school assemblies during Term 2 will be held on Monday afternoons at 2.35pm.
Week 2 - Monday 6 May
Week 4 - Monday 20 May (Year 6 Sharing)
Week 6 - Monday 3 June (Principal Awards)
Week 8 - Monday 17 June (Kindergarten Sharing)
Week 10 - Monday 1 July (Principal Awards)
Uniform
The change from wearing Summer uniform to Winter uniform officially begins in Week 3, Term 2, Monday 13 May. Up until this date, there will be a transition period whereby students have the option of wearing either summer or winter uniform as appropriate for the weather.
Please Note:
½ zip polar fleece jumper with school logo can be worn under School Jacket or under Sports Jacket on cold days or by itself with the Winter or Summer uniform.
The Chrism Mass
World's greatest Shave
Library News
Congratulations Holy Cross Students - We're in the top 10!!!
The 2023 Diocese borrowing statistics, collated by our CEO, have been announced and our little school has achieved an outstanding result. Our borrowing stats are as follows:
Library Borrowing – 8th overall
SORA Borrowing – 9th overall
Total Borrowing – 9th overall
Considering we are the 5th smallest school out of 29 Primary Schools in our Diocese, our students should be really proud of their efforts. I believe these stats show our students commitment to borrowing which has been shown to help foster a love of reading. WELL DONE HOLY CROSS!
Scholastic Book Club - Issue 2 still Open
There’s still time to get your order in. These orders are due by Friday, 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 all the parents and grandparents who responded to the call to cover the decoders for our infants – the task is now done.
LIBRARY WARRIORS
An Interview With…Keira (Year 5)
Note from Mrs Murray: Keira has been a Library Warrior since it started in 2022 and has never missed a Friday. Keira has shown herself to be highly committed to the organisation of her collection and is a valued member of our team.
What section are you responsible for?
Popular Fiction and Popular Fiction series.
What is your favourite book?
I love Smile by Raina Telgemeier.
What do you love about being a Library Warrior?
Helping Mrs Murray with all the books.
What is your favourite Library task?
Finding all the doubles and giving them to Mrs Murray.
(Note: This collection has become overcrowded and finding doubles is important to make room for new titles.)
Happy reading everyone!
Sue Murray
Library Coordinator
Lunchtime Clubs – What Is Kpop Club?
By Mrs Murray
Every Friday at Lunch 1, I coordinate Kpop Club.
K-pop, short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It consists mainly of boy bands (think BTS) and girl bands (think Blackpink) and is known for their catchy songs and intricate dance moves. This club was originally initiated by one of our students, Lee, who expressed an interest in Kpop back in 2021 and asked me if we could play some songs at Lunch 1. Songs were trialled, students started turning up and Kpop Club was born.
Kpop Club, like all our lunchtime clubs, is voluntary and provides a safe, inclusive space for anyone who wants to participate. The club offers dancing experiences that range from free-form, relay and follow along (think Zumba style) – with lots of student requests that we always run out of time to play them all!
With anywhere between 10 to 30 students attending throughout Lunch 1, there is a lot of laughter and fun with friendships being formed across the K-6 grades – but don’t take that from me! Here's what some of our regular Kpop Club-ers have to say…
“I love Kpop Club because I get to dance and you can sometimes choose your own songs.” – Zoe
“The thing I like about Kpop Club is we get to dance. My favourite is Catch Me by TVXQ.” – Dominic
“We like dancing with our friends. We have lots of fun.” - Arie & Noa
“I love Kpop Club because it has a wide variety of songs to listen to and everyone gets a chance to choose a song.” - Lee
