Learning in Focus - Year 6

During Week 3, our Year 6 students participated in a camp at The Tops, Stanwell Park. The camp focused on a variety of activities with the aim of developing personal growth and leadership attributes within our students. Although students engaged in a wide variety of challenges and activities including archery, ‘survivor’ challenges and high ropes, a particularly challenging activity was the giant swing, where students were elevated to a height of 26 metres before having to reach out and voluntarily pulla cord to free fall several metres before swinging back and forth, all while their peers watched from far below. 

The giant swing is in itself a metaphor of a key messages that we strive for in all aspects of faith, learning and wellbeing at Holy Cross . The first message is that we can accomplish challenging and difficult things, things far beyond what we imagined we can do. The second message is that we are not alone when we face these challenges, but that we have both our faith and each other to support us in overcoming challenges.

The camp was a brilliant opportunity for students to learn about themselves, to grow in relationship with each other, and commence their final year of primary education in their final preparation before their next learning journey; high school. 

School Representative Council (SRC)

We are excited to introduce in 2025 our School Representative Council to enable and increase authentic opportunities for student voice in improving the school experience for our students. The SRC is comprised of 2 students elected from each class 1-5, as well as our school captains and vice-captains. Our SRC students met for the first time with Mr Burns in Week 4 in which they learnt about important aspects of student leadership including putting others first, doing the right thing and following through on promises with integrity. In Week 5 our SRC met with their classes to gather student voice, and they also met together to analyse trends and prioritise actions in planning ahead. Some priority areas our SRC are already working on implementing are lunch time clubs eg. chess club, as well as additional play options at lunch time.