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Feast Day of Mary of the Cross MacKillop
Last Saturday, 8 August, marked the Feast Day of Australia’s First Saint, Mary of the Cross MacKIllop.
As a school that is founded on the Josephite charism it is timely that we reflect on the lessons we can learn from St Mary MacKillop. She advocated for the poor, believed in a Catholic education for all, was able to truly forgive and had a profound trust in God. Mary saw the image of Christ in every person she encountered. We can all take something from her life.
In recent conversations with students, we have been challenging them to see the good in others. However, the ability to SEE the good in others requires people to LOOK for it. Looking for the good in others, or within a situation, is moving beyond your own insights and perceptions and trying to look at things from a broader perspective. This is not easy. It is a challenge. However, using the life and lessons of Mary MacKillop we can continue to move towards achieving this.
You may wish to pray this Prayer for Children to Mary MacKillop with your family.
Prayer to St Mary MacKillop Friend of Children
St Mary MacKillop, friend of children
Help us get on well with our brothers and sisters
Help us listen to our parents Keep us interested in our work
Help us make new friends Comfort us when we are sad
Help us be sorry when we are cranky
Keep us trying to be true
Help us to forgive when someone hurts us
Help us love ourselves
Help us to love God heaps
St Mary MacKillop, pray for us!
“Never see a need without doing something about it.” Mary MacKillop
Congratulations, Flynn!
This week we congratulated Flynn (Year 6) on receiving the annual Helensburgh RSL Sub Branch ANZAC AWARD. The award recognises the existence of exemplary values, aspirations and innate personal traits in the Helensburgh community, particularly acknowledging their presence in the district's school aged youth.
Flynn is a worthy recipient of this award. We are proud of you, Flynn.
School Assembly - Live via Zoom
Next Wednesday at 2.30pm, we invite parents to join us online for our School Assembly. Merit Awards and Principal Awards will be presented. (See Zoom details in School News).
Mrs Kaylene Duffin | Principal
NRL Indigenous Round
To acknowledge the Indigenous round at Holy Cross we encouraged students to wear their NRL or other jersey of choice last Friday.
We wanted to promote the Indigenous Round because it 'encourages people to increase their awareness and appreciation of Indigenous history so that together, we recognise and challenge racism.'
Some of our students featured on the CEDoW social media pages. Please see the links below:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CathEd.DoW/posts/988364044944351
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/CDVY07IAB_f/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/CathEd_DoW/status/1289394978750230534
Mrs Kate Jennett, Assistant Principal
Miss Emily Costello, Religious Education Co-ordinator
POSTPONED Pupil Free Days 2020
Friday 25 September (last day of Term 3) POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Monday 12 October (first day of Term 4) POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
School Technology
CEDoW Social Media Policy Launch
Yesterday all families received a Compass alert regarding the CEDoW Media Policy. This is an important policy and I encourage parents to take the time to read. If you have any questions about this, please contact me.
Seesaw
Holy Cross use the app Seesaw, to share student learning and the happenings of our school. Beginning in Week 5, students will be sharing their work with families and reflecting on their learning in Mathematics and English. This will be an ongoing opportunity to be involved in school life for parents/carers. Please keep an eye out for these posts to enjoy seeing student work samples. As this is a student sharing platform only, we ask that any questions or comments be made to the office should you wish to speak to a teacher.
Zoom Assemblies
Holy Cross will be hosting, in class, zoom assemblies in Weeks 5 and 10 of this term. Parents are invited to join us and be part of the online platform and celebrate the awards with us. If you have never used zoom before and would like to be part of our audience, you may wish to view the short tutorial using the link below. A link to the assemblies will be sent to you through Compass on the day of the assembly or you can click on the assembly links below.
Dates
2:40 pm on Wednesday 19 August LINK to Assembly
2:40 pm on Wednesday 23 September Link to Assembly 2
When joining our assemblies please ensure the following zoom protocols are followed;
- Use the school code/link to join the Zoom Assembly
- Ensure your Mute and Start Video options at the bottom of the zoom screen are off with a red diagonal line
- After connecting, wait for the school to invite you into the assembly
Mr Jeff Bõdy, Middle Leader
Book Week Parade - Zoom
Gardening Club In Pyjamas!
It might have been pyjama day last Thursday but that did not stop us gardening!
Kindergarten were given a surprise first thing in the morning when I turned up with a bread-maker! The lesson revolved around “the needs of animals” and our investigation involved looking at yeast. First we explored what animals need and then applied this knowledge to yeast, what they need and their role in bread. With the smell of baking bread spreading throughout the infants, there was definitely some very envious Year 1 and 2 teachers and students! Of course the best part of all was our Kinders trying warm freshly cooked bread and as an added element, Rod brought in a basic store bought white sliced bread so the Kinders could compare the taste. There were definitely many requests for seconds and thirds!!!
Lunchtime Gardening Club members were given the choice of tasks: moving mulch from one side of the school to The Patch (which proved a VERY popular activity) or working in The Patch, digging out one of our gardens, snail removal (we have lots of them at the moment) or Weed Attack!
Stay tuned to see what we get up to next!
Mrs Sue Murray, Gardening Club
