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Dear Parents & Carers,
Congratulations to many of our Year 6 students who this week received the Sacrament of Confirmation. This sacrament of initiation links with the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion and marks the first time that most of these young Catholics affirmed the promises made, on their behalf, by their parents at baptism.
At Confirmation, candidates become full members of the Catholic community. Having been sealed with the Holy Spirit, our Year 6 candidates are called to be missionary disciples of Jesus Christ in every aspect of their lives and to witness Christ in every situation. Year 6 students are very much in our thoughts and prayers this week as they begin their special work given to them by God.
Thank you to Fr Paul for his organisation of the sacramental program and to Miss Costello for her support of Fr Paul. I also thank Mr Body for his support in preparing our students.
Kindergarten 2021 Orientation
Next week we commence our 2021 Kindergarten Orientation program. This program will run each Tuesday and Thursday morning over the next four weeks and is our first opportunity to get to our students, familiarise them with Holy Cross and welcome them into our school community.
Due to current restrictions we are not able to host our Playgroup Transition to school where we would usually also welcome our Kindergarten parents and new families. We will need to do this in a special way in 2021 as soon as we are able.
Mrs Kaylene Duffin
Principal
Important Dates
As mentioned in previous communications, we are intending to continue with many of our important events this term, and will share these with our parent community as best we can. For now, please find some important dates on the school calendar.
Celebrating Our Grandparents and Special People
Wednesday 18 November, 2020 - Students to come dressed as one of their Grandparents or Special People. More details to come
Activate Fire - Year 6 - Thursday, 19 November, 2020
Pupil Free Day - Monday, 23 November, 2020
Christmas Concert - Monday, 14 December, 2020 - Details to come
Year 6 Graduation - Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
Students’ Last Day Of School - Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
LIBRARY NEWS
LIBRARY CHRISTMAS RAFFLE IS BACK!
Our students were very excited to see the return of the Library Christmas Raffle Board filled with loads of Christmas-y prizes.
Students receive a ticket in the draw each week if they RETURN/RE-BORROW their Library Books and BORROW. If the whole class have a “NO OVERDUE” week, each student receives an extra ticket.
Raffle Draw: Week 9 (date to be advised)
JUST A REMINDER:
- Students must have a Library Bag to borrow – if a student has misplaced their school Library Bag, they may bring another bag.
- Last borrowing day is Friday, 20 November 2020 (Week 6).
- All Library books MUST be returned by Friday, 27 November 2020 (Week 7).
- If a lost Library book is found or a Library Book is damaged, please return it to the Library.
Happy reading everyone!
Mrs Sue Murray, Library
GARDENING CLUB
Spuds Galore and Animal Research!
Year 2
We have had a great start to our Living Things unit. Week 2 our students investigated ‘what living things need’, were split into groups to research an animal and present their findings to the class – and there were some very interesting facts presented! The rain did not stop our session in Week 3 – we looked at historic photos of Helensburgh to see how our area has changed and role played what happens to native fauna. Then it was out into the school grounds for a ‘School Safari’ to look for evidence of living things – our Year 2's were so totally engaged in their safari that I’m sure we could have spent the whole afternoon investigating!
Lunchtime Gardening Club
Week 2 was all about potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes! It is understatement to say that our members enjoyed finding and digging up potatoes – it was hard to get them to stop! We had planted out one and a half garden beds and had enough potatoes for every member to get a bag to take home. Although we had rain in Week 3 which meant we could not get out into The Patch, Gardening Club still went ahead in the Library. Wet weather gives us a unique opportunity to look at what we are doing, research gardening practices and share ideas – this session was dedicated to ‘how can we encourage beneficial insects into our garden space’. Our members decided to team up and came up with some fantastic ideas which we can’t wait to implement. Well done GC!
Stay tuned to see what we get up to next!
Sue Murray, Gardening Club
Maths Games and Maths Olympiad Team Competition 2020
Congratulations to the following students who competed in the Maths Games Competition 2020 for Holy Cross. They worked hard each week learning new problem solving strategies and completing maths problems:
Year 1
Lachlan
Year 3
Mia
Tom
Mia G - Special Maths Award
Joseph
Keira
Year 4
Nathaniel - 1st Place
Ripley - Equal 2nd Place
Lucas - Equal 2nd Place
Daniel
Lara - Special Maths Award
Congratulations to the following students who competed in the Maths Olympiad Competition 2020 for Holy Cross. They worked hard each week solving difficult problems and applying new strategies:
Year 5
Jed
Lenny - Special Maths Award
Liam
Kitty - Special Maths Award
Jacob
Kai
Matthew
Year 6
Alexander - 1st Place
Thomas - 2nd Place
Jackson
Caleb - Special Maths Award
Ace
It was a pleasure working with these students each week!
Mrs Natalie Baker, Gifted Learning Co-ordinator
Next Friday the 13th, bring your picnic rug to sit on the green at The Vale Golf Course to this outdoor movie.
Circles will be on the grass to ensure each group is physically distanced. Each viewing circle is $15 which can accommodate 6 people.
We hope to see you there!