LIFE Summer Term Week Five
| Mon | 4 March | Labour Day Public Holiday – College Closed | |||
| Tue | 5 March | Home Study Day – College and Uniform Shop Closed | |||
| NEAS to be rescheduled | |||||
| Shrove Tuesday | |||||
| Wed | 6 March | Ash Wednesday | |||
| NEAS Yr 10 to Yr 12 vs La Salle | |||||
| OLNA Writing - First Round | |||||
| Thu | 7 March | NEAS Swim Meet at La Salle | 2:00pm to 5:00pm | ||
| OLNA Writing - First Round |
Parents please use Parent Coneqt for SEQTA Engage via this link for current letters and excursion information. SEQTA Engage
Junior School Update
KindergartenLife in Kindergarten is always filled with lots of fun and friendship, while we are learning through play.
As you can see from our photos, we have been very busy in both classrooms completing lots of different activities. We are working extremely hard on our name writing with correct pencil grip, number recognition, counting, shapes, letter names and sounds, as well as our fine and gross motor skills.
Our learning environments are bright and colourful spaces that are filled with the children’s work. We would love for you to come and visit us in Tui to see more of our fabulous creations.
Mrs. Jo Borg and Mrs. Emma Pring
Kindergarten Teachers
Year 4
This term, Year 4 have been learning how to write an explanation. As their teacher, I am so proud of the work they have produced and would like to share a few in this week’s blog.
Mrs. Pieta Bloxsom
Year 4 Teacher
Recycle Paper Now!
Did you know what happens to paper after you throw it out? It goes to landfill. Here are some tips of how to recycle and re-use paper.Tip One: If you like to create things this hint is for you! You could get involved in paper mache, create your own gift wrapping or you can use it to draw.
Tip Two: Grandma’s are going to LOVE this! You could clean a car, you could clean a BBQ or you could polish your shoes.
Tip Three: This tip is about shoes. You could scrunch up paper to put in your shoes. This will help keep your shoes in shape and keep them smelling good.
Why is this so important? Because if you throw it away it will become landfill, harm our environment or become a fire hazard. It is so important that we think about our environment.
Sylvester
Year 4 student
What happens once you Recycle Paper?
Recycling is one of the best things to do with objects. It saves many animals and saves the environment. Once you put the paper in the recycling where does it go? What happens to it? Come with me on this journey to find out.
Firstly, if you put paper in a normal bin it will go to landfill. Landfill is a massive pit dug in the ground and once it is full they place the dirt back on top. Some plastic and other waste takes more than 10000years to decompose.
If you put it in recycling, the garbage truck comes and picks it up and takes it to a recycling centre. At the recycling centre they sort it.
Secondly, they make impact cubes and put it into boiling water and it turns into this liquid ooze.
Eventually, it goes into a tray that is followed by a machine that threads it through a conveyor belt making it straight and then it is cut by razorblades and packaged for sale.
Lastly, here are some other uses for paper. Use it to clean BBQ’s and glass, scrunch it up and put it in your shoes to take away the smell and use it to wrap presents.
Everybody can recycle! It’s easy. It saves millions of animals and trees. Remember: Reduce, Re-use and Recycle!
Joshua
Year 4 student
Recycling Paper
Have you ever wondered what happens when your paper gets recycled? Have you wondered how you could recycle paper? Well, I have written an explanation to inform you how to recycle paper in your house.
The process of waste paper recycling most often involves mixing used/old paper with water and chemicals to break it down. It is then chopped up and heated, which breaks it down further into a mixture, which is called pulp or slurry.
Thirdly, what kind of paper can be recycled? Let me tell you; corrugated cardboard, newspaper, paper board, mail, scrap and phonebooks.
Finally, I encourage you to reuse paper instead of throwing it into the bin.
Angel
Year 4 student
Senior Production Tickets On Sale Now!!
Tickets for the 2017 Holy Cross College Senior Production of the contemporary comedy 'An Unspeakable Triumph of Supreme Brilliance' are on sale now! The show will be performed by the talented Year 10, 11 and 12 Drama students and will be a fantastic showcase of their comedic abilities. The witty script has been written by contemporary American playwright Don Zolidis and students have tackled both the humour and the challenging Minnesotan accent with great enthusiasm.
The show will be performed over three nights on Thursday 22, Friday 23 and Saturday 24 June 2017 in the New Norcia Performing Arts Building at HCC (the first performance in the new facilities)
Tickets are $15 for Adults, $10 for Students/Concessions, $7 for Children and Free for Under 5's. The content of the show is more appropriate for an older audience and is recommended for Secondary students and older.
Tickets can be purchased from www.trybooking.com/260404 and we are looking forward to what should be a fantastic Senior Production!
Mr Chris McRae
Production Director
The show will be performed over three nights on Thursday 22, Friday 23 and Saturday 24 June 2017 in the New Norcia Performing Arts Building at HCC (the first performance in the new facilities)
Tickets are $15 for Adults, $10 for Students/Concessions, $7 for Children and Free for Under 5's. The content of the show is more appropriate for an older audience and is recommended for Secondary students and older.
Tickets can be purchased from www.trybooking.com/260404 and we are looking forward to what should be a fantastic Senior Production!
Mr Chris McRae
Production Director
Year 8 Camino Salvado - Section Two
Congratulations to the Year 8's on completing Section 2 of the Camino Salvado on Friday 19th May. In following the footsteps of Dom Salvado, the Year 8's walked from St Charles' Seminary in Guildford to Bells Rapids, covering just over 20km. They are to be commended on their awesome participation, attitude, singing, and spirit in encountering God and each other on this pilgrimage.
Given the harsh weather the majority of students came to school well prepared. This is a timely reminder for parents to please make sure that your children have adequate wet weather gear in preparation for our next stage during Life Week in August.
Well done everyone!
Mr Ryan Shelton
Religious Education Coordinator
Given the harsh weather the majority of students came to school well prepared. This is a timely reminder for parents to please make sure that your children have adequate wet weather gear in preparation for our next stage during Life Week in August.
Well done everyone!
Mr Ryan Shelton
Religious Education Coordinator
Junior School Update
Pre-Kindergarten
The Pre-Kindy children have been buzzing with excitement since coming back this term. We are delighted at the fact that we have had many new friends start in our classes, which has made our fun and games much more enjoyable. We have been exploring all things that creep and crawl, as an introduction to our investigations on animals in our world. We are now starting to learn about all the different animals that live on farms. We have just started learning about shapes and are now very good at recognising circles, triangles and squares.We now have a parent roster up on our door and we have been super excited to share all our fun and learning with our loved ones. There are still some spaces if you would like to come in and help.
Mrs. Jacinta Tucker
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
Pre-Primary
What a busy time it has been in Pre-Primary! During English, the children have begun learning sight words in class and were very excited to take home their sight words booklets this week for homework. They are already identifying some of these words in books and around the room, as well as having a go at writing them during our Literacy activities. We have also been working hard on our sounds and how to blend the sounds in order to read and write CVC words.
Mathematics has seen the children busily engaged in a range of counting and measurement activities. This term, we are exploring the concepts of length, mass and capacity. The children are learning to use comparative language when exploring these concepts and how to order things, for example, from lightest to heaviest. We have also been busy with a range of counting and number activities, such as making and counting collections of a given size, number recognition activities, counting to twenty and beyond, and identifying more and less.
Thank you once again for all of the support, from making play dough and taking home washing on the weekend, to coming in on parent roster. Your support is invaluable! Just a reminder to ensure that you are regularly checking Parent CONEQT, as we will often send out messages regarding things going on in class, homework, etc.
We look forward to a fantastic rest of the term.
Miss Abbey Rowlands, Mrs. Jacinta Tucker and Mrs. Dorota Fretwell
Pre-Primary Teachers
Premier's Anzac Student Tour 2017
I was fortunate enough to have been selected as a recipient for the 2017 Premier's ANZAC Student Tour, which provided me with the opportunity to travel to Singapore with nine other students from across the state, to acknowledge the monumental defeat of the Allies at the ‘Fall of Singapore,’ the consequences this had on Australia’s relationship with the Asia-Pacific region, and also commemorate Anzac Day at Kranji War Memorial.
Over the ten days, we visited several sites of historical and cultural significance, including the Johore Battery, Alexandra Hospital, Fort Siloso and Fort Canning Hill. We also visited Hwa Chong Institution and Stamford American International School, to gain an insight into life in Singapore as a teenager, and also learn about different perspectives of the Fall of Singapore.
Our first day consisted of a cultural tour of Singapore, where we were able to witness the harmonious nature of the nation; it was incredible to be able to acknowledge the multiculturalism of Singapore, and to immerse myself in a new world. Visiting the Old Ford Factory Museum was an incredible opportunity to absorb the impact of the Allied surrender of Singapore, as we were able to stand in the room where British General Arthur Percival signed the official surrender of Singapore to the Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita. We also had the privilege of visiting the Australian High Commission, where we had the opportunity to speak to Colonel David Hay, and gain an insight into Australia's modern day relationship with Singapore, and how this connection was influenced by the alliance of World War Two.
Our tour culminated with the Anzac Day service at Kranji War Memorial; the service was incredibly moving, as it highlighted the strong relationship between New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and numerous other nations, too. Following the commemoration, we had the opportunity to pay our respects to the 4461 graves of fallen Commonwealth soldiers, some marked with touching inscriptions from loving family members, others only ‘known unto God.’ This was an emotional experience which enabled me to fully absorb the magnitude of war, and the consequences it has on armies, nations and families.
Reflecting on my ten days in Singapore, I feel very proud of everything that I accomplished as a Western Australian Youth Ambassador. I learnt so much about the history of Singapore over the course of the tour, and I am quite honestly astounded about how rich and deep the Singaporean history is. I feel as though I not only travelled physically through Singapore, but also journeyed mentally from colonial Singapura to the modern day ‘Lion City.’ Becoming aware of the events that shaped one of the most urban cities in the world was an incredible opportunity, and I am truly grateful to have been able to experience this growth. Singapore provided me with many opportunities to gain an understanding of how little events that may seem very minor in the scheme of history, actually have a profound impact.
Caitlyn McKenzie
College Captain
18 May 2017
Battle Of The Giants: Who Will Win?
This term in Big Ideas, the Year Sevens are addressing the topic 'Battle Of The Giants: Making A Better World' in conjunction with the theme for this year's National History Challenge.
The students have each nominated a 'giant' - someone whom they believe has had the greatest effect on the world to date. They will be creating a museum exhibit to tell the story of this key figure and to prove their impact upon the world.
As part of this assessment process, the museum pieces will be displayed in a public exhibition on Thursday of Week 7 (June 8, 2017.) Members of the local community, older students, staff and parents will be invited to come to view the exhibition and to assist in judging the students' work.
The students have each nominated a 'giant' - someone whom they believe has had the greatest effect on the world to date. They will be creating a museum exhibit to tell the story of this key figure and to prove their impact upon the world.
As part of this assessment process, the museum pieces will be displayed in a public exhibition on Thursday of Week 7 (June 8, 2017.) Members of the local community, older students, staff and parents will be invited to come to view the exhibition and to assist in judging the students' work.
During the exhibition, guests will 'vote' on students work. This will enable the students to collect 'battle tokens' for the final part of their project - the Battle of the Giants!
The students who produce the best exhibits will have the opportunity to enter their work in the National History Challenge later this year.
The Year Sevens have made a great start to the term and we can't wait to see what they produce for their exhibition!
Miss Emilie Reynolds
Learning Innovator
Producing an Unspeakable Triumph!
Rehearsals are well underway for the 2017 Senior Production of 'An Unspekable Triumph of Supreme Brilliance' which will be performed in Week 9 of this term. Students and staff have been working particularly hard with rehearsals running after school, in class and at lunchtimes. The script itself is incredibly witty and complex in nature which has been a big challenge that students have risen to. The added challenge of undergoing accent training to master the General American and specific Minnesotan mannerisms has been an amazing addition and students have blended this into their character development.
The story itself is zany, crazy and very very funny with everything from an imaginary blue tortoise, a botched horror play and an unfortunate incident involving a frying pan being tackled by our talented cast.
Students have also been very lucky this term to have been rehearsing in our brand new New Norcia Drama space which has been a privilege to work in and settle into!
Tickets for 'An Unspeakable Triumph of Supreme Brilliance' will go on sale next Monday 22 May at 9:00am and will be available from https://www.trybooking.com/260404.
Show dates are Thursday 22, Friday 23 and Saturday 24 June and tickets will be $15 for Adults, $10 for Students/Concession, $7 for Children and Free for Under 5's with 100 seats available for each show.
The show is mature in nature and is recommended for Year 7 upwards!
We are looking forward to what should be a fantastic Senior Production!
Mr Chris McRae
Production Director
The story itself is zany, crazy and very very funny with everything from an imaginary blue tortoise, a botched horror play and an unfortunate incident involving a frying pan being tackled by our talented cast.
Students have also been very lucky this term to have been rehearsing in our brand new New Norcia Drama space which has been a privilege to work in and settle into!
Tickets for 'An Unspeakable Triumph of Supreme Brilliance' will go on sale next Monday 22 May at 9:00am and will be available from https://www.trybooking.com/260404.
Show dates are Thursday 22, Friday 23 and Saturday 24 June and tickets will be $15 for Adults, $10 for Students/Concession, $7 for Children and Free for Under 5's with 100 seats available for each show.
The show is mature in nature and is recommended for Year 7 upwards!
We are looking forward to what should be a fantastic Senior Production!
Mr Chris McRae
Production Director
Launch of the Year 9 Big Ideas Autumn Term Project
This term, Year 9s will explore the big question: 'Around the World in Eighty Paces - How will food sustain the world?' The task was launched with an exploration of the science of food - developing students' understanding that food provides the fundamental building blocks of life. Students undertook a number of scientific experiments and activities to explore this concept in Week 1.
The project then began to turn to the global issues connected to food. Students were introduced to the concept of 'food security' and were organised into teams through which they will represent a country around the world. Students began to preliminarily research their country, discovering what makes this nation unique - culture, tradition, geography and politics. Students are beginning to examine the issues of food security facing this country as they prepare to represent their country in our interactive display "Around the World in 80 Paces."
Ms K Taylor
Year 9 Learning Innovator
16 May 2017
The project then began to turn to the global issues connected to food. Students were introduced to the concept of 'food security' and were organised into teams through which they will represent a country around the world. Students began to preliminarily research their country, discovering what makes this nation unique - culture, tradition, geography and politics. Students are beginning to examine the issues of food security facing this country as they prepare to represent their country in our interactive display "Around the World in 80 Paces."
Ms K Taylor
Year 9 Learning Innovator
16 May 2017
LifeLink in Autumn Term
Another group of Middle and Senior School students attended a Forum earlier this term where Archbishop Costelloe and Bishop Sproxton outlined the aims of LifeLink and how the aims relate very much to the Gospel message given to us by Jesus.
Bishop Sproxton’s message is “We don’t ask why people are in need; we don’t ask them to explain why or to explain how; we don’t judge them nor do we condemn them. We simply say, “Here’s someone in need; here’s someone who is finding life a real struggle at the moment; here’s someone who has the same hopes and dreams as we do, but whose life hasn’t worked out the way they would have hoped – and we ask ‘How can I help’.” (https://lifelink.com.au/lifelink-day-2017/)
Holy Cross College’s major initiative is the Annual LifeLink SleepOut which is held on Thursday 8 June. Students from years 1 to 12 will be involved in some way with Year 7 - 12 having the opportunity to sleep over in cardboard boxes in the Undercroft below San Salvador. Year 5 and 6 students will also be given the opportunity to sleep over in one of the rooms in New Norcia.
All students will be given the opportunity to help raise funds for LifeLink by helping to sponsor students who are taking part and also by bringing in items that will be used to make up some care packs as well as replenish the supplies in the pantry at The Shopfront (http://shopfrontwa.org.au/about-us/).
More details will come out as the day approaches. In the meantime please help by supporting students approaching you for LifeLink SleepOut sponsorship.
Harry Muller
Coordinator of Ministry
Road Safety Around Our College
The safety of our children travelling to and from school each day is of critical concern and requires the cooperation of all road users.
Sadly, too often parents/guardians transgress community expectations and general courtesies when dropping off or picking up students from the College. Additionally, student safety is seriously compromised by blatant disregard for road rules and signage.
The City of Swan Community Safety Advocate undertakes regular education patrols around the College. Much of the interaction is educative, cautioning parents/guardians on the parking requirements Surrounding the College. During Term 1 a number of parents/guardians received infringement notices for offences relating to ignoring parking regulation signage, illegal parking on footpaths, and intersection/obstruction infractions.
In addition to the above offences, unfortunately parents/guardians at Holy Cross College also exhibited behaviours which are not considered acceptable - specifically the patrolling Officers have noted instances of abusive language being directed towards them. Whilst some parents/guardians may not appreciate the City’s response in regards to parking patrols it should be remembered that these patrols are undertaken from a community safety perspective, as well as in response to requests for service from residents being affected in close proximity to the school. The Community Safety Advocate team would prefer not to have to engage in an enforcement activity, however, when pedestrian safety is compromised or access is limited to properties, the City has no option but to respond and administer the local law provisions.
As Term 2 has now commenced, the Community Safety Advocate team will begin enforcement patrols around the College and infringement notices will be issued to alleged offenders. Holy Cross College supports the initiative of the City’s Community Safety Advocate, but looks forward to the day when they are not needed.
Poor behaviour in public reflects badly on the College, but more so on the person behaving badly. Above all, disregard for the road rules comprises the safety of all students.
Parents/guardians are urged to be patient, observe the road rules and adhere to common courtesies.
Please see below the City’s Information Sheet related to School Parking.
Mr P Collins
Vice Principal