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

Online Literacy & Numeracy (OLNA) Dates

The Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment will be taking place at the College on the following dates below. Students who are in Year 10-12 are required to sit the OLNA if they have not yet passed the assessment/s. Parents would have received a letter from the College if they have a child who has not yet passed one or more of the components of the assessment earlier this year.

Students will be given their individual time to sit the assessments by the end of week 3 Winter Term.

Assessment Dates:
Writing - Tuesday 5 September
Reading - Tuesday 12 September
Numeracy - Wednesday 13 September

Mr Paul Murphy
Deputy Principal
26 July 2017

Angelico Exhibition

Each year Catholic Arts presents the prestigious Angelico Exhibition, an exhibition where Catholic secondary schools across Western Australia enter 6 of their very best student artworks. This year Catholic Arts is also holding its inaugural primary school Angelico exhibition. Both exhibitions will be held at the Forrest Centre, 221 St Georges Terrace Perth; dates/times are as follows:

Primary School Angelico Exhibition - 24 July to 11 August 2017, 9am-5pm weekdays

The 24^th Secondary Angelico Exhibition - 14 to 25 August, 2017, 9am-5pm weekdays

Congratulation to Alyssa Cosmas (year 3), Ashni Pindolia (year 3), Sara-Lili Kajcsa (year 4), Emillie Parsons (year 5), Isabele Sparkes (year 5) and Daniel Tassell (year 6) for having their artwork entered into this year’s primary school Angelico exhibition.

In addition, I am very excited to announce that this term we will have our very first ‘Artist in Residence’ Alexis Winch-Buist working with our year 7 Visual Arts students in the creation of 14 large scale ceramic tiles that will depict scenes from the Stations of the Cross. These tiles will be installed on our College buildings and will form part of our Easter Liturgy in years to come.

As a final note, keep an eye out for information in the coming weeks regarding our annual Arts Showcase which will take place in Week 9 of this term.

Miss Sara O'Neil

Visual Arts Teacher

23 July 2017

Sacrament Update

Sacrament of First Eucharist

Candidates who received their First Eucharist last term and their families are invited to come to a Thanksgiving Mass on Sunday July 23^rd at 9:30am. During this Mass, the candidates will be celebrated together as a group and will be presented with their certificates. It is strongly encouraged that all families attend this special Mass.

Sacrament of Confirmation

Sacrament enrolment will occur for Confirmation on the weekend of July 29th and 30th. You can attend any of the following Masses to enrol your child - Saturday 6:00pm, Sunday 9:30am or 5:45pm.

Please bring along a copy of your child's Baptism, Reconciliation and First Eucharist certificates. Staff will be in the foyer of the Church to receive forms before and after Mass. All children enrolling will be presented to the parish community as part of the Mass and will recite a prayer of commitment together.

Miss Kylie Henderson

Assistant Principal, Junior School

Junior School Update

Kindergarten

The Kindergarten children finished Semester 1 with a perfect pyjama party!

We had lots of fun making popcorn, folding pirate hats, creating patterns, painting penguins, putting on puppet shows and pretending to be pirates.

Throughout the first half of Kindergarten, we have made new friends, learned so many skills and had lots of fun. We can’t wait to see what Semester 2 has in store for us!

Mrs. Jo Borg and Mrs. Emma Pring

Kindergarten Teachers

Year 3

Welcome to the start of Winter Term. What a busy and productive start it has been as the students and I begin our learning journey together.

This term has a mathematics focus on multiplication and division. We have begun to investigate the different visual and numerical patterns in repeated addition as we reinforce the relationship between repeated addition and multiplication. The students will be working towards an ability to recall the multiplication facts of two, three, five and ten and the related division facts. They will be representing facts as arrays and use multiplication and division facts to solve simple word problems.

English sessions will be centred around the writing structure of recounts – retelling of events. We have begun to identify past tense verbs ending in ‘ed’ and will continue to work on irregular and regular verbs. Children will be recognising and using specific vocabulary that will show order when writing a recount as well as continuing their individualised spelling program in class and for homework.

Homework will begin in Week 2 this term and will follow a very similar format to last term.

Finally, A big thank you for making me feel so welcome. I have met many parents and look forward to meeting you all over the coming weeks.

Mrs. Gabbe McKinnon

Year 3 Teacher

2017 Catholic Performing Arts Festival Opening Mass

The 2017 Performing Arts Festival for Catholic Schools and Colleges has been officially opened. Holy Cross was represented with pride at the festival's Opening Mass by Senior School students Calvin Thiel (Year 12) and Zophia Paluszak (Year 11) and Junior School students Christian Tenaglia (Year 6) and Mia-Mae Vella (Year 5), all of whom are involved in Performing Arts Enrichment activities. The mass was held at Infant Jesus Church in Morley and presided over by Bishop Donald Sproxton and several other priests. It was a fantastic celebration of the importance of the role of faith in the Arts and those in attendance were treated to some beautiful music, dance and drama which were interwoven throughout the mass. Executive Director for Catholic Education in Western Australia, Dr Timothy McDonald then officially opened the festival for 2017.

Holy Cross College commenced participation in the festival earlier this week by presenting The Story of Oscar Romero in the Christian Drama category which was performed at the Chapel of St Brigid at Mercy College. Junior School students will be performing Piano Solos and Duets at Zenith Music next week. Updates throughout the festival will be posted weekly.

Mr Chris McRae
Performing Arts Teacher

Year 12 ATAR Examinations & Events

ATAR examination timetables are now available on the SCSA website, please see the link below. These are the SCSA exams and not the internal mock exams run by the school during the coming holiday break. A mock exam timetable will be issued to students in week 5 of this term.

A Year 12 information evening will be held on Wednesday 16th of August to give students and parents information on the final Year 12 events for the year and information on applying to tertiary institutions.

SCSA Year 12 ATAR Exams

Mr Paul Murphy
Deputy Principal
21 July 2017

Junior School Athletics Carnival Postponed

The Junior School Athletics Carnival has once again fallen prey to an unfortunate weather forecast for Thursday.

Rather than having to cancel at the last minute, the decision has been made to postpone the event. As a result, the carnival will now be taking place on THURSDAY, 12 October which is Week One of Spring Term.

There will be no sausage sizzle this Thursday - lunches will need to be either packed or ordered from the Cafe as per normal. Families who have placed an order for a sausage sizzle and/or drink will be able to either:

a) keep the order for the carnival day next term

b) contact Susan Sorenson on bachs_sorensen@bigpond.com to cancel the order.

Any further details will be provided toward the end of term.

Vanja Basell

Assistant Principal, Junior School

2017 Performing Arts Festival for Catholic Schools and Colleges

Winter Term heralds the arrival of one of the major events on the 2017 Performing Arts calendar. The Performing Arts Festival for Catholic Schools and Colleges commences this Thursday and will run over the next seven weeks at various venues across Perth. Holy Cross College is participating in our sixth festival and the College's calendar of events is below. Parents and friends are more than welcome to attend the performances (small entrance fees are collected at each venue) and your support of the College Performing Arts program would be greatly appreciated

Mr Chris McRae
Performing Arts Teacher

HOLY CROSS COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL SCHEDULE 2017

Date and Time	Section	Name/Group	Items	Venue and Time
Thursday 20 July	Christian Drama	Middle and Senior School Drama Students	The Story of Oscar Romero	Mercy College, Koondoola 11:45am
Friday 21 July	Opening Mass	Select Students	NA	Infant Jesus Church, Morley 10:00am
Monday 24 July	Primary Piano Solo/Duet	Sylvester Thaung Kiera Perks/Erin Butterworth	Ode to Joy Amazing Grace	Zenith Music, Stirling Highway, Claremont 11:15am
Thursday 27 July	Primary Piano Solo/Duet	Sienna Lonergan	Ode To Joy	Zenith Music, Stirling Highway, Claremont 11:15am
Friday 4 August	Contemporary Band	Junior Band Senior Band	Play That Song and Wonderwall Where The Streets Have No Name and Clint Eastwood	Corpus Christi College, Bateman 6:30pm
Tuesday 8 August	Secondary Drama	Zophia Paluszak Abbey’Lee Quantock	Laughing Wild Very Good Advice	Chisholm College, Bedford, 10:00am
Wednesday 9 August	Primary Sacred Choral	Junior Choir	Celebrate Let’s Celebrate and Let Our Light Shine	St Benedict’s Church 1:00pm
Thursday 10 August	Jazz Combo	Jazz Ensemble	City of Stars, Orange Coloured Sky and Autumn Leaves	Sacred Heart College, Sorrento 7:00pm
Wednesday 16 August	Brass Solo	Jasper Ford	Autumn Leaves	Zenith Music, Stirling Highway, Claremont 11:15am
Thursday 17 August	Guitar Solo	Jiraphat Phaenglaennoan	Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor	Zenith Music, Stirling Highway, Claremont 10:30am
Tuesday 29 August	Secondary Piano Solo	Tiara D’Lima Elise Mitchell Zoe Watts Anthony Menegola	Struttin’ At The Waldorf Beauty and the Beast Havanna Nights Impossible Year	Zenith Music, Stirling Highway, Claremont 1:00pm
Wednesday 30 August	Secondary Choral	Middle and Senior School Choir	Revolting Children and Here Comes The Sun	Trinity College, East Perth 7:00pm

Parent Camino

The section from Guildford to Bells Rapids was walked on June, 28. The group started at the St Charles Seminary in Guildford and walked along West Swan Road, stopping for morning tea at the Margaret River Chocolate Factory. The journey led everyone through the Swan Valley and ended at Bells Rapids.

If any parents are wanting to participate in the next Parent Camino, please do so as it is a wonderful experience.

Student Safety - Pick up and Drop-off around the College

New Parking Bays – Coolamon Drive

The College enrolments have continued to grow and in 2017 there is more than 860 students enrolled. Consequently, there is considerable demand for parking spaces and pressure at peak times of student movement at the beginning and end of the school day. We must expect to change our habits to accommodate the growth in the College and, especially, to ensure the safety for our students.

As part of the most recent building program, the car park off Coolamon Drive has been extended to include more that 50 bays. Students can access the College grounds via the pathway leading past the courts and the New Norcia building.

Parents are asked to consider using this car park to relieve pressure on the main car park off Strathmore Parkway.

Westgrove Drive Car Park

Most Middle and Senior School students begin the day in their House Tutor Groups in the Paris/Dublin and Trayning/Subiaco buildings, which are best accessed via the car park off Westgrove Drive. Additionally, students' lockers are housed in these buildings. Parents/Guardians are encouraged to drop-off and pick-up students from the car park off Westgrove Drive.

Note that this area is not marked for Kiss and Drive. To maintain safety parents must stop in a parking bay before students enter or leave the vehicle. Instances of cars stopping in the middle of the drive have presented a safety hazard.

Also, please do not drive through to the car park near the Maintenance sheds, as these bays are reserved for service vehicles and staff.

Drive through Kiss and Drive – off Strathmore Parkway

Key aspects of this procedure include the following:

The Kiss and Drive doubles as an undercover area for students during the day. So:

gates to the Kiss and Drive will be open in the morning from 8.10am and close at 8.40am.
gates will reopen in the afternoon from 2.40pm and close at 3.30pm

Student drop-off and pick-up will only be permitted in the drive through area in the front car park (see the attached diagram). This is not a parking zone.

Students must wait in this area until their parents enter the drop-off/pick-up zone before alighting from the car or getting into the car.

Where students are not present to be picked up parents will be required to immediately drive off and re-join the queue. This will ensure an orderly flow of traffic.

There is considerable street-side parking a short walk from the school. Parents are encouraged to utilise these spaces.

Where parents have found a parking space or are parked in the surrounding streets students will be permitted to walk to meet their parents. Students will not be permitted to be picked unless parents are parked in designated parking spaces.

Come 10-15 minutes later, once the traffic has eased.

Do not double park or block driveways.

Drivers must not park and alight from your vehicle in the Kiss and Drive area.

Do not overtake in the Kiss and Drive area, but wait for the traffic to move forward.

We take our responsibility for the safety of your children very seriously. Your support and cooperation is sincerely appreciated.

Peter Collins

Vice Principal

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