7 September 2012

Dear Parents, Carers and Friends of Holy Cross I am writing a final newsletter for the Term as I begin Family Leave until the end of term due to illness in my family. Thanks to all who have responded with prayerful support. This weekend, at the Saturday and Sunday Masses in Holy Cross Church and St Anne's Church, the parish celebrates the Confirmation and First Communion of young members of our community. We have been praying for the candidates, especially for those members of our school community, who will complete their Christian Initiation through these sacraments. On Wednesday at Assembly, our students were presented to the School Community and a special rite of blessing, led by our Year 7 Leaders was conducted. Published below are the names of the children who will accept full participation into the Church on Sunday. Congratulation to you all! Dom Cutajar, Ben Woodward, Marcus Caulton, George Williamson, Patrick Coonan, Will Chester, James Hackett, Cooper Haywood-North, Lachlan Cairney, Christopher Egan, Brandon Martinz, Gabrielle Lambert, Emma Sinclair, Bianca Richardson, Lara Sarri, Shania Andrews, Kate Nally, Aliana Coco, Clara Coonan, Lauren Birthisel, Alisha Pereira, Bianca Besly, Ursula Piper, Angelina Daly, Lilly Watson, Emma Brennan & Zoe Appleyard. Today more than 90 students from our school participate in the Zone 6 Athletics Carnival. We are always proud of the team spirit of our students, the leadership of our Year 7’s at these events and the best efforts that our representatives bring to the Carnival. Many thanks to staff who have worked together to organise supervision at the Carnival and for students not participating. Finally, a reminder from my previous email and note to parents that Mrs Patty McCourt will be Acting Principal in my absence until the end of Term. Thank you to Patty for her continued support for our community.

Paul Drewniak Principal

Dates to Remember:

September 12 P&F Meeting 13 Yr 1 Excursion 14 School Mass – 9.15am all students -Feast of the Holy Cross 14 & 15 School Musical 21 Free Dress Day 21 Term 3 Ends October 8 Term 4 Begins November 11 Musical Showcase

Tuckshop

Tuckshop available on WEDNESDAY’S

Convenor: Mrs Sharlene Hamblin Ph: 0401 665 318 or email: holycrosstuckshop@hotmail.com

Uniform Shop

OPEN FORTNIGHTLY on the second & fourth Fridays of each month Time: 8.00 – 9.00am Convenor: Tanya Smith Tanya Smith:hcuniforms@gmail.com

Mass/Liturgy of the Word

Mass – 9.15am Sep 14 - Whole School Mass Feast of the Holy Cross Sep 21 - 6G Liturgy of the Word–10.30am Sep 21 - 1G & 1W Prep Liturgy to be advised

School Bell Times:

Start: 8.40am 1st Break: 10.50 – 11.20am 2nd Break: 1.20 – 1.50pm Finish: 2.45pm (Prep only) 2.55pm (Yr 1 to Yr7)

Uniform Days

Mon & Tues: Day Uniform Wed, Thurs: Sports Uniform Friday: Day Uniform

School Terms 2012:

Term 3: 9 July to 21 September Term 4: 8 October to 7 Dec

Public Holidays:

Queen’s Birthday: 1 October

Holy Cross School

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www.hcpswooloowin.qld.edu.au

A.P.R.E.’s Report This weekend is special for a number of our students who will celebrate the sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation in the Holy Cross Parish Church. The occasion is an important milestone on their faith journey, as they take on the responsibilities of this time in their lives. Obviously it is one of many along the way for them, but it is at a stage where it is recognized that they are ready to take further charge of their own faith development. We teach that the Sacraments are signs of God at work in the world and so, the sacramentality of life has far more reaching effects than just the seven sacraments that are recognized by the Church. The Seven Sacraments are certainly significant in terms of their relativity to the important events that make up our lives: Baptism to welcome us into God’s family, Confirmation to enter deeper into the relationship with God, Eucharist to nourish along the way, Reconciliation to heal relationship break-downs, Marriage to sanctify the love between two people in God, Ordination to anoint those to guide us along the way and the Anointing of the Sick to give us strength for the journey home. Let us then keep these young people in our prayers, especially this weekend, asking that their faith in God is deepened and that they take on the responsibilities of living well the message of Jesus. On Friday 14 is the Feast of the Holy Cross and there will be a School Mass at 9.15am in Holy Cross Church to which everyone is most cordially invited. All students will attend this Mass. God is with us. Patty McCourt

September 21, the final day of the term, will be a Free Dress Day to assist the work of Montrose Access, a community based support service to people of all ages with disabilities, so that they can lead an independent life within the community. Would you please assist this worthy cause by sending along a gold coin with your child.

Pastoral Care Corner

Dear Parents

Abraham Heschel, a renowned Jewish rabbi and

Holocaust survivor, has said, “We teach children

how to measure, how to read. We fail to teach

them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe.

The sense of the sublime, the sign of the inward

greatness of the human soul and

something potentially given to all, is

now a rare gift.” Parents, more than

teachers, have the opportunity to

teach this. How often have you

called your children to watch a

sunset, to admire a flower (even a

weed!), look at the night sky. Such

moments of wonder lead to an

attitude of reverence and

amazement. That attitude towards creation easily

translates into reverence and amazement for all the

people we meet. Each person has his/her own

sparkle. Do we help our children to recognise that

sparkle in the other, even the most unlovable other,

to show reverence and dignity to all? Remember,

we are all ‘With God for others’.

This is also the theme for National Child Protection

Week. I’m sure you can find your ‘tag’ on this

map. We must each play our part in keeping our

children safe and building their strengths, including

their reverence for themselves and others. God bless Sr Anne.

THANK YOU to all who collected Woolworths stickers and Coles vouchers. Holy Rosary sent in stickers this week – there were 27,512 (they won’t let us count the last 2!!!), so I will let you know what great prizes we get. We are still collecting Paul’s bottle tops DARLING POINT FUN RUN Shaun Gray, Zac Eyndhoven, Beau Cossar, Willow Preston, Andy Melville, Sean Noone, Zac Hamblin and Sam Intelesano represented us at this event and came home the proud winners of the Best Effort Shield. We also received a totem tennis set from Bunnings for our efforts. Shaun Gray, captain of the team, will have his name as well as the school's name, engraved on this shield. Willow also received a best and fairest award for her division. Thanks to Derek Hamblin and to Deb & Mark Stonehouse for their support on the day. MINI VINNIES SLEEPOVER We have just received the Mini Vinnies Newsletter which reported on the Sleepover. We were one of only nine primary schools in the whole of Queensland, who participated - great effort for our Mini Vinnies.

Darling Point Fun Run Team

The school community wishes the students who celebrate their birthday this week many happy

returns: Charlize Rowley, Lauren Birthisel, Max Whittle,

Ashlynn Haywood-North, Chloe O’Sullivan, Jacob Moesbergen, Zoe Eyndhoven

& Jack Siddle

While HCS proudly presents its musical production of

Cinderella and Rockerfella next weekend, our P&F will be busy at work to enhance each evening by:

• providing each student with a complimentary ‘snack pack’ for each performance;

• running a Refreshments Stall (bar!);

• selling pizza prior to the performances and during intermission;

• selling gourmet treats for dessert during intermission; and

• operating a raffle (you have to be in it to win it!!)

Please support this initiative: come along, gather on ‘The Green’, grab a bite to eat and a drink and thoroughly enjoy your evening! **If you are able to lend a hand with service on either night, we would really appreciate that too! Please contact Maddie (mbarbour@fincom.com.au) with your kind offers to help.

In support of Cinderella & RockerfellaCinderella & RockerfellaCinderella & RockerfellaCinderella & Rockerfella, our P&F proudly presents:

Refreshments Stall • Soft drinks, Juice, Water $2 • Beer $4 • Wine and Sparkling Wine $3

Pizza Stall • Hawaiian, Vegetarian, Meat Lovers,

Super Supreme $2 per slice

Gourmet Treats Stall • Selection of cakes & slices • $3 per slice • Tea & coffee available at Tuckshop counter

(gold coin donation appreciated)

Raffle

• First prize: ‘One Direction’ autographed prize pack

• Second prize: Money tree • $2 per ticket or 3 for $5

TUCKSHOP Helpers for Wednesday 12th September are: Tuck-shop: Cathy Bennett, Dee Chester, Suzy Cairney to 10am, Natalie MacDonald, Thalia Sarri to 11am, Melissa Newton-Turner & Tony Seibold 10-2 Home bake: Kylie Brain, Britt Pradella, Suzanne Collette, Jude Noone, Angela Salanitri, Tanya Smith & Tina Heath Please note our NUT FREE POLICY when preparing Homebake items. Thank you

Brisbane Catholic Education has advised schools

that they can no longer send school fee accounts or

financial information home with students.

Accounts must be emailed or posted to parents.

The school’s preferred method is to email the

accounts.

Please complete the confirmation notice that has

been sent home again, if you have not already

returned to the office.

Thank you to those who have requested fee

statements to be emailed. This month’s fees have

been emailed or posted this week. Please contact

the office if you have not received. Thank you

AWARDS

Congratulations to all students who received

awards during assembly.

PG Oliver Sinclair & Dahlia Vogel

PW Morik Roshan & Jacob Moesbergen

1G Cameron Pereira

1W Lincoln Felsman & Eva Sampson

2G Alec Richardson & Josie Cule

2/3W Chloe O’Sullivan & Asha van Pelt

3G Zac Byrne-Henderson & Bianca Besly

4/5G Rikai Mynott & Caitlin Hodda

4/5W Scott Pringle & Brigid Mason

6G Meka Morrison & Louis O’Callaghan

7G Alli Cathcart & Malcolm McGuinness

7W Katelyn Adler & Hamish Brown

Cinderella & Rockerfella TICKETS ON SALE NOW 2 Performances: Friday 14 September Saturday 15 September $5 PER SEAT Complete the form sent home and return with the correct money to either Mrs Elder or Mrs Tracey to secure great seats. Children need to be at school for 6pm and the performance starts at 7pm.

A presentation by Anna Tullemans (consultant in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome and Autism. She is also the author of 9 books). Thursday 13 September 2012 10.00 am to 1.00 pm Do you want to know why your child has difficulty with… � Going to bed and sleeping?

� Putting away the game console?

� Going shopping (supermarket and for clothes)?

� Going on holidays?

� Playing with his/her siblings?

� Meltdowns at inappropriate times!

� Do you want a better understanding of how stress affects your child and what you can do about it?

� Do you want to know why everything has to be exactly right before your child can attempt new things? These are all behaviours which are telling us something. We just need to understand how to decipher and interpret this behaviour so we can help our children. We will look at 5 key strategies which will help you and your child. For bookings please contact ASA on 07 3865 2911 Following the workshop, there will be opportunities for follow up individual consultations with Anna at the Asperger Centre, Unit 1, 16 Yarraman Place, Virginia.

Fancutts Tennis Centre are continuing the tennis

program at the school court in the assembly hall on

Thursdays afternoons 2.50-3.20pm (Prep & Gr1) 3.20-4.05 (Gr.2,3) & 4.05-4.50pm (Gr4-7). Coach has enrolment forms. Rackets on special $30. Hot Shots friendly tournaments (for trophies) is

being held at Fancutts on Monday 22nd October

(Pupil Free Day) from 9 to 12non & beginners &

players & 12.30-3.30pm. McDonald’s Voucher &

free Hot Shots Tennis Aust. t-shirt online card is

given to every player.

Friendly Hot Shots Tournaments for trophies are

on Sat.11am-1pm during school term.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY TENNIS PROGRAMS will

be held at Fancutts Tennis Centre, Lutwyche Mon to

Fri from 24-28 Sept. & 1-5 October for children &

teenagers. Morning program includes a Tennis

Clinic 9-11am. (Beginners & Players taught

separately) Hot Shots Tennis is held 8.20-9am for 3-

6yrs

SUPERLEAGUE fixtures are on Saturday

afternoons and Sunday evenings for children &

teenagers & Tuesday/Wednesday nights for adults.

Restrings – a 24hr. service or possible emergency

restring while you wait.

All enquiries, please contact Fancutts 38572922 in

office hours or email admin@fancutts.com.au

GOTCHA CARDSGOTCHA CARDSGOTCHA CARDSGOTCHA CARDS –––– Week 9Week 9Week 9Week 9

GOTCHA CARDS have been

designed to encourage and reward

good behaviour in an effort to

boost each child’s self esteem and

improve the general standard of

behaviour at our school.

Well done to all the ‘Gotcha Card’ recipients

who have done a brilliant job of demonstrating

our school-wide positive behaviour

expectations (Safety, Learning & Respect).

The following children won seats in our

assembly Corporate Box:

Paris Urban Kyle Trickey Zane Cleary

Lauren Birthisel Thomas Gordon Dominic Cutajar

Olivia Turner Kiara Mammarella

Justin Toghill Also, keep an eye out for our Gotcha Card

display in the hallway near the office.