Drumming Up A Storm

Congratulations must go to Nikolas Dragicevich (Year 6) who has recently been recognised through some outstanding achievements for his Drumming abilities. Late last year, Nikolas won the Junior Category for Ellenbrook's Got Talent before being accepted as the youngest participant in WAAPA's Jazz Summer School program which he attended in January. Nikolas has now, along with a fellow drummer, reached the second round of the process for the casting of the Channel 7 Talent Show 'Little Big Shots' for which he will participate in a Skype interview next week.

The College is particularly proud of Nikolas' achievements and he will play a big part in the Jazz Ensemble, College Production and Catholic Performing Arts Festival this year in order to further develop his talents. Congratulations Nikolas!

Mr Chris McRae
Learning Area Coordinator (The Arts)

Junior and Year 7 Swimming Carnival

Last Friday, saw our Year 4-7 students travel to Chisholm College to compete in the 2018 Junior and Year 8 Swimming Carnivals. The atmosphere was fantastic with nearly double the number of students competing from 2017 with the addition of the extra stream in Years 4-6.

With the support of the packed parent gallery, our students competed and participated brilliantly with an incredible 47 records being broken across the day.

With several lead changes taking place throughout the day, the final leaderboards read as follows;

Junior Carnival

Frayne             666

Ozanam           625

McCormack    602

Salvado           458

Year 7 Carnival

Salvado            350

McCormack     292

Frayne              246

Ozanam           154

Congratulations also to our age group Champions and Runners Up;

Champions

Year 4 Girls: Karlee Breadsell

Year 4 Boys: Oscar Forbes

Year 5 Girls: Tahlia Warner

Year 5 Boys: Bailey Bradbrook

Year 6 Girls: Angelique Pugliese

Year 6 Boys: Harry Andrews

Year 7 Girls: Reese Wingett

Year 7 Boys: Tom Rankin

Runners Up

Year 4 Girls: Bailey-Rae Chanu

Year 4 Boys: Seth Hilton

Year 5 Girls: Paige Bolton

Year 5 Boys: Joshua Hardeman

Year 6 Girls: Emillie Parsons

Year 6 Boys: Tyler-James Ward

Year 7 Girls: Charlotte Mitchell

Year 7 Boys: Riley Sorgiovanni

The results from the Carnival will be used to form our ACC and CPSSA Inter School Swim teams which will be a fantastic challenge for us as begin to properly establish ourselves in these competitions as a force in the area of swimming.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Enrolment Mass

Last weekend 74 students attended Mass to officially enrol in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Together they demonstrated their commitment to this next stage of their faith journey within the St. Helena of the Holy Cross Parish. 

Students will continue their preparation as part of the Year 3 Religious Education curriculum or through the parish catechesis programme.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be held at the Church on Wednesday 2 May.

Please keep these children if your prayers as they prepare for this special milestone.

Miss Kylie Henderson
Assistant Principal, Junior School

Junior School Update

Kindergarten

The Kindergarten children have settled beautifully into routine and are enjoying playing with their new friends both inside and outside. We have been completing lots of different activities to help us recognise our name, what we look like and who is in our family. During Religious Education, we have learned that God made us beautiful on the inside and outside and that we are a part of His family too. 

Mrs. Jo Borg and Mrs. Natalie Pecherczyk

Kindergarten Teachers

Year 2

The Year 2 students have had a wonderful start to the new school year. The children have responded very well to their new learning spaces and area of the school.

We spent time talking about the special time we are now entering called Lent and the significance of Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. We learned that Shrove Tuesday marks the day before the beginning of the long fast of Lent.
The custom of making pancakes arose through the need to use up food items, which were forbidden during Lent.

We put our Master Chef skills to the test and made our very own mini pancakes!
We poured and flipped the pancakes on the electric frying pans! Our finished pancakes were delicious and the envy of all the other classes!

We each created a special Lenten Promise – something we would try hard to do during Lent. Many of our Lenten Promises involved helping others and showing kindness to our friends and family.

We are looking forward to putting our ideas into action!

Mrs. Hayley Sheppard and Miss Annette Barron

Year 2 Teachers

VILLAIN SCHOOL Official Poster Release

We are pleased to reveal the official poster for the 2018 College Production of VILLAIN SCHOOL by Brian D Taylor. The striking design displays V.I.L.E, the Villain's Institute for Learning Evil and the school of wicked ways along with the ever quirky witches conjuring their famous brew. It also hints at teenage angst and first love which features in the colourful and wickedly fun story. The poster has been designed by Year 12 student Darrell Chiu, who will be completing other graphic content for the show including a school logo which will be coming soon. The QR codes on the poster will link directly to the school website as well as the ticket purchase link (which will go on sale mid next term). Be sure to keep an eye on the Life @ HCC and Production Blogs to follow all things VILLAIN SCHOOL!

Mr Chris McRae
Learning Area Coordinator (The Arts)

Introducing Crunch and Sip in the Junior School

Our school is committed to improving children's health through education and by supporting the Department of Health's Crunch&Sip initiative.


Crunch&Sip is an allocated time for students to eat fruit or salad vegetables and drink water in the classroom whilst working.  Research has shown that drinking water and eating fruit and vegetables is essential for good health and can help with concentration levels throughout the day.

Students in Pre-kindergarten, Kindergarten and Pre-primary already enjoy shared fruit throughout their day and we are inviting you to support your child/ren in YEAR ONE - YEAR SIX to participate in Crunch&Sip by ensuring they only bring water to school and a piece of fruit or vegetable each day.

Food/Drink that is permitted:  
- Fresh fruit (eg: apples can be cut or kept whole).  Please refrain from packing 'juicy' fruits such as oranges and watermelon to minimise the risk of mess.
- Fresh vegetables (eg: celery, carrot, broccoli)
- Water

Food/Drink that is not permitted:
- Any drink that is not plain water (eg: juice, cordial)
- Fruit 'products' (eg: fruit leather, roll ups)
- Fruit jams or jellies
- Fruit pies or cakes
- Canned/Packaged fruit (eg: canned in syrup)
- Canned or processed vegetables
- Vegetables or potato crisps/chips
- Vegetable pastries (eg: pasties)
- Popcorn

Dried fruit (eg: sultanas) is discouraged as the sugar levels are much more concentrated and can remain on teeth, leading to dental hygiene issues.

Crunch&Sip will officially start at Holy Cross on Monday, 26 February.  Whilst we strongly encourage students to participate, it is not compulsory.  If you would like more information, you might like to visit the official Crunch&Sip website at:  www.crunchandsip.com.au.

Thank you for your support,
Miss Hannah Sibbald