Week 2, Winter Term

Athletics Carnival Assembly

Last Monday we gathered to celebrate the efforts of all students for their participation in the College’s annual Athletics Carnival and in particular to recognise the age champions and overall winners of the event.

The Age Champion is awarded at each year level to those students who gained the highest combined number of points for the events in which they competed during the course of the day. Congratulations to the following students for their performance on the day. 

		Boys	Girls
Year 7	Age Champion	Fred Ruremesha	Brianna Armstrong
	Runner Up	Cian Guest	Hannah Schnell
Year 8	Age Champion	Scott Varady	Talia Catlin
	Runner Up	Matthew Hatch	Caitlyn McKenzie
Year 9	Age Champion	Blair Parker	Jo-Anna Maynard
	Runner Up	Elliott Hogg	Michaela Marshall
Year 10	Age Champion	James Evans	Jaimi-Lee Perry
	Runner Up	Dylan Woodford	Felicity Holden
Year 11	Age Champion	Samuel Stent	Georgia Heggs
	Runner Up	Harsh Patel	Aimee George

Congratulations also to Ozanam House who were the Athletics Carnival Champions for 2013.

Supporting Others

I made comment at the Athletics Carnival Assembly how impressive it was to see the high levels of support in evidence during the day. It was clearly obvious that on many occasions genuine and heartfelt support from their peers helped to lift students’ enthusiasm during events and spur them on to finish strongly. This high level of spirit, encouragement and support was a definite highlight of the day.

The capacity for people to reach out to others and help them in time of need is a key ingredient to our Catholic philosophy. We encourage all of our students to look to others when they are in need of support and lend a hand. Sometimes it takes considerable courage to seek out those in need and it is often easier to just ignore the situation. However community is built on sharing one another’s difficulties and working together in support of each other.

It has been very pleasing to see the support for the Winter Sleepout gaining momentum. This is a very tangible example of how we can proactively reach out in support of others. Congratulations to those staff and students who have already committed to this terrific cause. We wish everyone well for the evening which is being held on Thursday, 15 August.

Middle School Learning Conversations

On Wednesday 31 July, the College held its Middle School Learning Conversations. Thank you to the many parents who took advantage of the opportunity to spend some quality time with teachers to discuss the academic and pastoral progress of their children. We value very highly the partnership between home and school and understand the importance of effective communication between all parties involved in the learning journey of our students.

Please do not hesitate to contact staff via email or by phone should there ever be any concerns with the progress of your children.

Many thanks to College staff for their terrific support of the Learning Conversations.

Visitors from Japan

On Wednesday, the College hosted a number of visitors from Japan who attended to view the wonderful teaching and learning that is taking place. They were particularly interested in how the College has embraced technology and integrated it into the educational experience. The visitors were also very interested in the authentic learning experience that Big Ideas provides students.

Congratulations to all the staff and students involved in the visit. Special recognition and thanks must go to Mrs Louden’s Year 7 class for their very proud and energetic explanations of what they have been completing in class of recent times. These students impressed our visitors with their honesty, politeness and genuine enthusiasm for their learning.

Build Update

We were thrilled to see the pad for the Early Learning Centre being put down on Friday. A reminder that we are documenting the progress of the build via the blog. Many thanks to Mr Chris Gooch for overseeing this process.

Friends of Holy Cross

A reminder that we have a Friends of Holy Cross meeting scheduled for Monday, 5 August commencing at 6.30pm in the LRC. We hope to see you there.

WAMSE

Best wishes to those students completing WAMSE testing in Week 3. The testing will run for most of the week. Students have been provided with relevant details. If you have any questions or queries about the testing, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Ian Wilson at the College.

Best wishes

Jeff Allen