8 June 2012

Dear Parents, Carers and Friends of Holy Cross

THANK YOU TO ALL

WHO SUPPORTED FESTIVAL 2012 Congratulations to Brian Nally – Festival Convenor and the Committee,

stall convenors, all the workers, staff and students who contributed to the success of Festival! What a Community!!

What Support!! What Hard-work!!

What Faith!!

Today we farewell Mrs McCourt as she heads into a period of Long Service Leave. Patty will return in the 3rd week of Term 3 after travelling to Rome and sailing from Amsterdam to Budapest! Patty… we wish you a fantastic journey… well earned… you deserve. We hope you dance! Next week Yr 4/5 classes travel to Luther Heights for Camp. The program looks exciting and I know that all the students are anticipating a great few days. I will attend camp for Wednesday and Thursday and Mrs Forsyth will attend Thursday evening and Friday. This week, after the excitement of Festival we fielded a strong team at the Zone 6 Cross Country. Congratulations to the team who were place 3rd overall. There were also some wonderful individual results. Please note the School Calendar for new dates Grandparents Morning Wed 25th July 8:40 – 10:50 School Musical (all students) September 14/15 Paul Drewniak Principal

Dates to Remember:

June P&F Meeting cancelled 13-15 Yr4/5 Camp 20-22 Yr 6 & 7 Camp July 11 P&F Meeting 14 Readers Cup Challenge 25 Grandparents Day 28 School Disco September 14 & 15 School Musical October 27 School Disco

Tuckshop

Tuckshop available on WEDNESDAY’S

Convenor: Mrs Sharlene Hamblin Ph: 0401 665 318 or email: dash1099@hotmail.com

Uniform Shop

UNIFORM SHOP is OPEN FORTNIGHTLY ONLY on the second & fourth Fridays of each month in the Tuckshop Time: 8.00 – 9.00am Convenor: Tanya Smith

Orders can be emailed to Tanya Smith:hcuniforms@gmail.com

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:

Term2: 16 April to 22 June Term 3: 9 July to 21 September Term 4: 8 October to 7 Dec

Public Holidays:

Queen’s Jubilee: 11 June Ekka Show Day: 15 August

Queen’s Birthday: 1 October

Holy Cross School

NEWSLETTER 40 Morris Street Wooloowin 4030 Ph: 3857 2443 Fax: 3357 9532

www.hcpswooloowin.qld.edu.au

A.P.R.E.’s Report For the week before the festival, around the corridors, class rooms and pavilion, students practised dancing in preparation for the festival and as a result, I can’t get out of my head the words of a song: And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance! In my opinion, life without dance is hardly worth living! There are people who dance every dance and there are people who watch from the sideline. You have only to look at those on the dance floor to see the fun, hear the laughter and know that for a time their cares are far away and all that is, is the dance! I have found that it is hard to look sad when dancing. We have only to recall the faces of our children from last Sunday. At times, it is easier to sit on the sideline, because then there is no risk of looking silly and there is no chance of not being in step and there is no threat of developing aching muscles. And of course, there is always the excuse: But I can’t dance!! It is easy to justify non-involvement because we are too busy to get out on the dance floor and venture out of our comfort zone. But, if we don’t join in the dance, then we run the risk of missing out on meeting some fascinating people on the dance floor, of learning new steps to master and we run the risk of never finding out that we can dance after all! Everyone can! It is tempting to remain within the confines of our limits, but then how are we ever going to learn new steps or teach others the steps we know? So, wouldn’t it be fantastic if through the coming week, we could dance with our God, The Lord of the Dance - a great partner and One who knows all the steps. This is my last communiqué for a couple of weeks, as I am heading overseas to Rome and then aboard a boat heading from Amsterdam to Budapest. No doubt, there will be ‘dancing!’ Take care of yourselves until I see you again. May God be with you! Patty McCourt

AWARDS Congratulations to all students who received awards during assembly. PG Dahlia Vogel & Harry Moore PW Mia Kirkegaard & Gus Watson 1G Taylor Hamblin & Alex Bradley-Moore 1W Morgan McKay & Greta Salanitri 2G Marie Hanley & Cooper Cameron 2/3W Alexandra Malone & Michael Murray 3G Lilly Watson & Lachlan Cairney 4/5G Rikai Mynott & Max Newbery 4/5W Chloe Edwards & Georgia McKay 6G Trent Andrews & Meka Morrison 7G Cassie Martinz & Isaac Artuso 7W Laelah Dunn & Nick House

Pastoral Care Corner

Dear Parents Science of Happiness is the title of an article written by Georgi Slade, a health care practitioner. I thought it was worth passing on, for ourselves and our children. “Many books and articles give us different remedies for happiness. There are now scientific studies on Positive Psychology and “the science of happiness”. Traditionally psychologists have focused on ‘what makes people unhappy’. Now there are some who are focusing on ‘what makes people happy’. Much has been written about the fact that money does not increase our happiness, that as long as we have enough to enable us to be comfortably fed, clothed and housed, having a lot more will not increase our happiness. The emerging areas of consensus are that there are 7 Habits of Happy People. I don’t think there will be much to surprise us in these results, but it never hurts to remind ourselves of their importance. 1. Relationships – people who have one or more close friendships are happier. It doesn’t seem to matter if we have a large network of close relationships or not. What seems to make a difference is if and how often we co-operate in activities and share our personal feelings with a friend or relative. 2. Caring – people who volunteer or simply care for others on a consistent basis seem to be happier and less depressed. Although ‘caring’ can involve organised volunteering, it can be as simple as reaching out to anyone who looks lonely or has a current need. Thank you to all our festival volunteers! 3. Exercise- regular exercise has been associated with improved mental well-being and a lower incidence of depression – this has been proved clinically. 4. Flow (accomplishment) - if we are involved in trying to reach a goal, or a challenging activity that is within our range of skills we may experience a joyful state called ‘flow’. 5. Spiritual engagement and meaning – studies demonstrate a close link between spiritual and religious practice and happiness. 6. Strengths and Virtues – studies in the new area of Positive Psychology show that the happiest people are those that have discovered their unique strengths (such as persistence and critical thinking) and virtues (such as humanity or justice) and use those strengths and virtues for a purpose greater than their own goals 7. Positive thinking - Optimism and gratitude: of all the areas studied, gratitude has perhaps received the most attention. Grateful people have been shown to have greater positive emotion, a greater sense of belonging, and a lower incidence of depression and stress. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort! Herm Albright Have a happy day! God bless Sr Anne. CONGRATULATIONS to Matthew Devlin who has been selected in the Met North Cross Country team. He will join others at the event at Bald Hills next Tuesday.

TUCKSHOP Helpers for Wednesday 13th June are: Tuck-shop: Britt Pradella, Maddie Barbour, Dee Chester & Cathy Bennett Home bake: Nicole Rowell, Angela Salanitri, Kylie Braine, Amanda Stickley, Jude Noone, Catherine Byrne & Leah Edwards Please note our NUT FREE POLICY when preparing Homebake items. Thank you

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

returns: Malcolm McGuinness

Oliver Kelly

To all Cake Stall bakers and helpers

Karen and I just want to say a big

Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You to those who baked

and / or helped man the Cake Cake Cake Cake

StallStallStallStall at the festival, and also to

those who helped package and price on

Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday morning. I

think you will all agree it was a wondewondewondewonderful rful rful rful

day,day,day,day, and the Festival overall was a great

success, but we would NOTNOTNOTNOT have been able to

do it without your helpyour helpyour helpyour help. We know many of you

helped on multiple stalls, so your valuable time

given is much appreciated.

It was really incredible to see how much

support there is at Holy Cross, by the sheer

volume of baking that was done, the number of

people who volunteered to help, and also the

fact that people would just come up and say

‘how are you going? Do you need a hand?’ It is

wonderful to be part of such a caring and

supportive school community.

Can you please ensure this gratitude is

extended to your family, friends and

neighbours, as I know many of these also

supported the stall, and the Festival.

ALLALLALLALL of your individual contributions of help,

have been immensely appreciated.

Till next year……..

Kelly and Karen

To All Sweet Bakers and

Jam Makers,

We were overwhelmed by the support shown by the Holy Cross Community in providing stock for the Sweets and Jam Stall. Thank you to all that baked, cooked, packaged and served on the day to make the Stall a success. You were so kind to donate your valuable time, expertise and resources to our School. Once again the quality and quantity of sweets and jams was a highlight of the Holy Cross Festival. Please pass on our appreciation to the many extended family members who also were kind enough to provide their loved family recipes. We are so grateful and feel privileged to be associated with such a spirited Community. Kindest Regards, Toni Williamson and Alisa Bradley Moore

THANK YOU NOTE FROM THE HIGH TEA

STALL

A very special thank you to all the volunteers

and donors that helped to make the High Tea

Stall a success. We had a wonderful group of

helpers on the day and setting up the day before.

We would like to thank Kelly Whittle, Bridget

Piper, Loretta Mammarella, Madonna

Eyndhoven, Jane Vincent, Leanne Warfield,

Nicole Rowell, Suzie Smith, Jeanette Morrison,

Bijal Tiru, Janice Cutajar, and Sharon Kellett.

Most importantly our very special grandmas

Glenda Pradella, who also donated the fabulous

flowers on each table, and Elaine Baker, who

baked spare scones as well as manning the

Sewing Stall.

Dee Chester, Cassy Baker and Nicole Rowell

are also gratefully appreciated for donating

fabulous treats for us to serve on the High Tea

Stall.

We also had lots of generous donors. Thank you

to Carmen Cameron and Merle Harrington

(Dahlia’s great-grandma) for donating fabric and

trims for the sewing stall. The High Tea Stall

looked fabulous on the day thanks to the

beautiful bunting made by Madonna Eyndhoven.

Thanks to Maria Moscelle for organising a

Coles voucher to purchase ingredients. We also

had wonderful craft and sewing donations from

Linda Toich, Elaine Baker, Kelly Whittle, Harry

Moore’s Nanna & Rex and Marie Hanley’s

Nanna. Also, we would like to thank Maddie

Barbour for helping with clean up on Monday.

Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket in

our High Tea Stall raffle. The winners have all

been contacted.

A special thanks to Dahlia Vogel’s father Paul

and Harry Moore’s father Edward for their

financial contribution to the running of the High

Tea Stall.

Love from Sharon and Britt.

The Egan family and Dawn`s Parents would like to

thank Teachers and Dawn`s friends and all the

Parents that helped us and gave us so much

support when my Husband collapsed at the cross

country at Shaw Sports, we will never forget your

kindness and prayers for him, I think this was one

of the most stressful days I can remember, you

all made it easier to get through but Joe is out of

hospital and is improving, we love coming to the

grandchildren`s sports events and hopefully this

will not happen again. Holy Cross is one of the

nicest schools I have ever been to and we always

enjoy all the sports that the boys do, so once

again a very heartfelt thank you.

Sylvia

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF

HOLY CROSS! KEEP THE EVENINGS OF FRIDAY

14 SEPTEMBER AND SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER

FREE TO COME ALONG AND ENJOY OUR HOLY

CROSS MUSICAL

Cinderella &

ROCKERFELLA ALL STUDENTS FROM PREP TO YEAR 7 WILL BE

INVOLVED. MORE DETAILS IN UPCOMING

NEWSLETTERS.

Some copies of the 2012/2013

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK are still available!

Sincere thanks to Holy Cross families, staff and friends who have purchased Entertainment Books. Please let your friends, neighbours and workmates know we still have some copies available.

• Payment may be made by cash, credit

card (online) or cheque; please make

cheques out to ‘Holy Cross School P&F

Association’.

• Purchase securely online by credit card:

www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbook

s/2225d30 • A copy of the Entertainment Book is

available for viewing at the Office orororor

you can view it online at

www.entertainmentbook.com.au/enterta

inment-media

• If you have any questions, please contact

Maddie Barbour

(mbarbour@fincom.com.au) or Mariska

Intelisano (vitofm@bigpond.com).

• Fancutts Tennis Centre are

continuing the tennis

program at the school court in the assembly hall on Thursdays aft ernoons 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.

• SCHOOL HOLIDAY TENNIS PROGRAMS will be held at Fancutts Tennis Centre, Lutwyche

Mon to Fri from 25-29 June & 2-6 July for

children up to 16yrs. The program includes a

Tennis Clinic 9-11am. (Beginners, Players,

Advanced taught separately),

• JUBILEE Hot Shots friendly tournaments (for

trophies) is being held at Fancutts on Monday 11th

June from 9-12noon followed by sausage sizzle &

strawberries & ice-cream party. McDonald’s

Voucher & free Hot Shots t-shirt is given to every

player.

• Friendly Hot Shots Tournaments for trophies

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

• SUPERLEAGUE fixtures are on Saturday

afternoons and Sunday evenings for children &

teenagers & Tuesday/Wednesday nights for

adults. New season starts 14th

July, 2012.

• 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 8Week 8Week 8Week 8

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:

Tomos Edwards Ross Grimsdale Lachlan Woods

Hilary Piper Shom Philip

Caitlin Hodda William Wood Lydia Syron Riley Waters

Also, keep an eye out for our Gotcha Card

display in the hallway near the office.