On Wednesday, we gathered as a faith community to celebrate the Ash
Wednesday Mass; the season of Lent has begun.
For Catholics, the Lenten season has always been a time to refocus on God
alongside an invitation to get our lives in the right order.
Our goal is to Live Lent! It is our time to live our faith with greater integrity
and in deeper communion with God and our neighbor. 
Many of us grew up with an understanding that Lent was time to give up such
things as chocolate or sweets. We now realise that it is not so much about
giving up things but accepting the invitation to be all that God has called us to
be—a holy, healthy, and loving person—a disciple of Jesus Christ committed
to transforming my faith into real-life action.  To Shine Like Stars Lighting Up
The Sky.
To support this Lenten journey your child has brought home a reflection sheet
with a cross for every day of lent. Each cross represents an opportunity to
transform faith into action.
May God bless us all on our Lenten journey.

Servant Leaders In Catholic Schools

 

On Monday all of our Year 7 and 8 students took part in a very special day of reflection and learning.  Alan Grant and Kelly Ross from the Catholic Schools Education Service and three of our staff worked with our 56 Year 7-8 students.  The day included a reflection on effective leadership, learning about inspiring Catholic leaders and developing a deeper understanding of the Mass.

 

The students also took part in a number of workshops: proclaiming the Word, dramatizing the Gospel reading, writing prayers of the faithful and liturgical movement.

 

At Wednesday’s Mass the students led these aspects of the celebration beautifully, with reverence and much deeper understanding.

 

This information is coming home with your child today.

You are invited to our Community Sharing Evening on Thursday, March 5th at 5 pm: sharing our learning (in the hall).

6 pm: picnic dinner (outside if the weather is fine and in classrooms if it’s a cold or windy evening).

Bring your own healthy kai/food
Think, Talk, Create Garden to Table Senior Leadership

We want your ideas! 

Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 4th, to go in the draw to win a prize

Name: _______________________________________

We are able / unable to attend the community sharing evening on Thursday, March 5th.
Number attending: ______

What are the interests and strengths of the people in your whãnau?

How would you like to contribute to our programmes? 

What did you love learning about when you were at School?

As mentioned in the newsletter last week, over the course of the term we are profiling some of the different ways we safeguard health, safety and wellbeing in our school.  Last week we touched on coronavirus, and this week we are covering cybersafety.  Over coming weeks we will discuss other programmes and practices including Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS), behaviour management and hazard identification.

Our school takes very seriously cyber safety and our responsibilities to protect our children while using technology.  We have very strong filtering systems to ensure that inappropriate content is not available to our students and all classes have age-appropriate lessons around online safety and what to do should they have any concerns about anything to do with technology.  Parents may find it useful to visit Netsafe’s pages (https://www.netsafe.org.nz/advice/parenting/) for further information about online safety for children and teens.

As you will see there are many actions we take to keep our children healthy, safety and well at Holy Cross School, we find the key to maintaining a great environment for our children is through clear expectations, appropriate action and great communication links between parents and the school.  Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, concerns or feedback at any time about this or any other aspect of our school.

Happy Birthday to Rory whose birthday is on the 29th February, we hope you have a special day. 

Congratulations to Avalani and family who have welcomed a new baby sister to their family Vallina Utumele.

We remind you that in Term 1 and Term 4 all students are expected to wear a school regulation hat. We have 3 choices- cap, bucket or Aussie hat.

These hats are plain navy in colour.  The photos below show these 3 choices. Students not wearing the correct hat will be required to sit in the shade during break times.  

The Holy Cross PSG contributes to the school by running fundraising and community activities and providing support where required.

Meetings are relaxed and friendly and it’s a great way to get to know other parents and to lend a hand.

The next meeting is Monday 2 March, 7.00pm, in Room 8.

New members are always welcome, we hope you can join us on Monday.

Current fundraiser: School Keep Cups. Available from the office. Great for those morning coffees on the run. Only $10 each.