Kia ora Holy Cross Whānau,
Welcome back to Term 2! We're gearing up for our annual Book Fair, and we need your help to make Book Week truly out of this world! Please click on this Volunteer Form Link to let us know if you're available to help — and you'll go in the draw to win tickets
to see the incredible Nathan Wallis speak at our school.
Don’t forget to grab your tickets for Nathan Wallis’s powerful talk on “Building Resilience and Empathy in the Developing Brain.”
Get tickets on Eventfinda
Ngā mihi nui,
The Holy Cross PG Team
SAVE THE DATES - Book Fair 12th - 16th May.
Rocket into space for this year’s Holy Cross Book Week. Holy Cross and the Parents’ Group are excited to bring you this year's Scholastic book fair! Not only will we be celebrating all things books, our school community will have the opportunity to buy beautiful books at discounted prices. Last year, thanks to you all, our book fair was a huge success! This year each book sold will help our librarian Sophie buy new books to fill our library. So please save the dates and spread the word to your family and friends! See you soon with more information.
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Book Fair Opening Times
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Book Week Events
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Monday 12th May
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8.00am - 8.45am & 2.30pm - 3.30pm
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Tuesday 13th May
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8.00am - 8.45am & 2.30pm - 6.30pm (late night for our wider community)
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We are excited to announce that ReadNZ and the Parents’ Group have worked together to bring award winning author and illustrator Steve Mushin to our school. Click on the link to find out more about this amazing author!
https://www.read-nz.org/writers-files/writer/mushin-steve
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Wednesday 14th May
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8.00am - 8.45am & 2.30pm - 3.30pm
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Make sure you buy tickets to the incredible talk on Resilience and Empathy in the Developing Brain by Nathan Wallis.
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/the-developing-brain-miramar/wellington
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Thursday 15th May
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8.00am - 8.45am & 2.30pm - 3.30pm
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Book Character Day! come to school dressed as your favourite book character. Get ready to dance away in a wacky parade. We will be ending the day with prizes for our best dressed students and teachers as well as awarding our competition winners. We warmly invite all our whanau from 2.00pm.
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Friday 16th May
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8.00am - 8.45am & 2.30pm - 3.30pm
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Get in for those last minute bargains.
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