What a busy month for Holy Cross Primary Glenwood!
This month we fare-welled our beloved Parish Priest, Father John. The school community also celebrated Grandparents Day, hosted a sausage sizzle and enjoyed a hilarious Crazy Hair day and Jersey Day. Some very inspired students crafted 1000 paper cranes, while Kindy and Year 4 learned all about Science and Physics!
Grandparents Day
To acknowledge the special role that grandparents play in our lives we invited all students to come to school dressed as a grandparent! The love and respect that our students have for their grandparents was extremely evident today and we say a huge thank you to all grandparents in our community for everything you do to support your children and grandchildren.
Farewell to Father John
Sadly this week students and staff said farewell to our beloved Parish Priest Fr John. The students joined Fr John in a liturgy via Zoom before joining him under the COLA for a spread out guard of honour and some brief farewell messages. We sincerely thank Fr John for the way he has led our community over the past six years.
We are grateful for everything Father John has done for both this school and each and every student. He has helped us along our spiritual journey and has guided us with his wisdom and ever-expanding sense of humour. Father John has strengthened our faith and taught us how to truly be like Jesus by showing us through his example of compassion and love.
When Father John came to our parish all the way back in 2014, he gave us an example of how to live a prosperous life as a follower of Jesus. He enlightened us through his homilies and taught us to always believe and love everyone unconditionally. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.” Father John has strongly encouraged us to do this and has motivated us to go out and spread Jesus’ teachings throughout our school community and to our neighbours. His teachings have changed our perspective and the way we interpret mass in a fun, humorous but yet reverent and respectful way.
Father John is an extraordinary priest because of his selflessness, caring personality, optimistic point of view and his undeniable sense of humour. Father John will be greatly missed but never ever forgotten at Holy Cross.
His knowledge and guidance for our staff and students during this time has been exceptional. We wish him the absolute best in his new appointment in Katoomba.
National Science Week
The 15th of August marked the start of National Science Week, the theme this year being innovation for the future of our oceans. To mark this occasion, Year 4 spent the last few days researching all about living and non living things within our oceans, with a particular focus on water pollution. They then designed their own underwater exhibits to showcase their understanding. Well Done year 4!
Fizzics Workshop
A big thanks to Mr Newsome and Fizzics Education for leading our Kindergarten students through Science workshops, exploring all about Forces!
Fizzics Education is one of Australia's leading science outreach providers of interactive science workshops and shows. They have been inspiring students to become passionate junior scientists since 2004
Every Friday is "Friday Fun!"
At Holy Cross we make learning fun for students, not only in the class but in every area of school life. Every Friday we up the fun factor even more with a range of crazy weekly activities that the students really enjoy.
Sausage Sizzle Friday!
Every Friday is "Friday Fun!". This week we held a sausage sizzle, which always proves very popular with the students. We cooked over 600 sausages for our school community!
Crazy Hair Day
On Friday the 4th of September students were encouraged to come to school with crazy hair styles for the day.
Jersey Day
The previous week all students were encouraged to wear their favourite sports team Jersey or colors to school.
Paper Cranes
Inspired by the book ‘Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes’ our students have created over 1000 paper cranes, each containing their hopes and prayers for the future. These symbols of peace and harmony now fill our Art room with pride.
Holy Cross Primary Glenwood
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27 Sep 2025
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Thank you to our Year 1 students for sharing their learning with us yesterday π
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27 Sep 2025
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Thank you to our Year 1 students for sharing their learning with us yesterday π
26 Sep 2025
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Hereβs a snapshot of some of the crazy hair around school today π Great effort by everybody!
25 Sep 2025
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Congratulations to Ava and Alana (Year 4) on their achievements at the Mackillop Athletics Championships yesterday π Alana placed 10th in Junior Discus Ava placed 4th in 100m (just missing out on 3rd by 0.01 seconds!) and 3rd in 200m Ava has now qualified for the Mackillop team and will run in the 200m at the NSWPSSA Athletics Championships event in October ππ
25 Sep 2025
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Check out how awesome our students were last night with their group show dance ππ What a great effort by everyone involved!
25 Sep 2025
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Last night our students had an absolute blast participating in the zing_activ Interschool Challenge! ππ
23 Sep 2025
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Today our Year 3 students enjoyed their excursion exploring the Blue Mountains β°οΈπΏ
23 Sep 2025
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π§¦Socktober Launch 2025 β½οΈ Yesterday, five students from iHelp represented our school at the Catholic Mission Socktober Launch. They joined students from other schools in the Parramatta Diocese and learned about the real challenges of food insecurity and poverty. Socktober is a wonderful initiative that uses the game of soccer and the symbol of a 'sockball' to raise awareness and funds for children in need around the world. This year, the initiative is focusing on supporting communities in Zambia, helping to provide essential resources like food and education. The students are so excited to get involved and "kick goals for good!". Stay tuned to see what our Ihelp group has planned for Socktober 2025 in Term 4.
20 Sep 2025
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This week, Year 5 explored conversions in length (cm and m) outside with jumping techniques. Great to get outdoors for maths. ππββοΈ
19 Sep 2025
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π Netball Gala Day π A beautiful day in the sun at the Netball Gala Day yesterday! Congratulations to our students on their participation and sportsmanship throughout the day with many students playing netball for the first time. Special congratulation to our Year 4 girls team who came first in their pool! A very big thank you to Mrs Hatter, Ms Ferguson, Ms Nightingale, Mrs Duggan, Mr Littlejohn and all the parents who helped score and organise the students throughout the day. We really appreciated your assistance.
12 Sep 2025
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Congratulations to all of our students who received Personal Best and PBS4L awards this week ππ
12 Sep 2025
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Thank you to our Year 5 students who shared their learning with us this afternoon π
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