Extra-Curricular Activities
Write On Competition 2024
Stimulus image: Arthur Streeton (England/Australia 1867–1943), The railway station, Redfern 1893
WriteOn is an annual writing competition open to all NSW primary students in Years 1 to 6. Students compose an imaginative text of up to 500 words, using the above image as the stimulus. This competition provides students with the opportunity to become published authors and showcase their creativity. Each year, winning entries are published in The Best of WriteOn anthology. The 2023 version is now available for purchase from the NESA Shop.
WriteOn is open to all students in Years 1 to 6 who are accessing NSW syllabuses.
• Only individual student entries can be submitted.
• All aspects of the writing process must be the student’s own work.
• Imaginative pieces may include:
• Letters, poems, interviews, journal entries or narratives
Assessment criteria
When assessing entries, judges use the following criteria:
• makes connections to the stimulus image
• engages the audience in imaginative, interpretive, emotive and/or creative ways
• maintains a consistent structure appropriate for the type of text selected
• uses a range of strategies to engage the intended audience
• uses a variety of language forms and features, vocabulary and punctuation
• considers the context, purpose and audience
• includes age-appropriate content
• is within the 500 word limit
Entry due date: Typed entries are due back by Friday 21st June, (Friday Week 8, Term 2).
Please email them to hfl@dbb.org.au with ‘Write On Competition’ in the subject line.
The Holy Family teachers will then deliberate and choose the best entry to enter for Stage 1 (Year 1 & Year 2), Stage 2 (Year 3 & 4) and Stage 3 (Year 5 & 6).
Premier's Reading Challenge
The NSW Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is now open and Holy Family is excited to be participating!
The PRC is a state-wide Challenge that encourages students to develop a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students and enables them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition, but a challenge to encourage each student to read, to read more, and to read more widely.
How many books do students need to read?
K- Year 2 Students are challenged to read or experience 30 books. 20 of these books must be from the relevant Challenge booklists, and up to 10 books can be personal choice books. Books can be read with a parent, carer, teacher or another student.
Year 3 - 6 Students are challenged to read 20 books independently. At least 10 of these books must be from the relevant Challenge booklists, and up to 10 books can be personal choice books.
If a book is from an approved PRC series, students can enter up to 5 books as Challenge books, and can read up to 10 other books from the same series as Personal Choice books. More information on the rules of the Challenge can be found on the PRC website.
Books must be added to a student’s online reading record by Friday 23 August 2024 in order for their reading record to be validated and receive a certificate.
How do students log their reading?
Students can access the PRC’s Student Experience site using their DoE username and password, or can log into the site via the Student Portal. A video guide explaining how to use the Student Experience site can be found here.
Mrs Liana Stella is a member of the LETS committee (in support of a small village, Letefoho, in Timor Leste) in the Catholic Parish of the Lower North Shore. We are having a movie night fundraiser at Roseville Theatre and would love it if you could support this worthwhile initiative. Please CLICK HERE for more details.
Chess Coaching at Holy Family
Learn to be a chess champion! Coaching for students at Holy Family Primary School (Lindfield) is held on Wednesdays from 12:55pm to 1:35pm, starting on 8 May 2024.
Learning and playing chess helps children develop their logical thinking and problem solving skills, improves their concentration and focus, while also being a great source of enjoyment. Activities include group lessons on a demonstration chess board or interactive whiteboard, puzzle solving and fun practice games.
Students earn merit awards by making checkmates, or by displaying skills and positive qualities, which all good chess players strive to develop.
Each student in the Chess program will also receive access to Chess Squad https://www.chesssquad.com/ which is an online teaching/playing platform.
If your child is interested in taking part in the class, please email office.sydneyacademy@gmail.com for an enrolment form. For all enquiries, please contact Sydney Academy of Chess on (02) 9745 1170.
