22 July 2015

Newsletter Articles

"What I can do, you cannot.
What you can do, I cannot.
But together we can do something beautiful for God."
Mother Teresa

From the Principal

Parents,

Welcome back to Term 3!

Last week we welcomed three new faces to our teaching team here at Holy Cross who will be with us for the remainder of the year. Mrs Marissa Savaglio was welcomed to our 1H class now that Mrs Robb has commenced Long Service Leave, and we welcomed back Mrs Tara Belhumeur who will share teach with Mrs Fiona Duffy in 4C while Mrs Kelly is on leave.

I am sure you will agree that our interschool sports carnival which took place at the closure of Term 2 was a wonderful day! It was so lovely to personally catch up with so many parents over the course of the day and I can assure parents that all staff were extremely proud of our students, who took part in the day with a wonderful sense of team spirit and active participation. While I especially congratulate our staff for their collective efforts in making the day a success, I am particularly grateful and acknowledge the dedicated work of Mrs Henderson Crofts and Mrs Jo Neil who were busy leading up to the day taking care of the finer organisational aspects to ensure the day went smoothly. Congratulations Dillon as overall carnival champions and for their efforts to also take out the team spirit award for the day.

Our teachers were busy on Thursday taking part in the Diocesan Consistency of Judgement Day (CTJ Day) which allowed them to gather with colleagues from around the Diocese to critique and discuss marking judgements in English areas of Reading and Writing. Teachers also spent time working on aspects of Visible Learning which is a Diocesan and School focus this year. The day is a wonderful opportunity for teachers to gather as professionals to not only compare but to be affirmed for the wonderful work that they do in our schools across the Diocese.

Term 3 is set to be a busy one, with our Wonders of Living Programme and Confirmation taking place this week, Catholic Education Week taking place next week and Visiting Japanese Groups and Camps planned for August. Our annual Holy Cross Day celebrations and initial staffing and budget processes for the 2016 school year will commence in early September.

With these chilly mornings at the moment, a reminder that all students should be wearing correct school uniform. Three options are available for cooler weather:- the red jacket which is available at Lowes Smithfield or either a bottle green zippered or pullover jumper which are also available from Lowes or Kmart. Students from Prep to Year 6 should all be wearing correct uniform and shoes that are plain black with no trimmings please.

…and Jesus Said, "Chill Out!"

For several years a religious community invited neighbours to join them monthly for an hour of quiet meditation and prayer in their small chapel. The congregation usually included fifteen to fifty young people from a school. Over pizza after the prayer, the young people would often tell how much the meditation helped relieve the stress caused by school, sports, friends and family. So it was pleasing that they escaped for an hour with the community.

That's what Jesus wanted for his disciples in this last week's Gospel. They've just come back from doing his work. They could keep working; there were plenty of people who needed help. But Jesus says, "Come away … and rest."

In other words, take time to chill out. Authentic discipleship requires downtime for prayer, laughs, naps and talk about life.

As society seems to get busier and busier, we seem to have more responsibilities and less time to relax. But life gets more complicated, more painful, less rewarding and less Christian when it gets too busy. Overworked people pray less, which means they lose God's guidance. Overworked people lose their patience more quickly, which makes it easy to snap at friends or family and difficult to forgive. Overworked people think less thoroughly and listen less often, which makes it easy to make bad decisions.

So make sure you get away. Life is about building relationships, not completing tasks. Given the pressure in our society to stay busy, you might even have to schedule downtime. Then take it. God wants it for you. Take time with friends. Laugh. Hang out. Take naps. Build in ten-minute "rest stops" with God, when you just close your eyes and imagine Jesus wrapping his arms around you. You'll find life more rewarding and Christian living more doable.

In other words, take some time to just chill out…

(from enews@gpbs.com)

Enjoy your week.

Blessings

Wendy Manners
Principal – Holy Cross Catholic School

APRE News

CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK

Catholic Education Week will be celebrated across Queensland from 26 July - 1 August this year.

This annual event is held to promote the special ethos of Catholic schools and to highlight the great things that take place in Catholic schools every day.

The theme for this year's celebrations is: Engaging Minds. Igniting Hearts. Serving Others.

Catholic education strives to make a difference in the lives of those in our schools and in the wider community by challenging young people to live out the message of Jesus and to reach their full potential as compassionate, contributing, life-giving members of society.

During Catholic Education Week 2015, Catholic education communities across Queensland are invited to celebrate and share how they are Engaging Minds. Igniting Hearts. Serving Others.

There are 299 Catholic schools in Queensland that educate around 147,000 students and employ almost 18,000 teachers and staff, and most will celebrate Catholic Education Week in some way.

Our school is planning a number of activities during the week and we hope you are able to join in the celebrations with us. One of these is Mass on Friday 31 July.

WONDER OF LIVING PROGRAM

This week, staff from Natural Fertility Services, Cairns, will be coming to run our Wonder of Living program for students in Years 1-6. They will be showing movies to those levels and running puberty sessions for our Year 5 and 6 students. Please see the information that came home with your son or daughter last week and come along to one or both of the parent sessions. The daytime session is about the Wonder of Living Program itself and the evening session is about how to have 'the talk' with your child.

Parent Information sessions:

• Tuesday 21st of July 1:45pm-2:45pm Parent session-Wonder of Living Program Information
• Tuesday 21st of July 6:30pm-8:00pm Parent session-How to have 'the talk' with your children.

Student Sessions

THURSDAY 23rd JULY		FRIDAY 24th JULY
Year 1	8.30am-9.30am	Year 6C & ½ 6H	8.30am-9.30am
Year 2	9.30am-10.30am	Year 6S & ½ 6H	9.30am-10.30am
Year 3	11.00am-12.00pm
Year 4	12.00pm-1.00pm
Year 5	1.30pm-2.30pm

LITURGICAL LIFE OF THE SCHOOL

We welcome Fr. Neil back from his trip overseas. I am sure that he has many stories to share with us, as well as some greater insight into Catholic Identity, which will benefit the school and parish.

Upcoming liturgies and Masses:

• Catholic Education Week Friday 31st of July, 9:00am
• Feast of the Assumption Friday 14th of August 9:00am
• Prep & Year 3 Liturgy of the Word Wednesday 26th of August 9:00am
• Years 2 & 5 Mass Wednesday 2nd of September 9:00am
• Year 1 & 6 Mass Wednesday 9th of September 9:00am
• Holy Cross Feast Day, Exaltation of the Cross, Monday the 14th of September at 9:00am

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM

We keep in our prayers the candidates for Confirmation and First Holy Communion. They will receive their Sacraments this week at the Cathedral (Confirmation) and Holy Cross Church (First Holy Communion).

Dates for the diary:

• Confirmation- Thursday the 23rd of July 7pm, St Monica's Cathedral
• First Holy Communion- Masses over the weekend of Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th of July, Holy Cross Church or All Saints' Chapel
• Parent information night- Reconciliation Tues 28th of July
• First Reconciliation Tues 8th of September 12pm, Holy Cross Church

PRAYER FOCUS FOR THE WEEK:

Loving God,
Pour out your blessing
Upon our beloved children,
That during this time of Sacramental preparation
They may grow closer to you,
And come to know your special love for them.
May this time of preparation be a time of blessing
For our families and our community,
And unite us all in your great love.
Amen.

Parish Mass Times

Jacinta Roberts
APRE Holy Cross
jroberts1@cns.catholic.edu.au

APA News

Welcome back to Term 3! We have certainly hit the ground running this week with students and staff returning to routines well. Once again we have another busy term ahead with a number of key dates to consider.

On Monday morning prayer I introduced students to our weekly focus for Positive Behaviour. Beginning this term we will introduce a weekly focus for students to be considering and teachers to be finding opportunities to teach. These focuses will come from the Holy Cross 'Positive Behaviour Matrix'. I aim to include our focus in newsletters and have visuals in key areas of the school so parents can support this focus and reinforce at home as well. As positive behaviour is about praise for students displaying correct behaviour we will also be focusing our efforts on rewarding students who are demonstrating the weekly focus, as well as other aspects of the 'Positive Behaviour Matrix'. Keep your eyes peeled for the focus.

KEY DATES FOR TERM 3
Tuesday 21st July	Wonders of Living Parent Sessions
Wednesday 22nd July	P & F Meeting – 7pm School Library
Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th July	Wonders of Living Student Sessions
Thursday 23rd July	Confirmation 7pm - Cathedral
Monday 27th – Friday 31st July	Catholic Education Week
Tuesday 28th July	Holy Cross Positive Behaviour Training for Staff
Wednesday 29th July	Catholic Education Week Mass - 9am
Friday 31st July	Barron River Track and Field Day
Wednesday 5th – Friday 7th August	Year 5 Camp - Daradgee
Friday 7th August	Fowlers' Group Netball U10 Netta Carnival
Monday 10th – Friday 14th August	Holy Cross Book Week / Book Fair
Tuesday 11th August	Book Week Dress Up Day
Wednesday 26th – Friday 28th August	Year 6 Camp - APEX Camp Lake Tinaroo

Many blessings for the week

Brad Henry
Assistant Principal – Administration
bhenry2@cns.catholic.edu.au

Curriculum News

Holy Cross Book Week

Queensland Premier's Reading Cup Challenge

Brainwaves Education Academicus Holiday Program - JCU

Brainwaves Program Feedback (A parent's perspective)

"I didn't want to the day to stop" were the first comments from our 10 year old son when we quizzed him about his first day at University.

Our Year 5 son from Holy Cross School, Trinity Park, was fortunate to attend two of the BRAINWAYS Education programs offered at the James Cook University during the recent school holidays.

We initially received a letter of offer from the school with details of a variety of 3 hour sessions being held at JCU, Smithfield.

Together we read the blurb on each subject and our son showed great interest in the BRAINWAYS Educational Cairns Academicus Science Through the Eyes of a Surfer program and the Mathematics: An Introduction to the Mathematics of Coding program.

We were able to register him online for both sessions and he was very excited he was going to experience his first day at university!

The day arrived, and although feeling a little apprehensive as it was a new experience for him, he was quickly reassured and comfortable as he was surrounded with some familiar faces from his school. His sessions were split in two parts-so we left him at the Uni from 9am to 3pm.

He came home from the sessions raving about his day! He reports both programs were filled with interesting facts and experiments. He described the experiments in detail and we could see he had understood the concepts and enjoyed his time. He spent the days ahead formulating codes for us to decode. He was literally buzzing with excitement and enthusiasm with all his newly learned facts and formulas and was very eager to show off his newly gained skills. It is very rewarding to see his eagerness in learning new skills!

We are so pleased he was given this opportunity and we are pretty confident to say he would participate in more sessions should they be offered his way again. Thank you to the staff at Holy Cross School for offering this opportunity and extending his learning environment.

Jo Neil
Curriculum Support
jneil@cns.catholic.edu.au

School Notices

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2015

Dear Parents,

This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school – and all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths.

From Wednesday 15th July to Tuesday 8th September, we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it's complete, the Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or at your local Woolworths.

If you can't fill in the whole sheet, please bring in the stickers and they can be added to another sheet. Sticker Sheets can be obtained from Woolworths stores, downloaded by clicking on the link below or collected from the School Office.

At the end of the promotion, we'll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. If you'd like to know more visit

Commonwealth Games Mascot Design Competition

Minister for Education and the Minister for the Commonwealth Games, Kate Jones has launched a design competition for the mascot for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Please click on the link below for more information to enter the competition. Entries close Monday 27th July.

2015 Peter McGaughey Good Spirit Trophy

Peter McGaughey was a teacher at Holy Cross and died in 1992. In his honour, the staff at the time created this very, very special award to be awarded to a student who exudes that whole "Good Sport" aura. They do not have to be athletic but they get involved. They do their best. They support, not just their group of friends, but also members of their own sport's team, as well as other students and staff. They are an 'ALL ROUND GOOD SPORT'. This recipient is generally a senior student who has consistently demonstrated this all round sportsmanship. They are nominated and voted on by all staff members.

This year, the Holy Cross staff have voted Ruby H. (6S) to be 2015 recipient of the Peter McGaughey Good Spirit Trophy. Ruby shows empathy and kindness towards others. She encourages all team members. Ruby boosted the Petersen team spirit by dedicating their war cries to Jaimee Atkins (2014 Petersen leader; at this time of great sorrow with the passing of Jaimee's mum).

2015 Peter McGaughey Good Spirit Award Recipient – Ruby H. (6S)

2015 Fr McSweeny Indigenous Spirit Award

Fr Miah McSweeny was Parish Priest at Holy Cross from 1993 to 2005. He died on 10th May 2014. During the 60 years following his ordination, Fr McSweeny was Parish Priest in the Torres Strait, Weipa and Cooktown for combined period of 20 years, serving and working alongside Indigenous Australians. Last year we began a tradition in his honour; an award for one of our Indigenous students, who show the school community that they are proud of their indigenous heritage, are committed to their education and show leadership by example.

The 2015 recipient of the Fr McSweeny Indigenous Spirit Award was selected by our Indigenous Liaison Officer, Breanna Lyall. This student identifies as both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and was chosen because she demonstrates a strong cultural identity by being confident and is proud of who she is. She actively helped with the NAIDOC celebration preparations. The 2015 recipient of the Fr McSweeny Indigenous Spirit Cup is Serina K. (5H)

2015 Fr McSweeny Indigenous Spirit Award Recipient – Serina K. (5H)

Year 6 Federation Day

Year 6 had a re-enactment of life in the 1900's. Students from Holy Cross became farmers, bushrangers, chimney sweeps, maids and school boys and girls, even Edmund Barton made an appearance! We had to sing "God Save The King", because at this time there was a King of England and Australians still used the British National Anthem.

Seven students performed their ballads that had been assessment pieces earlier this term. We played old fashioned games like hopscotch, tug o' war, quoits, hoola hoop racing, Peanut Butter, Marmalade Jam Skipping game, elastics and marbles. We all enjoyed the games, I really liked the Tug O' War. Twenty students all joined in.

We took an old style photo where we all had to sit or stand perfectly still and we weren't allowed to smile.

We shared an old fashioned morning tea. We had apple turnovers, lamingtons, croissants, toffee, cupcakes and a sponge cake.

Federation Day was special because we all got to dress up, listen to ballads and play games that kids played back over 100 years ago.

Declan
Yr 6C

Student Council Fundraiser

GOTCHA Points

Congratulations to Mallon who were the overall Term 2 Gotcha Point winners.

TERM 2	DILLON	MALLON	PETERSEN	ROBINSON
OVERALL	3268	3298	3292	3274

P & F News

P & F Meeting

The next P & F Meeting will take place tomorrow evening, Wednesday 22nd July at 7pm in the School Library. The following list of agenda items will be discussed:-

• Eating areas lunch tables
• Car parks signage
• Dates for working bees
• Disco Dates
• P&F focus for the remainder of the school next year
• Discussion regarding future fund raising ideas (ie read-a- thon/walk-a-thon or something similar)
• Father's day stall
• Donations for Father's day raffle
• Christmas fair planning
• Secretary report

Should you have any other items that you wish to be placed on the agenda please contact the P & F President, Damian Martin-Blakey on 0404 072 664 or email dmartinblakey@gmail.com

Tuckshop News

TUCKSHOP ROSTER
WEEK 2		PARENT HELPERS	SLINKY HELPERS
WED	22nd July	HELP REQUIRED	Holly M 4H
			Charleigh W 4H
THU	23rd July	HELP REQUIRED	Jillian 4C
			Sienna 4C
FRI	24th July	Janelle Bradbridge 8.30-11.30	Abriel R 5C
		11.30-close HELP REQUIRED	Jorja A 5C
			Piper E 5C
WEEK 3
WED	29th July	HELP REQUIRED	Charleigh W 4H
			Holly M 4H
THU	30th July	HELP REQUIRED	Jorja A 5C
			Abriel R 5C
FRI	31st July	Janelle Bradbridge 8.30-11.30	Chloe M 5S
		11.30-close HELP REQUIRED	Hannah C 5S

Secondhand Uniforms

Secondhand uniforms and green jumpers are available for purchase at the tuckshop for $5.00 each.

If you can assist in the tuckshop we would love to hear from you. Please contact the Tuckshop Convenor, Kylie Gowlett on 0439 933 980, email: kgowlett@cns.catholic.edu.au or leave your number at the office.

The Arts News

Music Tuition

Brass/Woodwind

If you are interested in learning a brass or woodwind instrument (including trumpet, trombone, flute, clarinet or saxophone), please contact Julia Russell via email: julia.russell@standrewscc.qld.edu.au

A reminder that instrumental tuition & hire contract agreements state a 4 week's written notice period is required if your child wishes to cease lessons. In the event of cancellation the full amount of the term fee will remain due and payable for that notice period. All instrumental fees should remain paid in advance.

Drums/Percussion

Are you interested in playing the drums or learning a percussion instrument?

For more information contact our friendly drum/percussion instructor Jen Fengler on ph: 0431461812 or email: jenfengler@hotmail.com

Piano

If you are interested in piano lessons please contact: Paul Brimstone on ph: 40551105

Guitar

If you are interested in guitar lessons please contact: Peter Drazic on email: pjd.guitar@bigpond.com

Parenting Ideas

Michael Grose's 15 Favourite Parenting Quotes

Great quotes should be shared so that ideas and wisdom spreads. With this thought in mind here are 15 of my favourite parenting quotes that I believe are worth sharing:

1. "Character, like good soup, is made at home." Unknown
2. "A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary." Dorothy Canfield Fisher
3. "Correction does much, but encouragement does more." Goethe
4. "In practice to love people equally you have to treat them differently. Any wise parent knows this." Tim Costello
5. "Just do as we say Dad and no one will get hurt." Two daughters to their father
6. "A father is someone who plays with you even though he has someone his own age to play with." Six-year-old boy
7. "One of the reasons that parents should look like they are having fun is to give kids a reason to grow up." Patch Adams
8. "Never do regularly for a child the things they can do for him or herself." Maurice Balson
9. "Children are a small percentage of the population but 100% of our future." Unknown
10. "There must be many fathers around the country who have experienced the cruelest, most crushing rejection of all: their children have ended up supporting the wrong team." Nick Hornby
11. "Children need love especially when they don't deserve it." Harold S. Hulbert
12. "Mothers always know." Oprah Winfrey
13. "Becoming responsible adults is no longer a matter of whether children hang up their pyjamas or put dirty towels in the hamper, but whether they care about themselves and others and whether they see chores as related to how we treat the planet." Eda Lesban
14. "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his." Oscar Wilde
15. "Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said." Unknown

Sports Notices

Term 2 Athletics Carnival Results

Term 2 Interschool AFL

Holy Cross School Tennis Term 3

Holy Cross School NetFun Netball Skills Term 3

Please click on the link below for more information and a registration form if you are interested in your child participating in the Cairns Netball Association's NetFun Netball Skills Program (previously known as Net-Set-GO). The 7 week program is suitable for 5-10 year olds and will be held on Thursday afternoons 3.05pm-4.05pm in the multi-purpose area commencing Thursday 30th July.

Sport and Recreation Services Get Started Vouchers

Round 6 of the Sport and Recreation Services Get Started Vouchers Program is now open. Under this program vouchers of up to $150.00 are provided to eligible children to help pay for the cost of sport or recreation club membership and or participation fees through registered clubs. Please click on the link below for the parent fact sheet for further information and eligibility requirements.

Community Notices

Courage to Care Exhibition

Courage to Care Exhibition - 14th August – 11th September 2015, Seville Mercy Conference Centre, 35 Bauhinia Avenue, Earlville

This inspiring and interactive exhibition uses living historians (Holocaust survivors) to demonstrate the positive impact of bystander intervention in the face of racism, prejudice and bullying.

For more information visit

Email courage2care@cns.catholic.edu.au or phone 4050 9700.

All are welcome and entry is free.

St Vincent de Paul Society Conference Activities Update 2014-2015

On behalf of the Vincentians of our Holy Cross Conference and those we assist I sincerely thank the people of the Northern Beaches Parish, Holy Cross School and St. Andrews College for your generous contribution to the work we do in the parish assisting those less fortunate than ourselves. Although we do receive some government funding which goes towards putting food on the table for people, it is the monthly collections, Christmas Hamper Appeals and class fund raisers that go towards paying rent for someone who has not received any income for weeks, registration of a vehicle so a person on low income can get to work, or purchasing a special chair for a person with limited mobility and who's only comfortable chair had collapsed.

The 92 Christmas Hampers and gifts valued at approximately $6,325 were very much appreciated our many clients who cannot afford the additional cost of Christmas. This year we were able to send 8 hampers to the Gulf Savannah Conference for them to distribute to people on properties who were suffering financial hardship due to the drought.

Our assistance to date this year has included 425 visits to people in their homes assisting 1129 people half of these being children under the age of 16yrs. This has meant a total 642 hours of Vincentians time dedicated to visitations, advice and assistance, companionship, home help and transport to medical facilities or shops. The number of visits has increased by 100 in the last 12mths. and the duration of visits has almost doubled due to the complexity of assistance needed.

Our total financial assistance to those in need for the year was $34,032.60 of which $20,568.60 was in the form of both vouchers for the purchase of food, medical expenses, electricity, rent etc the remainder was in-kind assistance in the form clothing, household goods, food and furniture.

As a conference we meet on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month in the Holy Cross School staff room. Anyone interested in joining our work, which is very rewarding, is most welcome to come to a meeting or talk to one of our members to find out more about us. Our current membership is as follows. Fr Neil, Barb Anderson, Clare Johnston, Colleen Holliday, Dennis Innes, Gwagi Mc Dermott, Helen Stone, Linda Prideaux, Maria Gailey, Margaret Barlow, Gary Spencer, Val Driscoll, Peter Cash, Jeannette Sintome, Anne Jackson, Sr Therese Masterson (Spiritual Advisor) Lydia Farrelly, Grace Hope-Simpson, Kylie Pursehouse. (Auxiliary Member) Maria Marston, Bob Holliday, Denis Gailey, Mal Anderson, Jim Hackett

Veronica Innes
Holy Cross Conference President
SVDP Society

Free Positive Parenting Seminars

The Stepping Stones Triple P Project is currently offering parents in Cairns free parenting seminars.

The seminar will give tips and strategies to help manage the big and small problems of family life.

The seminar looks at providing a structured approach to teach your child new skills and behaviours.

Please visit www.triplep-steppingstones.net/au-en/home/ for more information on the Stepping Stones Triple P Project.

Well Women's Clinics (available to Medicare eligible clients)

Service includes Pap Smears, Sexual Health Screening, Breast Awareness, also info on Contraception, Continence, Menopause, Lifestyle Issues, Bowel Health, Domestic Violence, etc. All services are provided by a specially trained Women's Health Nurse.

Smithfield Community Health Friday 7th August & Friday 21st August Ph: 4226 4800

James Cook University (JCU) Tuesday 4th August & Monday 17th August Ph: 4226 4812

FREE Healthy Lifestyle Program

Get your family active and eating well

Local families can sign up the free healthy lifestyle program called PEACHâ„¢ - Parenting, Eating and Activity for Child Health. Registrations are now open for a new group to commence in Cairns at in term 3, 2015.

The program is fun for kids and helps parents and carers make healthy eating and activity a part of every-day life. It is available to families with a child aged between 5-11 years who is above a healthy weight their age.

It consists of 10 group sessions that run for 90 minutes each. The first 9 sessions are held weekly within the school term. Ongoing individualised family support is offered through the second half of the program ending with one final group session.

Some of the topics covered include nutrition, relationships with food and eating, changing family lifestyle behaviours and making healthy eating affordable. While the parent sessions are taking place, children enjoy active play with a trained child physical activity facilitator.

The program is funded by the Queensland government and being delivered by the Queensland University of Technology.

If you would like more information about the PEACHâ„¢ program or to register please contact free call 1800 263 519 or visit

The Young Company

TYC Drama Classes for 5yrs - 11yrs

Join in the dramatic adventures at The Young Company Theatre this semester now on the Northern Beaches. Develop confidence, explore your creativity, develop articulation and communication abilities, make new friends and learn the essentials of stage performance through improvisation, role-play, scripts, and characterization activities and then perform in front of a live audience with costumes, sets, props, sound effects, live projections and theatrical lighting!! Classes in Trinity Beach, Kamerunga, Freshwater and Cairns City. For more information phone 40414066, email info@theyoungcompany.com.au, visit our website www.theyoungcompany.com.au or visit us 169 Bunda St, Cairns City.