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As October is a month dedicated to Mary and the Rosary, the Pre Primary students were invited to talk about who Mary is and why she likes us to say the Rosary. The students were amazed at how many “Hail Mary’s” you needed to say each time the Rosary is said. Their drawings of Mary which are displayed in the classrooms seem to portray a serene and holy, special lady.

Well what a busy term we have had in the Library.  Enjoying many and varied activities at lunchtime, reading wonderful stories and of course our fantastic book week parade and competition.  Thank you to all the wonderful parents who helped with their children achieving all the spectacular costumes.
 
It was terrific to see all the dads in the Library/Music room on Father’s night participating in Lego, colouring in and of course the bongo drums! (quiet library…..)
 
Just a friendly reminder that it is *very* important to send in your child’s library book back to school each week!  We have many wonderful resources in our Library and of course everyone loves their reading and sharing all our books.

Fifteen students represented the school in the State competition yesterday at George Burnett Park, Karawara, playing five games in their pool. There were teams from far and wide and the standard of play was high. Our team made 9 tries over their games and had 15 tries scored against them. They won one game and were very competitive in all the others. Well done to all the team!

This week in Year Five, we are learning about the life of our beloved Pope Francis. What an inspirational man and exceptional leader.

This term in Year Six we have been developing our skills in public leadership. We started off the term by revising the 4 Building Blocks of Leadership:
Presentation skills
Responsibility
Organisation
Teamwork
 
We have also been learning about how to get organised by using a planner to see how effectively we are using our time out of school hours.
 
After leaning about organisation, Miss Brown set us some HOMEWORK! We each chose a personal and family chore that we could take responsibility for. Personal chores help us as individuals; for example, if you don’t take your dirty washing to the laundry then you will run out of clean clothes. Family chores help members of your family: if you don’t follow them then there are repercussions for other family members, for example, if you don’t feed your pet, it will go hungry (lots of us chose to take responsibility for feeding our pets).
 
All of these activities have helped us prepare for our House Athletics Carnival. On Wednesday afternoon we met with our House Teams and decided on how we can make sure the day is a success. We had to choose a goal for the day and work out what steps we can follow to achieve this goal. Here are some photos of us brainstorming ideas to ensure that we have a successful carnival day.

In Year 2, we have been busy doing activities to do with Father’s Day. We very carefully built toolboxes for our Dads, using wood, nails and hammers. We painted them as well.
 
In English, we have been learning about expositions! We wrote an exposition about how our Dad is our superhero.
 
In Geography, we have been learning all about Australia. We know all the States and Territories of Australia and the landmarks in each state!

In Year 3, we celebrated our Fathers and Father figures with Fathers' Night.  Students showed their families our class prayer space where they placed a picture of their dad.  They also shared our afternoon prayer:
 
Come and Pray
Come and Pray
Let Us Pray
 
It’s a very beautiful day
Keep us safe as we go home
Keep away dangers on the road
 
Amen (clap clap)
Amen (clap clap)
Amen, Amen, Amen (clap clap)

On the 18th and 19th of August, many of the Year 4 students received the Sacrament of First Holy Communion. This was a very special time that they had spent many weeks preparing for with the help of their teachers, parents and Father John. The students were all very excited to take this next step in their faith journeys and made us all very proud with how reverently they participated in the mass. Thank you to all the students and families that kept us in your prayers during this special time.

In Kindy this term, we have been focusing on an Inquiry Approach to learning about Farm Life. The students brainstormed what they knew about farms and then listed what they wanted to learn. In our research, we discovered a lot of information about farm life; including how to look after the animals, baby animal names, animal homes and jobs that farmers and some animals have around the farm. We turned our home corner into a barn, constructed a tractor out of boxes and even planted our very own vegetable garden! On Friday, we will be getting a visit from Barn Babes and can't wait to hold and feed the baby farm animals. We are very excited!!

Our Pre Primary students are thoroughly involved in our Mini Beast topic this term. They have been using their science skills of observing and investigating to draw and create pictures as well as writing stories about mini beasts. Their beautiful work is on display in the classrooms. The students have also been taking great responsibility in caring for our snails and silkworms that Mrs Walker has given them.

We celebrated our class liturgy on Friday and joined in with all prayer responses and singing in a spirited but respectful manner.

Congratulations Pre Primary on a wonderful start to the term.