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We have had a busy five weeks exploring different parables and recognising that parables are simple stories used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels. We have attended a Friday parish mass, the Ash Wednesday service and last Friday we made the sacrament of Reconciliation with Fr Ben and Fr Vinnh, from John Paul II Parish. On Ash Wednesday we wrote down promises or our intentions for Lent and our prayer spaces reflect the season of Lent.

The Kindergarten classes have had a great start to the new school year. We have settled into our class groups and have already made many wonderful art pieces and participated in lots of activities. We have had fun getting to know each other, as well as the rules and expectations of Kindy. Currently, we are learning our numbers, shapes and colours in Numeracy, and syllables in Literacy. We are also exploring fairy tales in our integrated program. So far this term, we have been on a nature walk, made colour displays, created a class book and visited the school library. We are super excited to be able to take home new library books every week. It is fun playing with the library toys, too! We can’t wait to find out what our teachers have in store for us for the next few weeks!

In Religion, the Year 2s have been looking at how we are all different.  We have talked about different places we can pray.  We read, wrote and drew pictures of the bible story of 'Jesus and the Children'.  The Year 2s explored ways in which Jesus treated everyone as being special.

In Year 3, we are focusing on ways to be healthy and take care of the environment by growing some of our own food.  We are exploring what plants are best to grow in WA at this time of year, so that we can plant some vegetables in our school garden.  We are also looking to see if we have any space to grow a kitchen garden at home.  Next week, we will begin the March Munch challenge.  As part of this challenge we are striving to eat vegetables for Crunch and Sip.  Another key part of a healthy lifestyle is exercise, so we get out and do fitness a couple of times a week in addition to our Physical Education lessons.

Welcome to Year 6 Religious Education news.  This term we are learning about vocations and how our human vocation is to serve as “God’s fellow workers.“ Jesus teaches us, his followers, to live his Gospel by our words and actions.  The basic teachings of Jesus are summarised in the two Great Commandments of Jesus.
 

We are also learning about the Catechism of the Catholic Church.  The Catechism is divided into four sections, called pillars:

It’s been a busy start to the year!  The children have settled in well to their new classes and have made a good start at being part of the upper primary.  This week we have taken on the role as leaders of the school, while the  Year 6s have been away on camp.
 
At the end of Term 1 we will be visiting Mater Dei College to participate in The Whadjuk Gift.  This is day that celebrates indigenous culture.  Whadjuk are the Noongar people of the Western Australian South West region. We have been split up into nations and have been researching the landforms and animals that are native to that nation.  We have voted on a design for our t-shirt, that we will wear on the day.  Below are the winning designs.
 
 
We’ve also started the term revising and refining our narrative writing skills, concentrating on making the starts to our stories sizzle!!!

We have had plenty of fun in our early weeks of Year 1. Going to the library at lunch time has been a big highlight of the week as well as seeing our brothers and sisters during recess and lunch. We know where to line up after our breaks and we’re working extra hard at putting all of our belongings in the right places.  Most of all, we love seeing our friends after the long holidays!

In Pre-Primary, we have been learning that God made us unique and special. We learnt that each person is special in their own way and we are all given a special name. We collaged the first letter of our name and decorated our names with glitter.

In Religion we have been preparing for Christmas and learning about the man that prepared the way for Jesus, John the Baptist.  John is most famous for Baptising Jesus in the River Jordan, but did you know:
 
His parents were Zechariah and Elizabeth
He was Jesus’ cousin
He lived in the desert and ate grasshoppers
His message was one of forgiveness and the need to repent. To repent is to be sorry for doing wrong and try not to do it again.
 
Below are some of our art pieces of John the Baptist.

It has been a very busy couple of weeks in Year 6!

We’ve been finishing off Mathematics, working on Christmas Craft, going on Squash excursions and helping the Year 5 students to learn about the ministries they will have in 2020. With only one week of school left, we are very excited about our final excursion to Trigg Beach, our Graduation Mass on Thursday evening and our last day of primary school!

Our time at St Anthony’s has been amazing, but we’re ready for the challenge of high school now 😉.