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Year Three have been busy preparing for our First Reconciliation coming up in a few weeks.  We have been learning about the format and trying to memorise the sorry prayer.
 
Oh my God, I am very sorry
that I have sinned against you,
because you are so good
and with the help of your grace,
I will try not to sin again.
Amen
 
Year 3G welcomed Mrs Schreuder, from Edith Cowan University, who had been teaching us about different forms of poetry.  Below are some examples of our Haiku poems about Spring.

In Year 2, we have been learning all about people and their gifts. We have focused on our own gifts that God has given us and how we use our gifts to help those around us. We discussed and wrote a list of gifts that enable people to work and wrote cards of thanks to God for particular people who help us.

This week, Year 5 students enjoyed a visit from local volunteer firefighters of the Wanneroo Central Fire Brigade.  The Community Liaison Officer delivered a talk on the importance of applying the processes of prevention, mitigation and preparedness before opening the floor for students to ask their questions. With guidance from the accompanying volunteer firefighters, students took a tour through the fire equipment onboard both the fire engine and supporting light vehicle. Students thoroughly enjoyed taking turns operating the fire engine water hose, listening to the sirens blare and most of all learning that there are no height restrictions to join the volunteer cadets fire brigade!
A big thank you to Struan and crew from the Wanneroo Central Fire Brigade for joining us this week.

Catholic Missions Mass 2017 - Yesterday, we went to the Catholic Missions Mass at Infant Jesus Church, where we were chosen to bring up the offertory gifts.  We brought tinned food and a cheque for the sponsors: Catholic Missions, St Vincent de Paul, Caritas and Life Link.

During the Mass there were lots of hymns and songs of praise. The main part of the church lesson was about focusing on the Catholic mission fundraiser for the homeless, less fortunate people around the world. They also told us how we could help the people in poverty. After the Mass finished all the schools that attended got offered a candle that represented all four of the charities that they were supporting.  The experience we had was interesting, heartfelt and very important.

Sean, Liam and Charlotte
Year 6 Leadership

This week, we wrote our last school holiday Recount for the year. Our writing has progressed so much since Term One and we are really proud of our efforts.

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.