News

The Pre Primary students went to visit St Anthony’s Church on Tuesday. Under Father John’s guidance, they were made aware of the important aspects that are seen inside the church. After having a tour the students recited “The Lord’s Prayer” and were given a blessing from Father John. The Pre Primaries are also looking forward to attending the whole school Mass on Friday for the first time.

The Year 1 students have been working hard writing all about their holidays. We also learned about the significance of NAIDOC Week and how this is celebrated in different ways across Australia.
In Mathematics, we have been learning strategies to use when working with addition problems.

This semester, the Year Fours have been using a problem solving process in Design and Technology and Civics to complete a project.
 
This was the scenario:
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....
Conflict continues between the evil Galactic Empire and the Rebel Forces.  With the destruction of the Death Star, places of safety have become even more scarce.  Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters has found a remote world on which to set up a new secret base.  While other secret bases are focused on fighting the battle against the Galactic Empire, it is hoped that this land will provide a safe haven and source of resources for the Rebel Forces...
 
The students have considered what would be required to set up a community, including a government, laws, jobs and resources.  They designed their solutions and represented them using labelled diagrams.  They then wrote explanations to explain how life was going to work on their new world.  Finally, the students created their worlds on Minecraft and presented them to their class.  We have seen some amazing worlds!   
 
Emily’s Explanation about her group’s world, Zachron:
https://1drv.ms/b/s!AvQKuJcyDvuMged2nZXFq8YcH2ynSQ

A special thank you to all children, parents and staff for their invaluable time and effort in coming to the St Anthony's Day Mass and Procession last Sunday.

This week the Year 1 students have been practising the basic object control skills of under arm throwing, rolling a ball and kicking a round ball. They had to follow rules in simple games showing cooperation skills with a partner.

The Year Two students have been acting as coaches to each other in throwing and catching activities. Their focus in a simple game of Bin Ball has been on working as a tram and communicating with team members.
Ann Shakespeare

Our current theme in Kindergarten is ‘Australia’. We have read the stories ‘Possum Magic’ and ‘Edward the Emu’ and completed activities related to these. We all helped make a big map of Australia and talked about all of the different places that the characters visited in the story Possum Magic. We also worked together to paint and collage the Australian Flag. This week, we have continued our ‘Australia’ studies and have been reading the story ‘Wombat Stew’.  We have had lots of fun acting out the story using props and masks. We have practised sequencing pictures from the story and retelling it back to our teachers. In cooking, we have made ANZAC biscuits and pumpkin scones (Possum Magic) and will be making ‘Wombat Stew’ this Friday. We have had so much fun learning so many interesting facts about Australian Animals!

In Religion the Year Three’s have been looking at Communities.  We discussed the various communities we belong to and the needs they provide.  We also went for a visit to the church and looked at the symbols and signs found in various churches throughout the world.
 
Below are some sketches of these symbols and signs.

YEAR 2 CLASS NEWS

In Year Two we have been working hard writing narratives in English. We have been taking extra care to make sure we use many adjectives when we describe our characters and setting. We think it is really important to have a clear beginning, middle and end to our stories.

In Mathematics, we have been learning about how to flip, slide and turn different shapes and objects. We have also been using the strategy of using a number line to work out addition and subtraction.

PRE-PRIMARY NEWS

This term we welcome Miss Bianca Forte and Miss Emma Williams from Edith Cowan University who are completing their final teaching practice this term.
 
In Week 2 we celebrated our Mother’s Day morning tea where the students sang songs, served their special guests biscuits and cordial (after taking their order) and gave them the gifts that they had made.  Many thanks to the aunties, grandmothers and friends for standing in for mothers who were unable to attend this happy event.

The integrated unit for this term is “Fairytales.” Fairy tales are not just fun but can provide students with the opportunities to boost their imagination, teach right from wrong, develop critical thinking skills, help  to process emotions and expose them to stories from different cultures. Many of the activities include role play in the fairytale corner, story sequencing, discussing the common elements of fairytales, designing and creating a shield for their fairytale hero/heroine and making magical snowflakes. By participating in these purposeful and playful learning experiences we are supporting the St Anthony’s Early Childhood Policy.  “Play is an essential tool for learning and when a child is actively engaging in play, they are using all of their senses to make sense of the world around them….”
 
Pre Primaries enjoyed their visit to the Wanneroo Library for National Simultaneous Storytime to listen to the reading of “The Cow Tripped Over the Moon.”

YEAR 1 RE NEWS

YEAR 4 CLASS NEWS