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This week the Year 6 classes hosted the annual St Anthony’s mini-fete.  All planning and setup was completed by the Year 6 students, and classes from Pre-Primary to Year 5 were invited to attend.  All the students had a great time and the graduating class learned a lot of valuable lessons on teamwork and event planning.

In Year One, we have been talking about all of the things that makes us a good friend and why our friends are special. We learnt about Jesus’ friend Zacchaeus, who was a tax collector. Jesus forgave Zacchaeus for all of the wrong things he had done.  We created pictures of Zacchaeus climbing the tree to see Jesus.

 

The Pre-Primary students have had an exciting start to the term.  In support of “National Simultaneous Story Time,” Pre Primary and Kindy students walked to Wanneroo Library and listened to “Alpacas with Maracas.” We also had a surprise visit from Rosie, an alpaca from Guilderton.  Our students had the opportunity to pat Rosie and ask her carer some very relevant questions about alpacas.
The Colour Fun Run was also a big hit with everyone in Pre-Primary. It was wonderful to see them encouraging and reassuring their peers that it didn’t matter if you got paint on your clothes or hair! Well done Pre-Primary!

 

In Religious Education, the Year 2 students have been identifying ways family members and people show love towards each other.  We read, wrote and drew pictures of the Bible story 'Jesus and the Temple'.  Students shared times when they found themselves strengthened by the Holy Spirit to love, when this may have been hard.  This led to a brief discussion on the Sacrament of Confirmation.

This term, the Year 3 students have been busy preparing for the Australia wide NAPLAN testing. This year, for the first time at St Anthony’s School, the Year 3 students took part in three sections of the testing online, which went very smoothly. 
 
At the beginning of the term in HASS, we spent some time learning about ANZAC Day and how it is important to remember all those men and women who have served their country during war times.
 
This week in Health, we watched the movie Inside Out and then had a visit from Mrs Peart, our school social worker. She has started discussing with us the different types of emotions we can have and the zones of regulation. We are looking forward to learning more about this in the coming weeks.
 
Below are some of the pictures we completed for ANZAC Day.

This term we are focusing on our preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation. We have learnt that being marked with the sign of the cross at Confirmation, as we were marked at Baptism, reminds us of our christian identity, our call to mission and our invitation to be the presence of Jesus in the world by:
• being true witnesses of Jesus;
• spreading and defending the faith by word and deed.

This term, the Year 5 students have been busy preparing for the NAPLAN, looking at the Confirmation unit in RE, practising for the interschool carnival and eagerly diving into their Roald Dahl novels of Matilda (5B) and The Witches (5G). The children relaxed on the Monday before the NAPLAN by watching a video, enjoying a cookie treat, playing with their “NAPLAN Survival Kits” and analysing their novels. Below are some pictures of these activities.

Pre-Primaries celebrated a wonderful morning with their mothers and mother figures. As part of our Religious Education unit on understanding feelings, the students have experienced a whole list of emotions in preparation for this beautiful event. Well done everybody!

Last week, the Year 1's went on an excursion to The Constable Care Safety School.  We learnt about different road signs and how to wear a helmet correctly. Our favourite part was when we rode on the bikes and scooters around the safety school. We learnt how to correctly follow the different signs like traffic lights, give way signs and crosswalks when we are riding a bike.
 
Makayla Carr: My favourite part was riding on the bikes because I rode a two wheeler.

Jagger Rogers: My favourite part was playing on the bikes because it was fun. The traffic lights were fun too!

Mitchell Swyny: I like our excursion. It was fun because we got to ride on bikes.

Mackenzie Sangrigoli: I liked when we rode the bikes because it was fun when we got to the traffic lights.

 

Anzac Day is one of Australia’s most important national commemorative occasions. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.

On Wednesday we commemorated these soldiers and all of the other military personnel who have participated in any war or form of combat, protecting our great country.  A special thank you to the Habaybeh family who donated the ANZAC Wreath for the service.
 
Lest We Forget.
 
Nicole Crosthwaite
Assistant Principal