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Welcome to Term 2. Year 5 has been extremely busy preparing for NAPLAN testing.  We have been practising very hard, using previous years’ tests in reading, writing, language conventions and numeracy.  Next week we vet our skills and knowledge against children from all over Australia. We’re quite sure that we will do well.

This term, we welcome Miss Fucile to 5G.  She is an intern teacher from Curtin University, doing her final prac.  She will be with us for the whole term.

Wednesday morning, we participated in an incursion run by the Electoral Education Commission.  It was very interesting and gave us a better understanding of the unit of work that we have been learning about.

In Health and Design and Technology, we are learning about food and nutrition.  Although we have just started the unit of work, we are enjoying the activities and are learning a great deal about the topic.

Last week, we were paired up with Pre Primary Buddies. These will be our buddies for the rest of the year. We did a great ‘getting to know you’ activity and look forward to lots of fun times with them.

Holy Week Liturgy

Happy Easter and happy holiday reading from the Library

We encourage all staff and students to support our Free Dress Day on Thursday 6th April for Jess' Wish, in memory of Mr Dalglish's daughter, Jess, who passed away recently from brain cancer.  All money raised will be donated directly to http://www.curebraincancer.org.au/my-fundraising/10259/jess-wish

Thank you for your support!

In Vietnam, young Nguyet was isolated as a result of her severe disabilities, until a program supporting parents of children with disabilities gave her family new skills and offered her education, creative outlets and community interaction.

Please donate to Project Compassion 2017 and help children with disabilities in Vietnam to learn new skills and connect with their communities.

Our iPads have arrived and we are all very excited!!  We are logging on and learning safe and appropriate ways to use our iPads at school. We have lots of new apps to try and are looking forward to using devices to enhance our learning. 

In Religion, Year 3 have been learning about our souls.  A piece of God within us.  

The Year 2s have had a wonderful start to the school year. In English, we are mastering Recount Writing and in Mathematics we are getting really good working with numbers up to 1000. In Health, we are learning about Road Safety and in Humanities and Social Sciences we are talking about how people lived in the Olden Days.  Yesterday we dressed up as our Super Hero. See if you can recognise some of our heroes?

In Year 5, we have been very busy talking and learning about Lent. On Pancake Tuesday, we were lucky enough to indulge in eating pancakes. On Ash Wednesday, we celebrated Mass with Father John. The sign of the cross was placed on our forehead with ashes and the words “turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel ”were spoken.

In class we discussed what we could “give up” or different ways of helping others “take up” for Lent. We put our Lenten Promises onto a footprint and have them displayed in the classroom.

The last 3 weeks have been very busy in Year Six! Six Blue and Six Gold have been participating in surfing lessons on Thursdays at Trigg Beach. Some of us have been surfing and others have been doing body boarding. We have also learnt about how to identify a rip, what to do if you are caught in a rip, as well as other aspects of beach safety.
A huge thank you to Mrs Shakespeare for organising our surfing lessons, and to Mrs Walker for helping out.
 
Year Six have also been preparing for our annual Grandparents Mass and Morning Tea. Please join us for Mass at 9AM on Friday the 17th of March, and afterwards for morning tea in the staff room.