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As part of our History and Religious Education classes we have been looking at the many countries where our class families come from.  So far we have made aboriginal dot paintings, paper lanterns, fans and Persian carpets.  Well done Pre Primaries!

In Year 4, we have been learning about the special prayer that Jesus gave us, the Our Father.  This prayer helps us to be closer to God and one another when we pray as a community.  At Mass, this prayer prepares people for receiving Holy Communion, because people pledge their forgiveness of others and ask God to forgive their sins. This opens people’s hearts to God and to caring for others.  We represented some of the special intentions expressed in the Our Father using iMovie.  Please scan this code to view what Callum and Marcus have created.

This week the Pre-Primary students cooked pancakes for Shrove Tuesday.  They also had a liturgy for Ash Wednesday with the Kindergarten students. The children were very reverent during the liturgy and participated in prayer through song. The children listened to stories about Jesus and how he cared for others.

In Religion the Year 2s have been looking at how we are all different.  We have talked about different places where 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.

The Year 3s have been writing autobiographies and creating posters to introduce themselves.  Below are some of the Sizzling Starts we have written for our autobiographies.
 
“Yay,” mum and dad said as I was born. They named me Thomas.
 
On a sunny beautiful day I was born.  My mum was sooo happy that I was in the family. She hugged me so many times. – Lola
 
I screamed and cried as I came out of the tummy.  My mum was so, so happy. – Joshua
 
It was pitch black when I was born and I started screaming. – Charlie
 
It was cold and mum and dad were excited to see me. - Cody

In Year 6, we recognise that it is important for people to engage in a wide range of activities that are good for themselves, others, society and the environment. God created everyone with gifts and talents in order to contribute to God’s work. God plans that each person contributes in a unique way. One of the ways the Year 6’s contribute to God’s work is to look after the garden and the prayer space.

The Year 5 classes have been busily learning about the Whadjuk Nations (Aboriginal groups in the South West) as part of our involvement in the Whadjuk Gift Celebration at Mater Dei College. Students were put into three nations, Pindjarup, Koreng and Njunga, where they researched flora, fauna and landforms common to their region. They then individually designed an art work which would represent their nation. From each nation, one design was selected, by a panel of St Anthony's School staff members to be printed onto a t-shirt to wear on the Whadjuk Gift day. The winning students and designs are shown below.

Koreng - Caoimhe Power

Pindjarup - Justine Aguinot

Njunga - Sam Hughes

In Year 3, we have been learning about what makes us all special. We discussed what different talents and abilities we all have that make us special. The children were asked to write their names in the middle of a piece of paper and everyone in the class had to write one positive thing about that person!

In Year 2 we have been working hard to finish the year with a BANG!

We have been working on our vision boards. They include our goals for the future, self portrait, reflection on the best part of Year 2 and more! 

The Year 5 classes have just completed the unit called Relationships Restored. We learnt about Jesus, God and our conscience.  We watched a video clip titled Pinocchio and Jimny Cricket – Always Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide.

Our conscience is the feeling within us that urges us to do the right thing.  We spoke about our thoughts and discussed examples of times we did the right thing, times when Jesus did the right thing or did something good to help others.
 
We learnt about the First Rite of Reconciliation and Second Rite of Reconciliation.  The priest takes the place of God when we receive the Rite of Reconciliation.  The priest absolves us from our sins.  The most important words said by the priest in the Absolution are:

       I absolve you from your sins,
       in the name of the Father
       and of the Son
       and of the Holy Spirit
 
The priest can never repeat what has been told in Reconciliation, under any circumstance.   This means that he can’t repeat whatever is told to him to anyone, including parents, teachers, other priests.  This is called The Seal of Confession.

We recalled the Act of Contrition/Prayer of Sorrow.  This prayer is said after the priest has given us our penance.  Penance can be a prayer to say or a good act to perform.