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Wow! We can’t believe how fast this year has gone and now we are all ready to go to Pre Primary.  We have had a fabulous last few weeks in Kindy. Last week we spent some time in the Pre Primary classrooms getting ourselves familiar with our new classroom environment. Christmas activities have been our main focus over the last few weeks.  We have made some special presents for our families and have been learning about the time that Jesus was born.

All the teachers and assistants in Kindy thank the families for a rewarding year and wish you a safe Christmas and New Year.

The Year 4 classes have been learning about God the creator in Religion this term.
On Monday we had a worm farm incursion where we learned about one of God’s amazing creations, the humble earth worm, and how we can better care for our environment.
We are also creating Advent calendars, with a focus on how we can do things with and for our families.

This term, the Year 2s have been extremely busy.  In Mathematics we have been learning about 3D shapes and picture graphs.  In English we wrote a Narrative about a special jellybean that went on an adventure.  We also have been perfecting our Spelling by doing lots of different spelling strategies. In Humanities and Social Sciences we have been learning about mapping. Each day this week we have had Charlie the Elf visiting us from the North Pole.

Year Three have been learning about the two Great commandments of Jesus.

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind.”

“Love your neighbor as yourself.

We discussed ways we are able to follow the Commandments.

Some ideas we suggested were:

To go to Mass,  Pray,  Help others, Care for God’s creation

and let others join in our games.

We have also been looking at the symbols used to help us when we pray.

This week in Year Six we have been extremely busy! Last week, we wrote special poems for Remembrance Day as well as hosting the Remembrance Day Service on Friday. On Monday, we participated in our first dance lesson of the year. It was quite warm in the Church hall, but we had so much fun. At Mater Dei on Tuesday, Six Gold were learning about acids and bases with Mrs Lombardo. We can’t wait to go to High School!

Five Gold has been working on looking at choices that people make that separate them from the community and what would be alternatives of thought and action. We also recognise that we are helped in our decisions and actions by Jesus' example and the strength of the Holy Spirit.

In Religious Education this term, we have been reading different stories from the New Testament showing how Jesus used his senses to help his friends and people in need.  We have talked about how we can use the senses that God gave us to work at school and at home.

Term 4 has continued to be a busy and eventful one. Our trip to Cicerello’s in Fremantle was a wonderful way to start the term. We are continuing to work hard with our literacy and numeracy activities every day and have just commenced some top secret Christmas activities.

The students have all participated in a fortnight of swimming lessons. They looked forward to their daily trek up the hill to the pool and soon mastered walking quickly in thongs. It was also a great opportunity to revisit road safety rules and to locate and name local landmarks, such as the police station. It was rewarding to see them mastering some new swimming challenges such as putting faces into the water and floating on their backs.  Well done Pre Primaries!

In Year Four, we have been using the Sphero robots and the Lightning Lab app to practise coding.  It is in keeping with the Australian, Technologies Curriculum.  This is what some of the students said they can do on the Spheros.
 
Anya: “You can program it to do what you want it to do”
 
Indy: “I can make the Sphero go in a square”
 
Ben: “You can make it so it plays sounds, and time it”
 
Saffi: “I can make it do a square and change colours”
 
Koby R: “You can program it to do different things”
 
Rhianna: “You can play games, like the toss game, with it”
 
Ava “You can change the colour and drive it”
 
Brodie “You can make all different kinds of sounds, whatever sound you want”

In Kindergarten this term, the students have been learning about the sea and it’s creatures. We have been reading ocean stories from the Bible, like Noah’s Ark and the Loaves and the Fishes. We have also read the story of the Rainbow Fish and learnt about the importance of sharing, being kind and good to your friends and including to others.

My favourite part was when the Rainbow Fish is not sharing and at the end she shared -Sienna

My favourite part was when they were making friends – the Rainbow Fish and the other fishes - Chloe

My favourite part was when the Rainbow Fish asked the big wise octoupus if he could give away his special scales. He said if you give away most of your scales, you will have more friends - Isla

My favourite part was when the octopus said to the fish if you give away the scales to the little fishes you will be happy - Josie

My favourite part was when the Rainbow Fish was sharing with the other fishies - Shaun

My favourite part was when the octopus asked the fish to share - Will