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It’s been a busy start to Term Four in Year Three, as we began swimming lessons this week.  We are getting excited as we get nearer to our First Reconciliation and last week we attended the parent workshop.  We continue to learn about the choices we make in our life and learned this week the definition of a moral decision.  Did you know a moral decision is one we make between doing right or wrong?  Maths has been challenging and exciting as we master fractions and how to change them from proper to improper.  Who knew it could be so easy!  In health we have been learning about the various food groups and designing healthy meals.

In Year 2, we have been busy learning about Mary, Jesus’ mother. We have been talking about what Mary means to us and how special she is. Here are some student responses to the question: What does Mary mean to you?

Mika: Mary is kind, caring, nice, lovely and friendly. She is important to me because she helps people and she is really kind.

Lucas Allan: Mary is kind, caring and special. She is important to me because she is the mother of Jesus.

Sam: Mary is important, kind and loving. She is important to me because she cared for baby Jesus.

Ella: Mary is kind and I love her. If we didn’t have her we wouldn’t have a mother to teach our mothers to be nice.

Cooper: Mary is very kind. Mary talks to all the mothers and tells them to be nice to their friends and family.

Imogen: Mary is merciful and kind. She is important to me because she is kind and generous and helps people who are in need.

We have been busy drawing portraits of Mary. We drew them and then painted over them in edicol dye.

Year Six are investigating how electrical energy can be transferred and transformed in electrical circuits, we even made some of our own circuits.

Five Gold have worked on cross-curricula links between English and a Religion this week. The students have demonstrated summary skills by story boarding 'Jesus appoints the Twelve'. They also looked at the key qualities for leadership, as modelled by Jesus and other world leaders. This links into the coming persuasive speeches, Year Five are to write for next year's leadership positions.

This year, all Year Five students participated in the Smarter than Smoking project. The students viewed, analysed and voted for the most effective anti-smoking advertisement.  They then submitted a vote through the 2016 Critics' Choice website. Taylah Preston was selected at random from 650 entries across Western Australia and won a $30 iTunes voucher. Well done, Taylah.

Throughout Term 3, the Pre Primary children learnt many New Testament bible stories, especially how Jesus helped people. Their favourite one has been “The Wedding Feast at Canaan” where Jesus changed the water into wine, His first miracle. We also revisited the story of “The Last Supper” and the students had the opportunity to illustrate and retell it in their own words.

We have continued with our guided meditation sessions as a class and with our Year 5 buddies. The students have made great progression with this reflective time and know that it is a time to keep still and be calm.

As the month of October is dedicated to Mary the students will be introduced to “The Hail Mary” as well as “The Lord’s Prayer.”

We are looking forward to the Holy Season of Advent when the students learn that it is a special time of waiting and preparing for the special event of Christmas Day.

The Year One students were very excited to tell their friends about their holidays. First we shared in small groups about our holidays and then we wrote our recounts.

The children have been working hard in their guided reading groups. We read our books and then answer lots of questions about the story. We also look for tricky words and different punctuation marks.

We have begun practicing for our liturgy, which will be held next Friday. Children have been practicing speaking confidently on a microphone and singing hymns.

In Year Four, we are learning about listening to our conscience.  We have discussed how people are moved to do good by their conscience, which is a gift from God.  Since God created consciences in human beings, we know that He is good.  Next we will be looking at how Jesus also helps us to love and do good through Baptism.
 
On Friday, the Year Fours who made their First Holy Communion recently, will have the opportunity to receive communion for the first time at a school mass.

What a busy term we have had in Kindergarten. During the term, we have learnt all about Farms and Minibeasts. We were very lucky to have a visit from ‘Barn Babes’ and had an amazing time cuddling, brushing and feeding the baby farm animals.

We would like to say a very big thank you to all of the dads who were able to attend our annual St Anthony’s Father’s Night last Tuesday. The children and dads had a fantastic time completing activities, eating hot dogs and attending the Book Fair in the library.

Last week we had fun making symmetrical butterflies and cute caterpillars. We have also learnt all about the life cycle of the butterfly.

In Maths we have been using balance scales to investigate things that are ‘heavier and lighter’. We have also been learning about the concept of ‘more and less’ when looking at small collections of objects.

Yesterday we had an amazing time participating in the P&F Fun Run Obstacle Course. A special thank you to the parents who came along to cheer us on !