What a fantastic start to the term we have had. Students have been busy learning and enjoying all the wonderful events that have taken place so far this term. I am most proud of how all the students conducted themselves in the liturgy for St Joseph’s Feast Day. They all participated reverently and with confidence. Many compliments came their way with how well students read and how they led a fantastic liturgy with support from their Year 6 buddies.  

Our Religion lessons this term have been all about Jesus and his mission and ministry. We loved looking at the temple where Jesus was presented as a young boy and learning about the history of the temple. We have also looked at some of the miracle stories, with students understanding that Jesus chose to heal those in the most need with humility, justice and compassion. We will continue to learn about Jewish communities and how Jesus played an important role during his time.  

In English, we are learning so many new digraphs and trigraphs and learning how to use these in our writing, reading and spoken language with more confidence. We started to write our own story about special friends and the wonderful things we do with them. This will add to our final writing assessment piece.  

In Maths we have had a focus on addition, subtraction, length and now time. This past week we have learnt about the days of the week and months of the year. Students will get the opportunity to learn how to tell the time to o’clock and half past. This is a tricky concept to learn but I have full confidence that they will do wonderful with learning this in the coming weeks.  

In our Dance lessons we have been learning how to move to the beat of a song and how important music plays a role in our feelings towards dance. Different rhythms create different emotions within us. We will be learning more about the space on a dance floor and how we can tell stories through dance in the coming weeks.  

In our Geography lessons we are looking at natural, managed and constructed environments. Students are gaining the knowledge to apply these learnt terms to their local environments and are able to determine the difference between all of these within our school. This will be expanded to our local township and other familiar or unfamiliar  environments with students having to label maps showing their understanding.  

A gentle reminder that homework and library is now a Wednesday. I aim to have it returned on a Wednesday, if not a Thursday.  

Some important dates to remember: 

Under 8’s day- Tuesday Week 6 

National Simultaneous Storytime- Wednesday Week 6 

Athletics Carnival- Thursday Week 8