What a fortnight for resilience. The students showed true sportsmanship during two days of sports last week. Each and every student gave the events a ‘red hot go’ with some of them coming out with ribbons to take home.

Our writing lessons are still revolving around persuasive texts. This week they have given the topic ‘Country or City?’ with students deciding whether they would much prefer to live in the country or the city. Many great arguments for why they chose their location were developed and discussed.

Our reading sessions have been productive with the students gaining more and more knowledge about the words they are reading. A broad understanding of the English language is vital to be a successful reader.

During Maths lessons we have been investigating length and perimeter. The students are grasping the concept of using formal and informal ways of measuring objects. Hand spans and arm lengths can come in handy when we don’t have a formal ruler at our disposal.

The Sacrament of Penance is our focus this week during our Religion lessons. We understand that we need to seek forgiveness and live out our lives like God wants us to. Making time to talk to God allows us to reset and restart on the path for a great life.

In our History lessons this past week we had the opportunity to look at what Gallipoli looks like now and what it looked like during World War 1. This helped us to make the connections to what happened to our brave soldiers.

Our attendance for those attending 95% or more is down this week with so many of our students getting sick with this terrible flu. Please keep well and take time to rest while the flu season has started.

Miss Edmonds