The big news for our school leaders is that we have our Year 6 shirts at last. The shirts look great, and represent our school values and the team spirit of our class. Students are encouraged to wear the new shirts to school every Friday. They may also optionally be worn on Wednesdays and other days when the sport uniform is worn. Please note that we will be wearing the shirts for traveling to and from our year 6 camp next term as well.

We are at the point of confirming bookings and the timetable for our camp. A notice will be coming home to parents and caregivers very soon asking for a firm commitment that your child will be attending the camp, together with any travel requests or other special requirements.

This term on Tuesdays and Thursdays the year 6 students are pairing up with buddies in the year 1 class for shared reading. This is a great opportunity for the students from both classes to support each other, to practice their reading, and to build and develop their literacy skills. 

Like everyone at our school, in the past two weeks we have enjoyed participating in liturgies and activities for Catholic Education Week and NAIDOC. The year 6 group showed great leadership in a number of these events, and have received many compliments from both visitors and school staff. They have also shown some interesting skills in new areas, including origami, singing, and dot painting. In our History/Civics classes we have been learning about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and this has tied in nicely with some discussions we have been having about NAIDOC week and the recognition of the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples under Australian law. 

  Year 6 students rocking their new Leaders shirts.