Welcome back to what will be another busy term in Year 5. The students were welcomed back this week with participating in their retreat and sleepover at school. It was great to see everyone giving it their all during the day. Learning about servant leadership made us all realise that to be a great leader in life we need to consider the head, heart and hand method. We had to answer a number of questions, but one that stood out was... What do we want to be remembered for? This allowed us to think about what we want to do in our school community. Next year is looking hopeful and we are sure it will be a year to remember.  

It was also nice to start the term off with our school prayer on Friday. Putting a focus on The Rosary was presented to the school. We informed everyone why we do this in October and what prayers are said. We are sure each class will love engaging in The Rosary throughout October just like we will.  

This term we have a big focus on Natural Disasters in a number of learning areas. We will be learning about bushfires, floods, cyclones and many more. We will report on a Natural Disaster event that occurred in the past 100 years; create a variety of visual art pieces based on Natural Disasters; create and program flood gates or warning signals for Natural Disasters; and of course, learn about each of the disasters in detail so we can gain greater knowledge about why these happen in Australia and the world.  

There are many different school events happening this term so please keep an eye on the Newsletter Important Dates and emails from myself.  

Thursday continues to be a key day in Year 5: Homework will continue to be on Thursday for hand-in and go home Friday. Library day and sports uniform unless otherwise advised is also for Thursday.