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DAILY ABSENTEEISM

Phone 9510 7420 or email absent@smstkildaeast.catholic.edu.au

(Please notify the school by 9:30am)

STUDENT FREE DAYS

Monday 3rd October

Monday 31st October

for staff professional learning

STUDENT & FAMILY INFORMATION UPDATE - IMPORTANT

If any of your personal details change (address, mobile number etc.), please let the school office know as soon as possible by email to admin@smstkildaeast.catholic.edu.au.

SCHOOL FEES

A reminder that all school fees must be finalised by Friday 26th August, 2022. Families on a payment please refer to your letter. If you have any concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact Erica in the office.

PREPS AT SWIMMING

Preps were so eager and so excited to commence swimming this week. After Day 1 they wrote to explain their thoughts.

Swimming was cool at the pool. I loved to float on my back. I loved to dive to get the sinkies. I love swimming. By Sunday

Swimming was wonderful. I did torpedoes, backstroke and diving. I had a great time. I loved jumping in the pool. By Joshua

Swimming was fabulous! We did backstroke and bubbles. Our teacher was a nice teacher. Our teacher helped us. I dived for the sinkies. By Harrison

Swimming was magnificent! I loved the monkey walk. I had to hold the edge. I learnt to move my hands across the wall. By Camyra

Swimming was marvellous! I felt nervous and excited at the same time. I like to do backstroke. I loved doing the torpedo. I felt like a fish. By Pearl

Swimming was magnificent! I liked doing starfish. It was fun. I learnt how to jump in the pool. I jumped in the deep end of the pool. By Kayla

Swimming was really fun. I did backstroke. By Hugo

Swimming was fantastic. I did bubble blowing and I jumped in the water. By Karsten

ITALIAN NEWS- Mrs Carmela Vozzo

During Term 3 students in Years 4, 5 and 6 have been looking at maps of Italy and connecting this country to a continent. They have compared its size to Australia and have been equipped with crucial lifetime mapping skills.

Year 4s have discovered the 2 important mountain ranges which run through Italy - Gli Alpi and Le Appennini.

Year 5 and 6s have had a close look at Italy’s shape, its surrounding waters and its regions and capital cities.

Year 6s will be taking their drones to an Italian city of their choice and describing a particular human environment there.

Ecco il drone, vola di qua, vola di la’, dove si ferma non si sa!

Year 5s have read through the book - La Macchinetta Rossa and located the Italian cities it travelled through - Pompei, Roma, Bologna, Venezia, Le Alpi on the French/Italian border.

Year 3s have been learning vocabulary about the Environment and have made a model of the world. They then learned to introduce themselves to the world in Italian and expressed their opinion about the elements in the environment.

“ Ciao Mondo, mi chiamo…… Ho otto anni. Mi piace il sole. Non mi piace il vento!

Making the puzzle of Italy has helped the Year 2 students with the shape of Italy. Their inquisitive nature has taken them to another level. They also focused on a few Italian human environments: La Torre Pendente di Pisa e il Ponte Vecchio.

The children remarked on its height - ‘La Torre e’ alta.’