Learning and Curriculum Primary - Stage 3
Year 5 Open Classrooms
We look forward to welcoming Year 5 families into classrooms this Friday 20 June (Week 8A, Term 2) Period 1 (8:40 AM - 9:30 AM). As always, you are warmly welcome to attend Friday Morning Mass with your son. Please assemble in the Powell Pavillion to allow your son to go to class before being invited to join them at 8:40 AM.
Year 5 Class Academic Commendation Certificates
Congratulations to the following Year 5 students who were presented with a ‘Blue Cap Award’ or a class-based Academic Commendation Certificate/s at their Year Meeting yesterday. A splendid achievement in their first semester at St Patrick’s College. Nominated Year 6 students will have their presentation at their next Year Meeting and their names included in the next edition of the Especean.
| The Blue Cap Award | |
|---|---|
Letting their light shine brightly through active participation, perseverance, and good character. | Jack Greig Antonio Napoli-Hala Ari Ishak Gus Pettersen Matteo Salvo Theodore Karagiannis Joshua Ta |
Religious Education | Maroun Abraham Louis Wehbe James Touma Noah Abouraad Santino Alessi Alexander Cossalter Andre (Vijayan) Jayaseelan
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English | Kabeer Sharma James Angelakis Jack McCann Matteo Bryant Matteo Salvo Max Charlton Ethan Daher |
| Mathematics | Joshua Peng Alexander Ta Thomas Khoury James Sarkis Louie Gunawan Alexander Cossalter Alessandro Morsello Jesse Sciacca Matthew Zheng Marco Lo Giudice |
Science and Technology | Elliot Hobson Vittorio Lo Surdo Marco Dessanti James Sarkis Alexander Ta Nicholas Fahmy Liam Nguyen |
History | Lucas Cassar Vincent Yu Tony Mouawad Will Ronzini Alexander Ta Christian Pitsikas Andre (Vijayan) Jayaseelan |
PD/H/PE | Kabeer Sharma Alexander Brown Alessandro Morsello Will Ronzini Matthew Ronzini Matteo Salvo Tristan Younan Joshua Ta |
Music | Jake Battaglia Jonathon Mok Jack McCann William Wallace Alexander Ta Mattia Parisi Noah Hyde |
Visual Art | Maroun Abraham Mason Ferreira Marco Dessanti Timothy Yip Marcus Lee Max Charlton Marcus Jeries |
SPeeCh! Presentations
Congratulations to all Stage 3 students who presented their persuasive speeches as part of their English study this term. The task provided an opportunity for students to plan, prepare, and present in front of their peers and teachers. The following students were nominated by their class teacher to present their ‘Power of...’ speeches. Year 5 presented their speeches yesterday at their year meeting and Year 6 will present theirs this Friday 20 June. One student from each year group will then present their speech at Middle School Assembly in Term 3.
| Year 5 | Year 6 |
Black | Kabeer Sharma | Jackson Valente |
Blue | Owen Eggleton | Louis Moses |
Gold | Tony Mouawad | Nathaniel Khoury |
Green | James Sarkis | Alexander Guirguis |
Orange | Matteo Salvo | Jacob Sproule |
Red | Max Charlton | Zubin D’Costa |
White | Orlando Iannuzzi | Alexander Poleschouk |
ICAS Assessments
As has been mentioned in the Week 4 and Week 6 issues of the Especean, this year we are again pleased to offer our Year 5 and 6 students the opportunity to sit the ICAS English, Writing, Mathematics and Science Assessments. This is optional and parents/carers are required to sign up for their son.
These challenging competitions present real-world scenarios where students are assessed on their ability to apply classroom learning to new contexts, using higher order thinking and problem-solving skills. You can learn more about the ICAS Assessments at the following site: https://www.icasassessments.com/products-icas.
Parents and carers are invited to register and pay for their son to participate in either or all assessments by completing the following:
1. Go to the Parent Portal: https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps.
2. Enter our school’s access code – FKS095
3. Enter your child’s details, select the tests you would like to purchase, then proceed to payment.
Registration and payment close on 28 July 2024.
After payment is made via the Parent Payment System you will receive an order confirmation email, please keep this for your records. ICAS assessments will be run before school (approximately 7:30 AM) over a number of days in Term 3.
Daniel Fields Sarah Tatola
Head of Curriculum (Stage 3) Head of Teaching and Learning (Stage 3)