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K - Yr 6 

Kindergarten

Religion Education

The children have been learning about being reverent when entering the Cathedral and how to genuflect when they reach their pew.

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Father Damien visited Kindergarten to discuss items used during the Mass. The children enjoyed seeing his different coloured Vestments and some of the items placed on the Altar.

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Mathematics

In Maths we are learning about addition.

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Literacy

Mrs. Bournes' Literacy group acted out things they like doing on a rainy day in preparation for their Friday Big Write.

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Week 7 we started learning how to do "Buddy Breakdowns" after our Big Write. We used a green highlighter to identify the punctuation our friend used in their writing. 

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Year 1

This term, Year 1 have been exploring how materials can change — bending, twisting, stretching, and more! Stay tuned as they put their new skills to the test by transforming everyday materials into creative fish sculptures. We can’t wait to share their fin-tastic creations with you!

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In Reading, students have been working on reading stratgy chunking. 

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Year 2

Religion

Year 2 was grateful for the opportunity to have Father Damien explain to us after Mass about the different coloured vestments priests wear throughout the Church's Liturgical Year.

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In Religion, we are learning about Moses leading the Israelites to Freedom. 

Listening to the story.

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Responding to the story

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Students leading prayer.

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English

Group Work

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Breakdown Buddy work

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Sharing work

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Maths

Students are working on combining and separating numbers.

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Science

Students are finding out the result of mixing different materials.

Listening to the Learning Intentions and Success Criteria.

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The discoveries

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The experiment

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The results

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The creations

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Weaving with materials

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CAPA

Visual Art

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Awards

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Year 3

During our English lessons Year 3 performed their up-leveled version of our focus text 'The Coat' to the year group. 

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Year 3 worked together during our maths lesson to create arrays using their bodies. A maths equation would be displayed to the students and they had to work together to create an array that matched the equation. 

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Year 3 enjoyed the visit from the UNE Science bus. 

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