Dear Parents and Friends,

Hi everyone and welcome to this week's St Brigids newsletter. We have plenty of upcoming events to share with you but first a quick introduction to welcome our new writers of the newsletter, Nora, Daphne, Torin, Eddie, Patrick, Casey, Eva, Jye and last but not least Jasper. We will be working hard to bring you all the latest stories and updates from across our school. Thank you!

Cross Country Training & Breakfast

What sort of things are you doing to train?

Patrick: I am doing long distance running every 4 days, and I am aiming to run a faster time.

Casey: I'm running a lot more than I used to.

Harry: I'm doing 2km runs to improve my endurance. I am trying to beat my time of 7:28m.

Jack: I am running laps around the footy oval. Doing warm ups then doing laps of the school track.

Harper: I was running 2km to train.

Are you excited for District Cross Country?

Flynn: Yes, because all of my friends will be there and so will some of my friends from other schools.

Islah M: Yes, because I have never been to the District Cross Country before and the training is pretty good. My goal is to run it in 25m.

Chloe: Yes, I have done it before so I know how it is going to go.

Harper: My goal is to run it in under 9m. I am excited for the District.

How do you think you will do on the day?

Flynn: I think I will do well knowing that there are other really fast people.

Nora: I think I will do okay. My goal is to run the course in under 20m. I am excited and nervous.

Chloe: I think I will do well because I have done the course before and I know how it goes.

Jack: I think that I will do better this year because I have gotten faster since last year.

What did you think of the breakfast? Was it worth the effort?

Patrick: The breakfast was quite enjoyable as I was hungry from running.

Casey: It was very worth the effort. I loved the juice and the toast.

Harper: The breakfast was great. I was running 2km to train. My goal is to run it in under 9m. I am excited for the District.

Harry: The breakfast was pretty good.

We know our team have been training really hard and we wish them good luck when they represent St Brigid's next week.

Foundation to Year 4 Swimming

Are you excited to be doing your first swimming lesson?

Molly: Yes I am very excited to be doing my first swimming lesson.

Harper M: Yeah I am excited that I going to have fun.

Have you done swimming before?

Molly: I went to do swimming lessons in Mentone.

Harper M: Yes I do swimming lessons I don't know where though.

Are you nervous?

Molly: No I am not nervous but I think I will do well in it.

Harper M: Yeah a little bit but I think I will do well because I do swimming.

Do you think you will learn something

Molly: Yes, I think I will learn how to do backstroke better.

Harper M: Yes, I want to learn how to swim with one hand because my Mum can do that.

First Eucharist

How was your Eucharist practice on Thursday?

Mekhi- It was great. I liked` the bread.

Allegra- It was easy.

Jack - It was good because I got to eat the bread.

Chloe - Good because we got to see what's going to happen on the day.

How prepared are you to receive Eucharist and explain your answer?

Jack - 50/50 because there are still things I need to learn.

Chloe - I'm pretty prepared because we had a few rehearsals and I feel confident.

Mekhi - I think I’m ready to receive my Eucharist because I think I'm mature.

Allegra - I think I’m really prepared because we have practiced.

ANZAC Day Liturgy

Summary: The Liturgy started a small mishap as the projector was not workin, making the Liturgy harder for everyone to know what's going on. The readers were very respectful to the occasion and we were all watching on and thinking of the soldiers that lost their lives and of those who returned. Overall we think the Anzac liturgy was a good finish of the day as it let us show respect to those who have fought for our country.

ANZAC Day March

Saturday was ANZAC Day, and Mrs Sullivan, Mrs Marziano, Mrs Thredgold and some students participated in the Commemorative ANZAC Day march at Mentone RSL. Jye and Sarah represented the school and their families by carrying up a wreath.

How did you feel about carrying the ANZAC wreath?

Jye: I felt proud and honoured to be able to be involved in such an important day. It especially meant something to me because my great-grandfather served in the war.

How did you feel when you were chosen to carry the wreath?

Jye: I felt happy and proud that I was chosen and I got the chance to do a once in a lifetime thing.

How did you feel about carrying the ANZAC wreath?

Sarah: I felt pride in myself for being involved in such an important day.

How did you feel when you were chosen to carry the wreath?

Sarah: Happy because my grandfather was in the war.

Junior Mayor

How do you feel about Junior Mayor?

Asher: I am excited and nervous.

Emerson: I feel great but I'm nervous.

How do you think you are going to go at Junior Mayor?

Asher: I think we will be great and I am excited.

Torin: I think that we will go well and I think that I will do well.

What have you been doing for the past couple of weeks in the lead up?

Alek: Thinking of ideas.

Asher: We've been creating signs and creating our scripts.

Emerson: Making signs for ‘What can the council do to help youth be more involved in the community’.

Torin: We have been finalising the script and preparing our props.

How does the program work?

Emerson: We go and represent our school at Kingston Council in Mentone.

Torin: The council chooses a question and then every school in Kingston Council chooses 4 students to represent them and then the students choose to prepare a script and choose a main speaker. Every school is allowed as many props as they want except for electronics. After every school has presented the schools vote and the team with the most votes wins and the schools main speaker becomes Junior Mayor.

Aussie of the Month

Congratulations to Darcy (5/6D) who is our April Aussie of the Month. Darcy shows 'Fair Go, Mateship, Respect and Inclusion' every day at school. She is kind and caring towards others and makes sure everyone feels welcome and included. Darcy encourages her classmates and is always considerate and fair. She shows respectful behaviour through her actions and words, helping to create a positive classroom environment for everyone.

Mother's Day Breakfast & Stall

We are really looking forward to having Breakfast with our Mum's next Friday. Just a reminder to RSVP via the Nforma request sent this week so we know how many we are making breakfast for.

Our annual Mother's Day Stall will be held on Thursday and Friday. There will be a $10.00 per student limit. Don't forget to come to school on Thursday with your money!

Thanks for the great first two weeks of Term 2. We wish our Eucharist candidates all the best for Sunday and our District team and Junior Mayor group best of luck for Thursday. We look forward to buying our mums and grandmas a special gift at the Mothers Day Stall on Thursday and Friday and celebrating at the Mothers Day breakfast on 8th May.

We hope you enjoyed our first Student Newsletter.

Nora, Daphne, Torin, Eddie, Patrick, Casey, Eva, Jye and Jasper.

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