Dear Parents and Friends,

Welcome to this weeks newsletter which will explore the 'Light the Way' and 'Aussie of the Month' awards, interschool sports, District Cross Country, Junior Mayor, the year fours First Eucharist, Mother's Day and the F-2’s drama incursion.

Junior Mayor

This week 24 schools from the Kingston City council area participated in the Junior Mayor competition. Each school had a team of four students - a speaker and three to assist with the presentation. We were competing for the position of Junior Mayor. The winning school was Our Lady of the Assumption Primary School.

Did you enjoy the experience?

Asher: Yes I did. It was fun and I was the main speaker.

Alek: Yes, I enjoyed it because there was free food and nice amenities.

Torin: Yes, I thought it was fun and it was nice to have a day out of school.

What did you think of it?

Asher: I think it was a great experience.

Alek: I thought it was cool because kids from all different schools get to have fun and have a chance to speak.

Torin: I thought it was a great experience.

What was it about?

Asher: It was about how to help get youth involved in the community.

Alek: It was about helping kids in the community.

Torin: It was about three ways the council can get youth involved in the community.

First Eucharist

Did you think you did well and what did you do in Eucharist?

Harvey: I think I did well and in Eucharist you eat the bread for the first time.

Grace: I think I did well. We took the bread and I got to bring the bread to Father Michael.

What was your experience like?

Grace: It was scary at the start but after it was fine. My favourite part was when I went to go receive the bread.

Harvey: I enjoyed it and my favourite part was having the bread.

How did you feel receiving Eucharist?

Harvey: I felt good.

Grace: I felt happy because I was with God.

Mother's Day Stall

What did you buy for your mum?

Sam: I bought her slippers because my mum's feet hurt.

Theo: I bought her a pink mug and some bath bombs. My Mum loves bath bombs and she doesn’t have a pink mug yet.

Lex: I bought a pink mug and perfume. I got the mug because my mum likes coffee.

Emelia: I bought her a pocket hug here and I bought her a bracelet. I bought her the pocket hug because I love her.

Che: I bought my Mum a mug because she has a full collection of mugs in the kitchen and it's become a thing to get her a mug every year.

Was your mum happy on Sunday?

Alice: My mum was extremely happy on Sunday.

Lex: I gave my mum her presents in the morning and she was very happy.

Matthew: My mum was suprised and happy.

Che: Yes she was very happy and pleased with the surprise on Sunday.

Mother's Day Breakfast

Did your mum enjoy her time with you at the breakfast?

Islah: My mum enjoyed her time with me and so did my nana.

Jordyn: Yes, we had lots of fun at breakfast.

Amelia: My mum really enjoyed her time with me at breakfast.

Declan: My mum had a great time at breakfast and I had a good time with my mum.

Ethan: She had a great time. She liked all the food and liked talking to her friends.

Lucas: My mum really liked the Mother's Day breakfast.

Ben: Yes, she talked to lots of others Mums and had a great time.

Alifie: Yes she ènjoyed it as she got to talk to many of her friends and had lots of yummy food.

How was the food?

Jordyn: Mum and I loved it. It was tasty.

Amelia: My mum loved the food at the breakfast and so did I.

Ethan: The food was good. The strawberries were my favourite.

Adalyn: The food was amazing and yummy.

Alice: The food was good there was lots of variety to choose from.

Alfie: My mum found the food to be amazingly good.

Did your mum talk to anyone?

Jordyn: She talked to all of my friends' mums and she had a great time with them.

Adalyn: My mum talked to lots of other mums like William's, Xaiver's and Emma's mum.

Ethan: Yes, my Mum talked to lots of other mums and friends and had a great time.

Zosia: Yes my mum talked to a lot of my friends mums. She talked about horses.

Alfie: Yes she did. She talked to people she has known for quite some time.

What food did you and your mum get?

Jordyn: We got croissants and orange juice.

Cameron: I ate nutrigrain and cornflakes but my mum didn't eat anything because she spent most of her time talking to other mums.

Adalyn: I got orange juice and strawberries with my mum.

Zosia: I got a croissant with cheese and tomato and my mum got the same thing as me.

F-2 Drama Incursion

This week the Foundation to Year 2 students had a Drama Tool Box Incursion. It was all about native animals.

Did you enjoy the Drama Toolbox Incursion?

Floyd: It was great fun because we did fun things.

Bella: It is fun because we got to dress up in animal costumes.

Cleo: It was good because we got to dress up.

Samuel: It was fun because we got to dress up and act as native Australian animals.

5/6 Inter School Sports

On Friday 1st May, we played the first of our Winter Interschool Sport games against Dingley Primary School. Here are the results.

Football:

Boys/Mixed - 43-42 (St Brigid's won)

Girls - 76-6 (St Brigid's won)

Netball:

Boys/mixed - 11-8 (St Brigid's won)

Girls - 26-3 (St Brigid's won)

Soccer:

Boys/Mixed - 2-0 (St Brigid's won)

Girls - 7-0 (St Brigid's won)

How did your team go?

Louis: We went really good and I'm impressed with the way everyone played.

Kyle: We were pretty good at passing and shooting. We were pretty good at blocking and saving shots.

How did you go?

Louis: I was happy. I scored six goals.

Kyle: I was pleased with how I played.

Tomorrow we play St John Vianney’s at home. Check out the live ladder which is updated every Friday afternoon.

Light the Way Award

Congratulations to our Light the Way winners:

Zayn for his commitment to learning and genuine curiosity, always asking questions & demonstrating a desire to learn. Zayn is a caring friend who looks out for his peers. His sense of humour brings joy to both his classmates and teachers each day. Well done Zayn - keep up the great work!

Georgina shows confidence in class by joining in discussions, asking questions, & checking her understanding when needed. She works well with her classmates and is kind and inclusive towards others. She should be proud of her learning and the positive attitude she brings to the classroom.

Aussie of the Month

Blake contributes to a welcoming and respectful school environment by demonstrating fairness, inclusion and a positive team spirit. Earlier this term Blake displayed why he is a deserving recipient of Aussie of the Month by selflessly volunteering to move from Football to the Mixed Netball Team for Interschool Sport this term. His flexibility, willingness to support others, and outstanding sportsmanship were greatly appreciated. Well done, Blake!

To wrap up this week's newsletter we thank the mothers, grandmothers and special people for attending the breakfast. We hope those Mother's Day Stall gifts brought a massive smile to your face. We congratulate the Junior Mayor contestants Emmy, Asher, Torin and Alek for their outstanding performance and for making a great speech. We congratulate the 'Aussie of the Month', Blake and the 'Light the Way' award winners, Georgina and Zayn! Today we are competing at the District Cross Country and we know our team will give their best. Last but not least we thank all of the mothers that make our school community better whether that is cheering on the side lines, or greeting your child with a hug at the end of the day.

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

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