The Learning Zone
Living Well, Learning Well
| Week 9 | Name | Reason | Character Strength |
| Kinder | Logan Ritter | For his excellent reading and comprehension. | Love of Learning |
| Kinder | Willow Thurgood | For working hard in InitiaLit and writing great sentences using her tricky words. | Love of Learning |
| Year 1 | Archie Altmann | For consistently following instructions and always giving his best effort in mathematics. | Love of Learning |
| Year 1 | Edie Lemon | For being a kind and considerate classmate and always producing work to a high standard. | Love of learning |
| Year 2 | Sienna Northfield | For settling into a new school, making new friends and learning the routines of St Xavier’s. | Bravery |
| Year 2 | Denver Mallon | For listening well and working hard in InitiaLit to complete his work. | Love of Learning |
| Year 3 | Hugo Frend | For his ability to focus on his work in all KLA’s and approaching learning tasks with enthusiasm and curiosity. | Love of Learning & Curiosity |
| Year 3 | Ryan Gander | For his ability to focus on his work in all KLA’s and approaching learning tasks with enthusiasm and curiosity. | Love of Learning & Humour |
| Year 4 | Lucas Grima | For forming and maintaining positive relationships with his classmates and teachers | Social intelligence |
| Year 4 | Lisa Vidler | For demonstrating strong organisational skills which allows her to start lessons straight away | Love of learning |
| Year 5 | Frances Boyce | For being kind and respectful to all her peers and teachers and always brings a smile everywhere she goes. | Kindness |
| Year 5 | Jake Barrow | For listening in class to all teachers and his peers and always trying his best. | Love of learning |
| Year 6 | Clare Grima | Engagement towards our persuasive writing task and contributing ideas. | Love of Learning and energy |
| Year 6 | Angus Johnson | Engagement towards our persuasive writing task and contributing ideas to class discussions. | Love of Learning and Perseverance |
| Year 6 | Malakai Wise | Excellent reading for his PM testing and offering well thought out answers to the comprehension aspect. | Love of Learning and Perseverance |
| Week 8 | Name | Reason | Character Strength |
| Kinder | Addison Franks | For contributing to class discussions and trying her best in all aspects of school. | Love of learning |
| Kinder | Atlas Good | For showing courage to complete his Big Write. | Perseverance |
| Year 1 | Rosie Galton | For her ability to focus on her work in all KLA’s and approaching learning tasks with enthusiasm. | Love of Learning |
| Year 1 | Arvie Keynes | For being an exceptional listener and for striving to achieve your best in mathematics. | Love of Learning |
| Year 2 | Cooper Randall | For using his knowledge to solve math warm up questions. | Perseverance and Love of Learning |
| Year 2 | Benny Martin | For including others in learning groups and games in the playground. | Inclusivity |
| Year 3 | Frank Plevey | For speaking up and reasoning with his peers to help settle any conflict during games and treating others with respect at all times. | Fairness and Bravery |
| Year 3 | Norah Woldhuis | For working extremely hard on her fluency and comprehension strategies to improve her PM reading level. | Perseverance |
| Year 4 | Ava Warren | For being engaged and settled when completing tasks and working productively in all KLA’s. | Love of Learning and self regulation. |
| Year 4 | Toby Morris | For showing wisdom during maths warmups, explaining the maths challenge tasks and helping peers understand new concepts. | Wisdom Love of Learning |
| Year 5 | Ivy Walshe | For taking up her recess and lunch to help prepare for Mary Poppins . | Kindness |
| Year 5 | Tom Beer | For taking his outs in cricket, being a kind friend to everyone and being a great student in class. | Social Intelligence |
| Year 5 | Cooper Braithwaite | For getting started on tasks straight away and trying to complete his work in the time given. | Love of learning |
| Year 6 | Sophia Melville | For completing work to the best of her ability and being settled during independent learning time. | Love of Learning |
| Year 6 | Ryan Williams | For always helping others and supporting his friends in the classroom and on the playground. | Teamwork & Kindness |
| Year 6 | Skylah Bassett | For her engagement in class discussions, offering her ideas and opinions. | Love of Learning |
Science in Kinder - The Living World
Earlier this term our Kindy students planted a seed and have been observing and recording the changes in their Plant Observation Journal each week. Below you will see the growth from week 7 to week 9. Children cannot wait to take home their plant and see it continue to grow at home. Better make space in the veggie patch.
Photos from Week 9
Photos from Week 7
Reading groups in Kinder
Debating
Over the last few weeks our debaters have been readily preparing for our final debates. It was a competitive round with students debating the topic that parents should have the ability to preview or restrict content their child can access online. Students conducted thorough research and presented confidently. Congratulations to Ayla Yigman, Ivy Avard, Poppy Cregan & Skylah Bassett for winning their debate and to Abby Barnden for doing a wonderful job as chairperson. We have now concluded our debates and each and every student has worked hard to build an understanding of world events, speech writing, public speaking and the ability to work in a team.. Congratulations 2025 debaters on a fantastic debating season!
Year 5 Big Write
Year 5 have worked hard in English throughout Term 3 learning about researching, paraphrasing and writing with authority. Over the past 3 weeks they have been writing an Informative Text on a topic of their choice and have become "experts" in their chosen fields. Today they started creating a "Documentary" on Canva using their informative text as the basis for their video clip. We can't wait to watch the finished products!
Yr 6 Science visit to St Mary's
Year 6 visited St Mary's to conduct a science investigation in their science labs. The experiment was to determine which material was the most absorbent and which one repelled the most water. Every student had a fantastic time and are looking forward to future visits to St Mary's in preparation for their transition to high school. Thank you to Adam Mooney and Nicole Jelbert for facilitating our visit.
