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.

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