Science Week

Week 7 was Science Week at St Xaviers. The theme for this year was 'Innovation Powering Future Industries'. During Lunch students had the opportunity to make Ozobot tracks and code Lego. On Thursday, Primary students attended a Forensic Science Incursion in the hall where they had to work as a team to follow clues and solve a mystery. On Friday, Kindergarten to Year 2 students had a fun afternoon of science experiments. There were aeroplanes flying, magic flowers opening, Bee Bots moving around the shared space and some really green goop. It was fantastic seeing everyone come to school on Friday in their house colours with their craziest scientist hair!

Year 1 Excursion

On Tuesday the 29th of August, Year 1 travelled to Tamworth. The excitement was palpable, with many students experiencing their first time on a bus and their first school excursion, all in one day!

The excursion was to experience first hand some of the things that we have been learning about in Geography and Science. Our first stop was the Marsupial Park, where all the students had the opportunity to feed an Emu and watch the ranger feed the Wallabies, we were also fortunate enough to be given an Emu egg to take back to school to put on display in the shared space. The students were also quite taken by several roaming Echidnas, who call the park home.

The second and final destination was Hopscotch Park where the students had lunch and a well earned play. They had great fun demonstrating their agility on the play equipment!

Living Well, Learning Well

Week 6	Name	Reason	Character Strength
Kinder	Jonty Nichols	For always trying hard during InitiaLit lessons.	Love of Learning
Kinder	Charlie Fathers	For contributing his ideas and opinions during whole class discussions.	Love of Learning
Year 1	Willa Tunbridge	For always including her classmates in games,	kindness
Year 1	Anna Bentham	For always trying her very best when completing her learning tasks.	Love of learning
Year 2	Thomas Johnson	For bringing energy to the classroom and enthusiastically participating in class discussions.	Love of Learning
Year 2	Lucy Hausfeld	For always trying her best in all learning areas and never giving up.	Perseverance
Year 3	Lewis Mainey	For sharing his good sense of humour and helping us all to smile.	Humour
Year 3	Jack Jolliffe	For working hard during our fractions unit in maths, sharing his ideas and enjoying new challenges.	Love of Learning
Year 4	Lyla Gault	For being patient, kind and respectful to her peers and teachers at all times.	Kindness
Year 4	Toby Barrow	For always taking pride in his work and showing persistence when he takes on challenging tasks.	Love of Learning
Year 5	Ella Sloan	For cheering people up when they are sad and giving them good ideas for tasks.	Helpfulness
Year 5	Hannah Akinyemi	For consistent participation in class discussions and putting her best effort into given tasks.	Love of Learning

Week 7	Name	Reason	Character Strength
Kinder	Flynn Harrison	For working really hard during initiaLit to learn his tricky words.	Perseverance
Kinder	Lucy Yigman	For always displaying a positive attitude towards her learning.	Love of learning
Year 1	Connie Riordan	For always helping her classmates when they are hurt in the playground.	Kindness
Year 1	Faith Welsh	For always encouraging her classmates to try new things and to keep persevering if they find it hard.	Kindness
Year 2	Ava Lawlor	For being able to make anyone smile and laugh, even when they are feeling down	Humour
Year 2	Lisa Vidler	Always thinking of others putting her friends first	Kindness
Year 3	Tyrone Syphers	For working very hard to improve his handwriting and the presentation of his bookwork.	Perseverance
Year 3	Ashley Ross	For working collaboratively with her group in the Forensic Workshop during Science Week.	Teamwork
Year 4	Emerson Shannon	For always being a good friend in class and out in the playground.	Kindness
Year 4	Yasmin Mitchell	For moving to a new school and settling into year 4 nicely.	Bravery
Year 5	Violet Grace	For demonstrating confidence in her learning and participating so well in class discussions.	Love of Learning
Year 5	Ruby Cygan	For fairness in the playground and making people feel happy out there.	Fairness
Year 6	Harrison Porter	For conquering his fear of heights on the excursion.	Bravery
Year 6	Mr Morley	For being willing to give everything a go on the Year 6 excursion.	Open mindedness
Year 6	Mrs Jones	For looking out for everyone and being a wonderful source of support.	Teamwork
Year 6	Mrs Gander	For being eager to participate in all aspects of the excursion and keeping the vibe positive.	Energy
Year 6	Mrs Jensen	For showing care and consideration for everyone when they needed it.	kindness

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