The Learning Zone
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 |
