Mrs Rebecca O'Shea's  Year 5 class

“It’s Sir to you, Miss!” joked Mr Lenaghan as he greeted children and staff in his school. Mr Lenaghan looked like a lion perched on a rock  looking over his kingdom.

The other day was a very important day for all the Catholic schools of Australia. We were celebrating 200 years of Catholic Education which meant we got to dress up, play games and do stuff they did 200 years ago.

Do you like to dress up? Well I definitely do! Because we were celebrating, it meant we were allowed to dress up like we were in 1821. It was awesome because my mum pretty much made my whole costume, it looked so professional. When I got to school I was so amazed by what the teachers, parents and children had come up with and the amount of effort they had put into making such beautiful costumes.

Once the first bell rang, it was time to learn why Catholic Education

was so important.  So what a better way to do it, than to do a quiz.

As tables, we worked together to find out some really interesting facts. It turns out that the first Catholic school was founded in October 1820 by Irish Catholic priest John Therry.

To top this day off, we had some special visitors come to Sacred Heart! Yes you guessed it, Mixx FM came to school to show us what being on the radio is all about. We also spent some time with 2FM, we went to the library to play thumb wars and string games, secondly we played Teepees and Nuns in Miss Leonard’s and Miss Lizzy Mac's classroom.  I buddied up with Stevie, she was the nun and I was the Teepee. When we had to run, it was like there was a bunch of elephants in the room. I actually thought we were in Africa for a minute! Thirdly we played marbles, Stevie and I played marbles, it was fun, but hard. When I tossed the big marble, the little marbles just sat there. Obviously they had a mind of their own. Finally we played a game of hopscotch. If you ask me I am a total professional at hopscotch, I can do it really fast.

Overall, I had a fantastic day! I learned about the history behind Catholic Education. I found the clothes and games played in the 1820’s very fascinating.  If you ask me, we need to celebrate it all the time!