Performing Arts,Mindfulness. Visual Arts, Japanese and Sport News

'Mindfulness at St Anthony’s is built into every day. It may take the form of mindful prayer, mindful meditation, mindful listening, mindful colouring, mindful movement or mindful brain breaks. Children learn to self regulate, to calm, to practise gratitude and to get ready to learn through mindful moments within their day. All learning spaces have mindful corners or mindful spaces for all to access when needed.'

Performing Arts/Mindfulness

Dear Students and Families,

What a term it has been, so much learning, creativity, so much mindfulness and then a wonderful end to the term with our Specialist Wellbeing Week activities, making sure we are keeping ourselves well in body, mind and spirit.

Then we had super engaging and fun activities for the end of term Specialist Fun day.

Looking forward to a creative and engaging term for next term, take care, stay safe and enjoy your well earned holidays everyone.

Ms Victoria Gelberg

Performing Arts and Mindfulness Teacher

Visual Arts

Dear Students and Families,

Yesterday's Specialists' Fun Day was a wonderful experience for us all! Thank you so much for helping prepare the students and support them in this importantly creative aspect of the curriculum. As you can see, the result is very exciting to see, as our young creatives learn and experience a great diversity of thinking styles. These wonderful experiences help their thinking skills as well as build their self esteem and sense of identity.

Thank you so much, once again to work with us all in bringing the best possible experiences to our students.

From

Ms Anisah

From the Specialists' Fun Day:

Spencer - Foundation 'We ventured outside for the picnic'

Levi Leo - Foundation 'I am so excited for today. Mum let me cut an old cushion for my cloud hat and my brothers' soccer sock heheheheheh'

Aanika - Foundation 'It was fun gathering things for this nature mandala!!'

Melan L1/2 'This is my best butterfly artwork'

Vanessa L5/6 Photography 'Peace sign: I’ve actually done this style before but this one was more perfected'

Maria L5/6 and Ryan L3/4 Photography 'These are the photo’s me and my brother did for the photography. My brother took the photo’s that I was in'

Japanese

I have loved the enthusiasm and dedication the students at St. Anthony's have shown in their Japanese learning over term 3! Together, we have learned new words through quizzes, had a go at making Japanese sentences, looked at history, events and used lots of Japanese in our day-to-day lives.

ありがとう! (Arigatou!)

Thank you to the students who have shown me their very best throughout the term, and to the parents who have supported them along the way. In week 9, we looked at the Japanese mindful practice of shinrin yoku, forest bathing. To finish off the term, students participated in a Japanese Variety Game Show. Please enjoy a very small peek into the fantastic work students have sent.

Have a safe and happy holiday, and I'll see you all next term.

Ly-sensei

Alina's (3/4) uchiwa - Japanese Wind Chimes

Brooke's (3/4) uchiwa - One Hot Summer Day

Gemma's (5/6) nature word art - Wonderful (すばらしい - subarashii)

Brandon's (5/6) four panel comic - Resubmit (やりなおし - yari naoshi)

Lan's (5/6) four panel comic - Maths Questions: Almost Got It (もうすこし - mou sukoshi)

Mia's (1/2) lip sync performance of Banzai Japan with backup dancers

Hyewon (3/4) and Younghoon's (5/6) performance of Banzai Japan as a dynamic duo!

Sport

What a term this has been! It has been incredible to watch everyone participate in each PE lesson and get stronger and more skillful as the term progresses! To finish off the term we had been focusing on:

Prep: Hitting, Kicking, Yoga and Cooperative Games

One/Two: Bouncing, Hitting, Yoga and Cooperative Games

Three/Four: Soccer, Tennis, Yoga and Cooperative Games

Five/Six: AFL, Tennis, Soccer, Yoga and Cooperative Games

With only one more term to go, we have got a few different activities, games and days planned for you! This is what we have to look forward to!

- Footy Colours Day

- Lunchtime Competitions

- House Colour Activities

- Twilight SportsI hope you have a wonderful holidays and find the time to get outside and move with your family!

Thank you to everyone that participated in the Specialist Fun Day on Monday and Tuesday, it was wonderful to see all of your crazy hats and socks and we hope you had as much as we did!!Congratulations to our individual and class winners, prizes will be rewarded when you come back to school!

Prep Individual: Aanika Vimal

Prep Class: Prep Prince

Grade One/Two Individual: Elana Sunny

Grade One/Two Class: 12 Kounoupis

Grade Three/Four Individual: Tanisha Mhlanga

Grade Three/Four Class: 34 Chatelier

Grade Five/Six Individual: Dishita Sharma

Grade Five/Six Class: 56 Doyle