Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back to the Student Newsletter! There are many exciting things to come this term and we are all looking forward to it. We hope you and your children have a fantastic term.

From the Arts, Culture and Wellbeing group.

(Oriarna, Keira, Matilda, Aisling, Tate and Lucas)

Indigenous Incursion- Aboriginal Infusion

by Tate and Lucas

This week we had an incursion with a First Nations person named Baz. He taught us about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. He first told us about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders flags and what the coulous and symbols meant. The Aboriginal flag has the red at the bottom which represents the red dirt. The black represents the night sky. The yellow was the sign of the sun.

We also learnt about the not so common flag, the Torres Strait Islander flag. The green at the top represents Papua New Guinea, the bottom is Australia. The colours represent different parts of the culture, people and environment. The black between the green represents the people. The blue is water, and finally the white symbol is the traditional women's head dress.

Year 3 Commitment Mass

Interview by Oriarna

Elodie

What did you learn?

I learnt that the Sacrament of Reconciliation is when you tell your sins.

What did you do?

Father Peter called me and a few others and got a prayer card.

What did you enjoy the most?

I liked taking up the bread and wine with my mum.

Kyle

What did you learn?

I learnt that you had to wear a sash when you make the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

What did you do?

I went to Mass and wore a sash and had a discussion.

What did you enjoy the most?

That I wore a sash.

Jye

What did you learn?

I learnt about commitment.

What did you do?

I got blessed.

What did you enjoy the most?

I liked getting told that I was the best there.

Foundation 100 Days Celebration

Interviews by Aisling

We interviewed three Foundations about their 100 days of school and these were their answers.

Harper

What did you do?

We got to dress up as old people and pretended to be one hundred.

Did you learn anything?

We leant to count to 100 by 10s in English and Italian

What was your favourite part?

Seeing our buddies

John E

What did you do?

We drew and coloured pictures with our new buddies for Term 3.

Did you learn anything?

We read numbers up to 100.

What was your favourite part?

The Camp experience.

Riley G

What did you do?

We bought 100 things from home and had to make something out of all 100 things.

Did you learn anything?

We learnt to sound out some words.

What was your favourite part?

Dressing up as an old man.

Foundation Camp Experience

by Keira

We went upstairs to the 5/6 area and stayed there after school, pretending to be at a camp. We played with toys and games, and learned new circus skills. Then we got a certificate and ate a cake. We made afternoon tea and had our own pizza. Our favourite things were eating cakes, learning circus skills like balancing plates on sticks.

Year 4- LitSTEM @ Kilbreda

Interviews by Matilda

Oliver W

What was your favourite thing to do at LitSTEM?

My favourite thing was making the elephant toothpaste.

What activities did you do at LitSTEM?

We went to the Year 12 locker rooms and cafeteria and visited the science room.

What did you learn?

We learnt that we could mix dishwashing liquid with dust.

Why did you think that this was a good experience?

I liked it because it was a really fun experience to do with our friends.

Gemma

What was your favourite thing to do at LitSTEM?

I enjoyed the experiments.

What activities did you do at LitSTEM?

Making elephant toothpaste

What did you learn?

I learnt that certain chemicals and detergent create heat.

Why did you think that this was a good experience?

Because it was really fun and looked like a good place to go to high school.

Christina

What was your favourite thing to do at LitSTEM?

Make the elephant toothpaste by ourselves.

What did you learn?

We watched the teacher do elephant toothpaste and we did it with a partner.

Why did you think that this was a good experience?

I found out that peroxide can be pretty strong when mixed with other materials

Why did you think that this was a good experience?

I liked it because of how cool the reactions of the experiments were.

Running Club

Our journey to Sydney continued this week. Despite the rain we ran a total of 106 laps.

We ran a total of 8 kms.

The total km run is 118.1km.

We are still on the Hume Fwy/National Hwy, just passed Seymour.

Important dates for Week 5

by Lucas

Monday: F-2 Excursion to Como House

Wednesday: 12Y Student led Conference

Wednesday: Year 4 Kilbreda LitSTEM

Year 5 students attending musical at Kilbreda

Year 6 Confirmation Family Activity Night

Thursday: Year 3 Camp Night

Friday: Year 5 & 6 Incursion- Social Justice Kids View from the Philippines

Friday - tomorrow

Yr 3-6 Sprint & Hurdle trials

Foundation 100 days Assembly

From the Arts Culture and Wellbeing Group

Oriarna, Keira, Matilda, Aisling, Tate and Lucas

Community News

Save the Date - St Brigid's Trivia Night

Scholastic Book Club

5/6 Mum's Tour

Brotherhood of St Lawerence