Week 7 Term 1 2022

 Thanks everyone for supporting our Young Vinnies on Friday. We raised about $522 to donate to Unicef. The kids are quite aware of what is going on in the news at the moment. Sometimes this can lead to lots of questions or they can feel a bit overwhelmed, confused or helpless.  If your kid is asking tricky questions or showing an interest in issues that seem too big for an 8yr old,  here is a link to a simple article that talks about how we can talk to kids about Ukraine. Many of the messages also apply to how to talk to kids about covid and other issues. 

Congratulations to  Aidan and Zique who won our CREW awards last week. Both of these students show Respect through their kind actions and words. They are helpful to others and treat others with gentleness and caring. Thanks, Zique and Aidan. 

This Weeks Learning

Literacy: Procedural writing - continued. We are looking at how instructions/ procedures are written and the kinds of words used to give instructions. At home you could use a recipe to cook together, check the instructions for your favourite game or write the rules for a game that you make up together.

Numeracy: We are continuing to build our knowledge of place value. We will also look at how we can collect, sort, display and analyse information (statistics).

Religious Education: This week we celebrate the feast day of Saint Joseph. Joseph is a very special Saint to us at Saint Marys as our school was founded by the Sisters of Saint Joseph. We are learning how Joseph responded to God's plan and showed grace. It’s also Saint Patrick's feast day this week - we have a lot of people with Irish heritage in our team. It’s going to be a week of celebrations.

Swimming again this week

Mon: Library

Tues:

Wed:

Thurs: Roller skating at lunchtime

              Saint Patricks Day - feel free to wear a splash of green

Fri: Saint Joseph’s day liturgy (in teams) - a day early but we don’t want to miss out.

Fundraising for our First Aiders