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In Religious Education, the Year 5s have been learning about virtues. A virtue is a habit of choosing what is good, and so includes the habit of doing right.
 
In Year 5, we have been learning that followers of Jesus find that they can develop the habit of making choices that are good by following these four virtues:
 

• Prudence
• Justice
• Fortitude
• Temperance

 
One of the virtues we discussed was temperance which is the ability to control oneself. People develop temperance when they learn to temper their thoughts and actions. One way we discussed that could help temper our thoughts and actions, would be to draw about how we are feeling. Here are some drawings that we did that express our emotions.

What a busy term we have had!

We spent four days at Nanga Bush Camp.  We had great fun and learnt so much about ourselves, our peers and what it takes to be good leaders.  Although we were exhausted by the end of the camp, we thought another night would have been great.
 
We have been learning to surf or body board over the last few weeks. It has been so exciting going to Trigg, learning about the ocean and trying our hand at surfing or body boarding.
 
In our classrooms, we have been setting ourselves some goals, making some very cool art, working hard in Maths and English.  In HASS we’ve been learning about the Westminster System, the Magna Carta and the different roles of the Federal, State/Territory and Local Governments.  Recognising safe and unsafe situations and feelings has been a key part of our Health lessons.
 
We hope to see everyone in something orange tomorrow to celebrate the cultural diversity here at St Anthony’s and the wider community.

We have had a busy five weeks exploring different parables and recognising that parables are simple stories used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels. We have attended a Friday parish mass, the Ash Wednesday service and last Friday we made the sacrament of Reconciliation with Fr Ben and Fr Vinnh, from John Paul II Parish. On Ash Wednesday we wrote down promises or our intentions for Lent and our prayer spaces reflect the season of Lent.

The Kindergarten classes have had a great start to the new school year. We have settled into our class groups and have already made many wonderful art pieces and participated in lots of activities. We have had fun getting to know each other, as well as the rules and expectations of Kindy. Currently, we are learning our numbers, shapes and colours in Numeracy, and syllables in Literacy. We are also exploring fairy tales in our integrated program. So far this term, we have been on a nature walk, made colour displays, created a class book and visited the school library. We are super excited to be able to take home new library books every week. It is fun playing with the library toys, too! We can’t wait to find out what our teachers have in store for us for the next few weeks!

In Religion, the Year 2s have been looking at how we are all different.  We have talked about different places we can pray.  We read, wrote and drew pictures of the bible story of 'Jesus and the Children'.  The Year 2s explored ways in which Jesus treated everyone as being special.

In Year 3, we are focusing on ways to be healthy and take care of the environment by growing some of our own food.  We are exploring what plants are best to grow in WA at this time of year, so that we can plant some vegetables in our school garden.  We are also looking to see if we have any space to grow a kitchen garden at home.  Next week, we will begin the March Munch challenge.  As part of this challenge we are striving to eat vegetables for Crunch and Sip.  Another key part of a healthy lifestyle is exercise, so we get out and do fitness a couple of times a week in addition to our Physical Education lessons.

Welcome to Year 6 Religious Education news.  This term we are learning about vocations and how our human vocation is to serve as “God’s fellow workers.“ Jesus teaches us, his followers, to live his Gospel by our words and actions.  The basic teachings of Jesus are summarised in the two Great Commandments of Jesus.
 

We are also learning about the Catechism of the Catholic Church.  The Catechism is divided into four sections, called pillars:

It’s been a busy start to the year!  The children have settled in well to their new classes and have made a good start at being part of the upper primary.  This week we have taken on the role as leaders of the school, while the  Year 6s have been away on camp.
 
At the end of Term 1 we will be visiting Mater Dei College to participate in The Whadjuk Gift.  This is day that celebrates indigenous culture.  Whadjuk are the Noongar people of the Western Australian South West region. We have been split up into nations and have been researching the landforms and animals that are native to that nation.  We have voted on a design for our t-shirt, that we will wear on the day.  Below are the winning designs.
 
 
We’ve also started the term revising and refining our narrative writing skills, concentrating on making the starts to our stories sizzle!!!

We have had plenty of fun in our early weeks of Year 1. Going to the library at lunch time has been a big highlight of the week as well as seeing our brothers and sisters during recess and lunch. We know where to line up after our breaks and we’re working extra hard at putting all of our belongings in the right places.  Most of all, we love seeing our friends after the long holidays!

In Pre-Primary, we have been learning that God made us unique and special. We learnt that each person is special in their own way and we are all given a special name. We collaged the first letter of our name and decorated our names with glitter.