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Welcome to Year 5 Religious Education News. 

This term began by building on what we already knew about the Sacrament of Confirmation.  We learnt about free will, symbols of Confirmation and a very catchy song to help us remember the Fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self control. 

Currently, we are leaning about prayer and how people grow and change in many ways.  Through prayer, scripture, song and some video clips, we are learning ways to build, sustain and strengthen our own relationships.  One letter St Paul wrote to the Romans is about how to show love for one another and we are trying our hardest to follow this good advice.

In Pre-Primary we have been studying books written by Julia Donaldson. She is a really amazing rhymer! Last week we read a book called “Sharing a Shell”. It taught us about the importance of sharing and being kind to those around us. We also had special visitors to our class – Hermit Crabs! We loved watching them play and were really good at sharing them between our classes.

On Friday 21^st May the Year 6 students attended a Confirmation Retreat to learn more about Confirmation. We met with a group of people from 24/7 Ministries that helped to teach us things about the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and what they mean. We also learned how we can spread Jesus’ message a long way just by talking to people about our faith. We also played a lot of fun games that made learning easy.
 
On Saturday and Sunday, many of the Year 6 students made their Confirmation where they strengthened the Gifts of the Holy Spirit that they received at Baptism. We are all very proud to now be full adult members of the Catholic Church. Thank you to our parents and all our teachers who have supported our faith journey over the years.

This term our Year 3 students participated in NAPLAN - The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy, which is a series of tests focused on basic skills that are administered annually to Australian students. We were extremely proud of our students as they entered the classroom each day with a positive attitude.
 
In Writing, we focused on revising both Narratives and Persuasive Writing. The students have been working on adding more detail to their writing and building on the foundations they have already learnt.
 
In Design and Technology, we have been developing our Microsoft Word Skills. The students have been learning how to create and save documents and are currently working on a ‘All About Me’ project.
 
In Religious Education we have been discussing the importance of prayer and the different ways people might go about praying as an individual and within a group. 
 
In Mathematics we have been looking at number partitioning. We have been using number lines to assist us to add and subtract numbers using our partitioning skills to make the addition and subtraction easier.
 
In Health we have had a focus in emotions. We have explored how all types of emotions are normal and that different emotions have different triggers and indicators. The students have put together their own ‘toolbox’ with a focus on what helps them to feel better when they aren’t feeling that great.

What an exciting time we’ve been having in Pre-Primary this term. We have been learning about “Making Jesus Real” and showing the Spirit of Jesus through our actions and our words. For example, being kind, helping others and including them in our games and using nice manners are ways that we follow in Jesus footsteps. 
 
We were blessed last week to have the Kindy students join us for our Liturgy, thanking God for all His creations. We have so much to be thankful for including our Mums! 
 
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Karen and Lauren

This year so far, we have been really busy.  We have participated in masses, liturgies and assemblies. Last term we organised a ‘Crazy Sock and Hair Day’ to raise money for Caritas. This week we ran a liturgy remembering the ANZACs. We are very excited that next week we will be able to run the Monday morning assembly in the undercover area and hand out the first of the Bronze, Silver and Gold St Anthony’s Way Awards.

Tomorrow morning the Kindy and Pre-Primary children will be participating in a Liturgy all about ‘Creation’. In Kindy, we have learnt a lot about God’s creations and we praise God for all the beautiful things he has made for us. We have also been talking about how we can ‘Make Jesus Real’ at home and here at school. This includes being kind, well-mannered and treating everyone with respect. We are trying hard in Kindy to be helpful and friendly when we are working or at play and making sure we use encouraging words and actions. We are trying to be just like our friend Jesus and be the best people that we can be!

To commence the 2021 school year, we gathered together for Ash Wednesday to mark the beginning of Lent and also had the opportunity to say thank you and farewell to Fr. Ben for his service to the Wanneroo community over the years. In class, the Year 4s have been learning about ‘Church’ and what it means to be part of community. We learnt that Jesus taught people about God and his love through parables or ‘stories’. Although these parables are simple stories about seeds, coins or sheep, they catch the reader's attention and invite us to a deeper truth about God’s love for us.