Reading Achievements-

Congratulations to Matilda for achieving 75 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Soliana for achieving 175 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Rubi for achieving 200 nights of reading! Well done!

Word Study-

Technologies- The children did a wonderful job collaborating to make a Christmas float. On Monday, we paraded the floats to whole school. The students were so proud of their creations and enjoyed showing them off.

Science- Creating a Venn diagram about push and pull toys.

Nature Play Incursion:

Have a great weekend and we will see you on Monday.

Paul and Michelle

A great week of learning in RPN and RMR 🙂

Reading Achievements-

Congratulations to Allison for completing 150 nights of reading! Well done!

Word Study-

Mathematics- This week we have been learning about money. For this task the students had to create a piggy bank with money in it. They had to write how much money they have in their piggy bank:

Book Making- Creating and Sharing.

Art- This week, we spoke about perspective used in art work. Each child created a cat, choosing their own perspective.

Have a great weekend and we will see you on Monday.

Paul and Michelle

Reading Achievements-

Congratulations to Leonardo for achieving 100 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Soliana for achieving 150 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Rubi for achieving 175 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Ayush for achieving 200 nights of reading! Well done!

Word Study- Displaying independent writing skills:

Mathematics- This week the students have been making their own patterns. They even labelled their patterns with letters:

Art- In art, the students designed their own object on paper and made it using play dough:

Science- Sliding:

Technologies- We designed our robots, which we will make next week:

Have a great weekend and we will see you Monday.

Paul and Michelle

Welcome back to Term 4. The students were very excited to see each other and talked lots about what they did in the holidays.

Reading achievements-

Congratulations to Ayush for completing 175 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Eva for completing 200 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Hainbal for completing 200 nights of reading! Well done!

Reading-

Word Study- This term, we will be encouraging the students to continue to be brave spellers during our word study time. We have seen such growth with the students’ writing skills since the start of the year.

Bookmaking- This week, we started the topic, “Stories From Our Lives”. We had discussions about activities the students did in the holidays, and activities they have done in the past. This is what they could base their books on.

Story Play- The students being creative and communicating through story play.

Mathematics-This task was a problem solving task. The students had to create their own zoo with animals with legs that added up to 20 in total. Here is the students’ learning:

Science- This term, we are looking at the concept of forces and the way objects move. Today, we talked about how some objects can move by rolling. We created a class book about objects that can roll.

Technologies-Here are the designs of the superheroes that the students will be making next week.

Have a great weekend and we hope to see you at the Spring Fair on Sunday!

Paul and Michelle

Hello All,

This weekend, Holy Family Catholic School will present the 2022 Spring Fair.

This is the 20th Spring Fair, subsuming our 40th Birthday as a school having been established in 1981.

When you come to the Fair you will see parents, staff and leaders working side by side. You will see the diversity and talent of our people in action.

The purpose of the Spring Fair is to demonstrate to our children that our community can achieve anything it puts its mind to. Our children are capable and talented. 

FOOD, RIDES, STALLS, PERFORMANCES, AUCTIONS & THE FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZA will all FEATURE IN THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE DAY.

If YOU can spare an hour to help set up come to the school on Saturday morning at 9.30am.

Bring the kids!

Free BBQ at 11am.

If you can help on Sunday simply turn up to a stall at any time between 11am and 8pm and offer to help.

We would love to see you there!

Paul and Michelle

Reading Achievements-

Congratulations to Ceara for completing 200 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Sofia for completing 200 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Leonardo for completing 75 nights of reading! Well done!

Reading- Every morning, the students come in and read. We have seen so much growth with the students’ reading skills throughout the year.

Word Study- It is wonderful to see the students being brave spellers during our word study time.

Book making- The students continued to create information books. We spoke about adding labels to their pictures this week.

Mathematics- The students made their own clocks. We explored o’clock times, where the long (minute) hand is pointing at the 12.

Mathematics- The students are developing their addition skills. They rolled the dice and recorded the addition sums in their books. We demonstrated the skill of counting on when adding.

Science- This week we discussed the different clothes people wear on hot summer days and cold winter days.

Have a great weekend and we will see you on Monday.

Paul and Michelle

Reading Achievements-

Congratulations to Kimying for achieving 50 nights of reading ! Well done!

Congratulations to Annika for achieving 150 nights of reading ! Well done!

Word Study- The students developing their sentence writing:

Mathematics- This week we have been looking at the days of the week, which days are the weekdays and which days are the weekend. For this activity, the students drew things that they do on the different weekdays.

Book Making- The students creating information books:

Science- In science we spoke about windy days. The students made some wind chimes in the MUDLA.

Technologies- For technologies we continued our learning about food. The students surveyed the class about their favourite foods. They then graphed the results.

Moon Lantern Festival Assembly- Today we celebrated the Moon Lantern Festival. Congratulations to Sofia and Elden who received prizes for their lanterns.

Have a great weekend and we will see you on Monday.

Paul and Michelle.

Reading Achievements-

Congratulations to Matilda for completing 50 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Ojasvi for completing 75 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Anthony for completing 75 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Riya for completing 125 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Sofia for completing 175 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Ceara for completing 175 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Kabir for completing 200 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Hudson for completing 200 nights of reading! Well done!

Word Study- The students are continuing to be brave spellers and are ‘having a go’ at writing their own sentences.

Book making- During book making sessions the students have been writing books that are organised in a particular way. Some books we have been looking at are organised  by colour, by number and by the alphabet.

Science- We read the story, “Big Rain Coming”. Afterwards we shared what we like to do when it is raining. The students then created their own picture of themselves doing what they like to do in the rain.

Book Week Dress Up- The students had so much fun being their characters. They illustrated themselves in their costumes.

Have a great weekend and we will see you on Monday.

Paul and Michelle

******* Reminder: Monday, 15th August, is a Pupil Free Day. *********

What a week in RPN and RMR!

Reading achievements-

Congratulations to Hudson who achieved 175 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Riley who achieved 150 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Soliana who achieved 100 nights of reading! Well done!

Congratulations to Leonardo who achieved 50 nights of reading! Well done!

Word Study- This term, during word study time, the students have used their character strengths of bravery and creativity, to be a brave speller and create their own sentences.

Mathematics-This week, the students have been learning about length in measurement. For this activity, the students had to compare strips of paper and classify them as shorter and longer.

Health- During health, the students discussed their families. They realised that all families are different and unique. The students drew themselves doing an activity that they love doing, with their family.

Science- This week in science, we spoke about different weather symbols that are used to help show what the weather will be like each day. We looked at the weather forecast on the Internet. The students then created their own weather symbols.

HASS- We read and listened to the Dreaming story of ‘Thukeri’, as told by the Ngarrindjerri people. The students created their own thukeri, using oil pastels.

RMR Buddy Assembly-Well done to RMR and 5/6 NA for a wonderful assembly. Here are photos of the presentation:

Have a great weekend and we will see you on Tuesday.

Paul and Michelle