Newsletter Thursday 7th March, 2024

We the staff of St Patrick’s acknowledge the traditional owners, the Kulin nations, of the land on which we learn and play.

We pay respects to the Aboriginal Elders, past and present, who are our teachers.

We thank them for taking care of children and country for countless generations.

 

Luke 11:14-23

Know that the kingdom of God has overtaken you

Jesus was casting out a devil and it was dumb; but when the devil had gone out the dumb man spoke, and the people were amazed. But some of them said, ‘It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he casts out devils.’ Others asked him, as a test, for a sign from heaven; but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin, and a household divided against itself collapses. So too with Satan: if he is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? – since you assert that it is through Beelzebul that I cast out devils. Now if it is through Beelzebul that I cast out devils, through whom do your own experts cast them out? Let them be your judges then. But if it is through the finger of God that I cast out devils, then know that the kingdom of God has overtaken you. So long as a strong man fully armed guards his own palace, his goods are undisturbed; but when someone stronger than he is attacks and defeats him, the stronger man takes away all the weapons he relied on and shares out his spoil.
‘He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me scatters.’

  

Newsletter 1AF

We would like to present to you some amazing work we did throughout the term. The students have settled in well to their new class and made many new friends.

Religion- Responding to God’s love

Students listened to the bible story, The Parable of the Sower. Following this they ‘planted’ some green beans in cotton wool and placed it inside a zip lock attached to a sprout house. The plants had to have sunlight and water the same way we need God’s love and care.

Literacy- Rhyming

Students made dust bunny puppets and as a whole class they explored rhyming words and created meaningful sentences.

Maths- Measuring length 

For Maths we learnt about measuring length. The students used informal units such as unifix cubes, ribbons, and dinosaur footprints to measure the length of items and recognise and order the shortest, short, long and longest items.

Measuring length using dinosaur footprints. We had so much fun!!

Measuring our friends' body parts with a ribbon.

Using unifix cubes to measure the length of our work books, table, tissue box and shoe size.

Learning to Learn Unit- Cooperation

The students learnt many ways to show cooperation at school. They completed a group task where they had to create a chain using one piece of A4 paper. Students learnt how to work in a team, listen to others, follow directions and make decisions. They showed fantastic cooperative skills and worked really well together.

Learning to Learn- Being a cooperative team member

Students built a bridge between two tables within 5 minutes using unifix cubes. They worked in small groups/teams. Once they built the bridge, one member of the team will drive a toy car across the bridge to check the strength of their bridge.