Volume and Capacity

Volume and Capacity

Year 6 really rolled with it when learning about volume, creating 1m³ cubes using nothing but newspaper! Armed with 12 rolled up paper rods and 12 joiners, they crafted 3D cubes like pros. Who knew newspapers had such volume? As the students measured and built, they...
Sacrament of Confirmation

Sacrament of Confirmation

Congratulations to all our candidates on receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation! Today, many of our students were fully initiated into the Catholic Church as they received the seven gifts and nine fruits of the Holy Spirit. They were reminded to use these gifts...
Confirmation Retreat

Confirmation Retreat

Students from our Year 6 class joined together with students from our afterschool classes for a day of retreat and reflection as they prepared to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation later in Term 3. The retreat was led by Sr Maree from the Mary MacKillop Centre in...
Paper Skeletons

Paper Skeletons

In Year 6, the students had a skele-ton of fun creating paper skeletons! They whipped out the tape measure, transforming classmates into life-size paper strips. It was no “small” task, but they used their powers of ten to convert centimetres to millimetres...
Year 6 Camp

Year 6 Camp

Students took part in a 3 Day camp in the beautiful surrounds of Nanga Bush Camp in Dwellingup. The camp begun with a liturgy centred around ‘talents and gifts’ which linked in well with the classes RE Unit on ‘Vocations’. This theme was then linked in with...
Talk for Writing

Talk for Writing

This term our Year 5 and Year 6 classes are focussing on the narrative genre during our whole school ‘Talk for Writing’ program. The model text being used is titled ‘The Red Eye’ and is about finding a lost map. Many maps have clues in which to follow, usually leading...
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