Thank you to our Year 6 Leaders for presenting Liturgy to the school on All Souls’ Day. All Souls’ Day is a solemn day of remembrance of our family members, friends and loved ones who have passed away. We also pray for those souls in purgatory and those souls who may have no-one to pray for them. During the month of November we continue to ask God to grant them eternal rest.

During the Liturgy the children placed their hearts in the prayer space to remember those family members and friends who have passed. The students participated with great reverence and respect.

In Religion lessons, Years 2 and 3 have been investigating the concept of ‘Images’. This week they have been looking at how God is portrayed in the Old Testament. They have been using the bibles that the Community Council purchased to locate a variety of verses from the books of Genesis, Isaiah and Psalms that portray God as the Creator, Potter, Shepherd and his strength and power through the actions of wind and fire.

This week the children enjoyed creating a collage to represent God as Creator. They read about creation and studied the verse ‘God looked at everything he had made, and he was pleased.’ (Genesis 1:31). The children used natural materials to represent God’s marvellous creations.

- Liz Murray

Religious Education Co-ordinator

Yr 5/6 students will participate in the "My Body My Life" workshop on 9th November.  Sessions will be run by the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Marriage, Family and Relationships team.  'My Body My Life' is the Archdiocesan program approved by Catholic Education for Stage 3 Puberty and Personal Development education.

A parent letter was sent home with the students in Yr 5/6 last week.  Please ensure you have watched the online content before 9th November.

One of the many benefits of multi-stage classes is peer learning. The 4/5/6 class are regularly participating in peer learning experiences, for instance exploring the concept of fairness in Religion or learning new vocabulary in Literacy. Sometimes students can choose their own groups, sometimes they are chosen randomly and other times Mrs Dean will choose the groups. In all situations, the students are also working on their cooperation and teamwork skills.

The 4/5/6 class are thoroughly enjoying their tennis lessons with Birdie. Mrs Dean is extremely proud of their behaviour as they are showing great sportsmanship by always being respectful to Birdie and each other, encouraging each other, listening to the feedback they are given and trying their best.

Yr 4/5/6 have been doing some amazing artworks recently. Throughout the year they have been learning about different elements of art, and recently they learnt about space and the techniques artists use to make their artworks look three-dimensional through the size and placement of objects.

In Science, we have begun learning about natural disasters so they have also recreated Hokusai’s famous artwork, The Great Wave.

Congratulations to St Joseph's students who received Student of the Week and Principal Awards in week 4.

Student of the Week:  Tessa, Christopher, Alice, Cody, Mason & Fred.

Principal of the Week:  Reuben, Ollie & Arthur.

Due to requests from some of our schools we have decided to extend the competition. The new closing date is Sunday 7 November 2021 at midnight. 

Everything students and teachers need to know about entering is available on our website at www.snowyhydro.com.au/sciencecomp/ if you have any questions please reach out.  We have some fantastic prizes up for grabs for both students and their class. Prizes include passes to Taronga Zoo, virtual meet and greets with Red Energy sporting ambassadors, or astrophysicist and Snowy 2.0 tunnel boring machine namesake and STEM prize packs.   Any questions please email science@snowyhydro.com.au