Celebrating 90 Years What a fabulous three days our celebration was! One of our parents summed up the celebration beautifully and I have included it below. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed and supported our 90th Anniversary. Thank you to everyone who has worked tirelessly for the last few (I’d say weeks but […]
Term 3, Week 8
Calanna Public Speaking Competition Last week I along with other staff from St Therese’s visit St Mary’s College to support our Year Five and Year Six students in the Annual Calanna Public Speaking Competition. What an amazing night of speeches at the Calanna Speaking Competition. All the St Therese’s students were excellent ambassadors for our […]
Term 3, Week 7
Year 5 Camp Last week I had the opportunity to visit the students and staff at Echo Creek Adventure Centre in Tully. The three day camp provided many opportunities for our staff and students to not only get to know each other outside the classroom but provided many wonderful experiences for our students to actively […]
Term 3, Week 6
2019 Opti-Minds At James Cook University This year our students once again participated in the annual Opti-minds at James Cook University. Mrs Porter and staff alongside our students are to be congratulated for their amazing efforts and achievements. This year our students participated in Language Literature Science and Engineering Our four teams represented St Therese’s […]
Term 3, Week 5
UNDER 8’S DAY A fantastic way to celebrate early childhood with all our community together. Thank you to Queensland Fire, Police, Ambulance, and our fabulous Child Care Centres, Preschools and Kindergarten centres surrounding Bentley Park and Edmonton. A big thank you to all our teachers, school officers, parents, and Mrs Jackson and Mrs Chester for […]
Term 3, Week 4
Improper Fractions with Year 6 My visit this week took me to Year 6 who were engaging in Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions! It has been a while since I taught the relationships between mixed numbers and improper fractions and thought it might be the same for parents too. So here is a simple explanation […]
Term 3, Week 3
Principals Visit, Week 3 Welcome to Catholic Education Week 2019 This week our students as part of the 149,000 students in Catholic Schools engaged in many activities as we partnered together under the theme of Catholic Education Week’s “Many Voices One Spirit.” Celebrations throughout the week included our school community liturgy on Wednesday morning concluding […]
Term 3, Week 2
Planting Sunflowers in Year 3 Recently our Year Three students and teachers along with Mr Justin Worsnop (our fantastic Grounds person and teacher) planted some sunflower seeds. The aims of the exercise are; identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers. explore the requirements of plants for […]
Term 3, Week 1
Engaging in Physical Education Program During the week, I visited our students engaging in their weekly physical education program in our school hall. There are many powerful and broad benefits that our students gain from our quality physical education program with Mr Irvine. At St Therese’s we believe in actively inspiring our students to be […]
Term 2, Week 9
Year 6 Camp Last week I returned from my stay over at Camp Tinaroo! From all accounts the students have had the best time ever! Trying to figure out the highlights of the camp was challenging as the camp food seemed to “trump” everything. Day one saw the student engage in a four-hour hike through […]
