Go NOAH! This year we celebrated the Arts with our school musical “Go Noah”. I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the staff, parents and not to forget the students for putting on an amazing production! The Arts is an important aspect of our curriculum at St Therese’s. The benefits for the students […]
Term 4, Week 4
Behaviour Sprints Throughout the term, the school has been explicit in teaching and modelling expected behaviours that we all want to see in our students. The school has a Focus Group which is working through a simple step process that supports everyone’s expectations at St Therese’s School. To establish our expectations, the focus group has […]
Term 4, Week 3
Prep Buddies During my walk through of the school, I came across some prep students and their Year Five Buddies in the library. In hearing all the chatter and laughter between the students, I decided to take a closer look at what was happening. WOW! Our Year Five buddies were teamed up with the prep […]
Term 4, Week 2
Students Learning using ‘Spheros’! This week our clever Year Five students used sphero Robots to teach computer science. As you can see from the photos the students are finding Sphero to be incredibly versatile and easily integrated into a variety of learning initiatives such as personalized learning and project-based learning. The students are using the […]
Term 4, Week 1
Celebrating St Therese’s Day This week our school community gathered to celebrate our patron Saint, Therese’s of Lisieux, who was a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. St Therese’s was born in 1873 and entered the convent at the age of fifteen so that she could become closer to God. She believed that a heart is […]
Term 3, Week 9
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 […]
