St Therese’s School Cross Country Today our students from Prep to Year Six participated in our annual Cross Country. All the planets were in alignment with perfect weather, plenty of water, programs of the day all set, coffee van present, and the most important part was that the students were READY to RUN. Cross Country […]
Term 3, Week 10
St Mary’s Visit the STS Community Meeting There have been plenty of events occurring in the last week of term 3 that are worth a mention. We began the week with students reconnecting with their teachers, then moving into the week we have a transition program with St Mary’s College, then the Year Three to […]
Term 3, Week 9
Week 9 Year Ones invade the office Last week I had a few visitors from Year One. Being as cute as ever, they wanted to be a principal for five seconds by sitting in my chair. How could I refuse!! Whilst in the chair they noticed our lolly jar and of course perceived to engage […]
Term 3, Week 8
Science Week 8 Throughout the last two weeks our students engaged in one of the most exciting events on the school calendar- Science Week! Once again our students excelled in making posters highlighting their experiments from Lava lamps to volcanoes and much more. All the students who participated this year not only received acknowledgment via […]
Term 3, Week 7
Week 7 | Prep Writing Prep R has been focusing on character descriptions of the three little pigs. Their writing has exceeded all expectations, Mrs D’Andrea said their writing has “blown her away!” The students have identified the writing goals and have improved out of sight! Now that is the spirit of writing!
Term 3, Week 6
Week 6 | Prep Transition On Friday we welcomed 74 families and their children to school for the first week of Prep Transition to School! Under the planning of Covid-19, some of our new Prep students had the wonderful experience of life at school for one hour in the prep classrooms. Whilst our students engaged […]
Term 3, Week 5
Principal Visits to Year 6 The school Executive team consisting of Mrs Jackson, Mrs Burnett and myself visit classrooms four days a week talking to and listening to students about their learning. This week we spent some time focusing on our brilliant Year 6 students. The students were working on refining their knowledge and skills […]
Term 3, Week 4
Principal Visits Throughout the last four years, I have been constant in visiting students in classrooms. The weekly blogs over the years highlight many of my visits. However, recently, our Executive team have collaboratively developed a laser like focus on our student’s achievements. This precision strategy means that the Executive Leaders are in the classrooms […]
Term 3, Week 3
Principal Visits Around the School Our School has embraced an Italian philosophy of The Reggio Emilia. This approach to childhood education believes that children have many ways of learning and hence it is one of our goals to develop their passion for learning and curiosity that will last a lifetime. We engage this passion and […]
Term 3, Week 2
Year 5 FRACTIONS When it comes to teaching maths at school or home it’s fractions our kids and you as parents will probably struggle with most. With words like numerator, improper, vinculum, and others making their way into homework and school reports, sometimes even the number of terms relating to fractions for students can all […]
