ALL SAINTS/ALL SOULS DAY

In the calendar of the Catholic Church, every day has a saint’s Feast Day, often more than one. All Saints Day commemorates all the saints, as a sort of catch-up for any failures to properly worship any saint on his or her given day. Year 5 recognised this significant feast at a whole school liturgy held yesterday at the morning assembly on Tuesday, 1 November. We thank the Year 5 teachers and students for leading us in prayer to commemorate this special feast day.

On All Souls Day we keep alive the memories of all those people who have passed away. We celebrate this special feast today, 2 November.

TERM 4 CLASS CAPTAINS

Congratulations to our Term 4 Class Captains who received their badges and were acknowledged at our morning assembly on Monday, 24 October. We thank our Class Captains in anticipation of their leadership for the remainder of this year. There names are listed below:

CDF PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION

On Thursday, 20 October, Anna Ouhan 5R and Nash Noche 6B were selected to represent St John’s, Campbelltown, at the North West CDF Regional Public Speaking Competition. The competition was held at St Paul’s, Camden. 

Both Anna and Nash represented our school extremely well. They delivered their speeches with great skill, demonstrating sound knowledge of their chosen topics. Anna presented with excellent eye contact with the audience and a clear voice. Nash was a crowd favourite with the use of humour that the audience easily related to.

Unfortunately they were not selected to progress to the CDF Diocesan Public Speaking Competition. However they certainly were not far from moving on to the next stage with their wonderful presentations. We hope that they continue to work on their gift of public speaking in the future.

 

  

YEAR 5 CAMP

On Thursday, 27 October and Friday, 28 October, our Year 5 students went to the Wedderburn Christian Camp. On the whole the students were excellent, participating in a range of experiences they would rarely have the opportunity to do. It was an opportunity to demonstrate their leadership skills and work collaboratively with others. There were lots of adventures to be had such as abseiling, rock wall climbing, the giant swing, water skirmish and the glider possum. It was challenge by choice and most children took the opportunity to overcome any concerns or worries that they had about the activity. We congratulate them on their achievements.

Thank you to the Year 5 Teachers for all the time planning and coordinating the camp for our students. Thanks also to Mrs Bishop, Miss Duncan, Mrs Noy and Mr Rolfe for their support in attending one or both days.