Catholic Life and Reflection
What Teachers are Learning About
Myself, Mrs OG and Mrs Stevenson all participated in the final CECG Collaborative RE Planning groups for this year. We worked on the first unit for 2025. By the end of next year almost every unit of work will have a draft set of activities and assessments for teachers to work from, creating a rich curriculum for Religious Education across the school.
I am excited to continue to work on this project in 2025.
What Students are Learning About
Kindergarten are rehearsing for their much anticipated Kinder Nativity. This is an
opportunity for them to deepen their understanding of the gospel of Luke and Matthew. The songs help them to engage in the story and often the older students join in. Of course, they are always so cute to watch and their costumes are lovely but it is important to remember that it is also a signficant liturgical experience from them.
Watch this space for further updates.
Catholic Life and Reflection
I have been blessed with a student teacher in Year 6 for most of this term. She is from Queensland so finding the cooler weather a little challenging and can often be seen on the playground with a fur lined coat on!
Having a student teacher is always a growing experience for everyone involved. Obviously for the teacher themselves but also the students and myself.
For the student teacher it is an intense experience to be faced with a group of students in a school you don’t know. Having to step up almost straight away and be “in charge” during a lesson. How do I manage behaviour? What do I need to prepare?
The students benefit from having to listen and learn from someone else. Accepting that things might be done differently for a little while. In Year 6 this a great stepping stone for high school.
For me it is always a reminder of what I need to learn next. What is it that I need to improve? What did I need to know as an early career teacher? How do I guide an aspiring teacher to be who they are in the classroom and bring their own unique gifts and talents?
Jesus, the ultimate teacher, knew about listening and learning from others. He also understood about the uniqueness of each of us and that teaching is a gift from God.
Ephesians 4:11-13
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.
Ms Byrne has reminded me so much of myself as a young teacher. Brilliant with relationships and just happy to be in the classroom. She has been a blessing to our community this term and we wish her well in her future classrooms.
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St Vincent de Paul Christmas 2024
As always we are asked to donate non-perishable food items to our local chapter of St Vincent de Paul. Please send the items to your child's classroom. These donations have a signficant impact on those familes that struggle during this time of the year. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Non-perishable food donation suggestions
- Jar of Jam/peanut butter/honey
- Jar of coffee/packet of teabags
- Large packet of chips
- Packet of shortbread biscuits
- Jar of pasta sauce or similar
- Packet of Pasta or Rice
- Packet of Savoury Biscuits
- Box of Christmas Bon Bons
- Packet of Lollies
- Cans of Spaghetti or baked beans
- Small Christmas pudding
- Carton of custard (long life)
- Nuts (jar or packet)
- Tin of Milo
- Bottle of Cordial or Fruit Juice
- Tomato or BBQ sauce
- Chocolates (bar, bag or jar)
- Can of Fruit
- Box of Breakfast Cereal
- Packet of sweet biscuits
God bless,
Stephanie Stewart