Thursday 27 August 2015

Addison takes over

Finals speech 2015

What a great event this was and we had St peters teachers come and judge the competition.
As always teachers and parents were blown away by the confidence and calibre of our students and Keira will represent St Dominic's this Friday at the APPA speech finals. 
Good Luck Keira.

Principal for the Day Mrs Vanessa!

Vanessa had a great day doing all the things that principals do. She drank milo,read the paper and gave out stickers!

Thanks Vanessa for your help on Friday.

Prayers in Room 9

Prayer at school is a very important part of the children’s day.
As a rule we prayer at the start of the day, before we eat and then at the end of the day. Children love to lead this and teachers build up a great knowledge and understanding of the children and their needs through listening to their prayers at this time. Often children will express and share very important information about how they see the world or what is happening in their personal lives and they find it conforming to do this in the classroom environment.

Prayer is simply being with God and having a conversation. Children need to know early in their lives that they can talk to God just like they talk to Mum, Dad, or a best friend. They need to understand that God is there and attentive to what they have to say. Instead of putting them on hold or playing a recorded message, God is always willing to listen - whether they are on the playground, at a friend's house, in the car, or at church.

Wednesday 26 August 2015

ESOL STAR at St Dominics

Some excellent learning here and ASLAM enjoyed sharing this with the office staff!

Tuesday 18 August 2015

Room 1 super stars

Liam,Daniel,Cowan and Molly all shared their great writing.What great stories from our New entrant SUPER STARS.

Saturday 15 August 2015

Bollywood disco 2015.

https://youtu.be/z-NKDtD_9M8
We had a great evening that was supported by loads of parents. The India and Sri Lankan community really put on a great show for the whole school community. Our PTA supported the event by helping sell tickets and sell goodies for the children.

Thursday 6 August 2015

Chinese family meeting

Thanks everyone for the lovely dinner and the great discussion. Great to be part of this super group of parents!

Can't wait for the dumpling cooking demonstration.


Mosaic tiles for St Dominics Day

We used the symbols of St Dominic's life to create tiles that will go into the outside prayer space we are making.

St Dominics day staff prayer

Tuesday 4 August 2015

Thanks St Mary's for your help.

Yesterday we had some fantastic help around the school. 10 St Mary's girls came and helped out in classrooms. This is part of their service back to Catholic Primary Schools and we thank them for this.

After yesterday in Room 2, I doubt if any take up TEACHING however great fun was had by all.

New learners

Brand new writers and they love it!

Monday 3 August 2015

Buddy reading

MAking sure that our older students take time to read with our little ones is very important. 
This happens every Tuesday after morning tea.