Confirmation

The preparation for Confirmation has begun. The candidates will attend lessons for four (4) weeks with their parents. The practice will be held on Monday 1 July at 3.30pm in the church. As Bishop Brian will be in Rome at this time, Vicar General Fr Bernard Gordon will celebrate the Sacrament at 7.30pm on Tuesday 2 July. A big thank you to Mrs Briscoe, Sr Anna and Mrs Eady for volunteering to lead the lessons.

School Review and Improvement

As part of our Catholic Life and Mission for School Review and Improvement, and as Religous Education Coordinator, I have set a goal to be visible in the classrooms and make sure that the students are aware of my role.

In the last couple of weeks I have visited the classrooms to conduct Religious Education Sense lessons. As teachers, we revise content learnt and assess the prior knowledge of students before they begin a unit. This is now done in most Key Learning Areas, but particularly Maths.

It was great to interact with the students and it is a great privilege to work with our students who have such a high level of understanding of our Catholic faith. In K-3 I used Holy Week pictures and invited the students to sequence the events and give facts for each day. In Year 4 we revised and sequenced the Stations of the Cross.  Year 4 had presented them at the end of last term before Easter. In Year 5 I asked the students to sort and sequence the Mysteries of the Rosary. This was quite a challenge and I will follow up with Rosary lessons for all grades in October- the month of the Rosary. In Year 6, we had a quick quiz on the Bible and their knowledge was excellent.

The great knowledge our students have is a credit to our dedicated teachers and the support of our parents and Fr Martin.

Mrs Madaschi
Religious Education Coordintor