Junior School Update

Kindergarten C

The children in Kindergarten C have been having an amazing time learning through play both inside and outside our classroom. Every day it is wonderful to see the children grow in confidence and ability, strengthen their friendships, try new activities and discover new things.

Last week we had a very special visit from the Easter Bunny who came to deliver some chocolate eggs. We cooked some Easter goodies with Mrs D’Andrea, made Easter baskets with Mrs Gorton and learnt all about Jesus with Mrs Borg. This week we have been busy going on treasure hunts, practising our Cross Country running and strengthening our fine motor muscles.

As you can see from our smiling faces, Kindergarten is the best place to be at Holy Cross College!

Mrs Borg

Kindergarten C Teacher

Year Six

Last week was Easter, so we have been learning about Holy Week. The first day of Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, which was two Sundays ago, then we have Holy Thursday, which was last Thursday and finally we have Good Friday and EASTER SUNDAY, our favourite time of the year. So courtesy of Holy Week, we have been making magazine, movies and plays using apps from our iPads, that tell this story.

Over the past few weeks, we have been learning about triangular and square numbers. Square numbers are created when one number is multiplied by itself, like 4 times 4 is 16. Triangular numbers form a triangular shape. This week we have started to learn about negative numbers and where we can see them in everyday situations. For example, you find negative numbers in lifts when you want to go down to the carpark.

We have also have been making our own adventure stories in English. We are using Keynote in groups, which was a bit of a challenge but we have made it!  We are using links to move the story from one slide to another. We are nearly done, we just have some editing to do. When we’re finished we will be posting them online for everyone to see.

Last week some students chose to run for Student Leader roles. All the speeches were fantastic, we haven't found out the results yet, but everyone did really well. Some of us were really scared, but they did it anyway that's what makes a good student leader.

Jordan and Ryleigh

Year 6 Students

Year Four

Wow! We have had some very busy, yet exciting times in Year Four over the past few weeks!

We were very excited to showcase our learning, singing and dancing at our assembly on Tuesday, 14 March in the Learning Resource Centre. We sang our version of ‘Lean on Me,’ which is something we do each Tuesday as part of our morning prayer. Sienna showcased her fantastic video, which demonstrated how to read five-digit numbers. Erin, Grace and Jasmine shared their wonderful narrative hooks, which they worked on during our writing lessons.

We have started to look at chance and probability during our Mathematics lessons. Over the past week, we have explored the many words and phrases which can be used to describe the likelihood of an event occurring. As a class, we enjoyed creating a continuum in the learning space at the back of our classroom.

It was mentioned in our last post that we had been working on narrative writing. We have since moved on to writing persuasive texts, which we have found both interesting and exciting! Students in Year Four worked in pairs to develop a list of reasons both in favour of and against having a long weekend, every weekend. We look forward to sharing our writing with you in our next blog post!

Miss George and Team 32