On 20th May, Louie Vassalo from Featherdale Wildlife Park came to our school to teach our Year 1 students about animal transportation.
Louie and his animals were a huge hit with our students.
His teaching supports and enhances the work we are doing in the classroom in HSIE, where students will be naming transport vehicles which could take an animal to a zoo in Japan and designing an enclosure to transport the animal safely.
We thank Louie for helping us provide engaging learning for our students.
Holy Spirit Primary St Clair
www.hsstclair.catholic.edu.au
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13 Mar 2026
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Year 6 have been learning to use mono-printing techniques to create a unique artwork that explores the "likeness" of an object through light ๐ and shadow. ๐ They are experimenting with the use of ink to create their artworks. Students then experimented with stencil printmaking. Some created their own stencils while others used commercial stencils. They used sponges or paintbrushes to apply the paint using the stipple technique. They are enjoying learning new skills to create artworks.
12 Mar 2026
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๐ก Year 4 Persuasive Writing in Action! โ๏ธ Our Year 4 students have been learning how to use precise vocabulary to persuade and engage their audience. As part of their persuasive writing unit, students stepped into the role of real estate agents and created texts to โsellโ homes using descriptive and powerful language. It was wonderful to see their creativity shine as they described spacious living areas, breathtaking views, and beautifully designed homes. Well done, Year 4, for using your words so effectively to persuade and inform! ๐๐
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13 Mar 2026
From Facebook
Year 6 have been learning to use mono-printing techniques to create a unique artwork that explores the "likeness" of an object through light ๐ and shadow. ๐ They are experimenting with the use of ink to create their artworks. Students then experimented with stencil printmaking. Some created their own stencils while others used commercial stencils. They used sponges or paintbrushes to apply the paint using the stipple technique. They are enjoying learning new skills to create artworks.
12 Mar 2026
From Facebook
๐ก Year 4 Persuasive Writing in Action! โ๏ธ Our Year 4 students have been learning how to use precise vocabulary to persuade and engage their audience. As part of their persuasive writing unit, students stepped into the role of real estate agents and created texts to โsellโ homes using descriptive and powerful language. It was wonderful to see their creativity shine as they described spacious living areas, breathtaking views, and beautifully designed homes. Well done, Year 4, for using your words so effectively to persuade and inform! ๐๐
11 Mar 2026
From Facebook
This week, our Year 3 students continued work on persuasive texts. For this task, students focused on the opinion: "Year 3 should be allowed to go on an excursion EVERY term". Students sorted reasons that connected to different arguments and justified their thinking. There was lots of rich discussion, collaboration and sharing of ideas as they explained their choices. ๐๐ฌ
10 Mar 2026
From Facebook
Today our Year 5 students attended Parish Mass, celebrated by Father Peter. During the Mass, Father Peter reflected on the Gospel of Matthew, reminding us that God is merciful and ready to forgive. We were encouraged to always be ready to forgive those who hurt us. ๐ He quoted the gospel stating we must forgive one another 'not 7 times but 77 times'. Thank you to all of the families who were able to join us in prayer at mass today. ๐
10 Mar 2026
NAPLAN: What Parents Really Need to Know
Each March, families across Australia hear a lot about NAPLAN. The National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy. But what does it really mean for your child in 2026?
09 Mar 2026
From Facebook
๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ! ๐จ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ! ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐โจ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐น๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณโฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต! ๐ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fFup8zbQUPSabsuRnzcbQI8Ni9VqKT61?usp=drive_link
07 Mar 2026
From Facebook
A huge thank you to all the families who joined us for our Open Classroom this week! It was such a joy to see our Year 2 students so proudly sharing their learning and showing how they "Belong to Something Greater." Your presence in the classroom reminds our students that they are part of a big, supportive faith community. Thank you for partnering with us to help our little lights shine so brightly. ๐ Together, we belong. Together, we shine. ๐ #CatholicSchoolsWeek"
06 Mar 2026
From Facebook
Our Year 6 students have been exploring the geometric properties of polygons They have been investigating both line and rotational symmetry. They have also engaged in complex spatial reasoning tasks, investigating how shapes can be dissected and reconstructed into new forms based on their properties. Can you transform a rectangle into a parallelogram? It was wonderful to witness the students sharing these sophisticated problem-solving tasks with their parents this week.
06 Mar 2026
From Facebook
Year 1 has been buzzing with activity this week! ๐ Belong to Something Greater ๐งฉ๐ Our students have been working incredibly hard on their reading and artistic skills. Initial Literacy: We are becoming word detectives! The children have been mastering those ""Tricky Words"" and building their reading confidence. ๐ Art: Our ""Belonging"" project is in full swing. Weโve been exploring what it means to be part of a community and expressing those feelings through some beautiful artwork. ๐จ We are so proud of the progress our Year 1 learners are making! โจ We would love you to join us at 11:40am today for religion.
05 Mar 2026
From Facebook
What an incredible day at the track! Our 2026 School Cross Country was a showcase of pure determination, school pride, and some of the fiercest competition weโve seen in years. From the first whistle to the final sprint, our students gave it their absolute all. Whether they were aiming for a personal best or simply pushing through to cross that finish line, the dedication on display was nothing short of inspiring. Congratulations to all our competitors. Your resilience and energy made the day a resounding success. We are so proud of every student who stepped up to the starting line today! Stay tuned for the official results and a gallery of photos from the event in this weeks newsletter. #CrossCountry2026 #SchoolSpirit #StudentSuccess #GritAndGrace"
04 Mar 2026
From Facebook
Belong to Something Greater ๐งฉ๐ Yesterday afternoon, Year 4 had so much fun with a special craft activity! Each student created a jigsaw piece about themselves, and together we built a big image showing that we are all different, but we belong to something greater โ our Holy Spirit community. We especially loved having parents join in and be part of the funโwhat a wonderful way to celebrate community and connection!
04 Mar 2026
From Facebook
โจ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ค๐ณ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ค๐ ๐ณ๐ค๐ฑ โจ ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐พ๐พ๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐พ ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐พ ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐ฟ๐ ๐พ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ ๐ก๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐พ๐, ๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ป๐พ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ ๐บ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐. ๐ค๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐บ ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ผ๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐๐พ๐๐, ๐ฟ๐๐๐พ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐, ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐พ๐, ๐๐พ ๐ป๐พ๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ณ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐พ๐, ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐พ. ๐ #๐ข๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐พ๐พ๐