To enhance student learning in Geography this term, Year 1 went to Penrith Lakes. There they were shown wet and dry environments.
This day was a fun filled, hands on experience. Children were able to sort living things into categories, use microscopes to examine their features, dip net and identify things in each environment. After lunch children reflected on their learning and saw a puppet show.
As always Compass Bus Tours supplied a bus with seat belts and Tom the bus driver joined in all the fun and drove safely to the venue and school.
Miss Laura and Mr Tall (teachers at the Lakes) led the students on an enriching learning experience. They commented on our children’s great knowledge about environments and their good behaviour.
The Year 1 Teaching Team acknowledges the expertise of Compass and Penrith Lakes and we thank them for the wonderful learning our students experienced.
Holy Spirit Primary St Clair
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26 Feb 2026
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In Maths, our Year 5 students have been taking their learning beyond the classroom to focus on the practical application of measurement. ๐ Their mission was to select the most effective tool to measure different parts of our playground. Students had to choose between a 30cm ruler, a trundle wheel, a metre ruler, and a measuring tape and then justify exactly why that tool was the right one for the job! Despite the rain, ๐ง๏ธ they had a fantastic time putting their skills to the test in the great outdoors.
25 Feb 2026
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The students in year 6 have been working hard during writing. โ๏ธ They are learning how to write an imaginative text that clearly communicates their ideas by weaving together simple, compound, and complex sentences to create a sophisticated narrative rhythm. By integrating adjectival phrases to define nouns and detailed adverbial phrases to explain precisely when, where, or how actions unfold, they paint vivid pictures for their audience. These young authors use precise vocabulary to capture the reader's imagination, always finishing their process by rereading and editing their work to ensure clear cohesion. Well done Year 6!
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26 Feb 2026
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In Maths, our Year 5 students have been taking their learning beyond the classroom to focus on the practical application of measurement. ๐ Their mission was to select the most effective tool to measure different parts of our playground. Students had to choose between a 30cm ruler, a trundle wheel, a metre ruler, and a measuring tape and then justify exactly why that tool was the right one for the job! Despite the rain, ๐ง๏ธ they had a fantastic time putting their skills to the test in the great outdoors.
25 Feb 2026
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The students in year 6 have been working hard during writing. โ๏ธ They are learning how to write an imaginative text that clearly communicates their ideas by weaving together simple, compound, and complex sentences to create a sophisticated narrative rhythm. By integrating adjectival phrases to define nouns and detailed adverbial phrases to explain precisely when, where, or how actions unfold, they paint vivid pictures for their audience. These young authors use precise vocabulary to capture the reader's imagination, always finishing their process by rereading and editing their work to ensure clear cohesion. Well done Year 6!
24 Feb 2026
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๐ง๏ธ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค! ๐ง๏ธ ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต! ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐บ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด-๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ! โจ Click here for more images and videos! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19FpyPcmMgKQrNEwZ012xrbETwBYbxIm-?usp=drive_link
23 Feb 2026
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Year 2 had a wonderful time exploring Creation as a gift from God! They made beautiful connections to Psalm 66:5, โCome and see what God has done; he is awesome in his deeds among mortals,โ and reflected on how we treat special gifts, recognising that Creation is something precious from God. Students proudly identified gifts from God around the school by tagging them with โA Gift from Godโ and were delighted to discover that each one of us is a gift from God too. We are so proud of the care, reverence and enthusiasm they showed throughout this meaningful learning experience.
21 Feb 2026
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Our Year 2 writers have been busy leveling up their work into Dazzling Descriptions this week! ๐ The students are becoming grammar detectives, carefully selecting the best words to make their stories come to life. To help them see how their sentences are built, they have been color-coding two very important ingredients: ๐ต Nouns (Blue): Identifying the people, places, and things that their stories are all about. ๐ฃ Adjectives (Purple): Adding those all-important "sparkly" words to describe their nouns and make their writing pop! By focusing on these Dazzling Descriptions, our Year 2 stars are transforming simple ideas into vivid, detailed sentences. We are so impressed with the creative vocabulary being used in the classroom! #Year2 #DazzlingDescriptions #AdjectiveAdventure #NSWPrimary #YoungAuthors
20 Feb 2026
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Our Year 1 stars have been leveling up their literacy skills by crafting Super Sentences! To make their writing truly ""super,"" the students are becoming grammar detectives. They are learning how to build strong sentences by identifying the two most important ingredients: The ""Who"" or ""What"": Identifying Nouns and highlighting them in Blue. ๐ต The ""Action"": Identifying Verbs (what they are doing!) and highlighting them in Orange. ๐ By color-coding their work, our young authors are ensuring every sentence tells a complete and exciting story. Check out some of their colorful masterpieces below! #Year1 #SuperSentences #LiteracyLinks #NSWPrimarySchools #GrammarGurus"
20 Feb 2026
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In English, year 5 have been learning how to compose persuasive texts. Students are writing texts to try to convince their teachers that 'Students should choose their own seats in class'. ๐ช Some of their reasons include the fact that they will be happier students, they will be more focussed on their learning and it will also teach them responsibility. ๐ They are experimenting with the use of both modal and emotive language in their writing to clearly present their arguments in the hope their teachers will share their opinion. Well done year 5.
19 Feb 2026
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Our Year 4 students gently reflected on the beautiful theme of hope as they prayerfully wrote their Lenten promises. Like a butterfly emerging and growing, they considered how small, intentional changes can lead to transformation. With open hearts, they chose meaningful ways to grow closer to God, show kindness to others, and make loving choices each day โ trusting that even small acts can help them blossom into the people God calls them to be.
19 Feb 2026
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Year 3 have been exploring place value this week! ๐งฎโจ We are mastering numbers up to the thousands using MAB blocks, number lines, partitioning and skip counting. Students are showing their understanding of how numbers are built and represented in different ways, growing in confidence every day!
18 Feb 2026
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Today our school community gathered in prayer to mark Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the sacred season of Lent. Through reverent liturgies and Mass, our students, families and staff came together to receive ashes โ a visible sign of our faith and a reminder of our desire to turn our hearts back to God. May this Lenten journey draw us closer to Christ and to one another, as we walk forward together in faith and hope. โ๏ธ
18 Feb 2026
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๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด: ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ? ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด (๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ!) ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ตโฆ ๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ โ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ! โ๏ธ๐
17 Feb 2026
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Our Year 6 students joined 20 other primary schools across the Diocese of Parramatta for a faith-filled Encounter Day at Penrith. Led by Mission Team, together with Catholic Youth Parramatta and Gen Bryant, students sang, danced and listened to stories reminding us we are made to make waves โ one small act of goodness can create a ripple effect. Through prayer and soul journaling, they reflected on being like Jesus and recognising the dignity of every person. A beautiful day encouraging our Year 6 leaders to go out and make a difference! ๐