Kindergarten children from Holy Spirit Primary School St Clair, connected via Google Hangout with Aboriginal Elder, Aunty Trish, and Aboriginal lecturer, Nay, all the way from Melbourne!
We had a chat about what life was like growing up for Aboriginal families as the children were curious to find out more about the differences and similarities across cultures.
Holy Spirit Primary St Clair
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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, “Come and see what God has done; he is awesome in his deeds among mortals,” 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 “A Gift from God” 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! 🌟 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: 🔵 Nouns (Blue): Identifying the people, places, and things that their stories are all about. 🟣 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
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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, “Come and see what God has done; he is awesome in his deeds among mortals,” 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 “A Gift from God” 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! 🌟 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: 🔵 Nouns (Blue): Identifying the people, places, and things that their stories are all about. 🟣 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. 🔵 The ""Action"": Identifying Verbs (what they are doing!) and highlighting them in Orange. 🟠 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'. 🪑 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. 😀 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 — 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! 🧮✨ 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 — 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. ✝️
18 Feb 2026
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𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥? 🤔 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 (𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺!) 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵… 𝘈 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 — 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥! ✏️📚
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 — 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! 💛
15 Feb 2026
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13 Feb 2026
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The Year 6 students are studying Margaret Preston, a famous Australian artist, who used printmaking in many of her artworks. They used her artwork 'Protea' as inspiration to create a floral artwork 🪻using the printmaking technique known as collagraphy. Some of these creative artworks will be displayed in the office foyer over the coming weeks.
12 Feb 2026
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Our talented Year 3 students have been working hard to write engaging and imaginative texts Students are learning how to use powerful adjectives, vivid vocabulary and thoughtful sentence structure to bring their ideas to life. We are so proud of the way they are taking ownership of their writing and striving to improve with each draft. Keep shining, Year 3 writers! 🌟📚