Jelena and Billy patting the wallaby.
Seventy Kindergarten students eagerly awaited the arrival of our buses to take us on our adventure to Featherdale. We all piled onto the bus and, during the ride, we sang songs to pass the time.
When we arrived at the park, we got into our groups and had our morning tea while the teachers explained about all of the amazing animals we would be visiting. We then met our friendly Education Officer, Louie, who took us to a special area to meet some of his cute animal friends. We were introduced to Captain Feathersword the tawny frogmouth, Cooper the koala, Spots the snake and Mario the lizard. Louie was nice enough to let us pat his special friends too!
After our visit to the education centre, we walked around the park visiting the different animal habitats and getting stamps on our Featherdale passports. During our walk we observed different varieties of bats and lots of birds some of which we had never even heard of! Students loved seeing the spikey echidnas, the fluffy emus and the furry wombats. Some groups even walked through the reptile zone and were mesmerized by the snakes, lizards and baby crocodiles!
A favourite for most of the students was being able to hand feed the kangaroos, goats and lambs in farm area. It was so lovely seeing how excited our OLA Kinder students were to see so many different animals.
Grace, Maddison and James touching a snake.
When our legs were tired and our passports were all stamped we sat down in a quiet area and ate our lunch. There was lots of talk about all of the amazing things we had seen.
Finally the buses arrived to take us back to school. The bus ride back was very quiet as all of the Kindergarten students were very tired.
We had a great day of fun and learning!!
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24 Sep 2026
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A huge congratulations to our Term 3 'Student of the Term' recipients who were awarded the Principal’s Award today. These students were chosen by their teachers for their hard work, consistent effort, and for living out our Gospel values in how they treat others. They also enjoyed a special morning tea with Mr Calabria and Mr Cauchi, and we are incredibly proud of each of them. Their kindness, dedication, and positive attitude make our school a better place every day!24 Sep 2026
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A huge congratulations to our Term 3 'Student of the Term' recipients who were awarded the Principal’s Award today. These students were chosen by their teachers for their hard work, consistent effort, and for living out our Gospel values in how they treat others. They also enjoyed a special morning tea with Mr Calabria and Mr Cauchi, and we are incredibly proud of each of them. Their kindness, dedication, and positive attitude make our school a better place every day!
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Thank you to our wonderful Year 3 students and teachers for leading us in assembly last Friday. We loved hearing their poem about Australia, watching them demonstrate their sentence work on whiteboards using Rowan of Rin, admiring their artwork, and joining in their thoughtful prayer about Mercy. Thank you to all the families who joined us- your presence always makes these moments even more special.
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Last Monday, eight of our Year 5 Faith in Action students travelled to Wanderers Fives to represent our school at Catholic Mission’s official 2026 Socktober launch. Today ‘kicked off’ with prayer before transitioning into an energetic day where we created traditional sockballs and played a challenging round-robin of soccer. They learnt about how Catholic Mission aims to build a school for children in Malawi. They shared Zooper Doopers and even enjoyed volleyball alongside friendly high schoolers from St Agnes. While the games brought plenty of big hits, terrific goals, and friendly competition, the real highlight was the team spirit, social connections, and encouraging atmosphere that taught us to go with the flow and have fun. A special thank you goes to Mr Lee, our FIAT coordinator, and Mrs Laborte and Miss Scopizzi for driving them and making this memorable experience possible!
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Wow- what a crowd on Friday night! Thank you to all of our families who came along to our Movie Night. It was such a fun way to end the week together. A huge thank you to our amazing P&F for organising the event and creating such a great atmosphere for our school community.
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Year 3 have been busy writers lately, and they’ve had a blast designing their very own donut- creativity, colour and plenty of imagination are on display!