St Mary’s Catholic School, Bowen St Mary’s Catholic School has a very
This term, students were overjoyed as
close relationship with their Parish
they harvested their first crop of corn.
and this year, they have combined
Some of the corn was presented at Mass
to create a community garden.
as an offering to the praying community,
The School Chaplain and one of the very dedicated parishioners work together
while the children were also offered to take some home to eat for dinner.
each week and invite students to tend to
St Mary’s Catholic School thanks their
the needs of the community garden, which
Parish for working in collaboration with the
is located within the Church site. The
school to educate the students to care for
students listen and learn how to best tend
our common home and to learn the act
to the needs of growing a variety of plants
of giving of their time to benefit others.
from the wisdom of the keen gardeners.
St Catherine’s Catholic College, The Whitsundays During Week 4, St Catherine’s
grow in its place. He also explained that
Catholic College hosted the launch
to be more generous, compassionate
of Project Compassion which has
and Jesus like, we need to put the
the theme of ‘Be More’ in 2021.
interests of others ahead of our own.
Distinguished guests included
St Catherine’s Assistant Principal of
Bishop Tim, Fr Jose Koyickal, Neil
Religious Education Sue McIntosh said
Helmore (Townsville Diocesan Caritas
that Pope Francis has called Lent 2021
Director), St Mary’s Catholic School,
a season of hope and happiness.
Bowen and local parishioners. During Bishop Tim’s address, he explored the concept of Lent and reminded everyone that we need to ‘die a little’ to make room for something beautiful to
“We were honoured to host the launch of Project Compassion this year,” said Sue. “Thank you to the TCEO staff and our parishioners who joined us to celebrate this liturgy.”
St Francis School, Ayr At St Francis School, the newly constructed Early Years Hub is buzzing with the excitement of students and teachers. As Prep students are establishing their routines, Years 1 and 2 have been working collaboratively across their classrooms. As a Professional Learning Community, the Year 1 and 2 teachers have been analysing their student needs as the students rotate through modelled, guided, collaborative and independent learning activities for English and Mathematics. The students join learning groups and participate in activities tailored to their diverse learning styles and needs. Flexible seating, hands-on resources, technology based learning and working with support staff are all common features in the learning areas. The students are fully engaging in learning experiences in an adaptive, comfortable and fun environment.
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