House Groups

PREP

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2021 brought a new appreciation for what being at school means. The connections we build with one another are at the heart of one’s school experience. Engaging with one another is so very important and this year we had our little tribe of Preps. We started the year off celebrating the 125th birthday of St Catherine’s, where two of our very own Preps, whose mums once attended St Catherine’s, got to cut the birthday cake. Murrundindi (Wurundjeri Elder) also paid us a special visit after the ceremony as he performed Welcome to Country. The Preps’ creative talents shone through during the mask making for the French Mardi Gras and creation of Easter bonnets for the Easter Parade. Our special visitors were welcomed into our classroom with open arms as the girls performed their songs and shared their work. We celebrated our 100 days of Prep in comfort, literally, as we wore pyjamas to School. The girls also enjoyed engaging with our Year 5 buddies as we spent time building a marble run that connected the two classrooms.

During our Learn@home periods we connected online and danced our way into many meetings. The girls developed confidence in the online platform and supported one another as they explored technology to enhance their learning. Well done Prep. I have enjoyed your energy and teamwork within the classroom and am in awe of the resilience shown while learning and connecting online.

Miss Annie Taylor

Prep Teacher

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1 Hannah Engelbrecht and Zara Datta ringing the School Bell 2 Prep students ready for their first

Sport lesson 3 Everleigh Mackenzie enjoying her lunchtimes on the slide

4 Prep students celebrating the French celebration of Mardi Gras with masks 5 Prep students ready for their Easter bonnet parade 6 Millie (Camilla) Wilkins learning how to halve collections

7 Prep students celebrating the Prep 100 days with Mrs Dods and our 100 days of Prep song 8 Henri (Henrietta) Switkowski collecting her prize for the Easter Bonnet Parade with Year 6 students Yingying Ren and

Leah Kaplan 9 Prep students enjoying the sunshine on their return from lockdown 10 Matisse Guzzardi enjoying phonics outside

11 Prep students wearing their pearl necklace birthday surprises from Zara 12 Lily Jamieson and her sister Isabella with the Year 5 Buddies 13 Seeren Ashmeel with her woven bag she made during Art 14 Zara Datta celebrating our 100 days of Prep with 100 pieces of Lego

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Woodruff and Matea Bjazevic 3 Arya Halid, Claudia Pagnin,

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Bjazevic and Angela Guo 4 Rose (Rosie) O’Brien 5 Camilla Koild

6 Matea Bjazevic 7 Alleria Zhu 8 Angela Guo 9 Jemima Grinsell and Rosie O’Brien 10 Jemima Grinsell, Mia Tien and Rosie O’Brien

11 Arya Halid 12 Changyi (Alyssa) Qian

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Our year has been like an exciting boat journey. We have worked as a team to hoist our sail high as we ventured into all types of water, weather, and places near and far. We have docked in calm bays, ridden some amazing highs and when things got tough, we held on to the sides of our ship and supported each other through the days when the clouds were a bit darker, the water got a bit rougher and we did not feel so buoyant. What a privilege to captain such a ship! The girls have transitioned from face-to-face learning to the learn@home program seamlessly. They have shown courage, care and kindness to their friends every day. They have developed resilience that I believe will see them through their life-long learning journeys. The girls have published several books, both non-fiction and fiction. They became experts on Australian animals and used a cheeky seal who made the Yarra River his home in Term 3 as inspiration to write brilliant narratives. We set up a vet surgery in our classroom which was immensely popular and we practised and developed our speaking and listening skills. How fortunate we felt when we got to host our Grandparents and Special Friends in Term 2. Sharing our work with the people we love brought tears to the eyes of some very special visitors.

Mrs Courtney O’Brien

Year 1 Teacher

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