REC Update – W6 – T3

World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation
September marks the beginning of the creation season, and on the 8 September we will be celebrating 'World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation'. We will have a whole school liturgy in the church to pray to our Creator God and to raise awareness for the need for ecological conversion. The liturgy will be led by Year 4, and all community members are welcome and encouraged to attend. The liturgy will commence at 8:50am and will be followed by our weekly awards ceremony.

STEWARDS OF CREATION – Garden Report by: Fiona - Year 4
Speaking of ecological conversion, please see below a report from The Living Classroom: On the 11/8/2022 Year 4 had a day in the garden tackling some tricky tasks. We did tasks together like weeding, harvesting and ‘chop and drop’. We weeded all around the garden in small groups to get every single little weed out. Once all the weeds were out we started to harvest mandarins, sweet potatoes and fennel. We harvested 75 mandarins, 38 sweet potatoes and 6 fennels.
Altogether we harvested 119 fruits and vegetables. When we finished harvesting we all started to clean up the garden which involved ‘chop and drop’. When we chop and drop we find a tree or plant in the garden that needs to be chopped and start cutting it back. Once chopping was finished we piled up the tree or plant prunings and put it around another tree to make it look nice. After all those jobs were done we needed to pack up all the tools and put them safely back into the shed. We got to take 3 mandarins, 1 or 2 sweet potatoes home and if the children  were lucky they got to take home a fennel as well. It was an absolutely amazing day. Thanks to the children and Mr Mattas for organising such a great day.

Christmas Story Art Competition
We are excited to let you know that the Year 5 & 6 students are participating in the 'Christmas Story Art' competition this year, and have begun their artistic endeavours in style!  This is an initiative of the Catholic Education Offices in Wollongong and Sydney and aims to celebrate andexplore children’s creative and artistic ability in illustrating the Christmas story.

The competition provides the opportunity for teachers to select artworks from Years 5 & 6 to share with the wider community and create a greater awareness of the role of the arts in Religious Education. Children can develop deeper appreciation for their talents and recognise the value of the arts in expressing understandings of the Catholic faith.

The children will be finished their artworks by the end of next week (Week 7) so you will have to be patient to see the finished products. We can’t wait to see what they come up with!

All the best,
Mr Sam Mattas
Religious Education Coordinator