From the Principal's Desk
CLIMBING FOR THE SUN - OBSTACLE COURSE COLOUR RUN
What a brilliant day we celebrated last Friday in support of Levi Gibson's mission to climb Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania in July 2019 in an effort to raise funds for our school to install a Solar Photovoltaic (PV) System, and in doing so become the first primary school in the Illawarra (124 schools) to be virtually electricity independent. A huge thank you to Ms Harris in designing the obstacle course and working with Claude Spinelli to ensure that we were challenged whilst having the best fun ever!!!! We exceeded our target goal and raised $7565! An extraordinary effort for a small school who is leading the way in sustainability.
Visit our Facebook page to see the full album of photos from the day!
NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME
National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country.
What a lovely day we had on Wednesday sharing morning tea with our family, followed by the reading of Alpacas with Maracas written and illustrated by Matt Cosgrove.
Thank you parents, grandparents and friends for sharing the love of reading with the students at St Brigid's!
LAST SUNDAY'S WORKING BEE
It was a lovely sunny day for a working bee! Thank you to the Petre, Macdonald, Harman, Miller, Arriaza and Holgate families who trimmed the hedges; pruned the trees, weeded the gardens; and removed the old sandpit to make way for a collaborative project with the UOW in building an integrated composting station. Once the work was completed we downed tools for a scrumptious sausage sizzle.
THANK YOU P AND F - STEM RESOURCES
One of our School Improvement goals for 2019 is to ensure that the new Science and Technology syllabus is implemented and that STEM learning is evident across the school K-6.
To date, the teachers have engaged in five hours of twilight meetings to unpack the pedagogy of the syllabus and are collaboratively planning exciting units of work for student engagement.
In order to successfully immerse students in the world of Science and Technology and deliver a contemporary curriculum, we have purchased, with the support of a $5000 donation from the P and F, a very comprehensive range of resources, including PLUGGED (Mbots, Lego robots) and UNPLUGGED resources (construction materials).
