Crazy Socks for Socktober
On Friday 21 October, children were invited to wear their craziest socks to support Catholic Mission’s Socktober fundraiser. Socktober invites schools to engage with mission in a holistic way within the head, heart, hands model: encouraging a learning mind, an open heart and hands for action. This year, children learned about life in Ethiopia and other developing countries and were encouraged to take concrete action by supplying a gold coin donation. This year, St Matthew’s raised approximately $140.00 for this worthy cause.
Year 6 Assembly
On Friday, 21 November, our beautiful Year 6’s time travelled back to their early school days to reflect on their primary school journey. They joint together to narrate the poem ‘First Day At School’ by Roger McGough and sing ‘Lean on Me’ by Bill Withers. We will miss each and every one of you next year!
Interschool Chess
Well done to our Interschool Chess Team who competed against 80 other students from CEWA schools across the state. Round 1 results:
Samuel (7th)
Charlie (11th)
Evan (44th)
Fox (62nd)
Pre-Primary Prayer Service
Thank you to our beautiful Pre-Primary Class for their Prayer Service focused on Mary. It was particularly lovely to hear them pray for all of their families and join together in prayerful song.
Narrogin Show
Congratulations to all that supported the Show by entering the different catergories, including Miley (Year 6) and our wonderful volunteer, Mrs Gibson. Congratulations also to all of our students who contributed to this lovely display.
‘WITHIN YOUR WALLET’ Card Project
Our Year 5/6 students recently participated in a competition to design a new Primary School & Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander wallet cards as part of the ‘Within Your Wallet’ Youth Early Intervention Project being run by Holyoake & funded by the Alcohol & Drug Foundation. Jo Woodruff (Alcohol & Other Drug Prevention Officer) came to St Matthew’s this week to present the finalists & winner with their certificates & Prizes. The Winner of the Primary School design for St Matthew’s School was Milla (Yr 6). Congratulations!
These new wallet cards provide information about age-appropriate & culturally safe websites, chatlines, helplines & crisis lines that young people can access online or on the phone if they ever have questions or concerns about alcohol, drugs, mental health & wellbeing for themselves, their family or friends. These services include 24/7 free crisis lines.
The cards also provide free entry to pools in Pingelly & surrounding towns, as well as use of the basketball courts in Narrogin, when presented to staff at these facilities. We encourage young people (& parents) to keep their card handy as they can be used over & over for multiple entries. We also accept screen shots of both the front & back of the card on a phone for entry. Cards are available for young people aged 10-12 years, with our original orange card also available for 12-18 years. Replacement cards can be collected from The Y & at the school.
Thank you to the students & staff for their participation & the Wheatbelt Suicide Prevention Project for providing the winning prize.
Year 2 & 3 Excursion
On Thursday 27th October, as part of our HASS program, the Year 2 and Year 3 classes attended a joint excursion to the WA Museum Boola Bardip. The classes were divided into small groups and completed self-guided tours of the galleries – Connections, Reflections, Wildlife and Ngalang Koort Boodja Wirn. A huge thank you to Mrs Dyke, Miss Newman, Mrs Lange, Miss Grznic, Mrs Annear and Mrs Milton for making this fabulous day possible.
Honour Certificates
Congratulations to all our Honour Certificate recipients. We are very proud of you.
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