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Middle Primary News
The Year Three and Four class are continuing to work extremely well with their Mathematics, Digital Technology, Spanish, Recorder, Growth Mindset, Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Narrative Writing, Grammar and the new Spelling programme! This is just part of our exciting curriculum during Term One!
Our H.A.S.S. studies this term are focused on Indigenous Education. We are exploring the Narungga People of Yorke Peninsula, their culture, language and beliefs. We look forward to showcasing some of our completed work in the next Newsletter!
Garden News - Strawberry Plants
We have some strawberry plants available for pre sale. Gold coin donation. Bruce has just repotted them so they'll be ready to go home in a week or so. Please let Bruce know via the front office if you would like some and we can arrange for them to be sent home with students.
Project Compassion - Second Week of Lent
This week through Project Compassion we learn about Biru who lives in a rural village in India’s east. He lost mobility in one of his legs, after contracting polio as a child. Biru worked as a shepherd, looking after other people’s cattle, to support his wife and four daughters. Keeping up with the cattle was a challenge.
Biru taught himself how to repair bicycles by watching other people, but he never dreamed of using those skills to start his own business. With your generous support, Biru was able to access an entrepreneurship and livelihoods training program, run by Caritas Australia’s partner, Caritas India. He gained the support and skills he needed to start his own bicycle repair business. Now, Biru earns enough money to support his family.
Watch a short film about Biru’s story here.
Please support Project Compassion: lent.caritas.org.au
Project Compassion - Third Week of Lent
We are now in the third week of Lent with the Project Compassion story of Janice, a Wagilak woman and traditional dancer who tells her family’s stories through movements handed down over generations.
Like many remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Janice’s faces a range of challenges – low employment and education, financial hardship, poorer health and lower life expectancy.
With your help, Caritas Australia supports Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation, which operates a centre for traditional and contemporary Aboriginal arts and culture, providing employment and generating income for local communities.
Janice believes that Djilpin Arts’ work is essential to create opportunities for young people to stay on-country, to share intergenerational knowledge between elders and the younger generation - to promote healing, and to keep culture alive.
Watch a short film about Janice’s story here.
Please support Project Compassion: lent.caritas.org.au
Bus Passes
With increased student numbers at St Columba's and surrounding schools this year, the buses are running at near capacity. As a result, unfortunately, Yorketown Area School will not be able to approve bus passes unless they are extenuating circumstances. Please call the YAS office on 8852 1233 if you have any questions.
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Senior Primary News
Our Year 7’s this year will have the opportunity to learn about and create the popular form of media, podcasts. The group is very excited about the opportunity to learn how to record, discuss and produce stories and experiences that interest them in an audio form. We will continue to document their experiences and provide access to the media they create. We may even look for special guests to their podcasts from the community in the future!
