Dear parents and carers,

What a wonderful celebration we had for Socktober for Mission month and Father Joe was so appreciative of being asked to celebrate the day with us. He talked to us about his experiences with sock balls as a child. He said he and his school mates made them from palm and banana leaves and that the balls were made differently depending on which sport they were planning to play with them. He said they used their home- made leaf balls for soccer, basketball and volleyball and that although their school had a real soccer ball, it was only used for special occasions, such as competing against other schools. For him, playing with our sock balls was a trip down memory lane.

Father Joe was also impressed with the effort some children had expended on making their sock balls. Some of them had quite elaborate weaving on the outside.

The tie dyed items from the gold reward day were revealed on Monday. The children were very excited to discover how their items had turned out. We learned a lot through the process. Here are some of their creations.

On Tuesday the 3^rd of November, the Year 5 and 6 students will be participating in the final session of the My Body, My Life program as part of their Personal Development and Health learning for this term. I would ask the Year 5 and 6 parents to please make sure that you have watched the online home learning videos with your child prior to their meeting on Tuesday. Your support and discussions with them will help give them the confidence to participate comfortably in this learning.

Next week’s excitement will be welcoming our Kinder transition students for their first visit to big school. We are all looking forward to Wednesday.

 Kind regards,

Acting Principal