Prayer Presentations

Prayer Presentations

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Prayers

4TP Prayer Presentations.

On Monday, 1st December, 4TP presented the prayers we had been working on in class. We were able to present the prayers that we wrote in any way we liked. Some people wrote songs, some painted, some used technology and they were all WONDERFUL!!!!!! Have a look at our Picture Trail Presentation and see us at work.....

4TP Garden Buddies Project

Luke's Garden

Plants I see
· Nandina Domestica
· Dracaena Marginata
· Camellias
· Maiden hair fern
· Pencil pines
· Cactus
· Fern
How they are cared for
· TLC [ tender loving care ]
· Pruned
· Weeded
· Shaped
· Cleared
· Mowing the lawn
· Being fertilized
Activities we do there
· Rugby league
· Rugby union
· Cricket
· Soccer

Psalm 23-The Lord is my Shepherd

4TP had a relaxing meditation session followed by a creative session where we made Mandalas based on Psalm 23. Have a look at their BEAUTIFUL work below

Psalm 23

Megan's Report on the Concert

On the 7th of November, I enjoyed a lovely school concert at the Hill Centre. Starting at 7:00pm and finishing at 9:30pm, this wonderful performance starred all children from Holy Spirit School. As it was their Jubilee year, the performance was about their education for children for 50 years by going through all the grades and extra classes they offered. All performances were very enjoyable but my favourite was the Year 4 performance.

Year 4 showed me how Holy Spirit educated the children with the subjects Mathematics and Technology. First 4HP came on stage wearing black clothing with silver sparkly hats, silver sashes and taped mathematical symbols on their T-Shirts. They sang ‘Times Table Blues’ which was a boring song, but how they made it look fun and exciting was amazing!! The lighting shining on the mathematical symbols made them stand out like gold!

The next performance was 4TP singing and dancing to the song ‘Round it off.’ It was fun, exciting and everyone had lots of energy! The highlight of this performance was the holding up of the numbers and the Mexican wave. It was magnificent!

Last was 4D and everyone came on during the last dance. As expected, it was a marvelous performance. Instead of Mathematics, it was technology! Lots of little jolts of arms and legs made a wonderful and enjoyable performance.
I enjoyed the whole concert very much and I can’t wait until the next one in 2 years time.

Holy Spirit Concert by Olivia

On Friday the 7th of November at 7pm, Holy Spirit held a spectacular Jubilee Concert at the Hills centre Castle Hill. Everything was so good. Four Yr 6s dressed up as Mrs Williams, Mrs Westgate, two visitors were sitting in the audience and two boys from Yr 6 dressed up as Mr Murray and Mr Jenkins.

Every grade performed from K to 6. Kindy did FairyTales in English, Yr1 did Science, Yr2 did Visual Arts, Yr3 H.S.I.E, Yr4 did Technology and Maths, Yr5 did Religion, Yr6 did Sport and a talented girl named Tessa Coleman did a Piano solo. The lighting was fantastic! Pictures and bright colours were supplied to suit the music and their subject. The spotlight was so bright and the music was a great choice to suit their grade. When Yr 4 did their performance they were supposed to be robots getting ready to take over the school. They were all in time with each other and the dance teacher at their school is so talented. All the costumes were fantastic the singing was loud, clear and in time again!

The best part of Holy Spirit’s concert was seeing all of it put together and in 2010 it will be even better!

Holy Spirit Concert Report by Lara

Last Friday on the 7th of November Holy Spirit school performed a school concert at the Hills Centre at Castle Hill. The concert started at about 7.00pm and lasted to 9.30pm. I especially enjoyed watching Year 4’s performances. They had really effective, strong and creative dance moves. The music was really catchy, stiff and enjoyable to listen to.

Not only did they have robotic moves and dance to the music, but in their other performances they sang and danced as well. WOW!!! The tear 4 topics were Maths and Technology. The back up effects and lighting were very colourful and bright. Every minute the lights on the screen changed colour with different patterns on them.

The costumes had mathematical symbols on the t-shirts and 4D had a CD on their tops instead. All the classes wore their black school shoes and some girls wore jazz shoes. We all wore black pants and a black t-shirt with black socks. To make our costumes not look totally boring the Year 4 teachers and Mrs. Hansel added and supplied glittery, sparkly and silvery top hats with elastic under it to rap around our heads so that the hats wouldn’t fall of during our performance. We also had glittery gem sashes to rap around our waists on the right side of our waist.

The highlight of the show was definitely Year 4’s performance. But all the other performances and acts, dances and singing from the other classes and grades where amazing and incredible to watch and listen to.

Concert Report by Michael

On Friday the 7th November 2008 at 7:30 Holy Spirit had a Jubilee concert on at the Hills Centre, Castle Hill. The concert ended at 9:30. At the concert every grade K-6 and the principal Mrs. Pat Williams even had a part.

Year 4 stood out perfectly in their act. Everyone loved their bright glittery silver hats and sashes. They all sang the cool robot song TECHNOLOGIC. The entire robot dancing looked so realistic. The lighting was all done by Mrs. Joanne Pearson.

It was an amazing sight watching Holy Spirit Primary School. I can’t wait another 2 years!!!!!!!!!! till they have another concert.

HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL CONCERT 2008

On Friday 7th of November, at approximately 7:00pm a school concert with the students of Holy Spirit took place in the Hills Centre, Castle Hill. The concert took place on the year the students had its Jubilee. Every grade took part, from Kindy to Year 6.

One of the highlights of the concert was year 4’s performance. The music was spectacular and really suited the subject which was maths and technology. They sang the songs "Times Table Blues" and “Round it off” with a great tone of voice. Their dance had magnificent effects and timing. The lighting built a great atmosphere especially the bright spotlights. Their silver sparkly hats, silver sashes, silver wristbands and maths operations signs combined with their dark black clothing made them and their performance look great.

Overall the concert was great to watch and was really interesting and makes a good DVD. Remember to catch their next concert in two years time!


By Sean Marquez

Holy Spirit Concert

Well the concert is just over a week away and we can't wait to perform our item for everyone. We've been practising hard for a while now and our teachers have been getting our costumes and props organised.

Our Year 4 item is based on Maths and Technology so we are singing some Maths raps and doing a bit of dancing too.

We can't wait for our families to see us performing. Keep posted for some photos from the night and a report about the concert...

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How can I be like St Francis of Assisi and care for God's Creation?

St Francis of Assisi has inspired me to help people and care for the environment. He has shown all of us some of his ways of expressing how strong his love for God's creation is.

Recently, I was given a note to join a group. This group was no ordinary group. It was a group to help people. I looked down at the note. This could be an amazing opportunity for me to donate food, investigate what poor children need and to reach out to others.. Therefore I wrote my name down on a piece of paper and convinced people that I would try my best to help people in our local community. One day I found out that I would take part in that group. Not long after I was filled with many ideas to help the less fortunate: I could organise a Christmas Appeal, a day for people to donate coins and I would buy socks and clothes for the poor. I am so excited about working with others to find a way to help people. That is why I strongly believe in groups that help others - just like St Francis did.

When I see people squashing ants a shiver of sadness hits me, Ants may be the smallest insect but it is still part of God's creation. No one would like to hurt their pets therefore I believe people should not hurt any animals, either because they are small, different or in a critical state. Anytime see an animal I will always respect it.

I recognise that peole do not look after their pets. This makes me very disappointed. When you get a pet you should be a responsible and nurturing pet owner. I become heart broken when I see people not giving any time to their pets. This means that the animal would not get fed and would become very lonely. I visit my two pet rabbits twice a day and play with them for as long as I can.

When I look at all the good deeds that St Francis of Assisi did, it motivates me to do the same - even if it is something small.

St Francis of Assisi

I can be like Str Francis by caring for animals like helping them if they are sick, hurt, about to die or starving. I would give them medicine if theywere sick and food if they were hungry. I would take them to the vet if they were really sick.

The second way I can be like St Francis is by caring for the poor. I can eat al of my food and not waste it. I can take only what I need. I could donate food, money, clothes, books, shoes and wedding dresses to St Vincent de Paul.

The third way I can be like St Francis is not to litter and kill insects and bugs. If you see a dirt patch that has been made by ants don't step on it. St Francis wouldn't step on it so I won't either.

I would love a pet and if I had one I would care for it, walk it, wash it, feed it and clean up the backyard. I could get a pet from the R.S.P.C.A.

Also, we humans are part of God's creation and we should care more for each other.

By Taylor

St Francis of Assisi

How can I be like St. Francis of Assisi and care for God’s creation?

To be like St. Francis of Assisi I need to be selfless and look after people who aren’t as fortunate as me. To do this, I can donate clothes don’t fit me, go to a soup kitchen and serve food or offer shelter to the homeless.

I need also to care for my friends and peers. If someone is having a hard time, go and sit next to them and tell them it’s alright and that it could be worse. I also need to take care of my clothes and toys because poor people would love to have them.

If I could look after native flora and fauna I could be more like St. Francis of Assisi. To do this I need to watch my waste, remember to feed the cat and try not to drive as much but take public transport.

That is how I could be more like St. Francis of Assisi.

by Darcy

Homework Task Week 7 & 8- Swimming Weeks

Your task:
Create an A4 poster (you must use some form of ICT e.g. Publisher, Word, Photo Story 3 or PowerPoint to present your work) that shows ways to be safe in and around water.

Due: Friday 12th September to your class teacher (either printed off or via email)

Year 4 Magnetism Workshop

Homework Week 4

Environmental Stewardship Homework Task-Week 4

As a school we are learning about Environmental Stewardship.

Topic: What my family does at home to help the environment.

Task: Design a poster (A4 ONLY) illustrating what your family does at home to help the environment. You may use any format to present your poster.

Due: Friday Week 4- 15th August

The Life Of Our First Saint - Mary MacKillop

Read some of our great Mary MacKillop Reports:

1. Megan's Report

Blessed Mary MacKillop, a great woman who respected God. She had a hard life but she learned from that to care more about others.

Mary had a great friend, Fr Julian Tennison Woods. He helped her start a school in Penola, South Australia. Mary came across an old stable.
She remembered how Jesus was born in a stable, so she thought how great it would be to have a school in a stable. When she showed Julian Woods, he said “We can’t possibly start a school in that!” But all Mary said was “If Jesus could be born in a stable, we can start a school.” Julian Woods said “OK, we’ll do it here. We’ll start next week.” “What’s wrong with tomorrow” Mary said.

So they started the next day. They gathered some other sisters from the Josephites, and started teaching around 50 children. Mary’s school (St Joseph’s School) was the first free Catholic school in Australia. At that time, only rich family’s could afford to go to school. At St Joseph’s School, parents who couldn’t afford going to school, didn’t have to pay.

In 1871, Mary was excommunicated from the church, by Bishop Sheil. He was against Mary and the changes she had made in the church. But a few years later, when Bishop Sheil was dying, he said that he had made the wrong decision to excommunicate Mary and she could rejoin.

Mary then got some money from a friend and travelled to Rome to see the pope. She asked if she could reopen the school. The pope said yes, and then she travelled back home.
Her mother travelled to see Mary, but then there was a ship wreck, Mary’s mother passed away. Many other bad things happened to Mary. She had a stroke and no longer could work for the school. One of Mary’s 7 sisters, Annie, helped Mary when she had a stroke. Mary died on the 8th of August, 1909.

Mary is now known as a Saint in Australia. She has to make a one more miracle and has to be proved by a human for her to be a nation wide Saint. One of Mary’s miracles was to save a lady with a very bad disease from dying.

I think Mary is a great woman and deserves to be a saint!

2. Andrew U's Report


Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne on the 15th of January 1842. She was the eldest of 8 children. Mary’s parents, Alexander and flora were immigrants from Scotland. Mary was educated at a private school. Her dad was a very holy person, but he did not earn much money from his job. Mary started working at the age of fourteen as a clerk. She became a governess at Penola in South Australia where she met Father Julian Woods.

Mary and Father Julian Woods started a school. The school was for poor children. Mary started studying to become a nun. Once she had become a nun, she started an order of nuns called the sisters of the Josephites. By the end of 1869 more than seventy nuns were educating schools throughout the country. Mary and the nuns also started a boarding school and an orphanage. Mary and several other nuns traveled to Brisbane to start the order in Queensland. During this year Mary was wrongfully excommunicated by bishop Sheil as he did not agree with Mary’s ways.

In 1872 Bishop Sheil was on his deathbed when he told Fr Hughes to lift the disagreement about Mary MacKillop. Mary soon left to Rome to gain support for the Josephites and was successful. When she returned in 1875, she brought back supplies for her schools and learnt new ways to teach the children. By 1896 more than forty schools were in Adelaide and many others in Queensland, New South Wales and New Zealand.

Mary died in August 1909. She is remembered as an intelligent and unselfish lady who gave poor children a chance to learn for a better future.


3. Olivia's Report

The Life of Mary MacKillop

Mary MacKillop is an inspiration to all of us, that we
can achieve anything if we believe. Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne on 15th January,
1842. Her father was a religious man and taught Mary a love of the church. Mary was the eldest of eight. She looked after the other children and as the family became poorer, she was always trying to earn extra money to keep dinner on the table. When Mary was sixteen, she worked as a shop assistant in Melbourne and when she was nineteen she was a governess for her uncle in Penola, South Australia.

Mary MacKillop first met Father Julian Woods in 1861. They discussed ideas on how to start a school. Their motto was “Never see a need without doing something about it”. Mary thought it was unfair that poor children weren’t given the opportunity to be educated. So she decided to start her own school. The school opened in March 1866.

On August 15, 1867 Mary MacKillop became Sister Mary of the Cross and began the order of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. After many years there were many sisters working in schools in Australia and New Zealand.

Bishop Sheil the bishop of Adelaide was worried that Mary was going against the church so he excommunicated her from the church and disbanded the order of the Sisters. The bishop regretted what he had done and when he was on his deathbed, he ruled that Mary was no longer excommunicated. Mary and the sisters began their work again.

Mary MacKillop had many ups and downs for the remainder of her life. She died on August 8, 1909. Mary is now known as Blessed Mary MacKillop and with another miracle she will be
Australia’s first saint.

4. Andrew L's Report

Mary MacKillop


Mary MacKillop is well known to Australians and is going to be our first Saint.
Mary was born in 1842 in Melbourne in to a very poor family. She was the eldest of eight and had to work to get money and food for the family.

Mary started work when she was fourteen as a clerk. But to earn more money for her family she started teaching the poor and needy farm children on her aunt and uncles farm. There Mary met Father Julian Woods who had been there since he became a priest. Mary only stayed there for two years and then moved to several other teaching jobs before opening her own boarding school named Bayview house, here the rest of Marys family joined her.

Father Woods asked Mary and her sisters to open up a catholic school. In 1866 the school was opened up in a stable. They started out with over fifty children to teach. Mary wanted to become a nun but couldn’t find an order she liked. So in 1867 Mary with Father Woods became a nun in the newly formed Order of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. It was dedicated to the education of the poor children and was the first religious order founded by an Australian; Mary was its first Mother Superior.

Over the next few years the order spread to South Australia and Queensland. There they opened schools, orphanages and homes for the aged and ill. The order of St Joseph took a vow of poverty, so Mary and the other sisters had to beg for money. The church didn’t like people begging and tried to stop her, but she refused and so she was excommunicated from the church. Mary was devastated but kept her faith, and she was accepted back the next year.

In 1872 she went to Rome to see the Pope who was very happy with what Mary was doing. On her return the Order grew and the Bishops eventually started to respect her work, and life became a little easier.

Mary died from a stroke in 1909 by which time there were St Joseph’s schools all over Australia.

5. Talise's Report

Mary MacKillop

Mary MacKillop was born on the 15th of January 1842. She lived and grew up with her family of 10 in Melbourne, Australia.

Mary’s family, the MacKillop’s, were a poor family due to her father, Alexander MacKillop, spending the family fortune. This caused the MacKillop family to go bankrupt. The family consisted of 8 children, Margaret, John, Annie, Lexie, Donald, Alick who died at 11 months old, Peter and Mary. Mary’s parents were Alexander Mackillop and Flora MacDonald.

She made her first communion on the 15th of August 1850 at the age of 9. Mary left home at 14. By the time Mary was 15 she had decided to be a nun. Mary gave all her money to her family as they were very poor. She wanted to devote her whole life in to helping sick and poor people. During her time in the covenant, Mary was excommunicated to due to not listening to the bishop’s wishes.

During Mary’s life she met Fr. Julian Tenison Woods who she joined with and found the Sisters of St Joseph.

Mary was educated at private schools & by her father at home. When her family became bankrupt they could not afford the private schools anymore.

Throughout Mary’s life she displayed gospel and Christian values. Some times she did this during her life were when she gave all that she had to the poor which helped them. As well as giving up all she had, Mary Mackillop also devoted her whole life to helping the poor. Mary’s motto was “Never see a need without doing something about it” She displayed her motto when she always helped the poor. She saw their need and helped them by building schools for unfortunate which extended their knowledge.

Mary may eventually be called a saint but the Catholic Church are currently trying to put together enough evidence to prove this.

Magnets- Homework Week 3

Visit the link below:
http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-6789885958250085638&q=magnets&ei=9pGPSIzcIozYqwOU3qDOCA&hl=en&hl=en

Watch the video on ' Magnets'. STOP THE VIDEO AT 3:10

A. In your homework book (after your times tables) write the heading: Magnets.

B.Under the heading answer the following questions in full sentences:
1. What metals are attracted to a magnet?
2. What metals will NOT attract to a magnet?
3. What are the names of the ends of the magnet?
4. Which ends attract? Which ends repel?
5. What is a compass used for?

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