In Weeks 2 and 3, our students held their in-house exhibition, presenting their inquiry journey to other students, and speaking to their peers about their learning. 

Each student had two-to-three artefacts to show. These included artworks, posters, written texts, and digital presentations.

Students asked and answered the following questions during the day:

• Tell me about your inquiry.
• What was most successful about your learning/ the inquiry? 
• What was challenging about this inquiry?
• What would you do differently? 
• What new skill/s did you learn?

One question I feel is most important is: Now that you have learned what you’ve learned, how can you make a difference in world? How will you take action?

There were many thoughtful responses to that question by our students:

                I’ve changed my mind about……

                I’m going to be brave and….

                I’m going to try to….

                I’m smarter now, so I’ll….

                I’m going to tell my family to….

                When I’m an adult, I’m going to join….

                When I’m older, I’m going to own a business that….

Congratulations to our students, and to their teachers, for a successful exhibition and for their engagement with inquiry learning this year!

ਅਨੁਵਾਦਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ            Traducteurs nécessaires          Traductoras necesarias     വിവർത്തകരെ ആവശ്യമുണ്ട്

We are blessed to have a school community represented by so many different nationalities and languages. There are many families in our community who are still learning English and would benefit from having key information and messages translated in their home language for parish and school newsletters, notes home and social media. For this voluntary position, you’d only be called upon a few times a year to help. You would translate just a few sentences or check our translation – because Google translate isn’t very good!  

If you think you’d be able to help us translate a few sentences for us in Punjabi, Hindi, Nepali, or any other language that you know is spoken by families in our school, please get in touch with Petra Cole, our Assistant Principal (petra.cole@cg.catholic.edu.au) who will put your name down in our register of valued volunteers!

During the next few weeks, all students in Years 4 - 6 will be given the opportunity and time to participate in this survey during regular school hours. The survey will provide us with valuable feedback on what our students think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. Students who agree to complete the survey will be given a random username and password to access and complete the survey online. Students’ names cannot be linked to their responses which allows it to be completely anonymous. Results will show all student scores combined – it is not possible to single out individual students in the results.

The survey takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. The survey measures include such topics as emotional and social well-being, physical health, and behaviours and attitudes linked to student success. The survey also allows students to give their thoughts and feedback in open-ended question responses.

Participation in the survey is entirely voluntary. Your child in Years 4 - 6 will not take part if either you or your child do not wish to. If, during the survey, your child is uncomfortable answering any question, he/she should leave it blank and move on to the next one. Your child can stop the survey at any time.

If you do not want your child to take part in the survey, please contact Petra Cole (petra.cole@cg.catholic.edu.au).

Very soon, parents and teachers will also be invited to participate, and we look forward to hearing from you.