This term the students in Year Six will be participating in the Parramatta Diocese Public Speaking Competition, called the Voice of Youth, an annual competition that has been conducted within the diocese for many years.
To prepare the students for the Voice of Youth competition, we have been learning about how to write an engaging speech and all the components that help with good delivery.
The students have been watching some of the past contestants that were in the Grand Final of the competition and discussing positives aspects and challenges of each speech.
Last term, students were given some time to select a topic that fits one or more of the following purposes - to persuade, to entertain or to inform. Students were then asked to begin researching their chosen topic.
This term, students have continued to work hard on their speeches - recrafting and rehearsing the delivery of their speech based on their own self reflection and peer feedback.
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01 Jul 2025
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The 800m races were intense - 2 whole laps around the oval!! Our 8 year olds from Year 2 did an awesome job to get that done!! 💛👏🏻💛👏🏻💛👏🏻💛👏🏻![683352593576951_1244600194118852-1]()
01 Jul 2025
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Happy happy birthday to this brilliant young man today!!! He has swimming this afternoon so they had chicken schnitzel for dinner last night as a family and he loved his Lego and very cool jacket. I hope you have a great day in the city eating sushi and chocolate cheesecake!!! 💛🎉🎂🥳🎈🎊🎁
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The 800m races were intense - 2 whole laps around the oval!! Our 8 year olds from Year 2 did an awesome job to get that done!! 💛👏🏻💛👏🏻💛👏🏻💛👏🏻
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Happy happy birthday to this brilliant young man today!!! He has swimming this afternoon so they had chicken schnitzel for dinner last night as a family and he loved his Lego and very cool jacket. I hope you have a great day in the city eating sushi and chocolate cheesecake!!! 💛🎉🎂🥳🎈🎊🎁
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Last Friday was so much fun at the Athletics Carnival! The kids were smiling, the teachers were smiling and the parents were smiling. While students got to showcase their sporting skills, it’s also important to remember this is also an opportunity to practice resilience! We can not always be the best or the fastest, but we can all be ‘good sports’, be resilient and celebrate each other! Infants photos to come. 💛🏃🏃♀️🏃🏾♂️🎽👟💨
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Happy happy birthday to this fabulous young man today, turning double figures!!! He is super excited to open up some presents and eat his birthday cake - a chocolate swirl cheesecake - mmmmm yummmm! I hope you enjoy your celebrations with your family and friends and you get a chance to play a couple of games at Timezone too!!! 💛🎉🎂🥳🎈🎊🎁
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Happy happy birthday to this brilliant young man today!!! He was super excited to open some great presents this morning including some Lego and a complete game. I hope you enjoy nuggets for your family dinner and your birthday chocolate cake or donuts - I can’t wait to hear which one you had!!! 💛🎉🎂🥳🎈🎊🎁🍩
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A MASSIVE shout out to this fabulous young lady who has been selected to represent CAPTIVATE & St Bernadette’s at the Australian Theatre for Young People as a recipient of a scholarship for a 5 day holiday program exploring Shakespearean Villains titled BAD TO THE BARD! Congratulations and well done on following your passions and always giving everything to all you undertake! We are so proud of you!!! 💛👏🏻💛👏🏻💛👏🏻💛👏🏻💛👏🏻
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From Facebook
Congratulations to all our beautiful Stage 3 students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation - the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, last night. Fr Fernando shared the lovely story of the child who was walking along a beach returning stranded starfish back to the sea. And when he was asked why is he wasting his time you can’t make a difference because there are so many, the child responded with “Well I just made a difference to that one!!!” God has called each one of you to make a positive difference in our world, no matter how small, with the help of the Holy Spirit. And we are here to help you honour that mission. God bless you all!! 💛🔥🌏💛🔥🌏💛🔥🌏💛🔥🌏
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Another puzzle down and the students wanted to try another larger puzzle - 1000 pieces. I love their energy and focus when working with our puzzles. I especially love how so many children contribute, from sorting pieces to actually putting pieces together, to cleaning up and choosing a new one!! Let’s get started….. 💛🧩💛🧩💛🧩💛🧩💛🧩
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Happy happy birthday to this awesome young man today!!! I hope you have been spoilt with some exciting birthday surprises and are having a great day celebrating with your family. I can not wait to hear all about your day and to hear what kind of cake you ate !! 💛🎉🎂🥳🎈🎊🎁
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Our Stage 3 student leaders from the Sport & Community Teams did an AMAZING job yesterday during Afternoon Tea with their Resilience Activities. They led the little ones in stilt relays and musical chairs, while they led the big ones in a trust obstacle course. There was so much fun and resilience building happening. Well done teams!!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛