The Buddy Experience
Year 1B (1 nimina) recently spent quality time
with their Buddy class, Year 4A. The Buddy experience
provides a valuable time for both older and younger
students to connect and share their understandings.
Together these Buddy classes have enjoyed hearty
conversation, good humor, and have shared an
opportunity to form wonderful friendships.
National Simultaneous Storytime presented a great opportunity to
connect over the joy of reading. After enjoying this year’s story, Give Me
Some Space by Philip Bunting, students were asked to work together to
create their impression of an astronaut by following a simple design. It
certainly was wonderful to see the unique characters come to life, with
no two astronauts looking the same.
Earlier in the year we also shared opportunities to explore leading figures
in our life. We posed the question ‘How can we live like Jesus?’. Students
were invited to discuss, draw, and write about this overarching question
– suggestions included ‘We can be loving’, ‘We can be supportive’ and
‘I can do more things to help my parents’. This presented a wonderful
opportunity to reflect together on ways we can walk in the footsteps of
Jesus.
Mrs Louise Zegveld - Year 1B Teacher
A Catholic School in the Salesian Tradition
