Year 9 St Ursula’s College Kingsgrove student Isabella Muslado has completed her weaving project for Year 9 Textiles – and what an amazing job she has done!

The brief was to create a woven sample piece and Isabella chose to create a wall hanging.

“Having this creative outlet helped me to enjoy my remote learning!” Isabella said. “My teacher was very supportive and constantly checked up on us, which was very helpful in feeling connected.”

Weaving is regarded as one of the oldest surviving crafts in the world and can be traced back to Neolithic times, approximately 12,000 years ago.

Textile projects in school give students, like Isabella, the chance to be creative, independent learners and to explore functional and aesthetic aspects of textiles.

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Staff and students at All Hallows Catholic Primary School Five Dock are getting crafty for a good cause.

Over the holiday break staff and students at the school made rosary beads to send to Papua New Guinea where the active and contemplative Sisters of Missionaries of Charity – Mother Teresa are doing invaluable work bringing faith and hope to their local community.

All Hallows Catholic Primary School Five Dock students with rosary beads they have made.

The Sisters are strongly devoted to Our Lady. During the months of May and October many people gather together in different houses on a daily basis to pray the rosary, reflect on the blessed Virgin Mary’s place in their lives and take part in processions with Her statue.

These donated rosary beads will be shared among the less fortunate in the Sisters’ community so they too can take part in prayer.

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Sydney Catholic Schools is always proud of the great work being done by its staff and students, but never more so than at this unsettling time.

We’ve put together a collection that showcases the creativity and resilience of our teaching and learning communities.

Year 6 student Benedict Valdeabella from Our Lady of the Annunciation Pagewood has been busy creating this fantastic piece of artwork while learning from home.

Incorporating himself in the Year 6 sport shirt, the school motto ‘May Christ Reign’ and the number six to represent his class, he recorded a flipgrid presentation for his classmates and teachers.

“We will always be Year 6 2020, regardless if we are working from home or at school” – Benedict Valdeabella 

Teacher Angela Siemsen loved it so much she glued it to the front of her student’s textbooks.

“The word ‘believe’ is our class theme I introduced at the beginning of the year; that the children need to believe in themselves and believe in me and I will do the same,” Ms Siemsen said.

“This theme could not be more meaningful at this time.

“Benedict stated that we can all get through this together, that we will always be Year 6 2020, regardless if we are working from home or at school and that this would be a gift for me – to remember the Class of 2020.”

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Sydney Catholic Schools is always proud of the great work being done by its staff and students, but never more so than at this unsettling time.

We’ve put together a collection that showcases the creativity and resilience of our teaching and learning communities.

Year 6 student Marcus Papic of Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School Carnes Hill (pictured) admits remote learning can be challenging, but he’s found ways to make things easier, like calling friends up so they can work in a group, asking for revision work from teachers, and working in a quiet space.

“I can say that the whole experience of learning from home has given me a sense of achievement,” Marcus said. “The teachers at my school have put a lot of time and effort into making this sudden change to how we learn possible, and I think so far it has been beneficial … (including for) the development of my independence for learning and the development of the skills I require to be a good learner.”

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Sydney Catholic Schools is always proud of the great work being done by its staff and students, but never more so than at this unsettling time.

We’ve put together a collection that showcases the creativity and resilience of our teaching and learning communities.

How did you keep busy over the school holidays?

Sinead, a Year 6 student at St Aloysius Catholic Primary School Cronulla, completed a Holiday Lego Challenge which involved researching famous landmarks and buildings from around the world and recreating her favourite one using Lego.

Can you guess the well-known landmark?

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Sydney Catholic Schools is always proud of the great work being done by its staff and students, but never more so than at this unsettling time.

We’ve put together a collection that showcases the creativity and resilience of our teaching and learning communities.

St Therese Catholic Primary School Padstow ran a competition at the end of Term 1 asking families to create a scene from Holy Week. Using an array of different ideas the students certainly had some creative ideas!

Main image: Palm Sunday by Dad, Marcus and Dominique (Year 4 and Kindergarten)

The Last Supper by Aidan, Black and Lucas (Year 4, Year 2 and Kindergarten)

The Crucifixion by Ryo (Year 2)

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