It has been an unexpected start to term with the devastating Bushfire that affected so many in our little class and school community.

Last week we made letters and cards for the myriad of helpers, volunteers and workers who worked on the Bushfire.  Now we are making a special craft project for our dear friend who lost her home.

Therapeutic painting, healing stories and lots of sharing and listening have been helping us along as our beautiful and loving school families rise to help and support in so many ways.

In class, we have heard about the ancient Hebrew literature that records a traditional story of Creation.  With gesture we have been re-enacting the tale to poetry.

We have embraced the reverence and gratitude for all of creation, that imbues these stories.

It has been lots of fun learning a joyful Israeli folk dance, and rather tricky to learn to say a gratitude blessing in Hebrew!  We are lucky to have class parent who can help us with pronunciation and tell us a bit about this culture.

Starting violin lessons with Mike is a Class 3 highlight.  It is also wonderful that we are continuing our Lyre lessons with Sophia.  By using a range of percussion instruments and recorder we have a budding dance and music group in the making!

Monday afternoons has been a favourite time as we continue our Bush school learning from previous years and tie in with the Class 3 building curriculum during bush afternoons.  During Bunaru, wonderful cubbies and shelters are being constructed in the paperbark forest with lots of teamwork, creativity and natural resources.  Our bush afternoon song sets the scene;

This is Noongar country where we come to school each day

This is Noongar country where we work and sing and play

And we thank the Noongar people who are one with the land

Who listen with wise thoughts, with strong hearts and sure hands

For forty thousand years they’ve lived with sky and land and sea

And now we share it with them we shall Carers of Everything be