Year 6 End of Year Award Recipients
At our recent graduation ceremony on Monday 11th December the following students were the worthy recipients of our annual Year 6 awards:
Alison Byrnes Community Spirit Award
Izabel Brejniak
Good Samaritan Award
Sebastian Rodwell
Excellence Award
Tiffany Tasevski
Principal's Award
Thomas Klein
St Joseph the Worker Award
Diego Garcia
St Pius X Shining Star and Ryan Park Leadership Award
Emma Viselli
Sr Kerry Visits - Advent Wreath
Over the past few weeks we have been very lucky to have Sr Kerry visit the school and spend time with classes to share her wealth of knowledge around the importance of the Advent Wreath and highlight the significance of the four candles and their colours. Please be sure to ask your child about their time with Sr Kerry and their experience. See below some information outlining the key symbols of the Advent Wreath:
The Advent Wreath is a liturgical symbol of Advent. It is made up of four candles: 3 violet and 1 rose.
The violet candles represent our journey of renewing our hearts through repentance and turning towards God and the birth of His Son, Jesus.
The rose candle is used on the 3rd Sunday and represents joy. This Sunday is sometimes called ’Rejoice Sunday’. Rose is a mixture of violet, the colour of preparation and purification and white the colour of glory and joy. Thus, the Third Sunday of Advent is a mixture of penance and anticipation of the joy of Christmas.
Advent comes from the Latin word “adventus” which refers to the Coming of Christ. In the liturgical season of Advent we contemplate the Coming of Jesus at Christmas, the coming of Jesus into our lives everyday and the expectation of the Final Coming of Jesus on the Last Day. The focus of Advent is the waiting for the coming of Christ in the spirit of hope.
