Socktober

Due to the interruptions of Covid on school and family life, we have decided to alter our Socktober Fundraising plans. This year we will be celebrating Socktober with a Crazy Sock Day on Friday October 29th. We are asking the children to wear crazy socks with their uniform and bring a gold coin donation.

Socktober encourages students across Australia to kick goals on and off the pitch to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children. The 2021 Focus country is Thailand. Please follow this link to find out more about Thailand and the tough conditions these beautiful people are living in.

During home learning, the teachers have assigned a variety of activities to teach the children about the importance of raising money for the children of Thailand. Many children have already begun collecting items to make a family sockball - the central symbol of Socktober. Thank you to everyone who has taken part so far.

The Sockball: A story of connection

It is fitting that the iconic symbol of Socktober is a tattered, misshapen ball made of recycled material like socks, t-shirts and plastic bags, tied together with string. It’s not a conventional icon, but one that represents what Socktober is all about.

It’s this kind of ball that a young boy named Jorge Mario Bergoglio kicked around with his friends in the streets of Buenos Aires some 75 years ago. As he eventually rose through the ranks of the Catholic Church, becoming a priest, an archbishop and a cardinal, Jorge never forgot where he came from, and his love of soccer remained a constant. Today, he is known as Pope Francis, the first pontiff from a majority world country, and his special connection with children from the world’s poorest communities is symbolised by the iconic sockball they all once played with. These universal links make soccer the most powerful example of Pope Francis’ initiative, Sport at the Service of Humanity. The movement was developed in 2015 to promote the values of sport as a vehicle for fraternity. Its core principles are compassion, respect, love, enlightenment, balance, and joy, which should be inherent in all sports, and which inform our service to others.

Above all, sport unites people from all walks of life. No matter how different people are in age, gender, ethnicity, religion, ability and wealth, they can share a common bond through a love of sport. No sport better captures this than soccer.

What are we learning in Religion? 

Each newsletter, we will showcase a class and give you a little insight as to what they are learning about during Religion lessons. This week we hear from…   

                     Year 4!   

Year 4 have been learning about The Holy Trinity and how it is represented in the Shamrock. By drawing and labelling the Shamrock, Year 4 have been able to demonstrate how each heart leaf of the Shamrock is one part of the Holy Trinity as God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

Written by Year 4

May God’s Spirit be with you all each day,   

Mrs Jasmina Boudan