Gratitude Week 2016-
In 2016 Principal, Mrs Ann Marie Pawsey challenged the College Student Representative Council (SRC) to revamp EXO Day. The SRC came up with the idea of a themed Gratitude Week, and this celebration fitted in with the Pastoral Care activities being held in Term 3 which centred on gratitude and mindfulness.
The week has a theme/focus for each day:
| YEAR | FOCUS | ACTIVITIES |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Faith, Ursuline Connection, Family, Gratitude Education | Daily quizzes, spelling bees, a concert on the front lawn celebrating the dancing of our Indigenous and Sudanese students, letters of gratitude to loved ones. The Kooma Didgeri Aboriginal Art and Dance troupe entertained on Assembly. The Songline garden was produced in The Salo Centre courtyard. |
| 2017 | The Bare Necessities - Education, Food, Water, Family Life | Kahoot educational quiz, House Kitchen Rules, water walk. |
| 2018 | Education, Identity, Wellbeing, Life | A day dressed as favourite book characters, a spelling bee, traditional dance performances, face painting, baby photo competition, Zumba, a sausage sizzle. |
| 2019 | Education, Family and Friends, Health and Wellbeing, Water and Shelter | A spelling bee, free dress day, front lawn activities, building shelters from cardboard. |
| 2020 | Education, Friendships, Clean Water, Movement and Mindfulness, Family and Shelter | Pastoral Care groups added to a post-it wall art spelling out G.R.A.T.I.T.U.D.E., a spelling bee, a picnic lunch with Ursie and Angie Bear, a water saving activity, Just Dance, a free dress day, a sausage sizzle, a gift for the Fathers' Day stall. |
| 2021 | Education, Friendship, Water, Family, Shelter | A spelling bee, picnics, busking, water carrying activity, Grandparent's Day, pyjama day and shelter building. |
| 2022 | Èducation, Friendship, Water Family, Dreaming | A spelling bee, picnics, water bucket walk, Grandparents' and Significant Elders' Mass, free dress day to celebrate the beginning of Book Week. |
| 2023 | Water, Friends, Education, Family | A water carrying activity, a shared lunch, a spelling bee, Book Week free dress day, Grandparent's Day Mass. |
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