IT'S 'PIG' DAY!!

Today, at last, was 'PIG' Day!

All Lent, we have been donating money to PROJECT COMPASSION, to help families in Vietnam buy pigs. So that's why we had a 'PIG' Day.

We dressed up in pink or like pigs.

Each class paraded around so we could look at everyone's costumes.

Even the teachers had costumes.

Mrs M was all in pink, with 'pig' ears, and a 'pig' nose.

She even had a 'pig' tail!





Mrs R from CARITAS gave each class a certificate to thank us for all the money we have raised.

The whole school total was $3547.75!

That means 64 pigs and 16 families like Y Re's will get 4 pigs each. Then they can fatten them up, sell them and get money to buy fruit and vegetable seeds.


Flynn won the prize for the 'BEST' pig costume in 1M. He got a 'pig' toy to hang off his school bag.

Callum and Naomi got 'pig' stickers for coming 2nd and 3rd.

Mrs M won a 'pig' mug for having the BEST 'pig' costume by a TEACHER!

We really liked Mrs M's 'pig' nose and we wouldn't let her take it off until after snack!




We think 'PIG' Day was a good idea and we liked being able to help the poor people in a FUN way.

HARMONY DAY

Today is HARMONY DAY. At Assembly the Year 4's told us about 'HARMONY' and the virtue of LOVE.

They were wearing

'orange' shirts because

orange is the colour

for 'harmony'.

We read 'WHOEVER YOU ARE' by Mem Fox.
We've learnt that 'HARMONY' is when EVERYONE is treated fairly and we show RESPECT and FRIENDSHIP to ALL.

It's when EVERYONE GETS ALONG!

ANOTHER PROJECT COMPASSION UPDATE

Mrs M was right! Our whole school donation to Project Compassion so far is over $1000!

The Justice Team told us at Parade this morning, that the total is $1456.80!

Callum and Courtney placed pigs in the pigsty. Altogether there were 25 pigs!

That's 6 families in Vietnam we have helped. They get 4 pigs each!

We are going to work together as a team to bring in our iceblock money and pocket money so we can get to $2000!

PROJECT COMPASSION UPDATE

On Monday we watched and listened as the JUSTICE TEAM gave us a PROJECT COMPASSION update.

They told us that last week the whole school raised $705.65! THAT'S ENOUGH FOR NEARLY 16 PIGS! We watched as they put together 2 'pig' jigsaws and the rest went into the 'pig sty'.

This week we have raised $100! It took us a long time to count it. There were so many coins!

We can't wait to hear what the school total is on Monday. Mrs M thinks it will be over $1000!

We're also counting down to 'PIG' day, when we can come dressed as pigs (or wear pink), have a 'pig' parade and hand over all the money we have raised. THERE'S 18 MORE SLEEPS!

1M, WHEN WE GIVE MONEY TO HELP THE POOR, WE SHOW WE ARE THINKING OF OTHERS. WE ARE MAKING A 'GOOD CHOICE'.

WHAT OTHER 'GOOD CHOICES' HAVE YOU BEEN MAKING?

THE LINK BELOW TAKES YOU TO A LEARNING OBJECT I MADE. CAN YOU PICK THE 'GOOD' CHOICES FROM THE 'BAD'?

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PROJECT COMPASSION UPDATE

Every Tuesday the money in our PROJECT COMPASSION
box is collected.
Yesterday's total was $20.30.














Today we brought in $34.70...in 1 day!

That's $55.00.... and that means we've paid for ONE PIG!
WELL DONE, 1M FAMILIES!
CLICK ON THE PIG TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW JUST $55.00 HELPS.

PROJECT COMPASSION

Yesterday we went to the church for the PROJECT COMPASSION launch.

We listened to the 'JUSTICE TEAM' tell us about how we could help poor people in our world.

Each class was given a PROJECT COMPASSION BOX.

We put ours on our prayer table.

WE hope we can raise lots of money for the poor.

Some of us are going to give up our 'iceblock money' and others are going to do extra jobs at home.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?