Year 5 Prayer Cloths

The Year 5’s shared their prayer cloths last week at the assembly that included some thoughts and ideas behind why they chose the Mary MacKillop quote and the special images that they added. 

5-AB - In our class we chose the quote ‘Find happiness in making others happy’. This quote was said by Mary MacKillop in 1870. As a class we discussed our quote, the meaning of our quote symbolises us in harmony! In our words, growing as we learn. Our quote is in a tree. Along with our tree, we did fruits - meaning the fruits of God. Space, meaning a connection wherever we are. We want others to follow in the footsteps of Mary MacKillop showing her values! Finding happiness in making others happy is something we should all do because it is going to make our world a better and more positive place. The tree symbolises how we are all growing together in learning. We also wrote our names on each leaf, all the leaves are different colours and sizes to show that we are unique. We also let everyone use their favourite colour. We put the quote in the root of the tree because we grow with happiness and it shows we are all connected. 

5-SD - Our class quote is “Be calm and full of hope”. This quote was said by Mary MacKillop in 1871. We chose this quote because we feel that it represents our class. In our class, we all try to stay calm and we are hopeful that we are always being the best learners we can be. 

We chose the design of handprints because we are a team and we all got to participate in this together. Our hands show that we are always ready to help each other when we need it.