Deputy Principal report
MAPLE COMPLETES HER FIRST TERM AT ST JOHN’S
Maple has certainly made an impact at St John’s. She completed her work for this term last week and will resume in the second week back in Term 4. This term she has worked two days a week. The plan is to increase that to three and perhaps four days a week before the end of the year.
Congratulations to all the students in following the three expectations clearly outlined to support Maple’s integration into the school community. These expectations will remain but over time there will be greater opportunity for students to interact with her.
Below are some responses by students about how they feel having our well being dog, Maple, at our school.
3R
Aiden Mathews- Whenever I am stressed and I see Maple she calms me down.
Belen Galea- I feel very happy and excited about having Maple at our school. She is very comforting, cute and amazing. I think most people love her.
3G
Amelia Ayres- Maple is a beautiful dog and when she came to the school, I already felt less people were sad, lonely and worried. We are blessed to have her here at our school.
Tyler Starkey- Maple is a loving dog and she is very kind to the people at our school.
5G
Michael Southby - I love Maple being a part of our community because I like dogs and she helps the students at St John's.
Alice Wahhab - I like Maple because she is energetic and helps other students with their emotions.
5R
Sienna G- Maple is our schools well-being dog. Lots of students have said that it is fun having a cute and fluffy dog at our school. We have learnt very well from our teachers what to and not do around maple!
Harry W- St Johns has joined the Dogs Connect Program. Our new dog Maple (Groodle dog) has been a great addition to our school. She has helped many students with their well-being and mental state. The Dogs Connect Program has been featured on 9 News, Sky News, 7 News, ABC News, Australian Teacher Magazine and The Border Mail. Maple Has 21 water bowls around the school for drinks when she goes on walks. Overall a Maple is an amazing part of St Johns and she’s improved our lives ever since.
6R
Alicia M- It makes my day when I get to pat Maple.
Lillian- Maple's a great companion, I love it when she visits our classroom.
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YEAR 6 CANBERRA EXCURSION
As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, the Year 6 students went on an excursion overnight to Canberra on 12-13 September. Below is an insight into their experience written by Laken Houston and Khrish Hagarty:
Last week on Monday and Tuesday Year 6 went on an overnight excursion to the ACT, Canberra.
With a very tight schedule everyone seemed to enjoy the time that they spent in important places to Australian people. At most places they were displaying paintings and objects in memory and mourning of the Queen.
When Year 6 visited the Australian National Museum they deepened their understanding of Australian history.
They took part in voting and witnessed the process of counting the votes at the AEC.
At the War memorial they saw the Wall of Honour and learnt how dreadful the wars were.
With a turn of events Year 6 was able to see the Royal Mint of Australia, with the main theme being the prehistoric time of the creatures that lived within Australia.
The Australian Institute of Sport was an awesome place for them to enjoy some time to play sports and use some Olympic training machines that athletes use.
The most memorable place out of all of them was Parliament House, the students learned the seating areas of both rooms including the Senate and House of Representatives. Students learned nearly everything that there is to know about the Senate and House of Representatives.
The students would like to thank the staff and people who organised the overnight excursion to ACT.
UNIFORM FOCUS- HOUSE COLOUR COMPETITION
Each week students are reminded about the uniform focus area. This is in alignment with our school uniform policy. During the week teachers check to make sure that students in their class are following that particular focus on uniform. If they are wearing the correct uniform on a certain day that week, teachers provide students with a token for their House Colour. This token is then placed into the canister outside the Community Room.
Yesterday, some of the Year 6 House Captains counted the tokens collected in the canisters. The tokens were placed out in rows of ten so they could be counted easily and it could be checked by others for accuracy.
As you are aware, Polding House (Blue) had the most number of tokens. If your child was away today, they will still be given an opportunity to wear mufti and have their zooper dooper this Friday. Below are the results.
|
House |
Tokens |
|
Polding- Blue |
441 |
|
Therry- Yellow |
417 |
|
St Joseph- Red |
412 |
|
Vaughan- Green |
349 |
Year 3 students will receive their reward this Friday, 23 September, due to their excursion which took place today.