POLICE LIAISON TO DISCUSS ONLINE SAFETY

On Monday, 20 February, a police liaison officer will meet with our Stage 2 & 3 students to discuss online safety. It will be an opportunity for students to learn about important issues when they are engaged in an online environment. 

The aim of the discussion is to:

• identify and establish personal online safety boundaries
• develop skills to identify problematic situations which may impact their online safety 
• consider appropriate help-seeking and reporting strategies for dealing with unsafe situations online.

In our next newsletter, some of our class captains will report on the presentation and share their experience.

MEET AND GREET

Thank you to parents/carers for their attendance at our ‘Meet and Greet’ this week. The purpose of this is to provide a greater insight into the learning and well being needs of the children in our care. 

The feedback from these meetings has been positive by parents,carers and teachers. If there are any matters that arise during the year about your child, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

STUDENT LEADERS

It is wonderful to be recognised for leadership qualities. We have had many students from years 1- 6 recognised for such qualities by their peers and teachers. We congratulate the children who have been selected as Class Captains for Term 1. These students will receive their Class Captain badges on 20 February at our Monday morning assembly.

Our Year 6 leaders were also recognised at our Opening School Mass yesterday. At the Mass they received their badges and recited our pledge, as a promise to serve and represent our school with pride. We thank them in anticipation for their commitment in their roles throughout the year.

We are confident that our student leaders will be great examples for others and continue to demonstrate our Good Samaritan values.

2023 Year 6 Student Leadership Team

School captains

Elena Krupljanin

Michael Southby

Vice captains

Marlena Gonzales Apolinario – Leader of Forgiveness

Noah Villarosa – Leader of Listening

Oliver Bailey – Leader of Justice

Anna Ouhan – Leader of Welcoming

St Joseph Red House Captains

Raquel Bayon

Cooper Anderson

Polding Blue House Captains

Fisiilose Feiloakitohi

Sienna Galea

Vaughan Green House Captains

Phoenix Turner

Daniel Bader

Therry Gold House Captains

Faith Purba

Xavier Abi-Khattar

TIGERS BLITZ- STAGE 3 DISCUSS WELLBEING & RESILIENCE

What a fabulous afternoon for our Stage 3 students!! It was a wonderful opportunity to discuss the important topic of well being, with a particular focus on resilience. 

The bonus was that the presentation was delivered by two Wests Tigers players, Brandon Wakeham and Tommy Talau. Both players were excellent role models for our Stage 3 students yesterday and engaged the students. Their focus on well being and resilience really hit the mark. A special thank you to Mitchell (NRL Game Development Officer) who coordinated the discussion.

Below is a brief report by some of our Stage 3 students:

Nimo & Phoenix 6R

Yesterday, Stage 3 - year 5 and year 6 students met three West Tigers members, their names were Tommy, Brandon and Mitchell. We discussed what resilience looks like and how it relates to teamwork. 

It was really amazing meeting the West Tigers players, as they taught us that if we work hard, we can achieve anything. 

Three words that stood out to us from the session were TRY, LEARN and GROW.

We wrapped things up by asking lots of questions.

Clare 5B

On Tuesday stage 3, which is year 5 and 6,went to the hall to talk to Brandon Wakeham and Tommy Talau, two West tiger players who came to St John’s. There was a person named Mitchell who did the talking and produced the videos and pictures. We went to talk about resilience and what it means. They played two little games with some people and introduced themselves to us. They told us they had a dietitian to keep them healthy and they train really hard every day. They said that it is ok to lose and teamwork is important. They showed us videos on what other football players said about what they thought about resilience. They showed us many different slides, told us that we have to be resilient in whatever we do and that it won’t always go our way.

Kinara 5B

On Tuesday Year 5 and 6 went into the hall to talk to Brandon Wakeham and Tommy Talau,two west tigers players came to St John’s to speak to stage 3 about resilience. Mitchell, who did the most talking, showed us a presentation.They told us how they bounced back and showed us videos, they showed us the rules for the NFL, they played games and it showed us  teamwork,it’s okay to lose and don’t give up. Then they asked us "have you ever been through a rough time and what made you bounce back?,” and who can we tell.They told us how they stay healthy and how they have a dietitian and that they train really hard to achieve their goal, but even  if they don’t lose they bounce back. After they told them a little bit about themselves.

We hope future visits will be offered by the Wests Tigers so we can have students in other stages engage in similar opportunities.