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| DAY | DATE | EVENT |
| Wednesday | 8th December | Year 6 farewell |
| Wednesday | 15th December | Last day of term 4 |
| Tuesday | 1st February | Students return to school |
Dear Parents/Carers,
Lord God, may we, your people, who look forward to the birthday of Christ experience the joy of salvation and celebrate that feast with love and thanksgiving. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
As we are now in the second week of Advent, we are encouraged to reflect on how we can prepare our hearts for His birthday. In this preparation do we think about how we can encounter our Lord on a daily basis, and not just wait for December 25? God speaks to us and is visible to us in countless ways each day. Does this period of preparation for Christmas help or hinder us in being able to perceive His presence and His voice? And when you do hear Him speak, how do you react?
Christmas Fun Day - Support for refugees
It was certainly a very colourful day at school today with the children dressed in Christmas mufti, and they had a great day engaging in a range of Christmas activities. Thank you for your support of the refugees from Afghanistan via the gold coin donation. What a great way for the children to be reminded of how we can help others during the season of Advent. Just a reminder that if you would like to support these refugee families in other ways, please contact our parish office 4625 8044.
Student reports
Today you will receive information via Compass about accessing your child's Semester 2 report. As a result of the extended period of Remote Learning and the lack of opportunities for teachers to provide quality assessment tasks to determine student learning attainment and/or growth, the report will look different to the one you received at the end of Semester 1. The report this Semester provides information about your child’s participation in learning only. If you would like to dicuss any aspect of your child's report with their teacher, do not hesitate to make contact with the office.
Staffing for 2022
Following on from last week's Newsletter, I can inform you that Miss Clapson has accepted a teaching position at Ruse Public School starting next year. Also, Ms Warren, one of our School Support Officers, is moving to Mudgee with her family and will be working at St Matthew's School. I wish them both every success in these new roles.
In next week's Newsletter we will be able to publish an updated list of staff for 2022. The children will also have the chance next week to meet their new teacher.
Wishing you a safe and happy week,
Paul Moroney
Principal
Happy Birthday to the following students and staff who are celebrating
their birthday this week
5th December - 11th December
| Jiya M | Iggy G | Rocket H |
| Noah A | Lucy M | Alexander K |
| Luka K | Kyean L | Sibylla B |
| Owen E | Justin B | Matias V |
| Anthony B | Jonathan J | Deal B |
| Mariah M | Faith P | |
| Miss Ryan |
Congratulations to the following students for receiving a Good Samaritan Award in Week 9
KB - Thomas S
1B - Luciana T
2B - Girvan T
3B - Lucy G
4
5
6B - Anastasia M
Week 9 - Awards: INFANTS
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Class |
St John’s Gold Award For- being people of ‘good news’, - displaying gospel values - continuing the mission of Jesus |
Learning Award For - effort, excellence, or achievement with their learning. |
Positive Behaviours for Learning Award For- following the school rules. |
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K Red |
Gabrielle B for her kind and caring nature that demonstrates how to be like Jesus |
Sofia A For her wonderful effort to improve her reading |
Peter Z for always demonstrating how to be respectful |
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K Gold |
Brydee H for treating her friends just like Jesus would |
Callum B for application to learning |
Mozes for being organised and responsible in all his work |
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K Blue |
Breanna- Rose P for being a kind and caring student |
Nate A for his amazing efforts with his writing |
Deal B for always being respectful |
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1 Red |
Sherlyn for showing love and compassion to all of her 1 Red classmates |
Joseph for using his imagination to write a fantastic story about our elf |
Oscar for showing determination to write his elf story |
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1 Gold |
Will F for being kind and caring to his classmates |
Gabriel S for trying hard in his “elf’ narrative writing |
Oliver C for always being organised for learning |
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1 Blue |
Jack K for always being kind and compassionate towards others |
Amelia Y For working hard with fluency and expression when reading |
Adela N for showing a positive attitude towards her learning |
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2 Red |
Adira B for always following in Jesus’ ways and guiding others to make good choices |
Isabella S for her improved effort in Mathematics |
Elie A for always being a respectful and responsible student of St John’s |
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2 Gold |
Taly R for showing kindness to others in the classroom and on the playground |
Jordan B for always trying his best during writing and using fantastic adjectives in his sentences |
Hirute B for always following the school rules on the playground and in the classroom |
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2 Blue |
Ye Jung for demonstrating the Gospel value of thankfulness through her words and actions |
Ava Q for sharing her knowledge of the birth of Jesus with the class |
Shana M for always being responsible, respectful, safe and organised at school |
If you are planning on leaving St John's at the end of 2021, please contact the office to arrange the necessary paperwork
Thank you
Well what can we say! Thank you, thank you and thank you to the wonderful School Community of St John the Evangelist. We are so overwhelmed by your generosity of donations to the St Vincent De Paul Christmas food and toy appeal. We received so many wonderful items of food and special gifts that will go to families in our community and make their Christmas a much more joyous time. The lady from St Vincent De Paul was in tears with the amount of food and toys that they received from St John the Evangelist and couldn’t thank us enough. We also thank you for your “gold coin” donation towards the “Parish Refugee Fundraiser”. Another great effort by our generous school community.
We thank you all again from the bottom of our hearts.
Mini Vinnies Co-ordinators
Ms Shea
Ms Bishop
Harri Gearside
I made this Coolamon for my baby sister so she understands my culture, which is Gamilaroi. A piece of Grey Gum was cut traditionally from the tree. This doesn’t harm the tree. I used a mutton fish shell to scrape and carve the shape. The ochre colours that I painted with were yellow, red and white. I also painted with charcoal.
Ochre is a type of paint that comes from special rocks and clay and it’s the sweat from Mother Earth. Coolamon is a little bed that the babies sleep in and it’s used as a food platter and for many other uses.
Mia Gray
In Week 4, I started my Coolamon and I ended up finishing in Week 9. In Week 4, Andrew cut out my Coolamon and when I first had it, it was slightly curved but when the process was finished, it ended up being flat.
During the 5 weeks of making my Coolamon, I had to think about designs and what I would want to write. I wrote “Yarri yarraang 2021” which means goodbye 2021.
The designs on my Coolamon were the Aboriginal Flag because I wanted to use something that was meaningful to me. I used black core, which was made with charcoal, ochre and water. I also used red and yellow ochre and water for the Aboriginal flag. The Aboriginal flag is meaningful to me because I found out in Year 3 that I was Aboriginal. I also wrote Mia Gray and Gumbaynggir.
