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| DAY | DATE | EVENT |
| Friday | 12th August |
Mini-Vinnies Winter Appeal - 'Oodie/Hoodie Day' Primary Assembly - 2.15pm |
| Tues & Wed | 16th & 17th August | Parish Sacrament of Confirmation |
| Thursday | 18th August | Year 6 Mass with the Bishop |
| Friday | 19th August |
Book Week dress up Infants Assembly - 2.15pm |
| Friday | 26th August |
Primary Assembly - 2.15pm |
| Sunday | 28th August | 200 Year Anniversary Parish Mass - 10.00am |
| Friday | 2nd September | Infants Assembly 2.15pm |
| Friday | 9th September | Primary Assembly - 2.15pm |
| Mon-Tues | 12th-13th September | Year 6 Canberra Excursion |
| Thursday | 15th September | Basketball Gala Day Yr 3 & Yr 4 |
| Friday | 16th September |
Basketball Gala Day Yr 5 & Yr 6 Infants assembly - 2.15pm |
| Monday | 19th September | Year 6 Activate Fire Day |
| Friday | 23rd September | Last day of term |
Dear parents and carers,
God of all ages, You send out your Spirit to touch the hearts of all people.
Look kindly on our candidates for Confirmation as they seek to hear your voice.
We pray that you send your Spirit to enlighten, guide, strengthen, console, and open their hearts as they continue to seek a closer relationship with you. Help them to truly know the deep and abiding love you have for each of them and fill them with the joy of your presence. As our community prepares these children for Confirmation, make us an instrument of your love, teach us to reverence what is holy in others and to be patient with what we do not understand. Deepen our faith and help us to pass it on by our example. We pray that you continue to guide and sustain us, and teach us the Way of Love. We praise you through Christ our Lord. Amen
Next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, many of our students in Year 6 will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. We pray that they are filled with the Holy Spirit and that their relationship with Jesus is strengthened. Many blessings to them and their families during this special time.
200 Year Anniversary Mass
As mentioned previously, this event is happening on Sunday 28 August, commencing at 10.00am. We will have some students involved in the Mass, as well as others performing a dance as part of some entertainment. This celebration will include the following:
- Mass commencing at 10.00am under the school COLA. We will have some students involved in various parts of the Mass.
- food provided by various parish cultural groups. Our P & F will be running a BBQ at which they will need as many helpers as possible. Please contact our office if you are able to help.
- entertainment by various groups in the parish, including a group of our students involved in a dance performance.
Let's support our Parish through our attendance.
School focus on Mathematics
During this year, our teachers have been engaged in ongoing professional development to support the students' deep understanding of number in Mathematics. As well as them being able to learn about and work with numbers, we have been focussing on the 'Working Mathematically' strand of the curriculum which helps the students to engage in genuine mathematical activities and develop the skills of communicating, problem solving, reasoning, understanding and fluency.
To support this work, each of the classes had the chance this week to engage with activities provided by World of Maths. There were some great mathematical conversations happening as the children were solving the problems. There is an article in today's Newsletter which explains this incursion in more detail.
Wishing you all a happy and safe week,
Paul Moroney
Principal
REGIONAL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Congratulations to the students who competed at the Regional Athletics Carnival last Friday, 5 August. The students represented our school extremely well which we are so proud of! We know that they all tried their best in the event for which they competed in.
Some of the students managed to win ribbons and qualify to compete at the Diocesan Carnival. We wish them all well at the next event and look forward to finding out how they go.
MAPLE SETTLING INTO ST JOHN’S
With the help of the students and teachers, Maple is settling into her work here at St John’s. The students have been amazing in continuing to follow our three expectations to ensure Maple feels safe and relaxed.
Maple has begun to be with small groups of students while they complete their work. It is hoped that her presence will have a positive impact with their learning.
THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Holy Day of Obligation and is celebrated on the 15th August.
We celebrate the Assumption to commemorate the bodily taking up of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her life.
This Monday our school community will gather together to celebrate Mass at 10am under the COLA. We warmly welcome parents and friends to join us in this significant celebration.
Happy Birthday to the following students and staff who are celebrating their
birthday this week , 7th August - 13th August
| Alicia M | Alexander R | Michael S |
| Declan B | Arnesh B | Petal J |
| Raquel B | Fisilose F | Briana B |
| Jasmin P | Robbie R | Ronald R |
| Maddies S | Mr Oldfield |
Week 3 - 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/6 Gold |
Hunter M For excellent work using a variety of strategies for addition and subtraction |
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K/6 Blue |
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K Red |
Ebenezer B For caring about others just like Jesus did. |
Arnesh B For always trying his best during guided reading to use the stretchy snake strategy! |
Parnika J For always being a respectful and responsible class member of K Red! |
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K Gold |
Hailey Ca For bringing peace and joy into the classroom just like Jesus would. |
Ye Lim K For asking interesting questions during maths work on groups. |
Andrej B For being a responsible member of K Gold. |
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K Blue |
Jedidah S For following Jesus’ example and treating others how she would like to be treated. |
Teddy S For applying his knowledge of letters and sounds to his writing. |
James U For always being a respectful and responsible class member.Congratulations. |
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1 Red |
William H For always looking for ways to serve his peers and the teacher |
Sofia A For striving to improve in her writing and being creative. |
Allira K For being a positive role model and a responsible student in 1 Red |
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1 Gold |
Daniel P For consistently showing kindness to others in the school community |
Javier E For his amazing free writing task |
David O For demonstrating safe and respectful behaviour at all times |
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1 Blue |
Mozes P For demonstrating kindness to others through his words and actions. |
Katelyn K For having a positive attitude and consistently working hard to improve yourNumeracy Sense skills. |
Mario K For consistently demonstrating all four school rules and being a positive role model at all times. |
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2 Red |
Rita A For following God’s commandment to ‘love one another.’ |
Joseph A For his application to learning and completing his work independently |
Jay Jay D For being a responsible and respectful learner |
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2 Gold |
Taricha K For demonstrating the Gospel value of service through her actions with classmates and teachers. |
Isaiah A For showing his working out when using the split strategy to solve addition problems. |
Carlos M For being an organised and helpful member of 2 Gold |
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2 Blue |
Rithika P For always being kind and compassionate to both teachers and peers |
Nuhamin B For working diligently to complete her power writing |
Princess O For making a settled start to Year 2 by quickly learning the class routines and rules |
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Justice KG: Natalie H: for always offering a helping hand. 1G:. Jacqueline W- For acting with fairness & justice towards your peers in One Gold. 2G: Liberty P: for acting justly towards all of her peers in 2 Gold. 3G: Amelia A: for going above and beyond to help her peers 4G: Max B - for acting with fairness and justice towards others. 5G: Ricky B: for always being fair and just to his peers 6G: Hayden J for demonstrating Justice is important in all aspects of school life and being fair and respectful of others. |
WriteOn is an annual writing competition open to all NSW primary students in Years 1 to 6.
Students will compose an imaginative text up to 500 words in length using the photograph above as a stimulus
Well done to Annalise Montgomery on being our school finalist for the 2022 WriteOn competition.
Annalise wrote a story titled ‘Vent of escape’.
Thank you to all the other students in Years 1-6 who participated in the competition.
Ms Afchal
MINI VINNIES – ‘OODIE/HOODIE FUNDRAISING DAY” – FRIDAY 12 th AUGUST 2022
On Friday 12 th August 2022, the Mini Vinnies members are organising an “Oodie/Hoodie
Fundraising Day”. We thought we would make this a comfortable and exciting day for
everyone where all students and staff can wear their favourite “Oodie” or if you don’t
have an “Oodie” you can wear your favourite “Hoodie” OVER your school/sports uniform
for the day. We are hoping to raise some money for the “St Vincent De Paul Winter
Appeal” so we are kindly asking everyone to bring in a “Gold coin donation” on the day.
bring in a gold coin donation. This day is happening on Friday the 12th of August 2022.
We can’t wait to see you in your amazing “Oodies/Hoodies”.
Ms Shea/Ms Bishop and the Mini Vinnies Members.
Just a reminder that all canteen lunch orders need to be ordered through the Flexi schools app before 9am.
Cut off for lunch orders is 9am, this is to ensure sufficient time for food preparation and proper cooking of food, no lunch orders will be accepted after this time
If a child has forgotten their lunch we will attempt to call a parent to check and then a sandwich will be provided by the canteen at the next break.
If we provide lunch for your child, we ask that you please pay for that lunch as soon as possible.