Dear Parents/Carers,

We have a new display of our school's Good Samaritan values on the steps leading to the gate near the Parish carpark.

These values are an integral part of our Catholicity at St John's. We refer to them on a daily basis with the students, and each week we acknowledge students who consistently put these values into action. We name them the 'Good Samaritan' values for two reason: firstly, they are values espoused by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, the religious order who worked tirelessly to establish our school more than one hundred years ago; and, they connect so well to the parable of the Good Samaritan. All of our classes learn about this parable as part of the Religious Education curriculum to help the students gain a greater understanding of, and connection to, the values.

Book Week

The Australian Book Council of Australia is holding this annual event this week. Children have had the opportunity to engage in some activites in the classroom and at lunchtime in the Library. We look forward to seeing them dressed up on Friday as their favourite 'wild' character/creature or as their favourite book character.

P & F Meeting

The next P & F Meeting is being held next Tuesday 27 October, 7.00-8.00pm. It will be held via Zoom. More details will be provided by the P & F. I hope that you will take advantage of the fact that you do not need to leave home in order to attend!

Wishing you a safe week,

Paul Moroney
Principal

Confirmation

The Confirmation Masses will be on the following dates:

Tuesday 3 November at 7 pm

Wednesday 4 November at 7 pm

Thursday 5 November at 7 pm.

At each of these Masses, there will be ONLY 15 CHILDREN ABLE TO RECEIVE THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION AT EACH MASS.

Each family will be strictly limited to SIX people: Confirmation recipient, the Sponsor, 2 siblings and 2 parents.  

Please book online for the masses.

Also, could parents please return your child's workbook to the Parish Office for marking by a member of our Sacramental Team.  

Thank you so much for your help.

Reconciliation

The preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation is commencing very soon.  Could all parents of any children in Year 2 or above, please go to the Parish Office and register your child for this Sacrament as soon as possible.  

Father John has said he wants all children to be registered within the next week.  

Thank you for your assistance with this matter.

Congratulations to the following students for receiving a Good Samaritan Award this week

KR - Nathan P

1R - 

2R - Elijah B

3R - 

4R - Theo A

5R - Luca S

6R - Tre-James R

Happy Birthday to the following students and staff who are celebrating their birthday this week and during the holidays, October 17th - October 23rd

Week 3 Uniform Focus

A big thank you once again to all the parents who ensured their children were wearing predominantly white joggers with white shoelaces this week.

Next week our focus will be on wearing white socks on sports days.  Our policy states:

Sports socks must be short, completely white socks (no logos).  They must cover the ankle, no ‘sockettes’ or long white socks.

If your child has the correct socks on next week they will receive a token.  This will go towards the end of term award for the winning house.  If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact the office.

We would like to acknowledge the effort and commitment of the following students from Year 5 to 6 who participated in the optional public speaking competition during Term 4: Evangeline J, Zephaniah L, Azaria B, Luca S (from Year 5) and Sophia W, Caprice F, Estella S,  Ella C (from Year 6). 

All speeches displayed a high degree of public speaking skills, speaking and listening skills and self-confidence. Thankyou to Mr Moroney and Mrs Burnett for being the adjudicators for the event.

Year 5 Public speaking winner: 

Evangeline J - topic: Failure is part of the plan, but nobody plans to fail.

Year 5 Public speaking winner: 

Estella S - topic: Today I shall behave as if it’s the day I will be remembered. 

Well done to all students who competed in the Public speaking competition for 2020.

Ms Afchal

Clothing Pool are running very low on Summer Uniforms, particularly the smaller sizes. If anyone has any older uniforms in good condition that no longer fit, clothing pool would be happy to accept them.

thank you

Just a reminder that due to Covid restrictions Children are unable to bring in any type of food/gifts for sharing with their class. There is the option of purchasing Zooper Doopers from the canteen, Just give the canteen a couple of days notice to ensure they have enough, you can order through the office and a bill will be sent home.

Thank you for your understanding with this matter

If your child is away from school it is important to let the school know as soon as possible with a specific reason, e.g. what type of illness they have, If you are filling in a note on the Compass app, please add an explanation in the details/comments box .

It is really important to keep your child at home if they are unwell, this will help with the spread of illness. In the current COVID 19 climate ,if you child displays cold/flu symptoms you will need to get a medical clearance for your child to return to school 

If your child has a covid test, please notify the school when they have the test and as soon as you get your results please forward these on to the school.

Due to COVID restrictions parents are currently not allowed on school grounds. We also need to limit the amount of visitors that come into the office, so please only come into the office if necessary.

  It is important that you let the office know as soon as possible, via email or phone, if you are picking your child up prior to dismissal (including time).  We can then arrange to have them in the office ready for you. Please note we are unable to arrange collection of your children during break times (11.15am-12 & 1.15pm-2pm) without prior notice. Please do not enter late arrivals or early departures into compass, this needs to be done by the school office.

Thank you for your assistance with this matter.