Principal's Corner
Yesterday we handed out our end of term awards and it was a pleasure to celebrate students in each class for their academic achievement, consistent effort or discipleship. A full list of the recipients can be found below.
Farewell
I would like to take this opportunity to farewell Mr Brett Seaman. Mr Seaman has been a well loved teacher at St John the Apostle for the last two and a half years. He has maintained a quiet and respectful classroom where students feel safe, comfortable and engage actively in their learning. He takes a genuine interest in all students and I know he will miss them as much as they will miss him. We wish him the very best in his future at SFX.
Culture of positive behaviour
From Monday to Friday this week we welcomed Mr Ian Luscombe, consultant in developing positive student behaviour. He worked alongside students and staff, observing our expectations and practices in supporting positive behaviour. He provided a lot of affirming feedback and some recommendations for additional ways we can support students.
During the school holidays we will make some ammendments to our Positive Behaviour for Learning Policy (found on our website) and relaunch this at the beginning of Term 3. We'll let all families know about these changes at the beginning of term.
Being proactive about COVID
As the number of cases of COVID-19 have grown in greater Sydney I would like to remind everyone to be mindful of the areas they travel to during the school holidays given the potential to travel to an area affected by COVID. Travel directions set out by the NSW and ACT Governments wil need to be followed. Further information about this can be found at:
I wish everyone the very best of school holidays. I hope you all get to try one new activity or sleep a little longer one weekend or come up with a 'school holiday' family song that gets sung or find a favourite book to read aloud together or just invent the best hot chocolate recipe ever! As much as possible I hope you spend time together.
My family and I will be looking after some of the chickens from 1 Blue as they grow (and we discover how many of them are roosters)! It's all part of building the family story together. I hope you get to add to yours.
Matthew Garton
Principal
Enrolments for 2022
We are still accepting enrolments for 2022.
If you have a child currently in pre-school and will be enrolling them for Kindergarten then please do so as soon as possible. Please go to our school website to lead you through how to do this or contact Leanne at the Front Office with any questions.
