Regional Cross Country

A big congratulations to all of the students who participated in the Belconnen Region Cross Country Carnival on Thursday. Each student showed great sportsmanship, perseverance and exceptional behaviour. A number of our students placed in the top 10 for their age group and will attend the ACT Cross Country Carnival. We will announce these students once we receive the final results. 

I would like to commend each of the students on their exceptional behaviour. As I returned to school and I was hopping off the bus, the bus driver pulled me aside and said that he had been driving buses for school groups in Canberra and Sydney for 10 years and had never experienced a school with such exceptional behaviour and beautiful manners. To say I was proud would be an understatement. 

A big thank you to Mr Brett Seaman for his organisation of the Regional Cross Country Carnival and Miss Rheannan Vergano who helped on the course. Thank you to all of the parents who came to support the St John students.

Rostrum

On Tuesday, Mr Matthew Garton, Ms Sarah Collins and myself had the absolute pleasure of judging the Year 6 Rostrum speeches. Rostrum is a Primary School Speaking Competition and has been running for 50 years in the ACT and surrounding areas of NSW.

The four finalists from Year 6 this year were Daniel, Nicolai, Anna and Emily (left to right in below picture). They all did a wonderful job and spoke about a variety of topics including "teamwork", "every little bit helps" and "my least favourite thing". 

The student who will represent our school at the quarter finals is Emily on the topic My Least Favourtie Things - Cucumbers. Congratulations Emily!

Thank you to Miss Tabitha-Jane Wormald and Mr Brett Seaman for their organisation of our school’s Rostrum competition and their support and organisation of each Year 6 student who delivered a speech.

Rebekah Brown

Assistant Principal and Inclusion Coordinator