Walkathon

Please save the date for this year's Walkathon which will be held on Friday 16th September 2022 (Week 9 Term 3). The Walkathon is a great opportunity to support the school by raising money to improve school facilities.  Relations, friends, neighbours or businesses are all great sources of sponsorship!  

Proceeds of past Walkathons have seen major improvements to our school (eg. air conditioning, readers, Maths resources etc.) and all of these have been of direct benefit to the students at St John’s. This year all of the proceeds will contribute to purchasing the below modular playgrounds. The playgrounds are being installed this year!!!

We will be offering three prizes for the following:

• Student who raises the most money will receive a Nintendo Switch Lite
• For every $10 that each child raises, they will get a ticket in a draw to win a Nintendo Switch Lite
• The class that raises the most money will have a Pizza and Movie afternoon In Week 10

The more money we raise, the better facilities for the school.  When children are requesting their sponsorships pledges we are not asking them to wander around the streets unsupervised or to talk to strangers, but they should ask family members, relatives, friends, friendly neighbours etc.

 Donations can be:

• sent as cash to the office each week. All money should be returned in a plastic zip lock bag, clearly labelled with your child’s name and class. 
• sent as a Qkr payment. Individual sponsorships can be made via Qkr. Families can also collect cash and make the equivalent payment via Qkr. The total amount must match the record on the sponsorship card. 

We would like the money to be returned before the Walkathon as this allows us to tally final amounts and to present prizes at an afternoon assembly as close to the Walkathon date as possible.  It also enables us to promote the Walkathon more successfully as the sponsorship tally rises each day.

Please see below a map of the course and the number of laps covered by each age level. 

One lap is 1km on the outer course and 500m on the inner course.  Below is the amount of laps to be completed by each class and the expected start time. 

At the end of the walk the students will  receive a free sausage sizzle donated by the Community Council. 

• Kinder (with Year 5 buddies): 4 laps (inner course) (2km)
• Year 1 (with Year 6 buddies) and Year 2: 3 laps (outercourse) (3km)
• Year 3 and 4: 4 laps (outercourse) (4km)
• Year 5: 4 laps (inner course with buddues) + 3km (outercourse without buddies) (5km) 
• Year 6: 3 laps (outercourse with buddies) + 2km (outercourse without buddies) (5km)

• Kindergarten and Year 5: Start at 11:35am. Year 5 to start with Kindergarten doing 4 inner laps and completing 3 outer laps without buddies. 
• Year 1 and Year 6: Start at 11:50. Year 6 to complete 3 laps of the outercourse with Year 1 and then complete 2 outer laps without buddies.
• Year 4: Start at 12:00pm
• Year 3: Start at 12:10pm
• Year 2: Start at 12:20pm

Please email Rebekah Brown (rebekah.brown@cg.catholic.edu.au) if you are available to help on the day. 

Thank you for your support in our fundraising efforts.

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Fundraising

Over the next 6 months, St John's will be holding a number of fundraising and community events. These include the Walkathon, a raffle and the St John the Apostle Multicultural Fete. If there are any families in our community who own local businesses and would like to support the above fundraising events, we would appreciate any donations including products, gift cards and vouchers.

Our school would be extremely grateful for your support and in return we would list and regularly mention our generous contributors in the school newsletter, in our social media platforms and on our school website https://www.sjaps.act.edu.au/.