Fun Day

Today we had the most wonderful Fun Day to celebrate raising over $10,000 for the school walkathon. We were very lucky with the weather and it was the most perfect day to hold such a wonderful celebration. The students participated in a range of activities. These included three jumping castles, balloon modelling, glitter tattoos, fairy floss, popcorn, bubble blowing and drawing with chalk on the Rainbow Top and outside brick walls. Thank you to the Community Council who let us trial the new popcorn and fairy floss machine that they purchased.

Each student's behaviour was wonderful and all students were highly engaged and definitely had lots of fun! Thank you to all of our teachers and Inclusion Assistants who helped make the day successful!

High Impact Teaching Practices Perth Immersion

Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting five schools in Perth that have been implementing High Impact Teaching Practices in their schools for up to 10 years. During my time in Perth, I was able to visit over 20 classrooms and watch amazing teachers deliver high quality lessons to both primary and secondary aged students. I engaged with Principals and the Director of Primary Education around the implementation and ongoing evaluation of high quality teaching strategies, school culture and leadership. Most importantly, I was able to have highly impactful conversations with other staff from Catholic Education in the Canberra and Goulburn Archdiocese. This visit to Perth has made me feel extremely positive around the future of teaching and learning in Catholic Education and more specifically St John's.

Transition Survey 2022-2023

Thank you so much to the parents and carers who have already completed the Transition Survey. We would love as many parents as possible to complete this survey before the end of the year.

Included in the survey are three questions to get to know your child's strengths, interests and learning habits and one question for you to express your wishes for your child's education next year. 

Please find the transition survey as a Google Form at the following link:

Christmas Raffle

Each ticket for the Christmas Raffle costs $2. Tickets can be paid with either cash or on the QKR app. If the raffle tickets are purchased on QKR, please ensure that you enter the child's name and the numbers on the raffle ticket booklet. At the end of the year all raffle tickets must be returned to the school so we can account for them. The prizes are below:

1st Prize: $1,000

2nd Prize: $500

3rd Prize: $250 

All funds that we raise will go directly to the upgrade of our outdoor learning space. 

If at any time you would like more raffle tickets to sell, please either email me or come to the front office to collect more. 

Thank you in advance for your continued support. 

Rebekah Brown