Dear St John the Apostle community, 

Welcome to all of our new families this term. Welcome to our St John the Apostle school community. We look forward to getting to know you and to watching your children learn and grow. Thank you for choosing to be part of our school story and allowing us to be part of your family story. It is a genuine privilege.

Welcome new staff

We welcome Mrs Veronica Ellis who will teach Visual Arts to every class for the remainder of the year. Today I walked past a few students who were overheard to say "I really like Visual Arts. It's going to be fun." Mrs Ellis is already having such a positive impact!

Welcome also to Miss Chloe Neven who will teach in Kindergarten Blue two days each week. Ms Mel Watson-Gardner is Acting Coordinator for the remainder of the year and will be an excellent addition to the Executive Team. Ms Neven already knows the Kindergarten students well.

Supporting positive friendships

Did you ever watch the movie 'Mean Girls'? The movie was based on Rosalind Wiseman's book called Queen Bees & Wannabees about a specific kind of bullying that happens among friends called relational aggression.

On Wednesday 2 August our Community Council are inviting all parents to an evening to learn more about relational aggression, how it can happen from as young as 3 years old and continue right into adulthood. We'll also talk about how parents can help their child respond to it and hopefully prevent it among their friends.

Boys and girls both experience relational aggression and this night will be targeted specifically at parents of boys and girls at a primary school age. A separate invitation and RSVP will go out in the next few days. Replying will help us ensure we have enough nibbles and refreshments for everyone.

New finance system

During the last few weeks a number of us have been learning about a new finance system our school will move across to in a few weeks. It involves a number of significant changes for the school and a few for parents, particularly around making payments to the school. We will communicate regularly in the next few weeks about any changes for families.

Term Overviews

On Monday we will send out our year level Term Overviews. These provide parents with a broad summary of the learning in each year level this term. If you have any questions please be sure to contact your child's teacher.

Matthew Garton

Principal