Dear St John the Apostle families,

Today I was invited to speak to over 100 Catholic Education Office staff about our journey in creating a positive behaviour culture at our school.

Our journey has been undertaken for the last 5-6 years. We are now in a position where we enjoy consistently positive behaviour across our school. Our teachers can teach, our students can engage in their learning.

Of course we work with human beings, in particular children. It is never a perfect utopia at school. We do need to support children in continuing to engage in positive behaviour that supports their learning and their social relationships. That will always be the case.

It was a joy to share about our staff and students to those who work behind the scenes in at the office, supporting our schools. It was important to help them know a little more of our daily, and often hour by hour, work in develop the next generation.

Mini Olympics Day

I would like to offer a big thank you to Ms Mary-Ann Fraser for her many hours in organising our Mini Olympics Day today and to Ms Olivia Etzrodt for assisting in launching the day with the Year 1 assembly.

Our classes and students enjoyed a lot of fun activities. Students in the organising committee made flags for each country that our families identify with and medals for presentation to students.

I hope you are all enjoying the Olympics at the moment. Human beings are simply amazing in what they can achieve with some hard work and support.

Trivia Night

We're looking forward to the trivia night on Thursday evening. Thank you to Stephanie Juskevics (mom of Ivy in KM) who has been coordinating the event. It will be a lot of fun! This is just one way that our Community Council are working to build the relationships in our community. Thank you!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. See you Monday!

Kind regards,

Matthew Garton

Principal