Dear St John the Apostle Primary School Community,

We have had a beautiful day today, celebrating the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Thank you to Fr Gerard for celebrating Mass with us and for the choir (with Mrs MacDonald and Mr Spencer) for leading us in singing together. Thank you to Mrs Stephanie Stewart who organised the entire day.

I have to say that Mass was a particular highlight with everyone being so prayerful and participating heartily in the singing. It was also lovely to sing Happy Birthday with the whole school to begin celebrating our 40th Anniversary.

School Reports & Parent-Teacher Interviews

Today student reports are sent home with the students. The report format is the same used across every Catholic primary school in our Archdiocesan system. It is designed for, and addressed to, adults. Please take the time to read the report before sharing it with your child. 

My own children knew they were never allowed to open their report envelope before my wife or I. Thankfully we worked closely with the teachers and there were never any surprises for our children or us. Each of my children had varied and different academic results and so we always concentrated first on the Personal and Social Capabilities because this always indicated if they were doing their best as a learner and a member of a community.

Parent-Teacher Interviews are next week and bookings close at 3.00pm this Sunday. Please make sure you book in your times through the SZapp or at the following link

SFX Change in dismissal time

Some parents will already know that from next term St Francis Xavier College are moving their arrival and dismissal times back by 10 minutes. SFX students will begin at 8.30am and finish at 3.00pm. There will be no changes to our times. The only impact will be that, with SFX dismissing students at 3.00pm, there may be more congestion for cars at pick up time. Parents will need to factor this into their arrangements.

On this note, I would like to take this opportunity to remind parents that:

• Morning supervision begins at 8.20am. Students should not be at school before 8.20am. Camp Australia run a very good before school care program for students arriving early.
• School begins at 8.50am. A number of students arrive after this time and this impacts on their engagement in the important literacy learning that happens at the beginning of each day. Mornings can be tough in some houses and we appreciate every effort to get students to school on time.

As we finish the term strong I hope you all have lovely plans in place for the coming school holiday period.

Kind regards,

Matthew Garton (Principal)

P.S. Please look at the exciting opportunity below for students in our school.