St John the Apostle Primary School

Principal's Corner

We thank you Lord, for this term. For our challenges, our successes, and the mistakes from which we have learnt. Be with us as we spend our time with family and friends.

Give us strength and courage to do what is right: to be witnesses of our faith. Help us to be a practical Christian these holidays, to appreciate what others do for us, to give time and effort to help others. To be peacemakers in our family.

Keep us safe in our activities; give us good rest and good fun. Bring us back refreshed and ready for a new term. We thank you for our classmates, teachers, parents and a community that cares for us.

May we always be conscious of you in our lives.

We ask for your richest blessings over Mrs Stewart during her sabbatical next term and Mr Doepel as he takes some time to welcome a new baby into their family. Surround them all with your loving care, keep them safe and return them to us, renewed and refreshed.

Amen

Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you to all families for your support across a busy term at St John the Apostle Primary School. What a wonderful Semester we have had for all our students especially our little people in kindergarten, who have settled so well into life in Primary School. So much has occurred and we appreciate partnering with you to support your children to connect, strive, learn and flourish.

I am sure that after 10 weeks of school life you are all ready to rest and re-energise. I trust that the next fortnight will enable everyone to spend some valuable time together with loved ones.

The Resilience Project

Mrs Leighton, Ms Dess, Mrs Fear and Mrs Hudson spent their Wednesday at the Resilience Project Conference in Sydney. They heard from inspirational speakers and had the opportunity to meet with Teachers from many different places around NSW and discuss how the Resilience Project works in their schools. Their highlight of their day was meeting with Hugh Van Cuylenburg and Martin Hempell, both well known for their podcast The Imperfects and as agents for change in the area of Wellbeing for both children and adults: Their Mission is to Inspire Happiness and Change Lives. They are excited to share what they’ve learned with the SJA Community especially opportunity to explore practical strategies to build gratitude, empathy and resilience in our school and community.

Semester 1 Awards

A huge congratulations to all the students who were recognised at our Semester One Awards Assembly. Your hard work, growth, and achievements is something to be very proud of. Thank you to our wonderful families for your ongoing support, it was so lovely to have you join us in celebrating our students' successes.

	Discipleship	Discipleship	Academic	Academic	Consistent Effort	Consistent Effort
KB	Nathan Adimonye	George Gao	Krzysztof Orzelek	Samuel Mullins	Davina Borscz	Iyla Grey
KM	Kai Knight	Maisie Hudson	Rishaan Banerji Dash	Isaac van der Ploeg	Emmett Byrne	Isobel Bradbury
1B	Adaline Jozwiak	William Huskisson	Evelyn Wijnberg	Clelia Nielfi	Prasidhi Malla	Aria Wood
1M	Zara Fearne	Grace Garang	Harper Ollevou	Wells Lomax	Joseph McCabe	Benjamin Cassar
2B	Grace Riley	Ava Suthern	Kingsley Onyekaike	Henry Bradbury	Roscoe Moulds	Sean Ojo
2M	Edie Brennan	Jennifer Ngyuen	Emmanuel Amrado	William Miles	Harry Stone	Emma Perkov
3B	Addison Irvine	Abel White	Beau Carr	Rinchen Ongmo	Julia Tran	Joseph Hedges
3M	Evelyn Wedd	Cameron Broadhurst	Jacob O’Donnell	Zara Afridi	Max Munro	Sophie Clifford
4B	Nathaniel Garang	Mackenzie Knight	Anna Tilija	Reedhee Pandey	Logan Campbell	Aavin Hassan
4M	Kate Riley	Erick Leiva Lainez	Simon Pham	Mariam Hameed	Piper Abbott	Roger Patrazelek
5B	Alex Sandrai	Ashley Clifford	Lachlan Stephens	Viliami Maka	Katie Wedd	Marian Le
5M	Sam O’donnell	Rasksha Nair	Edith Bradbury	Theo cockburn	Sophie Peisker	Eli Barrie
6B	Aradhana Aravind	Ileana Rozario	Henry Ton-That	James Thurbon	Sophie Khadka	Emmanuel Deng
6M	Josie Absolon	Thayoee Norbu	Hayley Greenhalgh	Charlie Wise	Will Watman	Sophia Clark

On behalf of the community, I wish Rebekah Brown abundant blessings as she moves into the office. Bek will be working with all schools, and she will no doubt continue to have a special connection with SJA!

My sincere thankyou to all the staff for their tireless efforts their professionalism and care across the term. I felt very supported by our wonderful school community, the school leadership team, staff, students, parents, community council and Parish priests. Thank you!

Term 3 Starting Date – Tuesday 22^nd July

Monday 21^st July is a pupil free day in all Catholic Primary Schools in Canberra. Teachers will be working together to enhance our planning and teaching strategies. All students will commence Term 3 on Tuesday 22^nd July.

Blessings to all families.

Jo Reed