Dear St John the Apostle families,

I have been enjoying all of the Kindergarten enrolments interviews again and leaving every one with a smile on my face. Children are amazing. It takes me back to when my own children (four of them now between 15 and 22) were enrolled in Kindergarten at St John's. I have to wear my 'Principal Hat' during the Kindergarten interviews and at the same time just enjoy how cute they are. They make the funniest comments. One pre-schooler 'interviewed' me all about the tuckshop! It seems food was the most important aspect of school.

Thank you to those parents who have completed the 'aspirations for our children' survey below. I have enjoyed reading the responses so far and will be sharing a summary of them, without names, at the Community Council meeting next week. The parent contributions will be combined with our staff contributions. Next week we will ask many of our students for their ideas as well. Together these will describe the shared vision we have for our students/children during their journey at St John the Apostle.

Feast of the Sacred Heart

This coming Friday we celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart. It is our annual day to celebrate as a community, particularly with staff and students. Students can wear an item of red along with their usual sport uniform on Friday.

Morning gatherings

Next week, as part of a staged return to usual practices we will return to our normal morning line up and assembly routines on the rainbow top. We will be able to pray together, greet each other and celebrate birthdays as a school community. It won't quite be a full return to normal as we have been advised that staff are the only adults to be present at this time and parents are still not yet able to enter the school grounds in the morning.

Student Care Insurance 

Every now and then students at school may have an accident on the playground or in

the classroom that results in injury. Catholic schools have a Student Care Insurance Policy with Catholic Church Insurance (CCI) that can be claimed against to help families cover any health costs not covered by Medicare related to the injury.

Please ring through to our Front Office or visit https://ccinsurance.org.au/Insurance/Pages/Student-care-information.aspx for morning information about when this might be relevant for you to access.

Aspirations for students

Often when parents come for a school tour to consider enrolling their child they are taken around the school by Year 6 students. They often come back commenting on how wonderful they have been. They begin to build a picture of what their own child may be like in Year 6 and feel excited about that.

So we want to hear from you. What do you wish for your child at the end of Year 6 at St John the Apostle Primary School. What are your aspirations for them?

Please let us know in this very simple survey. We will combine your aspirations with those of the staff to see all that we as a community want for our children/students.

Thank you, as always, for working together.

Matthew Garton, Principal

It's enrolment time!

Just a reminder that it is enrolment time for 2021! We already have a number of enrolments with a few new families looking to join the St John the Apostle Community. Just a reminder if you have a child looking to start Kindergarten in 2021 to jump on our website and complete an enrolment form. 

Please spread the good news about our school. The best marketing a school can do is through their current families. Word of mouth is very powerful when it comes to families choosing a school for their child. Please recommend us and basically, talk us up please. I will be starting to do personal zoom meetings with new families, taking them for a virtual tour and answering any questions they have. I am happy to do this for any new families’ wanting to know more about St John's. I can't talk enough about how great our school is. It's very easy for me to sell the school in the best light possible. 

A great way to share about us would be through our social media sites. Please click on the following to visit them.