Uncategorized – St John the Baptist, Koo Wee Rup

October is our Catholic Mission month during which we raise funds to go towards Catholic Mission projects.

Fr Avinash explained that in 2025, over $1,000,000 was raised by Australian schools which was used to upgrade hospital facilities specifically to meet the maternity needs of young women in remote African regions.

St John’s celebrates and supports Catholic Mission with a Soctober, Crazy Sock Day and Coin Line.

Students were encouraged to wear Crazy Socks and bring along coins to add to the Coin Line as a donation to Catholic Mission.

Commencing with a whole school Mass, classes then took turns to add their contributions to the Coin Line which was in a world map design.

This is a wonderful way for everyone in our community to be involved in focusing on, and reaching out, to those whose lives are less fortunate than our own.

Total funds raised: TBC

Funds this year, among other projects, are in support of a new primary school – St Peter’s Nyamikuta – which is being built in remote Malawi where school is not a given for children due to distance, cost, and resources required to attend school.

Term 4 has commenced and our Whole School Production of the musical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory JR, is only weeks away. Rehearsals continue, with props almost complete and there’s a sense of great anticipation and excitement building around the school.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory JR

Tuesday 27th October – Show time 7PM

Bunjil Place, Narre Warren

Get your tickets and recordings of the show as advertised through school communications ASAP.

It was wonderful to see so many dads, grandfathers and father figures, join us for our Father’s Day Breakfast and Liturgy this year.

Coinciding our Father’s Day Breakfast with Footy Day, added much color, excitement and footy talk throughout the school too.

During our special Father’s Day Liturgy, we gave thanks for the important role fathers, grandfathers and father figures play in the lives of our children.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make it such a wonderful celebration of family and community, with a special thank you to our wonderful staff who so graciously, arrived very early to prepare and serve breakfast.

Our school community celebrated 90 years of Catholic Education in August 2026.

St John the Baptist Primary School was founded on August 9th, 1936.

Many Dutch and Italian families settled in the area in the early 1950’s and these two groups, now into the second and third generations, are still prominent in the school population.

The school was originally staffed by Sisters of St Joseph who travelled daily from their convent at Iona to teach in the original red brick building, currently the administration building.

We have so much to celebrate and also so much to be grateful for in consideration to all those who have created and been part this amazing 90 year history in Koo Wee Rup.

Our Anniversay Mass at 9.15am on Tuesday 11th August, which was followed by Morning Tea & Memorabilia in the Hall afterwards was a wonderful celebration of present and past, students, staff and families.

Candidates from amongst our senior students, are preparing for the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation on Friday 24th July at 6pm.

This sacrament is the final Sacramennt of Initiation where candidates confirm the committment to their Catholic Faith made on their behalf at Baptism.

Please keep them in your prayers and join us for this milestone in their faith journey as Bishop Greg Bennett celebrates the Mass and Confirms our candidates.