Congratulations to Lachlan Chapman and Charlotte Hughes who were invited to compete in the Lions Junior Public Speaking Competition on Friday 1 September.
Both students presented themselves and their speeches with confidence, successfully winning the Junior Public Speaking Award for Grades 5-6 & Grades 3-4, respectively.
St John’s school community is so proud of their efforts.
Father Avinash is currently on his way to Portugal with a group of young people from our Diocese to attend World Youth Day in Lisbon.
World Youth Day is an event for young people organized by the Catholic Church that was initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985. It continues today as a 5-day faith enriching event gathering young people from all over the globe.
The event commences on Wednesday 2nd August and concludes on Sunday 6th August.
We wish Fr Avinash and the group of young people from our Diocese under his leadership, a safe and enriching experience and look forward to his return later this month.
We thank Fr Peter Slater for once again celebrating Parish Masses for us during this time.
We are very excited to announce that our Art Show will be held on 9th November this year.
Mark your calendars and save this date as it is going to be an amazing family event not to be missed.
On Sunday 6th August, a number of our senior students will formally commit to their ongoing preparation to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.
The following dates are important in this preparation process:
What a high energy way to end Term Two for our students, our School Disco. Congratulations to our Friends of St John’s Group who organised the very successful event and to those students in attendance who made it an enjoyable time for everyone.
Throughout the day we celebrated St John the Baptist Feast Day with a Liturgy, a visit to classrooms by parents and cross-age activities in our House Team groups. Following on from our Integrated Learning this term about the past, Team Leaders gave presentations on the historical background of the significance of each of our House names, Wood, Scott, Cremin & MacKillop, with students then completing various related activities. A sausage sizzle lunch was greatly appreciated by students and surely contributed to the high-energy dancing that followed at the disco after school finished.
