Our senior students were treated to 3 days of fun in the natural surroundings of Phillip Island, reminding us all just how blessed are we to have such a beautiful place to explore so close to home.
Go-carts, beach walks, trivia, abseiling, mini golf and pelican feeding were some of the highlights spoken about on their return.
We sincerely thank staff for their support and committment to their students by attending this camp.
Footy Day was a great success. Both sstudents & staff dressed in support of their favoured team, with a variety of football codes represented. Following a parade of teams featuring each of the club theme songs, St John’s Official Ladder was announced with Collingwood taking out top spot with Richmond & then Essendon close behind.
Various footy inspired activities were carried out in the classrooms throughout the day.
Our Fathers’ Day Breakfast and Liturgy was a great success. A huge thank you to our amazing staff who started their day very early in order to provide this opportunity for our Dad’s and the special men in our student’s lives, to celebrate in this way.
The smiles and chatter going on was lovely to see. A big ‘thank you’ also to the sponsors who supported the raffle organised by our Parents & Friends Organisation.
We look forward to completing our Book Week themed activities with a visit from author and storyteller, Michael Wagner, on Friday 30th August. Our student’s have been gaining a greater awareness of his books and writing style.
Michael visits lots of school, libraries and festivals every year and we look forward to learning Michael’s strategies for writing engaging stories and gaining further inspiration towards our students’ own story writing.
We can look forward to the following during Michael’s visit:
K-2
Michael performs hilarious, lively readings and stories that are drawn from both his books and his life.
Grades 3-6
Michael use funny images, video clips and lots of humour to explain where ideas come from, why ideas matter, his creative process, how to keep and use journals, and much more.
The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated, with Bishop Greg presiding, over two Masses on Wednesday 28th August at St John’s Church, Koo Wee Rup. The first Mass is at 5pm and the second Mass at 7pm.
Families will be able to nominate which Confirmation Mass they will attend once more information is shared at the Preparation Session to be held shortly.
Students have been preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation throughout their faith journeys with their families and here at St John’s however more recently, their focus has been on learning the gifts of the Spirit and completing a research project on their chosen saint.
As a faith community we keep the Confirmation Candidates in our prayers; may their hearts and minds be open to receive the gifts of the Spirit.
