Informer - Term 4 Week 2

From Our Principal ...

Dear Families

Many of you would be familiar with the fables of Aesop. He was a Greek story teller from antiquity who taught using fables. Technically a fable is a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters.

One story he told was The Wind and the Sun were arguing over who was stronger. Suddenly they see a traveller coming down the road. They decide to settle the argument over whoever can get the traveller to take his coat off. The Wind blows as hard as it can, but the traveller tightens his coat up even more. Then the Sun softly shines its rays on him. The traveller suddenly feels hot and finally removes his coat. Declaring the Sun, the winner.

The Lesson: Persuasion is better than Force. A kind, gentle manner like the Sun is always better than cold threats and force. So, if you ever need something from someone, it is best to be kind and humble over yelling at them. As you might find, that they will respond better.

As parents, we are the primary example our kids get to see. They are very adept at seeing what we do and comparing that, with what we say they should do.  

For me as an educator if I could pass on one skill to all students it would be self-discipline.

When we give children skills and opportunities to practice self-discipline in a way that is safe, we’re giving them the skills to exert self-discipline when the stakes are so much higher.

It’s a huge part of our responsibility as parents, carers and educators to help children not just grow to adulthood, but to give them life skills to help them develop good habits, to provide a structure and to allow freedom to develop and grow into the young people they are destined to be.

Have a great week and hug your kids.

Jamie Emerick
Principal

Artificial Intelligence Webinar - TONIGHT

Find out why there is so much talk about Artifical Intelligence (AI) and how this rapid growth of digital technologies is influencing our children. Presenter, Jo Butterworth, will discuss how we can talk to our children about using AI safely and ethically in school and at home.

Click on the link to register:  https://www.eventcreate.com/e/artificial-intelligence-webinar

2023 Year 3 -6 Swimming Carnival Wrap

Much fun was had by our Year 3-6 students and staff at Friday’s Swimming Carnival. The weather was perfect, the racing was fast, the cheering was loud and the laughter was plentiful!

Our students cheered and raced their hearts out all day, displaying wonderful sportspersonship and a competitive spirit throughout the day.

This year Wallace led the charge with their War Cry enthusiasm and were awarded for their efforts by receiving the 2023 Spirit Trophy.

Philps House edged out some strong competition for points and became victors of this year’s Swimming Carnival.

1^st        Philps: 431 points
2^nd      Wallace: 413 points
3^rd       Cummins: 411 points
4^th       Jordan: 356 points

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded Age Champion for 2023:

2011
Morgan Wilkinson
Lachlan Stoneley and Cody Peachey

2012
Alissa Albaciete
Bailey Pimm

2013
Savannah Samuels
Diaz Polo

2014
Elena Rich
Brody Stokes

As always, a huge thank you to all St John’s staff for all the hard work put in the Swimming Carnival, both leading up to and during the day, and to our St John’s families who can and supported the carnival.

Pastoral Care Lessons Start This Week!

Pastoral Care is an essential aspect of developing positive relationships between students at St John’s.

Our Pastoral Care this year will be held each Thursday afternoon over a 4-week period.  Our Pastoral Care lessons link younger and older students together across all year levels, with our Year 6 students leading the weekly activities.

The lessons develope focus on Virtues, student well-being, resilience and assertive positive behaviours.

The Pastoral Care program has proven each year to develop positive and strong relationships between all age groups in our school community. We strongly believe that by strengthening all student-relationships within our school, we ensure a safe, caring and respectful environment for everyone.

P & F Meeting - TODAY

Our next P & F Meeting is TODAY at 5:30pm in the staffroom.  

ALL WELCOME!

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Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs

Here at St. John’s, we pride ourselves on being sustainable and recycling what we can to help God’s creation. Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs is an Australian company that is collecting and sorting bread tags nation-wide. They are creating new products with recycled bread tags that include wheelchairs and reusable food bowls. As of May 2023, they have recycled over 10,000kg of Aussie bread tags (that’s over 10 tonnes of plastic waste)!

How can you help? Please collect any plastic bread clips from home and bring them into your classroom to put into your class’ collection container. There is also a collection container at the front office. Once a fortnight, Year 4 will collect the containers and empty them into our main bin. Once this is full, we will take it to the collection depot in town, where they will be sent away for recycling.

Thank you for helping us to be kinder to our world and for looking after God’s creation.

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