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Informer Term 3 - Week 3

From Our Principal...

Dear Members of our Catholic Education family

It is a week to recognise and promote the important fabric of our Catholic communities, to demonstrate in real and practical ways how faith in a loving God is expressed through what we do and what we say in our everyday life. Our privilege and challenge is to invite and encourage students to meet God where they are and to deepen this encounter through the experiences we provide for them. May this special week provide students with the time, space and opportunity to nurture their faith.

Take care and God bless.

Kind regards

Michael McCusker
Diocesan Director Catholic Education
Diocese of Rockhampton

Parent Teacher Interviews Year 1 - 6 this week. Bookings have now closed.

Semester Two Parent Teachers Interviews

Week 4 (Monday 29 July – Friday 2 August)

In Week 4 (Monday 29 July – Friday 2 August) we will host our Semester Two, Parent Teacher Interviews for our Year 1 - Year 6 families.  Prep Interviews will occur later this term. Prep families will receive further information from their child’s teacher.

Parent Teacher Interviews are imperative to ensure strong home and school relationships as well as providing a wonderful opportunity to discuss the progress of your child, celebrate successes and set goals for the coming year.

Interview times OPEN for parents to book on Monday 22 July (Week 3) at 8.00am and will close on Thursday 25 July (Week 3) at 3.00pm. 

All Parent Teacher Interviews MUST be booked via Parent Lounge within this timeframe.  No bookings will be made from the office or via your child’s teacher.

Interview times can be reserved by accessing your Parent Lounge account via https://402sjg.rok.catholic.edu.au/parentlounge.

Student Expectations During Parent Teacher Interview Week For Duty of Care

Due to Public Liability and Duty of Care any students attending the Parent Teacher Interviews with their parent/s are to wait quietly and directly outside the classroom where their parents are, reading a book (or similar calm activity) quietly.
Students are under no circumstance to be playing on the oval or playgrounds, playing handball outside the classroom or moving around the school. This is for the safety of all our children at St John’s.

Term 3 School Fees - Now Overdue

TERM 3 SCHOOL FEE ACCOUNTS

Term 3 2024 School Fee Accounts have been issued and emailed. Statements are also available through our online Parent Lounge Site:

https://402sjg.rok.catholic.edu.au/parentlounge

Please note, Term 3 school fees are due by Friday 2 August 2024. For families paying via direct debit, this is still current and the statement is for information purpose only, showing recent payments and charges.

Payments may be made by cash, cheque, direct debit, internet banking, EFTPOS or through Parent Lounge, either in full or in instalments (weekly, fortnightly or monthly).

The school office does not carry cash. If this is your preferred method of payment please endeavour to have the correct amount on hand. When making payments by internet banking, it is imperative to use your “School Fee Account Number” as the reference. This will ensure payments are allocated to the correct account.

If you are experiencing difficulties in making this payment, please contact Melissa in the office to discuss options.

School Office Hours:

Mon – Thurs 8.00 am – 4.00 pm

Fri 8.00am – 3.30 pm

St John's Got Talent - Semi Finals

St John’s Got Talent – it is Semi-Finals Time!

After 78 performances over the last 3 weeks we are now at the semi-finals stage!

This week, over 3 days, we will see 24 semi-finalists performing, keeping our play breaks very entertaining!

The semi-finals timetable was communicated with students and teachers last week and we remind performers of the following:

All props, instruments, must etc must be supplied and organised on stage by performer/s or their helpers.
All music must be supplied and played by performer/s on their own device and lyrics must be appropriate.
Performances must not exceed 2 minutes and all performances must be safe

We continue to wish all of our performers the best of luck as they progress to the semi-finals.

*The Grand Final will be on Wednesday 21 Aug @ 8.40am.

Catholic Education Week

Catholic Education Week Celebrations...

FAITH HOPE LOVE

Monday

-Catholic Education Week Mass at 11:40am with special celebration of Mary of Magdalene memorial. All welcome to attend and celebrate
-CEW Award Recipients presented during the mass
(no St John Way Awards at morning parade)
-School Kindness Project – Catching people being kind in the classroom and on the playground. Teachers will have stickers to present and stories of kindness to share.
Tuesday

-Launch the St Vinnie’s Winter Appeal: we are asking families to donate warm items such as K-Mart throw rugs, sleeping bags, pillows, blankets, quilts & towels. Bring these to the front office for storage. This appeal supports St John’s approach to Catholic Social Teaching ‘Dignity of the Human Person’.
-FAITH HOPE LOVE decorated hands in Nazarene Place.
Thursday

-Lunch on the Lawn: bring the family, a picnic blanket and food to share together as a family.
Friday

-Catholic Education Week colouring-in competition will be held with a winner selected from each year level. Finalise winners of the St John the Baptist colouring-in competition.

Catholic Education Week Awardees...

Catholic_Education_Awardees_T3_Week_3.pdf

Lunch On The Lawn

Learn to Pray...

Book Club

St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal

Each year our St John’s community has the opportunity to assist St Vinnie’s with their Winter Appeal. This week is Catholic Education Week with the theme of Faith Hope Love. The Catholic faith teaches, all people deserve human dignity. This can achieved through love of the human person which in turn gives hope to those they encounter. This appeal supports St John’s approach to the Catholic Social Teaching ‘Dignity of the Human Person’.

If you are able to donate any of the following items, we will deliver these to Mr. Peter Doherty at the Gladstone collection point. Donations can be left at the front office, and we will present these to Peter in the following weeks.

Winter Warmers such as

-K-Mart rugs or lightweight throws-these are in high demand by families who may need to ‘travel light’ by bus to a safe space.
-Sleeping bags-also in high demand
-Unused pillows
-Bath towels
-Blankets
-Quilts or doonas
-Baby sleeper jackets
-Slippers
-Jumpers, long pants, thermals

Any donation is greatly appreciated and always used by families in need.

God bless you

School Fee Communication Advice 4

Circular_2024_130_Att_1School_Fee_Advice_4.pdf

Dear Parents and Carers,

Please find attached Advice #4, developed to inform our Catholic Education families of the school fee structure, from 2025 onwards. Previous Advice pieces outlined the new Federal Government Funding model (Gonski model), the impact on School Fees for Catholic Schools, and the need to align with the Federal Government’s means-tested Capacity to Contribute assessment of the school community.

As outlined in Advice #4, CEDR School Fees will be presented as an “All-Inclusive Fee”, rather than the previous school fees model of Tuition Fees, plus several school-based levies and charges.

Chess Club....

St John the Baptist Chess Club practice has changed to every Wednesday first break with Father Peter and Mrs Milic in the Music room. Chess club is open for students year 2 to year 6. Come for training games or just to have game for fun. Please email Mrs Milic, Irene_Milic@rok.catholic.edu.au for further information.

Book Week Dress-Up

We are getting in early with a date claimer for our BOOK WEEK DRESS-UP. We are encouraging all students to come dressed as their favourite book character on FRIDAY 23 AUGUST. This year's theme is 'Reading is Magic" so this may give your child/ren and you some food for thought!!

Library News....

PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations. Ages 0-18 years.

(Note: some of these books may be for mature readers.)

My New Gallery

Tuckshop Volunteers Needed

Can you spare 30 minutes or 3 hours on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday morning to volunteer in our tuckshop - anytime from 8am to 2pm?

Our lovely tuckshop staff will provide training. Volunteers need to have completed our school Volunteer Induction Session.

Please call the office if you are able to help out.

Volunteer Tuckshop Roster

Our Tuckshop is OPEN Four Days a Week
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - BOTH Breaks

Please remember our online ordering closes at 8:10am sharp

This Week's Tuckshop Volunteer Roster is:

Tuesday 29 April - Year 1 Quolls
Wednesday 30 April - Year 5 Eagles
Thursday 1 May - Year 6 Bandicoots
Friday 2 May - Prep Turtles

Thank You!

Tuckshop Menu

2024_Tuckshop_Menu.pdf

Port to Park Fun Run - Raises Funds for Our School

Gladstone Ports Corporation’s (GPC) Port to Park Fun Run can help us raise important funds for our school community and we’d love as many of our students and families to participate on Sunday 18 August.

The event will run in GPC's beautiful parklands, highlighting all three areas - East Shores, The Gladstone Marina and Spinnaker Park.

This year there will be three races for participants to choose from including the 10 kilometre Koongo Dash, the new 5 kilometre Koommonka sprint and the 3 kilometre Yallarm Family Run. The race names recognise the language of the Traditional Owners of the land - the Bailai and Gooreng Gooreng, and Gurang nations, with Koongo meaning place of water and Yallarm meaning place of shells and Koommonka meaning Possum.

Students can register to participate in Port to Park as individuals or with their family for the 3km, 5km and/or 10km events and their registration fee will be directed back to our school. Make sure you nominate our school when registering!

So get your runners ready and start limbering up so we can raise some vital funds for our school.

You can register here at Port to Park.

Port to Park is proudly supported by a number of local corporations including Gladstone Industry Leadership Group, Squadron Energy, Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre and Gladstone Regional Council, Santos GLNG and SMIT Lamnalco.