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Informer Term 3, Week 6

From Our Principal ...

Dear Families,

The Olympics are done and dusted for another four years. As always, there are stories of success, failure, triumph and tragedy. The pinnacle of sport brings out the very best in athletes and competitors. Medals have no real value in themselves, they are representative of the fact I have achieved at the very highest level. It is something that has always resonated with me both as a competitor and a coach. The fact that I have overcome and succeeded is far more important than a medal or a trophy. Winning only has value if I have beaten the best.

There is a great story of the Spanish athlete Iván Fernández Anaya who was competing in a cross-country race in Spain. He was running second, some distance behind race leader Kenyan, Abel Mutai - bronze medalist in the 3,000-metre steeplechase at the London Olympics. As they entered the finishing straight, he saw the Kenyan runner, the certain winner of the race, mistakenly pull up about 10 metres before the finish, thinking he had already crossed the line.

Fernández Anaya quickly caught up with him, but instead of exploiting Mutai's mistake to speed past and claim an unlikely victory, he stayed behind and, using gestures, guided the Kenyan to the line and let him cross first.

"He was the rightful winner. He created a gap that I couldn't have closed."

"I didn't deserve to win it," says 24-year-old Fernández Anaya. "I did what I had to do. He was the rightful winner. He created a gap that I couldn't have closed if he hadn't made a mistake. As soon as I saw he was stopping, I knew I wasn't going to pass him."

That sort of sportsmanship comes at a cost. He could have easily said nothing and taken the lead and won. In fact, his coach was on record saying that is what he should have done. However, we all have a conscience that we have to live with and in the quiet moments of life would I be prepared to be reminded of that?

Fernandez himself told the press, "But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honour in that medal? What would my mother think of that?"

That is the character I would want for my own children and something that I believe sport can bring out in our kids and why, in the time poor space schools operate in, that I believe competitive sport still has a place.

Have a great week and hug your kids.

Regards,
Jamie Emerick
Principal.

Whooping Cough - Qld Government Info

Please see below a Queensland Government link to information regarding Whooping Cough (Pertussis). The prevalence of this disease is becoming more prominent in our community. If you or someone in your family suffer with any symptoms, please seek urgent medical attention.

Whooping cough (pertussis) | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government (www.qld.gov.au)

After School Pick Up Expectations

At the 3.00pm bell, ALL students must immediately go to their pre-arranged pick-up areas. For Public Liability and Duty of Care, students under NO circumstances are to go to playground areas, unless under the DIRECT supervision of a parent.

This has been communicated to all students at a whole school and classroom level.

Thank you for your assistance with this matter.

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

School Dental Clinic: Forms due by Thur 15 August to School Office

Newsletter_Notice_St_Johns_.pdf

Assumption of Mary Mass: Thurs 15 Aug

School Disco: This Friday 16 August

Counsellor's Corner

T3_Wk6_Emotional_Regulation.pdf

Father's Day Stall: Orders close Fri 16 Aug

Grandparents Day

On Friday, we had the opportunity to welcome our grandparents into our school and classrooms. Each year the school community looks forward to this event and it seems more joyous every year. We are so lucky to have a supportive school community, and this is often founded on the beliefs and practices of our parents and grandparents. Their legacy lives through each of us and is carried forward to future generations. The Australian Catholics Spring 2024 magazine features young writers from Catholic schools. The words of William Edwards from Loyola College in Watsonia, Victoria showed insight to the wisdom and knowledge available to us through older people.

His article is included for your interest.

Proverbs 12:15
“The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.”

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Aurizon Visits St John's

Last week we were lucky enough to have three representatives from Aurizon visit our school to talk about the importance of safety around trains and level crossings.

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.

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!!

Signing Club

Learn to Pray...

Australian Catholics

Australian_Catholics_Term_3_Week_6.pdf

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.

Eisteddfod Results

Port Curtis Sport

St John's Way Awardees ...

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.

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 Ordering Information

The following information will ensure the efficient ordering of tuckshop for your child/ren:

Tuckshop must be ordered online via QuickCliq www.quickcliq.com.au Orders will not be accepted at the Tuckshop or Office.
Orders must be placed by 8:10am. Tuckshop can be ordered weeks in advance. Simply click on the day/s that tuckshop is required.
QuickCliq operates very slowly at very busy times i.e. close to 8:10am. During these times the system may boot you off and require you to log back in. Late orders put a lot of pressure on our tuckshop staff and volunteer helpers.
If you miss the ordering cut off time, your order will be transferred to the following day. You will be notified of this on the screen.
Parents MUST check confirmation email to ensure the order has been processed for the correct food on the correct day.

If you have any problems with the online ordering system please contact QuickCliq via 1300 11 66 37, or email: support@quickcliq.com.au

Our tuckshop operates every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (first and second breaks).