Informer - Term 4 Week 1

From Our Principal...

Dear Families

Sometimes the source of an idea, can be totally removed from our own reality. The English billionaire and entrepreneur, Richard Branson, once said inspiration can come from the most unusual places, you have to be open to see the benefits and how to apply them.

Over the holidays I read an article on the life of the American rapper DMX.  As a genre of music, this style would not be something that I go out of my way to listen to, but the story of his life and death was interesting. Something that caught my attention was  when he spoke about growing orchids. Not really the hobby you would associate with a rapper, but apparently one he was very keen on.

In the article he says, “When I first started growing orchids, I thought that they needed the most expensive soil and good light to blossom, but they all died. That's when I realized all they really needed was time and attention. It’s the same with humans.  You don't need to give people you love a gift, you need to give them your time.

As parents, we are in the business of growing kids and after spending most of my adult life working with children, the words of DMX ring so true. One of my mantras has always been that our children want our presence, not our presents.

As we head into term four, we enter that chaotic end of year rush. There is so much to finish and get done that our kids can often be forgotten or left till the everything is finished.

So many business and life strategies  talk about the concept of ‘what is urgent is not always important and what is important is not always urgent’.

The fact so many discuss it, is an indication that we are not great at discerning the difference. After nearly two years of Covid and everything else happening in our world, let's not assume that our children know that they are our priority.

Have a great week and hug your kids.

Jamie Emerick
Principal

Chess Club

There will be no Chess Club this Wednesday 6 October. Sorry for any inconvenience.  Chess Club will resume next Wednesday 13 October. 3pm to 3.50pm.

Swimming Carnival

Tuckshop Special

Volunteer Tuckshop Roster

Tuckshop Menu

Our St John’s App Is Live!

We are very excited to announce that the St John’s is live and ready for parents to download to their devices.

Please follow the instructions step-by-step for downloading the St John’s App. The one-off St John’s set-up passcode is 8892.

Additionally, to download the St John’s App to your iPad, laptop or PC, please follow the following link - https://stjohnclinton.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe

Once you have downloaded the App you will see we now have a one-stop-shop for all information you need to stay informed at St John’s.

In the top banner you will see Home, Feed and Manage.

Home will take you to the tiles and Feed will take you to alerts/messages (as Dojo did).

The latest ‘feed’ will be displayed on the home screen above the tiles.

The ‘’tiles’’ we have used are as follows:

• Parent Lounge – takes you straight to the Parent Lounge sign-in page
• Latest Newsletter – each week the newsletter will be uploaded to this tile
• Website – takes you straight to our website
• Forms and Documents – in this tile the following documents have been uploaded – simply tap on the link:
  

Parent Handbook
School Uniform
Behaviour Management
Fees and Levies Schedule
ICT Code of Practice
Tuckshop Menu

• School Calendar – all key dates for the upcoming term (continually updated)
• Tuckshop – takes you straight to the online tuckshop log-in page
• OSHC – links to required forms
• School Contact – takes you straight to our phone contact
• Facebook - takes you straight to our Facebook page
• Seesaw – Our new ‘Dojo’’ – please note that this is still a work in progress
• Newsletter Archive – each weekly newsletter will be archived to this tile for referral where required
• Subscribe to Newsletter – please note that all existing families will be automatically uploaded to this new platform. This tile is for new families in the future

While we feel we have covered all bases, things can be overlooked so we look forward to your feedback or suggestions on information that would be a benefit to be included. As always your feedback is valued; please email Jakki Graham at Jakki_graham@rok.catholic.edu.au