Informer - Term 3 Week 2

Queensland Child Oral Health Study (QCOHS) 2021-24

The University of Queensland and Queensland Health are pleased to partner with St John's to conduct the Queensland Child Oral Health Study (QCOHS) 2021-24. The study will provide important information about Queensland children’s oral health and dental care that will underpin future strategies to improve child dental health. 

Children will be randomly selected from all the students at our school to participate in QCOHS. Participation will include completing a parental questionnaire and a dental check-up, which will be conducted at school.  

If you receive an invitation via email, we encourage you to participate in this important research project. Participants will receive a toothbrush pack and parents will be notified by email of the outcomes of the dental check-up.  

Music Tutor Update

Please be advised that we are doing all that we can to secure a Music Tutor for the Friday Private Lessons and our School Band.

We are actively advertising on a variety of platforms and have approached a number of private music teachers currently working in Gladstone. Unfortunately, we haven’t had any luck securing anyone for the position, but will continue actively searching.

Catholic Education Week

Lunch On The Lawn

Families are invited to eat lunch together at St John’s this Thursday 27 July. It is a great opportunity for us to come together as a community. 

Please bring your own lunch or picnic to the school to share as a family. We will begin as the first bell goes at 10:45am and finish at 11:25am when students return to their classroom. You are welcome to come slightly earlier to set up your chairs or blankets. We are looking forward to seeing you.

To capture our annual Lunch on the Lawn, please use this QR code to upload photos of your family. The school can use these photos on their FaceBook page and really showcase our time together.

Port to Park Race- Special Visitors

Tim Horan and some Queensland Reds players visited St John's last week.  They encouraged us to sign up for this year's GPC Port to Park Race to raise funds for our school.  Register at: gpcl.com.au

St John's Way Awards

Homework Club - Year 3, 4, 5

Parish News

Please take the time to view the parish bulletin for this week. There are a number of events happening including:

• Marriage Encounter Weekend August
• SOS Youth Activities ages 13-18 year olds
• TIDE Young Adults evening
• Bible Study and Meditation
• Inner Healing Workshop
• Teacher Assistant Positions Available at St. Francis Tannum Sands
• Women of Worth Morning Tea Saturday 22 July at St. Patrick’s Calliope 10am-12pm

I Do – I Do – I Do – I Do

For more than 50 years, World Wide Marriage Encounter has helped over 3.5 million couples unlock the power of their relationships with new ways to do the "I Do." The Marriage Encounter experience helps a couple listen, share and connect. There’s no group disscussion. It’s just about two people learning to be the best, most loving and thriving couple possible. Our weekend, is a live out weekend at Chanel College going home on Friday night  18^th and Saturday 19th August and finishing with Mass on Sunday 20^th August 2023 at approximately 4pm. For more info contact Liesha and Joseph on 0481 307 821 or qldbookings@wwme.org.au  Watch Archbishop Mark Coleridge support video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o_wp6qGB44 or for more information go to the website:   www.wwme.org.auad  BOOK NOW!

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.

Grandparents' Day

We celebrate Grandparent’s Day annually with a morning tea provided by the school. Grandparents are invited to come to school for our Friday assembly. This year it will be the Prep Owls on stage.

The morning will run as follows:

• Assembly at 8:39am
• Class visits 8:50am-9:20am.
• Students take their grandparents to visit their classrooms as well as to other classrooms to see loved ones.  At 9.20am students will return their grandparents to Nazarene Place for morning tea.  Morning tea is only for grandparents.  Students will return to class.
• Morning tea provided (sandwiches, scones, tea and coffee) 9:25am-10:15am

Tuckshop Special

Volunteer Tuckshop Roster

Tuckshop Menu

OSHC News...

OHSC were lucky enough on Friday to be visited by Gladstone’s office of Habit for Habitats and learn how injured animals are cared for in the Gladstone Region.

OSHC Easter Vacation Program

School Safe Parking