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MultiLit at St John's

Over the last few years, the NSW Department of Education has been conducting a significant reform of the English Curriculum across all years of schooling. It is an opportunity to reenergise what we teach and how we teach English at St John’s. After careful research and consideration, St John’s is pleased to inform our community that in addition to continuing our use of SMART Spelling in Years 3-6, we have invested heavily into the MultiLit (Making Up Lost Time In Literacy) suite of evidence-based literacy programs. We join over 6,000 schools across Australia who are engaging with MultiLit teaching and assessment.  

Using MultiLit literacy instruction allows St John’s to have a significant level of ongoing assessment, providing us with valuable data to track your child’s progress across their primary education. St John’s currently offers the following MultiLit programs:

If you have any questions about any of the above programs, please contact Alison Jafari.

CROSS COUNTRY 2023

THURSDAY 11 MAY
On the last day of term 1, we held our Cross Country Carnival!
It was an absolutely awesome day, the kids had such fun with the highlights of jumping over hay bales and running between the dams in the paddock.

Here is some photo highlights from the day!
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WE'RE MOVING ONLINE!

The time has come for St John's to move into the digital world for parent communication regarding School/student events!

You will see that we are slowly moving our events and surveys to an online platform utilising our Parent Lounge portal. We are working away in the background, to grow and utilise this platform to create a one-stop-shop for parents. This is an extremely positive step forward! Paper forms and notices in school bags will be reduced and it will also enable families to review upcoming events and information on your computer or mobile device at any time.

Please go to our website under 'Family Hub' to locate the link to the Parent Lounge portal.
Here, we've uploaded an instruction sheet for families to use on how to navigate and respond to events.

We appreciate this is an entirely new process for all families, so please don’t be shy and reach out if you’re having any trouble viewing events or responding; we’re here to help!

With thanks,

St John's Admin

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

THURSDAY 11 MAY
All the event information is now found on Parent Lounge!
We require all families to please complete 2 steps:

STEP 1: Complete the Athletics Carnival Travel and Parent Helper Form (one form per family) AND

STEP 2: Respond to the Athletics Carnival 2023 event in Parent Lounge (for each child).

Please refer to the email sent to all families on Tuesday 2nd May for more information.

We ask you please complete this by 3.30pm Monday 8 May

MUSIC AND ARTS

For creative arts this term we are going to be looking at Dance. The Kinders are doing a Circus theme, looking at the different parts of a circus and how you can use those movements to dance.

In year 1 and 2 we have started looking at how Dreamtime Stories can be represented through dance and how we can also tell our own stories through movement.

In year 3 and 4 we are doing Bush Dancing, which is so much fun! The students picked up the Heel Toe Polka routine really quickly and were able to help each other remember the moves. They did so well and really enjoyed it.

In year 5 and 6 we are looking at a different dance style each week. This week we did Step, which focuses on the rhythm that you make with your feet stomping and hand clapping whilst keeping in sync with the group. All the students did a short performance in front of their peers and did so well. It was great that all students got involved and had a go. Step is not an easy thing to do.