ST JOHN'S NEWSLETTER INSPIRING
STUDENTS FOR LIFE
TERM 2 WEEK 2

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A MESSAGE FROM THE

PRINCIPAL

Principal’s Message Week 2 2025

We welcome you to Term 2 and hope your children had a fantastic first week back at school. We especially welcome 3 new families to our school community this term – the Davis family (Year 1, 4 and 5), Ryder family (Year 1 and 3) and Jones family (Year 1). It has been heartwarming to see how quickly our new students have gained a sense of belonging with us and we are very grateful for these wonderful additions to St John’s! This term, we are focusing on the new school value of:


Stay tuned for our weekly social media Spotlight posts created by teachers and Mrs Kath Dunlop, Administration Officer, sharing how “We are adventurous’ in our everyday school life. Being adventurous is our Term 2 Chapel theme and we love God’s reminder from Joshua 1:9 to be strong and courageous, knowing He is always with us as we learn about and serve the world around us in His love.

Anna-Marie Bothe

Interim Principal

IMPORTANT DATES

Term 2 Week 2

  • Monday 5/5     Year 5/6 Bonegilla Excursion
  • Tuesday 6/5    RAS Cross Country
  • Thursday 8/5   MOTHERS DAY STALL - $5
  • Friday 9/5        MOTHERS DAY CHAPEL AND MORNING TEA 9:30am                                               AND Riverina LCA Youth Group 6:30pm

Week 3

  • Monday 12/5    Netball Schools Cup Gala Day
  • Tuesday 13/5    Albury Paul Kelly Cup
  • Friday 16/5       Kids Church 6pm
  • Saturday 17/5  LITTLE SAINTS 20TH BIRTHDAY PARTY!

Week 4

Wednesday 21/5   National Simultaneous Storytime

Friday 23/5            5/6PV Leading Chapel AND Riverina LCA Youth Group 6:30pm

 

Week 5

  • Tuesday 27/5 to Friday 30/5 Reconciliation Week
  • Wednesday 28/5   5/6 Camp
  • Friday 30/5            Kinder Leading Chapel AND Kids Church 6pm

The FULL school calendar can be found via Parent Orbit or our website

Calendar

From the deputy desk
School Happenings!

New Sports Equipment Thanks to Your Support!

Families might remember at the end of last year, St John’s engaged in a Colour Run Fundraising Initiative. Students had a wonderful afternoon getting colourful, while fundraising at the same time. We’re thrilled to announce that, thanks to your generous support, we’ve been able to purchase brand-new sports equipment for our Sports Drawer! The Sports Drawer is maintained by our House Captains and is opened each lunch and recess for all students. We’ve purchased high-quality AFL balls, soccer balls, netballs, basketballs, tennis racquets to name just a few! These new additions will help our students enjoy their lunch and recess playtime even more.

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed—you’ve made a real difference!

A special thanks to Mrs Nic and Mrs Gordon, who were part of the working committee last year and worked behind the scenes this year to order the equipment and pump up the balls!

Lunchtime Clubs

As we are at the start of another term, we have reset our lunchtime clubs and are accepting new student ideas. We are so proud of our student’s initiative, and adventurous nature, and are impressed with the level of creativity that students come up with in these clubs each term. We encourage you to speak to your child/ren to see if they are wanting to run a club this term!

School Library

Our library has reopened, moving into one of the buildings at the student entrance to the school. Mrs T has spent a lot of time making it feel like a warm and cozy place to read and hang out. We look forward to many more exciting times ahead in this space!

 

Alison Jafari

Deputy Principal

FROM THE CHAPLAIN

FRIDAY NIGHT CHAPEL

Join us for family fun at our Friday Night Chapel! This term we have two new year 5 bands leading us in musical worship! The first band played last Friday night, and the second will join us next week! If you love School Chapel, you’ll love Friday Night Chapel as well!


Contact Chappy Pete for more information – [email protected]

 


Riverina LCA Youth Group

If you have children in high school, they might like to join our new Youth Group! The group is run by teenagers for teenagers! Food, games, discussions and more. You’ll find us at St John’s School Hall every second Friday.

Click here to register

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FROM THE LIBRARY

Library Borrowing

  • Please don’t forget that the library is open each lunch time for quiet reading and the opportunity to borrow books.
  • Class time is also allocated for weekly borrowing.
  • Students will require a library bag for the safe transportation of library books between home and school.

TERM 2 VALUE

 

ADVENTUROUS

We believe in exploring the world God made, with excitement and wonder, bravely venturing through the unknown.

Adventure is the sense of excitement, curiosity and courage in which we approach our learning.

Adventure is play, creativity, taking thoughtful risks and seeing challenges as opportunities for growth.

Adventure is how we understand the world around us and our place within it. There are limitless possibilities that spark motivation and drive our learning.

STUDENT PROFILE:

  • We embrace change as an opportunity to strive for growth in all we do.
  • We are solution-focused and look for opportunities amidst challenges.
  • We are innovative and demonstrate current best practice.

STAFF PROFILE:

  • I can ask deep questions to challenge my thinking and learning.
  • I can make meaningful connections between my learning and the real world.
  • I can take initiative to wonder, explore and investigate.
  • I can view mistakes as learning opportunities to grow and move closer to my goal.

SAVE THE DATE

ras CROSS Country

What a day! Clear blue skies, sun shining, sausages cooking, music playing and 180+ kids ready to RUUUNNNNNN! We couldn't ask for anything more.

Thanks to everyone who helped out on the day, with a special thanks to Mrs Emily Sarroff for organising, and the Year 8, 9 and 10 students from St Paul's for helping us out on check points, running with and encouraging our students and helping us pack up. We couldn't have done it without you!

Student ACHIEVeMENTS

Ivy Tervet represented St John's at the NSW CIS Primary Swimming Championships in Sydney on Wednesday 26 March. The highlight of Ivy's program at the Olympic Pool was her 50m freestyle, in which a pb of 35.94 seconds saw her not only win her heat but earn a ranking of 11th place overall. Ivy followed this up with strong swims in the 50m breaststroke, 50m backstroke and 50m butterfly, coming away with top-25 finishes in each event.

This season Ivy has raced in Sydney, Melbourne, Griffith, Wagga Wagga, Wangaratta and Corowa as well as the local pools in Albury-Wodonga. She won four silver medals at the Ovens & Murray Championships and made it all the way through NSW Country to the Speedo NSW Junior State Age Championships.

We asked Ivy a few questions after she swam at CIS on Wednesday.

How did you feel at the start of the day? Really nervous because I didn't know how the day was going to go!

How did you feel at the end of the day? Extremely proud for getting under 36 seconds in the 50m freestyle.

What do you love about swimming? That you are trying to beat yourself and not others.

What is the hardest thing about swimming? When you don't get a PB.

What can you tell us about your training? I train 3-4 times a week at Albury Swim Centre. Sessions for my squad are on Monday and Wednesday, from 5-6.30pm, and Tuesday and Thursday, 5.30-7am. I have to set my alarm for 4.30am on those days.

What is your proudest moment in the pool so far? Going to the highest level of club swimming for my age group this year (NSW Junior State).

What do you hope to achieve in the future? Go to the Olympics in Brisbane in 2032!

An absolutely amazing effort Ivy and what a goal! We too would love to watch you compete in Brisbane in 2032!!

 

Fletcher Barber is another super star of St John's who represented Albury/Wodonga in the U10 mixed soccer carnival held in Bendigo over the weekend. His team, AWFA white team won their division 3-0 to Avondale in the Grand Final and were the Boys and Girls FC Champions 2025.

We asked Fletcher a couple of questions about the day.

What was the highlight of the carnival? Winning the Tournament

How many games did you play over the weekend? 7

What position did you play? Centre back - a defender position.

What's the best thing about soccer? Scoring goals!

Well done Fletcher!

We know our students at St John's are amazing and now we want the rest of the community to know so if your child is doing amazing things outside of school, please reach out to Mrs Dunlop in the front office so we can include their achievements in future newsletters. Sports, arts, crafts, hobbies we want to hear about it!

[email protected]

STUDENT INFORMATION
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CLASS

LITTLE SAINTS

KINDERGARTEN

In Design Lab, Kinder have been learning about light. In this activity one student secretly put an item in the box and their partner had to look through a tiny sliver to try to guess the item. We talked about how much light was needed to be able to see inside the box.  Kinders loved tricking their friends with different items!

YEAR 1

YEAR 2

YEAR 3/4 LK

YEAR 3/4 GC

YEAR 5/6

2025 NSW Premier's Reading Challenge

Challenge closes on Friday 22 August 2025

What is the Premier's Reading Challenge?

The NSW Premier's Reading Challenge is on again! It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely. Its aim is to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure and to enable them to experience quality literature. The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is open to all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 10, and many students have rushed to express their interest in participating this year. The Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) involves students reading books from predetermined lists, logging them online and at the end of the Challenge, receiving a certificate of completion. Any books on the Premier’s Reading Challenge booklist that your child has read or you have read to your child during the summer holidays can be counted towards this year’s challenge, just note the title and the author.

The PRC Booklist can be found

HERE

How do students participate in the Premier's Reading Challenge?

In order to complete the Challenge, students are required to read the following number of books:

To log in

Use this link

Go to ‘Logon’ on the left pull down box.

Then enter your child’s username and password (emailed home)

NSW Premier's Reading Challenge 2025

Click here

This is the link to find books to read......

If you have any queries regarding the Premier’s Reading Challenge visit the PRC website NSW Premier's Reading Challenge or send me through an email with your concerns and I will endeavour to answer your questions - [email protected]

Your school’s PRC coordinator is Mrs Therese Schmidt ..Mrs T.

PRAYING FOR YOU

At St John's, we pray for our students and their families and staff members.
We are praying for:

Week 1

Edward and Audrey Sarroff

Lily and Grace Ross

Arthur Lieschke

Georgia Tension

Emily Sarroff

Week 2

Toby Paech

Charlotte and Beatrix Phelps

Morgan and Wesley Mason

Bastian Triffett and Grace Phelps

Melanie Barnes

Week 3

Poppy Wills

Amelia and Anthony Yong

Eloise Sutcliffe

Benji Lustig

Daniel Stopp and Hugh Sutcliffe

Tracey Stevens

Week 4

Benjamin and Emilia Baird

Mannix and Ava Dowell

Adeline Moll and Leo Delhunty

Sarah Baird

Week 5

Kaitlyn Holmes

Alexander and Edith Hoek

Delilah Harrigton

Claire Schwarz

Anna-Marie Bothe

AFL NSW

After-School Clinics at St John's

MERIT AWARDS

WEEK 7

 

Kinder

Edith Hoek and Beau Kotzur  
Year 1

Ava Jones and Ella Lewis  
Year 2

Piper Barber and Jonti Noordam    

 

Year 3/4 LK

Edward Sarroff and Norah Heath    

Year 3/4 GC

George Shipp and Max Ley  

Year 5/6 PV

Isaac Hartley and Ian Wang  

Year 5/6 DB

Tennyson Deegan and Ivy Tervet

WEEK 8

 

Kinder

Ellena Murtagh and Samuel Busch  
Year 1

Deliah Harrington and Indigo Sutcliffe  
Year 2

Daria Jafari and Jimmy Schmidt  

 

Year 3/4 LK

Evelynn Tyrell and Tilda Gurney    

Year 3/4 GC

Gloria Wang and Chloe Oates

Year 5/6 PV

Layla Forrester and Ari Severin    

Year 5/6 DB

Jethro Harper and Sarah Bergmeier

WEEK 9

 

Kinder

Madelyn Swift and Lance Taylor
Year 1

Ziggy Saggers and Phillipa Louwrier
Year 2

Archer Walker and Stevie Thies  

 

Year 3/4 LK

Ryder Bakes and Eli Johnston    

Year 3/4 GC

Amelia Yong and Evie Noordam  

Year 5/6 PV

Johan Klaassen and Ivy McWaters

Year 5/6 DB

Maison Holm and Evy Groenwald  

WEEK 10

 

Kinder

Xavier Biggs and Walter Cottrell and

Blair Thomson
Year 1

Arthur Lieschke and Theo Bakes
Year 2

George Tuohey and Theo Merkel  

 

Year 3/4 LK

Tom Hancock and Maeve Bryant    

Year 3/4 GC

Sophie Chang and Ivy Lawrence  

Year 5/6 PV

Leo Jensen and Jett Smith and Henry Edwards

Year 5/6 DB

Cruz Smith and Kade Anderson

CARPARK - SAFETY IS EVERYONES RESPONSIBILTY! 

             Use the footpath to enter school

             Walk

             Use dedicated parking bays  

 

             DO NOT walk/ride/scooter through the carpark

             DO NOT park in driveways

Hats 

Be like George!

  • Label your hat

  • Keep your hat in your bag

  • Wear your hat if the UV is 3 or higher

  • Look after your hat

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