ST JOHN'S NEWSLETTER INSPIRING
STUDENTS FOR LIFE
TERM 3 WEEK 10

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Yours in Christian service,

Brad Moss
Principal

Mixed Emotions

It is with a mixture of sadness and excitement that I have accepted a new role as Principal of Victory Lutheran College, beginning in 2025. While this new opportunity brings a sense of anticipation for the journey ahead, it is also incredibly hard to say goodbye to a school community that has meant so much to me.

St John's is a truly special place. The fantastic parent community, the amazing students and the strong bond we share as a staff team are things I hold dearly. I feel blessed to have been a part of this incredible journey with you.

Please know that I am 100% committed to St John's for the remainder of 2024. There is still much work to be done, and I am fully dedicated to our vibrant school community in the months ahead.

Thank you for your support and partnership. I look forward to making the most of the rest of this year with all of you.

Holiday Break
The work hard/play hard motto comes into action as the term break arrives. It is an important time for both students and staff to have a change of pace and reenergise. From all of the St John’s staff team, we pray for a fun and safe term break, and we look forward to seeing you all back in Term 4.

Psalm 121:7-8: "The Lord will keep you from all harm— He will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore."

IMPORTANT DATES

Term 3 Week 10

Monday 23 September - Board Meeting

Wednesday 25 September - Kinder Transition 1 and Parent Information Session

Friday 27 September - Community Fun Day and Last Day of Term 3

Holidays

Monday 30 September to Friday 11 October

Term 4 Week 1

Monday 14 October - STAFF PD Day (no students)

Tuesday 15 OCTOBER - STUDENTS RETURN

Wednesday 16 October - Justin Seidel Freestyle Dance Ministry

Thursday 17 October - Kinder 2025 Transition Day 2

Friday 18 October - Justin Seidel Chapel and Under 12 and Under 14 Female Footy Talk

Term 4 Week 2

Friday 25 October - Grandparents Day Chapel and morning tea

From the deputy desk
School Happenings!

School Concert THANK YOU

Thank you to Mrs Aiyana Eames and Chaplain Peter Reed for planning and preparing our concert items this year. Thank you to Mrs Kath Dunlop for coordinating our concert admin and setting up the hall with Mrs Narelle Hayes. The concert was a wonderful celebration of community spirit and student participation in the creative arts, with so many members of our school community going above and beyond to make it possible.

Community Fun Day

This Friday is our last day of Term 3 and Community Fun Day! Students will participate in an assortment of games inside and outside, dressed in their favourite sports colours. Please bring a gold coin donation, which will go towards the new shade sail at Jindera’s Playground, which so many of our students use. We love supporting our local community.

New Jindera U/12 and U/14 Girls AFL

We draw your attention to the flyer at the end of this newsletter about Jindera starting a girls’ football team next year. Organisers will visit St John’s on Friday 18th October (Term 4, Week 1) to talk to interested girls at lunchtime and lead some footy skills practice.

School Holidays

We thank all of our staff, students and their families for contributing for such a successful Term 3. We pray everyone has a safe and rejuvenating school holiday.

Alison Jafari and Anna-Marie Bothe

FROM THE CHAPLAIN

KIDS CHURCH - – Friday September 13

Have you ever felt let down by your friends?

Uncared for?

Like people just don’t understand you?

This week at Kid’s Church we’re exploring how deeply Jesus cares for us. The extremes he went to understand and emphasise with our suffering are amazing! Join us at 6pm Friday to find out more!

Games Night
Fox and Brew host a community games club every Wednesday after school. Kids: come along and challenge your friends to a wide variety of board and card games! Parents: join in the fun or have a coffee with others parents.

New Bible Study
Have you ever wondered who wrote the bible?How was it put together?
Is there a coherent message in the eclectic mix of 66 books?
Join us for conversations over coffee and snacks right here in Jindera where we will try to explore all your questions and more!

Click here to subscribe to our Church Newsletter

COMMUNITY FUN DAY

Friday 27 September

Friday Week 10 is our last day of school and our Community Fun Day!

Please bring a Gold Coin donation and wear your favourite sporting teams colours - any code, any sport.

Thank you to everyone who made our school concert such a fantastic celebration of student talent!

Enjoy some photos from the evening.

CONCERT - St John's 2024 talent show

TICKETS NOW OPEN
Scan the code or click on the link to book your seats. Limited seating available so don't miss out!

Book your seats here

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL RESULTS

HOUSE CUP RESULTS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL 2024

1st Place: Dight (404.83 points)

2nd Place: Goessling (386.16 points)

3rd Place: Luther (363 points)

STUDENT INFORMATION
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CLASS

KINDERGARTEN

MATHS

We have been learning about Time in Maths over the last two weeks; all about the features of a clock and reading o’clock time. The Kinders have loved using the small clocks to make times and playing ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf’!

STORYBOOKS IN INITIALIT

In our Storybook sessions, we have just read the books ‘All through the year’ and ‘Ernie dances to the didgeridoo’. Both books talk about different seasons that occur in different parts of Australia. We have been inspired by the collaging we did on our Lavington Library visit, so we got out the materials, plasticine and textas to create a scene from one of the six seasons up in Arnhem Land. There was a lot of mess, but definitely worth it!

YEAR 1

LAPTOPS

The students have been excited to dive into our digital learning tools. They've enjoyed logging in on the laptops, exploring engaging Maths games, improving their skills in Typing Club, and even beginning to write sentences. Some students have become true experts in the classroom and are now helping their classmates, fostering a wonderful environment of collaboration and peer learning!

PBL

This term in PBL, we have been investigating fibre and where it comes from. Students have mapped out how the product gets from the farm to us and the ways in which we can use that fibre. Students have looked at sheep wool, alpaca wool, cotton and bamboo. We have been busy creating different toys using wool and are beginning to learn to finger knit to create something for our friends at UPA.

YEAR 2

CONCERT

What a wonderful week of entertainment and excitement with our school concert. Thank you so much to Alexis, Tracey and Rebecca for face painting the students. They loved doing their performance and we were so proud of excellent job that they did.

MATHEMATICS

In Mathematics, students have been enjoying hands-on activities when mastering the commutative property of multiplication. Students enjoyed playing games and also we had Chloe share and teach us a great way to work out your 9 x tables.

PIZZA PARTY

Last week we celebrated our efforts in the Premier’s Reading Challenge by having a pizza party. Thank you so much Mrs T for organising this for us.

YEAR 3/4 PV

WEEK 9

Students continue to enjoy moving to Go Noodle during brain breaks. Questacon Science Circus was entertaining and educational. It was a coincidence, as the theme was our science topic for this term - Changes of State, solids, gases and liquids. During Maths, the Year 4 students were engaged counting coins. Different strategies were discussed as students applied their mathematical thinking to find totals. The Write Around the Murray workshop gave students the opportunity to meet Danny Katz and illustrator Mitch Vane of the Little Lunch series. It was a lively performance as the author enjoyed connecting with the audience to co-construct and generate ideas for new storylines.

YEAR 3/4 LK

Week 9

The students were very engaged during the recent Questacon show, learning about forces, the power of gravity and how things move. The Write Around the Murray visit to the Albury City Library was very loud, interactive and fun. The author and illustrator of the Little Lunch series engaged the students in creating a new character for the series.

The students also were wonderful performers as the Muppets for the school concert. Congratulations to them all for their fantastic item and the confidence they had to get up on stage.

Students have been working hard to complete their items for their PBL unit on promoting healthy eating in our school community. The students have come up with some very creative ways to get information about the benefits of healthy eating to the students at our school.

YEAR 5/6

week 9

What a busy end to the term we have had! The students enjoyed their Write Around the Murray Excursion with Melbourne author George Ivanoff. George led a workshop teaching the students how to plan the multiple story paths of a 'You Choose' book. We look forward to seeing how the students can transfer these new skills into their own writing. We wish all students a safe and fun holiday break!

WELLBEING and the flu season

Flu season

It's that time of year again when coughs, colds and covid are about in the community.

NSW Health advise we are currently in the moderate level of COVID-19.

For everyone to stay well this season please follow the recommendations of the NSW Government and keep your child home when sick.

You can find out more via the following links

https://education.nsw.gov.au/schooling/covid-19/advice-for-families#Staying1

https://www.nsw.gov.au/health/covid-19/testing-managing/symptoms

Whilst we understand how challenging it is to be called at work, we also know parents value a safe school and we thank you for your support.

STAY HOME WHEN SICK!

PRAYING FOR YOU

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

Week 9

Gan Ney Cole

Archie Brandon

Henry Whitehouse

Molly Ginnivan

Jack Robinson & Ezra Vitullo

Amy Sonter

Week 10

Joel & Zoe James

Johan Klaassen

Ella Lewis

Benji Lustig

Mary–Beth & Pascall Carcarello

Tanya Stein

MERIT AWARDS

GOOD

SAMARTIAN

Kinder

Audrey Vitullo and Beatrix Phelps
Year 1

George Tuohey and Daria Jafari
Year 2

Evie Wright and Grace Ross

Kinder

Philippa Louwrier and Finnley Cox

Year 1

Eloise Sutcliffe and Jimmy Schmidt
Year 2

Norah Heath and Ruby McWaters

Year 3/4 LK
Angel Baker and Ivy Tervet

Year 3/4 PV

Nate Pallett and Jasmine Piltz

Year 3/4 LK
Thomas Hancock and Angel Baker

Year 3/4 PV

Emily Proos and Frankie Marshall

Year 5/6 GC

Isabel McGrath and Jacob Rudd

Year 5/6 DB

Billie Groenewald and Sarah Bergmeier

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

THEIRCARE
BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL CARE

19/09/24 – 13/09/24

This week:

This week we went back in time with the theme…. RETRO WEEK! We had plenty of fun retro crafts planned for the week! On Monday we made some pom poms as well as crepe paper ice creams😊. On Tuesday we are made and decorated our very own cassettes with lots of fun bright colours and patterns! In the afternoon we put our creativity to the test trying to make some origami…harder than expected! 😊. On Wednesday we made cheesy quesadillas again for second snack! It was once again a massive hit, definitely a recipe we will continue to use in the future! On Thursday, we spent a lot of the afternoon outside playing some group games and activities, soaking up the sun. Lastly, on Friday, we spent part of the afternoon outside and then headed back inside to watch a movie and eat some popcorn!

Next week:

Next week is the very last week of term!! Wow, how on earth has this term gone SO quickly!!! We decided that we are going to have a bit of fun next week, with some pancakes for breakfast on Tuesday morning, yummy rocky road for second snack on Wednesday and a CLASS PARTY on Thursday afternoon!! With all that fun planned for next week, we also have some awesome crafts. On Monday we are making paper chain jelly fish as well as monster paper bags, on Wednesday we are getting super creative with making pipe cleaner animals, on Thursday we will spend a lot of the afternoon outside playing some group games and we will finish on Friday with some outside play and a movie!! 😊😉

HEAD LICE

Currently we have an increased number of cases of head lice presenting at school. Please click here for a fact sheet of treatments and preventative measures which may be a support to families. If head lice is detected at school, home will be contacted. In line with school expectations, any child with below shoulder length hair is required to tie their hair back while at school. Please ensure if your child has longer hair it is tied back for the school day.

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