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TERM 3 WEEK 2

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School Happenings!

Welcome back to our third term! We loved catching up with staff and students and hearing what we all did during the holidays. Last week families were emailed class letters outlining the learning and activities that will take place.  

Numeracy Parent Information Session

Since the beginning of this year, our teaching and learning staff have been engaged in the AISNSW Primary Numeracy Project, a comprehensive professional learning package designed to support us with the explicit and systematic teaching of numeracy skills.  

We are delighted to invite parents to a one-hour Parent workshop on Wednesday 14 August (6:15 – 7:30pm).

This practical session, led by Fiona Walker who is the AISNSW Consultant working with our staff this year, will introduce you to the additive and multiplicative strategies taught at school from Kindergarten to Year 6. It will show how you can assist your child at home to develop strong number sense and broaden your understanding of what it takes to become a successful mathematician. Resources and websites that can be used at home will also be shared. This session is designed with parents in mind, we therefore encourage you to make alternative care arrangements for your children during this time if you wish to attend.  

Please RSVP                      before Friday 9th August so that we can ensure enough resources are available.

Green & Gold Casual Clothes Day and Kids for Cancer Fundraiser

Last week all school families were emailed about Green & Gold Casual Clothes Day that is happening this Friday 2nd August. The Australian Olympic Team has encouraged schools and organisation all over Australia on this day to show our support. Students are encouraged to bring a gold coin donation that will go towards a fundraiser for Kids for Cancer, initiated by our Year 4 student, Cruz Smith, and his family. Cruz will be having his hair cut on 14th August – the email you received included a QR code for further donations school families would like to make. A story about Cruz’s fundraiser that was filmed at St John’s aired on channel 7, which was exciting! We’re so proud of Cruz for putting his compassion into action.    

Partnership Meetings

Next week, families will receive an email with instructions on how to book an appointment for Partnership Meetings which will be held on Tuesday 20th & Wednesday 21st August. The purpose of these meetings is for parents and staff to discuss student academic progress based on their Semester 1 report. It is optional for students from Years 3-6 to attend these meetings and take part in this valuable discussion about their learning.  

Albury Wodonga Eisteddfod

Our school choir performed at the Albury Wodonga Eisteddfod this Thursday. We love the fact that our choir consists of students from all year levels. A huge thank you to Mrs Aiyana Eames, our Creative Arts teacher, for her enthusiasm and passion in setting up our choir and preparing our students for their beautiful performance.  

Gould Swimming

What a wonderful week this has been with our K-2 students participating in swimming lessons at Gould Swim Academy. Thanks to our school families for making sure swimming gear came to school each day!  

RAS Athletics Carnival

This Friday we have students competed in interschool (RAS) athletics at Les O’Brien Athletics Precinct in Albury. We celebrate their achievement in making it to this level and cheer them on in giving their best efforts, hoping they have a fantastic day representing St John’s.  

Alison Jafari and Anna-Marie Bothe

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23/07/24 – 26/07/24

HOLIDAY PROGRAM

Wow what a nice chilled first week back we have had here at St Johns!! The theme we decided on was Disney Pixar😊With Monday being a pupil free day, we started the school week off on Tuesday! We started the morning with a fun craft using buttons to create the dress of the princesses we loved!! As we moved onto the afternoon, we used our creative minds to make some cool paper plate aliens, and spent some time outside on the playground, lapping up the Sun😊On Wednesday morning we made some Cars out of different coloured paddle pops! They turned out so cool!!! And for the afternoon we did a little bit of cooking and preparing, by making some mini pizzas on English muffins!! They were an absolute hit! Loved by all the kids😊On the Thursday we continue with our theme by using our thumb prints to create ballons for our own UP Houses!! They were very colourful! we also made some traditional paper plate mini and mickeys!! To finish off our first week back at school, we have ended things on a chill note with a movie Friday afternoon and some popcorn!! Overall, a successful and fun first week back😊

This week we will be immersing ourselves into everything to do with the Olympics!! We have lots of fun crafts and games that we will be doing to get ourselves into the Olympic spirit!! Starting Monday off with a craft we are making Olympic torches! Some of the children made these in school holiday an absolutely loved it! 😊Some of the other crafts we will being making are Olympic flags, Olympic medals and paper plate Olympic rings! We will also be doing some fun games and activities in the hall or outside to make us all feel like Olympians! To continue with the theme will also do some fun relays and running races! As well as some different sporting challenges😊For our cooking activity on Wednesday we will be making an all-time favourite nachos!! and on Friday will we finish the week off with a fun Olympic colouring competition and a movie with popcorn Friday afternoon! 😊

Another holiday program done and dusted for 2024! I’m sure a lot of families and children can relate, but wow did these two weeks fly by! Must have been because of all the fun we were having. The theme for HP was time warp and revolved heavily around interactive activities and creating which was a hit for most students!  

Week 1 We had a jam packed two weeks full of lots of fun activities, with also a few very exciting excursions! We started week one off on Monday, where we found ourselves playing lots of retro games! Like heads down thumbs up and grandmas house! We also had lots of fun with the giant games of tic tac toe! Which the kids LOVED! On Wednesday we did some dino digging, although it was very messy! 😊 the kids absolutely loved it, they were giving their absolute all to find their little dinos! Part of Thursday was spent at the movies, we watched inside out 2, which was definitely a favourite for all! The popcorn also went down a treat! 😊Overall, a fun filled first week of holidays! 😊    

Week 2 We started the week off with a day full of rhythm, we emerged ourselves into absolutely everything music, with lots of fun dancing games and a great game of limbo, which the kids all loved! 😊Tuesday and Thursday were our incursion days, on Tuesday we spent our time at school doing some fun science experiments, creating some crazy explosions 😊and on Thursday we had a lovely lady join us at school to teach us all a little about the Olympics! We worked together and made some torches and lit our own big torch at our very own Jindera their care Olympics 😊we then participated in lots of Olympic games! The kids had a blast! On Wednesday we headed to Beechworth, where we had a very cool tour of the Beechworth goal, it was super interesting and had the kids asking plenty of great questions, a place most of the kids said they’d loved to re visit. Then to finish the holidays with bang we headed over to inflatable funhouse where the kids found themselves jumping around for hours and working up a good sweat! 😊what a great holidays it was! Definitely enjoyed by all! 😊  

It was a quick and hectic two weeks, but another successful holiday program done. It is great to see so many happy St John’s students join us for these activities and excursions as well as many other students from around the Jindera and Albury region!