Around The Primary

Dear Parents

We hope many parents will be able to come along to our Masses, Assemblies and other special events during the term. As the hectic pace of Term 4 has already set in, some children are arriving late for school or leaving early. It is essential that all children attend school from 8:45am until 3:15pm each day.

Just a reminder, to ensure a quick and efficient flow of traffic through the 'loop' at the front of the College, families with Junior Primary children are requested to display their 'surname cards' on their sunvisors or on the dashboard of their vehicle. If you need a new or extra surname card for a second vehicle, please email mcgann.tracey@johnxxiii.edu.au

The PrePrimary - Year 6 students have all started the EduDance program and they are having lots of fun while they move to music. This creative dance and exercise program is designed specifically for Primary school children to improve levels of health and fitness. Students are required to wear their House shirt and sports shorts on their lesson days. The program will culminate in an EduDance Showcase in the gym on Monday 4 December at 2.00pm for all 'G' classes and Wednesday 6 December at 2.00pm for all 'B' classes. Please mark these dates on your family calendar.

Meeting new and different people is a part of life and it is our role as parents and teachers to support children through change rather than protect them from it. I ask all parents to trust that the class you child is going into next year is one in which they will thrive. It is important to note that parental requests can only be met in exceptional circumstances and emails or letters requesting a particular teacher or placement with a best friend does not constitute an exceptional circumstance. Early notification of class lists will not be provided. Parents can feel confident that their children will always be in good hands and receive an excellent education at John XXIII.

Special thanks to all the Grandparents that came along to the picnic lunch last Friday. We hope you enjoy the ‘movie’ kindly created by our Year 5 teacher, Miss Dernie.

We look forward to having a big parent cheer squad at the Junior Primary Athletics Carnival next Thursday. Extra parking will be available will be available on the lawn area off Mooro Road. As warm weather is forcast for the day, please bring along a hat!

Kind Regards

Antoinette De Pinto

Head of Primary

PRIMARY HAPPENINGS THIS WEEK

SPECIAL MASS

On Wednesday Lizzie Edwards (6G) and Alex Petsos (6B) proudly represented John XXIII College the Archdiocesan Anti-Poverty Mass with Bishop Donald Sproxton. Our young leaders were wonderful ambassadors for our school at this special Mass.

SCITECH CHALLENGE

Our Year 5 GATE students competed at the Scitech Science Challenge Day against 13 other Primary school teams. The challenges included an astronomy quiz, engineering challenge, mathematics challenge and a science challenge. The students had an amazing day filled with critical and creative thinking and problem solving activities. Their teamwork was excellent and they were all wonderful problem solvers.

Tara Purcell

GATE Teacher

VISUAL ART EXHIBITION

The John XXIII College’s Visual Art Exhibition will be open tomorrow, Saturday 21 October 2017 from 10am – 2pm. The Exhibition features artwork from both the Secondary and Primary school students.

Every student from Year 3-6 has a piece of artwork exhibited and there is a small selection from the Early Years. It is a great opportunity for parents to view artwork across all years and for students to showcase their artwork. We hope many families will come along on Saturday and see the students’ design and creativity skills with both 2D and 3D work.

Special thanks to Mrs Blaauw (Primary Visual Art Specialist Art Teacher) for all her hard work to ensure that the Primary school has a range of forms in this year’s Exhibition.

Mr Fuller (Trinity’s Dad) spoke to the Year 4 students about the 24 hour Telethon Challenge he is participating in this weekend. The students enjoyed listening to his inspirational stories. Best of luck Mr Fuller!

Dates to Remember

Wednesday 25 October                 Yr 7 2018 Orientation Day

Thursday 26 October                      K–Yr 2 Athletics Carnival

Friday 27 October                            4B Assembly 9am (Hall)

Saturday 28 October                      Small Ensemble Soiree 6pm (GBLT)