From the Principal

St Justin’s Primary School acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia's First People and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which our school stands.

We pay our respects to the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation, and their elders past and present, and emerging as we continue to proudly live and learn on their land.

St Justin's Primary School - Celebrating 40 years of Catholic Education

Dear Families and Friends,  

First Eucharist Celebrations

Congratulations to our Year 4 students who, last weekend, received their First Eucharist. A huge thank you to Fr Andrew, our Parish Priest, Mrs Snell, our Religious Education Leader and Year 4 staff members, parishioners and families.  Please keep all students in your prayers as they continue on their faith journey. 

Professional Learning Day - Vision for Instruction

We had a great day yesterday at our Professional Learning Day with a focus on the Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) inititative Vision for Instruction. Vision for Instruction has been crafted to communicate MACS’ preferred system-wide approach to achieving teaching and learning excellence. It is firmly grounded in the evidence of how students learn most effectively and efficiently, offering explicit guidance for MACS schools on instructional best practice.

Our commitment to becoming evidence-informed practitioners means continuously seeking to enhance our craft, reasoning together about instructional strategies, identifying learning challenges, and understanding how students learn. This ensures that we provide the best possible education for our students, supporting them to flourish.

Our purpose and vision brings us together and provides a common purpose:

• As a Catholic community, St Justin’s will continue to develop a culture of continuous professional learning, focused on high-quality teaching and student wellbeing, in order for all to flourish.

We aim to create positive outcomes and an environment where every student can thrive. The ongoing collaborative dialogue and evidence-based practice are essential in supporting our students' needs and achieving our strategic objectives.

For more information, refer to the Learning and Teaching page in our newsletter.

Chickens

We are asking for volunteers to help look after our chickens over the school holidays. Not only do our chickens need fresh water, food topped up and their eggs collected, they also need some human visitors. For more details, please refer to Chicken Carers page in our newsletter.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)  

The NCCD is an annual collection of information about Australian school students with disability. The NCCD enables schools, education authorities and governments to better understand the needs of students with disability and how they can be best supported at school.  The definition of ‘students with disability’ applies broadly to any student who has received adjustments over 10 weeks within a 12-month period.

Music Soiree

The 2024 Music Soiree will be postponed until Term 3. This will give all ensembles and performers more time to rehearse and prepare for a spectacular performance. 

More details to follow closer to the event. 

Mrs Christy Riddiford

Performing Arts Teacher

Fair on the Hill

Plans are well and truly underway for our annual St Justin's Fair on the Hill. Along with any great ideas, we are also on the look out for any performers that might be interested in showcasing their talent. This might be in the form of outside groups that our students are involved in eg: dance, ballet, calisthenics, karate, martial arts etc.....

If you know of anyone who might be interested, please email office@sjwheelershill.catholic.edu.au

St Justin's 40th Anniversary Celebrations

Thanks to everyone for your contributions to our 40th Anniversary Celebrations. Below are former students (Harry & Justin) standing next to the bricks used to build our church. The second photo was taken outside the Down Under Room (under the Parish House), which was used for baptism celebrations before the Church was built.

Celebrations of our 40th Anniversary are being planned for October. If you have any memorabilia, photos or stories they would like to share with us, please contact the office or email office@sjwheelershill.catholic.edu.au

Use of Photographs

Thanks to all the families who have completed the permission forms to use (or not to use) photos.  As many of our families have requested that photos not be used, especially on Social Media (which includes our newsletter which is published online) it will be very challenging to use group photos in the future.  Our newsletter may look a little different, but I'm sure it will still be a great read.

Please remember that if at any stage you take a group photo of students, it should not be published online unless permission has been granted.

Crossing not covered for next week

Due to an ongoing shortage of School Crossing Supervisors, there will be no supervisor available to cover the following dates & times:

17-06-2024 08:20-09:00 - Corner Jells Road & Grandview Road Wheelers Hill 

17-06-2024 15:20-16:00 - Corner Jells Road & Grandview Road Wheelers Hill 

18-06-2024 08:20-09:00 - Corner Jells Road & Grandview Road Wheelers Hill 

18-06-2024 15:20-16:00 - Corner Jells Road & Grandview Road Wheelers Hill 

19-06-2024 15:20-16:00 - Corner Jells Road & Grandview Road Wheelers Hill

19-06-2024 08:20-09:00 - Corner Jells Road & Grandview Road Wheelers Hill 

20-06-2024 08:20-09:00 - Corner Jells Road & Grandview Road Wheelers Hill 

20-06-2024 15:20-16:00 - Corner Jells Road & Grandview Road Wheelers Hill 

Mr Torpey on Leave

Next week Mr Torpey will be taking leave. In his absence Mrs Snell will be Acting Principal. Mrs Snell is very experienced and is very familiar with the St Justin’s community. We wish Mr Torpey all the very best for his week off. As always, should you have any concerns please don't hesitate to contact us.

All the best,

Pat

Mr Patrick Torpey

Principal