Dear families,

The last week has highlighted some great student achievements at the school.

Congratulations Adnan, Davi, Kyle and Hollie for receiving an award in the National History Challenge this evening. They were proud to meet with Jeremy Rockliff, Premier of Tasmania. The project was titled 'Tasmania, then and now: Natural and built environmental challenges'. Students explored some serious debates that have occurred in the Tasmanian community, including; Lake Pedder, the Fight for the Franklin, commercial salmon farming, forestry and of course, the current Macquarie Stadium debate.

A big shout out to Mrs Jaegar for supporting students with their entry. We are proud of these students for 'learning to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better' - Saint John Paul II.

Congratulations to our students who entered the Eastern Shore Storytelling Showcase. The presentation ceremony was last Thursday. We had some really positive representation at John Paul II, as well as some reward recipients; Isobelle Oswin, Thea Meyer, Adnan Saifullah and Pavneet Kaur. Thank you to Mrs Andrea Watt for leading the Showcase for the Eastern Shore Cluster.

It was also great to see so many of our students at the Versatility Dance Concert on Saturday. Having a dance school on site has been such a benefit to our students, and it was great to see so many of our students shine in this beneficial extracurricular opportunity. We currently have dance lessons happening for the whole school. All the students are still waiting for Mrs Hall to break out the worm like she promised!

We are fast approaching the time of year where everything seems to speed up.

With swimming, end of year excursions and events, as well as Christmas activities, the school is sure to be full of life! For the next month we have a special student raffle occurring, titled ‘Spreading the Love’. Every day we have a focus area and students can score a spreading the love card for making John Paul II Catholic School a special place this Christmas season. There are some great prizes to be won as well as just celebrating the goodness of our community. I like to think of it as a little shot of joy as the end of the year fast approaches.

Brendan Gill

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KINDER ENROLMENTS - 2025 & BEYOND NOW OPEN

Kinder enrolments for 2025 are now open and we are filling up! It might be an opportune time to remind any families or friends that are interested. We have very strong interest, so it is likely we will have large numbers as per the demand this year.

Anyone interested can pick up an enrolment pack from the office or just fill out this form: https://johnpaul.tas.edu.au/enrol/how-to-enrol/

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Have you seen our Explore the Future brochure?

There are so many wonderful projects taking place at JPII to further build a richer learning and school experience for our students and whole school community. Our new School Hall/Multi-Purpose Activity Centre is now open and buzzing with daily. We are now progressing to our new library build which will be amazing!

Download your copy of our new 'Explore the Future' brochure here.

Cooee

Fortnightly School Newsletter of John Paul II Primary School

Issue 15 · 20 Nov 2023

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