IMPORTANT DATES

Below is a list of some of the main dates on the school calendar for the coming few months:

March Dates

Thursday 20th March - School Photo Day 1

Thursday 20th March - Sacrament of Reconciliation @ 7pm in the School Hall

Friday 21st March - School Photo Day 2

Friday 21st March - National Ride2School Day

Saturday 22nd March - Community Mass @ St John’s Hall

Wednesday 26th March - School Mass

Thursday 27th March - 12:30 FINISH FOR STUDENTS due to Parent Teacher Interviews

April Dates

Tuesday 1st April - Parent Teacher Interviews after school

Friday 4th April - End of Term 1 12:30 FINISH FOR STUDENTS

Sunday 20th April - Easter Sunday

Monday 21st April - Easter Monday PUBLIC HOLIDAY NO SCHOOL

Tuesday 22nd April - Term 2 Commences

Friday 25th April - ANZAC Day PUBLIC HOLIDAY NO SCHOOL

SCHOOL PHOTOS

School Photos will take place this week on Thursday 20th March and Friday 21st March. Payment information has gone home today, families can pay online using the code displayed on the information packs you received. Please check the list below to see what day each class will be having their photos taken. Please note that Sibling Photos will take place in the last week of the term on Wednesday 2nd April.

Thursday 20th March

Year 2 Hughes/Ryall

Prep Bacon

Prep Gomez

1 Wendy/Davies

1 Haughin

2 Cauchi

Year 3 Burston

Year 3 D’Souza

Year 3 Webb

Friday 21st March

Year 2 Martin/Lowerson

Year 4 Bongetti

Year 4 Lawson

Year 4 Trigg

Year 5 Gatt

Year 5 Van Hees

Year 6 Borg

Year 6 Dillon

REMINDER 12:30 FINISH FOR STUDENTS

On Thursday 27th March there will be a 12:30 FINISH FOR STUDENTS due to Parent Teacher Interviews. Online Bookings are now open for Parent Teacher Interviews.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Formal Parent Teacher Interviews at St John the Apostle take place twice a year. The first set of interviews is scheduled for the end of Term 1 and aims to provide parents with an outline of their child’s transition into their new class and their achievements over Term One. We will offer both online and in person options for this year’s interviews.

Session 1 Thursday 27th March 1:00pm - 8:00pm
- To accommodate this students will finish early on this day
Session 2 Tuesday 1st April 3:30pm - 7:30pm

Please note

Mrs Carolyn Dillon requires leave in the last week of Term One, therefore one of her session times has been altered. The Year 6 Dillon interviews will take place on the following dates:

Thursday 20th March 2:30pm - 7pm
Thursday 27th March 1:00pm - 8pm

The link to secure interview times for all classes is below

https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code/getqc

A reminder that parents of students with Anaphylaxis or other serious medical conditions will be contacted to arrange a meeting to review their child’s management plan. These meetings will be held either prior to or following your child’s parent teacher interview time

NATIONAL RIDE2SCHOOL DAY

This Friday 21st March, students all around Australia are encouraged to ride to school. This is a particularly important day for us at St John’s because we are in the unique position of having a Bike Ed Program here at school. Join more than 350,000 students across the nation who will be riding, walking, scooting or skating to school on this day.

Thanks to Mrs Stevenson who has made a couple of videos for any families needing a refresher on how to change or repair a tyre tube for a bike. Please click on the links below to watch these tutorials:

THOMAS CARR OPEN DAY

The Thomas Carr Open day is a great chance for families to come see what life is like at the College. Please see below for event details:

Event: Open Day
Date: Sunday 4 May 2025
Time: 10.30am – 2.00pm
Location: Thomas Carr College

CYBER SAFETY PARENT EVENING IN TERM 2

As mentioned earlier this term, we will partner with Martin & Carley McGauran from Inform & Empower to work with parents in a workshop centred around the theme of Raising Kids in a Digital World. We are asking ALL PARENTS with a CHILD IN PREP - YEAR 2 to ‘Save the Date’ for this Parent Session with Inform and Empower. Families with children in Year 3 - 6 are welcome to attend also if they wish. The session will be held in the School Hall in Term 2 on Thursday 8th May @ 7:00pm. Please note this is a slight change from the date we had previously published.

2025 SCHOOL CLOSURES

All Catholic Primary Schools within the Archdiocese of Melbourne have school closure days each term for staff to attend professional development. Last week staff attended a regional Professional Learning Session with other Catholic Primary Schools in our zone. This work is a continuation of our work as part of the Flourishing Learners project.

In February 2024, Melbourne Archdiocese of Catholic Schools (MACS) changed the way reading, writing and mathematics are taught in primary and secondary schools throughout the Archdiocese of Melbourne. This new Vision for Instruction promotes explicit instruction, a way of teaching in which complex skills are introduced to students in small steps, supported by clear explanations and demonstrations of what students are expected to learn. Students then practise what they have learned and receive feedback from their teacher until the skill is mastered.

MACS is leading explicit instruction and evidence-based practice education in Victoria to achieve teaching and learning excellence.

The focus of our May school closure day will be the Catholic Year of Jubilee, which the Pope has decreed for 2025. Please see the table below for this year’s scheduled School Closure dates:

Principal's Message & Videos

Principal's Message

Assembly (Week 6, Term 1)

10th Anniversary Video