Learning & Teaching

Community Project One 2025

'A Tapestry of our World'

At the end of last year, our educators mapped out our four project threads for the beginning of this school year. This is the beginning of our biannual sequence of inquiries. Our first project is called, ‘A Tapestry of our World’ and is exploring the concept of diversity. As we explore this concept, the Geography curriculum and Intercultural capability will be underpinning our pathway.

As we launch into this project, we would like to ask all families to reflect on their or their family’s favourite place and complete a sheet that has been sent home with your children.

Some questions to reflect on:

• Where is your place? Describe the characteristics of a place?
• How and why is your family connected to your place?
• What makes this place special?

Sports Events Term 1

District Swimming:

On Friday 14th February, we will have 25 students representing St John’s at the Footscray District Swimming Carnival at MAC.  

Congratulations to all of the children who are in the team and we hope they enjoy the experience of competing and swim with confidence.

The St. John's community wishes them all the best for their events.

Cross Country Trials:

During week 4, students in Years 4, 5 & 6 will trial for the St John’s cross country team during the Physical Education sessions 8:45am - 10:45am. Students will walk to and from Shorten Reserve with staff.

Wed 19th February:  Year 5 & 6’s will run 3km.

Thurs 20th February: Year 3 & 4’s will run 2km 

District Cross Country:

In Week 6 on Friday 7th March, the St John’s Cross Country team  will compete in the Footscray District Cross Country Event at Shorten Reserve starting at 10:00am.

Faith

Last Friday 31st January, we celebrated Lunar New Year with a special dance celebration. We hope all those in our community who celebrated the new Year of the Snake experience good health and the courage to chase your dreams.

Innovation - Cyber Safety & Digital Wellbeing

Art donations required!

Stay Connected with SIMON Everywhere

This year, we've introduced the SIMON Everywhere app, your convenient gateway to your PAM account. This user-friendly app enables us to directly communicate important updates and notifications with our school community.

We've been actively sharing information about upcoming events and exciting learning experiences on the group chat thread within the app. To ensure you don't miss any important announcements, please enable notifications for the app.

Starting in 2025, we will be transitioning all school communications to the SIMON Everywhere app. We strongly encourage all families to download the app and sign in using your PAM account credentials.

If you have any difficulties or require assistance with your PAM account details, please don't hesitate to contact the office (admin@sjfootscray.catholic.edu.au, 9687 3150) or Amy (alittley@sjfootscray.catholic.edu.au).