Around The Primary
Dear Parents
Our journey through the 2018 school year has been filled with so many learning opportunities for all our students. We hope you enjoy the following clip that highlights
the breadth and depth of activity in the Primary school and the many wonderful learning experiences which have happened in our learning spaces and beyond the classroom this year.
Congratulations to all our Pre-Kindy to Year 6 students for making our Primary school a vibrant and happy place, a place of effort and personal excellence and most importantly, a place of compassion, competence and commitment.
This week the Year 6 students celebrated the end of their Primary journey, with a beautiful Farewell Mass, morning tea with their parents, and this was followed by a pool party. These students are very special leaders and we wish them happiness and success as they continue on their educational journey in Secondary school.
We are blessed to have an incredibly capable and hard-working Primary team. Special thanks to every staff member for the work they have done to inspire, support and challenge our Primary students.
We farewell Mrs Young (Kindy Teacher) and Mrs Brown (Education Assistant) and thank them for their wonderful contributions to our school community.
Finally, a big thank you to our parent community for your significant contributions to life in the Primary school.
Wishing you all a happy and holy Christmas.
Happy holidays!
Antoinette De Pinto
Head of Primary
Staff 2019
Pre Kindy Cath De Campe
KB Amanda Kounis
KG Cayley King
PPB Chiara Di Biaggio
PPG Alison Dillon
1B Karin Ilich
1G Lisa Ferraro
2B Emma Distante
2G Jessica Saraco
3B Dustin Fromm
3G Jacqui Cooney
4B Teresa Fontaine
4G Claire Dernie
5B Sonja Goss
5G Jacqui O’Connor
6B Lauren Nish
6G Talea Graves
Semester 2 Reports
Reports will be available from 3.00pm today.
If you have difficulties accessing your child’s report at the end of the term, please send any enquiries to ithelpdesk@johnxxiii.edu.au
Congratulations
Congratulations to Nicholas Skerratt (4G) for being accepted into the Western Australian Youth Orchestra. Nicholas will be playing the violin in the orchestra in 2019.
Great Cardboard Build
To complete our ‘Sustainability Adventure‘, the Year Three classes participated in the great ‘Cardboard build’. The maintenance team collected and stored boxes for us and the students also saved boxes from home.
The students worked in teams to design what to build. Their ideas included a Christmas tree and fire place, Santa’s sleigh, a ship, a castle and a robot.
They decided on what jobs they would have in their teams - project manager, box collectors, tape distributor, time keeper, and everyone would be part of the building process.
Once the students had built and shared their wonderful designs, they then had to flat pack the boxes so that they could be taken back to the maintenance building to be recycled.
This activity incorporated many 21st century skills including creativity, resourcefulness, perseverance, teamwork and most importantly fun and play. It was a fantastic experience for all involved!
Mrs Purcell (Design Technology Teacher) and the Year Three Team
Dates to Remember Week 1 2019
Monday 4 February Term 1 begins (PP – Yr 6)
Pre-Kindy Transition begins
Thursday 7 February Yr 4 – 6 swimming lessons begin
Friday 8 February Opening College Mass (SLSC)
PAL Meeting 2pm (TMEC)
Monday 11 February Wanju Voices Auditions 3:15pm (GBLT)
Thursday 14 February Swimming lessons end
Friday 15 February Yr 4 – 6 Swimming Trials 10:30am – 2:50pm
2019 Primary Picnic – Save the Date
Our annual John XXIII College Primary Picnic will take place on Saturday 23 February 2019 from 5:00pm – 8:00pm. Lock this date in your diary now, as you won’t want to miss all the fun activities we have planned. Stay tuned for further details.
Pupil Free Days 2019
Monday 29 April
Monday 22 July
Tuesday 23 July
Monday 14 October
2019 Playdates
