Around The Primary
Dear Parents
Special thanks to Miss Graves and Year 6G for preparing this week's informative and entertaining assembly item.
Our Primary Open Night is on Monday, 23 September from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. All classrooms will be available for parents to visit and to celebrate with your children their learning journey. Feel free to browse every room not just your own child’s classroom because there are wonderful work samples to see in every space of the school. Please extend the welcome to your wider family, it would be great to see grandparents too.
From 5:00 pm onwards, you might like to make your way to the Library Courtyard or Library to experience some of the musical talents from our students.
The schedule for the performances will be as follows:
| Time | Venue | Ensemble |
| 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Library Courtyard | Year 5 Band & Primary Band |
| 5:45 pm to 6:15 pm | Library Courtyard | Mini Minors & String Orchestra |
| 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm | Library | Wanju Voices & Primary Singers |
All students performing on the night need to wear their school uniform.
The Footsteps Showcase will be held next Friday at 1:45 pm in the Gym. We hope many parents will come along as this will be an enjoyable and entertaining experience and a wonderful way to end a great term of learning and fun!
Kind regards,
Antoinette De Pinto
Head of Primary
Super Stars
Well done to all the students who received a certificate for their fantastic achievements.
| PPB | Matilda Plant | Hamish Reside | Emily Sibenaler | |
| PPG | Baxter Butler | Claudia Milligan | ||
| 1B | Leo Scott | Peyton Turner | ||
| 1G | Killian Collins | Cian Iredale | Darcy Oldham | |
| 2B | Charlotte Blaxell | James Cawley | Ashleigh Gope | Isaiah D’Souza |
| 2G | Tilly Finucane | Leila McCready | Oliver Rohr | |
| 3B | Amelie Connell | Abigail Prosser | Isobel Ptolomey | |
| 3G | Scarlett Melbin | Thomas Pavlinovich | Emilia Rear | |
| 4B | India Bester | Alice Edmondson | George Foster | Sarah Stewart |
| 4G | Tahj Arundell | Liam Burns | Elle Paolucci | |
| 5B | Carla Kavanagh | Harry Pazin | Thomas Walsh | |
| 5G | Zoe Cannon | Lucy Morgan | Patrick Morrissey | Chloe Zhou |
| 6B | Christian Buzzard | Luke Edwards | Madison Pruiti | Archie Ryan |
| 6G | Callum de Andrade | Sonny Matthews |
Dates to Remember
| Monday, 23 September | Primary Open Night 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm |
| Thursday, 26 September | Final day for Kindy |
| Friday, 27 September | Footsteps Showcase 1:45 pm Gymnasium Last Day of Term 3 |
| Tuesday, 15 October | Start of Term 4 |
| Thursday, 17 October | Grandparents’ Picnic |
Please check the College Website for Term 3 and 4 to note all the important Primary school events for your family calendar. http://www.johnxxiii.edu.au/view/for-parents/calendars
NAPLAN
The College has received the students NAPLAN reports and these will be posted to Year 3 and Year 5 parents next week.
Footsteps Showcase
The Footsteps Showcase will be held next Friday, 27 September at 1.45 pm in the Gym.
All students can wear their sports uniform on this day and will change in to their costumes at lunch time. Please refer to the below attachments for costume requirements and running order of the dances.
Extra parking will be available on the lawned area, off Mooro Drive.
STEM
Last Wednesday the Year Two students travelled to Scitech for an exciting day of fun and learning! The students explored the ‘Rescue Exhibition’ and learnt about different gadgets and strategies used to help rescue people in dangerous situations. They then moved to the CSIRO lab where they got to play with ‘Ozobots’ - tiny robots that are colour coded. The students created their own colour codes for the robots and even created a space story adventure for their robot.
After the lunch break the students moved to the Planetarium where they learnt about the planets, constellations and watched a film called ‘Tilt’. The last activity of the day was some free time in the general exhibition to explore and play lots of fun and interactive science games.
Jessica Edwards and Emma Distante
Year 2 Teachers
Oz Kids in Print
Congratulations to Joseph Scott (5G) on being awarded a Certificate of Achievement in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments, having his literacy work published in the Oz Kids Print magazine, August 2019 Edition.
