May 6th, 2024: Newsletter #12
- Acknowledgement of Country
- 150th Anniversary Celebrations
- Week 4 Prayer
- From the Principal
- School Closure Day
- Division Athletics
- Mother's Day Breakfast
- 2025 Foundation Students- Sibling Enrolments Required ASAP!
- 2025 Enrolment Tours
- Student News
- Around our School- Week 3
- Student Awards
- Happy Birthday
- Parents & Friends Social Group
- School Sponsorship
- Star of the Sea Bulletin
- Community Notices
- Upcoming Events
Acknowledgement of Country
St. John’s school community respect and honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on this land and commit to building a brighter future together, working together towards a reconciled Australia.
150th Anniversary Celebrations
Week 4 Prayer
From the Principal
Welcome everyone the new week.
3 Way Conversations: In term 2 we offer our formal conversation opportunities for staff to meet with parents and students, these sessions will take place on Monday May 27th and June 3rd. Bookings for these Conversations will open next Monday with further details in next weeks newsletter.
Welcome Sky: This week welcome Siwat (Sky) SRIPHRAI-NGAMI and his mother to our school community. Sky comes to us from Thailand will will join Gr 3 in 3/4AM, we hope he has an amazing transition into our community.
Catholic Education Week Celebration: Our Year 6 students have visited Emmanuel College today to meet with the other Year 6 students from OLHC, St Pius X, St John’s Dennington, St Pat’s Koroit, St Pat’s Port Fairy and Year 7 students from Emmanuel. They have shared a morning tea together then particpated in a “people’s choir” led by Tom Richardson.
Student Safety: We have noticed an increased number of students who are using bikes, scooters, Segways or E-Scooters as a means of travelling to and from school. With these forms of transport comes responsibility on the users to make sure they are using these pieces of equipment safely. Unfortunately this has not been the case and since term has commenced, we have had a number of incidents where children on these have devices have hit another student.
Powered bicycles, scooters etc can be very dangerous when not used correctly and I ask all parents to be diligent and responsible when considering if their child is old enough to use the device, particularly if it is a powered bicycle, scooter etc.
We look forward to the week ahead, Ben.
School Closure Day
Students are not required at school tomorrow as staff will be participating in personal development training on Wellbeing with Mel Frost from DOBCEL.
Division Athletics
Last Friday 3rd May, several students from Years 3-6 represented our school at the division athletics at Braurander Park. Excitement and nerve levels were high and the weather was spectacular. All the students did a fantastic job in their events and it was great to see them encouraging each other throughout the day. Some students performed exceptionally well and will now go on to compete in the Regionals later in the year. More details to come about the qualifiers for Regionals.
Well done once again to the following students who showed fantastic sportsmanship throughout the day: Emmillion, Harvey, Harley, Harry, Evie D, Maggie, Charlotte M, Lottie, Isabelle, Lily, Mailee, Greta, Imogen, Maddi, Isla. Charlotte and Hayley unfortunately could not compete on the day due to illness, we wish them both the speediest of recoveries.
Mother's Day Breakfast
Thanks to all those who completed their RSVP for our Moather's day breakfast on Friday. Breakfast will be served from 7.30am onwards until 8.30am.
Please note we can no longer take RSVP's as orders have been placed.
2025 Foundation Students- Sibling Enrolments Required ASAP!
If you are yet to complete your 2025 Foundation enrolment- please do so now. This enables us to determine how many spaces we have to offer to new families.
If you require any assistance please contact the office.
2025 Enrolment Tours
Student News
Ella, Olivia, Evie and Ivy stepped up to play in the Under 13's soccer gala day in Port Fairy this weekend. Their team, Warrnambool Rangers, had never played together before and they played against children up to five years older than them. They displayed great determination and sportsmanship while having lots of fun!
Around our School- Week 3
Student Awards
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to Kiara D, Zeppelin M and Sam S who celebrate their birthday this week. We hope you have a fantastic day!
Parents & Friends Social Group
Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday 21st May at 7.00pm in the Gathering Space. We welcome all current and new members.
We are looking for a couple of helpers to help organise for our movie fundraiser. The movie “IF” will be released in may with our movie date to be finalised this week. More information to come
Dennington's Day Out
Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday 29th May at 7:15pm in the Gathering Space.
There is still time to sponsor, If you or know someone that might be interested please email ddo@sjdennington.catholic.edu.au to enquire about the packages or check out the DDO facebook page.
Movie Fundraiser
Join us on Sunday 19th May at 1:30pm for our movie fundraiser “IF” Tickets will be available this week with more information on how to purchase.
Wednesday Treats
Roster for this week:
Wednesday 8th May 12.00pm - Melanie K, Shelley F & Lisa G
Dim Sim order forms for next week will be going home tomorrow. All orders need to be in by 3pm on a Monday. No late orders will be accepted. If you are paying via EFT please make sure that’s processed by 3pm on Sunday with your child's name and class as reference.
Should you have any questions please feel free to contact Taliah Gleeson or Emily McGennan.
Mother's Day Stall
Our Mother’s Day Stall will be held THIS Wednesday 8th May. Please don't forget to send some money with your child/ren and also a bag for them to bring the special items home in.
Thank you to those that have offered to help on the day, the more helpers we get the faster we can get through all classes. If you are able to help please contact Regina Laird on 0419 115 108. Any help would be much appreciated and will be taken off your participation points.
Cake Raffle
Each week on a Monday, families are rostered on to bring in a cake which will then be raffled and drawn out at assembly. All funds raised throughout the year will be donated to the Good Friday Appeal the following year.
All students will have the opportunity to buy a raffle ticket for 20c each Monday with a limit of five tickets per student. The Johnnies will make a P.A announcement at first lunch, calling all students who wish to purchase a ticket, to the Library.
The following families are rostered on next week, Monday 13th May:
Drew, Dwyer, Eccles, Egan and Fary.
Please drop your (store purchased) cake into the front office with your child's name written on top.
School Sponsorship
A big thank you to O'Brien's Electrical, Joinery by Jarrod, Fry Painting and Carry on Travel who sponsor our school!
Would you like to advertise your business in our school newsletter? Businesses can advertise for only $100 a year and will have a business card sized listing in every school newsletter.
Please contact parents@sjdennington.catholic.edu.au for more information.
Star of the Sea Bulletin
Sunday Mass is held at 10.00am at St. Pius X Church. School families are always welcome.
The Parish office can be contacted on 5562 2231 and this weekends bulletin is featured below. Other information and contact details can be found on the Star of the Sea South West Coast website: https://www.ballarat.catholic.org.au/parish/southwestcoast/
Community Notices
Upcoming Events
Tuesday May 7th: School Closure Day
Wednesday 8th May: Mother's Day Stall
Friday 10th May: Mother's Day Breakfast
Tuesday 21st May: Parents and Friends general meeting at 7.00pm in the Gathering Space
Wednesday 29th May: DDO Meeting at 7:15pm in the Gathering Space