Dear St John's families,

What a wet day yesterday! I hope everyone stayed safe and dry wherever they were.

Some of our students may have gone home yesterday telling about the 'flooding in the school'. I can assure you that we didn't experience the flooding we did last January. We've had a lot of work done over the year to fix the roof and repair January's hail damage. We only had a few drips here and there, which was to be expected with the amount of rain experienced yesterday. There was some pooling of water in one breakout area, however, that was managed and made safe for students and the day proceeded as usual. Our students were excellent at following directions.

Congratulations to our students who celebrated their First Eucharist last weekend. It was a pleasure to celebrate with them. Last weekend's group were also very reverent and well prepared for this special moment. We will keep them in our prayers as they begin this next part of their faith journey.

Thank you everyone for your support for the Book Fair. It was a great success. Thank you Mrs Alcock and Mrs Levi for organising this opportunity for families. As a result, our school receives points to purchase books that every student will enjoy in our school library.

We welcome Mrs Sharon Hardy who is teaching in 5 Blue while Mrs Ewyk is on leave. Mrs Hardy is an enthusiastic teacher who has worked closely with many classes across our school.

School Board and Community Council Review

The Catholic Education Commission established a Working Group to review various aspects of Archdiocesan School Board and Community Council models.
 
The Working Group has engaged in targeted consultation with internal stakeholders and has had some preliminary discussions with a narrow group of external stakeholders, including representatives from the Catholic School Parents Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn.
 
They are now now seeking to draw on the experiences, expertise and perspectives of parents and carers, school staff and members of school communities through a process of general consultation. An Issues Paper has been drafted outlining the key issues that the Working Group has identified to date and posing a number of discussion questions that the Working Group is seeking responses to.
 
The following link will outline further information from Mr Ross Fox, Director of Catholic Education.   https://cg.catholic.edu.au/school-board-and-community-council-review/foreword/ 

The closing date for submissions is 2 September 2022

I hope everyone enjoys the weekend and continues to stay healthy and well.

Matthew Garton