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After lots of planning and relocation of classes to portables, our building project commenced during the school holidays. The demolition of part of the old library building and gutting of the adjoining classrooms is now complete and the site has been cleared in preparation for the building works to commence.

Students have been watching the demolition works with great interest, hearing the noise and vibrations as brick walls fall and then watching as slabs of concrete, bundles of timber and rubble, were lifted into trucks and removed from the site.

We now wait in anticipation for the development part of the process to commence and see the new and refurbished  buildings take shape.

Following our Premier’s announcement late yesterday, of a 5 day lockdown, we confirm the following:
• Friday 16 July to Tuesday 20 July – Students will undertake Remote Schooling

St John’s School will be closed during this time and children will be required to remain at home, except where family circumstances require students to be supervised at school according to the specific criteria outlined through our communication to families.

Once again, we appreciate that this is a very challenging time for all in our community and your cooperation with the school closure is very much appreciated.

Our direct communication with families will continue through Skoolbag, Operoo and Seesaw.

Please remember we are here to support you and your child /children during this time and look forward to the resumption of onsite learning for students.

 

The Victorian State Government has announced that Victorian school students located in metropolitan Melbourne will return to face to face learning.

This means that on Tuesday 15 June 2021, all students at St John’s will be welcomed back to face to face classroom learning and will be expected to attend school as normal.

Please note however that as scheduled, Friday 11 June 2021 is a student free day. (No students to attend school)

Welcome back everyone!

Following our Premier’s announcement of an extension of the 7-day lockdown that commenced 28^th May 2021, we confirm the following for our school community:

• Friday 28th May has been declared a Student Free Day
• Monday 31st May to Thursday 3 June – Students will undertake Remote Schooling
• Friday 4th June – Wellness Day – Student Free Day
• Monday 7th June to Thursday 10th June – Students will continue Remote Schooling

St John’s School will be closed during this time and children will be required to remain at home, except  where family circumstances require students to be supervised at school according to the specific criteria outlined through our communication to families.

We appreciate that this is a very challenging time for all in our community and your cooperation with the  school closure is very much appreciated.

Our direct communication with families will continue through Skoolbag, Operoo and Seesaw.

Please remember we are here to support you and your child /children during this time.

The whole school celebrated Catholic Education and Reconciliation Week with a Liturgy in the hall.

Students were seated in a circle to represent the yarning circle around a prepared site of material and other items. In the middle of the circle were cloths representing the colours of the Aboriginal Flag- red, black and yellow. Around the circle, pieces of gum trees and bark were placed with a red candle to represent fire and light. The crown of thorns was placed in the centre, to represent the pain and suffering of Jesus and His understanding of the need for reconciliation for all.

As a community we acknowledge we are on the sacred land of the Gurnai Kulin Nation/People.  We honour the past and present Aboriginal People who lay the foundation for the rights of Aboriginal peoples. We honour all the unsung Aboriginal heroes who carved their footprints in the sands of time and we thank them for the gift of their unique culture. We also celebrated a significant moment in Australia’s history, when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the leader of our country at that time, said “Sorry” to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Reconciliation is more than a word- reconciliation takes action!

Students participated through prayer, singing and a short video to try to understand a little more about what Reconciliation Week means to us as a community and also to the Aboriginal people of today and the future.

We reflected on what actions we can do with our heart and minds to keep Reconciliation alive at St John the Baptist School.