Term 3, Week 2 2024

Dear Families

Sacramental Program
Candidates involved in this year’s Sacramental program will celebrate their Holy Communion and Confirmation on Sunday 18^th August at the 10am Mass.

Their final session: Pizza and Poster making will be held in the hall at 6pm, followed by rehearsal in the church, on Wednesday 7^th August.

Recycling Markers & Pens
As you may be aware, we are continually improving our practice of being a more ecologically sustainable school. This term, our Year 6 Justice and Mission Leaders will be recycling any old/empty pens and markers. They will be visiting classrooms each week for collection. These will be recycled through Officeworks. If you have any markers and pens that have run out of ink, please feel free to send them to school with your child to also be recycled.

We look forward to taking more conscious steps towards sustainability!

Mass
Each year level will join the parish Mass at 9.30am on Wednesday mornings across the term. Parents are welcome to attend and join the small morning tea at the conclusion of Mass.

Mary MacKillop Feast Day
As a Josephite school, we will celebrate Mary MacKillop’s Feast Day on the 8th August with a liturgy and classroom activities.

Feast of the Assumption
The Feast of Mary’s Assumption is a holy day of obligation, where Catholics are called to set apart time to attend Mass. Our school will be joining the parish for the 9.30am Mass. Families are most welcome to attend.

Amanda Razon
APRIM

Do you have a child who is due to start school in 2026 and have not yet submitted an enrolment form?  

Enrolment Forms can be collected from our school office or downloaded via our website www.stjohnpl.catholic.edu.au

If you have any queries, please contact our office on 8218 3300.

School fee statements were posted out late this week to those who have a balance. Thank you to the many people who have paid in full, set up regular payment plans or paid the instalments for Terms 1 & 2.  If you have not yet made your instalment for Term 2, please do so ASAP, a friendly reminder will be on your statement.

As previously communicated via SEQTA our bank account details have changed from NAB to CBA.  Please remember to update any direct to bank details you have saved in your internet banking if you pay your fees this way.  Other payment methods such as Bpay, Qkr! or school direct debit authorities are not affected. The new bank account details are on this terms statements for you to see, if needed.

Our new bank details are:

St John the Baptist Catholic School

BSB: 066-782

Account Number: 100000331

Statements are posted out each term so those with payment plans can see the payments allocated to your account and as a reminder that the current terms instalment is due soon.

Online School Card applications for low income families have now been processed and applied to all approved accounts.  If you still need to apply please do so now via this link or come in and see me as it only takes a few minutes:

Form A (Income Assessment)

https://online.forms.sa.edu.au/content/forms/af/public/application-for-school-card.html

Form B (hardship, change of circumstances or self-employed)

https://online.forms.sa.edu.au/content/forms/af/public/form-b-hardship-or-circumstance-or-self-employed.html

If accepted, this will allow us to reduce your tuition fees, so please apply and let me know you have done so ASAP. 

As always if you have any queries or if you are having trouble making payments please email me on accounts@stjohnpl.catholic.edu.au, phone me on 8218 3304 or come in and see me Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm.

Jodie Veldhoen
Finance Officer

Recently we have had new bank details set up for us via Catholic Education Office as we have transitioned from NAB to CBA, effective immediately.

Please do not use the bank account details on your old statements as this account is no longer valid.

The new bank account details are:

St John the Baptist Catholic School

BSB 066-782

Account Number: 100000331

If you have set your own direct to bank payments, you will need to change our details in your internet banking.  Direct Debits set up by the school will automatically change to the new account. Qkr! details, BPAY and reference numbers have NOT changed.

Dear St John's Community

Welcome back to Term 3, how wonderful has the weather been for us all this week.

Here at SJBCS this week we successfully ran trials for the upcoming SACPSSA Cross Country Carnival. It was very pleasing to see many students put their Run Club training to good use, producing some very pleasing times. From these trials I was able to group students into their appropriate divisions. It was very pleasing to see many students run times that placed them directly into Division A. We look forward to taking 77 eager runners next Wednesday to East Parklands to represent our school.

For our R-4 Parents and those that signed their children up for Auskick, we will be starting these sessions this coming Monday August 5th here at school from 3:30pm – 4:15pm. We are aware that there are some families that would like their child/ren to be involved with Auskick, but have their child/ren booked into OSHC. I am more than happy for these students to be involved in the Auskick. For this to occur you must first register your child/ren with Auskick, then email me regarding them being in OSHC. I will then confirm this with you via email and will happily sign them out of OSHC, be present during the Auskick Session and then will sign them back into OSHC at the conclusion of the session. We look forward to these sessions beginning.

Please be reminded that now is good time to be returning those Premier’s Be Active Challenge Booklets. If you still have yours hidden somewhere at home, please find it and have them returned to your child’s class teacher. If any students are new to the school, you have 4 weeks to complete the challenge.

This week we congratulate Ethan Beresford for competing in the 2024 Pool Lifesaving State Titles. As you can see from the photo Ethan had a very successful meet. He was able to secure State Title wins in the Rope Throw, as well as the Tube Tow category. State Titles are sometimes very hard to come by. We at SJBCS congratulate Ethan for winning two during the same weekend. Please remember if your child is achieving outstanding results in community sport, please email me this information so that we can celebrate together.

Enjoy this magnificent weather.

Yours in Sport,

Sam Putland
SPORT COORDINATOR

Hello from Lindi Jane

What an honour to share my talents and love with St John the Baptist Catholic School.

My Vocal Coaching days have developed from being a coach in puppetry and Ventriloquism.

I have the pleasure to sing and play percussion in Children’s shows & Family shows weekly!

After 30 years of performing around the world, I am now based in Adelaide.

Over the years many people ask if could share my skills and talents with them and have been privately teaching in performance schools, aged care facilities & talent schools for the past 12 years.  

‘Giving is Living’ this is my motto in life and incorporating performance coaching into my Vocal Coaching has been wonderful!

I love helping Children into confident singers on stage and recording.

Thank you Big Smiles, LJ

We have been contacted by Cabra Dominican College and Sacred Heart College regarding the new closing date for Year 7, 2027 applications.

Please note the following closing dates for applications:

• Cabra Dominican College – Close Friday 20 September 2024 (Week 9, Term 3)
• Sacred Heart College – Close Friday 20 September 2024 (Week 9, Term 3)

If you have any queries regarding applications, please call the colleges direct on:

• Cabra – Ph: (08) 8179 2429 or email registrar@cabra.catholic.edu.au
• Sacred Heart – Ph: (08) 8350 2580 or email katehussey@shc.sa.edu.au

Entertainment Book

The Parents & Friends are offering the Entertainment Book again this year. A percentage of each book sold goes to our fundraising efforts.

The link to purchase is St John the Baptist Catholic School (entertainment.com.au)

Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser

Bunnings Edwardstown BBQ - Sunday 13th October.

If you are able to donate or source supplies (please see flyer below) or volunteer on the day please contact Karen on 0402 854 846.

Future P&F Events

Fathers Day Stall - 30th August
Colour Run - 20th September

Scholastice Book Club
The Issue 5 catalogue was sent home last week.  

Please note that there are FREE BOOKS and promo codes available with this issue.  

For further details please see the bottom of the back page of the catalogue.

Orders are due in this  Friday 2^nd  August. 

CONGRATULATIONS from the PERFORM EDUCATION TEAM!
Our school has won a set of the 2024 Children's Book Week shortlisted books as featured in this year's production of MAYBE A MIRACLE! which they will be performing for the Year Rec. - Year 4 in Week 6.

The books are:

• TIMELESS - by Kelly Canby
• THE CONCRETE GARDEN by Bob Graham
• EVERY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT by Peter Cheong
• COUNTRY TORN by Isolde Martyn & Robyn Ridgeway 
• BEING JIMMY BAXTER by Fiona Lloyd

Happy reading

Maria French

All orders for both recess and lunch are to be ordered via our Qkr! app.   

Canteen orders close each canteen day (Monday, Wednesday & Friday) at 9.00am.

Healthy Canteen (Tuesday & Thursday) orders close on Mondays at 12pm.

Canteen Roster

Term 3

Friday 2nd August - Jo & Victoria Thurston

Monday 5th August - Julie

Tuesday 6th August - Jo

Wednesday 7th August - Julie

Thursday 8th August - Jo

Friday 9th August - Jo & Katrina Nagle

Monday 12th August - Julie

Tuesday 13th August - Jo

Wednesday 14th August - Julie

Thursday 15th August - Jo

Friday 16th August - Jo & Lauren Stopp

Monday 19th August - Julie

Tuesday 20th August - Jo

Wednesday 21st August - Julie

Thursday 22nd August - Jo

Friday 23rd August - Jo & Jo Rowett

New Canteen Item
Mac n Cheese is back on Tuesdays Healthy Eating Menu!

Canteen Feedback
We would love your feedback regarding the canteen.

Is there anything that you would like to see on the menu that we may be able to consider adding on?

Please send you feedback to jfitzgerald@stjohnpl.catholic.edu.au

Julie Henschke & Jo Fitzgerald

St John the Baptist School provides a safe environment for all while valuing the partnership between school and home.

As a Catholic community, we welcome and value volunteers. To be able to volunteer, and/or attend at other times throughout the school year, we ask that you hold a current Catholic Police Check (parents/caregivers attending excursions, reading in class, helping in class, attending community events), a current Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect in Education and Care for Volunteers certificate and have completed the volunteers application package.

A Catholic Police Check for volunteers is free for our current parents and caregivers. Application Forms are available in our school office.

This process ensures we maintain a child safe environment. To avoid disappointment, we encourage you to apply for a Catholic Police Check through the school office as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at the school office on 8218 3300 or email Julia Roy on jroy@stjohnpl.catholic.edu.au .

If you are due to renew your Working With Children Check and your Catholic Police Clearance this year, please note that there is a high volume of renewals due.  To avoid disappointment it is advisable to do your renewal earlier as there is currently a delay in processing them.

Thank you for your anticipated support.

The updated RRHAN-EC courses were released on plink on Monday 29 April 2024 and, for most of us, completion of the online update will need to be done before 31 December 2024 when our current certificate expires. You need to complete the new RRHAN-EC online update unless you already have a current certificate with an expiry date of 31 December 2027.

To access the online update please use this link to login as ‘Non Department for Education staff login’ OR if you don’t already have a plink login, register here.

If your RRHAN-EC has already expired or you are new to education, please refer to the following guide which will help you to determine which course you need to do.

Which course is right for you?

My certificate expires on 31 December 2024 – do the online update only (takes about 2 hours).

My certificate is expired – start with the fundamentals.  If you also work directly with children and young people, do the masterclass after you’ve finished the fundamentals course.

                                               

Insights may be discussed at future School Advisory Board meetings or you may be contacted personally for further follow up!

Please find link here for your suggestions.

NEW CLOSING DATE FOR ENROLMENT APPLICATIONS – 20 September 2024

• Applications for Year 7, 2027 will now close on Friday 20 September 2024.

• Please submit your application for enrolment to Cabra Dominican College when your child is in Year 4, by the end of Term 3. 

The Fulham Community Centre are holding an Autism Awareness Presentation.

It is being run by Autism SA and the foundational training covers information about Autism, neurodiversity, a summary of relevant skills and support needs in relation to Autism, (e.g. language and communication, motor skills, sensory processing, perception, executive functioning, and behaviour) and supportive strategies for Autistic individuals.

The presentation will be held on:

Friday 9 August 2024

1:30pm – 5:00pm

at the Fulham Community Centre

$5 per person

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