Dear Parents A very big welcome back to the 2017 school year. It has been such a pleasure catching up with all of your children and hearing about many a holiday experience. They all look so fresh and well rested and have all grown so much. Our Parent Information Nights commence tonight with the Year 2 and Year 1 classes and the rest are listed in the calendar above. Years 1-6 meetings will start in the School Hall and you will then proceed to your child’s classroom to hear class specific information. Last Wednesday our Term 1 Guild Captains were announced at Prayer Assembly so we extend our congratulations to Dominic Captain, Alivia Becvarovski; McCauley Captain, Asha Huggins; McBride Captain, Meg Fitzpatrick and Byrne Captain, Jake Paynter. As you are aware our Early Childhood Grounds are currently being developed and as this is not due for completion until late March it has resulted in a little less car park space available in the Church grounds. My apologies for the inconvenience this may cause many of you as I empathise with how difficult it is to find a berth around the perimeter of the school for pick up and drop off. On occasions the Tennis Courts at Abbett Park or using Manning Street and coming down the laneway to our oval may work more smoothly for you. Further on in the Newsletter you will see an advert for a Maggie Dent public seminar on the 30th of March. She is always an inspirational speaker so take a peak see if you are interested in attending that evening session. Michael Grose, another reputable presenter in the area of learning more about supporting our children’s emotional and learning growth also has an online parenting program on offer.

TERM 1 WEEK 2– 7 February 2017

WEEK 2 WEEK 3

Mon 6 Tues 7 Wed 8 Thurs 9 Fri 10

Parent Information Night in Hall - Yr 1 & 2 Yr 6 Surfing Lessons commence P&F Meeting in Library - 7pm Assembly—Merit Certificates Picnic on the Green CANCELLED— New date and time TBA

Mon 13 Tue 14 Wed 15 Thu 16 Fri 17 Mon 20 March Fri 3

Parent Information Night in Hall - Yr 5 & 6 Parent Information Night - Pre Primary Surfing - Yr 6 Parent Information Night in Hall - Yr 3 & 4 Assembly Swimming Carnival - Yr 4-6 PUPIL FREE DAY

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

We have a Pupil Free Day coming up soon on Friday the 3rd of March, attached to the long weekend which allows you to have four day break with the children if you wish.

Regards Mary Bizzaca Principal

SCHOOL NEWS

SPORT NEWS

Happy Birthday Jan 2 Archie Edwards K 2 Alma Knox Yr 2 3 Reef Wilsoncroft PP 4 Grace Jooste Yr 6 6 Tobias Waddle Yr 1 6 Imogen Sartorello Yr 5 7 Indiah Miller Yr 1 7 Scarlett Miller Yr 1 7 Jesse Wheeler Yr 2 8 Indiana Rogers K 8 Mackenzie Easton Yr 4 9 Milla Barrett K 9 Eva Willcock Yr 4 10 Madeleine Russie Yr 3 13 Bronte Edwards Yr 1 14 Jessica Marafioti Yr 4 16 Eloise Toohey Yr 1 18 Addison Heatley Yr 4 18 Kobe Lawrence Yr 4 21 Eli Millar PP 21 Darcy Luffman Yr 3 24 Michael Woo Yr 5 25 Anica Alo Yr 4 27 James Baudia K 30 Chase Cusma Yr 6 30 Conor Penery Yr 6 31 Sarah Hill Yr 4 Feb 2 Adelaide Figliomeni K 2 Tahlia Curham Yr 5 2 Marcus Hadodo Yr 6 6 Ciana Rio Torto Yr 1 6 Kai McCallum Yr 6 10 William Stockdale Yr 5

Head Girl: Ashleigh Durkin Head Boy: Lachlan Cattalini

Guild Swimming Carnival - Years 4-6 The Guild Swimming Carnival will be held at Newman College Pool on Monday 20 February, 9.45am - 2.15pm.

Parent helpers are required to assist with the smooth and efficient running of the carnival. Please volunteer your help, a job share situation is possible at the finish line. Let your child's teacher or Mrs Washer know if you are available to help.

Permission notes will be sent home this week. Please let your child's teacher know if you will be taking your child home straight from the pool following the carnival.

The Carnival Program will be attached to next week's newsletter for you to print off as required.

2018 Kindy Siblings Enrolments If you have children who are born between 1st July

2013 – 30th June 2014 and will be commencing

Kindy in 2018 please check with the office that we

have your application. Interviews will commence

in Term 1.

The Friendly Team at Lady Latte Scarborough will be sending their coffee van to the Swim Carnival on 20th February for anyone that wishes to get their caffeine fix

Congratulations Andie Watson for being accepted into Preparatory A of the College Programme provided by the Charlesworth Ballet Institute. Entry into the Programme was through an audition and adjudicated by a panel of leading state, national and international dance professionals.

Calendar of Events The Calendar of Events will be going home this week and available from the school website. Contact Details If your contact details have changed, please call into the office as soon as possible to update them or alternatively by email. It is important that we have your correct details in case of an emergency.

Guild Captains Dominic - Alivia Becvarovski McAuley - Asha Huggins McBride - Meg Fitzpatrick Byrne - Jake Paynter

SUSHI ORDERS TERM 1 2017

PRE-PAID ORDERS ONLY - NO WEEKLY ORDERS

Cash Only!! If you wish to place a Sushi order for each Friday (there will be only 7 Fridays) in Term 1, please complete this form and return with payment to the office by WEDNESDAY 15 FEBRUARY. Lunches will commence on Friday, 17 February, Week 3, and finish Friday 7 April, Week 10 (Friday 3 March Pupil Free Day—excluded).

NAME…………………………………………………..

YR K□ PP□ 1□ 2□ 3□ 4□ 5□ 6□ Staff□

□ Week 3 to Week 10 (7 x $4.50) = $31.50

□ Tuna □ Californian

□ Chicken □ Vegetarian Amount Enclosed:……………………………………..

NO LATE ORDERS ANY QUERIES PLEASE PHONE

RICHELLE HOWARD ON 0400 204 742 THANK YOU

Parents can either place orders using the student order form at the back of the magazine or online using Loop. Simply download from the App Store or go to www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP Please Note:

We are unable to place orders for past issues.

Change cannot be given for vouchers.

If paying by cash, please pay correct amount. Thank you.

Any queries please phone Lara Heatley Mobile: 0422 279 759

Welcome back!

VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED for Wednesday 8 February. If you are able to help, please phone or message me on the number

below. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Sam Haslam Mobile: 0438 010 801

PICNIC ON THE GREEN

CANCELLED - Friday, 10th February 2017

New date and time to be advised.

President’s Welcome On behalf of St John’s P&F I would like to welcome everyone back from holidays. I hope everyone had a safe and relaxing time. I would also like to take the time to welcome any new families to the School. This is my first year as P&F President with Cathy Donald finishing up last year. I would like to thank Cathy for all her hard work and support of the P&F, I certainly have big shoes to fill!! Our P&F Committee and Class Reps are working hard to ensure all families are made to feel welcome and they are in the process or organising some great parent and family events for the year. Our first event of the year is THE PICNIC ON THE GREEN, which was due to be held this Friday 10th February but due to the weather forecast we have decided to postpone this, we will reconfirm the new date later in the week. This is a great way to see in the new school year and to welcome our new families into the St John’s community. The first P&F meeting is to be held on Wednesday evening commencing at 7pm in the library. All welcome. Once again, welcome back and I look forward to a great year ahead. Ainslie Winkler P&F President

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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Wednesday - join LIVE Facebook Q&A online discussion

Weekend - video message from Michael Grose

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