I thank families for your patience during school drop off and pick up times. Having roadworks on both Lipsett Terrace and Marshall Terrace could be problematic, we do seem to be coping surprisingly well.
Our children had a fantastic day at the SACPSSA Cross Country Carnival last week. Our teachers were extremely proud of our athletes and the way they conducted themselves displaying persistence, resilience and determination through the muddy running track. A big congratulations to Domenic in Year 3-4H who finished 3rd in his race. Mr Zandano and interested Year 3-6 children have started training for the next SACPSSA carnival, which is Touch Footy. We look forward to seeing our children compete as member of a team later this term.
Last Chance for School Disco Tickets
Have you purchased your child’s ticket for our annual School Disco which is happening this Friday in our School Library? Tickets are available to purchase through QKR, $7.00 each child which includes a drink and a snack. Children will receive their entry ticket bracelet at school dismissal on Friday.
Reception to Year 2 Disco: 5:30pm to 6:45pm
Year 3 to Year 6 Disco: 7:00pm to 8:45pm.
Pupil Free Day
Please note our Term 3 Pupil Free Day will be on Friday 9th September 2022. OSHC is available for families requiring care for their child between 7:20am – 6:00pm. Please note there is a charge of $49.00 for children attending OSHC during a school initiated Pupil Free Day. Please email Mirella to make a booking for your child, mirella.tsimikilis@sjb.catholic.edu.au
Relief Teachers
You may be aware that across the nation there is a shortage of teachers. At St John Bosco School we try to use relief staff who are familiar with our community, however, there have been many occasions in the last two terms where we have not been able to source a teacher at all. When this occurs, Leadership Team members sometimes take the class, specialist teachers take the class or we have to split the class across other classes. Splitting the class is our absolute last resort, when this occurs the classroom teacher sets work for the children to continue on within another learning environment. Whilst we understand this is not ideal, it does provide a level of continuity of learning for the children. We are hopeful the situation will ease as COVID numbers reduce.
Living Learning Leading Perception Surveys
All Catholic Schools in South Australia are in the process of completing the CESA Living, Learning, Leading Perception Surveys. The surveys are a product of a collaboration between Catholic Education SA (CESA) and Curtin University and are focussed on examining the understanding of the vision and extent to which Catholic Education SA's Living Learning Leading Framework is taking place in schools as perceived by the children, families and staff.
The last day for families to participate in the survey will be 26th August 2022. I strongly encourage all families to take five minutes to complete the survey. The survey provides valuable data for our lens of continuous improvement.
You can access the survey through the following link: www.NSIPartnership.com.au Please note our school code is: SJBLLLP
I thank you in advance for completing the survey.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Kate Turner
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