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TIME FOR REFLECTION & RENEWAL OF OUR FAITH & SPIRITUALITY
As a Catholic school we base our values on the Gospels of Jesus and strive to live lives that align with the teachings of Jesus. As in all communities it is the conversations that strengthen our culture. Here at St John’s we regularly engage in conversations and reflection to renew our spirit and provide opportunity to consider our intentions and actions.
One way that we do this is at each assembly a gospel reading is selected and read. A personal reflection is then shared by a staff or student after they have considered what the message is telling them. This has provided for our school community some very powerful and relevant perspectives.
The Gospel from last Sunday was Gospel: Lk 19:1-10 talks of Zacchaeus striving to see Jesus. As I reflect on the actions of Zacchaeus I am reminded of the importance of taking time and putting in the effort to step away from the crown and “see” what Jesus is telling me, to hear this voice in my life.
A DYNAMIC COMMUNITY
Our school is well grounded in its vision and mission. What is so special about a school community is its dynamic nature, enabling the landscape to be constantly changing with new and fresh ideas.
This week our Year 12 students are finishing their HSC and will be leaving St John’s a better place for how they have lived out their passions. We are always welcoming a new Year 7 cohort for 2023 on our orientation day. These young people will also make a difference and we are very excited for how they will live out their goals and passions.
We wish both groups of young people the best for the years ahead and look forward to watching their journeys for the years ahead.
PARENTS, CARERS & RELATIVES THANK YOU
We are very blessed at St John’s to have so many parents and carers prepared to give their time to support us. So many respond to calls for support with canteen, working bees, carnivals and other events and for this we are truly grateful.
For our young people it is a special gift to see their parents engaging with the school and sharing the place where they learn.
We held a small afternoon tea and it was lovely to see so many attend, however I would also like to extend our thanks to those who were not able to attend: we truly appreciate your engagement.
Mrs Sandra Hogan
Principal
OOAAA AWARDS
MATHS 200 CLUB WINNERS
TERM 4 2022
Monday 7 November: Year 7 2023 Parent Information Evening
Tuesday 8 November: Year 7 2023 Orientation Day
Wednesday 9 November: St John's Working Bee & BBQ 3:15pm - 5:15pm
WEEK 6B
Thursday 17 November: Year 12 Graduation Dinner
WEEK 7A
Friday 25 November: St John's Trivia Night 5:30pm - 8pm
Come join us on Friday 25 November for an evening of fun! There will be prizes, music and food available.
Buy your tickets here! All proceeds will go to support the works of Vinnies in our community.
WEEK 8B
Thursday 1 December: EAT Theatre Performance 7pm
Friday 2 December: EAT Theatre Performance 7pm
Saturday 3 December: EAT Theatre Performance 7pm
Year 9 have been working hard and engaged in several interesting activities/content within their subjects. The outlines below will hopefully give you an insight into the daily lives and education our Year 9 students are receiving.
Thank you to all the teachers who have provided summaries of this term’s classwork and events.
LEADERSHIP DAY
On Tuesday Year 9 engaged in their Leadership Day, completing a variety of fun and exciting group challenges! Some of these included;
- The Four Way Chair Sitting Challenge
- The Drumming Challenge
- Students finished the day working in teams demonstrating fabulous group work and creativity to produce some wonderful outfits in our traditional paper fashion parade!
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Year 9 were tasked with a learning matrix to complete for their Religion assessment this semester. Students were to pick different activities to complete including creating a symbol of the Passion of Christ, choreographing a dance routine depicting the story of Jesus' passion, creating an iMovie or writing a journal entry from the perspective of someone in the crowd, just to name a few. Leilani Bagley chose to create a diorama to represent a scene from Jesus' passion. Ms Berryman.
STEM
DANCE
GEOGRAPHY
PDHPE
BUSHCRAFT
MATHS
YEAR 10 2023 IMMUNISATION PROGRAM
NSW Health have asked for us to advise you that parent/guardian consent for the Year 10 2023 Immunisation Program will be provided online next year.
Our school will provide you with the link for consent once we receive these details.
Mr Joshua Watson
Year 9 Coordinator
Term Four has gotten off to a busy start for our Year 10 students as they head towards their final weeks of schooling before stepping into the senior preliminary course.
Year 10 Drama students have been challenging themselves creatively through their involvement in the E.A.T theatre production of "The Trolleys" by Sara West, taking on roles not only as performers, but in costume, set and lighting design as well as working backstage, giving them excellent experience in working together to create a production for a public performance.
Performances will be on Thursday 1, Friday 2 and Saturday 3 December starting at 7pm with tickets going on sale soon. Not to be missed!
Our Year 10 Youth Ministry Leadership Team, have already kicked into action organising the Live Youth Ministry LIVE Retreat that took place on Wednesday.
The aim of this event was to draw young people into responsible participation in the life, mission and work of the Catholic faith community and to forge a sense of community and spirituality amongst them. The Youth Ministry team did an excellent job running their first event. Well done team!
Lastly the whole of Year 10 engaged in an excellent presentation by Paul Dillion around drug and alcohol awareness and the importance making good choices. It was impressive to see how respectful and engaged the year group were, and to hear some of their thoughtful and considered observations and questions.
VISUAL DESIGN CHARACTER SHOES
Check out our school library foyer which is looking fabulous with the display of character shoes designed by Year 10 Art students!
NURSING HOME VISIT
On Wednesday morning Alyssa, Sophia, Ella & Ruby visited the nursing home. They had a great time playing a game and represented the school so beautifully!
CHILD STUDIES
Mrs Sophie Daley
Year 10 Coordinator
YEAR 11 AWARDS
Mrs Lynette Kelly
The HSIE department warmly welcomes Mr Ben Standen, who has joined St John's from Broken Hill High. An experienced Modern History teacher, he has wasted no time in getting to know his Modern History class. At the end of Term 3 students submitted artefacts to demonstrate their research on an element of Modern History. Students investigated topics such as;
Modern History has now started their Year 12 course by investigating the rise of dictators.
YEAR 11 BUSINESS STUDIES
Last term students submitted Business Plans to external competitions.
The plans were of high quality and a wide range of different business ideas including Food Vans, Home Delivered Goats Milk, Virtual shopping and AR integration technology as well as a bookstore. Below are just some of the logos and mission statements in these amazing plans.
The Year 12 Business Studies 2023 have started their HSC content with enthusiasm. Recently they have been engaging in games to learn HSC terminology.
YEAR 10 HISTORY ELECTIVE
History Elective have displayed artefacts they created while researching an element of Ancient History.
GEOGRAPHY
Year 10 have been studying the fours spheres for Land Management and Change. Looking forward to Bens Walk on Friday where students will have the opportunity to do some hands-on learning. As part of the hydrosphere, students investigated the water cycle and interactions with the other spheres.
Year 10 classes have also been active around the school completing biodiversity fieldwork.
YEAR 8 GEOGRAPHY
Year 8 Geography students have been studying ‘Water in The World’. 8HGJ undertook a project based learning group task. The aim was to come up with an idea or product to reduce the impact of water related issues. For example, they could choose from:
- Low water supply
- Sanitation
- Waterborne diseases
- Poor water waste management
- Pollution
Jasmyn Eastcott, Anya Ellerington and Madison Campbell chose to investigate the issue of waterborne diseases. They came up with the idea of “The New Water Bottle”. The drink bottle that filters water through a system inside it.
Ms Sarah Blades
HSIE Coordinator
YEAR 1O WORK EXPERIENCE
Term 4 Week 9 : Monday 5 - Friday 9 December
All Year 10 students need to return their work experience forms to Mrs Hill no later than Monday 7 November 2022, to be approved.
All Year 10 students have access to the paperwork electronically through the Year 10 Careers Google Classroom page, hard copies have been given in PALS. All students need to be well prepared for work experience and the work readiness certificate is a mandatory requirement for SJE students to be safe in the workplace. To complete the certificate students go to https://myworkexperince.com.au
WHITE CARD COURSES
A full white card course is running at school on Wednesday 9 November.
A second course will be run at school this year if enough students express their interest.
This is a good opportunity for Year 9 students so they can enter construction sites for labouring casual work or do work experience in the construction industry during Year 10.
2023 BENDIGO BANK SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Applications are open for the 2023 Bendigo Bank Sanctuary Point & Districts Scholarship Program.
Scholarships are available to academically outstanding students whose financial or social circumstances limit their tertiary aspirations. A scholarship helps cover study and accommodation costs that rural and regional students face in their first years of tertiary education. Bendigo Bank will be offering one University scholarship and one TAFE scholarship for 2023. Scholarship criteria includes student academic achievement, community involvement, leadership roles and details of their financial and/or social disadvantage. Applications close on 31 January 2023. To apply, visit bendigobank.com.au/scholarships.
INDUSTRY 4.0 OUW SHOALHAVEN CAMPUS OPEN DAY
The Industry 4.0 Hub at the UOW Shoalhaven Campus is having a Community Open Day. It is an open invitation for people to drop by to see what the Industry 4.0 Hub has to offer, see the equipment in action and get a hands-on go at making something.
The Open Day will run from 3pm-6pm on Tuesday 8 November 2022. Click here to register.
POSITIONS VACANT
Foodworks Worrigee is looking for casual employees, aged 14-18, availability for weekends is a must.
For school leavers: Textiles Machinist, Apprentice Fabricator, Customer Service Trainee, Traineeship Early Childhood, Painting and Decorating Apprentice, Apprentice Signwriter, Traineeship Business Administration, Pharmacy assistant. All positions have been advertised on the Careers Google Classroom pages, or see Mrs Hill.
Mrs Carla Hill
Transition & Pathways Specialist
DIOCESE COMPETITION CHAMPIONS!
Congratulations to Year 12 students Luke Abbott, Issac Podmore, Thomas Hodgkins, Lucas Johnson, Jackson Rose & Christian Page, awarded winners in the Diocesan Digital Citizenship Competition attracting over 70 entries!
YEAR 8 STUDENTS PERFORM AT FESTIVAL
YEAR 7 SCIENCE
YEAR 7 HISTORY- ANCIENT ROME
VEX ROBOTICS
YEAR 7 & 8 SWIMMING AND SURVIVAL SKILLS
AN AFTERNOON OF MEASURING
Students were enjoying the sunshine on the oval on Wednesday with two classes engaging in practical activities of measurement!
WORLD TEACHERS' DAY
Our wonderful student Peace & Advocacy (PAX) group organised for students to write messages of gratitude 
for our wonderful staff in acknowledging World Teachers’ Day last Friday.
BAKE SALE & LIVE CONCERT FUNDRAISER
On Wednesday our SRC, Vinnies Youth, Youth Ministry Leaders & Year 11 immersion students organised a bake sale which raised $1,000 for Catholic Mission to support & empower the Darwin Aboriginal Community visited recently by some of our students.
YEAR 7 & 8 SUPER DIOCESAN CRICKET GALA DAY
On Wednesday 19 October the Year 7 & 8 Boys Cricket Team competed in the Super 8 (8 a side) Diocesan Cricket Gala Day at Dalton Park in Wollongong.
Our team used a rotation system which allowed each player to bat, bowl and field in each game. The draw for the day for St John's involved playing four straight games.
There were some strong performances with the bat and ball in the initial game against Magdalene College and in our third game against St Benedicts with both games going down to the last over. In our second game against Edmund Rice and in our final game against St Joseph’s Albion Park we met much stronger and more disciplined opposition.
Although we did not win a game, our underlying team strengths came from the encouragement each team member gave each other and the new friendships that were forged on the day.
It was heartening to hear from four members of our team who never played cricket competitively before, that they were now keen to join a local club team.
Thanks must also go to Mr Garner who drove the team bus on the day and also assisted with scoring and umpiring.
Mr Mark Fuller
Cricket Convenor
LUNCH ORDERS
CANTEEN ROSTER
We require 2 helpers (Monday - Thursday) and 3 helpers on Fridays to effectively run our canteen. If you may be able to assist, please contact our school on 4423 1666 or info@sjedow.catholic.edu.au. Grandparents & relatives also welcome!
WORKING BEE - WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER
The P&F wish to advise that St John’s will be holding our final School Working Bee & BBQ after school in Week 5 on Wednesday 9 November between 3:15pm - 5:15pm.
There will be a sausage sizzle provided on completion of the working bee.
All students, family and friends are welcome to join us and if you have any gardening tools (gloves, shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows etc) to bring along it would be much appreciated.
If you are unable to make it and would like to offer your assistance by providing a donation or plate of food for afternoon tea, these would be greatly appreciated. Donations may be delivered to our school office before 3pm on Wednesday 9 November.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Keeping in touch with the Catholic Primary Schools within the Shoalhaven District.
Please select below links to the Shoalhaven Catholic Primary Schools websites.