A warm welcome back to all of our students who are returning to school after the COVID-19 lockdown. Students have been so excited to catch up with friends and get back into the classroom for some face to face learning. I know the staff missed you and were very happy to see you all back at school! It has been a relatively smooth transition back to daily school life and a massive shout out to all the support from parents and carers at home. 

Hopefully a return to school and our ‘normal routine’ will be a welcomed relief to many. It is important to reflect on the experiences that our students and families faced during this time. As a Year Coordinator, I was so proud of the level of responsibility and dedication the majority of students showed towards their studies and how they conducted themselves during remote learning. This effort needs to be commended, celebrated and harnessed as we move towards our senior years at St John’s. Some of the work that students produced during this time has been outstanding and a testament of what they can achieve when faced with adversity. I know all our Year 10 students will come out of this experience better equipped to deal with the pressures of the senior years schooling.   

In PDHPE students completed a project based learning assessment focussing on helping young people in the future; they made websites, short film clips, posters and informative presentations highlighting their technological skills.

WEBSITE BY SHANIA 

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ELLA & MOLLY'S 20 MINUTE HOME WORKOUT

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QUIT SMOKING VIDEO BY TODD

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Students were conducting science experiments from home and in Industrial Technology building models of their projects with paddle pop sticks. Despite not being able to physically go on bushwalks for Bushcraft, Mr Jak and Mr Higgins had students planning expedition trips to places all over the Shoalhaven. In History, students were studying changing rights and freedoms exploring human rights and changing government policies which in the current climate is a very topical conversation.  

Our students showed off their fantastic musical talents by making music for hand sanitizer advertisements or dramatic music for scenes in the toilet paper aisle in supermarkets. For their English studies some students were studying the novel “Of Mice and Men”, analysing text and writing essays. Others have been studying poems by Robert Frost. When looking at his poem “The Road not Taken” it talked about a forked road in an Autumn wood and the resultant choice in choosing a path. Students can use this as a metaphor for their own journey as they transition back from remote learning and reflect on the choices and experiences they had along the way.  

The above is just a small snippet of the fantastic work and learning experiences our students undertook during remote learning. Since returning it has been pleasing to see students continue to build upon the progress they made with their remote learning studies. Mrs Hill has been helping our students explore future career pathways and in the coming weeks we will start to look at subject selections for Year 11 with Mrs Murphy. I look forward to guiding these fantastic young people as they look toward their futures.   

YEAR 10 DANCE

YEAR 10 PDHPE