Week 1 Term 3

School Vision Statement: To change the world through our faith in Jesus who is our light.
Phone: 6882 2677 or 6882 2653
Email: stjohnsprimarydubbo@bth.catholic.edu.au                    
Principal: Mr. Anthony O’Leary
School Manager/Priest: Father Greg Kennedy           
P&F Meetings: 2nd & 7th Tuesday each term

Parents/guardians-Please note that photographs of students may be used in publication. Please advise the School Office if you do not approve of your child’s photo being used.

Week 1

Wednesday 24th July - Year 3-6 Touch Football Carnival

Friday 26th July - Chess Competition St Mary's Primary

Friday 26th July - Book Week Parade 10.15am - all welcome (dress as your favourite book character)

Week 2

Monday 29th July - Northern Region Athletics Carnival - Barden Park

Thursday 1st August - Kindy excursion DRTCC - GRUG Performance

Welcome back to Term 3

I would like to thank our school community for supporting our school with our Staff Development Day yesterday. The staff spent an enriching day with the team from TIPIAC - Teaching Indigenous Perspectives in the Australian Curriculum. Our partnership with TIPIAC, supported by the Catholic Education Diocese of Bathurst is a year long collaboration. We are very excited about this journey.

I hope our community had some time over the Winter break to spend time with family and have some rest to be ready for our exciting Semester 2. It has been great to see so many smiling faces and busy classrooms as students returned to school. 

Tomorrow over 100 students from 3 - 6 will be enjoying the Dubbo Touch Football gala day. What a fun way to start Week 1. Also in Week 1, Stage 3 will be enjoying a STEM program on Thursday and there is also a Debating workshop. There are many choices for our students at SJP!

Book Week 2024

This year the Children's Book Council of Australia’s Book Week Theme is Reading is Magic! The Book Council shared the following message:

With our 2024 Children's Book Week theme; Reading is Magic, we're celebrating reading stories and their amazing power to transport minds. We are encouraging kids to be curious about the wonders in our world. It is a positive and affirming message for our young people. The magic of reading also lies in its power of enticement; a good story provokes conversations. Talking about the stories with others connects the reader with other readers. Wrapped around all of this are the "tricks" and skills of our amazing writers and illustrators, as they use all their powers of language and illustration to engage the reader in this world they are building.

For SJP - we will be organising a Scholastic Book purchasing opportunity, similar to past years and the magic of the annual Book Week parade will be held on Friday, 26th July, commencing at 10:15am - around the theme of Reading is Magic (see Library News).

P & F Meeting

Tuesday 30th July, will be the next P&F Meeting. The meeting will be at South Dubbo Tavern 6.30pm start. We encourage parents to attend and you will be made to feel very welcome.

God bless and have a wonderful week

Anthony O’Leary 

Welcome Back to Term 3

Welcome back to our entire SJP community - students, staff and parents. I trust you were able to enjoy the winter holidays and make use of the quality family time that often eludes us throughout busy school weeks. We have a busy term ahead of us, so fingers crossed we have all recharged well, and are refreshed for Term 3!

Thank you from St Vincent de Paul

A huge thank you to the SJP community members who kindly donated to our Vinnies Winter Appeal this year, particularly on Snug as a Bug in a Rug Day.

Financial contributions totalled $450 which was donated on top of the bags and bags of blankets, clothing etc.

SJP’s contributions to this appeal never cease to amaze me - generosity and compassion demonstrated yet again. Thankyou SJP!

Please Save the Date

This term, SJP’s Meeting 4 Mass will be held at the end of Week 7 - Sunday, 8th September. At this Mass, SJP staff will be coordinating the many roles of responsibility required during a Mass: lectors, eucharistic ministers, commentators, data coordinator, pianist, choir and more! As this will be a whole school event, we extend the invitation to all of our families to attend this mass with us. Please save this date if you can.

Year 3 - Sacrament of First Holy Communion/Eucharist

Preparation Sessions are about to commence for this sacrament. There are three weekly sessions which you and your child need to attend. You only need to attend one session each week.

Mass at St. Brigid’s Church   

Saturday - 5:00pm, Sunday - 9:00am and Sunday - 5:00pm

Due to heating issues in St Brigid’s, all weekday Masses will be held at St. Laurence’s Church throughout June, July, August.

Enjoy your week!

Paula Clifford

Religious Education Coordinator

Book Week 2024 at SJP 

• Book Fair Visit Wish List - Children will have time to view the wonderful books available at the Book Fair. Each child will have the opportunity to add a book to their wish list. This will take place during Week 1, Term 3.
• Book Fair Shopping - If you wish your child to purchase items from the Book Fair they will have a time for this. Purchasing will be available after the book parade on Friday, Cash or EFTPOS will be available.
• Book Character Parade - This will take place on Friday 26th July (Week 1). Children are asked to dress as their favourite book character or something linked to this year’s theme, ‘Reading is Magic’. The parade will take place under the cola in Area 1 at 10.15 am. Parents & friends are welcome. 

Well done to Lachlan who was selected for the Polding Rugby Union Team to compete at the NSWPSSA Rugby Union Tournament in Wagga Wagga on the 20th, 21st & 22nd August. 
Best of luck Lachlan, we know you will do St John's Primary, the Bathurst Diocese and yourself proud. 

Instalment 2 Statements were emailed on Friday, 10th May 2024 and DUE on Friday, 24th May 2024.

Instalment 3 Statements will be emailed this Friday 27 July 2024

If you'd like to start up a Payment Plan to manage your school fees, please phone the school office.  Thank you.