Our school is undertaking a daily Maths fluency program to support students in developing strong mental strategies.
We’re looking for volunteers to help prepare the resources needed for this program.
Parents/carers, grandparents and extended family members are warmly invited to get involved. Tasks include cutting, laminating and labelling materials.
No experience required — just willing hands!
Coffee, tea and biscuits provided.
Join us for our “Snip & Sip” sessions running each Tuesday morning this term.
When: Tuesdays - 8:45am – 10:30am
Drop in anytime — any time you can give is greatly appreciated!
Where: SJB Office Meeting Room
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jill Palermo (jpalermo@sjferntreegully.catholic.edu.au)
The St John the Baptist Easter Egg Raffle will once again be running in 2026. We ask each family to donate an Easter Egg or gift to this year’s raffle. The gifts will be used to create Easter hampers in which families can buy tickets for a chance to win. Raffle prizes will be drawn in the afternoon of the last day of term.
We thank Jess Pfeiffer & Brianna Lawson for organising this year’s Easter Raffle. Further details will come next week.
Last year we had a wonderful response from families in the community sharing their talents with home made Mother’s Day gifts for our Mother’s Day Stall. These gifts were all beautifully made and were greatly enjoyed by all.
With Mothers Day soon approaching, our P&F team will soon commence ordering of some lovely gifts that will be available for purchase during our Mother’s Day Stall event. This year we would like to seek interest again from our creative community to see if anyone would like to showcase their talents by contributing any handmade items such as key rings,candles, chocolates, jewellery, bath salts or any other little gift ideas.
We would love the chance to recognise the talents of our community whilst contributing to a wonderful day. If you are interested in contributing please email the office at
office@sjferntreegully.catholic.edu.au by Friday 13th March. Your details will then be passed on to the P & F Mother’s Day Stall team.
We warmly welcome all families to come together for a weekend of fun at the annual SJB family camping weekend. Whether it is cabins, caravaning, camping in a tent, the aim is to include all.
We would love to see everyone who is able to join.
For communication purposes families attending are encouraged to scan the code below. One of our team members will then communicate with the group in preparation for the weekend.
This week and next week our Year 3 and Year 5 students will participate in the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)
The NAPLAN assessment tasks consist of the following assessment tasks:
Reading
Writing
Conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
Numeracy
NAPLAN is one aspect of St John the Baptist’s assessment and data collection used to monitor student progress and growth. NAPLAN data is used in conjunction with school based data, student work samples and anecdotal records. All of this information is reflected upon in the planning of learning and teaching, as well as assessment and reporting.
We ask families to support our students as they prepare to undertake NAPLAN by encouraging them to give it their best. This is all we ask of any of our students when entering all tasks.
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A member of our local community has made contact with our school with a most generous and sentimental offer. Rachel has reached out to offer her family’s Yamaha Baby Grand Piano to a family who are able to give it a good home. The piano has significant sentimental value to her and she would love to see it go to a family who will enjoy it.
If you are interested in giving the piano a new home please email the office.
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