Welcome to the 2025 school year. We hope that all families enjoyed wonderful Christmas and New Year celebrations, as well as a terrific holiday period. The January break provided us with amazing summer weather. This was a wonderful opportunity to enjoy terrific days in all that Melbourne and Victoria have to see and explore, as well as opportunities to gather with friends and family. We hope that all our families have enjoyed a safe period of rest, rejuvenation and are ready for an exciting 2025.
As a staff we officially commenced the school year today. As a team we spent the morning revisiting the St John the Baptist professional expectations and operation guidelines. This included professional requirements and responsibilities in relation to Child Safety, SJB School Wide Expectations and the MACS Code of Conduct. Additionally, the staff engaged in professional learning in relation to a number of assessment tools we will use in alignment with the MACS Vision for Instruction Framework. This professional learning opportunity strongly aligns with the St John the Baptist School Improvement Plan and Annual Action Plan.
Whilst the first day of the school year was today, the staff have been onsite and/or working from home busily planning and preparing for the return of students. We thank all staff for their dedication and hard work in ensuring a smooth and wonderful start to the school year. We thank our families for making bookings for the beginning of the year Learning Interviews and for your support with ensuring students are punctual to their interviews.
This year we welcome the return of our dedicated and committed St John the Baptist staff who are well known to the parish and school communities. We also warmly welcome Mrs Anita Arslanian to the role of Learning Support Officer to SJB. Anita has a wealth of experience as a LSO, as well as a strong background in Wellbeing and counselling. We are very excited as our SJB team brings a wonderful mix of experience, expertise, deep pedagogical knowledge, passion and dedication as a group of educators. We look forward to continuing to collaborate, learn and grow together to consolidate our shared beliefs and understandings and continue to provide our students with the best educational experiences.
We are looking forward to welcoming back our school community as a whole this Friday 31st January. It is always great to see how students have grown and changed over their break, as well as sharing in the excitement of getting to know their teacher and settling in with new classmates. We always look forward to welcoming our Preps and settling them in as our newest members of our St John’s community. We wish everyone a fabulous start to the school year and look forward to working in partnership with our families and community, as we work together to create an environment for our students to thrive and flourish.
We warmly invite families to join us for a cuppa and re-connections from 8:45am on Friday 31st January in the school hall. This is a great opportunity to reconnect with our families and welcome our new families to the SJB community. We hope to see you there.
