How can we as town planners create a plan and design the “New Riverstone”, so that we can meet the needs of the community and the environment?
The students participated in an exciting event presented by two strategic town planners from Blacktown Council, Helen Budd and Fiona McDermott.
The next steps are to start designing their own vision of Riverstone and write reports explaining their decisions.
The students have read local newspaper articles that address the changes proposed for Riverstone and have written persuasive texts that put forward their thoughts about the issues.
Then they developed an understanding of the four 21st Century skills that are the focus for this unit. These skills are; communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creative thinking. The children are writing a weekly reflection on how they have developed these skills.
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23 Sep 2026
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A little change in how we share our St John’s story in order to protect our students.18 Sep 2026
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On Monday, seven of our Year 6 students represented our school at the Socktober launch and soccer gala day held by Catholic Mission, CSPD and the Wanderers soccer club. They had a great day of playing soccer with other schools in the diocese. They also spent some time learning about the country of Malawi and difficulties faced by many of its citizens. The students also learnt how to make soccer balls out of recycled materials. This year, Catholic Mission is raising funds to build a school in Malawi to provide education to 800 students. St John’s will be supporting Catholic Mission’s appeal early next term with a fundraising initiative led by the Year 6 students who attended the Socktober Gala day and other volunteers from our Mini Vinnie’s team. If you would like to contribute to our school fundraising page earlier, please click on this link. https://www.socktober.org.au/fundraisers/stjohnsriverstone/socktober-2026 Keep a look out for our Term 4 Faith In Action initiatives which we will be sharing shortly. Thank you for supporting our fundraising efforts for Catholic Mission and the Socktober appeal.
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28 Sep 2026
Celebrating 40 years of Voice of Youth and the power of student voice
Six Year 6 students from 58 Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) Primary schools came together at St John XXIII Catholic College Stanhope Gardens on 22 September for the Voice of Youth Grand Final, showcasing their public speaking skills through a series of thoughtful and engaging speeches.
23 Sep 2026
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A little change in how we share our St John’s story in order to protect our students.
18 Sep 2026
From Facebook
On Monday, seven of our Year 6 students represented our school at the Socktober launch and soccer gala day held by Catholic Mission, CSPD and the Wanderers soccer club. They had a great day of playing soccer with other schools in the diocese. They also spent some time learning about the country of Malawi and difficulties faced by many of its citizens. The students also learnt how to make soccer balls out of recycled materials. This year, Catholic Mission is raising funds to build a school in Malawi to provide education to 800 students. St John’s will be supporting Catholic Mission’s appeal early next term with a fundraising initiative led by the Year 6 students who attended the Socktober Gala day and other volunteers from our Mini Vinnie’s team. If you would like to contribute to our school fundraising page earlier, please click on this link. https://www.socktober.org.au/fundraisers/stjohnsriverstone/socktober-2026 Keep a look out for our Term 4 Faith In Action initiatives which we will be sharing shortly. Thank you for supporting our fundraising efforts for Catholic Mission and the Socktober appeal.
11 Sep 2026
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Wishing Mrs Rowley all the very best as she starts her leave today. May God Bless you and your family at this very special time. Thank you for all you do to support the students and staff at St John’s.
04 Sep 2026
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This morning we celebrated doughnuts with dads for Father’s Day! Thank you to all those who attended and made the morning special.
03 Sep 2026
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What a beautiful day in the sun for year 2! ☀️ Year 2 students spent the day at Penrith Lakes being little scientists in a wet environment, conducting data surveys of local species and checking water samples. A great fieldwork excursion!
28 Aug 2026
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What an amazing Book Week we have had! Our talented students and teachers put together amazing displays to share the wonderful short-listed books for 2026 and today many students had the chance to swap a book for a new one in our book swap. Reading is magic 🪄
28 Aug 2026
Our schools are cracking the reading code
Do you remember how you learned to read? For a vital skill that is linked to all other learning, it’s surprisingly difficult to explain how to go about learning it.
25 Aug 2026
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This morning our students are watching a special performance for Book Week by Perform Education!
24 Aug 2026
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What a great day we had celebrating our book parade! So many great costumes on display. 📕 More student activities to continue tomorrow with our incursion performance.
23 Aug 2026
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Don’t forget it’s our annual book parade tomorrow! We can’t wait to see what characters arrive at school! 📚 📕