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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17 Oct 2025
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17 Oct 2025
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Year 2 have had so much fun at swimming this week! The students of St John’s have worked so hard this week- we are sure there are lots of tired eyes! Looking forward to the fun we will have next week!
15 Oct 2025
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Year 1 are having so much fun at swimming! What a beautiful day to learn to swim! 🏊♀️🏊
13 Oct 2025
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Today our staff have returned to prepare and share engaging lesson ideas for our students. We have started off building something of meaning to our lives with the new LEGO kits. We can’t wait to share these fun ideas with our students!
26 Sep 2025
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How great are Beebots?🐝📱 There was so much excitement this week in Year 1 as they explored the world of coding and Beebots. The students created their own maps and then programmed the beebots to different positions. We love integrating technology in our learning at St John's! 🤩
25 Sep 2025
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Congratulations to this weeks award recipients! We also wish Mrs Kemp all the best and thank her for her wonderful contributions to St John’s during her time here! 🥰🏆
24 Sep 2025
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24 Sep 2025
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Stage 3 had such a great day today learning and building skills around leadership. They enjoyed participating in games and activities to build qualities of leadership and we are looking forward to these skills being used at St John’s!
22 Sep 2025
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22 Sep 2025
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🌈 We have had so much fun today! 🌈 So many fun games and activities and a delicious sausage sizzle lunch! Thank you to our wonderful parent helpers for making today possible and for ZING Activ for bringing so much fun and colour to St John’s! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷