Students played a major role in choosing the new furniture for their classroom in a special project that proved very popular.
Teacher Rebecca Tolhurst said the starting point was creating the “ultimate reading area” and the students’ passion drove the project.
Rebecca said there has been a lot of excitement among the students who have taken more ownership of their new learning space.
“Everyone was so passionate about this, and it all started with the idea to create an ultimate reading area and it has grown from there,” she said.
Student Page Williams loves the idea that students can get involved.
I feel it is giving us such a great opportunity for learning and we are all really excited
St John's Primary School Riverstone
www.stjohnsriverstone.catholic.edu.au
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16 Mar 2026
From Facebook
Our Year 6 students at school did their own walk for water ending at the Kitchen Garden to water our plants.
16 Mar 2026
From Facebook
Our Year 6 leaders are participating in Walk for Water today in Parramatta with lots of other schools in the Parramatta Diocese. Meanwhile at school, our Year 6 students participated in a shorter 30 minute walk in solidarity with people suffering around the world. It’s not too late to donate, we are very close to our target!! - https://www.projectcompassion.org.au/fundraisers/StJohnsPrimarySchoolRiverstone?utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print
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16 Mar 2026
From Facebook
Our Year 6 students at school did their own walk for water ending at the Kitchen Garden to water our plants.
16 Mar 2026
From Facebook
Our Year 6 leaders are participating in Walk for Water today in Parramatta with lots of other schools in the Parramatta Diocese. Meanwhile at school, our Year 6 students participated in a shorter 30 minute walk in solidarity with people suffering around the world. It’s not too late to donate, we are very close to our target!! - https://www.projectcompassion.org.au/fundraisers/StJohnsPrimarySchoolRiverstone?utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print
10 Mar 2026
NAPLAN: What Parents Really Need to Know
Each March, families across Australia hear a lot about NAPLAN. The National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy. But what does it really mean for your child in 2026?
08 Mar 2026
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Mark Taylor Shield Cricket match between St John’s and St Andrew’s is postponed on Monday 9/3 due to wet weather - new date TBA.
02 Mar 2026
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This morning we welcomed Warren Kirby MP Member for Riverstone to share and see our musical garden. Mr Kirby supported St John’s with a community grant as part of bettering community facilities and our students have loved using the garden each day. Thank you Mr Kirby for supporting St John’s and improving our playground facilities. 🎶
26 Feb 2026
From Facebook
Our students are ready to swim fast today at the Hills Zone swimming carnival. 🏊
25 Feb 2026
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What a great day of learning we had! We have some very tired stage 2 students. Due to traffic we will be late arriving back. Please see compass for updates.
25 Feb 2026
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We are having a great day being place detectives! S2 are exploring the eucalypt forest and doing amazing field work.
17 Feb 2026