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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02 Dec 2025
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Today our 2026 leaders presented their leadership speeches to our school community. Over the coming days students in Yr 4 and 5 will vote for our school captains. We are very proud of all of these leaders.
01 Dec 2025
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We had so much fun today on our Christmas Mufti Day! 🎄🎅What an exciting way to spend the first day of December! It was so nice to see and hear about all our families who have also donated to our appeal to help purchase presents for those children less fortunate than us this Christmas season. There is still time to donate- and we look forward to spreading joy this Advent! 💜🙏
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02 Dec 2025
From Facebook
Today our 2026 leaders presented their leadership speeches to our school community. Over the coming days students in Yr 4 and 5 will vote for our school captains. We are very proud of all of these leaders.
01 Dec 2025
From Facebook
We had so much fun today on our Christmas Mufti Day! 🎄🎅What an exciting way to spend the first day of December! It was so nice to see and hear about all our families who have also donated to our appeal to help purchase presents for those children less fortunate than us this Christmas season. There is still time to donate- and we look forward to spreading joy this Advent! 💜🙏
24 Nov 2025
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Congratulations to Aanya who went and represented St John's at the CSPD Gymnastics Gala Day! 🤸♀️ We are so proud of how well you did and how beautifully you represented St John's! 🤩 Our superstar gymnast came away with a gold in vault, a silver in mini tramp and a bronze in her static routine. This meant Aanya received a bronze medal overall on the day! 🥉 Great work Aanya!
22 Nov 2025
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Congratulations to our students who made their Confirmation last night! Fr Fernando’s homily reflected on the students using the Gifts of the Holy Spirit like superpowers. 🔥 We pray the Holy Spirit continues to watch over and guide them.
21 Nov 2025
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Kindergarten had an exciting day today on Seesaw! They learnt about Area in maths and went on a journey to find some objects that had a larger, smaller and the same area as their original object. They learnt about superimposing, which means placing the objects on top of each other to see which has a bigger area. They then used seesaw to capture their learning! 🤩📱
20 Nov 2025
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It’s easy to see why, when asked their favourite time of the day, our students love recess and lunch! How lucky are we at St John’s to have such inviting spaces and beautiful grounds to foster friendship, laughter and fun! ☀️🩵🤗
18 Nov 2025
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Student mobile phone use will be banned across 80 Western Sydney Catholic schools from the beginning of the 2026 school year. The restriction presents a positive opportunity to enhance student outcomes, both in academic excellence and wellbeing.
17 Nov 2025
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On Friday our leaders represented our school at a memorial mass for our former executive director Greg Whitby. This was a lovely tribute for someone who dedicated 50 years to education in our diocese.
13 Nov 2025
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Year 3 are super learners! They had so much fun exploring capacity and comparing different measurements. 🤩
13 Nov 2025
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Thank you to Musica Viva for today’s fantastic performance! Our students loved learning about the different instruments and what it’s like to play in a string quartet! 🎶🎻
12 Nov 2025
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Our students have really enjoyed playing chess at recess and lunch! We can’t wait to see many more smiling faces join in over the next couple of weeks! ♟️🤍