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Welcome to St John’s School, Silkwood – a co-educational primary school in the Diocese of Cairns. As a small Catholic school, St John’s offers a faith and values based education which focuses on the well-being of each individual child. This focus is achieved through explicit teaching of social emotional learning in a caring and supportive environment. Our school values its community-oriented approach to student wellbeing and family life.
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Principal's Message
A very warm welcome to the St John’s, Silkwood community! St John’s prides itself on the culture and traditions built over the years at the school. The school’s proud history began in 1948 when the school was by founded by Parish Priest Fr Alfred Natali and the Missionary Franciscan Sisters. We are a very welcoming community that believes that working together to achieve a common goal brings success for all. Our staff, students and parents remain focused on our sense of being a ‘learning community’ and are proud of their great achievements over the years.
Latest News
Happy birthday to our Ms Deb Daly! We are so thankful for everything you do for us in the community and in our school. We wish you a blessed day! 🤗💗
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Smiling faces and eager students! We are so ready to get through this term.
This term we will be seeing our year 6s graduate, our 5/6 camp in week 3 and our swimming carnival! Can’t wait to see what the rest of this year has for us!
"You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance." Psalm 65:11
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We are looking forward to welcoming our students and families back to school on Tuesday.
Enjoy the long weekend.
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Last term P/1/2 acted out the story of Jack and The beanstalk. This was a fun activity which built on our work in English around narratives. Take a bow.. great work everyone!
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