Always Reaching for New Heights

Always Reaching for New Heights

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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.

Our Values

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.

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Follow us on Instagram for more classroom moments, student achievements, behind-the-scenes fun, and everyday memories from around our school 💙

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🔊 We will be running a Circle of Security Parenting program in Innisfail this term ⭐
Circle of Security Parenting focuses on the parent-child relationship and how to create and maintain a secure attachment with our children, so they build connections, resilience and healthy relationships. It is a program about reflection about our own parenting journey, our childhood and what we wish for our kids' future 💙

📆 4 x Tuesdays - 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th June
🕐 1pm - 2:30pm
🏠 11 Flying Fish Point Road, Innisfail Estate
💲 FREE for families in the Cassowary Coast area
👶 Babes in arms welcome

To register, please contact us (details below ⬇️ ) or PM us.
✉️ alana@vpginc.com.au
📱 0419 964 205

#everyfamilyvpg #cassowarycoast #innisfail
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“And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts.” – Acts 2:46 🤍

Everyday, our students share more than just lunch; they share kindness, compassion, friendship, with joyful hearts. It’s beautiful to see our school community caring for one another and creating moments of togetherness each day! 🥹💕

#Learning #LearningTogether #PrimarySchoolLife #Catholiceducation
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Today we joined in with the Australian Library and Information Association’s National Simultaneous Storytime, celebrating the joy of reading, imagination and connection. 📚🥹
This year’s story, Luna Roo: the Kangaroo Baller, had everyone engaged as we followed Luna learning that courage and determination can help you achieve amazing things!🦘⚽️🏟️

#NSS2026 #NationalSimultaneousStorytime #LoveOfReading #LiteracyMatters #PrimarySchoolLife
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