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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It’s been Pirate Mania for the past 2 weeks in Prep/1/2. We’ve made pirate hats, pirate maps and been working on our positional language of left, right, forwards and backwards with songs, games and today, a real treasure hunt!! ... See MoreSee Less

It’s been Pirate Mania for the past 2 weeks in Prep/1/2. We’ve made pirate hats, pirate maps and been working on our positional language of left, right, forwards and backwards with songs, games and today, a real treasure hunt!!Image attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment

The Prep 1/2 Treasure Hunt! 🗺️🌟

To wrap up the term with a bit of adventure, our amazing Prep 1/2 students went on a treasure hunt—and what a fantastic time they had! With eager eyes and curious minds, they followed clues, solved puzzles, and worked together like true explorers. The excitement was infectious, and the joy on their faces when they found the treasure was diamonds and gold that will that taste delicious.

A great big well done to our clever little adventurers.
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The Prep 1/2 Treasure Hunt! 🗺️🌟

To wrap up the term with a bit of adventure, our amazing Prep 1/2 students went on a treasure hunt—and what a fantastic time they had! With eager eyes and curious minds, they followed clues, solved puzzles, and worked together like true explorers. The excitement was infectious, and the joy on their faces when they found the treasure was diamonds and  gold that will that taste delicious.

A great big well done to our clever little adventurers.Image attachmentImage attachment+Image attachment

Week 10 assembly awards.
Congratulation’s to everyone for your hard work.
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Week 10 assembly awards.
Congratulation’s to everyone for your hard work.Image attachmentImage attachment

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