Preparatory Year (Prep)
From 2017 Prep is a compulsory full-time year of school. Our Prep teachers implement a play-based curriculum helping the children to:
Interviews for enrolment occur in the year prior to enrolment commencing. If parents have a student of prep age and wish for them to be enrolled at St John’s, there are encouraged to contact our school office and have their name placed on our contacts list. Prior to enrolment interviews, parents will be contacted to arrange a time to speak with the principal.
- get along with others
- listen to and speak Standard English
- use their imagination creatively
- do things for themselves
- make sense of words and numbers
- to like school and learning
- to feel good about themselves
- to learn about God
Interviews for enrolment occur in the year prior to enrolment commencing. If parents have a student of prep age and wish for them to be enrolled at St John’s, there are encouraged to contact our school office and have their name placed on our contacts list. Prior to enrolment interviews, parents will be contacted to arrange a time to speak with the principal.
Child’s Birthdate Eligible for Prep in
1/7/2015 – 30/6/2016: 2021
1/7/2016 – 30/6/2017: 2022
1/7/2017 – 30/6/2018: 2023
1/7/2018 – 30/6/2019: 2024
1/7/2019 – 30/6/2020: 2025
1/7/2015 – 30/6/2016: 2021
1/7/2016 – 30/6/2017: 2022
1/7/2017 – 30/6/2018: 2023
1/7/2018 – 30/6/2019: 2024
1/7/2019 – 30/6/2020: 2025
Children born between July 1 and July 31 MAY be eligible to attend prep. Enrolment suitability for these children will be determined by the principal, in consultation with the child’s parents, after considering a range of factors that indicate the child’s readiness for education in the prep classroom.