
Our School
St John's Primary School Clifton Hill
St John’s Primary School strives to create an educational experience for all students that is strongly grounded in our Parish community. Our education experience for our students is purposeful and relevant.
The pastoral care of all students is our key focus and we place significant emphasis on Student Wellbeing so that we may offer an education that is holistic. We give time to meeting and working with parents in order to build relationships that strengthen and enrich the way our students learn best.
As a staff, we value working together. All staff, inclusive of our leadership team, are encouraged to be responsive in the way they work and to be open and reflective when reviewing their own performance and needs. There is a very genuine commitment to working with individuals so that staff will be skilled to improve student outcomes.
Learning is going beyond surface issues, understanding our own and other people’s strengths and limitations, and creating learning opportunities to transcend these. Education is about the whole child: academic, spiritual, social and emotional and physical. Without one, the whole child will not attain their full potential.
At St John’s, this is our focus and our goal.At St John’s we are preparing our students for the world of tomorrow. As such we are aware that our children will need to have certain characteristics to enable them to flexibly operate in an environment of rapid change. The qualities we strive to equip our students with including:
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Being reflective
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Asking questions
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Being resilient & brave
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Respond to feedback
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Be imaginative
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Be independent
As a Catholic school we are conscious of our Mission to pass on Jesus’ teachings and the values drawn from his life, as presented in the Gospels. These teachings and values underpin all that we do at St. John’s. In line with these Gospel values and democratic principles we seek to respect and be respected, and to include and be included.
Today, our school community is richer for our increasing diversity, welcoming families from all corners of the globe, and of different faiths, proudly coming together at St John’s.

Our Vision
We are Preparing the Way
as a learning and faith community by
celebrating our Catholic identity
setting high standards
honouring the dignity of all and
supporting diversity.
We are Preparing the Way
so that all can succeed and embrace the fullness of life
At St John's School, we are Preparing the Way
School Prayer
God of Wonder,
Grant us your guidance and blessing
As we carry on the work of our founders,
The sisters of charity.
Thanks for our history
And we look forward
To continuing the tradition.
Open our eyes to the needs of the world around us
So that we can truly become leaders
In the world, today and tomorrow.
Help us to learn and grow and to love your son, Jesus.
Amen
Meet the St John's Team

Kerrie Campagna
Principal
Father Martin Tanti
Parish Priest
Gina Mele
Office Administration
Antoinette Stasi
Deputy Principal, Classroom Teacher and Learning & Teaching Leader
Ann Nolan
Deputy Principal,
Classroom Teacher and Wellbeing Leader
Narelle Taylor
Classroom Teacher
Jess Thwaites Classroom Teacher
Violet Holcombe
Classroom Teacher

Patrick McVeigh
Classroom Teacher

Mona Harsan
French Teacher

Carlie Dowley
Classroom Teacher and Digi Tech Leader

Maria Ruberto
Classsroom Teacher
Franca Montagna
Learning Support Officer
Sally Barker
Learning Support Officer

Karen Stubbs
Learning Support Officer

Ben Kowaluk
Learning Support Officer

Stuart Taylor
Physical Education and Science Teacher

Melanie Granata
Religious Education Leader and Literacy & Numeracy Tutor
Our History
St John’s Primary School is over 130 years old and continues to provide educational excellence in the tradition of the Sisters of Charity, our founding and guiding principles. The charism of the Sisters of Charity is their motto “The Love of Christ Urges Us On”. At St John’s, we believe that we encounter Christ in all those we meet. As a result, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, inclusive and diverse community concerned for the wellbeing of others. We enjoy a long tradition of being family and community centred.