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St John’s 2025 preppies set for school

St John’s School Roma welcomed its 2025 cohort of Preps last week, inducting them into the classroom to embark on their new schooling journey.

Principal Mr Mark Watson was delighted to be starting the new schooling year in 2025 and welcomed the preps into the St Johns schooling community.

“Welcome to all our new prep students at St John’s! It is incredibly exciting to see so many new faces joining our awesome school community. We pray that our preppies, along with all our students, experience the warm and welcoming culture of St John’s and embrace the Spirit of St John’s in new and exciting ways each day. We look forward to a fantastic year filled with learning, growth, and countless memorable moments, ” said Mr Watson.

The pupils are among more than 43,000 children start their schooling journey in Prep across Queensland this year.

More than 570,000 state school students returned to classrooms for another year, along with more than 56,000 teachers and about19,000 teacher aides.

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