St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School is located in Central Queensland in the city of Gladstone. The school's population has experienced continual growth over the past 31 years with 463 students currently enrolled from prep through to Year 7. St John's is a learning community that recognises and honours each child's right to feel safe, right to learn and responsibility to respect others. As St John's continues to grow, accepting children from all religious backgrounds, we strive to preserve a culture of support for one another, intertwined with the values and beliefs of our Catholic faith traditions. As we travel along our life-long journey of learning - working together, celebrating together, praying together - we ask that Christ be with us always in preparing the way for these young people of today to be adults for the future. The buildings have all been recently refurbished with an additional three classrooms and two under cover areas to be built in the near future. The school has recently purchased additional land behind the school oval for further expansion in years to come. The school operates a healthy tuckshop, Outside School Hours Care and an extensive instrumental music programme. Curriculum priorities this year have included Literacy, Interactive Technologies and supporting the needs of all learners.