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Come Holy Spirit and make us Pentecost people, grant us,
The gift of wisdom to see the world through your eyes,
The gift of counsel to make difficult decisions,
The gifts of knowledge and understanding to use our minds to know you and to love you,
The gift of fortitude to have the courage to live in faith despite the difficulties and disappointments,
The gift of piety to be able to express our special love and commitment to you,
And the right kind of awesome fear that makes us pause to wonder and revere your love.
Amen
School Spirit
Witnessing our school spirit once again this week was a very humbling and proud experience. It was a privilege to be a part of our amazing Glasshouse performances on Thursday. The joy, excitement and nervous energy being shared behind the stage was humbling. Watching and listening to all the students prepare themselves and how our older students nurtured our younger students was a true reflection of our strong community spirit.
I would like to take a moment to thank Mrs Jackson for the enormous amount of planning, organisation, dedication, patience and true grit in ensuring we were all prepared and calm right from the very beginning of rehearsals until the final house curtain closed last night. I would also like to acknowledge the flexibility of the Glasshouse staff who assisted us in presenting such a polished concert. To our staff who spent hours choreographing dances and coordinating costumes, thank you.
A very big congratulations must go to the stars of the show, the children of St Joseph’s - you were amazing and we are all very proud of you.
Billy - Year 6
“It was fun and it was a good experience that helped everyone overcome their fears.”
Liam - Year 5
“It was awesome getting the chance to show your skills because it took a lot of work behind the scenes before we were ready”
Olivia - Year 4
“It was really fun and it was a big space for us to practise and it had lots of seats for our parents to watch us”
Indii - Year 3
“I liked how everyone encouraged people. I was really nervous and my friends and teacher really helped me, so when I got on stage it was a really good feeling.”
Niah - Year 2
“It was an amazing and fun experience to dance in and getting to see the audience was unbelievable. Everyone was smiling and having a good time.”
Spencer - Year 1
My favourite part was when I first got on stage, I was thinking about my Mum and Dad watching me and clapping. I was a bit nervous, my costume was a fish and I loved it.”
Lucas - Kindergarten
“It was really fun. I really liked dancing and going on the bus”
Here is a small snapshot of our experience. We will share more photos with you in the coming weeks.
Our concert was professionally recorded. If you wish to purchase a copy of the DVD please send $20.00 in to the school office in an envelope clearly marked with your students name, quantity and ‘Glasshouse DVD’ on it by Wednesday 14th September.
THINKING OF OUR COMMUNITY
Our sympathy goes out to Edward Kelly-Wortman and family for the recent loss of his Grandmother.
Educational Assistants
Appreciation Week
This week we held a very special morning tea for our amazing Educational Assistants. We are blessed to have such dedicated and supportive Assistants who are always available to help our students and staff. They support our students learning in the classroom, build their confidence and resilience, attend to medical needs and possess unique skills and talents that we appreciate every day.
Year 5 Teaching Team
As you would be aware we have been very fortunate to have Bianca Jamison join our Year 5 team as she completes her final teaching practicum. With Elisa Pringle finishing her time with us today, Bianca has been employed to remain with the Year 5 teaching team for the remainder of this year. This means that Bianca will teach five days a week with Samuel Taylor for the final two weeks of Term 3 and remain with the team into Term 4.
I know you will join me in continuing to welcome Bianca to the Year 5 teaching team and thanking Elisa for her contributions over the past eight weeks.
Evacuation Drills
As part of our Workplace Health and Safety responsibilities we have been practising our emergency drills just in case we are ever faced with a real emergency during the school day. The staff and students have listened to our new sirens and the instruction messages which follow. We have practised a lockdown and fire drill, with another drill scheduled for next week, requiring us to evacuate to a different location on site. Next term we will practise a whole school evacuation which will require us to move off site. We will provide more information about this in the coming weeks.
Celebrating Our Faith
Grandparents Day - Save the Date
Calling all Grandparents and Grandfriends. Save the date for Friday 28th October at St Joseph’s Primary for some fun and love with your grandchildren. Details to follow. We can’t wait to see you!
Filled with the Holy Spirit!
Our Confirmation Candidates and Year 3 participated in our Confirmation Reflection Morning this week, with an invitation for our parents to join us for a liturgy. We learned about the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Gifts for seeing in personal union with God |
Gifts for acting in personal union with God |
Wisdom Understanding Knowledge Counsel/Right Judgement |
Fortitude/Courage Fear of the Lord/Awe/Wonder |
St Joseph’s will be hosting the Sacrament of Confirmation on Tuesday 13th September at 5:30pm in St Agnes’ Church. All are welcome to join us!
Adaptive Designs take out peoples choice award at STEM MAD 2022
On Tuesday 6th September, four Year 6 students from St Joseph’s Primary School, Port Macquarie represented the Lismore Diocese in Melbourne at STEM MAD 2022. STEM MAD is the National STEM competition, where students are set with the task of creating a prototype of a product that will make a difference (MAD) in someone’s life. In Melbourne, the students participated in a showcase event as part of the National Catholic Education Conference presenting their project to an audience of their peers and Catholic Education delegates from across Australia
Over the last three months, Year 6 students Matilda Coleman, Jackson Coleman, Amelie Obeid and Gene Smith have committed to extra to workshops, before and after school, with the support of Mrs Emma Francis, Mrs Eloise Wilson and Mr David Lynch, to engage in the design thinking process and create a product that will make a difference in the lives of others.
After working with therapists from the Cerebral Palsy Alliance, the students embarked on a journey to create a range of modern and fashionable clothing that would allow the wearer to present themselves with dignity and pride. During the process the students collected and analysed data, developed skills in pattern making and sewing and adjusted their design in response to feedback.
Whilst at the conference, the team were provided with the opportunity to explore how other students from around Australia were making a difference and were provided with the opportunity to meet the highly inspiring Dr Jordan Nguyen. The students have come back to school, eager to share what they have learned with their peers. They have reported that this was a truly rewarding experience and wonder what we can design next to help make a difference in somebody else's life.
Emma Francis, Eloise Wilson and David Lynch
Stage 3 Teachers
KHB | Sophie Richardson | Jayda Rogers-Thomas | Noah Gibbs |
1CS | Ellie Lawrence | Cooper Wallis | Noah Rex |
1PS | Sienna-Maree Canty | Harriet Clough | Zoella Cruickshanks |
2B | Lincoln Picton | Jacob Lees | |
2DT | Braxton Beresford | Evie Ervine | Matihias Bridger |
3MH | Georgia Bell | Maddy Watson | Flynn Watts |
4MM | Noah Alchin | Makayla Johnson | Zoe Lawrence |
4R | Dustin Clement | Bronte Sprague | Emily Smith |
5BH | Misty-Lee Bennett | Dakota Simpson | Lacey Sinclair |
5T | Mayriah Spicer | Joslyn Wake | Charli Robinson |
Polding Athletics
Keilah Long, Bronte Sprague and Cooper Bell travelled to Newcastle today to compete on behalf of the Lismore Diocese in the Polding Athletics day. We do not have any results as yet but we are all pulling for our amazing athletes!
Netball Schools Cup - Year 3 and 4
On Tuesday students representing St Joseph’s Primary School competed at the Netball NSW Schools Cup here in Port Macquarie. It was a cracker of a day, and all of our students were appreciative of the wonderful opportunity.
Whole School Tennis
David Lynch
Sports Coordinator
PBS (Positive Behaviour Support)
Congratulations to Charlotte (1CS), Cooper (1CS) and Lincoln (4MM)!
All three students received three bonus MJR crosses for displaying positive behaviour. At our whole school assembly they were awarded a certificate of appreciation.
We began a trial of a new email system this week in place of the paper notes that we normally send home if we haven't had a reply from the SMS.
We would appreciate parents completing the form via the link in the email and welcome any feedback especially if you have replied to the SMS and still received the email. This will help us keep records of any issues so that we can take that to our IT department and even Telstra in the future.
We are looking forward to seeing how this email system works as a back up to the SMS platform and appreciate your patience.
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Please note these dates can change from time to time due to unforeseen circumstances and we will endeavour to advise you of any changes at the earliest possible opportunity. Our school Google calendar can be accessed via this link for additional advanced dates -
For your convenience 2022 school term dates are listed below. They are also located on our website. Click on the words “TERM DATES” on the home page.
TERM 3
Kindergarten to Year 6 commence classes for Term 3 - Monday
18th July 2022
Kindergarten to Year 6 last day of classes Term 3 – Thursday
22nd September 2022
Staff Development Day (Pupil Free) - Friday 23rd September 2022
TERM 4
Kindergarten to Year 6 commence classes for Term 4 - Monday
10th October 2022
Kindergarten to Year 6 last day of classes for Term 4 - Friday
16th December 2022
Staff Development Day (Pupil Free) - Monday 19th December 2022
Staff Development Day (Pupil Free) - Tuesday 20th December 2022
Other Holidays in 2022
Labour Day – 3rd October (Public Holiday)
Christmas Day - 25th December (Public Holiday)
Boxing Day - 26th December (Public Holiday)
Cancellation of participation in the NRL all Schools Hastings Cup
Year 5 Teaching Team
Emergency Evacuation and Lockdown Drills - second practice
Faith Choir - Confirmation 2022 (selected students)
Todd Woodbridge Cup Tennis Regional Finals (nominated students)
Year 2 Term 3 2022 Science and Technology
OPTUS 7s Affiliates with International Football Association 7
IFA7 is recognised by FIFA and is the world governing body for seven a side football played throughout the world.
With 27 x countries / member associations, OPTUS 7 are very honoured to be invited as the official Australian representative with the International Football Association 7.
Junior and Senior International tournaments include: Nations Cup, Copa Americas, Mundial and the IFA7 World Football Cup, just to name a few.
As an example: The IFA7 World Cup is the world’s largest single sporting event for football 7 reaching people all over the world.
Australia will be sending Official Junior and Senior National Teams to future IFA7 events.
This is your chance to represent and be involved with Football sevens.
The OPTUS 7 tournaments:
U6 & U7 Saturday 22nd October 2022 / Boys and Girls
U8 & U9 Sunday 23rd October 2022 / Boys and Girls
U10 / U12 Saturday 29th October 2022 / Boys and Girls
U14 / U16 Sunday 30th October 2022 / Boys and Girls
SENIORS - TBA
Times:
~ Planned from 8:00am - 5:00pm
Competition level:
~ Open to all Social teams, football clubs, academies, school teams.
Rules:
~ FIFA (with some modifications)
Address:
~ Synthetic pitch; 1 Hockey place, Port Macquarie NSW 2444
Mid North Coast Softball Association
Players wanted ! Girls/Ladies welcome from 12 years +
for ladies Social competition
Boys/Girls Juniors from 5years to 12 years for Junior competition
Form a team or we can help you find a team
Games are played at Findlay Park Port Macquarie
Juniors 11:00am to 12:30pm
Ladies 1:00pm to 2:30pm or 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Season starts 8th October 2022
More Information :- email portmacquariesoftball@gmail.com
Or Phone 0418 279 954