That's a Wrap for Week 5

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Thank you for your understanding and support this week throughout our lockout. These events often cause significant stress for families and schools alike. Student and community safety are obviously paramount in these moments and by working together we are able to maintain the highest possible levels of security.

Class Placements 2024

It's that time of year when we are in the process of finalising student placements for the upcoming year. Placing students into classes is a complex task, and our dedicated teachers invest a substantial amount of time in creating class lists to ensure the best possible fit for all students. If you have any information regarding your child's placement that you would like us to take into consideration, please don't hesitate to contact the school via email to sjpport@lism.catholic.edu.au. Any changes cannot be made after Friday 24th November as students will meet their new teacher on Tuesday 12th  December. Your cooperation and input are greatly appreciated.

If your family is not returning to St Joseph’s Primary in 2024 please advise the School Office via email (sjpport@lism.catholic.edu.au) as soon as possible.

Parent Community Group (PCG)

Our PCG at Joey's is open to all parents. It supports the mission of our Catholic school, strengthens family school partnerships and parent connections. It is welcoming and inclusive and provides good communication to the whole parent community about the parent body initiatives. We aim to build a strong, connected community to make our school the most inclusive place for our students and parent body. Sometimes we will fundraise but mostly our aim is to build a well-connected and committed group of parents to enhance the already wonderful community here at Joey's.

We want you to join us!

Come along next week to our last PCG meeting of the Year on Wednesday 15th November 5:00pm-6:00pm

A copy of our last meetings Agenda and Meeting Notes can be viewed in the link below.

Attendance

A friendly reminder to please communicate all absences via the school office.

If you have emailed your teacher through the Compass App letting them know your child will be absent from school for any period of time, please assist by replying to the 'absent sms' you receive from school or by phoning the office or sending an email to sjpport@lism.catholic.edu.au so that the office staff can update your child's attendance records. 

Early Departure

Families are reminded of our early school departure sign out processes. A student cannot be signed out early by anyone other than their parent/s unless the office or classroom teacher has received permission by the parent for the alternate adult to collect their child on that particular day.

If the alternate adult is listed as an Emergency Contact they are able to collect your child from homelines, however they are unable to sign them out for early departure without parental permission on that particular day.

2024 Kindergarten

What a great week we had when our 2024 Kindergarten friends visited us for the first time. We loved seeing everyone again this week in their special Joey's T-shirts.

This term in Mathematics we have been learning about decimals and how they can be used in everyday life. In this lesson, Year 4 needed to create their best paper plane in under five minutes. Students then worked in small groups to throw their planes and measure the distance travelled to two decimal places. Finally, groups worked together to order their distances from shortest to longest. The windy moring added an extra level of challenge to our task!

Congratulations to all of the students who represented our school at the Hastings Zone Summer Sports Selection Trials held on Monday 30th October 2023. Students from schools across the Zone met to compete for a spot in the Hastings Zone Touch, Basketball, and Cricket.

We celebrate the following students who were selected to represent the Hastings Zone in Lismore at the Dioceasan Trials.

Our Joey's family are super proud of Joel who came 3rd in the World Championships in Japan this week for Points Sparring and 6th in the world for his Patterns/Forms.

Congratulations Joel and his family on these amazing results and achievements!

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 2023 school term dates are listed below. They are also located on our website. Click on the words “TERM DATES” on the home page.