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PROJECT NEST
Thank you so very much for those parents, carers and others in our community who have sent in responses or visited our Project Nest. We have one more week of collecting information that can really help us build our future thinking for Joey’s. We would love your ideas, and invite you to join us in the Project Nest next week either Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning or during the P&F Disco on Thursday. Any stories or memories of what you have experienced in our school with your children would be welcomed in helping us understand more deeply what matters to you. We will have members of the Design Team available to talk to and provide support in the school Hall (not the MPA) on the following dates.
Tuesday 5th November - 3:00pm onwards
Wednesday 6th November - 8:30am onwards
Thursday 7th November - 5:00pm onwards (during disco) - Light refreshments will be provided.
DONATIONS FOR PARISH HAMPERS
We wish to thank our community for the generous donations to our Parish Hamper Appeal. There are many families in our school and Parish community who are doing it extra tough and we appreciate being able to contribute in this act of service to those who need our help. These will be dropped off to the Parish early next week, so if you were not able to bring items in today, we would welcome any more on Tuesday.
P&F EVENTS
Please look out for the P&F invitations to our exciting events coming up, we would love to see you there!
GRANDPARENTS DAY AND BOOK WEEK PARADE
Thank you to all of the Grandparents, parents and carers who came along last Friday to celebrate with us. What a great day we had spending time with you all and giving you a window into life at school. It was so lovely to watch the interactions across the morning in each classroom and out in the playground.
CLASS PLACEMENTS FOR 2020 SCHOOL YEAR
Later this term, teacher teams in each grade will begin to ‘split’ their classes to create two new class groups for 2020. This is an important and complex process as teachers aim to create two ‘even’ groups. Children will be asked to complete a sociogram to identify a few friends they believe they work well with, and teachers ensure that every child is placed with at least one of these friends. Considerations include, but are not limited to, assessment data, peer dynamics, learning and behavioural needs and the ratio of boys and girls.
If you believe that teachers need to consider a specific factor for your child to be a successful learner, please submit a written response to the Principal by the end of Week 3 (Friday, 1st November). You can email to: sjpport@lism.catholic.edu.au
Please understand that requests from previous years will not be referred to and only written responses received by 1st November will be considered.
PRINCIPAL APPRAISAL PROCESS
Tess Koning
Principal
WORLD TEACHER'S DAY AWARDS
Last Friday New South Wales celebrated World Teachers’ Day. It was a great opportunity to recognise and appreciate teachers and the important role they play in shaping the next generation.
At St Joseph’s we have wonderful, supportive, passionate and dedicated teachers. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them for everything they do to ensure our students are developing the necessary skills and dispositions to be successful in this ever changing world.
We were very fortunate to have two of our amazing teachers honoured for their dedication and commitment to making a difference at the 2019 World Teachers' Day awards at Little Fish Cafe.
We would like to congratulate Mrs Sarah Blundell and Mrs Sarah McKinnon for their dedication, passion and commitment to the students at St Joseph's.
OUR FABULOUS FAITH CHOIR
Last week was such a big week for our fabulous Faith Choir who with Ms Hatherly and Mrs Koning, led two celebrations for St Joseph’s - Youth Mass on Sunday night and Celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation. The music was beautiful. Congratulations on such a wonderful job.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Mrs Searson and her family who usually leads our Faith Choir. Mrs Searson you are in our thoughts and prayers.
THE WALKING ROSARY
This week we had the opportunity to pray the Rosary in our hall. We were praying the Walking Rosary that allowed us to experience the flow of each decade of prayers through movement and visuals. K Gold joined 4 Gold who led them through the Rosary after they shared the story of Mary’s appearances at Fatima. It was a special prayer time.
YEAR 1 CREATION ART
This term Year 1 have been exploring the Big Idea that God is the Creator of all things. Therefore all creation is good through the guiding question - How do we experience, enjoy and praise God for creation?. We were so impressed with their responses through their artwork that we wanted to share these with you.
PARISH CHRISTMAS HAMPERS -THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU
To all our wonderful families who give so generously to our Parish Christmas Hamper appeal. Your generousity is appreciated by all in our Parish. Hampers will be delivered early week, so if you want to continue to donate to this worthy cause please do so on Tuesday morning.
Ann Thurgate
Assistant Principal Mission
Important Notice - Saints Youth Drama
Next week our Kindegarten, Year 1, 2 and 3 Drama class will be changed to Monday 4th November (Pupil Free Day).
This is for one week only. I apologise for any inconvenience.
Sandra Thompson
PARENT SUPPORT FOR SWIMMING CARNIVAL
Calling all enthusiastic parents for the swimming carnival! Ms Hatherly would love your support in organising and coordinating this year's Primary Swimming Carnival on 12th December. Please contact the office or Ms Hatherly if you would like to support in any shape or form.
SUMMER SPORTS TRIALS RESULTS
Congratulations to our team of Summer Sports Trials students who on Monday trialled for Basketball, Touch Football, and Cricket. The children were wonderful representatives of our school. We congratulate Koby Atkins (5 Green), Lachlan Burns (5 Green) and Milla Swain (5 Green) who have been selected to represent at Diocesan Summer Sports Trials on Friday 29th November, Lismore for Touch Football and Oliver Mat (4 Gold), Axel Nair (4 Gold), Ysaac Nieva (4 Green), Keely Newton (4 Green) and Mia Cameron (4 Gold) for Basketball.
Yours in Sport
Laura Hatherly
We kindly ask that you finalise your school accounts as soon as possible. It is an expectation that all school accounts will be paid in full by Week 8 of Term 4 (Friday 6th December), with the exception of 2020 Book Pack costs. Statements were emailed home last week. Please ring Aunty Antoinette in the school office to organise a payment plan if you are experiencing any financial difficulty.
Our Volunteers for Week 4 Term 4
Monday | Pupil Free Day |
Tuesday | You are welcome to join us |
Wednesday | Lorraine Bennett and Sally Marsh |
Thursday | Avril Ferraro |
Friday | Robyn Hunt and Wendy Fairhall |
We ask that if you are unable to attend on your rostered day it would be very much appreciated if you could organise your replacement and let me know. This would really assist me enormously. Thank you.
Don't forget you can order online by 8:30am- it's so easy!!
- Go to www.flexischools.com.au
- Click “Register Now” to create account
- Top-up your balance
- Start ordering immediately
Annemaree Tonkin
Canteen Coordinator
K Gold | Flynn Watts | Hardy Lin | Angelrose Sefin Vallooran |
K Green | Harry Lawrence | Isabel Shijo | Hudson Young |
1 Green | Makayla Johnson | Zoe Lawrence | Chase Mulligan |
2 Gold | Hudson Alexander | Harry Hoade | Aislinn Suveesh |
3 Gold | Felicity Goldstein | Isabelle Moane | Lucinda Giurissevich |
5 Gold | Archie Eshman | Savannah Beard | Charlee Maher |
5 Green | Lachlan Parke | Jackson Filipek | James Hiam |
6 Gold | Jazmin Butler | Jaxon Moore | Lourdes Obeid |
6 Green | James Cremins | Khussh Sachan | Riley Hunt |
PEER SUPPORT
Next week in Peer Support the children will identify their strengths. Children will explore the following important strengths - curiosity, kindness and teamwork. Through the activities, children will be able to recognise which strengths they possess. They will realise how important it is to use their strengths in different situations. During the week encourage your child to share their strengths with you.
Laura Hatherly, Leah Toole, Kate Mitchell and Holly Hough
Year 6 Class Teachers
P&F Halloween Disco and Christmas Movie
HALLOWEEN DISCO HOSTED BY THE PARTY PROFESSIONALS
Our Students had so much fun at our last P&F Disco, how could we resist one more before the end of the year?! This time we have made sure everyone's Halloween costumes get another run with our "Halloween" themed Disco to be held on Thursday, 7th November at the following times.
Infants Disco 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Primary Disco 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Cost $5.00 (includes a drink) - please pay at the door
Come dressed in your best Halloween costume! - Please keep them age appropriate.
To ensure the very best experience, we would be grateful if you have any leftover Halloween decorations that we could use to decorate the MPA. All donations can be offered to the Office Aunties by Tuesday 5th November and our volunteers will ensure they are put to good use.
Can you help on the night? It would be great to hear from you! Please offer your name, number and the time you are available to the Office Aunties and one of our P&F members will be in touch with you prior to the event.
Looking forward to seeing your spooky costumes next Thursday for a thriller night!
CHRISTMAS MOVIE UNDER THE STARS HOSTED BY SCREENWAVE
Which Christmas movie would you like to watch together at our P&F Movie Under the Stars hosted by Screenwave?
Dr Seuss’ The Grinch
40.30%
Home Alone
47.76%
Arthur Christmas
11.94%
Poll is closed
Which Christmas movie would you like to watch together at our P&F Movie Under the Stars hosted by Screenwave?
Poll is closed
Voting closes at 3:00pm Monday 11th November!
Click on the links below to preview the movie choices.
Dr Seuss’ The Grinch - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vjnqABgxfO0
Home Alone - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6MOMWKv3kS8
Arthur Christmas - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L-h7a8Pk-5A
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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 school term dates are located on our website. Click on the words “TERM DATES” on the home page.