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Hi everyone,
Our students have been very busy this week with a number of great things happening, no doubt looking forward to a weekend to rest.It has been another big week of great learning and lots to share. Here are some of the things that are happening in our school.
Life Education Van
The buzz at the front gate on Tuesday morning this week was all about the big van in the reserve next to the culdesac end of Warlters St! Healthy Harold has arrived at St Joseph’s and will be very busy with the educator Leanne teaching each class all about healthy and safe life skills. It would be great for parents and carers to talk with their children about the messages they hear during these visits so that they have a chance to share what they have learned.
Jeannine Ucdereli AP Appraisal
Part of school leaders’ ongoing professional development, are appraisals, where they can reflect on their current practices and set goals forward. Jeannine Ucdereli, our Acting Assistant Principal of Teaching and Learning is participating in her scheduled AP Appraisal on Tuesday 10th November. A letter was sent home this week regarding an invitation to parents and carers to be involved. Thank you to those who made contact in support of this process, we appreciate this.
NOTOSH
The Project Nest work of NOTOSH from 2019 with input from our community have re-engaged with our Parish to assist us in moving forward with projects that will lead our school forward. They will be leading us through a process by which we can choose needs of the schools in our Parish and develop projects that will assist us to grow and change. A small staff team will begin work this week and more communication will be forthcoming for our community early in 2021.
Transition to school - Kindergarten 2021
We are so very excited to be welcoming our new Kindergarten friends for 2021 to school next week for a visit. This year the guidelines have limited the time we can spend with them at school, but it will be wonderful to see them for even a short time and share some other resources with them and their families to build the sense of belonging during this big wait for Big School!
Principal
CRAZY SOCK DAY
Well done to the Minnie Vinnie Team who organised and ran Socktober’s Crazy Sock Day, raising funds to help children in Cambodia who are in need. As a school, we were able to raise $385.65 which is a heartwarming show of support for those who are less fortunate. The students are a great reminder that we are the hands of Christ in this world and together, we can make a difference using the gifts given to us.
Nathan Porter
Assistant Principal Mission
Bus Safety
Many of our students catch the bus to and from school. We talk a lot at school about being safe when traveling to and from school. Here is the second of three simple reminders about being safe when on and around buses.
Healthy Harold Visits - Life Education Van
This week Healthy Harold popped in to visit Year 2, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6. Here is what Harold shared:-
Year 2 focused on exploring what healthy means and how positive relationships help our health and wellbeing.
Year 3 talked about how their body functions and the actions required to help keep these systems working well.
Year 5 delved into the short and long term effects of smoking, the effects of passive smoking and peer influence.
Year 6 explored the decision making process and discussed some ways to improve their decision making skills by looking at choices, consequences, responsibility, facts and influences.
Our other grades will see Healthy Harold next week.
Jeannine Ucdereli
Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching
St Agnes' Uniform Store Price Lists and Trading Hours
New Mass Schedule and booking system
- Phone the Presbytery on 6583 1024
- Book online via the Parish Website (go to Mass Times then click on the 'Book into Mass here' button and follow the prompts)
If you can't make it to Mass in person, why not join Bishop Greg Homeming who celebrates Mass at the Carmelite Monastery in Goonellabah, at 8:00am each Sunday via live stream on the Lismore Diocese YouTube channel (click here to view the site).
Have you been watching Junior MasterChef?
You could win $10,000 for our School Canteen! To enter simply watch Junior MasterChef, log on to the website to answer a question and then nominate our school for a chance to win.
LUNCH ORDERS
The canteen is operating as usual and lunch orders can be placed via Flexischools or by dropping them in the basket on the counter each morning.
Don't forget you can order online by 8:30am- it's so easy!!
- Download the Flexischools app from the App Store or from Google Play.
Note: for iPhone and iPad please select ‘Allow’ notification - Click “Register Now” to create account
- Top-up your balance
- Start ordering immediately
- Alternatively Go to www.flexischools.com.au
VOLUNTEER NOTICE
We are still unable to have volunteers in the canteen at this stage until further notice.
Kim Goldie
Canteen Coordinator
Are You Moving During The Holidays?
If you are leaving Port Macquarie and your child/children will not be returning to St Joseph’s in 2021 please ensure that you have notified us as we have families looking for enrolments for next year. If you are just moving house or changing your work place within Port Macquarie please ensure that you give us up-to-date contact details before the start of the school year. You can email us at sjpport@lism.catholic.edu.au
Thank you for your assistance in this regard.
Year 6 Camp
We really didn’t think that Camp was going to happen this year but thankfully we got to spend two nights at Coffs Coast Adventure Centre. We began our Camp on Wednesday 28th October and it was absolutely incredible! After settling into our cabins we were split into four groups to begin our activities. There were so many activities to do and the safety was impeccable.
Even though the weather was horrendous at times and we hardly had any dry clothes or shoes, we had an amazing time. We were encouraged to challenge ourselves and to face our fears. Some of the highlights were Capture the Flag, which we did in the dark with headlamps; the Mega Drop and Leap of Faith, which were 12 metres high and made us face our fears; The Giant Swing was 10 metres in a harness and we had to rely on our friends to lift us up; The Commando was muddy, wet and slippery and involved an obstacle course and teamwork. We also did fencing and sword fights, archery and canoeing and we rolled down a hill in a Zorb Ball. Our Minute to Win It night was hilarious.
The food was impeccable and we could go back for seconds, thirds and fourths, enough to feed an army! The cabins were spacious and to the surprise of everyone, the boys won the cleanest cabin award! If we were to do it again, we would definitely try to push ourselves to exceed limits, try to reach the top and face our fears.
The staff at Camp were brilliant and were funny and helpful. We would really like to thank our teachers and parents for this fantastic opportunity.
Lucy Geary, Tahlia Van den Boom, Erin Little, Sophie Pynaert
PBS (Positive Behaviour Support)
This week our focus is, ‘I am Resilient’. An important part of learning is listening to feedback. Feedback is when someone tells you the truth about your learning, your work or your behaviour. If a teacher corrects our behaviour, it is honest feedback that we can learn from and it is not personal! Teachers like their students, just as parents like their children. Most feedback is hard to take, but we must keep control and accept in order to change. This week, see how well you receive feedback. If you receive a positive reminder, do you respond positively by accepting the feedback? Do you make a vow to correct your behaviour?
Sports Star of the Week
Congratulations to Noah Davey in 6H.
For facing his fears and taking on new challenges.
NRL
The following Year 5 and 6 students will be representing St Joseph’s Primary School at the NRL U12s Tackle Rugby League All Schools Gala Day on Tuesday 10th November at Stuarts Park, Port Macquarie. Thank you to Caleb Smith and Mr Lynch for training and preparing our boys. We wish them the best of luck!
Koby Atkins | Jack Banks |
Hudson Bell | Taj Davis |
Kyle Donovan | Zayden Field |
Jackson Filipek | Harlie Flemming |
Heath Hunter | Darcy McHugh |
Lachlan Parke | Cruz Rebecchi |
Ansh Singh | Jai Watts |
Chaise Winn | Lenox Pearce |
Caleb Edkins | Cooper Waterhouse |
Multisports Event
Our Sports Captains are planning a Multi Sports event for each grade to participate in Week 9. They will share more information with us soon.
Yours in Sport
Leah Toole
Shining Star of the Week
And the Oscar goes to….Hannah Cooper in KS!
Hannah shows skill and attention to detail when creating artworks.
Yours in Creative and Performing Arts
Leah Toole
Infants Art Club
Year 2 students enjoyed making Christmas decorations in Infants Art Club this week. We have started Christmas themed art early due to the Intensive Swimming Program in weeks 7 and 8.
Laura Stapleton
Infants Art Club
A Mighty Spoonville THANK YOU to All!!
Over the last 2 weeks we have asked you to send in a wooden spoon for your children so that they can decorate their own ‘Spoony’ to help us develop our own Spoonville community.
The response has been overwhelming - and more than 1 store has no wooden spoons left I am sure!!!!
Here at St Joseph’s Primary School, we wanted to link the Mental Health Month theme of ‘Tune In’ to both our school community and our larger community of the Hastings Valley. To achieve this, we are going to make our very own Spoonville community and register it with Spoonville International (https://spoonvilleinternational.com/)
Spoonville is an initiative that was started in the UK by a lady called ‘Karen’ in Winnersh, Berkshire. She wanted to cheer up her local community during COVID-19 and did this by making Spoony characters and placing them in different parts of her village for families to see when they went for a walk.
On Friday 27th November we will be placing our Spoonys in the gardens of the school for our students, parents and carers as well as passersby to see as they walk past.
Thank you for your support of this initiative.
Keep your eyes peeled for more developments on our school Facebook page!!
KM | Ethan Tony | Elijah Van den Boom | Molly McGeoch |
KS | Ashvik Thapa | Cleo Gawith | Eli Fletcher |
1B | Georgia Bell | Rafael D'Souza | Taylor Ashcroft |
1R | Mearah Canty | Toby Hamilton | Angelrose Sefin Vallooran |
2S | Lenny Dixon | Ollie McCormick | Jack Slater |
2T | Indhi Kingsmith | Lilly Smith | Jessica Dennes |
4B | Bo Sprague | Peyton Berry | Isabella Russell |
4F | Miley Ashcroft | Amelie Obeid | William Richer-Waters |
5H | Logan Evans | Ivy Basanovic | Oscar Turner |
6H | Zoe Little | Jackson Filipek | Jack Duncan |
6MH | Laura Sturrock | Charlee Maher | Sophie Bentley |
Term 4 Student Activity Statements
Student Activity Statements have been sent home. We would appreciate it if parents/carers could finalise these amounts by the end of next week. If you would like to discuss your account please contact myself or Mrs Tess Koning on 6583 3848.
Antoinette Smith
Administration
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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 2021 school term dates are listed below. They are also located on our website. Click on the words “TERM DATES” on the home page.
TERM 1 2021
School Administration Day (Pupil Free) - Wednesday 27th January 2021
Year 1 to 6 Maths Assessment Interviews - Thursday 28th January and Friday 29th January 2021
Kindergarten Best Start Interviews - Thursday 28th January to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Year 1 to 6 commence classes - Monday 1st February 2021
Kindergarten commence classes - Thursday 4th February 2021
Term finishes – Thursday 1st April 2021
TERM 2
Term commences - Monday 19th April 2021
Term finishes – Friday 25th June 2021
TERM 3
Term commences – Monday 12th July 2021
Term finishes - Friday 17th September 2021
TERM 4
Term commences – Tuesday 5th October 2021
Term finishes - Friday 17th December 2021
Other Holidays in 2021
Australia Day – Tuesday 26th January 2021 (Public Holiday)
Good Friday – Friday 2nd April 2021
Easter Monday – Monday 5th April 2021 (Public Holiday)
ANZAC Day – Sunday 25th April 2021
Queen’s Birthday – Monday 14th June 2021 (Public Holiday)
Labour Day – Monday 4th October 2021 (Public Holiday)
Christmas Day - Saturday 25th December 2021
Boxing Day - Sunday 26th December 2021
Assistant Principal Appraisal Process
End of Year Creative Arts Performance - Kinder to Year 6
Primary Swimming Carnival postponement and update for Kindergarten Intensive Swimming program
SRC 2021 nominee speeches - Zoom invitation