Thank you Grandparents!

What a special treat it was to spend such a beautiful day with our Grandparents today. It was absolutely wonderful to share stories of “In my day….” with the older members of our community. Thank you for making today so exciting and memorable.

A special mention goes to Year 1 and the beautiful prayer assembly they led today.

Children’s Week 2022

Every day is Children's day here at St Joseph's. 
Every week is Children's week at St Joseph’s.

Children's Week is observed annually in Australia to recognise the anniversary of Australia's ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), Children's Week presents an opportunity for communities to come together to celebrate the children in our lives.

In 2022 the national theme of Children's Week relates to Article 27 of the UNCRC - all children have the right to an adequate standard of living including housing, food and clothes that support their development.

Hats Off to our Teachers!

Australia celebrated World Teachers' Day today, Friday 28th October. Our teachers have shown great resilience during these challenging times all so they can give our students the best possible future.

We would like to thank our teachers for everything they do to support and nurture our Joey’s children. Today we celebrated ‘Hats Off' to our teachers with a special morning tea.

Maths Olympiad Congratulations

Each year some of our Year 5 and 6 students participate in the  Maths Olympiad National Competition. The maths questions are designed to stimulate and challenge students at primary school level. It teaches major problem solving strategies and strengthens students’ mathematical intuition. This year we were very fortunate to have Mr Pat Kelly support the students in their preparation. This was invaluable for our students as he was able to work through past questions and develop their skill set and confidence to attempt such challenging questions.

We would like to congratulate all the students who took on this challenge this year.  The problems are difficult and require a high level of problem solving skills. We would also like to take the opportunity to congratulate Gene Smith who finished first in our school and achieved a score in the top 25% of individual scores. We would also like to congratulate Matilda Coleman who received the Encouragement award. Matilda finished second in our school.