Welcome Back to 2025

What a fantastic start we have had returning to school. With the welcome sign, excited families and happy staff greeting our students, we hope that the beginning was as fun for all of you as it was for us. We really enjoyed welcoming our Kindergarten students and their families on Monday, and can’t wait to see what this new start in ‘big school’ brings in 2025. 

What a memorable way to end the week with our 2025 Leaders Badging Ceremony! Congratulations to our SRC and Sports Captains – we’re excited to see the leadership and dedication they will bring to our community.

Mass of Welcome, Joey's Community Picnic and Kindergarten Parent Information Session

On Wednesday 19th February we will be holding our Mass of Welcome at St Agnes' Church at 9:45am and our Welcome Picnic at 4:00pm on the oval behind the MPA (weather pending). We are inviting parents, students and teachers to come together to celebrate the beginning of 2025. This includes face painting, $1.00 ice-creams, games and more. We welcome a number of new families to St Joseph's in 2025 and look forward to them being part of our community.

Come and meet our Parent Community Group (PCG) members, Bertie, our Student Therapy Officer and find out how you can be involved in our community.

Our Kindergarten parents are also invited to an information session with the Kindergarten Teaching Team before the picnic from 3:30pm to 4:00pm in the classrooms.

Our Values at St Joseph’s Primary 

With integrity we aspire to be like St Joseph. We demonstrate the values of courage, compassion and humility.

As well as our Patron Saint St Joseph, our school values are underpinned by the legacy of Mary MacKillop through the work of the Josephite sisters. They were formed through consultation with parents, staff, students and our community. We aim to live out these values and embed them in all facets of our lives.

Humility

We are all created equal and in God’s image. We do God’s work quietly and with responsibility.

Courage

We persevere and have heart to do what is right. We show resilience and embrace challenge.

Compassion

We belong to an inclusive community, where we choose kindness and live to serve others.

Uniform Reminders

With the start of a new year, comes the reminder of our school uniform expectations. In our family handbook (on our website under the ‘About Us’ tab, refer to page 20) are the uniform requirements which ensure we have consistency and a sense of pride in our school. While we understand that children like to express their individuality, we expect that they are wearing the correct uniform at all times. In the event that something is lost or extenuating circumstances, we appreciate an explanation to ensure there is a reason we can support you with. There will on occasion be children with medical needs that require an adjustment, and we ask that students and families understand this is not a case of not following the expectations. 

There has been some confusion about shoes in conversations as we start school so we reinforce that joggers of colours other than black are only worn on sports and PE days if necessary. On every other day, students are expected to wear black polishable shoes (can be joggers if they meet this requirement) with no other colours, keeping in line with our parish schools uniform.