3 August 2016

Newsletter Articles

APRE REFLECTION

With the celebrations of both Harmony Day and Catholic Education Week taking place last week and Friday’s beautiful rendition of the 2016 Catholic Education Week song being performed by Grade 1N and the School Choir, I was reminded of this lovely prayer that I was given by a Parishioner a couple of weeks ago. The prayer was printed on a card celebrating 50 years of Priesthood for Fr. Noel Milner.

Even though we had met beforehand, I really remember the impact Fr. Noel had on me during my time attending St. Brendan’s in Yeppoon. So much was his positive influence on myself that I have invited him to speak to the Joey’s staff on numerous occasions and attended many of his Bishop’s In-service day workshops. Fr. Noel is truly a person who spreads God’s love and message of peace to all who he meets.

Congratulations to Fr. Noel on an immense achievement in what you have given to Catholic Schools, Catholic Parishes and the Priesthood. With St Mary of the Cross MacKillop’s Feast Day this week in which she too promotes Peace in the communities in which she visited, I thought this was a lovely prayer.

‘Come ring out our joy to the Lord’ Psalm 95/1

Peace Prayer

Lord make me an Instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope,
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that
I may not so much seek
to be consoled, as to console:
To be understood, as to understand.
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen

Have a great week.
Regards

Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Acting Principal

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

No Prayer Assembly in Week 4

Due to our whole school mass celebrating the Feast Day of Australia’s first Saint, Mary of the Cross MacKillop, we will not be holding a prayer assembly in OLHC this Friday morning. Our next prayer assembly will be presented by 3T on Friday the 12th of August in Week 5.

Week 4 – St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Feast Day Mass

We will be celebrating a whole school mass for the Feast Day of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop this Friday morning in OLHC Church at 9:00am. St Mary’s call to follow Jesus’ Gospel message and ‘never seeing a need without doing something about it’ was instrumental in the establishment of catholic education throughout rural Australia.

All are welcome to come along and attend this celebration of St Mary’s contribution to our Joey’s community.

Children’s Mass – Save the Date

Thank you to all who came along and celebrated our Children’s Mass last Saturday evening. It was wonderful to have a chat with people from both our school and parish communities after the mass. With this time of year being extremely busy for all families I thought you may wish to circle Saturday the 20th of August at 6:00pm in OLHC Church as the date of our next Children’s Mass in Term 3.

Hope to see you there.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA APRE

SPORTING MATTERS

Joey’s B Schools Athletic Champions 2016

Well done to our athletics team who attended the Rockhampton & District Athletics Carnival on Wednesday and Thursday last week.

St Joseph’s Catholic School Park Avenue came 1st in the B Schools Boys and 2nd in the B Schools Girls divisions. With those results being placed together our team was able to win the B Schools Overall Champions Trophy for 2016.

Thank you to Ms.Amy Foster as our team manager and Mrs.Linda Crane who worked at the carnival both days.

Congratulations to Lachlan Davies, Aaliyah Brown and Lillian Yarrow from Grade 6 as well as Seth Carpenter and Gabby Yarrow from Grade 5 who all made the Rockhampton Athletics team. Those talented five athletes will now compete in the Greater District Carnival at Emmaus this week for a chance to be selected in the Capricornia team. Good Luck.

Capras Cup 10 Years & Under Rugby League Competition

This Saturday our 10 Years and Under Rugby League team will be playing in the first round of the Capras Cup Competition at Browne Park.

This round of games will be played before the Capras game this weekend against Souths Logan.

As Joey’s is the only Catholic School in Rockhampton competing in the competition it would be wonderful to have as many people as possible come along to support our students.

Times: Browne Park

2:30pm – Gates Open
2:50pm – Capras Cup St Joseph’s Park Avenue vs Berserker Street SS
3:50pm – Capras Cup Frenchville State School vs Rockhampton Grammar School
5:00pm – Tannum Sands vs Emu Park Women’s Game
7:00pm – Rockhampton Leagues Club Capras v Souths Logan.

Hope to see you there.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s Park Avenue APRE

Friday Sport 05/08/2016

Netball

SNR B 1:50

St Joseph’s PA v RGS Chargers on court 4

SNR C 12:30

St Joseph’s PA v Crescent Lagoon Blue on court 8

SNR D 1:10

St Joseph’s PA v Mt Morgan on court 11

JNR C 1:50

St Joseph’s PA v Mt Archer on court 7

JNR D 12:30

St Joseph’s PA v Mt Morgan on court 10

All Netball games played at Jardine Park

Hockey

1:20

St Joseph’s PA 1 v Frenchville 1 on Turf 4
St Joseph’s PA 3 v Frenchville 3 on Turf 3

1:00

St Joseph’s PA 2 v St Mary’s 1 on Turf 4

2:00

St Joseph’s PA 1 v Crescent lagoon on Turf 3
St Joseph’s PA 3 v Lighthouse Christian on Turf 4

1:40

St Joseph’s PA 2 v Allenstown 1 on Turf 4

All Hockey games played at Kalka Shades

Rugby League

6A 1:45pm

St Joseph’s PA v Berserker St @ Victoria Park Bottom

5A 1:45

St Joseph’s PA v Crescent Lagoon @ Colts

5C 12:45

St Joseph’s PA v Crescent Lagoon @ Colts

All students will be required to wear a wide brimmed school hat and it is advisable to have a frozen water bottle each week.

CURRICULUM NEWS

Important Curriculum Dates

LITERACY CORNER

Reading:

Learning to read involves children learning skills in comprehension, fluency, accuracy and expanding on their known vocabulary. This week’s skill comes under the heading of comprehension.

Strategy – Predict what will happen; Use text to confirm

To predict, readers tell what they think will happen in the story; to confirm, readers find out whether their predictions were true, partially true or way off. Using this strategy helps readers make connections to the text, think ahead and become more engaged.

Spelling:

Activity: Pass a Word

Pass or roll a ball back and forth with a partner. You say the 1st letter of the word and then pass the ball, your partner says the 2nd letter and so on.

Regards,
Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

CLASSROOM NEWS

Yr 5

What’s happening in Year 5 this term?

We are off to a busy start this term in year 5. Here’s a quick snapshot into what we will be covering this term.

In HAAS we are studying how Australia has changed over time through immigration and significant events throughout our history such as colonization, the gold rush, and wars and how these events have made Australia what it is today.

In Science, we are studying Properties of matter. The students will be investigating elements of physical and chemical changes of liquids, solids and gases through hands on experiments.

In Religion, we are learning about Mary the mother of Jesus and exploring her influence on Jesus’ life and what it might have been like to be Jesus’ mother.

Our Arts unit this term we are looking at images and film and how they are portrayed to an audience for a particular purpose. The students will create digital sequences using different camera angles to focus on characters relationships, power or mood. They will design and create animated sequences that personify objects and consider viewpoints of artworks.

Parents make sure you get your child to show you our class webpage regularly to see the work we are covering each week and what assessments are coming up.

Thanks,
Year 5

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students and staff who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Makenzy Austin (1N), Marley Austin (1M), Aaliyah Brown (6Bl), Ariana Upton (4H), Jaida Wilson (3A), Lani Duncan (PM), Lilly McLoughlin (1M), Cadence Lee (4M), Lachlan Roberts (3T), Hawk Loader (3T), Chelsea Holden (OSHC) and Mrs Senini. Have a great day.

TERM 3 FEE ACCOUNTS

TERM 3 FEES were due on Tuesday 2nd August

Fee Accounts for Term 3 were due for payment on Tuesday 2nd August.

If paying by Direct Deposit, please use your Account Number (6 digit number on your Fee Statement) as the reference.

If your account still remains unpaid please contact Bernard or Megan to advise when it will be settled.

LOST PROPERTY

At the end of last term and last week, a large amount of lost property has accumulated. If your child or children has misplaced their shirt, shorts, shoes, socks, jumpers, lunch boxes or water bottles, this is where they will be. Lost property is located at the back door of the office.

Please name ALL of your child’s belongings, so when it is “misplaced’, it will be easier to return to them.

VOLUNTEERS INDUCTION SESSIONS

WPH&S Volunteers Inductions are necessary for the safety of your children. Therefore we ask that all parents who generously volunteer their time to the school, either in a classroom or in the tuckshop, attend a very brief induction regarding maintaining a safe environment for the children of St. Joseph’s.

These sessions only take about five minutes and are available after assembly on a Monday morning with Deanne Senini, or with Ray Carrington on Thursday afternoons from 1:30pm - 3:30pm. Tracy Wren will also be conducting induction sessions in the tuckshop, if you are helping out in there.

Thanks,
Ray Carrington

UNIFORM SHOP

Our uniform shop is run by VOLUNTEERS of the school and is open

Monday morning from 8:15- 8:45 and
Tuesday afternoon from 2:45 - 3:15
Friday morning 8:15 – 8:45

Please feel free to drop by any uniforms you no longer need to sell. Proceeds can go back to you or you can donate it back to the P & F.

FRIDAY PIZZA

Meatlovers and Hawaiian Pizza are available every Friday for $1.50/slice. Please have your order in a Brown Paper Bag with your name, class and order on it, with the money in side.

Please use a brown paper bag with child’s name and class written on the front.

TUCKSHOP IS UNAVAILABLE ON FRIDAYS

DRAKES SUPA IGA

Simply scan your Drakes Supa IGA key tag and the checkout with your groceries, and automatically 1 cent of every dollar you spend goes to the Cathedral Conservation Fund.

Key tags are available from the office, local church or Drakes stores. Put it on your car keys so you remember to use it.

Key tags can be used at any Drakes Supa IGA supermarket in Queensland. Currently in our Diocese Drakes stores are located at

• Glenmore (North Rockhampton) - Gladstone
• Emu Park - Toolooa Street
• Calliope - Sun Valley