17 August 2016

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

This Saturday evening we will be celebrating our Children’s Mass, the last one for this term, and it would be great if you could make this your weekend Mass this week. Mass will commence in our parish church at 6.00pm

A reminder that this month St Joseph’s will be hosting the Diocesan P&F meeting, which will be held on Wednesday, 24th August. This will commence with a shared supper at 6.30pm, with the meeting to commence at 7.00pm.

Also happening next week on Monday afternoon, our 9/10 years league team will be playing Frenchville in the final of the Capra’s Cup. The game will commence at 4.00pm at Browne Park and I know the team would love to have your support if you can make it. It promises to be a great game!

Don’t forget that next Thursday, 25th August we will have our Book Character Parade. So here’s a chance to dress up as your favourite character and have a bit of fun doing it. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s costumes.

Don’t Forget …

Wed 17/8: School Board Meeting;
Fri 19/8: Letters of Offer for Prep 2017 sent out;
Sat 20/8: Children’s Mass @ 6.00pm;
Mon 22/8: Capra’s Cup @4.00pm;
Wed 24/8: Diocesan P&F @ 6.30pm;
Thu 25/8: Book Character Parade.

Have a great week!

Alan

APRE REFLECTION

PRAYER FOR THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY

Father in heaven,
all creation rightly gives you praise,
for all life and all holiness come from you.
In the plan of your wisdom
she who bore the Christ in her womb
was raised body and soul in glory to be with him in heaven.
May we follow her example in reflecting your holiness
and join in her hymn of endless love and praise.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Have a great week.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Acting Principal

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

No Prayer Assembly in Week 6

Due to our Children’s mass this Saturday evening, we will not be holding a prayer assembly in OLHC this Friday morning. Our next prayer assembly will be presented by 5T on Friday the 26th of August in Week 5.

Week 6 Children’s Mass

We will be celebrating our final Children’s Mass for Term 3 this Saturday the 20th of August at 6:00pm in OLHC Church. All are welcome to come and celebrate together with the parish community.

Hope to see you there.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA APRE

SPORTING MATTERS

Capras Cup 10 Years & Under Rugby League Competition

Our St Joseph’s 9-10yrs Rugby League team will be playing Frenchville State School in the Rockhampton final of the 2016 CAPRAS Cup next Monday, the 22nd of August. The game will be played at 4:00pm at Browne Park and will be free for all spectators to attend. The winner of this game will then take on the Capricorn Coast winner in the District CAPRAS Cup final.

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.

Hope to see you there.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s Park Avenue APRE

Friday Sport 19/08/2016

Netball

SNR B 12:30

St Joseph’s PA v Berserker on Court 11

SNR C 12:30

St Joseph’s PA v Mt Archer on Court 8

SNR D 12:30

St Joseph’s PA v Heights White on Court 10

JNR C 1:10

St Joseph’s PA v St Anthony’s on Court 10

JNR D 12:30

St Joseph’s PA v Heights Green on Court 5

All Netball games played at Jardine Park

Hockey

1:20

St Joseph’s PA 1 v Heights 4 on Grass 2
St Joseph’s PA 3 BYE

1:00

St Joseph’s PA 2 v Heights 7 on Turf 3

2:00

St Joseph’s PA 1 v RGGS on Grass 2
St Joseph’s PA 3 v Allenstown2 on Grass 3

1:40

St Joseph’s PA 2 v Heights 3 on Turf 1

All Hockey games played at Kalka Shades

Rugby League

5A 12:45

St Joseph’s PA v Berserker @ NRHS

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

Joeys in Jamas

This year sees the revival of the Joey’s in Jamas evening. The purpose of this evening is to provide an opportunity for parents and children to share stories together. The event will be held in the school library from 6pm until 8pm during Book Week on Thursday, 25th August. Children and parents who come along are asked to come in their pyjamas to celebrate a night of stories and their love of reading. It is not an expectation that you stay for the whole 2 hours, it is more a case that the library will be opened between 6pm and 8pm where people can come and go anytime during that time period. It is a requirement that all students attending have an adult with them whom they can share stories and conversations with. Tea, Coffee, Milo and biscuits will be on offer as a light supper.

Book Week Character Parade

Once again during Book Week we will be having our annual character dress up parade. Students are invited to dress up as a character from a book. The parade will be held in the multi-purpose area on Thursday, 25th August from approximately 10:30am.

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 fluency.

Strategy – Use Punctuation to Enhance Phrasing and Prosody

Clustering words together by using our knowledge of the spoken patterns in the English language and using punctuation enhances our understanding of what we read. Learning to read in phrases is important. The meaning of what is read is embedded in the chunk of words we read, not just in the isolated words themselves. The order and the way words are put together to make a sentence and then a paragraph create the meaning. It is important for readers to practice reading fluently in phrases.

Spelling:

Activity: Words within words

Write each spelling word and then write at least two words made from the same letters. For example: slide, side, lie, lid, led

Regards,
Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

CLASSROOM NEWS

YR 2F

We have had a very busy start to this term with an excursion to the Pilbeam Theatre to see the Emmaus production of Peter Pan and also celebrating Harmony Day.

In History we are studying the past of our school and the changes that have been made to the buildings over time. We have enjoyed looking at the old photos of the school and trying to locate where in our school they were actually taken. In Geography we are using atlases to locate the world’s continents and oceans and are making connections to various locations around the world within our reading and learning. Every time we read about a new animal we look at where in the world it lives within its natural habitat. We are also looking at where family and friends have visited on holidays or have been born.

A major focus this term in Math has been on developing our problem solving strategies to answer many problems. We are using strategies like draw a picture or a diagram, use a table to record data and find the smaller parts of the main problem to name a few. We then are having an educated guess at a possible answer before deciding on the steps we will take to solve it. We are enjoying using the calculators to be able to check our answers when we are finished.

We are all very excited with our next excursion coming up in just a week’s time as we are on our way to the Botanical Gardens to learn about the animals there. This will connect to our Science unit ‘Watch it Grow’ where we are growing a mealworm each in the classroom as we study the lifecycle of animals and compare them to our own lifecycle.

In Art, the children are learning about the symbols, colour and images of traditional and contemporary aboriginal art. We will be looking into the different techniques of cross-hatching and x-ray design and we’re looking forward to their creations.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Daniel Tanner (1N), Oliver Jahnke-Grieves (2F), William Currie (5T), Regen Roth-Filer (PM) and Kyiah Tobin (PM). 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 your account remains unpaid, these are now Overdue.

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

If you are unable to settle your account, your immediate contact with either Alan or Megan is requested to advise when the account will be settled.

TRIVIA NIGHT

Find a babysitter as we are holding a Trivia Night. This will be held here (MPA) on Friday, the 2nd of September, starting at 7pm. Cost is $10 per person, with a maximum of 10 people per table. Prizes for the best table, and prize money for the winning team. A great time was had by all at our last one. To book a table, please call the office and Tracey or Megan will be able to help you.

Hope to see you all there.

SCHOOL BANKING

Pip Mundy, our School Banking Co-ordinator, has asked if you could please check your child’s balance for any discrepancies. We have an outstanding amount of notes and coins that was in a banking deposit book last week, but no slip was written out. If you think this was you, please contact the office to verify the amount so it can be deposited into your child’s account. Thanks

CHANGE TO FRIDAY PIZZAS

We are now going thru Domino’s for our Friday pizzas. This means that there will NO LONGER Chicken and Aioli available. Thanks

LOST PROPERTY

At the end of last term and the start , 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