30 November 2016

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL

It was fantastic to see so many of our Joeys community gather together for last week’s Presentation Night. Many thanks to everyone who came along and supported our students and helped make it such a wonderful night. Congratulations to the worthy recipients of this year’s awards and also to all of the students who performed on the night. Many thanks also to the staff who also put in much hard work and preparation for the event. The commitment from both our staff and students was evident in the quality of all the performances.

Award Winner for 2016:

Encouragement Award – Lachlan Huntly
Kelvin Hill Award – Hayley Braney
Sports Girl – Lillian Yarrow
Sports Boy – Jai Cass
Sportspersonship – Frances Murphy
Junior Performing Arts – Karlin McKee
Senior Performing Arts – Bryce Wogand
Principal’s Recognition Award – Cadence Lee
Dux – Imogen Fitton
Leadership Award – Emily Everingham
Spirit of St. Joseph’s Award – Isaiah Dale

Drawing our school year to a close will be our End of Year Mass this Friday, 2nd December. We will be celebrating with a whole school Mass commencing at 9:00am. The Mass not only provides us the opportunity of fare welling our Year 6 students for the final time, it will also incorporate the induction of our student leaders for the 2017 school year.

We must also be aware that we share Friday’s mass with the Parish so I request that we leave the parking spaces directly outside the church vacant for the use of our parishioners.

Please remember that during all of these celebrations that we not use the parking in the mall car park as retailers in the mall have previously complained that there is no parking for their patrons. In an effort to try and alleviate these parking issues we will be making parking available on the grassed area beyond the end of the Multi Purpose Area during both celebrations.

Class lists for next year will be posted in the windows of the new Media & Drama room near the school courtyard., tomorrow morning, Thursday, 1st December. Please note that all care has been taken in compiling these classes in an effort to ensure a balance of learning needs and behaviours, while endevoring to make sure each child has a friend in their class. Where possible all parental concerns and requests, expressed before the completion of classes, have been catered for.

Also worth noting is that the Year 4-6 students for next year will be in flexible learning areas and therefore together as a cohort.

Officially school concludes at 3:00pm on Friday, though some parents have enquired about students going home early. Students are able to go home with their own parents or guardians following Mass. Students wanting to leave with another child’s parent must have written permission to do so from their parents.

Don’t Forget …

* Wed 30/11 - Year 6 Mass of Thanksgiving & Dinner
* Thurs 1/12 - Year 6 Fun Day
* Thurs 1/12 - 2017 Class Lists Posted
* Fri 2/11 - End of Year Mass & 2017 Leader Induction

I hope you have a great last week and a happy, holy and most of all safe Christmas holiday break. We look forward to working with you again in 2017.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Acting Principal

APRE REFLECTION

Christmas Prayer

Let Your goodness Lord appear to us, that we
made in your image, conform ourselves to it.
In our own strength
we cannot imitate Your majesty, power, and
wonder
nor is it fitting for us to try.
But Your mercy reaches from the heavens
through the clouds to the earth below.
You have come to us as a small child,
but you have brought us the greatest of all gifts,
the gift of eternal love
Caress us with Your tiny hands,
embrace us with Your tiny arms
and pierce our hearts with Your soft, sweet cries.

May you have a happy and holy Christmas Season
Bernadette Brennan
St. Joseph’s PA Acting APRE

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

‘Vinnies’ Christmas Hampers – Term 4 Joeys Giving Plan

On Monday morning, Mrs Barb Cavanagh came to Joey’s to accept the many overfull Christmas hampers on behalf of the St Vincent DePaul Society. It was wonderful to see the great generosity of the Joey’s community and how much our school has provided to help local families in need over the Christmas holiday break.

Thank you for supporting this worthwhile cause and making Christmas a special time for those that are less fortunate than us.

Bernadette Brennan
St. Joseph’s PA Acting APRE

CURRICULUM NEWS

BOOKLISTS

2017 Booklists have been sent home. Please check with your child that they have received it. Once again Capricorn Educational Resources (CER) in Alexandra Street have offered to give a generous amount of money back to the school when Joeys parents purchase their school supplies from them. Of course you are able to purchase your child’s supplies from wherever you wish however I have worked closely with the ladies from CER and they guarantee supply of the correct equipment. Teachers put a significant amount of thought and time into developing the booklists so I ask that you provide your child with all the equipment listed. If purchasing from CER you are welcome to drop your order into school before the end of Term or take it directly to CER.

PREP SCRAPBOOKS

The Prep ABC Scrapbook on the booklist for 2017 is now available for purchase from the school office.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe Christmas holiday break and I look forward to seeing everyone back at school in 2017.

Regards,
Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

FINANCE NEWS

Fee Accounts for Term 4 were due for payment on Tuesday 25th October.

If your account remains unpaid, these are now extremely 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 Bernard or Megan is requested to advise when the account will be settled.

Anyone who has not returned their “Orange” Confirmation of Enrolment Form, please do ASAP otherwise Diocesan Discounts will not be able to be applied if applicable.

CLASSROOM NEWS

PREP

As they year draws to an end it becomes a very busy time in Prep. Students took to learning their special song with ease and were very excited to dress up as Shepherd’s, Wise Men and Angles and sing to you all on Presentation Night. In class we have been retelling the very special story of the Nativity and learning about the true reason we celebrate Christmas. In the spirit of giving we want thank you all your wonderful donations for our Vinnies hampers, as they were overflowing. At this time of year we look back and can see how all the Prep students have grown so much, and a few students wanted to share with you their favourite part of Prep.

“Playing with the animals and the dinosaurs.”

“Making new friends and helping people.”

“Learning all my sight words and writing.”

“Writing about special things like Lest we Forget.”

“Counting to 100 with my class.”

Congratulations to all the Prep students and their families as they complete their first year of school. We wish you all a lovely, safe festive season. See you next year!

from the Prep team

YEAR 1

WOW! What a year it has been in Year 1! We have been so busy doing lots of learning and having heaps of fun! From our first day, walking into the unknown of our new classroom to now being all grown and waiting for Year 2 to begin!

We have had a great year in Year 1, here are some of our favourite moments

Gemma Mass: Making sight words with the playdough
Ava Tranberg: Writing stories.
Jack Wooler: Playing with the blocks in rotations with my friends
Oliver Smith: Learning lots of new things!
Scarlett Horton: I love year 1!

Miss Noake & Mr Joyce feel so blessed to have shared this year with our wonderful Year 1 students and wish all the families a safe, happy and holy holidays.

2F

Thank you to all the visitors who came to view all the student’s artwork on Friday afternoon. The students enjoyed discussing their pieces with the many different visitors.

This term the students have enjoyed a range of different hands on activities from experiencing different art techniques and creating castles out of 3D shapes. Our last few days will involve various Christmas art and crafts where we are learning about some of the different Christmas traditions of other countries around the world and applying some of our new found knowledge in STEM tasks.

We wish you all the best over the holiday break.

Mrs Farr, Mrs Evans and the students of 2F

2H

Last week Year 2 held an Art Gallery to showcase our visual art from the semester. Thanks to everyone who came along.

Another highlight for us was our Presentation Night song ‘Go Tell It On The Mountain’. We loved learning the song and were pretty impressed with our performance.

Thank you to Ms Lavender, Mrs McLellan and Mrs Roberts who spent time with us this year, helping us to be the best learners we can be. Thanks also to Mrs Evans for her help with our Monday literacy support time.

Have a happy and holy Christmas. See you all in 2017.

Mrs Hannah and 2H

3A

This term the children have been extremely busy looking at how objects melt, what the climate is like in neighbouring countries and designing a magazine cover.

To finish the term the children have been exploring different types of instructions. They have looked at various recipes and craft instructions. The children have even written their own instructions for making a pizza! Yum!

Last week they were given instructions to independently follow and create a God’s Eye and a Christmas Lantern.

Enjoy the photos of the children working really hard on following instructions and helping each other out to successfully make these items.

3T

Mrs Tennyson and the Students in 3T would like to share a photo memory of our year.

We would like to wish everyone a Happy and Holy Christmas break.

from Mrs Tennyson and the Students in 3T

4

It’s been a great year with these wonderful students. We have been challenged with new ways of learning and increasingly complex work. They have met each challenge head on and achieved some amazing things.

Here is a sample of student responses when asked ‘What’s the best thing about Year 4?’

“The Flexible Learning Room.”
“The new way of learning.”
“The great teachers in Year 4 and all the fun stuff we do in Year 4.”
“Learning about Marco Polo and other explorers and also about the Industrial Revolution.”
“Having different teachers and making new friends”
“Art with Mr Hosie.”
“Being taught by Mr Hosie and Mrs Mooney.”
“Having Chromes.”
“Science experiments and technology lessons.”
“That I have the best teachers.”

Follow the link to read a review about the year written by Year 4 student Dakotah O’Leary

Let’s take a look back at some of the videos from earlier in the year (look how much they’ve grown!):

I’m sad to be leaving after a memorable and enjoyable 7 years at St. Joseph’s. The Hosie’s are moving to Ballina, NSW to be closer to family. Thanks for all the great memories.

Mr Hosie

The Year 4 Teaching Team has enjoyed a great year with these wonderful students; we know that they will go on to achieve amazing things.

Have a fantastic holiday,
Mr Hosie, Mrs Mooney, Miss Crane, Mrs White and the Year 4 cohort.

5

Things we’ve loved about Year 5

Curtis - Getting to play sport for the school and leadership speeches.
Kasey - The flexible learning space
Sam - The flexible learning space and the technology.
Lizzy - That we have flexibility in what subjects we do during the day.
Jai - The excursion to the art house and our learning space.
Calan - Technology
Megan - Newspaper quizzes
Angelina - Having the most amazing teachers and artwork.
Tyler - The excursion to art house
Hugh - Getting to learn new things with our teachers.
Bodene - Interschool Sport
Ally - The teachers and my friends
Bryce - Teaching technology workshops to the class.
William - It’s Awesome
Logan - Art House Excursion
Oliver - Art house excursion
Lorilee- The best teachers
Harrison - PE

Have a safe and enjoyable holiday!

Erin, Ray and Amy

6

Created by Gabe Druery

KIDS CONNECT

On the 8 and 9 of November ten Year 6 students took part in Kids Connect conference held at the Kevin Castle’s Centre. Kids Connect is a two-day technology conference organised for kids by kids. This year St Anthony’s was the organising school and they did a great job. We were very fortunate to have the financial support of our P&F who covered our costs. We had a terrific time, learnt new skills, made new friends and had heaps of fun.

We just wanted to say a huge thank you to the P&F.

Created by Gabe Druery

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students and staff who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Taylor Dives (PM), Chandler Lentell (2F), Lillian Yarrow (6Br), Shaika Austin (5C), Trey Batchelor (2H) and Maddison Clarke (1M).

And to all the children and staff that will celebrate their birthday over the holiday period – Happy Birthday. Have a great day.

NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME

Do you know of someone who has a diagnosed disability? If the answer is YES then PLEASE READ THIS….

The NDIS supports people with a permanent and significant disability that affects their ability to take part in everyday activities. This scheme is currently being trailed in Queensland.

The scheme is designed to identify supports to help individuals

• Live their life as independently as possible.
• Achieve goals in education, employment, health and wellbeing.

It also focuses on early intervention where getting early supports can reduce the impact of disability on you or your child. PLEASE READ the attached flyer and attend this session if you are able. Other information and sessions are happening regularly and if you are unsure about whether or not you should attend or have any questions in general please ask and I can point you in the right direction.

Dates: 6th December 2016
Location: CPL Centre 39 Macaree St North Rockhampton
Time: 9:30.00am – 12.30pm
Register Now – Reserve a seat Places are limited

Thanks,
Kath Howell (Learning Support Coordinator)

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. Sue Clarke will also be conducting induction sessions in the tuckshop, if you are helping out in there.

Thanks,
Ray Carrington

TUCKSHOP NEWS

As the end of year is upon us, we are starting to sell out of some items, in particular some ice blocks.

All efforts will be made to accommodate your children’s orders but in some cases a substitution may need to be made.

Any substitution will be made in consultation with your child.

Should you have any concerns you can catch me at the tuckshop before school from 8.20am.

Tuckshop will be available tomorrow Thursday, but will not be available on the first couple of days at the beginning of term 1, 2017

Thank you
Sue Clarke

UNIFORM SHOP

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

Monday morning from 8:15 - 8:45
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.

Extra Opening Hours

Shellie Harkin will be opening the Uniform Shop on the following dates from 5pm – 6pm. Monday 28th November and Tuesday 17th January 2017.

Shellie will also open from 9am – 11am on Thursday 19th January, 2017

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

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN 2017

Are you wanting your child to learn a musical instrument in 2017? Enrolments have now opened!

All interested students can pick up an information note at their school office. Copies of these forms are also available via the link below . There is also an option to enrol online – just follow the link on the above webpage. Students currently enrolled in 2016 will receive their note in their instrumental music lesson in the next two weeks.

New and existing students must enrol for 2017 and a $10 enrolment fee is payable at time of enrolment, either in a sealed envelope with the child’s name and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, or directly to Emmaus College (either campus).

Enrolment forms will not be accepted at your school’s office after Week 7 – all enrolments after this time must be online, or handed to Reception at Emmaus College, Yaamba Rd campus.

Any queries can be directed to Alexia Lally at Emmaus College (Yaamba Road) - Alexia_Lally@emmaus.qld.edu.au.

KEYBOARD LESSONS

Keyboard lessons once again will be offered in 2017. These lessons are best suited for students with electronic keyboards, with focus on chord bass and utilising keyboard voice and rhythm features. Group and individual lessons are available for students in years 1 to 6.

Continuing students are required to re-enrol.

To enrol, please collect an enrolment form from the school office and return as soon as possible.

For more information or any enquiries please contact Leanne Voss 0447 414 730.

VACATION CARE

Vacation Care will operate until Friday the 16th December, then close for the Christmas period. They will be reopening on Monday the 9th of January. Times are from 7:30am – 6pm.

Program, prices and details etc are available by contacting me on 0408 703 482 or sjpa_oshc@rok.catholic.edu.au.

Please also see attached the Booking form and the Summer Program.

PIANO LESSONS

Piano lessons will be offered for 2017. Lessons include Theory and are given on a acoustic piano, students only need a keyboard to practice on at home providing it has no less than 66 keys. All existing students must enrol again if they wish to continue piano lessons in 2017. Limited spaces available. Please contact Lynette Anstey on 49333661 / 0419358485 / anstey.family@bigpond.com"