8 March 2017

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL

This week we have had some visitors to our school who are carrying out our National School Improvement Tool audit. Both Gayle Cunningham and Carmel Ryan have been looking at all facets of our Joey’s community in an effort to identify what we do very well and also to provide us with some feedback for potential future goals. It has been lovely to see both Gayle and Carmel meeting with so many staff, students and parents invested in our school and them seeing first hand just how wonderful our Joey’s community is.

One of, if not the biggest day in the Joey’s annual calendar is our St Joseph’s whole school Feast Day Mass followed by our Grandparents Morning Tea. This will be held next week on Friday, the 17th of March commencing with the mass in OLHC Church at 9:00am followed by the morning tea in the MPA till 11:00am.

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 do 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 for next Friday’s celebration.

Last weekend the North side Parish held an assembly to address issues facing the future of our combined faith communities with only one priest being available after Easter. At this assembly the following schedule of masses was proposed as a sustainable model moving forward.

OLHC Weekday mass

• Friday, 9:00am

Weekend masses

• Saturday 6:00pm Holy Family Church
• Sunday 7:00am Our Lady Help of Christians Church
• Sunday 9:00am Holy Family Church
• Sunday 11:00am St Mary’s Church

This new schedule will not change our major school celebrations over the course of the year, however this will affect our school faith community moving forward in terms of our celebration of the Sacraments and of our Children’s Masses.

We will provide our school community with more information about these changes after the school’s leadership team has deliberated on the matter.

Our Year 6 class will be holding a free dress day on Thursday the 16th of March next week. The theme for the day will be ‘Sporting Colours’. Students are asked to wear colours from sporting teams they represent or support. As this is a fundraising activity for the Year 6 Camp Fundraiser, we are asking for a ‘gold coin’ from each of the students on this day.

Finally, farewell to Mrs Deanne Senini who is taking some well-earned long service leave for the last three weeks of the Term. Deanne will be taking part in a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Bishop Michael and Fr Noel Milner as her guide. We wish her a wonderful, faith filled experience.

Don’t Forget

• P&F Meeting – Tues, 14th March
• School Board Meeting – Wed, 15th March
• Free dress day – Thurs, 16th March (Sporting Colours Theme)
• St Joseph’s Day/Grandparents Day – Fri, 17th March
• St Patrick’s Race Day – Sat, 18th March
• Dance Fever Showcase – Tues, 21st March

Have a great week.

Regards

Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Acting Principal

APRE REFLECTION

Pope Francis says “Dear friends, Lent is the favourable season for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in his word, in the sacraments and in our neighbour. The Lord, who overcame the deceptions of the Tempter during the forty days in the desert, shows us the path we must take. May the Holy Spirit lead us on a true journey of conversion, so that we can rediscover the gift of God’s word, be purified of the sin that blinds us, and serve Christ present in our brothers and sisters in need. I encourage all the faithful to express this spiritual renewal also by sharing in the Lenten Campaigns promoted by many Church organizations in different parts of the world, and thus to favour the culture of encounter in our one human family. Let us pray for one another so that, by sharing in the victory of Christ, we may open our doors to the weak and poor. Then we will be able to experience and share to the full the joy of Easter.”

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

Year 4 Prayer Assembly

This Friday 10th March, Year 4 will be leading the prayer assembly in OLHC church at 11:30am. The year 4 students will be presenting a St. Patrick themed assembly. Even though next week is the Feast of St. Patrick, we are celebrating this week to not coincide with our Grandparents Day celebrations. Parents, families and friends of the school are all welcome to come along and share this prayer celebration.

St Joseph’s Feast Day/Grandparents Day Mass – 17th of March

Our annual St Joseph’s whole school Feast Day Mass followed by our Grandparents Morning Tea will be held next Friday, the 17th of March commencing with the mass in OLHC Church at 9:00am followed by the morning tea in the MPA till 11:00am.

Families are asked to contribute to the morning tea and celebrate this very special day as a whole community.

• eldest children in Grades 3 – 6 plate of sandwiches to share
• eldest children in Prep to Grade 2 -plate of biscuits, cakes or other sweet to share.

Hope to see you there.

SPORTING MATTERS

Rockhampton District Selection Trials

10-12yrs Boys Rugby Union

Wednesday 15th March at Frenchville State School from 4pm.

10-12yrs Girls Football (Soccer)

Wednesday 15th March at Bouldercombe State School from 4pm.

10-12yrs Touch Football Boys & Girls

Friday 17th March at Rockhampton Touch fields (bottom fields) from 4pm.

10-12yrs Rugby League MUSTER Boys & Girls

Sunday 19th March at Rockhampton State High School from 2:00pm – 4:00pm

10-12yrs Hockey Boys & Girls

Monday 20th March at Kalka Shades from 4pm

11-12yrs Rugby League Girls

Monday 20th March at Frenchville State School from 4:00pm

10-12yrs Tennis Boys & Girls

Tuesday 21st March at Rockhampton Tennis Centre from 8:30am

If your son/daughter is interested in trialing for any Rockhampton team you will need to contact the school office to receive the relevant paper work in order to nominate. Nominations are due back to Mrs. Brennan two days before the trial date.

Dance Fever Showcase

To celebrate the success of Dance Fever Multisport visiting our school each week and the hard work the students have put into developing their skills, we will be hosting a showcase for parents and families. The showcase will be held on Tuesday 21st March @ 6:00pm in the undercover area. During the evening classes will demonstrate the various dances they have learnt. The P & F will be running a BBQ prior to the student performances.

Friday afternoon sports 10/03/2017

Soccer

Girls 1:35
St Joseph’s PA v Mt Archer Yellow @ Mt Archer

Yr 6 Boys Blue 1:35
St Joseph’s PA v Park Avenue SS @ Park Avenue SS

Yr 5 Boys Maroon 12:40
St Joseph’s PA v Park Avenue SS @ Park Avenue SS

Oz Tag

Games are played at McLeod Park (on Dean Street)

Girls 12:30
St Joseph’s Blue v St Mary’s Blue on field 3

Girls 1:50
St Joseph’s Maroon v Glenmore on field 4
St Joseph’s White v St Mary’s Yellow on field 3

Boys 12:30
St Joseph’s Blue v Mt Archer Blue on field 7

Boys 1:10
St Joseph’s White v Frenchville White 2 on field7

Boys 1:50
St Joseph’s Maroon v Frenchville Blue on field 7

CURRICULUM NEWS

Capricorn Educational Resources (CER) Donation

I would like to acknowledge our Parent Community for supporting our school by purchasing school supplies from CER. I was presented with the news that Joey’s has over $2000 of store credit to spend at CER on resources for our school. I also thank the ladies from CER for offering this opportunity to our school.

Volunteer Inductions

There will be no volunteer inductions for the rest of this term as I will be on Long Service Leave. These inductions will be available again from the beginning of Term Two.

Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum

Throughout Semester One, our school will be implementing the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum with students in all year levels. The curriculum is based on principles of best practice in child safety education and centres around three key messages: Recognise, React and Report. Through a series of lessons, students will learn how to recognise, react and report when they are unsafe or find themselves in situations that can have a significant detrimental effect on their physical, psychological or emotional wellbeing. The Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum links very closely with the Australian Health Curriculum. Therefore these lessons will be delivered by Miss Tennille Kerrisk as part of our Health Curriculum on a Tuesday and Wednesday. The Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum has been mandated by our Diocese to be actively taught in all of the Rockhampton Catholic schools each year.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this program please don’t hesitate to contact either Miss Kerrisk, Mrs Senini or Mr Fitzgerald.

Information about the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum can be found via the link below:

Week 7 Lesson Objectives:

Prep – Year 2

Students will:

• identify rules about the private parts of the body
• devise strategies that could be used if feeling unsafe.

Years 3 - 4

Students will:

• identify relationships between rules, laws and safety
• discuss how rights, rules and responsibilities can all play a role in our ability to stay safe
• consider if and when people should take responsibility for their own actions.

Years 5 – 6

Students will:

• identify the private body parts using anatomical language
• recognise appropriate and inappropriate touching of the private body parts.

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 accuracy.

Strategy – Cross Checking……Do the pictures and /or words look right? Do they sound right? Do they make sense?

Cross Checking is a strategy for ensuring the words (and sometimes pictures) make sense and match the letters on the page. When a word doesn’t make sense in the sentence they cross check the word with the pictures and look at the letters and sounds in the word. This concept is usually used for beginner readers.

Spelling

Strategy: Definitions

Knowing and understanding the meaning of a word is an essential part of any spelling program. Whether your child looks up the word in a dictionary, asks you for the meaning, draws a picture to illustrate the meaning or writes out the meaning, it is important that they understand what their spelling words mean. They can then confidently use any new words in their speaking and writing.

Regards,

Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

FINANCE NEWS

TERM 1 FEES were due on Wednesday 15th February

Fee Accounts for Term 1 were due for payment on Wednesday 15th February.

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 Bernard or Megan is requested to advise when the account will be settled.

CLASSROOM NEWS

News from Yr 4

We are off to a flying start in Year 4! We are settling in well to our Flexible Learning Environment and starting to develop an understanding of how we can work to the best of our ability.

In HASS, we have been reading ‘The Lorax’ and discussing environmental issues such as water pollution, air pollution and deforestation. This week we also recreated the river story demonstrating the journey of the river through a variety of scenarios and the effects of various human resources on the river system. In English we have been writing a variety of persuasive texts relating to environmental issues. Next week we will start writing our oral presentations.

One of our favourite activities in Year 4 is ‘Kicking It Maths’ and we are well on the way to improving our multiplication facts. We have also been busy estimating, adding larger numbers, measuring in millimetres and using problem solving strategies.

In Science we have been busy doing lots of hands on activities looking at forces around us. We are excited to start planning and creating our games demonstrating forces in action in a few weeks.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at our Year Four Liturgy next Friday.

SCHOOL TOILET SAFETY

The students are very aware that the toilets are for just that… going to the toilet. They are not places to hang out with buddies, eat or play. They have one important purpose and that is what it should be used for.

Posters have been placed around the toilet blocks as a visual reminder to students. The safety message of ‘Recognise, React and Report’ is one well used at school. We would appreciate families discussing these themes and phrases at home. We need our students to understand and be aware that toilets are not a social place, that going to the toilet is private and that these procedures are put in place for the safety of themselves and others.

Brooke Black
Child Protection Contact

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Elizabeth Fitzgerald (6F),Breanna Gear (4W), Oliver Barnes (6F), Charlotte Lambert (PW), Noa Barnes (2H), Estelle Hunt (3T) and Georgia Bubb (5C) Have a great day.

FREE DRESS DAY

On Thursday the 16th of March (Thursday of week 8) we will be holding a free dress day. The theme is “Sports colours”. Come in your favourite teams colours or your school sports team colours. To dress up you must bring in a gold coin donation, with the money raised going towards fundraising for Yr 6 camp.

All children are invited to participate.

Don’t forget your gold coin.

Thank You
Yr 6 2017

YR 6 EASTER RAFFLE

This term Grade Six will be holding an Easter raffle.

Tickets will be sold at the end of the tunnel in the under covered area before and after school and will be $1 each.

This raffle will be drawn on Friday the 17th of March (Grandparents Day).

We are hoping for your support, so come along and buy a ticket.

All money raised will be going towards the Yr 6 camp.

Thank you
Grade Six

BOOK CLUB

Book Club orders are due back by Monday 6th of March.

Online ordering (paying by credit card) is now available via the link below and following the prompts.

If you put in your order online, there is no need to return your book club form to school. Happy reading!

Thanks,
Michelle

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 on Tuesday afternoons from 2:45pm - 3:00pm.

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 any uniforms you no longer need so they can put out to sell. Proceeds can go back to you or you can donate it back to the P & F.

The Uniform Shop has quite a lot of good second hand uniforms. Please feel free to pop in (at the opening times above), and have a look.

There are second had Emmaus uniforms also.

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)
• Emu Park

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WORKSHOP

(STRINGS AND WOODWIND/BRASS/PERCUSSION)

Just a reminder that next weekend (Saturday 11 March) there is an instrumental music workshop being held at Emmaus College (Yaamba Rd campus) for students who currently learn a strings/brass/woodwind or percussion instrument.

• The Beginner Student (those who have only started this year) workshop runs from 10am-midday,
• The Continuing students (those who have learnt more than 1 year) workshop runs from 1pm-4pm.

Forms were distributed during lessons in previous weeks, but if a new form or more information is required, please email Mrs Alexia Lally: Alexia_Lally@emmaus.qld.edu.au

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