26 July 2017

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL

With us now midway through our Catholic Education Week celebrations, it is with great pride and admiration that I congratulate Mrs Katherine Howell on her nomination for the Queensland Spirit of Catholic Education Awards. This award that was presented during a mass last Saturday at the Cathedral to mark the opening of Catholic Education Week, is a way to say thanks and appreciate ‘Mrs H’ for her dedication and all that she has contributed to both Joeys and Catholic Education. Kath is also a state finalist in the Queensland College of Teachers Excellence in Teaching Awards, so on behalf of the Joeys community Kath, I applaud you and all you have given to our school community and wish you all the best of luck.

I would also like to congratulate the Emmaus community on the wonderful production of their school musical, ‘Joseph’. I was lucky enough to attend last Friday night’s performance and was amazed at the quality of the show and very proud of the number of past Joey’s students who were on stage performing. Well done to all the Emmaus community and especially our own Mrs Sarah Kateifides who was the musical director for the performances. Well done to all involved.

We have an extremely busy time coming up this Saturday as we will be holding the Year 6 Car Wash in the school car park between 9:00am and 12:00pm. This will then be followed by our 9-10 years’ footballers taking part in the Capras Cup competition at Victoria Park from midday till approximately 5:00pm. The day then culminates in a Children’s Mass in OLHC church at 6:00pm. Even though this will be an extremely busy day, it would be lovely to see many of our community come along to celebrate Eucharist together.

As a part of our Catholic Education Week, we will be holding our annual Harmony Day celebration tomorrow at school. Our school Indigenous Liaison Officer, Simone Giles has been working very hard on organising all of the different elements that make this celebration so wonderful. The day will begin with a Prayer Assembly in OLHC church at 9:00am. All are welcome to attend.

Due to the hard work of Amanda Ryan and our awesome P&F we now have our path and personalised pavers laid down at our Haynes Street access to the school near the Kindy. We invite you all to come along and have a look and see some of the people who have ‘walked the path with us’ so to speak. The entrance is really starting to take shape and there looks to be opportunities to add many more names in the future.

Finally, Fr Chris Schick has passed on a message of thanks for all the prayers and support he has received from the Catholic Education community. Acting APRE, Mrs Bernadette Brennan has included this as an image at the beginning of the ‘Religious Matters’ part of our newsletter for all to view.

Don’t Forget …

• 2018 Prep Enrolment Interviews continue, Weeks 3-4 Term 3
• SJPA 2018 Fete Meeting, Wednesday 26th July @ 5:00pm
• Catholic Education Week, 22nd – 29th July
• SJPA Harmony Day, Thursday 27th July
• Year 6 Car Wash in Joey’s Car Park, Saturday 29th July
• Capras Cup @ Victoria Park, Saturday 29th July
• Children’s Mass, 6:00pm Saturday 29th in OLHC

Have a great week.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Acting Principal

APRE REFLECTION

Catholic Education Week is all about celebrating the distinctive ethos of Catholic schools and celebrating the many journeys our students and staff are making in teaching and learning, in faith, and in family and community life.

Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

Children’s Mass This Saturday

This Saturday, 29th July, we will be celebrating a Children’s Mass. Mass commences at 6:00pm in Our Lady Help of Christians. The Joey’s tradition is to bring a plate to share supper and a chat after mass. All families and friends of Joey’s are welcome to attend and join this Eucharistic celebration. We would love to have you join us.

Prayer Assembly this Thursday

To commence Harmony Day there will be a special prayer assembly this Thursday in OLHC church at 9:00am. Everyone is welcome to attend.

NO Prayer Assembly on Friday.

Peer Support

We are working through our first Relationships lesson this week in Peer Support. The module is called Keeping Friends, and it explores the concepts of friendship, building relationships and develops skills in empathy and critical thinking. This week they will begin to think about the meaning of friendship. We encourage you to talk to your children about Peer Support every week as it will help to reinforce the concepts learned each week.

Mass times

Weekday

Tuesday 9.00am Holy Family
Wednesday 12.00 Noon St Mary’s
Thursday 8.00am Emmaus College (Yaamba Rd)
Friday 9.00am Our Lady Help of Christians

Weekend

Saturday – Vigil
6.00pm Holy Family
6.00pm Our Lady Help of Christians
Sunday
7.00am St Mary’s
9.00am Holy Family

Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE

SPORTING MATTERS

Rockhampton District Selection Trials

10-12yrs Boys Cricket

Tuesday 1st August at The Rockhampton Grammar School (top oval) from 4pm – 5:30pm

If your son/daughter is interested in trialling for this 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.

Friday Interschool Sport Equipment

Last Friday, interschool sport recommenced and many students presented to school without their necessary equipment. Please remind students to pack their bags in preparation for Friday sport the day before. The necessary equipment is listed below.

Hockey: mouth guard, shin pads and football socks
Rugby League: mouth guard, football socks and football boots
Netball: maroon bike pants/briefs (should not be longer than dress)

Under 10 CAPRAS Cup

This Saturday 29th July, Joeys has a team competing for the Capras Cup at Victoria Park. The Scheduled games are:

12:30pm SJPA vs Mt Archer Victoria Park Top
1:10pm SJPA vs Crescent Lagoon Victoria Park Top

Joeys will then take part in a pool cross over game to be determined after the results of these earlier games. Everyone is welcome to come along and cheer on the team.

Rockhampton Athletics Trials

Joeys had a very successful two days last week at the Rockhampton Athletics Trials. Many of our students placed in their heats and some placed in the championship finals. Based on our enrolments we are in the B Schools pool. The boys won the B Schools shield for most points and the girls placed third in the same pool. Overall Joeys came second for the aggregate B Schools points. Gabrielle Yarrow, Braydon Unwin, Seth Carpenter and Jai Cass will progress to the next stage and compete at the Greater Rockhampton District Athletics Trials next week.

Throughout the two days the children conducted themselves with true sportsmanship and pride for our school. Many thanks to Miss Foster, the team manager, for ensuring all our competitors were rested, fed and made it to their events. Thanks also to Miss Agius, for her help in time keeping and recording during the carnival.

To conclude the carnival many of the students competed in the 4x100m relays. Below are a few photos of our successful relay teams and some of the boys with the B Schools shield.

Friday Sport 28/07/2017

Hockey

1pm

St Joseph’s PA 1 v Allenstown 1 on Grass 8
St Joseph’s PA 3 v St Joseph’s PA 5 on Grass 2

1:20pm

St Joseph’s PA 2 v Allenstown 2 on Grass 8
St Joseph’s PA 4 v St Joseph’s PA 6 on Grass 2

1:40pm

St Joseph’s PA 1 v St Joseph’s PA 3 on Grass 8
St Joseph’s PA 5 v Heights 5 on Grass 2

2:00pm

St Joseph’s PA 2 v St Joseph’s PA 4 on Grass 8
St Joseph’s PA 6 v Heights 6 on Grass 2

All Hockey games are played at Kalka Shades

Netball

Junior D 1:10pm

St Joseph’s PA v Parkhurst on Court 9

Junior C 1:50pm

St Joseph’s PA v RGGS on Court 12

Junior B 1:10pm

St Joseph’s PA v Berserker on Court 11

Senior D 12:30pm

St Joseph’s PA v Gracemere on Court 12

Senior B 1:50pm

St Joseph’s PA v St Anthony’s on Court 5

All Netball games are played at Jardine Park

Rugby League

Year 6 A’s 12:45pm

St Joseph’s PA v St Anthony’s @ Brosnan Oval 1 (Emmaus)

Year 5 A/B’s 1:45pm

St Joseph’s PA v RGS @ Brosnan Oval 2 (Emmaus)

CURRICULUM NEWS

Important Curriculum Dates – Term 3

ICAS

Term 2 and 3 is when ICAS competitions will take place. If your child has nominated to participate in any of these competitions, they will receive a copy of a previous test which they can use as a practice. These practice tests will be sent home as each test gets closer. They do not need to be returned to school – they are merely a way of helping your child prepare for the ICAS competition they have nominated for.

Under 8s Day

Our annual Under 8’s Day morning will take place at St Joey’s on Thursday 10th August. This is a day where we celebrate the learning and development of our younger students. The day will begin with a short liturgy in the multi-purpose area. Following the liturgy the children will be free to investigate the various hands on activities prepared by our Prep – Year 3 teachers. Parents are most welcome to attend this part of the day. After first break students will head back to class where they will complete activities with their class for the rest of the day. Students in Prep to Year 3 are invited to come along to this day in free dress. It is essential that this free dress consist of clothing which is sun safe (no sleeveless shirts), a school hat and fully enclosed shoes. If you are able to assist your child’s teacher on the day please let them know as soon as possible. If you have any questions about this day please don’t hesitate to see me.

Big Book Swap

Every second year during book week we have a big book swap morning. This is when we ask students to bring in an unwanted book (in good condition) and swap it for another pre-loved book. This activity has been very well supported in the past and I’m hoping it will be again this year. The aim is for every child to go home with a new pre-loved book. Any leftover books are distributed to classrooms and used as classroom readers. If you would like to donate a book (or multiple books) for this event, please drop them to the library to Mrs Roberts who will place them aside for our big book swap.

Woolworth’s Earn and Learn

Once again St Joseph’s has registered to be part of the Woolworth’s Earn and Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school.

From Wednesday 26th July to Tuesday 19th September we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school office.

At the end of the promotion we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. Last year through this program we purchased a variety of maths equipment including a teaching clock for every classroom, some stopwatches and sporting equipment.

You can get a sticker card from any Woolworths Supermarket and we will keep spare ones here in the office if you need an extra one. Please make sure you completely fill the sheet before you return it to school as partly filled sheets are not counted.

Skoolbo Awards

Congratulations to the following students who have made a substantial improvement in their Skoolbo scores over the past few weeks:

Kade Scott, Lilly Beal, Connor Batley, Denver Bazzacco, Audrey Smith, Lachlan Applewaite, Isabel Harth, Bronson Wall, Saba Schoneveld, Zaeleigh Hannah, Jorja Hallam, Mackenzie Zanette, Kobe Hannah, Oliver Smith, Lilly McLoughlin, Azariah Morrison, Katelyn Whiting, Ashlea Styles, Linkin Richardson-Burge, Angelina Halil, Mia Jahnke and Curtis Seierup.

Keep up the good work.

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 – Flip the Sound

Children use their knowledge of letter sounds to decode words by trying out or ‘flipping’ the different sounds a letter can make until they hear a word they recognise. For example, the letter ‘a’ can make a long a sound or a short a sound. Students can flip between both sounds to help them decode words.

Spelling:

Activity: Syllables

Write out your spelling words but put spaces in between the letters that break up the syllables. For example, el e phant. Students should recognise that each syllable contains a vowel.

Regards,
Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

CLASSROOM NEWS

PREP M

Greetings from Prep M! We hope you all had a lovely restful break over the holidays. It’s been a busy start back to Term 3 in our Prep classroom.

Julie, an Education Officer from RACQ came to visit and taught us about the 3 P’s- Pedestrian, Play and Passenger. We learnt to Stop, Look, Listen and Think when crossing the road. We also talked about safe places to play and the importance of getting in the car using the safety door and remembering Slip, Clip, Clap when putting on our seatbelt.

We were very excited to celebrate Science Week! The upper school students came to visit us to see what we had learned about Sustainability. We created a healthy and polluted waterway for them to investigate, showcased our artistic abilities by creating Nature People and identified living and non-living things.

After lunch it was our turn to visit the upper school and see their wonderful ideas and creations around being sustainable. We even got to explore a scientific exhibition from CQ University. Such an exciting, busy day!

As we settle into the term, we are wondering about prayer with a visit from Prayer Bear to our homes, exploring the magic of Fairy-tales, learning new mathematical concepts, Under 8’s Day and our first school excursion to the Pilbeam Theatre to see “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”. It’s going to be another fantastic term of learning, faith and opportunity!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students and staff who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Logan McLoughlin (5T), Jai Cass (6B), Logan Harris (6F), Bella Janes (5T), Lilly Carpenter (2H), Jordana Corry (1F), Paityn Spence (PW), Mrs Anderson (3A) and Mrs O’Brien (PM).

Have a great day.

FINANCE NEWS

Fee Accounts for Term 3 were emailed and posted out on Monday 17th July.

*** Please Note: Term 3 Fees are due on Monday 7th August.***

If you have not received your Fee Statement, please contact Megan for a copy.

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

If you have an outstanding amount and are unable to make any payment, can you please make immediate contact with Bernard or Megan to advise your current situation?

HARMONY DAY

St Joseph’s Annual Harmony Day – 27th July 2017

Once again our Annual Harmony Day is on. This day is all about celebrating, recognizing and increasing awareness of Indigenous Culture.

Our day begins with a morning liturgy, presented by our Indigenous students in the church, at 9am.

Throughout the morning all classes will attend sessions by a variety of guest speakers and local organizations.

All students will receive a sausage on bread for first lunch provided by our P&F.

After first break students will gather in the multi –purpose area to watch the Emmaus dancers perform.

There will be no tuck-shop tomorrow as the students are having a sausage sizzle.

Parents and friends are encouraged to come along and help celebrate if possible.

JOEY’S CAR WASH

THIS SATURDAY, St Joseph’s is having a car wash from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

We are also having a Sausage Sizzle.

• Small vehicles are worth $10,
• Large vehicles $15.

It is possible to purchase carwash vouchers (before and after school in the undercover area) ahead of time to save time and money on the day.

So if your car needs a wash, head to St Joseph’s School, Park Avenue on Saturday.

Come on down and get that car cleaned!

See you there!

SCHOOL BANKING

Our volunteer School Banking Co-ordinator is unavailable for the next two weeks.

Banking will recommence on Thursday 10th August.

LOST PROPERTY

The lost property is starting to mount up. If your child/ren are missing their jumper or school jacket, lunch box, water bottle or hat, this is where it could be.

At the end of the term, all unnamed items will be discarded or donated to the Uniform Shop.

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, and on Tuesday afternoons from 2:30pm - 3:00pm. Sue Clarke will also be conducting induction sessions in the tuckshop, if you are helping out in there.

Thanks

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