1 November 2017
Newsletter Articles
FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL
This year at St Joseph’s Catholic school, we have focused on the following theme;
‘Be the someone to someone in need’
With this in mind, as a school community we are beginning to collect items for the ‘Joey’s Christmas Hamper Appeal’ over the next four weeks. Families are asked to donate an item each week to their child’s classroom hamper where possible. Please ensure that all items have an expiry date that would reach into early 2018 allowing ample time for the St Vincent DePaul society to distribute the food to those who are less fortunate than us in our own local community. If you are able, please help support this worthwhile cause.
This Wednesday and Thursday, we will be celebrating All Saints day and All Souls Day. These events are special days in the calendar of the Catholic church as, on All Saints day we remember the work of all the saints who dedicated their lives to working for God, while on Thursday we remember all of our dearly departed on All Souls day.
Swimming nomination notes have been sent home this week. Please fill them out and return them as soon as possible to your child’s classroom teacher in order for Mrs Brennan to collate them and begin preparing the 2017 swimming carnival program.
As we are well into a relatively short Term 4, I would like bring to your attention that we have a significant amount of outstanding school fees. Without payment of these fees, it is increasingly difficult to properly resource the school as we would like. With this in mind, I would ask that you give this matter your urgent attention.
If you are having legitimate problems meeting these commitments, I would encourage you to make an appointment through the school office to see me as soon as possible.
Failure to meet the financial commitment of school fees has a detrimental effect on the teaching and learning of all students at our school.
A reminder that if you have any class requests for your child in 2018 you need to book a time through the office to see me by Monday the 6th of November. This date was listed as the 10th of November last week, however the teaching staff and the leadership team will be meeting and finalizing class lists on Tuesday the 7th of November.
Congratulations to our hard working Learning Support Coordinator, Kath Howell who has been nominated for the Queensland College of Teachers awards in 2017. It is great for Joeys to have a nominated educator of Kath’s standard nominated and representing our school.
Sadly, we farewell Mr Ray Carrington on Friday, as he will be taking some well-earned long service leave for the remaining four weeks of the school year. I am sure you will all join me in wishing Ray a safe and restful break.
Finally, well done to the P&F and all other volunteers who made Saturday evenings Trivia Night such a success. A lot of work goes into making an evening such as this happen and we at Joeys are blessed with having so many people who are able to give of their time and continue to make our school an enjoyable welcoming community.
Don’t Forget …
- All Saints Day, Wednesday 1st Nov
- All Souls Day, Thursday 2nd Nov
- TCC Awards, Fri 3rd Nov
- Swimming Carnival, Wed 15th Nov @ 5:00pm
- Emmaus Year 6 Parent Information Evening, Wed 15th Nov
- Emmaus Year 6 Orientation Day, Thurs 16th Nov
- Final Children’s Mass for 2018, Sat 18th Nov @ 6:00pm
I hope you have a great week.
Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Acting Principal
APRE REFLECTION
All Saints Day
Saints are sometimes regarded as ‘Catholic superheroes’. Stories of miraculous and remarkable deeds abound, though more in the vein of conversions and cures than speeding bullets and tall buildings. But to get caught up on the Saints of the stained glass windows is to overlook the vast majority of saints. You see, a saint is anybody whose soul is in heaven. The Church celebrates a certain number of Saints whose lives provide a glimpse of God for the rest of the Church. But there are many, many more saints whose glimpse of God was only ever experienced by their family, friends and those with whom they worked. The feast of ALL Saints is an opportunity to remember and reflect on the lives of those saints who’ve been known and loved by just a few and whose sphere of influence was such that they will never be recognised as Saints by the universal Church. – Greg Sunter.
Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE
RELIGIOUS MATTERS
No Prayer Assembly this week
‘Vinnies’ Christmas Hampers – Term 4 Joeys Giving Plan
As a school community we are going to collect items for the ‘Joey’s Christmas Hamper Appeal’ over the next four weeks. The aim of the appeal is to help our brothers and sisters in the community who find they are enduring hard times. Our generosity is the past has been met with profound gratitude: quiet smiles, a murmured thank-you, sheer relief from parents, exuberance, excitement and happy noise from kids.
Families are asked to donate an item each week to their child’s classroom hamper where possible. Please ensure that all items have an expiry date that would reach into early 2018 allowing ample time for the St. Vincent DePaul society to distribute the food over the Christmas period and into the New Year.
If you are able, please help support this worthwhile cause.
SAVE THE DATE – Final Children’s Mass for 2017
Our final Children’s Mass with the Our Lady Help of Christians Parish will be held on Saturday the 18th of November. It would be lovely to have as many of the Joey’s community come along to celebrate. It would be especially great to have as many of our Year 6 students as possible as it will be their last parish mass as St Joseph’s Park Avenue students. Hope to see you there.
Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE
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
SPORTING MATTERS
Swimming Carnival
Swimming carnival nominations went home earlier this week and are due back by Friday 3rd November. You may notice the start time has changed to 5:00pm. This is to accommodate the growing number of competitors in the 25m pool. Last year we were still racing in the 25m pool at dusk with no lighting. In the interest of the safety of our swimmers and spectators, we have moved the carnival forward half an hour to avoid this happening again.
Next week at swimming lessons all swimmers will have a run through in the races they have been nominated in to ensure they are competent at this level.
Friday Interschool Sport
As the days continue to get warmer, we continue with Season C sport. Please remind your child to check they have their school hat, and water bottles ready for Friday sport.
Friday Sport 03/11/2017
Basketball
Game 1 12:30pm
Fireballers v Mavericks
Game 2 2:00pm
Sabertooth Tigers v Pink Warriors
All basketball games are played at school
Softball
Games are played at 12:30
Yr 6
St Joseph’s PA v Frenchville 2 on KP 3
Yr 5
St Joseph’s PA 1 v Mount Morgan 2 on KP12
St Joseph’s PA 2 v RGS 2 on KP9
All softball games are played at Kele Park
T20
All games start at 12:30
St Joseph’s PA 1 v Lakes Creek 2
St Joseph’s PA 2 v Lakes Creek 1
St Joseph’s PA 3 v St Joseph’s PA 5
St Joseph’s PA 4 v Berserker St 2
All T20 games are played at McLeod Park
Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE
CURRICULUM NEWS
DAY FOR DANIEL
Last Friday we participated in Day for Daniel. Thank you to everyone who participated. We had a large proportion of both students and staff wearing red shirts to help promote the important message of child safety. As a school group we raised $369 to contribute to this fantastic cause.
Trivia Night
Congratulations and thankyou to the P&F and Mr Fitzgerald for an enjoyable and successful trivia night last Saturday evening. An event like this doesn’t just happen, there are many hours of preparation that goes in before the day of the event and several more hours of setting up, working on the night and cleaning up afterwards. We are extremely lucky to have such an active and supportive group of parents in our P&F and I thank them for their constant support of our school.
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 – Trade a Word / Guess a Word That Makes Sense
When readers encounter words they don’t know, but they understand the gist of the text, they insert a word that makes sense in place of the unknown word. This strategy provides the reader with the option to continue reading by using a similar word for an unknown word. Reading continues and meaning stays intact.
Spelling:
Activity:
Write an advertisement, song and poem using your spelling words.
Regards,
Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum
FINANCE NEWS
Fee Accounts for Term 4 were emailed and posted out on Monday 9th October.
*** Please Note: Term 4 Fees were due on Tuesday 24h October, and if they remain unpaid are now overdue.***
NOTE: When your Concession Card expires, please present your new card to Megan otherwise Concessions cannot be applied.
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?
CLASSROOM NEWS
YR 1F
The end of the year is fast approaching and a couple of assessments are still to be completed. However, the learning will continue till the last day of term. The students tell me that they have enjoyed their time during the year. It is not surprising that most cite English and Maths activities as their favourite time of the day because the activities are interesting and very hands on. They enjoy hand writing and writing stories. I think writing about super heroes would have to be the most engaging topic.
In Religion, we are investigating the Church. What does it look like inside? What do we do there? Who goes there? These are just three questions that we will answer.
Today we supported Day for Daniel and Canteen. The students were very involved. Included is a photo of the students working on their Report Safety Network Hands.
Mrs Karen Fox
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Congratulations to the following students and staff who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Lachlan Applewaite (1F), Sydney Hornagold (4M), Audrey Smith (PM), Oliver Passmore (PM), Megan Shephard (6F), Gabriell Brosnan (1F), Royston Gibbins (3a), Callan Bedford (4M), Leo Turner (5Y), Temperance4 Lentell (PM), Lucas Anderson (5T) and Mrs Tennyson (3T)
Have a great day.
2018 SCHOOL FETE
2018 ‘Festival of Colour’ School Fete
Stall holders and sponsors
The ‘Festival of Colour’ School Fete for 2018 is fast approaching. We are now looking for any businesses, individuals or groups that are interested in purchasing a 3X3 undercover, unpowered site for only $25! The fete is on Sunday 29th April 2018 between 2-6pm. Please contact the school or email sjpafete@gmail.com for further enquires or bookings.
Poster competition
We are running a competition for the students to create the poster that will be used to advertise the fete. All details of what needs to go in the poster has been sent home in a note. These are due back to be judged by Friday 10th November. Your child will be in the running to win a rides wristband so encourage them to give it a go!
Thanks Kate Nembach
P & F Fete Committee President
SCHOOL BANKING
If you are wanting to start school banking but are unsure of what to do, pop in to the office and we can help you out.
School banking is done thru the school every Thursday.
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