15 November 2017

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL

Tonight we culminate our Term 4 swimming program with our annual swim carnival at the Southside Memorial Pool. The carnival will commence at 5:00pm on the dot, with our youngest students and our grade 6 helpers in the middle 25m pool first. We realise that it is a school night so we ask that you be at the pool by 4:45pm in order to be ready for our carnival to begin as scheduled.

Our hard working P&F Association will be running a BBQ for dinner as the carnival does tend to be run over the usual evening meal period.

As the majority of our Year 6 students will be at an Emmaus orientation day on Thursday, age championship medals and the overall trophy winner will be presented in the MPA on Friday morning at a whole school assembly.

Well done to Mrs Bernadette Brennan for what I know in advance will be a great carnival.

Last week, green coloured 2018 Enrolment Confirmation letters were sent home with the eldest in each family. With staffing and the 2018 school budget tied very closely with our enrolments, I need to know accurate numbers entering into the new school year. At the moment we are turning away many people who want to enrol their child at St Joseph’s. If for whatever reason your child may not be returning with us next year, I would appreciate that you let me know as soon as possible.

All year levels are starting to prepare for our annual Presentation Night that will be held on Thursday night next week. Please look for individual correspondence from your child’s teacher as to what may be needed for the evening. We will begin with our Kindy kids first but please remember our big four awards are handed out at the end of the evening. A lack of chairs has sometimes been an issue, so if you are able to bring one along that may help alleviate the problem.

A reminder that the theme is ‘Let’s Celebrate’ and the evening will begin at 6:00pm. Gates to the MPA will open at 5:30pm and students will be required to sit with their class groups on the bench seating provided.

Don’t Forget …

• Wed 15/11 - Emmaus 2018 Parent Orientation Evening
• Thurs 16/11 - Year 6 Emmaus Orientation Day
• Thurs 23/11 - Presentation Night
• Tues 28/11 - Reports sent home
• Wed 29/11 - Year 6 Rite of Passage Mass
• Thurs 30/11 - Year 6 Fun Day
• Thurs 30/11 - 2018 Class Lists Posted
• Fri 1/12 - End of Year Mass & 2018 Leadership Induction

I hope you have a great week.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Acting Principal

APRE REFLECTION

Over the past few weeks many of our classes have been exploring the new prayer boxes that were created to provide the students with a variety of ways to talk to God. As a school we are working on building better relationships between ourselves and God through engaging in different ways with God. As our students have different personalities and different strengths, they will also develop different preferences for the way prayer best fits with them.

The photos below are one of the prayer experiences that the Year 6 class has been interacting with; ‘God of Creation.’ The photographs can be a powerful tool for prayer as they inspire the imagination, remind us of places we encounter God and encourage reflection more deeply as they are linked to experiences, places and events of life.

“We can find God anywhere”

Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

PRESENTATION NIGHT

This year our Presentation Night will be Thursday 23rd November and the theme is Let’s Celebrate. Classes will be presenting songs and some dance performances during the evening which commences at 6:00pm. Our annual school awards will also be presented throughout this evening.

NO Prayer Assembly this week

Due to our final Children’s Mass for 2017 being held this weekend, there will be no class led prayer assembly in OLHC Church this Friday morning.

Final Children’s Mass for 2017

Our final Children’s Mass with the Our Lady Help of Christians Parish will be held this Saturday evening 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.

‘Vinnies’ Christmas Hampers – Term 4 Joeys Giving Plan

As a school community we are continuing to collect items for the ‘Joey’s Christmas Hamper Appeal’ over the next two 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.

Sacramental Program

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

2017 Swimming Carnival

Our annual St Joseph’s Park Avenue swimming carnival will be held tonight at the Southside Pool.

The carnival is commencing at 5:00pm sharp with the Prep races and finish at approximately 8:00pm. The 25m races will be held first in the short course pool. Following the completion of all 25m races we will commence the 100m and 50m races in the main pool. The program will be completed with the open house relays. Last year the staff entered a team in the open relay, any parents keen to put a team together are welcome to join this fun event at the end of the night.

As it may be a late night for some of our younger students, age championship medallions will be presented in the MPA at 8:35am Friday morning in front of the entire school.

Interschool Sport

We continue our interschool sport participation for two more Fridays. Please continue to remind students to ensure they have water bottles and hats for Friday sport.

Friday Sport 17/11/2017

Basketball

Game 1 12:30pm

Fire Ballers v Pink Warriors

Game 2 2:00pm

Sabertooth Tigers v Mavericks

All basketball games are played at school

Softball

Games are played at 12:30

Yr 6
St Joseph’s PA v Crescent Lagoon on KP7

Yr 5
St Joseph’s PA 1 v Mt Archer on KP15
St Joseph’s PA 2 v RGS 1 on KP9

All softball games are played at Kele Park

T20

All games start at 12:30

St Joseph’s PA 1 v St Joseph’s PA 4
St Joseph’s PA 2 v St Joseph’s PA 3
St Joseph’s PA 5 v Berserker St 1

All T20 games are played at McLeod Park

Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE

CURRICULUM NEWS

BOOKLISTS

2018 booklists were sent home last week. Please check with your child that they have received it. If you can’t locate it, we have spares in the office. 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.

Regards,
Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

FINANCE NEWS

*** Please Note: Term 4 Fees were due on Tuesday 24th October, and if they remain unpaid are now 3 weeks overdue. ***

NOTE: When your Concession Card expires, please present your new card to Megan otherwise Concessions cannot be applied.

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?

Confirmation of Enrolment forms (Green paper) were sent home with the eldest child in the Family last week. Please ensure these are returned by Monday 20th November to ensure you receive the Diocesan discount in 2018.

CLASSROOM NEWS

YR 4

It is hard to believe that we only have 3 weeks left in Year 4. What good times we have had this term!!!!!

We have been busy making stop motion animations as part of our Religion and Technology. We have designed stop motion animation around two parables – The Lost Son and The Good Samaritan.

This term in Drama we have had a lot of fun. We have been play building and developing skills to create characters for improvisation activities. We have been experimenting with loudness/softness, pace and pitch in our voices as well as varying our facial expressions to create roles in various situations, places and events.

From here we have applied story structures to our own drama creating improvisations using props to share with others. We have had a lot of laughs in the room and have seen many different creative characters in the classroom.

This week we are preparing for Presentation Night. You will hear plenty of singing coming from our classroom!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Trinity Jones (1M) and Antwan Austin (4J)

Have a great day.

LIBRARY NEWS

Just a reminder that as we get closer to the Christmas Holidays, the library is winding up its student borrowing.

All student loans are due back this week on your child’s usual Library Day.

If for some reason you are unable to locate a borrowed book, please don’t hesitate to come and see me.

Thank you and have a fantastic week!

Mrs Roberts

TUCKSHOP NEWS

As the end of the term and year are approaching, we will be not reordering stock, we will just let what we have run down. We will try to accommodate all orders, but please keep in mind a substitute may be given.

Thanks

Debbie Rooney

VACATION CARE

Vacation Care will close from the 21st December and reopen on the 8th January.

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 through 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 be 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 hand 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 inside.

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

KEYBOARD LESSONS 2018

Keyboard lessons will be offered in 2018. 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 form from the school office and return as soon as possible.

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

PIANO LESSONS

Piano lessons will be available for students in 2018. If you do not have a piano but own a keyboard that will suffice as long as it has no less than 66 keys. New and existing students wishing to continue lessons next year, please obtain a form from the school office and re-enrol.

Further information contact Lynette Anstey 0419358485.