29 November 2017

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 2017:

Encouragement Award – Oliver Barnes
Kelvin Hill Award – Seth Carpenter
Sports Girl – Gabrielle Yarrow
Sports Boy – Jai Cass
Sportspersonship – Samuel Farrow
Luke Monaghan Award – Noah Kostuch
Junior Performing Arts – Patrick Joyce
Senior Performing Arts – Dylan Neden
Acting Principal’s Recognition Award – Breanna Gear
Dux & Leadership Awards – Curtis Seierup
Spirit of St. Joseph’s Award – Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Drawing our school year to a close will be our End of Year Mass this Friday, 1st 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 2018 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 Media & Drama room near the school courtyard., tomorrow morning, Thursday, 30th November. 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 endeavouring 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.

A reminder that as Christmas draws close we have exciting news as; The Lights of Christmas 2017 will be a fantastic light show that will use the external facade of St Joseph's Cathedral as a canvas to display an 8-minute animation as well as Christmas themed slides in a rotating 20 minute show.

17 to 23 December - a first for Rockhampton!

Click on the links below to see a YouTube clip or PDF document for further details.

The school office will be open next week from Monday the 4th till Friday the 8th of December with Mrs Megan Crosthwaite available for all those parents who wish to finalise their school fees for 2017. The office will then close for the Christmas period and reopen on Monday the 15th of January.

Don’t Forget …

* Wed 29/11 - Year 6 Mass of Thanksgiving & Dinner
* Thurs 30/11 - Year 6 Fun Day
* Thurs 30/11 - 2017 Class Lists Posted
* Fri 1/12 - End of Year Mass & 2018 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 2018.

Regards

Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Acting Principal

APRE REFLECTION

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, Mr. Mike Ryan 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

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

CURRICULUM NEWS

BOOKLISTS

2018 booklists have been sent home. 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.

I wish everyone a safe, happy and holy Christmas break. I look forward to working with everyone again in 2018.

Regards,

Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

FINANCE NEWS

*** Please Note: Term 4 Fees were due on Tuesday 24h October, and if they remain unpaid are now 5 weeks overdue.***

Confirmation of Enrolment forms (Green paper) were sent home with all Eldest children in the Family last week. Please ensure these are returned as soon as possible to ensure you receive any eligible Diocesan discount in 2018.

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

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?

COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2018 MASCOT VISIT

CLASSROOM NEWS

Prep

2017, What a Year! The Prep’s have thoroughly enjoyed their first year at St Joseph’s. They have enjoyed many firsts like their first Athletics Carnival, Swimming Carnival and Presentation Night to name a few.

Last week we celebrated a fantastic year at our presentation night. The Prep’s delivered a fantastic performance singing, ‘Go Santa Go’. They really enjoyed the opportunity to dress up and perform in front of the whole school.

Some of our highlights from the year include:

Nate Barber: My best memory of Prep is when we went to the Pilbeam Theatre to see ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’.

Paityn Spence: My favourite part of Prep has been learning all new things.

Tyler Ivers: My best memory of Prep was when I read my part at our Prep Liturgy.

Coco Barnes: My favourite part of Prep was all the fun stuff we got to make.

The Prep’s are very excited about what 2018 holds for them as big Grade 1 students. We look forward to seeing you all in 2018. Thank you to all of the Prep families for all of your support during 2017.

The Prep Team

YR 1

What a great year we’ve had in Year 1. We have learnt many things: how to write stories, about people who help us in our community, this term we’ve been investigating sound, how to pack a healthy lunchbox, learning all about Mapping and Wondering about Being Church.

This is a list of things we :

• We liked: Under 8s Day, Free Dress Days, Peer Support, and Harmony Day.
• Homework, reading and sight words.
• Book Week.
• Melbourne Cup.
• Celebrating Birthdays.
• Procedure craft.
• Giving to and helping people.
• Doing rotations.
• We liked the Sports and swimming carnival.
• Nursery Rhyme dress up for the Year 6 Camp fundraiser.
• We really liked our science experiments!!!
• Taking part in the Presentation Night singing “Can’t Stop the Feeling”
• Making our Mother’s Day and Christmas Cards – Thank you Mrs Brown.
• We liked art time and Christmas activities.
• We liked that our teachers taught us new things, we made new friends and we had a good time.
• Our visit from Borobi – the Commonwealth Games Mascot (who loved Lani)
• We liked everything!!!

Thank you for your support during 2017 and we wish all Year One families happy and safe holidays filled with much love and laughter.

YR 2

2F

The year is finishing fast and some of the students wanted to share their favourite moments from throughout the year.

Blake – I enjoyed the experiments in Science when we mixed ingredients together.
Nathan – I liked doing Art because we learnt how to draw different things.
Kobe – In Year 2 I liked Under 8’s day because it was very fun making things.
Marley – I enjoyed Art because it can help me be neater. I liked the dragon that we drew this year.
Cruz – I liked making new friends and my teachers.
Maddison – I like Math because it helps you to learn about numbers.
Amarli – In Year two I liked being creative and I liked to do Math. I like playing sport for the school and best of all I love my friends.
Rori – At school I like doing Art and PE.
Rhys – I like to do Maths and go on the Chromes.
Patrick – I like to do Art and Maths because they are both fun activities.
Daniel – I think year 2 is good fun.
Allira – We have learnt how to takes images on our chromes.
Jace – I liked to create new things in my art book and learning about Jesus.
Scarlett – I liked using my chrome and doing Art.
Seth – Year 2 is the best class it was fun. I loved doing problem solving.
Lilly – I love Year 2 and the teacher that helped me.
Elijah – I liked writing and Maths.
Haylee – I liked learning how to draw a dragon.
Mackenzie – I have enjoyed our prayer times.
Gemma – I liked Math and Art this year.
Mitchell – Year 2 is fun and cool.
Olivia – I enjoyed writing poetry.
Cooper – I enjoyed Year Two because we got to use the chromes.
Paige – I liked prayer time and art.
Alex – In year two I enjoyed Math because we learnt times and addition.
Oliver – I think Math and English is very interesting.
Wyatt – In year 2 we do Art and have learnt how to do drawing.

Happy Holidays from Mrs Farr and 2F

2H

2H have had a blast this year with Mrs Hannah and we are eager to launch into grade 3. Some of our highlights have been-

• Our excursion to the zoo
• Performing ‘Every Move I Make’ at Presentation Night
• Choosing our own seats each day
• Daily 5- especially listening to reading and word work
• Maths rotations
• Helping in the garden
• Using the Google Suite on our Chromebooks
• Sharing our learning with others using Seesaw
• Under 8’s Day activities

YR 3

3A

Farewell from Year 3

This week we say goodbye to Year 3. We took some time out to reflect on some of this year’s highlights. Here are some of our favourite moments.

Angelina – This year I enjoyed doing Technology because we got to design a healthy lunchbox, solar oven and a town. I also enjoyed sitting the NAPLAN tests.

Imarni – I have really enjoyed Year 3 because I got to learn new things every day.

Antal – My favourite things this year were Art and Technology. I enjoyed learning about oil spills.

Lucas – I have really enjoyed making indigenous dot art and playing Skoolbo. I have enjoyed my time in Year 3 because I am around my friends.

Ava – I have enjoyed learning to touch type using Dance Mat Typing.

Riley – My highlight in Year 3 was creating indigenous art.

Ashlea – I loved learning about the Rosary.

Laine – I enjoyed Science this year, learning about oil spills.

Jacob – I loved NAPLAN and designing a solar oven.

Thomas – My highlight this year was sitting NAPLAN and all other tests.

Callum – This year I enjoyed art, technology and NAPLAN.

Isabelle – In Year 3 I liked creating art and playing sport, especially netball.

Royston – I have really loved making art and coding on Tynker.

Lachlan – Science Week and learning about oil spills was my favourite memory in
Year 3.

Azariah – This year I enjoyed learning about oil spills, making tissue paper art and playing Skoolbo.

Lauren – My favourite memory of Year 3 was learning about oil spills.

Kaisharn – What I loved about Year 3 was sports, NAPLAN and creating different types of artwork.

Chace – This year I have really enjoyed maths, art and Science Week, because these things all made me think.

William – The things I liked best in Year 3 were art, dot paintings and x-ray art. I also liked Technology especially Matific, Tynker and Kiddle.

Katelyn – I loved art, Skoolbo and designing my very own town.

Linkin – I enjoyed Friday sport as it gave me a rest from work.

Hudson – My favourite memory of Year 3 is learning to code using Tynker. I also enjoyed creating aboriginal art and making age champion for swimming.

Jaiden – In Year 3 my favourite things were Dance Mat Typing and designing a solar oven.

Sam – I really enjoyed writing about Zacchaeus.

3T

For our end of year story, we decided to focus on our successes for the year.

In Class

Reading:
Nicola – getting a higher level in reading
Matilda – reading better
Abigail – liking reading
Angus – over level 30 in reading
Ethan – reading books
Rayna – reading no spot books
Dominic – improving my reading and getting to a novel reader.

Handwriting:
Charlie – getting better
Chandler – my handwriting got better
Thomas – writing better
Ethan – writing neater.

Homework:
Dominic: only getting one incomplete on my homework for the whole year
Chandler – doing a pretty good job on my homework.

Sport

Isabelle – second place in touch football
Grace – I did two swimming carnivals
Adelaide – I made Rockhampton Cyclones for Oztag
Denzel – getting a medal at the sports carnival
Hugh – saving my first goal in soccer
Oliver – beating an undefeated team in tackle football
Angus – first in swimming (25 breaststroke)
Darcy – getting faster in swimming
Liahna – I won gold for my touch team
Linkin – doing 50m backstroke
Trey – try out for Capra’s Cup
Nate – playing touch football
Lilly – coming first in a cheer comp.
Linkin – staying on my bike going down hill,

Home

Dominic – going to New Zealand
Adelaide – cleaning my room when I wasn’t asked to.
Rayna – learning how to braid hair
Bailey – doing the Remembrance Day
Nate – building a fortress
Thomas – making people happy
Ethan – being healthy
Darcy – I have gotten better at drawing.

Other

Isabelle – learning to horse ride
Grace – learning something new each week
Rayna – learning guitar
Lilly – I was good at horse riding
Chandler – my work has improved
Dominic – getting vegetables to grow in the garden at school.

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

From Mrs Tennyson and the 3T students.

Yr 4

What a great year we have had in Year 4!!!!! It is hard to believe that the holidays are nearly upon us. Here are some of the highlights from our year!

Lacey

I loved having chromebooks and I loved all my teachers. I loved the art and the flexible learning.

Hayley

I loved the teachers and the excursion to the Flow Centre. I loved all the work on our chromebooks and in normal books and I loved all the assignments we got.

Xavier

The technology, the Flexible Learning Area, the teachers and of course my friends.

Oscar

I loved being in Year Four because the teachers are the best. Another thing I loved about Grade Four was going to the Flow Centre and learning about the Fitzroy River. I enjoyed learning about deforestation, water pollution and air pollution.

Sarah M

We went to the Flow Centre and did lots of fun activities. Also I loved the furniture in the classroom and that we can move around.

Ayla

I loved the drama lessons with Mrs White and the art we did. I also liked learning about air pollution, water pollution and deforestation.

Zac

I love going to interschool sports because we get to have lots of fun and use team work. I especially loved doing school work and learning about pollution and the environment.

Josh

What I have loved about Grade 4 is the Flexible Learning Area, the excursion to the Flow Centre and Mrs Wayman as my teacher.

Bradley

I loved how we played sports. I loved maths because it was fun. I also liked the teachers and they cared for us and were also very fun. Mr Joyce and Mrs Wayman I had the time of my life! Thank you for sharing jokes with us all.

Miranda

I loved learning about the First Fleet and Kicking It in Maths. I also LOVED the Stop Motion Slides as well as the tenths and hundredths. I also think Mrs Mooney, Mr Joyce and Mrs Wayman are AWESOME. I liked when Mrs Mooney brought her baby in as well. I absolutely loved the Drama and Art we did, especially the Lino printing. I will definitely miss Grade 4.

Caitlin

I love year 4 because I love learning math. I also like Kicking It. Mrs Mooney, Mr Joyce and Mrs Wayman were amazing teacher for this year. I will miss Year 4 and I will remember this year forever.

Jaida W

I loved how learning was fun. I liked the Flexible Learning Area because you get to sit anywhere you like. Year 4 has been the best year of school that I have ever done.

Yr 5

Well this year has absolutely flown! We have had a wonderful year in grade 5 in 2017.

While we are sad to see our students move on to grade 6, we are immensely proud of the independent, mature learners that they have become.

We also farewell Mr Carrington after 11 years at St Joseph’s. We will miss him dearly and wish him all the very best on his new adventure.

This Term was a lot of fun with the students choreographing and performing their own group drama piece and dances. Click on the links below to view our Videos of our fantastic Dance Performances.

Ella, Mercedez, Cadence, Harry, Bella

Lucas, Josh, Nick M, Izzy, Pypa, Larni, Jacinta

Hugh, Braydon, Ariana, Bella W, Stevie, Abby

Logan, Brenton, Leo, Shari

Charlee, Charlie, Chloe, Nate, Evie, Georgia A, Kathleen

Dylan, Blake, Chase, Dakotah, Jayla, Tendi

Grace, Karen, Georgia B, Nick j, Sienna, Levi, Brock

Luke, Calum, Isobella, Zac, William

Have a Safe and Happy Christmas break!

Mrs Tranberg, Mr Carrington, Miss Foster

Yr 6

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students and staff who will celebrate their birthday this week and the rest of this year. They are: Chloe Crosthwaite (1M), Taylor Dives (1M), Preston Livermore (PM), Chandler Lentell (3t), Nate Baber (PW), Shakira (6), Trey Batchelor (3T), Olivia Bragg (PM), Maddison Clarke (2F), Joshua Conway (4), Hayley Hallam (4), Allira Richardson-Burge (2F), Mackenzie Zanette (2F), Mikaela Dale (4), Angus Turner (3T), Lilly Beal (PW), Jackson Crosthwaite (4), Kane Braxton (PM), Bodene Phillips (6), Charlie Rowley (3T), Alisallar Seaman (6), Kiara Carpenter (1F), Angelina Halil (3A), Ava Geiszler (3A), Tauryn Schneider (1F), Logan Kane (2H) and Mrs Farr (2F)

Have a great day.

TUCKSHOP NEWS

We will try to accommodate all orders, but please keep in mind a substitute may be given.

A reminder to all parents that the tuckshop will be closed the first two days back at school (Monday 22nd January and Tuesday 23rd January) for its yearly clean. The tuckshop will be back opened on the Wednesday for normal operating hours and days. Thank you for your understanding.

Thanks
Debbie Rooney

VACATION CARE

Please find attached a booking form for the upcoming holidays, and the 2017/2018 Program.

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

UNIFORM SHOP

Shelly Harkin will be opening the Uniform Shop up the week BEFORE school starts at the following times: Tuesday 16th January 4:30 – 6:00pm and Thursday 18th January 4:30 – 6:00pm.

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

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.

HOCKEY

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.

TENNIS

Looking for something to entertain the kids over the holidays? Why not try the Beak’s Tennis Holiday Programs! For more information, call 0419 026 963 or message Beak’s Tennis on Facebook.

Regards,

Andrew Jones
Beak’s Tennis

SING WITH JOY

If you enjoy singing in church, you are invited to Our Lady’s Hall at The Cathedral College on Saturday 2 December from 1:30 – 3:30 pm. Claire Stitt, Joy Philippi and Di-Anne Rowan will be sharing ideas and music from the Australian Pastoral Musicians Conference held in Perth. Please RSVP to Di-Anne d.rowan@rok.catholic.edu.au or ring 0418 875 377 so that we can make sure we have enough copies of handouts and music for you.