28 February 2018

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL

Our school Parents & Friends association will be conducting an Open Night along with an Annual General Meeting on Tuesday the 6th of March. Our P&F do wonderful work and are a valued part of our school community. It would be wonderful to have some new faces come along, as the P&F continually needs new members bringing with them their different gifts and talents. Please come along and meet some of our existing P&F members and see the wonderful work being done to support our students. The P&F is also an excellent way to keep abreast of what is happening in the school and a great way to contribute to the school’s, and our students’, ongoing growth. I hope to see you there.

This is a great segue into the following brochure that the Queensland Parents and Friends Association have prepared. It is titled; ‘Parent Engagement In Learning And Wellbeing Fact Sheet,’ and it is well worth a read with some great information included for parents and caregivers.

The new Right Relationships – Parent Code of Conduct and Parent Grievance Procedures & Guidelines were posted to the School App last week. These documents can be found under the parent info/documents tabs of our skoolbag app, were presented to both the School Board and teaching staff last week. I urge you as parents and caregivers to take the time to familiarise yourself with these important documents. I have also included a link to the Rockhampton Catholic Education site where the documents can also be found.

It is with great sadness that I inform the school community that our school counselor Mrs Lisa Hilliard has tendered her resignation. After a very tough time involving the loss of loved ones, Lisa will be moving back to Brisbane to be closer to family. Emmaus have recently advertised the position as we look to appoint someone as soon as possible in order to support the Joey’s community. Lisa will be a huge loss to both the Joey’s community and to myself personally, but I wish her all the best in her future endeavors.

A Parent Lounge information night with Bernadette Handley from the Catholic Education Office of Rockhampton will be held on Wednesday, March the 14th at 6:00pm. Bernadette has a wealth of knowledge in regards to Parent Lounge and will be coming in to show everyone how to make best use of it’s many features and to answer any questions you may have.

Please remember that Parent Lounge will now be the primary method in which you will book parent/teacher interview times and access you child’s end of Semester reports among other things, so getting to know how to use this valuable tool will be essential.

Catholic Education’s St Patrick’s Race Day will be held at Callaghan Park on Saturday, March 17th. Raffle tickets for this event were sent home with Year 4 and 5 students that were chosen at random. These books of tickets will need to be returned to our school office, sold or unsold for collection by Tuesday the 13th of March. Proceeds from this event are distributed to all the Catholic schools in the Rockhampton and Capricorn Coast area. Details on where you can purchase tickets as well as other relevant information can be found on the included promotional poster.

The P&F Fete committee is currently selling unlimited ride passes for our St Joseph’s Fete in the school office for $25. If you purchase your unlimited ride pass before April 19th you will go into the draw to win your money back. This is a great deal, as the purchase of the unlimited ride pass on the day of the fete will increase to $30.

Get in quick and snap them up.

Don’t Forget …

• P&F Open Night & AGM, Tues 6th March @ 6:30pm
• Fete Meeting, Wed 7th March @ 3:15pm
• St Pat’s Race Day tickets returned to school office, Tues 13th March
• School Board Meeting, Wed 14th March @ 5:00pm
• Parent Lounge Information Night, Wed 14th March @ 6:00pm
• Grandparents Day, Friday 16th March
• St Patrick’s Races, Saturday 17th March

Have a great week.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Acting Principal

APRE REFLECTION

This week in Project Compassion classes we meet Rattanak. Rattanak is a skilled young barber, living an independent life in rural Cambodia. But it wasn’t always that way. As a child, he contracted polio and also became deaf. Like many people who are deaf or hard of hearing, Rattanak faced isolation at home, with a lack of opportunity to escape poverty.

With our help, we can help people gain work and participate in local their communities.

Please donate to Project Compassion boxes in classrooms.

Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

3F Prayer Assembly

This Friday 2nd March, the children in 3F will be presenting their prayer assembly about Lent. This prayer celebration will be held in OLHC after first lunch finishes at 11:30am. All members of the school community are welcome to join us.

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

Rockhampton District Selection Trials

Term 1

Below are the Rockhampton and District Trials (RDS) for the following Primary School sports happening in Term 1. If your child has the prerequisite skills and you wish for them to trial in the following sports, you can contact me through the school office to obtain the appropriate trial forms. Alternatively, the forms can be downloaded in the Parents Notes section of the Skoolbag App.

• Rugby League –Boys (10,11&12yrs) Mar 4 RSHS muster 9am – 11am
• Hockey – Boys & Girls (10-12 yrs) Mar 5 Kalka Shades 4pm – 6pm
• Rugby League –Girls (11-12yrs) Mar 7 Frenchville 4pm – 5:30pm
• Rugby Union – Boys (10-12yrs) Mar 19 Frenchville SS 4pm
• Tennis – Boys & Girls (10-12yrs) Mar 19 Rocky Tennis 9am – 3pm
• Touch F/ball –Boys & Girls (10-12 yrs) Mar 22 Touch Fields 4pm – 6pm

Please be aware that for your child to attend these trials as a 10-year-old student that they would need to be exceptional as they will be competing against students up to 12 years of age.

Cross Country Training

Cross Country training will commence this Thursday morning at 7:40am. Students need to meet Mrs. Brennan in the MPA dressed in appropriate running gear. Training will commence with stretches prior to running the various distances based upon age. The Rockhampton and District Cross Country trails are being held on Tuesday 1st May at Kalka Shades. Students are required to bring their uniform for the day to change into after training.

Training Days and Times:

Tuesday - 7:40am
Thursday - 7:40am

Distances:

10 Years (2007) - 2000m
11 Years (2006) - 3000m
12 Years (2005) - 3000m

Those students wishing to train, need to return the permission note prior to joining the sessions.

Friday Sport

Oz Tag

Boys

St Joey’s Blue v Frenchville 3 on field 4 at 12:38
St Joey’s Maroon v Glenmore on field 6 at 12:38

Girls

St Joey’s Maroon BYE
St Joey’s Blue v St Mary’s 3 on field 5 at 1:15
St Joey’s Navy v Allenstown on field 3 at 12:38
St Joey’s White v Mt Archer 2 on field 10 at 1:15

Soccer

Yr 6

St Joey’s Blue v Frenchville SS on field 1 at Norbridge Park @ 1:35
St Joey’s Maroon v Park Avenue SS at Park Avenue SS @ 1:35

Yr 5

St Joey’s Navy v Frenchville SS 5 on field 1 at Norbridge Park @ 12:40
St Joey’s White v Park Avenue SS 5 at Park Avenue SS @ 12:40

Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE

CURRICULUM NEWS

Important Curriculum Dates – Term 1

PARENT LOUNGE INFORMATION SESSION

Beginning in 2018, as a way of moving our school forward in the technology realm and aligning with other schools in the Diocese, we will be implementing Parent Lounge.

Parent Lounge will enable parents to log in to a secure site where they will be able to complete a variety of tasks including:

• Access and print student reports
• Book Official Parent Teacher Interviews
• Update contact details
• Make fee payments
• View student attendance records

To assist parents to learn how to navigate this site we are offering a parent information session on Wednesday, 14th March beginning at 6pm.

Please complete and return the attendance section of the note which went home last week if you are planning on attending.

ICAS

The University of New South Wales will, once again, be running the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) in 2018. These competitions are open to any children in Years 3 to 6, and some of the competitions allow the year 2 children to participate. Those children wishing to be involved can participate in the areas of Digital Technologies, Science, Spelling, Writing, English and Mathematics.

Dates and costs associated with the competitions are as follows:

These competitions are a great way for students in our school to compare their academic achievements against students in other schools around Australia. If you would like more information please visit the UNSW website:

It would be appreciated if anyone wishing to enter any of the competitions could return the permission slip (sent home this week) to the office, along with entry fees by Monday 5th March (beginning of Week 7 - Term 1).

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 at below

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 Comprehension.

Strategy: Back Up and Reread

This strategy is used when a child reads a sentence or passage and realises that what they have just read doesn’t make sense. They then go back and reread the sentence or passage again to understand the meaning of the sentence.

Spelling:

Strategy: Rainbow Words

This strategy involves students writing each of their spelling words. They use two colours. They write their spelling pattern in one colour and the rest of the word in a different colour. An example of this is:

Regards,
Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

FINANCE NEWS

TERM 1 FEES were due on Tuesday 13th February

Fee Accounts for Term 1 were due for payment on Tuesday 13th February.

If your account remains unpaid, these are now two weeks Overdue and require your urgent attention.

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

Term 1 in Year 5

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Antal Atkinson (4), Amarli Batchelor (3F), Mia Jahnke (5), Coco Barnes (1F), Rhys Armstrong (3F), Caitlin Dives (5), Adam Neden (PM), Laria Barnett (5T0, Ryan Hallam (1H), Abby Druery (5) and Thomas Lill (4)

Have a great day.

BOOK CLUB

Book Club is back!

The due date for all orders is Monday the 5th of March.

Did you know that if you order online using the LOOP, you can earn FREE books with consecutive orders?

All you need to do is follow the link, create a user account, select your school and class name (you may have to scroll, but they are all there), and place your order.

Happy reading!!

FESTIVAL OF COLOUR – 29TH APRIL 2018 – SAVE THE DATE

Our $25 Unlimited Rides passes have arrived!

The Festival of Colour will be showcasing various rides. These include a Merry-Go-Round, Spinning Cannibal Pots, The Sizzler, a Rock Climbing Wall and 2 Jumping Castles. For $25, you can buy a wrist-band which will give you unlimited rides on the day.

Passes are available for purchase from the office, and the wristbands will be available to pick up at the ride counter on the day. They will available right up until the fete, but be sure to get in early as if it’s left until the day, unlimited ride passes will cost $30 instead. Happy riding!

Sponsors of the week

This week’s generous sponsors are Graeme Filer and Lyndal Roth-Filer, and their son Regen; owners of Rocky 4x4 Mechanix, and owners of the oldest, and the original winch competition truck in Rockhampton, “The Hulk”.

Look closer around Joey’s and you’ll find the above sticker adorning the back of many a car in the line at pick-up time. This can only be a testament to the combined 50 years of quality 4WD service and maintenance delivered by the team at Rocky 4x4 Mechanix.

Working on all makes and models, carrying out log book servicing, road worthy’s, repairs, maintenance, accessory supplies and fitting, they live and breathe 4WD’s. So much so, that Graeme became the founder of the CQ Off-Road Club, and they regularly race “The Hulk” to continually improve their skills.

Send your 4WD for a little TLC to Rocky 4x4 Mechanix at 74 Glenmore Rd North Rockhampton 4701, give them a call on (07) 4921 3222, or check them out via the link below. If you don’t get to say hi to “The Hulk”, don’t fear, as it will be on deck at the Festival of Colour along with Graeme and Lyndal, so we can all personally thank them for their fantastic contribution.

JOEYS COSTUME BANK

St Joeys is looking for unwanted costumes and dress-ups from Prep age to small adult size.

If you have any sitting in storage, we would LOVE to make use of them.

These costumes will be made available to all teachers for use in class related activities, as well as in circumstances where students may not be able to access costumes for school related events (at teacher discretion).

Our aim is to make such events and occasions stress-free and inclusive of all students.

All costume donations can be handed to the Office or Library (please no props such as guns and swords).

Thank you again to our wonderful Joeys community for your generosity!

Michelle Roberts
Library

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Are you wanting your child to learn a musical instrument in 2018? Enrolments are still open and there are places available!

Instruments still available to learn include Flute, Percussion, Violin, Viola and Cello.

Further information (and online enrolment) is via the following link:

Alexia Lally
Director of Instrumental Music
Phone: 4923 5782

SCHOOL BANKING

Don’t forget School Banking every Thursday. This is for all students from Prep to Yr 6

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 don’t take long and are available after assembly on a Monday morning with Deanne Senini, and on Wednesday afternoons from 2:30pm - 3:00pm. Debbie Rooney 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 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 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

SURFING – FOR GIRLS

The extremely popular Girls Go Surfing Day is back!

Lessons will be held on Saturday March 3rd. This is a great initiative to help get Girls of all ages active whilst at the same time learning a new skill. It is Fantastic value at $75 with each surfer receiving a Surf Dive 'n Ski Pack valued at $100 with $5 of the fee going to the Surf For Life Charity Project. Capricorn Coast Learn 2 Surf will be running the event and bookings can be made at

Bookings close on Monday the 19th of February.

Please see attached poster.

Cheers,
Pat Eastwood
Capricorn Coast Learn 2 Surf
0488076595

PIANO LESSONS

Lyn Anstey has some vacancies for piano lessons. If your child is interested in learning the piano, please contact Lynette Anstey on 4933 3661, 0419 358 485 or anstey.family@bigpond.com

ATHLETICS

COME & TRY DAY: CQ Athletics Club will be holding a Come & Try/Weekly Competition Day on Sunday 4th March at the CQ Uni Oval at 1.30p.m. All ages 4yrs to Masters welcome. For inquiries phone Carolyn on 0407763552.