24 April 2018

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL

It was great to see so many of our school community come together to march on ANZAC Day. Marching on ANZAC Day shows our appreciation for all those who fought for the freedoms, we enjoy today. We owe much to our ANZAC heroes, as much of the life we lead today is in no small part due to those who stood for what they believed in, many of which paid the ultimate sacrifice.

‘Greater love has no one that this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.’ John 15:13

LEST WE FORGET

A very special thanks to all who helped make our inaugural Fun Run/Cross Country day last week. It was great to see so many of our students running on the day and committing to an active lifestyle. I must congratulate Mrs Brennan on the tremendous amount of effort that was needed to organise the day. Well done to both Daly House who were the first ever winners of our Cross Country trophy, and our entire first ever cross country age champions. I am sure you will agree it was a wonderful day where not only did our youngest students mostly run straight, but they were equally excited for the special trip back to school on the Emmaus College bus.

It is nearly here. This Sunday will see our school transformed into a festival of colour for the afternoon. Today will see the last P&F Fete meeting as the Fete Committee will be ‘crossing all the t’s and dotting all the i’s.’ Our Fete will run from 2-6pm with rides, raffles, stalls, food, drinks, activities and all sorts of colourful fun to be had. Please bring along your friends, family and neighbours to what looks to be a wonderful community event.

Thanks to everybody who collected the Coles Sports for Schools vouchers over recent weeks. The school set a goal of 10000 vouchers however due to the generosity of our community we were able to raise over 18000 vouchers that will be of great benefit in resourcing our school in the future. Well done to all.

As our school has begun to prepare for our change over to the new National Broadband Network, we have been informed that we will have to be issued a new phone number for the school. This is no small matter, as I believe the school has had the same phone number for well over 30 years. We do not yet know what our new number will be, but as soon as we do, we will begin multiple forms of communication to make our community aware, including changing information on our school letterhead.

Please stay tuned to upcoming information regarding this matter, as it will be imperative to know the new number in order to contact the school by telephone in the future.

Don’t Forget …

• Final P&F Fete Meeting, Thurs 26th April @ 3:30pm
• SJPA School Fete, Sun 29th April (2pm – 6pm)
• Season A Sport finishes, Fri 27th April
• District Cross Country, Tues 1st May
• Labour Day Holiday, Mon 7th May
• Yr 6 Peer Support Training, Tues-Wed 8th & 9th May
• NRL Development Cup Gala Day, Fri 11th May
• NAPLAN Yr 3 & Yr 5 Testing, Tues-Fri 15th – 18th May
• School Photo Day, Mon 21st May
• Installation of new Adventure Playground, Week 6
• Prep Enrolment Forms for 2019 due by end of term

Have a great week, and I hope to see you at the fete.

Regards

Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Acting Principal

Welcome Mrs Hoffman our new School Counsellor

As parents, we have the responsibility for helping our children through the challenges they face as they grow, develop and mature towards adulthood.

On this journey, there can be times when there may be some worries for a child or a parent about how their child is managing some difficulties or change.

Counselling is a tool commonly used to assist people who are experiencing a transition, change or difficulty in their life. Counselling enables someone to talk about a problem or difficulty with someone who is trained not to be biased or judgemental. Most people who go to a Counsellor find that they do most of the talking, because they are the person who is the expert in their life. The Counsellor does the listening and helps the person reflect upon their own motivations and behaviours, thoughts and feelings. The Counsellor helps provide a space where the child or person can work out how to cope with and discover solutions to their difficulties.

A Counsellor may be helpful if your child is experiencing anxiety, changes within the family, grief and loss issues or even problems related to their school life.

Michelle Hoffman has started in the role of School Counsellor at Saint Joseph¹s in Term 2 and she will be at the school on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. If you would like to make an appointment to see her or talk to her in relation to your child, please contact Mrs. Hoffman by emailing her directly on michelle_hoffman@emmaus.qld.edu.au or you can contact the Office, your child’s classroom teacher or the Principal for a School Counselling Referral Form.

APRE REFLECTION

Over the last few Sundays, the readings have been from the Acts of the Apostles. They tell us stories about how the disciples were afraid moving forward and spreading Jesus’ word. Jesus came to them after they had locked themselves in a room afraid, and Jesus walked with them on the road to Emmaus. On both occasions, through the gift of the Holy Spirit the disciples received courage to complete their job. The men and women of Australia and New Zealand who fought for, and continue to fight for peace throughout the world are also filled with courage. This ANZAC Day, let us pray for a peace filled world and pray we are filled with the gift of Holy Spirit, giving us courage to make a difference to those around 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

Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE

SPORTING MATTERS

Cross Country / Fun Run

What a great way to start a busy sporting term! We have had an overwhelming response to the Run4Fun with all students able to participate doing so. Congratulations to the winners of the 10, 11 and 12 years Cross Country Races.

Daly House Captains – Aggregate winners

Congratulations Bella

Bella has been selected to compete in the Capricornia Under 12’s Basketball team at the State Titles in Cairns later this term.
Well Done Bella!

Congratulations Cadence

After missing the first day of camp to trial for the Capricornia Under 12’s Netball team, Cadence was successful in being selected to compete in Cararra at the State Titles in June. Great Effort Cadence!

Hats for Athletics Season

In the lead up to the athletics carnival in week 9, PE lessons will focus on the various track and field events. It is imperative students have hats for PE lessons as most of the lesson will be on the oval. Please check your child has a clearly named school hat on their PE day.

Tuesday – Prep, Year 1, Year 2 and 3T
Wednesday – Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 and 3F

Interschool Sport Fixtures

As Season A sport is coming to a close, most teams will not be competing on Friday unless they are in finals.

Good Luck Boys Blue and Girls Blue who are competing in the OZ Tag finals.

Rockhampton District Selection Trials

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

Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE

Friday Sport

Oz Tag

Girls 1:15pm

St Joeys Blue v Allenstown (unsure of field)

Boys 1:52pm

St Joeys Blue v Frenchville 1 (unsure of field)

CURRICULUM NEWS

Important Curriculum Dates – Term 2

NAPLAN

NAPLAN tests will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of Week 5 for Year 3 and 5 students. Teachers have been preparing the students for these tests and will continue to do so until week 5. NAPLAN tests are important for our school as it gives us a good ‘snapshot’ of the areas we are doing well in and also the areas where we as a school need to focus on in the future. The staff at St Joseph’s do our best to make this time as stress free as we can for the students. If you have any concerns about your child sitting the NAPLAN tests, please see me before the end of Week 3. I recommend that all students who are participating in the tests have a good night sleep the night before each test and a good hearty breakfast each morning of the tests.

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 – Using beginning and ending sounds

When reading a word, students should be using the sounds at the beginning of the word as well as at the end of the word. Often children will look at the beginning letter or letters and guess a word that may fit in the sentence without looking at the rest of the word. They may not even know there is an end to a word. It is important that children slow down enough to be able to look at the whole word before making a guess. They would then cross check the word to make sure it makes sense with the pictures and the rest of the sentence.

Spelling:

Strategy: Hidden Words

Draw a picture and write your spelling words in the picture. Try to hide the words.

Regards,

Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

FINANCE NEWS

Fee Accounts for Term 2 were emailed and posted to Parent Lounge on Monday 23rd April.

Fee Accounts have now been published to Parent Lounge and will no longer be posted out in hard copy. You will need to log in to Parent Lounge to access your Fee Statement.

Term 1 Fees are due for payment on Monday 7th May

Note – Please disregard the first email sent with the incorrect payment due date of 23 April.

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 of your current situation.

CLASSROOM NEWS

Yr 4

Welcome back to term two.

In Year 4 we have a jammed packed term ahead of us. In literacy, we will be focusing on Poetry as well as a quick review of our Information Reports later in the term. Our learning goal in reading is to improve our ability to comprehend the texts we are reading.

This term the Year 4 students will investigate the early explorers of the world before moving onto the First Fleet. In Science, we will be dissecting and exploring plants and their lifecycle. As many of our class members are participating in the Sacramental Program, we will spend our time in religion focusing on the Eucharist.

Congratulations to our Year 4 students who participated in both the Fun Run and the Cross Country trials. We had an amazing turn out and very enthusiastic runners. It was a joy to see so many students ‘have a go’.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: James Walker (PM), Denver Bazzacco (Yr 1) and Lucia Jarrett (PM)

Have a great day.

P & F NEWS

FESTIVAL OF COLOUR – 29TH APRIL 2018

Exciting news: The Festival of Colour is only a few days away. Our last and final fete meeting will be today, Thursday 26 April 3:15 in the Media Room, so come along and get excited with us!

We are so lucky to have been overwhelmed with the amazing generosity of our local community.

As a result, we have the following prizes that you have the chance to win by entering on the day of our fete.

• A signed Broncos football jersey organised by the Wren & Parle families
• A signed Cowboys football donated by the Cowboys Rugby League Football Club
• A framed photo donated by Alan Barker Photography
• A $100 voucher donated by Formosa Beauty.
• A voucher for a new bicycle donated by the local member for Rockhampton.

We also have numerous prizes to be won on the day on the “Chocolate Wheel”. You might walk away with vouchers from The Frenchville Sports Club, RNA Hair or The One Life Centre, packs from Bluefin Sports, Garricks Camera House and Napoleon Perdis, and many other goodies. Come and see what you can spin and win!

We would again like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has donated to our wonderful school.

Remember, the unlimited ride passes are also still on sale for $25, and a special mention goes to the family of Max Toby, who graciously donated the proceeds from the ride pass that they won, back to the fete. What a wonderful gesture, thanks Hayley – and Max!

A big thank you again to our wonderful sponsors; Leisure Pools Rockhampton, Battery World Rockhampton, Rocky 4x4 Mechanix, Rimrock Agencies, Rockhampton Key and Lock, JM Kelly Builders and Conway Creative, for, without you, our fete would not be able to be the success we hope it to be.

We hope to see as many of you there to enjoy and afternoon of games, rides, food and most importantly fun.

SCHOOL BANKING

School banking has started up again on Thursdays. Please send your child’s banking book in so they can place it in the grey classroom banking bag.

ST STANISLAUS COLLEGE

On Saturday the 5th of May, there will be a Mass and morning tea to celebrate 60 years since St Stanislaus was opened. Please see the below invite.

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

PUMPED SPORT

Pumped Sport will be running a Champion’s League multi-sport program this term on Thursday’s after school at school. The program introduces children to a different sport each week. An 8-week program ($100) will commence Thursday the 26th April from 3.15 to 4pm. Please register at the link below.

Leaflets were sent home on Monday.