15 May 2018

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL

Welcome to Week 5 of our very busy Term 2. It was with a sad heart that I was informed in the last couple of weeks that Mr Craig Fairbairn, Assistant to the Director – Schools Rockhampton Region will be retiring. Craig has served Catholic Education in this region for over 35 years and has always been a tremendous support, both professionally and as a Grandparent, to the St Joseph’s community. We wish Craig all the best as he soon enters the next chapter in his life full of family, friends and travel.

On Monday’s Assembly, I was able to present the various class awards from our hugely successful ‘Festival of Colour’ fete. Winning the Joey’s Spirit award for the best-presented stall was the Year 2 ‘Yellow’ stall that had a sunflower theme. The year 2 cohort will now have an ice-block party later in the Term.

The winner of the stall that raised the most at the fete will be the recipient of a class pizza party. The winner is the Year 4 ‘Blue’ stall as their sample bags made over $1360 at the fete.

Again, thank you to everybody who contributed in any way to the success of the fete as final figures indicate that the fete will clear over $17000 for the P&F. This result also supports what we already knew was a wonderful Joey’s community event.

As detailed in the last few newsletters, NAPLAN testing is still in progress throughout this week. To help our students perform to their optimum, we are trying to limit movement and any other type of distractions. Any help you can provide in helping our students do their best is greatly appreciated.

A reminder to all families that may have younger siblings and are looking to enrol at Joey’s for Prep in 2019, I strongly encourage you to drop into the office and pick up an enrolment package as soon as possible. In the last few years, positions have been very competitive and with this in mind, we need to know the number of siblings in order to properly prepare of the enrolment interview process that will begin in early Term 3. Please be aware that even if you have a child or children currently at St Joseph’s, we still follow school enrolment policy and interview all possible new students to the school.

Term 2 School Fees were sent out a few weeks ago and are now due. Please see our Finance Secretary, Mrs Megan Crosthwaite as soon as possible to make payment arrangements or book a time through the school office if you need to meet with myself. A friendly reminder that if school fee payments are unable to be met, parents must meet with myself every 12 months in order to review the situation. Resourcing the school can become very difficult if families do not prioritise fee payments as being an important part of the partnership in educating our students. Thank-you in advance for your consideration in attending to this matter.

Well done to our NRL Development Cup team that played at Saleyards Park last Friday. In what was a good day, our team performed well and was victorious against St Anthony’s, 18-4. Even though our team played extremely well, a strong RGS team and a red-hot Frenchville team both defeated us in the following round robin games. Our team played with great heart, skill and sportsmanship throughout the day and again, Joey’s was by far the smallest school taking part in the A Division. Well done to the team in placing third overall in the Rockhampton competition.

Don’t Forget …

• School Board Meeting, Wed 16th May @ 5:30pm
• NAPLAN Yr 3 & Yr 5 Testing, Tues -Thurs 15th – 17th May
• Season B inter-school sport begins, Fri 18th May
• Children’s Mass, Sat 19th May @ 6:00pm in OLHC
• School Photo Day, Mon 21st May
• Installation of new Adventure Playground, Week 6
• Our Lad Help of Christians Feast Day Mass, Fri 25th May @ 9:00am in OLHC
• National Sorry Day, Sun 26th May
• Special Blessing & Opening Day for Upper Precinct, Wed 6th June
• Athletic Field Events @ SJPA, Mon 11th June
• Athletics Track Events @ Emmaus, Tues 12th June
• Rockhampton Show Holiday, Thurs 14th June
• Prep Enrolment Forms for 2019 due by end of term

Have a great week.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Acting Principal

APRE REFLECTION

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

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

*OLHC – Our Lady Help of Christians church – next to school

Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE

SPORTING MATTERS

Interschool Sport starts Friday

Season B sport commences this Friday. Please ensure your child has the necessary equipment, school hat and a water bottle. Draws will be posted in the newsletter each week if available at the time of printing. Otherwise, late draws and/or changes will be posted on the Skoolbag App.

Equipment required:

Hockey: mouth guard, shin pads and football socks
Rugby League: mouth guard, football socks and football boots
Netball: maroon bike pants/briefs (should not be longer than dress)

Hats for PE Lessons

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.

Save the Date

The Joey’s annual athletics carnival is in Week 9 – Monday 11th & Tuesday 12th June. Monday is field events day for children born 2009, 2008, 2007 & 2006. Tuesday is the Track events day at Emmaus College – Yaamba Road Campus for all students.

Friday Sport 18/05/2018

Hockey

St Joeys 2 v St Joeys 4 on Turf 4 (1:10 – 1:15)
St Joeys 1 v St Joeys 3 on Turf 4 (1:20 – 1:35)
St Joeys 2 v Heights 3 on Turf 4 (1:40 – 1:55)
St Joeys 4 v Heights 1 on Turf 3 (1:40 – 1:55)
St Joeys 1 v Heights 5 on Turf 4 (2:00 – 2:15)
St Joeys 3 v Heights 4 on Turf 3 (2:00 – 2:15)

Netball

Junior D
St Joeys v RGS @ 12:30 on Court 3
Junior E
St Joeys v Crescent Lagoon @ 12:30 on Court 14 (grass)
Senior A
St Joeys v Frenchville @ 1:10 on Court 5
Junior B
St Joeys v Frenchville @ 1:10 on Court 6
Senior C
St Joeys v Berserker @ 1:50 on Court 12
Senior D
St Joeys v Mt Archer @ 1:50 on Court 10

Rugby League

6A’s – BYE
5A’s
St Joeys v RGS @ Colts (1:45)
5C’s
St Joeys v RGS @ Colts (12:45)

Bernadette Brennan
Acting APRE

CURRICULUM NEWS

Important Curriculum Dates – Term 2

SELF DEFENCE LESSONS

As part of Health lessons and as a follow up from the Daniel Morcombe Safety Curriculum taught during Semester One, Year 4, 5 and 6 students are invited to take part in a 4-week self-defence program. This course complements the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum, which talks about staying safe, and being able to exit from unwanted and unsafe scenarios. This self-defence program has been running at St Joseph’s for the past 2 years and has proven very enjoyable, practical and educational for our students.

A note with the information was sent home with your child last week. Please complete all the relevant forms and return to school by Tuesday 22nd May.

LIFE EDUCATION VAN

As part of our Health program, every second year we organise for Healthy Harold the Giraffe and the Life Education van to visit. The van is due to visit us this term during weeks 6 and 7. Each class will visit the van to learn about healthy lifestyle choices. Mrs Tennille Kerrisk will then complete follow up lessons with the classes during Health lessons.

The classes will be working through the following modules:

Prep – My Body Matters
Year 1 – Harold’s Friend Ship
Year 2 – Safety Rules
Year 3 – Harold’s Diary
Year 4 – Mind Your Medicine
Year 5 – Bcybersafe
Year 6 – Decisions

Below is a note from Liz and the Life Education Team:

Parent and Carers Session

Education is one of the strongest preventative measures to take when it comes to our children’s health and safety. We encourage parents to get involved in the Life Education program. Come along to our parent and carers session on Tuesday May 22nd from 8:55am – 9:25am in the Life Education Van.

The van will be located at the end of the multi-purpose court.

You will get to meet the educator and find out more about what your kids learn, how to engage with them in topics they will cover with Healthy Harold the Giraffe and have the opportunity to ask lots of questions.

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 – Retell the Story

A story retelling usually includes characters, setting, problems and solution or the main ideas of the text. It involves telling what is important in the story without telling too much. Retelling helps readers recall what is happening in the story, develop a sense of story structure and become more accurate in monitoring their understanding. They can transfer this knowledge of story structure to their own story writing.

Spelling:

Strategy: Letter Writing

Write a friendly letter to a teacher or a friend using at least 10 of your spelling words. Underline the spelling words that you use. This activity is useful as it allows the student to use their spelling words in context. It will allow them to think about the meaning of their words.

Regards,
Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

FINANCE NEWS

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

These were due for payment on Monday 7th May and are now overdue.

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

PREP G

We have had a very busy start to term 2. This year prep ran in the inaugural Joey’s Fun Run. This was a very exciting day for prep as they not only participated in the fun run but also, for many students, went on their first bus ride.

In the classroom, we have been learning how to write a sentence. We know that a sentence needs to have a capital letter at the start, a finger space between each word and a full stop to end our sentence. All students look forward to our interactive writing each day, which enables them to create a sentence, write it and then share their sentence with the class.

In religion, we are learning about prayer, the different types of prayer, when we can pray and where we can pray. To help us explore the different types of prayer we have a Prayer Bear. Our Prayer Bear is very popular and very helpful to us when we pray.

Looking forward to the rest of term 2 with the installation of the new prep playground in week 6 and the athlete’s carnival in week 9.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students and staff who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Hugh Everingham (Yr 6), Evie Maker (Yr 6), Lilly Payne (Yr 4), Tyla Barnes (Yr 5), Isabelle Paap (Yr 1) and Miss Crane (Yr 3)

Have a great day.

FETE NEWS

Thanks again to all our classes for the effort that went into the class stalls at the fete. As mentioned previously, the fete committee were awarding a “Joey’s Spirit” prize, as well as a prize to the class whose stall raised the most money. The winners were…….

Joey’s Spirit: Grade 2 (Yellow - Pong) – unanimous vote for their brightly coloured stall, brightly dressed staff and students, parent donations, fun had by students and for taking their colour to the next level with a “Sunflower” theme. They win an Ice Block party, at a time to be determined.

Most money: Grade 4 (Blue – Sample bags):
Second place: Grade 5 (Indigo – Bake Stall):
Third place: Grade 3 (Green – Earrings and bracelets):
Grade 4 has won a Pizza Party at a time to be determined

Money raised from our fete will be going towards the new Adventure Playground, and thanks again to everyone who helped, attended or had anything to do with the fete at all. It was a fantastic day!

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.

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 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.

JESSE MANIBUSAN

Year of Youth International guest speaker and presenter, Jesse Manibusan will be performing this weekend at The Cathedral College. Please see the attached flyer for further details or read his bio here via the link below:

STUDENT TRAVEL REBATES

If your child travels to school on public transport, please see the below information from the Transport Department.

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