12 September 2018

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

A Message regarding our Principal

You may have noticed our principal Mr Bernard Fitzgerald has been occasionally absent from school over the past week. Bernard has recently sustained a physical injury which is inhibiting his ability to be present in full capacity at school. While he awaits medical treatment over the next fortnight, Bernard will work mostly from home and his time at school will be in a limited capacity.

During this time, if you have any concerns please contact Mrs Deanne Senini (APC) or Mrs Bernadette Brennan (APRE). We wish Bernard well as he rests and all the best for a speedy recovery.

Upcoming Dates

• Under 8’s Day - Thursday 13th Sept
• Primary Schools Netball Cup @ Bundaberg - Saturday & Sunday 15/16 Sept
• Inter-school Saddleworld Gymkhana Sunday 16th Sept
• Catholic Touch Cup (Tony Novak) - Wednesday 19th Sept
• Minds @ Work - Thursday 20th Sept
• Last Day of Term - Friday 21st Sept

APRE REFLECTION

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
APRE

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

NO PRAYER ASSEMBLY THIS WEEK

Children’s Liturgy of the Word – This Saturday

Our Lady Help of Christians is starting Children’s Liturgy of the Word on the first Sunday (Saturday evening) of each month. LOW is a ritual for the proclamation of God’s Word with Children appropriate to their understanding. At the commencement of Mass the children are taken out of the church to the Media room and are exposed to the readings of the day with a child friendly explanation, some songs and follow up activities.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word dates for the rest of the year are:

Saturday November 3rd @ 6:00pm
Saturday December 1st @ 6:00pm

NO Peer Support this week

Socktober

Socktober is an initiative of Catholic Mission which aims to ‘sock it to poverty’ to help some of the most needy and vulnerable children in the world have better opportunities in life and a hope-filled future.

This October, Joey’s will engage in a variety of activities to raise awareness and help ‘strike out’ at social issues such as poverty, child labour, homelessness and lack of education opportunities.

Some ideas for next term include:

1. Hold a Crazy Sock Day and encourage the students to wear crazy socks all over their body. What is the most creative way they can wear socks?
2. Pass the Sock Around as a fundraiser in our classrooms.
3. Have a competition to see which student can create the best sock puppet, then hold a puppet show.

These are just ideas at this stage, but it’s time to start keeping an eye out for crazy and interesting socks!

Bernadette Brennan
APRE

SPORTING MATTERS

Good Luck Girls

Nine of our girls are heading off to Bundaberg this Friday for the 2018 Primary Schools Netball Cup. The Cup is a two day carnival consisting of over 80 teams from all around the state. This is a round robin format within a pool. Performance at the end of Day 1 determines pool ranking into division pools to contest finals. We wish the team and their coaches, Mrs Tranberg and Miss Agius all the best for a great tournament.

Special thanks must be made to Mrs Trudy Agius who volunteers her time to travel with the Joey’s girls as the team umpire.

CQ Bulls All Schools Touch Championship

Last Friday, Joeys had four teams compete in this championship.

Season C Interschool Sport

Nominations for Season C sport are due this Friday. Students will be made aware of their teams next week in preparation for the commencement of the season in Week 1 Term 4.

Bernadette Brennan
APRE

CURRICULUM NEWS

UNDER 8s MORNING (Prep – Yr 3)

Our annual Under 8’s morning will take place at St Joey’s on Thursday (13th September). This is a day where we celebrate the learning and development of our younger students. The day will begin with a short liturgy in the multi-purpose area. Following the liturgy the children will be free to investigate the various hands on activities prepared by our Prep – Year 3 teachers. Parents are most welcome to attend this part of the day. After first break students will head back to class where they will complete activities with their class for the rest of the day.

Students in Prep to Year 3 are invited to come along to this day in free dress. It is essential that this free dress consists of clothing which is sun safe (no sleeveless shirts), a school hat and fully enclosed shoes. If you are able to assist your child’s teacher on the day please let them know as soon as possible. If you have any questions about this day please don’t hesitate to see me.

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 – Skip the Word, Then Come Back

When students come to words they don’t know they can skip over the word until they come to the end of the sentence or passage. Then readers back up and read the sentence again, using the first letter or letters of the skipped word and their context clues to decode the unknown word.

Spelling:

Activity: Words without vowels

Write your spelling words in a list but replace all the vowels with a line. Then go back to the beginning of your list and see if you can fill in the correct missing vowels.

Regards

Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

FINANCE NEWS

TERM 3 FEE ACCOUNTS OVERDUE

Term 3 Fees are now FIVE weeks overdue.

Term 3 Fees were due for payment by Monday 6th August. If these have not been paid, they are now 5 weeks overdue and 2nd reminder letters have been sent out.

Your urgent attention to this matter would be appreciated and contact made with Bernard or Megan to discuss your current situation.

Fee Accounts are now being published to Parent Lounge and will no longer be posted out in hard copy. You will need to Login to Parent Lounge to access your Fee Statement.

Please remember to update your Concession Card if it has expired, as you are unable to get the Concession without a new card being presented.

CLASSROOM NEWS

Yr 4

Well yet again the term has flown by. In Year Four we have been very busy investigating the First Fleet and its arrival at Botany Bay. As a cumulating task, the students were asked to present their new-found knowledge with us in a creative way. We had a variety of books, posters, a puppet show, a set of dioramas and some students even tested out their green screening skills. It was fantastic to see everyone enthusiastic about demonstrating just how much we have learnt about The First Fleet.

In Science, we have been exanimating how different forces work in the world around us. We have been taking part in lots of different experiments that demonstrate the different forces of push and pull, the effect of a large force or a soft force and the amazing capability of gravity. Over the next 2 weeks we will be constructing our own games that demonstrate a number of different forces. We are looking forward to sharing them with you next week.

A big thank you to all of the Year 4 students and parents for taking part in our epic Book Week idea. We all looked fantastic and definitely sparked a lot of interest on the day.

Mrs McCutcheon, Mrs Mooney and Year 4.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Patrick Joyce (3T), Thomas Compagnoni (Yr 1), Maya Horstman (PM), Karen Messmer (Yr 6), Cooper Anderson (Yr 2), Ava Buckingham (Yr 1), Amity Newman (PG), Hudson Hood (Yr 5), Liahna Cook (Yr 4) and Phoenix Thorn

Have a great day.

R U OK

R U OK? A conversation could save a life.

Thursday 13 September 2018 is a national day of recognition for suicide prevention.

Staying connected and having meaningful conversations is something we can all do. You don't need to be an expert - just a good friend and a great listener. So, if you notice someone who might be struggling - start a conversation.

Conversations need to happen every day. Encourage more people to ask R U OK? in your school, family, workplace or community. And You can access the R U OK website if you need information and resources about how to start up a conversation.

Useful Links you could use:

OSHC/VACATION CARE

Outside School Hours Care are looking for old phones (not mobiles), old hard drives – things that the kids can take apart and put back together – tinker with. These can be dropped at After School Care or to the office.

Also please find attached the Vacation Care Program and the Booking Form. If you are requiring care for your child/ren for the September/October holidays, please complete the Booking form and either drop over to Chelsea or into the office.

2019 KINDY ENROLMENTS

St Joseph’s Park Avenue Kindergarten are currently taking enrolments for 2019. If you or family/friends have a child born between July 1st 2014 and June 30th 2015, they are eligible for Kindergarten in 2019. We currently have positions available in both groups for next year. Expressions of Interest forms can be collected from the Kindy, or emailed on request. Please phone 4994 9302.

SCHOOL BANKING

School banking every Thursday.

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 do not 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 conduct 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 be put out to sell. Proceeds can go back to you or you can donate it back to the school.

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