19 September 2018

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Well done to both our Year 6 students and staff who put on a wonderful school disco last Thursday evening. As I was unable to make the disco due to dealing with my current injury, I am appreciative of both Georgia Agius and Kelson Tennyson for stepping into the void and DJing on the night. I would also like to acknowledge both the leadership of the Year 6 students and the excellent behaviour of our P-5 students made it a wonderful night.

This week we farewell Ann McCutcheon and Gisele Vaz De Miranda as they take some well-deserved long service leave for first two weeks of Term 4. With that I am pleased to announce that Mrs Andrea Rutherford and Mrs Alice Wayman will both re-join the Joey’s staff during this time. I am sure you will make them feel welcome on their return.

Good luck to our Year 6 students taking part in the Catholic Schools Touch Challenge against Catholic Primary Schools from Gladstone, Yeppoon, Rockhampton and schools from out west this Wednesday at the touch fields.

Congratulations to our netballers who travelled to Bundaberg last week to compete in the Primary Schools Netball State Cup. The students were well prepared by both Mrs Tranberg and Miss Agius and represented our school with much pride coming 13th in the entire State losing their only game to the eventual State champions. A big thank-you also to Mrs Brennan and Trudy Agius who both volunteered their time to be our bus driver and designated umpire during the carnival.

I would also like to take the opportunity to thank all of the St Joseph’s community for their support and understanding last Friday. It is also with great appreciation that I thank the communities of St Anthony’s, St Mary’s, Emmaus and the Catholic Education Office who provided the human resources that allowed our staff the opportunity to support Ann and the O’Sullivan family. This is another example of just how wonderful it is to be a part of the Catholic Education family.

Finally to all of our families, have a happy and safe holiday break.

Don’t Forget …

• School recommences for Term 4, Monday 8th of October
• School swimming begins Week 2 of Term 4
• TCC Year 6 orientation half day, Tuesday 23rd October
• 2019 Prep Orientation Day, Thursday 18th October

Have a great week and I look forward to working with you in Term 4.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Principal

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

Bernadette Brennan
APRE

SPORTING MATTERS

QLD Primary Schools Cup

Nine of our girls travelled to Bundaberg last Friday to compete in the QLD Primary Schools Netball Cup. Across a field of 79 teams these girls played extremely well. On Day One, the girls played five games with very short turn around between each game. They were defeated (by 7 goals) in only one of these five games and won the other four convincingly. Only the top team from each of the 12 pools was taken forward to contest the cup in Division One. As a result the best our girls could place was 13th, and that they did. On Day Two, the girls faced up for another five games. Of these games, they drew one and won the other four games, again by high margins.

During the two days, the girls ran their hearts out, worked together as a tight knit team, applauded their opponents, and celebrated their own successes and all with great poise and sportsmanship. We congratulate them on their excellent performance and are very proud of their dedication and efforts as members of Joeys.

Many thanks to our wonderful supporters who travelled to cheer on the girls. The contributions of the parents through tireless fundraising, getting their girls to team training each week and assistance with the set up and transportation of equipment is greatly appreciated. Your unwavering support for these girls is a testament to the spirit of Joeys. Thank you!

Bernadette Brennan
APRE

CURRICULUM NEWS

Under 8s Day

Last Thursday we celebrated our annual Under 8s Day. It is always an enjoyable experience for the students and this year was no exception. I’d like to thank all the staff who worked tirelessly to prepare and present the activities for the students, the P&F for the sausage sizzle and the many volunteers who attended on the day. It is another way the Joey’s community comes together and supports each other.

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe, relaxing and enjoyable holiday break and look forward to a productive Term 4.

Regards
Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

FINANCE NEWS

Term 3 Fees are now SIX weeks overdue.

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

Your urgent attention to this matter would be appreciated and contact made with Bernard, Deanne 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

Prep

As the term reaches its end we are so excited by how much the prep students have learned so far in the prep year.

Developing letter and numeral knowledge to practicing sight words and using them in their sentences!

It was fantastic to put down the pencils and to celebrate Under 8’s day on Thursday and they all had a lovely time visiting the different activities set up. Prep were all systems go on the pasta necklace with play activities and the sausage sizzle was a huge hit at the conclusion of the morning.

This week we are also having “Talk like a Pirate” Day where we will make our pirate hat, explore some pirate literature and complete a mapping activity to locate some buried treasure!!

We wish you all a lovely break over the holidays and can’t wait to see you all back for Term 4 of Prep, our busiest term yet!

Yr 1

Dear St. Joseph’s,

Our school is lovely. This term we have been writing couplets. We also got new goals because we’ve been working on them and achieving them.

We have been working on:

• Sight words (Preston)
• Telling the time (Maycie)
• Reading stamina (Ethan)
• My goals (Lilly)

Our favourite things this term have been:

• Fire safety visit (Ethan)
• Under 8’s Day (Lilly)
• Circular Circus (Maycie)
• Seeing ‘Josephine Wants To Dance’ at the Pilbeam Theatre (Preston)

It’s been a great term! We love our school because everyone is so nice here.

Written by Lilly Beal, Ethan Roati, Maycie Zanette and Preston Livermore

Yr 2

Our learning journey memories from the students

Saba – In Religion we learnt about John baptising Jesus in the Jordan River.
Jordana – In Science we have been learning about the water cycle by doing experiments.
Elle – On Under 8’s Day I had my face painted, it tickled but it was fun.
Kiara – In math we learnt how to count money using our counting patterns.
Henry – In writing I learnt how to write long sentences using joining words.
Cruz – In art we learnt how to paint a burnt tree with cardboard and black paint.
Bronson – I loved it when the Animal Encounters came to visit and doing water experiments in Science.
Talei – I love doing Math Mentals and the water experiments.
Lachlan – I enjoy doing the subtraction maths homework sheets.

Have an enjoyable holiday
Mrs Farr and Mrs Conway and the students of Year 2

Yr 3

What a fantastic under 8’s day! I think I had more fun than the kids! It was my first under 8’s day and sadly the year 3’s last one.

3F has been working on an activity we call ‘dressing up a sentence’. The students take a boring sentence and turn it into an exciting sentence. First we identified the noun in the sentence and came up with different ways in which we can describe it better.

Hanna: The baby smiled.
The shy baby named Jessie smiled at everyone in the lounge room.

Paige: The fireman yelled.
The wrinkly old fireman called Steve yelled at the people in the burning house to jump.

Jack: The frog jumped.
The huge blue frog with big eyes called ‘Unspeakable’, jumped off a cliff.

Kobe: The girl cried.
Violet, the sad and sulking girl, sulked for sadness on the moon.

Adyn: The bird flew away.
Fat Face the bird, flew over a powerline in the Mario world.

Marley: The policeman drove.
The fat policeman quickly raced to the car crash in the park.

Adyn: The bat flew.
The very big, old, ugly bat named Alex is flying over to the shops to eat.

Yr 4

We have had a very busy term in Year 4 learning, creating and presenting numerous different things. Here are some of the highlights:

Flynn: My favourite thing in term three was the division with Mrs Mooney.
Isabelle B: Doing a puppet show and inter school sports.
Liahna: Kicking it maths sessions.
Samuel G: My favourite thing this term is doing the games for science.
Thomas: Staying back with the teachers and the nine-year olds and doing sport with Mrs McCutcheon!
Matilda: My favourite thing was going to Samsung cup and sitting on the bench if someone got hurt and watching them do netball.
Jaiden: I loved the First Fleet HASS assessment.
Trey: HASS because I can relate to the subject and I have a lot knowledge.
Hudson: Maths rotations and football for school.
Chace: I loved the art we did and the science.

We hope you all have a fantastic break and come back ready for a busy fourth term.

Mrs McCutcheon, Mrs Mooney and Year 4

Yr 5

In Science this term students were delighted to learn about our Solar System.

Some interesting facts learned:

• “There are 181 moons in our Solar System” (Jackson Seirup)
• “Mars is cold” (Karlin McKee)
• “The distance between the planets is astronomic” (Jaida G)
• “Uranus has 2 invisible rings” (Savannah Austin)
• “I was surprised to learn about the amount of moons that Saturn has.” (Miranda Brunton)
• “The Earth was once believed to be the centre of the world” (Logan McDonald)
• “Venus is the hottest planet in our Solar System, even though Mercury is closer to the Sun.” (Zac Joyce)
• “There are about 50 dwarf planets found in our Solar System”. (Abby Druery)
• “Jupiter has an ongoing storm” (Sarah Clarke)

Students also had fun making a model of our Solar System, with some very impressive creations. The solar system models will be displayed in the Library during week 10.

Yr 6

It has been another term full of milestones in Year 6. Students have been busy planning and facilitating Peer Support lessons for the first time. We have been learning about refugees in HASS and reading ‘Boy Overboard’ in our English Novel Study workshops. Students have enjoyed making circuits in Science, making a scaled map of a Zoo for our ‘Happy Hippos’ Maths Investigation and have seen some great performances in Drama this term. Many students have represented Joey’s in a range of sports in Term 3, including finals in Netball, Rugby League, Touch, Hockey and Gymkhana.

Students comments on our work this term include:

Maths – Happy Hippos Investigation

What have you enjoyed about learning in Maths this term?
Brock – Designing the Zoo and colouring in all the details. I enjoyed the Maths problems too.
Nate – I liked drawing the Zoo and the Maths problems we had to complete.
Callum – I liked learning about square areas and how to calculate the area.
Mercedez – I liked we got to design Safari Park and places for the animals to live.

HASS - Refugees

What have you enjoyed about learning in HASS this term?
Stevie-Lee – Learning about refugees and Australia’s border. I didn’t know what a refugee was and now have a better understanding of all the processes refugees have to go through to come to Australia.
Cadence – I liked how we got to research about different refugees and learn about their journeys.
Charlee – I liked learning about the difference between migrants, immigrants and refugees. I enjoyed their personal stories about their journey to Australia.
Bella – I liked learning about acceptance and letting all refugees from different nationalities into Australia.

Science - Circuits

What have you enjoyed about learning in Science this term?
Lucas – I like being able to choose all the materials to make circuits and using the website to help me design my circuits.
Isobella – I liked learning about how a light works and how the energy is different between a parallel and series circuit.
Zac – I liked learning about how all the wires worked.
Joshua - The thing I like about science are all the cools things about electricity and the different ways you can make electricity using a circuit.

Drama

What have you enjoyed about learning in Drama this term?
Dylan – I enjoyed the drama task because we got to be in their shoes and act it out.
Nicholas – I liked acting about ‘Boy Overboard'.
Georgia – I like it because we got a chance to work as a team. I liked helping others remember their lines.
Evie – I liked drama because we got to get out of our comfort zone and help each other out.

Year 6
Miss Black, Mr Nicholson & Miss Foster

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students and staff who will celebrate their birthday this week and over the holidays. They are: Zara Malone (PG), Logan McDonald (Yr 5), Karlin McKee (Yr 5), Oscar Tranberg (Yr 5), William Farr (Yr 2), Xavier Rooney (Yr 5), Sarah Marlin (Yr 5), Cooper McCrohon (3F), Anikah Savage (3F), Alivia Muir (1F), Finn Wyatt (Yr 1), Isabelle Barber (Yr 4), Abraham Hunt (Yr 5), Hayden Hamilton (Yr 5), Harper Cook (1F), Nate Barron (Yr 6), Riley Roser (Yr 4), Jorja Hallam (3F), Sarah Clarke (Yr 5), Miss Beak (for last week), Miss Foster (Yr 6) and Miss Giles

Have a great day.

OSHC/VACATION CARE

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.

INTERSCHOOL GYMKHANA

The 2018 Interschool Gymkhana was a huge success. St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School PA was well represented with 6 riders in total and placing 2nd overall.

Chase Everingham came 1st, Hugh Everingham 2nd, with Ariana Upton riding well in the Year 6 age group. We wish all of these riders all the best as the move forward representing their chosen Secondary Schools in 2019. Ride well and stay safe.

Jackson Dixson took out 3rd place in the Year 5 age group. Caitlyn Thompson, Year 1 and Danielle Thompson, Year 3 also rode very well winning a number of ribbons on the very dry and dusty day.

A big thank you to Matt Thompson for putting up the tent so we had some much needed shade on what was also a very hot day for all riders and spectators.

Also another special thankyou to past student and Practising Teacher Paige Miller who came out and helped make our horses look their best, we really appreciated you giving up your Sunday to do this.

Lastly, thank you to all Parents for putting the time and effort in to making this day so special. This was our 9th Year of competition and we are looking forward to continuing the tradition the next year.

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 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 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