31 October 2018

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Thank you to those members of the community who took part in last week’s Catholic Education student protection survey. The data collected from these surveys will be crucial in continuing to provide the safest possible educational opportunities for our children moving forward.

At this point in time we have a number of families with outstanding fees in 2018.
I would appeal to all those families to please make time to visit me and continue to prioritise the relationship between both the school and the home. While the school continues to strive in providing the best possible opportunities for our students to access the curriculum in a faith filled way, I ask that families also continue to honour their commitment to the school. When fees are not paid, it makes it difficult to resource the school to the best of our ability which affects our whole school community. I especially urge those with students completing Year 6 this year to address this situation before moving on to high school. Your consideration of this difficult situation is much appreciated.

A reminder that this is the last week to see me if you have any class requests for your child in 2019. The teaching staff and the Leadership Team will be meeting and finalizing class lists on Tuesday the 6th of November.

This week I have tried to include a fairly comprehensive list of important dates for the remainder of the school year. Please take the time to put them into your family calendar.

Don’t Forget …

• Crazy Sock Day (Gold Coin Donation) – Wednesday 31st October
• Emmaus Awards Night, Wednesday 31st Oct
• All Saints Day, Thursday 1st Nov
• All Souls Day (Whole School Mass), Friday 2nd Nov @ 9:00am
• 2019 booklists sent home, Week 6 – Thursday 15th November
• Children’s Mass, Saturday 17th November @ 6:30pm in OLHC
• Swimming Carnival, Week 7 - Wednesday 21st November
• Emmaus Year 6 Orientation Day, Thursday 22nd November
• Presentation Night, Thursday 29th Nov @ 6:00pm in MPA
• Season C Sport Finishes, Friday 30th November
• Semester 2 Academic Awards Assembly, Monday 3rd Dec @ 8:35am in MPA
• Semester 2 Reports posted to Parent Lounge, Tuesday 4th December
• Year 6 Graduation Mass, Wednesday 5th December @ 6:00pm
• Year 6 Fun Day, Thursday 6th December
• End of Year Mass/2019 Leadership Induction, Friday 7th December 9:00am
• St Joseph’s school office closes for holiday break, Friday 14th December
• St Joseph’s school office reopens for 2019, Monday 21st January
• 2019 School year commences, Tuesday 29th January @ 8:35am

Have a great week.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Principal

We have been asked to distribute the following information documents about My Health Records for you to peruse before it comes into effect. Please take the time to read these documents so that you can be fully informed.

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
5.00pm Holy Family
6.30pm Our Lady Help of Christians

Sunday
7.00am St Mary’s
9.00am Holy Family

Bernadette Brennan
APRE

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

What’s Happening this Term

Weekend Mass Time change to 6:30pm

Fr Frank is commencing holidays at the end of October, so necessary changes need to be made to the mass times on Saturday evenings. To enable Fr Marcel to celebrate a Vigil Mass at OLHC and Holy Family, the consensus of the members of the Parish Pastoral Council was that Mass times be 5pm at Holy Family and 6:30pm at OLHC. These changes have taken effect.

Sunday Mass times will remain unchanged.

Sacramental Program

Would you like your child to take the next steps in their faith journey?

The next sacramental program (Penance/Reconciliation, Eucharist/First Communion and Confirmation) is starting soon. Please see the attached letter.

Bernadette Brennan
APRE

SPORTING MATTERS

Swimming Carnival Date Claimer

The annual swimming carnival will be held on Wednesday 21st November commencing at 5:00pm. The carnival is held at the South Rockhampton Pool.

Friday Sport 2nd November

Softball/Teeball

Yr 6 Boys
St Joeys v Crescent Lagoon on 4

Yr 5 Girls
St Joeys 1 Blue v Mt Morgan 1 on 1C
St Joeys 2 Maroon v Mt Morgan 2 on 2C

Softball/Teeball games are now being played at KELE PARK

All Games commence at 12:30

Cricket

St Joeys 1 Blue v St Joeys 4 Navy on Field 4
St Joeys 2 Maroon v Frenchville 2 on Field 1
St Joeys 3 White v Lakes Creek 1 on Field 7
St Joeys 5 Gold v Lakes Creek 3 on Filed 6

All games played at McLeod Park (Dean St) starting at 12:45pm

Basketball

12:15 – 12:55
Pink Pandas v Fearless Falcons

1:00 – 1:40
Tilted Tortoises v Raging Rhinos

1:45 – 2:25
Squishy Squids v Dunking Ducks

Bernadette Brennan
APRE

CURRICULUM NEWS

DAY FOR DANIEL

Last Friday we participated in Day for Daniel. Thank you to everyone who participated. We had a large proportion of both students and staff wearing red shirts to help promote the important message of child safety.

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 – Determine and Analyse Author’s Purpose and Support with Text

During this strategy, readers identify why the author wrote a text, by giving specific examples from the text to support the reader’s inference. This strategy helps deepen understanding for how to read and comprehend the text. Readers infer the meaning of the text based on the author’s purpose for writing it, which may be to persuade, inform or entertain.

Spelling:

Activity: Word Sort

Divide a piece of paper into however many patterns you have in spelling this week. For example: if you are learning about ‘el’ and ‘le’ endings, divide your paper into two sections, and label the pattern at the top of each section. Have someone read the words to you and write them in the appropriate column. Check your work after you finish.

Example:

Regards,

Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

FINANCE NEWS

Term 4 Fees were due for payment on Monday 29th October.

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 your current situation?

Fee Accounts are now being published to Parent Lounge and will no longer we 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.

If paying by Direct Deposit, please use your Account Number (6-digit number on your Fee Statement) as the reference.

CLASSROOM NEWS

Yr 6

Friday of Week 3 was our last week as being peer support leaders. We had a celebration session with our groups – we played games and discussed the great memories we have made in peer support this year. Friday was also Canteen Bandanna Day and Day for Daniel which added to the fun of our final sessions.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students and staff who will celebrate their birthday this week and over the holidays. They are: Rayna Andersen (Yr 4), Jacob Wall (PM), Lachlan Applewaite (Yr 2), Sydney Hornagold (Yr 5), Audrey Smith (1H), Paige Toby (PG), Gabriell Brosnan (Yr 2), Royston Gibbins (Yr 4), Callan Bedford (Yr 5), Samuel Graham (Yr 4), Leo Turner (Yr 6) Tempi Lentell (1H) and Mrs Tennyson (3T)

Have a great day.

PARENT LOUNGE

Changes to your address, phone number or work phone number can be made in Parent Lounge. Simply log in, go to the Parent Details tab, make your changes, then submit.

POSITION VACANT

The Cathedral Parish of St Joseph is seeking a professional, solution-focused individual with strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills to perform clerical duties and day-to-day administrative tasks.

The successful candidate will support the Parish’s various ministries, applying the values and mission of the Diocese and the teachings of the Catholic Church.

The Parish requires the candidate to be highly organised and reliable with an enthusiasm for teamwork, flexibility, adaptability, creativity and keen attention to detail to ensure our office runs smoothly.

A high level of computer literacy is essential. Proficiency in the use of the Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel and Publisher would be an advantage.

Hours of work are 9.00 am to 4.30 pm, Mon-Wed and Wed-Fri on alternating weeks (total of 42 hours per fortnight).

Applications close: COB Monday, 5th November 2018

Please see the Diocesan website found below for the full details of this position or contact Gerard Hogan on 4927 6744 or Gerard.Hogan@cdor.org.au for an Applicant’s Kit.

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