8 May 2019

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE ACTING PRINCIPAL

Next week the Year 3 and 5 students will be participating in NAPLAN testing. This year, along with all other Catholic schools in our region, these tests will be taking an online format. The only paper-based assessment this year will be the Year 3 writing test. The teachers have been preparing the students for these assessments through good quality teaching of the curriculum as well as test taking and keyboarding skills.

The testing timetable for St Joseph’s Park Avenue is as follows:

If your child is involved in the NAPLAN assessments, please make sure they have a good rest each night, have a substantial breakfast on the mornings of the tests and are at school on time.

I wish all the students well in these assessments and look forward to receiving the results to assist us in planning our future curriculum focus areas.

St Joseph’s has registered to participate in the 2019 Woolworths Earn and Learn program. This program runs from 1st May through to 25th June. In the past, thanks to this program, our school has been able to order a large variety of resources to support our students in their learning. If you are purchasing groceries from Woolworths, please start collecting the stickers. There is a collection box in the office as well as a box at the Parkhurst Woolworths store.

We are currently taking enrolment applications for Prep 2020. If you have a child, or know of someone outside of our school community, who is due to start Prep next year, please drop in to the office to collect an enrolment pack. Enrolments are due by the end of this term.

Don’t forget….

• Rockhampton District Athletics: 8th – 9th May
• Self Defence Permission notes due back: Monday 13th May
• NAPLAN Online Testing for Years 3 and 5: Tuesday 14th May – Thursday 16th May
• School photo day: Monday, 17th June
• Under 8s Morning: Thursday, 20th June
• Semester One Academic Awards: Monday, 24th June at 8:35am
• Prep Enrolment Forms for 2020 due by the end of term

APRE REFLECTION

The Risen Jesus and the disciples catch many fish.
John 21:1-14
As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there, and a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it. Jesus said, ‘Bring some of the fish you have just caught.’ Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore, full of big fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and in spite of there being so many the net was not broken. Jesus said to them, ‘Come and have breakfast.’

Have you thought? – 153 fish

When the disciples drag ashore their miraculous haul of fish, the gospel writer tells us that there were 153 fish! This seems an odd number and an odd fact to specifically mention. Mathematically, 153 is a number with several interesting attributes, and historically, it has been suggested that the ancients believed that there were 153 species of fish or 153 nations in the world. Like nearly every number used in the Bible, its meaning is symbolic, not literal. It is intended to convey that the catch of fish was huge and is indicative of the vast numbers of people who will be caught up in the disciples' new ministry.

Greg Sunter

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 Coming Up in Term 2

Prayer Assembly Time Change to 10:30am

You will notice the prayer assembly times above have changed. In the interests of less disruption to the curriculum and to maintain optimum productivity in classrooms, the decision has been made to bring the prayer assembly times forward to 10:30am. This change allows Friday lunch times to remain the same as the rest of the week and those students involved in interschool sport an opportunity to prepare for sport and board buses in a timely manner.

Bernadette Brennan
APRE

SPORTING MATTERS

Season B Training

This Friday, all students will train in their chosen sports for the upcoming season of interschool sport. To enable this to be a valuable training session, student are required to bring all the necessary equipment. The rugby league training will be held at Colts oval.

Rugby League: training clothes, football boots, mouthguards, headgear (optional)
Hockey: mouthguards, and shin pads
Netball: netball shoes (optional)

SOCKS: Students playing rugby league and hockey are required to wear the school full length football socks that feature two or three white stripes. The school has a supply of these which will be distributed to those players who did not receive them earlier in the year for soccer.

Sporting Calendar

JOEY’S Merchandise for sale

The following items are available for sale from the office. Please note: Caps do not replace the formal school hat and at not to be worn to and from school.

These items can be purchased for: Umbrella $45, New Cap $12, Old Cap $5, Visor $10

Congratulations Soccer Premiers

Well done to the Year 6 Girls soccer team on a great defeat of The Rockhampton Grammar School 3 goals to nil. With only one substitute player, the girls maintained a high level of energy and successfully defended a strong comeback attempt by the Grammar girls in the second half.

CLASSROOM NEWS

YR 3M

This week in 3M we remember and reflect on the ANZACS who served and fought in WW1. Some students from 3M joined in with the rest of St Joseph’s Park Avenue to march in the ANZAC Day parade through town. They did a wonderful job of representing the school as well as remembering those who fought and died in the war.

3M helped in the making of a beautiful wreath to lay at our ANZAC prayer assembly as well as getting the chance to make our own. We also learnt about the various traditions of ANZAC day including The Ode, the Last Post and the morning Dawn Service.

3M have also been busy learning all about persuasive and narrative writing in time for NAPLAN next week as well as doing practice tests to help us feel more confident ready for the real test.

Miss McGinley has very much enjoyed listening to all the wonderful adventures of 3M from their school holidays and has loved seeing the wonderful photos that come along. Any photos of weekend getaways or holidays are more than welcomed to be shared in our class.  We love seeing what each family gets up to in their spare time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students and staff who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Isabella Austin (1H), Gabriella Halil (3T), Star Loader (Yr 4), Emma Clarke (2F), Isabella Currie (Yr 6), Peppa Davey (3T), Mrs Paap (Yr 1), Mrs Smith (Prep) and Mrs Roberts (Library)

Have a great day.

FINANCE NEWS

TERM 2 FEE ACCOUNTS

Fee Accounts for Term 2 have now been emailed and posted on Parent Lounge.

All new families would by now have received your Parent Lounge Login details.

If you have not received these, please contact Tracey or Megan in the office.

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

P & F NEWS

National Banana Day last Wednesday was well received, with the students enjoying fresh bananas, and home baked banana goodies. Thanks for the extra hands we had in Breaky Club that morning. If anyone, that is Mum’s, Dad’s, Grandparents, relatives, get to school early with a spare 5-10 minutes, please come in and see if there’s enough help in Breaky Club. If the manpower isn’t there, it’s just too busy to provide a full service, so fun mornings like National Banana Day, will get missed, which would be a shame, but please make sure that you do the Induction with Mrs Deanne Senini (takes about 10/15 minutes) and have a current Bluecard. The Bluecard forms can be obtained from the office.

More and more of our regular tuck shop helpers are also being spread thin, so if you’ve thought about helping in tuck shop, for whatever time you can spare, now’s the time to see Debbie Rooney. The more helpers we have, means we can stretch the roster so helpers may only need to do a shift once a fortnight or a month. If that’s all you can manage, that’s perfect.

Helpers are also needed to staff our Uniform Shop. The shop is open Monday 8:15 – 8:45 and Wednesday 2:45-3:15. There’s plenty of good quality uniforms available, especially jackets, which are popular as the cooler months are starting to get close. If you can assist in opening the Uniform Shop, please see Amanda Conway, or the ladies in the office.

The Pasta Bolognaise special was well received last week. Remember it’s only available on Wednesdays in Terms 2 and 3.

The first of our “Coffee and Chat” mornings happened last Monday after parade. These are just informal sessions to bring together the families from different grades who have come to attend morning assembly. Instead of families hanging around to chat in the carpark with their little ones etc, please hang around the tuck shop and have a “cuppa” and something to eat whilst meeting some new faces.

Our next P & F meeting will be Wednesday 15th May, and it’s open to one and all to come and have a chat and see what’s on the cards for our school.

Reminders:

Mon May 13th: P&F Coffee and Chat, 9:00am after assembly (15 mins or so)
Wed May 15th: Next P&F Meeting, 6:30 in the staff room.

Thanks,
Joeys P&F

TUCKSHOP NEWS

Parent help is needed for Brekky Club on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings (8:10 – 8:35), along with normal tuck shop Monday to Thursday (8:30 – 11:30), or whatever time you can spare. Many hands makes light work.

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, and then submit.

ABSENTEES

Absentees can be done through the Skoolbag App. Click on our School Logo, eforms and then Absentee Form.

All notifications from the school are done through this app. Our weekly Newsletters are also posted to this app.

Please make sure that you have downloaded it.

SCHOOL BANKING

School banking happens every Thursday.

If you wish to start school banking, you need to open a Youth Saver Account at the Commonwealth bank, make no deposit and they will provide you with your banking book and details.

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 and Wednesday afternoon from 2:45 – 3:15.

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