30 October 2019

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

With preparation already underway for our upcoming capital works project, I am requesting that all students bring water bottles to school. As Joey’s is 90 years old, we unfortunately do not have the most accurate plans of the water pipes underground. Due to this fact, even the most careful workers have run into water pipes while working at school. As a precaution, in case workers accidently hit underground water pipes, I ask that all students bring along a water bottle that can be filled up at the beginning of each session so that if the water does need to be turned off for an emergency, students will continue to have access to clean drinking water while the pipes are repaired. No purposeful works involving water will be scheduled during school time, but we also had a situation where the local council had to do some emergency work on Lauga Street and unknowingly switched off our water to do so.

With the hotter months quickly approaching, more access to water can only be a good thing.

As discussed at last night’s capital works information session, the school site will be closed down as of Monday the 9th of December. Ordinarily, our school office would remain open for the week after school is completed, but due to the scheduled asbestos removal and capital works stage 1 demolition, our office for 2019 will close on the final day of school. We will however endeavour to re-open a week earlier on Monday the 13th of January in 2020.

A reminder that if you have any class requests for your child in 2020, please book a time through the office to see me before Monday the 4th of November. After this date, the teaching staff along with the Leadership Team and Learning Support will be meeting and creating the class lists on the following Tuesday’s staff meeting. Then, all class lists will be final.

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 …

• Booklist 2020 Note sent home with every child, Wednesday 16th October
• All Saints Day whole school mass, Friday 1st November in OLHC @ 9:00am
• All Souls Day, Saturday 2nd November
• Emmaus Academic Awards evening, Thursday 30th October
• Crazy Sock Day, Thursday 31st October
• Final day for 2020 class requests, Monday 4th of November
• Year 5 School Disco, Thursday 14th November
• Emmaus Mass & Farewell to Year 12 Students, Friday 15th November
• Children’s Mass, Saturday 16th November in OLHC @ 6:30pm
• Swimming Carnival, Week 7 - Wednesday 20th November
• Semester 2 Cultural Performance Assembly, Monday 25th November @ 8:35am in MPA
• Emmaus Year 6 Orientation Day, Thursday 21st November
• Presentation Night, Thursday 28th Nov @ 6:00pm in MPA
• Season C Sport Finishes, Friday 29th November
• Semester 2 Academic Awards Assembly, Monday 2nd Dec @ 8:35am in MPA
• Semester 2 Reports posted to Parent Lounge, Tuesday 3rd December
• Year 6 Graduation Mass, Wednesday 4th December @ 6:00pm
• Year 6 Fun Day, Thursday 5th December
• End of Year Mass/2019 Leadership Induction, Friday 6th December 9:00am
• St Joseph’s school office closes for holiday break, Friday 6th December
• St Joseph’s school office reopens for 2019, Monday 13th January (To be confirmed)
• 2020 School year commences, Tuesday 28th January @ 8:35am

Have a great week.

Regards
Bernard Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s PA Principal

APRE REFLECTION

Those who humble themselves will be exalted.
The Gospel of Luke 18:9-14

This week’s gospel passage flows on directly from last week’s gospel and continues the teaching of Jesus about prayer. It is the tax collector, whose simple prayer is ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner,’ who goes home at rights with God. In this simple prayer, the tax collector recognises that he is not in right relationship with God and asks for God’s mercy. We are repeatedly reminded that God’s mercy, forgiveness and abundant love are constantly out-flowing towards us and all we have to do is humbly desire and welcome them.

Certainly, prayer is a time to celebrate with God our triumphs and successes, but above all it is an opportunity to be truly honest with God and with ourselves.

@ Liturgy Help – Greg Sunter

Bernadette Brennan
Assistant Principal Religious Education

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

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

• Crazy Sock Day - TOMORROW
• What is the most creative way to wear socks?
• We will ‘Pass the Sock Around’
• Gold coin donation
• Students wear school uniform with Crazy Socks

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.

What’s Happening this Term

Bernadette Brennan
Assistant Principal Religious Education

SPORTING MATTERS

Oz Tag

T20

Basketball

Bernadette Brennan
Sports Co-ordinator

CURRICULUM NEWS

Booklist Supplies Procedures for 2020

A very important note went home a couple of weeks ago explaining a change in procedures for the ordering of back to school booklist requirements for 2020.I strongly encourage you to read it carefully as it has the potential to save you a significant amount of time and money on your child’s back to school supplies for next year. If you are having trouble locating that note or your child’s booklist, they have been added to the Skoolbag app under the parent notes section. If you have any questions about the process or need some assistance with placing your order, please come and see me.

To have your order delivered to school you must have your order in by 5pm Sunday, 3rd November. We’ve had over 70 orders placed already and still have one week to go before the school delivery cut-off date. So far people are saying that the process is very easy to follow and has saved families a significant amount of money. At this stage, students will receive their box of supplies on Monday, 2nd December. Reminders will go out closer to this date on the Skoolbag App so that parents can ensure their child’s order can make it home safely on that day. If you have any feedback on this new process, I’d love to hear it and pass it on to Kookaburra Educational Resources.

Regards,
Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

CLASSROOM MYTHBUSTERS

Yr 6

FINANCE NEWS

TERM 4 FEE ACCOUNTS

Fee Accounts for Term 4 have now been emailed and posted on Parent Lounge. These were due for payment on Monday 28th October.

If paying by Direct Deposit, please use your Account Number as the reference

(this is the 6 digit number on your Fee Statement).

Just a reminder to any Year 6 students that may be leaving the school at the end of the year, to please finalise accounts or make an appointment to see Mr Fitzgerald and myself in regards to this.

OSHC FOR 2020

ASC booking/enrolment forms are now open for 2020. Please see attachment below, Chelsea or the office for forms.

OSHC is seeking your support to collect the following items to create a Loose Parts outdoor area.

Crates, Rope, Lengths of PVC Pipe, Lengths of Wood/Boards, Nets, Buckets/Baskets, Containers (Milk, Yoghurt etc), Metal Tins, Spools, Pots and Pans, Textiles (Sheets, Shower Curtains, Blankets, Tarps etc) and Laundry Baskets.

If you have any of these items and would like to donate them please contact Chelsea on 0408703482.

Thank you for your support

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students who will celebrate their birthday this week.

They are: Hugh Ballinger (Yr 5), Rayna Andersen (Yr 5), Jacob Wall (1H), Lachlan Applewaite (3T), Sydney Hornagold (Yr 6), Audrey Smith (2M), Jack Rea (PM), Paige Toby (1H), Ned Wade (PM),Gabriell Brosnan (3M), Royston Gibbins (Yr 5) and Samuel Graham (Yr 5).

Have a great day.

P & F NEWS

A note was sent home recently informing everyone about our AGM that will be held on Monday November 11th 2019 at 5:30pm in the staffroom. Never fear, this is not a meeting to be afraid of. There’ll be no jobs/positions handed out (unless you’d like one, or would like to challenge for one of course), but simply a meeting to come and hear what the P&F has been able to achieve with the help of the staff, students, parents and families, throughout the year. Drinks and nibbles will be provided, so we’d love for you to come to our last meeting for the year.

Even though we’ve only just started swimming, our carnival is only weeks away, so we’re asking for people to join the BBQ crew to help cook and serve snags for dinner. It’ll only be for an hour or two on the night and you can come and go in between children’s races. The more the merrier. Please see Amanda Conway if you can help.

Reminder:

Thanks,
Joeys P&F

PARENT LOUNGE

Changes to your address, phone number or work phone number can be made in Parent Lounge. To do this, log in through the Skoolbag App, go to the Parent Details tab, make your changes, and then submit.

Changes to Parent Lounge are the submission of your child’s absentee days (but only for the current term). It will be similar to the way you do this on the Skoolbag app. Once accepted our end (when we log into our computer), this will be entered straight onto our system, and saves the double handling.

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 at 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