25 November 2020

Newsletter Articles

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents & Guardians

As the end of the school year draws near, we still have a few significant events to celebrate on the Joey’s calendar.

Monday 30th November at 9:00am we will be holding our Semester 2 Academic Awards and our Annual Awards. Due to the number of awards given out, we are only able to invite the parents of Year 6 students who will be receiving academic awards along to the event due to COVID restrictions and Capital Works physical space and parking limitations. We have decided to give the preference to the parents of the Year 6 cohort as this will be their final awards ceremony at Joey’s. This event will be zoomed out to all other members of our community.

Wednesday 2nd December at 6:30pm will be our Year 6 Graduation Dinner at the Frenchville Sports Club. This is still restricted to 150 people and will be a private event for the Year 6 students, their parents and the Year 6 staff.

Thursday 3rd December, our Year 6 class will be holding their ‘Fun Day’ celebration at the Northside Pool. Information about this event was sent home in the form of a note with each student.

Friday 4th December at 9:00am we will be hosting our Graduation Mass which will also be our End of Year Mass and our Year 5 Leadership Handover for 2021.

Due to our restrictions of space and the 500-person limit, along with our 385 staff and students, we will be inviting 2 parents for each of the 45 Year 6 students (90 people) as well as 2 parents for each of the 12 incoming Year 5 students (24 people) who will be inducted on this day. Along with our Parish Priest, Fr Marcel, that makes exactly 500 in attendance. Even with the students being able to sit closely together in their own cohort groups for school events, we will still be pushing the recently lowered 2 square metre per person restriction for our visitors on the day due to limited spacing.

I will also remind people that there will be very limited parking available on the day.

As of this year, we will no longer be posting class lists for the upcoming year. There is no longer any need to do this as I will now be posting the names of the teachers and the ESO that will be assigned to each year level. As we come to the completion of our Capital Works project, you will all be aware of Joey’s educational philosophy and how our new open learning spaces supports the delivery of the curriculum to our students. Every child in the school will be a part of a Year Level cohort and will all have two teachers and an Educational Support Officer within their double sized learning spaces.

The Joey’s teaching staff for 2021 will be as follows.

Prep – Rebecca Gabriel, Kirsty McLeod, Beth O’Brien and Kristie Sloan
Year 1 – Michelle Hannah, Paula Roati and Kylie Schoneveld
Year 2 – Ann McCutcheon, Kerrie Tennyson/Aimee Watson and Lyn Lavender
Year 3 – Erin Tranberg, Leah Ward and Jacinta Beak
Year 4 – Elizabeth Carter, Gisele Vaz De Miranda and Kelson Tennyson
Year 5 – Louise Chapman, Catherine Farr and Rachael Duncan
Year 6 – Hannah Hamilton, Anna Young and Jacinta Biddulph
Inclusive Curriculum – Lesley Donohoe and Brooke Black
PE Specialist – Rebekah Hall
Arts Specialist – Kristy Whitehead
MiniLit Special Project – Leonie Mooney and Madelein Paap
Indigenous Support – Jess Ivers and Ashley Gray
Special Project Numeracy Enrichment – Alice Wayman
Special Project Support – Rebecca Whiting

School reports for the Second Semester will be posted on Parent Lounge on Wednesday, 2nd December. Please ensure you have your appropriate login details in order to access your child’s information.

Don’t Forget….

• Second-hand Uniform Sale. Sat 28th Nov @ 9:30am – 11:00am in MPA
• Annual Awards/Semester 2 Academic Awards. Mon 30th Nov @ 9:00am in MPA (Sorry, no parents allowed onsite due to 500 limit – Event will be zoomed out)
• Christmas Colours Free Dress Day. Tues 1st Dec
• Year 6 Graduation Dinner. Wed 2nd Dec @ 6:30pm Frenchville Sports Club
  (Year 6 parents issued tickets due to COVID safe 150-person limit at the venue)
• Semester 2 Report Cards 2020 posted to Parent Lounge Wed 2nd Dec
• Year 6 Fun Day. Thurs 3rd Dec
• End of Year Mass/Graduation/Leadership Handover. Fri 4th Dec @ 9:00am in MPA (Year 6 parents issued tickets as well as incoming Year 5 student leader’s parents due to graduation, leader induction and limited physical space. Sorry, no other parents will be permitted. This event will be zoomed out)

Kindest Regards

Bernard Fitzgerald
Principal - St. Joseph’s Catholic School Park Avenue

Happy every day. Learning every day.

APRE REFLECTION

To get our festive spirit going, we are having a Christmas Colours Free Dress Day on Tuesday 1st December. This is a gold coin event to raise funds for the Vinnies Christmas Appeal. The monies raised will go towards gift vouchers for the families.

Let’s splash a little Christmas Colour around.

Vinnies Appeal

In an effort to support the members of our wider community who may have fallen on hard times this year, we invite Joey’s families to donate grocery items (NO chocolate products or fresh foods) to the hampers in your child’s classroom.

This year we are limited to GROCERY ITEMS ONLY or CASH DONATIONS.

The Families we have been gifted this year are:

A representative from SVDP will be here for a special handover on Friday 4th December after our 9:00am mass. Please support this appeal where possible.

Bernadette Brennan
Assistant Principal Religious Education

CURRICULUM NEWS

Important Curriculum Dates:

Book lists for 2021

A note has gone home and a message has been posted on the SkoolBag App notifying families of the process for ordering book list equipment for 2021.

As you will recall from last year, our Parents and Friends Association assisted the school to purchase a variety of bulk stationery items for classrooms, in an effort to lower the cost of book lists for families.  This will happen again for next year’s book lists and I take this opportunity to sincerely thank the P&F for their generosity.

Please take the time to read the information in the note and consider placing your order soon. If you have misplaced your note, a copy can be found on the SkoolBag App under parent notes.

If you have any questions or problems with placing your order, please contact me by calling the school office or via email: deanne_senini@rok.catholic.edu.au.

PLEASE NOTE: THE OPTION FOR SCHOOL DELIVERY HAS NOW CLOSED. YOU ARE STILL ABLE TO PLACE ORDERS BUT THE PACKS WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME.

Parents will be notified once the packs arrive at school for collection.

Academic Awards Assembly

Our Semester 2 Academic Awards Assembly will be held at 9am on Monday, 30th November. Due to current restrictions, parents will be unable to attend this assembly in person, however, it will be zoomed out to any parent who would like to watch the assembly. A link for the zoom session will be communicated closer to the date.

Semester 2 Report Cards

Semester 2 reports will be available for viewing through Parent Lounge from midday on Wednesday, 2nd December. Please ensure you are able to log into your Parent Lounge account before this date.

Kind Regards
Deanne Senini
Assistant Principal Curriculum

FINANCE NEWS

TERM 4 FEE ACCOUNTS NOW OVERDUE

Fee Accounts for Term 4 were due by FRIDAY 13th NOVEMBER. These are now overdue.

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 before the end of the year.

If you have a Means Tested Concession Card and have not yet provided a copy, please send this through to Megan in the office for verification.

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

CLASSROOM NEWS

Yr 5

Some of Our Highlights from Term 4

Amelia: Doing our leadership speeches.
Amarli: Naidoc Day.
Paige: Creating iMovies in digital tech
Logan: Naidoc Day celebrations
Keely: Science lessons on the Solar System
Colby: Learning about Space in Science
Wyatt: Learning how to use Little Bits in digital tech
Dominic: Maths
Maddison: Little Bits and binary in digital tech
Jorja: Setting up house activity in HASS.
Cooper M: Friday Sport
Adyn: Book week
Koby: Reading Thai-riffic for novel study.
Sam: Little Bits for digital tech
Elijah: Science
Jace: Meet new friends
Lilly M: Science lessons
Charli: PE, Oztag
Lilly C: Reading Thai-riffic
Anikah: PE lessons, playing Oztag
Diesel: Naidoc Day
Daniel: PE lessons and Naidoc Day
Star: Getting to work on lots of fun things
Danielle: Dance lessons
Chloe: Doing Pizza and icy cups
Marley: Hanging out with my teachers
Olivia: Origami with Mrs Thorne
Ava: Digital Tech
Rori: Hanging out with my friends and teachers

Check out a couple of our imovies.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to the following students who will celebrate their birthday this week. They are: Callum Jamieson (Yr 2), Nate Smith (Yr 6), William Wessels (Yr 6), Koby Savage (Yr 1), Chloe Crosthwaite (Yr 4), Taylor Dives (Yr 4) and Preston Livermore (Yr 3).

Have a great day.

P & F NEWS

This Saturday November 28th, the Uniform Shop will be opening in the MPA for anyone to come and purchase some second-hand uniforms for the new school year. Any volunteers who’d like to help on the day are more than welcome, and to learn the running of the Uniform Shop, as we bid current volunteer Rebecca Wogand, farewell at the end of the year. Our new Uniform Shop volunteers Katie Cornick and Donna Lyons will also be there if there are any questions following on.

Keep reading below for our Jabbering with Joeys fun quiz. At the time of this newsletter being released, the quiz will be posted to our Joeys Family and Friends Facebook page. First person to message Amanda Conway with the correct answers, either privately or by commenting on the Facebook post, will win a $15 Wearitto voucher. Thanks for reading and playing along.

Reminder:

Sat Nov 28th: Uniform Shop sale 9:30am – 11:00am in the MPA.

Thanks,
Joeys P&F

Jabbering with Joeys

We’ve hope you’ve enjoyed the Jabbering with Joeys segments over the year. A huge thank you to our staff for taking the time to complete these for us each week. As mentioned, the first person to message Amanda Conway with the correct answers will win a $15 Wearitto voucher.

Jabbering with Joeys quiz

1. Which staff member’s favourite colour is “Leopard print”?:
2. What is Mr Fitz’s favourite childhood book?:
3. Who is the longest serving current member of staff?:
4. True or False: Mrs Brennan wanted to be a Police Officer when she grew up?
5. What is Art Teacher Ms La Spina’s favourite food:
6. Which grade has 3 teachers?:
7. Whose favourite music is House and DnB?:
8. True or False: Ms Hamilton’s favourite subjects were Maths and Art?:
9. How many staff members are named Michelle?:

Lastly…who am I?: I wanted to be a dancer when I grew up. My favourite book is Charlotte’s Web, and I love Country music, raspberries and spending time with my family, camping and the gym. I’ve been a member of the Joeys staff for 14 years, and my favourite colour is Blue. These days I can be found in the lower school. Who am I?

Answers and the winner will be revealed next week.

WEARITTO PROMOTION

Wearitto are having a promotion for all online shoppers. Shop for your School Uniforms before December 10 and you will be in the draw to win your entire spend back (up to $500). Orders must be purchased online. The address is at the link below.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 2021

Instrumental Music provides so many benefits to a child – please watch the attached link to a fantastic video about Music and the Brain:

Instrumental Music Learning and Brain Fireworks

Enrolments are now being accepted for new and continuing students to learn the following instruments:

FLUTE, CLARINET, SAXOPHONE, TRUMPET, TROMBONE, VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, GUITAR & VOICE.

Please see the attached information letter for details on required year levels for each instrument, and a downloaded version of the enrolment form.

Enrolment is available online at the link below.

KEYBOARD LESSONS

Leanne Voss will offer Keyboard lessons again in 2021 for interested students in grades 1 – 6.

Lessons are of 30 minute duration and will be conducted weekly at school on a rotating timetable so that students do not miss the same lesson each week.

Students will be required to have access to a keyboard for practice, and also purchase a music tutor book and theory book. Lessons will generally be given to groups of 2 or 3 students with some individual lessons available when it is not possible to match students of similar musical ability. The lessons will focus on using a chord bass with an emphasis on utilising keyboard features such as different tones and rhythms.

Playing keyboard is an excellent extra curriculum activity to develop not only musical skills, but creative thinking, hand-eye coordination, concentration and commitment to task.

Enrolment forms are available from the office or below for both new and continuing students.

FRIDAY PIZZA

• Pizza is to be ordered and paid for from outside the Year 6 room in the morning from 8:15 – 8:35am.
• Brown bags not required for pizza – students simply bring their money ($2 per slice) and tell the Year 6 students what you would like to order.
• Pizza slices will be delivered to classes in provided brown bags in tuckshop boxes at lunch time.
• Icy Cups are to be purchased at 3pm outside the Yr 5 classroom.

Please note: There is a pizza order form available if you think this will be helpful to assist your child with the ordering process.

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