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Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, Students and the wider St. Joseph’s Primary School Community,
“If you work hard and enjoy what you are doing, follow your dreams and anything is possible.”
Emma McKeon 2021
Good Luck to St Joseph’s own Nathan Sobey in the finals of the Olympic Basketball this week.
Post Lockdown Survey
Thank you to everyone involved in the smooth transition to and from remote learning during the recent lockdown. The majority of the feedback we have received has been positive as have the improvement suggestions. In order to prepare for the next lockdown effectively we are seeking your feedback through the following short survey.
WALK DON’T RUN
Please consider signing the petition to support the instalment of 40kmh School Zone along Raglan Parade between King Street and Hopetoun Road. Many children dart across in this dangerous area through dense, fast traffic.
Staffing Update
Georgia Johnson will be leaving C2 in early Term 4, 2021 to begin maternity leave. We wish her well as she begins the next exciting chapter in her life.
Louis O’Connor will take leave for the Term 4, 2021 and all of 2022. Louis plans some interstate and hopefully some overseas travel.
Parents School Association
The PSA met virtually last Tuesday night. The group is conscious of it’s dual role of community building and fundraising.
With consideration to the needs of our community, the uncertainty around restrictions and the desire to ensure we maximise family participation, the following decisions were made:
- Fathers’ Day Breakfast has been cancelled due to uncertainty around restrictions.
- the Fathers Day Raffle will be run.
- a pie drive will be run later this term.
- the St Joseph’s Fair will be postponed till 2023.
The PSA will endeavour to run several smaller community building activities in 2022 aimed at connecting our families.
Matthew O'Brien, Principal.
Happy Birthday to children celebrating their birthday this week.
Parents are invited to complete a Remote Learning Parent Survey to provide some feedback to the school.
It should take 5-10 minutes of your time. Thank you.
We have already made changes as a result of feedback received by our parents.
This survey closes on Friday 13th August, 2021.
Talk about hitting the ground running! After arriving back at school on Wednesday morning we knew we had to rearrange all our scheduled inter-school sporting dates. Training sessions will be on hold for many of our teams, while we still wait for confirmation of these dates. Regardless of the uncertainties, many of our P.E lessons managed to tune in and watch our Aussie Olympians represent their country in Tokyo. How wonderful it was for our students to finally come together and celebrate the power of Sport!
Unfortunately, the current Covid 19 Guidelines prevents us from having any external adults come on-site to assist us with coaching and clinics. We have commenced the basketball trials for the upcoming Hoop-Time competitions for both Year 3/4 and the Year 5/6 students. Thank you to those who registered online as this assists us during the trial phase. We would like to congratulate those students who demonstrate courage and take the risk to trial for any sporting team at St Joseph’s. A commendable feat displayed by many. All short-listed teams will be posted on the School Sports’ Noticeboard in the Hall.
5/6 Boys and Girls Table Tennis
Coming up later in the term is the Warrnambool Division Table Tennis Championships on Friday 10th September. We can send 4 boys and 4 girls to this tournament and children will need to register on the Sports’ Noticeboard, or email us at sport@sjwarrnambool.catholic.edu.au no later than this Friday afternoon if they would like to be a part of this team. Practice will commence next week, for those selected to compete.
Upcoming events
*Friday 6th August - Division Hockey (To be confirmed)
*Thursday 12th August - Division Winter Sports (To be confirmed)
*Friday 13th August - Year 3/4 Hoop-Time at the ARC
*Thursday 19th August - Year 5/6 Girls Football (To be confirmed)
*Friday 20th August - Year 4 AFL 9’s Round-Robin (To be confirmed)
*Friday 27th August - Year 5/6 Hoop-Time at the ARC
*Thursday 2nd September - Year 6 District Volleyball
*Friday 10th September - Division Table-Tennis Competition
Sports Practice this week
*Times and Days may change due to weather and other factors
Monday
- Year 5/6 Boys - Hoop Time Trials
- 2:30pm - Hockey Training
Tuesday
- Netball Training
- Football Training - Boys and Girls (bring boots and extra clothing)
- Year 5/6 Girls-Hoop Time Trials
Wednesday
- Football Training - Boys and Girls (bring boots and extra clothing)
- Tee-Ball Training
- Shortlist – Year 3/4 Trials Boys Hoop-Time
Thursday
- Netball Training
- Shortlist - Year 3/4 Trials Girls Hoop-Time
Friday
- Division Hockey To Be Confirmed
Socks
Could the Soccer players and footballers please return their Yellow socks ASAP for our Hockey players to wear this Friday.
As always, please email us with any further queries or concerns; sport@sjwarrnambool.catholic.edu.au
Regards,
Mrs Emily Lloyd (Physical Education & Sport Co-ordinator)
Mr Matthew McMillan.
Thursday 19th August, 2021, Orders close 3pm Tuesday 17th August, 2021
Note: If your child is part of the Girls Football team then you are advised to cancel their pizza order as they will not be back for lunchtime.
Once per term the PSA run a Pizza Day as a "special occasion" lunch option and to raise money for the PSA.
Children can choose from either Garlic or Hawaiian pizza (Gluten Free options available) which are provided by Pinkie’s Pizza who are one of our major school sponsors.
Orders open on Monday 10th May via CDFPay (Canteen ordering system)
There are no canteen orders on Pizza Days and children not wanting to order pizza should bring their lunch from home.
Sorry, no late orders can be accepted.
Volunteers Needed
We rely on our volunteers and are also in need of more parents to assist. Canteen can only run 5 days a week if we have sufficient volunteers. Can you help?
Training is arranged by our Canteen Co-ordinator Tania Hughes. Please consider volunteering, even if only once per term, all help most appreciated.
To support schools and families through COVID-19 restrictions, the Department has extended the deadline for schools to submit Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund applications. Schools now have until Friday 13th August to submit CSEF (Camps, Schools and Excursions Fund) applications on behalf of parents.
Means tested concession cards must now be valid on either:
- The first day of Term 1 (Wednesday 27th January 2021)
- The first day of Term 2 (Monday 19th April 2021)
- The first day of Term 3 (Monday 12th July 2021)
If you would like to discuss what this could mean for you, please contact Cathy Duynhoven on 55611343 or via email on cduyn@sjwarrnambool.catholic.edu.au
The Rotary Club of Warrnambool are inviting students to participate in the ‘Father of the Year’ competition for 2021. If you would like your child/children to participate, please invite them to complete the task for their age group and the entry form. Different entry forms are designated to different age groups.
If you aren’t able to print your own, copies of the entry forms are available at the front office at school, along with paper/cardboard if required.
Students are asked to please return entries by Thursday 5th August, 2021 to the front office.