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- 2023 FOUNDATION ENROLMENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
- PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
- FIRE EDUCATION
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY
- TEACHER AWARDS
- MINI VINNIES
- LIBRARY LINGO
- OUR SPECIALIST STAFF
- JAPANESE
- SPORTS NEWS
- FOUNDATION EXCURSION
- FOUNDATION PICNIC
- LITERACY/READING TRAINING
- CANTEEN NEWS
- PARKING BAY INSTALLATION
- HOLIDAY PROGRAM
- EMMANUEL COLLEGE
- COMMUNITY NEWS
Online Enrolment
Online enrolments are now available and can be completed and submitted electronically.
For this process go to our school website and select the Enrolment tab. Complete the Enrolment Enquiry to add your details for reminders and updates.
Under the Enrolment Tab you will also notice an Online Enrolment Form - select this and away you go. A tip with this one is do not use a phone or ipad to complete the form, any laptop or desktop computer will work fine.
You will also need to make sure you have your child's documentation (birth, immunisation, baptism certificates and any specialist reports) loaded onto your device, either by taking a photo or scanning and uploading as you will be able to upload all of that as well.
Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, Students and the wider St. Joseph’s Primary School Community,
God of the fire and God of the wind, God of the silent sound,
when you speak to us,
you do so in ways we may not expect but cannot ignore.
Allow us in this time of frantic noise and eerie stillness
to listen again to the wind and the earth,
to the gentle whisper of you calling our name.
And may we hear in your voice words of love and hope,
the good news of your presence with us still.
Amen.
It was wonderful to have parents back onsite supporting the children at the Year 3-6 sports last week. Congratulations to all of the children for their participation and enthusiasm. A big thanks goes to the parents that helped on the day, the Emmanuel students who helped out, our staff and Mr McMillan for the smooth organisation of the day.
Our Foundation families are meeting tonight, the Year 1s and Foundation students have all been on excursion this week as well as the lawn bowls team heading to Ararat and the swimming team to Horsham. Next week our Year 1s have their extended day and the Year 6 students will be celebrating Reconciliation. It is great to see the energy, enthusiasm and business of school life returning.
PSA Report
The PSA met last Tuesday and are pleased to be able to report the following:
We will again make a donation of $20,000 to support the following school programs:
|
ICT (incl share of iPad lease) |
$10,000 |
|
Literacy |
$2,000 |
|
Physical Education |
$2,000 |
|
The Arts |
$2,000 |
|
Student Garden |
$500 |
|
Parent Education Programs |
$1,000 |
|
Japanese Language (LOTE) |
$1,500 |
|
Wellbeing (Peer Mediation) |
$500 |
|
Pastoral Care |
$500 |
|
PSA admin expenses (photocopying) |
$100 |
|
Total |
$20,000 |
In addition to the above the PSA are supporting:
- an Art installation of an Arts project in the hall. This project will cost $14,000 and include art from every student and staff member in 2022.
- the commencement of the loose parts playground with $5,000.
In total the PSA is contributing $39,000 to continue to grow our school in 2022.
In lieu of a major fundraiser (Fair or Colour Run) the PSA will hold a Major Sponsors’ Raffle in Term 3. Each family will be asked to sell four tickets of $25 ($100 in total). The prize will be a voucher or vouchers to be spent at any of our sponsors’ businesses. We are hoping that the prize pool will be around $10,000.
Regards
Matthew O'Brien, Principal
On Friday 1st of April, we will be holding a casual clothes day for charity.
This is to raise money for one of our school families,
the Cottee Family,
who recently have been impacted by a fire at their home.
Please support this worthy cause if you are able to.
When: Friday 1st April
Where: St. Joseph’s Primary School
Who: All students are invited to wear casual clothes and donate through CDF pay Fire Appeal
The Warrnambool Fire Department will support us
by providing education for our students over the next
few weeks. Teachers will support implementing
education about this in their classrooms.
The Fire Truck will be onsite at St. Joseph’s for students on
Friday 1st April.
Happy Birthday to children celebrating their birthday this week.
Connor Greening, Layla Hooper, Patrick McGennan, Elli Ludeman, Paddy Bellman, Monty Darcy, Fiona Adhikary, Lyla Smith, Theodore Smith, Paddy Ward, Teddy Dabernig, Jack Gibson and Alejandro Lopez.
During lent the Mini Vinnies have been researching Project Compassion/Caritas.
Caritas Australia supports people to help communities thrive and build resilience for all future generations.
Mini Vinnies will be visiting each of the classrooms to discuss Project Compassion with the children and ask them to join in with an art activity.
Next term the Mini Vinnies will be holding a fundraising activity with all proceeds to go toward Project Compassion. More news on this will follow next term.
Prayer for Project Compassion/Caritas
Loving God, We pray for the women, children and men most vulnerable to extreme poverty and injustice. That we continue to be of service and work together as a global family, to ensure that all people have what they need to live a full and beautiful life.
Whatever they’re reading and wherever they are reading…. We want to see it! There’s a prize or two for the most interesting reading location!
Please ask your child permission before you show them how to use the digital technology on your device - to send us the photo to elloyd@sjwarrnambool.catholic.
We will be printing the photos out and adding them to the display in the library.
Thanks for your support.
Our specialist staff include Yuichi Deguchi, Cara Chisholm, Lyn Hyland, Matthew McMillan, Diane Brown, Emily Lloyd and Jo Barfus McCoy.
Introducing Matthew McMillan
I started my teaching career in 2015, doing casual relief teaching across a few schools in Warrnambool.
I was lucky enough to get quite a bit of work at St. Josephs, before eventually gaining a role as a P.E teacher, which has been a dream so far, as P.E is a huge passion of mine. Seeing students progress and gain confidence in P.E is the best part about my job.
My passions include; playing sports on weekends with my friends, hanging out with my two dogs and fiance, and drawing in my spare time.
Week 7 saw another very busy week in the Physical Education/Sports side of things at St. Josephs! It was great to see students representing the school in such a fantastic manner, whether it was interschool sport, or our school athletics carnival.
Lawn Bowls
Mr Jim Guinan, Layla Monk, and our awesome Lawn Bowls team ventured to Ararat on Wednesday the 16th of March to compete in the Regional competition. The team did a fantastic job and finished fourth overall on the day, congratulations to all that competed.
Athletics Carnival
On Thursday 17th March we held our middle/senior school athletics day, here at St. Josephs. We are so grateful to have our amazing grounds, meaning we are able to hold our sports here at school instead of going elsewhere. From my point of view, the day was a huge success. All students should be extremely proud of their efforts, and going off all the smiling faces, they seemed to really enjoy themselves as well. Age champions from the day will be announced next week. A huge thank you for all the help and support to everyone that volunteered their time in one way or another to ensure this day was a memorable one for our students.
Regional Swimming
On 18th March our amazing Swimming team travelled via bus to Horsham. In trying conditions (quite hot), students competed and represented themselves and the school in a very impressive manner. All students did a great job, but an extra special mention goes to Zoe Davis who finished first overall in breaststroke and has qualified for States! Well done to all.
Junior Sports Day – Change of Date
We now look forward to our Junior Sports day coming in week 10 on Thursday 7th April. Stay tuned for more details about this day.
Matt McMillan
On Monday, the Foundation classes travelled to St Joseph’s Church for our first excursion. We explored both inside and outside the Church before singing one of our favourite songs, “These Hands” together.
It was very exciting, especially for those whose first time it was traveling on a bus!
Foundation-Year 2 Parent Helpers In Classrooms
We are now allowed to have volunteer workers in our classrooms which means that we will begin the Parent Helper Program in Term 2. This program supports the literacy development of students by providing extra adults to support the classroom activities. The volunteers generally hear and change home readers, help small groups with tasks and work with individuals on their literacy learning.
Register for Training
We will hold a training session on Monday 28th March at 9am in the hall foyer. Volunteers are required to hold a Working with Children’s Check and to provide proof of being fully vaccinated including a booster shot.
Register to express your interest in help in a Foundation, Year 1 or Year 2 classroom
Generally, parents are rostered once a week or once a fortnight from 9-10am. It is recommended that parent complete the Training prior to assisting in the classroom.
School Canteen Support
The Warrnambool City Council have informed us that they will be undertaking the installation of parking bays alongside the Botanic Gardens on Botanic Road in the week beginning Monday 21st March 2022.
Works will occur between the hours of 7:00am and 6:00pm and are anticipated to be complete by the end of April 2022.
During construction parts of the roadway may be closed. Motorist and pedestrians are advised to observe all signage.