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Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, Students and the wider St. Joseph’s Primary School Community,
The Feast of The Holy Trinity
The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit
Changes to Mathematics Reporting
I am writing to let you know about the changes to student reporting for Mathematics in Victorian Catholic schools.
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) recently published its revised Mathematics curriculum (Mathematics curriculum 2.0).
All Victorian schools will start using the Mathematics curriculum 2.0 in 2024 or 2025. At St Joseph’s we are using the revised Mathematics curriculum for school reporting from Semester 1 2024.
On your child's previous report, the teacher reported against the 3 strands of the achievement standard for Mathematics (Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability). Under the Mathematics curriculum 2.0, your child’s teacher will report against the achievement standard as a whole, providing a single, aggregated score.
As the achievement standards reported on have changed, the first time you receive a report under the Mathematics 2.0 curriculum, it will only show achievement and not progress. For all reports after this, progress will be shown against the single achievement standard.
The VCAA made these changes to help teachers plan their teaching and learning programs in mathematics, giving them more flexibility to support students to link ideas within mathematics and also with other curriculum areas.
The student reports will be available via the Parent Access Module (PAM) on the school website and the SZ App. The reports will be available at 4pm, Friday 21st June followed by Parent and Teacher conversations on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th June. If you require more information about your child’s report, please contact your child’s teacher.
PSA – Parent Bowls Night
Thanks to everyone who supported the bowls night last week.
And a reminder that we have a meeting tonight, Tuesday 28th May at 7:30pm in the staffroom.
Star of the Sea Parish Mission
Sunday 2nd June - Sunday 9th
Our humble parish is most excited to welcome the Missionary of God’s Love Sisters this June to lead our parish mission for 2024.
Star of the Sea Mission Week
A parish mission is a special pastoral effort on the part of a group aimed at instructing and encouraging the parish community.
The sisters will be providing many opportunities to learn, grow and develop in your relationship with God throughout the week.
Saturday 1st June at 7:30am - Community Breakfast
A special cooked Q&A Breakfast with the MGL Sisters for all parishioners at Our Lady Help of Christians Church. Bring your burning questions with you as we hear all about the joys and struggles of religious life.
Sunday 2nd June at 10:30am - Sacraments of Initiation
The MGL Sisters will join us for mass in which fourteen children from our parish will celebrate the sacraments of initiation (baptism, confirmation and first eucharist). The Sisters will introduce the mission week at the conclusion of mass and join us for the hospitality and celebration following mass.
Wednesday 5th June at 7pm - Scripture with the Sisters
Wednesday evening at the St Joseph’s Gathering Space the Sisters will be helping unpack the Gospel of Mark for us in the lead up to our fourteen-week deep dive into the Gospel with Dr. Tim Gray’s Lectio: Mark, Faith not Fear Bible Study. The parish bible study will begin the following Wednesday at the same time in the parish office meeting room.
Friday 7th June at 5:30pm - One Body, Many Parts Parish Open Evening
Come and celebrate the cultural diversity of our parish on the Feast of the Sacred Heart with our parish open evening.
A particular welcome is extended to new parishioners who may have joined us in the last few years. This evening is a great opportunity for new and well-seasoned parishioners a like to get together and enjoy each other’s company and provide hospitality and welcome to all.
Parishioners are invited to dress in costume particular to their place of origin and are encouraged to bring a dish that best represents their heritage to share with others.
The practicalities of the evening are outlined below:
5:30pm - Mass in celebration of the Feast of the Sacred Heart
6:20pm - Get to know you activities followed by Dinner
7:00pm - Testimony and input following by song and dance into the late evening.
Saturday 8th June from 9am-3pm - Parish Retreat Day
Our parish mission will culminate on the weekend with the Into the Deep parish retreat day at Our Lady Help of Christians.
This day will involve mass, prayer, testimony, and fellowship as well as some lunch in between. Information on the Retreat day will be outlined on the bulletin and church notice boards in due course.
Sunday 9th June at the weekend masses - Worship and Song
In the conclusion of our parish mission the MGL sisters will be joining our weekend liturgies in prayer and song.
The sisters will provide some input on vocations and will be available after mass for conversation.
Lectio: Mark, Faith Not Fear Bible Study
On Wednesday 5th June from 7pm at the St Joseph’s Gathering Space, the Missionary of God’s Love Sisters will be introducing the parish to our new 14-week bible study beginning on Wednesday 12th June from 7pm in the parish office meeting room. Each week participants will view a video from Dr. Tim Gray on a particular chapter of the Gospel, followed by a discussion of the study questions outlined in the study guide.
The cost of the study guide is $10 which can be paid at the parish office.
Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Happy Birthday to children celebrating their birthday this week.
Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Zoe Ierodiaconou, Ollie Welch, Indi McLaurin, Jack Parker, Tobias Haberfield, Doris Pham, Tilly Beechey, Charlie Biemans, Edward Jeffries, Sophie Morris, Grace Densley, Herbie Neagle, Ezra Smith, Harley Advincula and Summer Smedts.
On Friday 16th and Friday 17th May, students from Year 3 and Year 5 participated in the Sacrament of Confirmation.
After 4 weeks of preparation and reflection, students eagerly entered the St Joseph's Church foyer to commence their Sacrament liturgy. During confirmation, candidates confirm that they want to continue their faith journey in a formal way and through participation in this very special sacrament. As we gathered in the foyer, there were nerves and there was excitement.
The ceremony was a fantastic celebration of unity and all candidates should be very proud of themselves. Congratulations to the following students who celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation.
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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.
Pizza Day: Tuesday 18th June, 2024
Orders Close: 3pm Thursday 13th June, 2024
Once per term the PSA run a Pizza Day as a "special occasion" lunch option and to raise money for the PSA.
This term the Pizza Day is set to coincide with the school's St Joseph's Feast Day Celebrations.
Children can choose from either Garlic or Hawaiian pizza (Gluten Free options available) which are provided by Pepper's Pizza (formerly Pinkies Pizza) who are one of our school sponsors.
Orders are now open 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.