A reminder to families that Friday 16th August is a school closure day.

Please refer to our online calendar which is updated regularly with important dates for 2019, there are also some 2020 dates shown. This calendar can be accessed via our App or website.

Note: Middle School Hooptime is also on Friday 16th August. Parents to transport their child to and from the event with teacher supervision during the event.

Boys Hockey

On Thursday 1st August, the St Joseph’s Boys Hockey Team went to Dimboola to compete in the Greater Western Region Hockey Competition. We were in the second pool with St Arnaud’s Primary school and Birchip. We had 3 games over the course of the day. The first game for us was at 11 o’clock against St Arnaud’s and we lost 2-1.  Half an hour later we played our second game against Birchip and we lost 2-1.

Finally, we played against St Arnauds in a friendly game.  Sadly, we lost again 2-0. 

Overall, it was a great day and we would like to thank Marcia Nelson-Hill for coaching us to get to this stage.  Also, a special thank you to Andrew Miles for driving the bus to Dimboola and getting us all there safely.   

Will Callaghan and Max Collins E2

Girls Hockey

On Thursday 1st August, the St Joseph’s Girls Hockey Team went to Dimboola for Regional Hockey. 

The girls played 4 games. Our first was against Hamilton Alexandra College. They beat us 4 nil. Our next game was against Kowree, it was a tough game, but we managed to get a draw of 2 all.  Our next game, against Birchip was a good game and we won 1-0. This put our total points score at 6. Our last game was against Jamo. This was our toughest game and we drew 0-0. This put us in equal second place overall. 

We all had a great day and thank you to Marcia, Karen and Mr McCombe for coaching us and Andrew for driving the bus. 

Claire Benson and Laura Van Zelst E1

5/6 Boys and Girls Volleyball 

Good luck to our teams competing this Wednesday in the Warrnambool District Volleyball Schools Cup at the Arc Stadium.   A big thank you to Mr Beks and Mr McMillan who have given their time and energy to help out with the training sessions over a number of weeks.  

5/6 Boys and Girls Table Tennis

Coming up later in the term is the Warrnambool Division Table Tennis Championships on Friday 13th September.  We can send 4 boys and 4 girls to this tournament and children will need to register outside E4 no later than this Wednesday afternoon if they would like to be a part of this team.  Practice will commence this Friday for those selected to compete.

Sports Practice this week

Andrew McCombe, Physical Education and Sport Co-ordinator

Congratulations to all our students who attended this years School Disco. Lots of dancing, jumping and good times were had.

Thanks to all our wonderful parent volunteers for organising and assisting on the night and the wonderful office staff for the behind the scenes work that they do.

Thanks to Fiona Fitzgerald for organising a brilliant poster competition this year with a new major prize as the limos were unavailable. The winners all had a great pre-disco party as you can see by the photos below.

This year we have decided to combine the Book Week (week 6) and Arts Week (week 8) dressup to make it easier for families.

Children are invited to come dressed up to our Africa Arts Week theme on Friday 6 September. You might like to dress up as an african animal, character from Lion King, The Jungle Book or Madagascar. You might also like to come dressed as a famous artist.

First Eucharist is a Sacramental Program for Grade 4 students who have been baptised and confirmed.

Please complete this form and make a $25 contribution payment, to meet the cost of materials, through CDFpay (our online ordering system). 

A kit containing the materials and information to prepare your child for the Celebration of First Eucharist and details of your Family Group will be available to collect at the Parent Information Meeting at 7:00pm on Tuesday 13th August 2019 in the Gathering Space at St Joseph's Church.

After school parents groups meet at the school at 3:30pm and evening groups meet in the home at a time arranged by the families in the group.

Please contact the Parish Office on (03) 5562 2231 if you have any queries.

Key Dates

Saturday 19th October and Sunday 20th October

Once again the PSA are offering parents the opportunity for family photos through Vision Portraits. Bookings are now open.

Christine Thompson, Room D4

St Joseph's Primary School has been invited to once again take part in Operation Christmas Child.

Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is a project of Samaritan’s Purse. It partners with local churches in developing nations to reach out to children by providing gift-filled shoeboxes and bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ. After receiving shoebox gifts, many children are also invited back to participate in The Greatest Journey – an evangelism and discipleship program.

Families are invited to fill a box with items which is then sent to a child in need. Include something from each of the 6 categories.

• Something to wear
• Something to play with
• Something for school
• Something to love
• Something special
• Something for personal hygiene

Boxes can be collected and returned to Room D4 by Friday 11 October, 2019.

There is a $10 postage fee that can be paid online.

Please do not seal the box with tape, just put a plastic band around it. All boxes are checked by the volunteer at Operation Christmas Child before they are posted off.

Thursday 8 August, 2019, Orders close 3pm Tuesday 6 August

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 ordered via CDFPay (Canteen ordering system) and provided by Pinkie’s Pizza who are one of our major school sponsors.

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.

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Monday 16th September, 2019.

This evening is for parents and we also welcome grandparents and extended family members. We currently have over 100 parents registered for this event.

Thank you to all our canteen volunteers. We are in need of a few more volunteers for Term 3. Training is provided and one shift a term is all you need to commit to.

Robert Connor Dawes Fundraiser

Family Science Games Nights