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Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, Students and the wider St. Joseph’s Primary School Community,
A Prayer for Pope Leo XIV
Lord, as Pope Leo XIV undertakes the role of leader let him be affirmed by the servant leadership we witness in your son Jesus.
Guide Pope Leo in the path Jesus has set and let those who will, follow.
Let his greatest passion be compassion.
His greatest strength love.
His greatest victory the reward of peace.
In leading let him never fail to follow.
Confirmation Presentation Mass
Congratulations to the Confirmation candidates who were presented to the community on Sunday in preparation for celebrating the sacrament in a few weeks time.
Our school choir led by Cara Chisholm added to the joy of the mass with their singing. Thanks to all who participated.
Mother’s Day Breakfast
Thanks to everyone who supported the Mother’s Day Breakfast to make it such a positive community event to celebrate mothers. A special thanks to all of the volunteers who helped set up and pack up, prepare and serve the food.
A special thanks to Erin O’Grady who coordinated the event, prepared the menu and sourced the food. Thanks to Sarah and Susie Porter for the table decorations. Also, thanks to our sponsors Woolworths (Shane Crowley), Bloom Bar and Harvey Norman.
Premiers’ Reading Challenge
Olivia Cerdena, Poppy Main, Isla Pribbenow, Harry Leach, Turner McCaskill, Darcy Morrison, Georgie Milroy, Braxton Harrington and Sophie Parker are the first 10 students to complete this year’s Premiers’ Reading Challenge. They were presented with their badges on Friday. Well done!
Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Happy Birthday to children celebrating their birthday this week.
Knox Guiney Paddy Melican, Louis Guiney, Darcy Morrison, Tazanna Singh Barring, Patrick Farrelly, Diesel Harrington, Adeline Monigatti, Braxton Harrington, Arto Murphy and Isla Watson.
If you can help, please donate to our St. Joseph's page to raise all that we can for this cause. Feel free to send the QR code to family and friends.
It has been a very busy few months for the PSA, and I would like to again extend a huge thankyou to all of our volunteers who have given their time and energy to support our events and initiatives. We appreciate the support of our parents and families and your understanding that our increased fundraising schedule for 2025 is all about delivering the most fantastic and exciting new playground we can for our middle/senior school area.
We have held very successful events including the Election Day BBQ and Cake stall which raised a significant amount of funds towards the new playground. Thanks to all the parents who got behind the tables on the day, and all the families who baked for us. We had 4 groaning trestle tables laden with cakes which were very popular and almost sold out by 11am.
Mother's Day festivities also proved very popular once again in celebrating our St Joseph's mums. Thanks to those who helped source and wrap the wonderful pressies that our very excited children were able to choose from, as well as those who took part in running the stall. Our Mothers Day breakfast also proved another resounding success thanks to our volunteers who set up the hall and prepared food the day before, as well as those who helped out on the day with distributing the significant number of orders we received for the morning.We do have another wonderful fundraising opportunity coming up in June over the King's Birthday Long Weekend. On Saturday the 7th of May St Josephs will be running the Bunnings BBQ and so we are again putting out a call out for volunteers to help in two hours shifts throughout the day, and for families to bake for a cake stall. The more we can raise from this opportunity the more exciting the final playground can be.
Finally I would like to share some of the concept designs for the new playground you have heard so much about. For over a year and a half a small group has put in a lot of hours researching options and liaising with potential suppliers to be able to deliver this significant piece of school infrastructure. It is very exciting to be at this stage and the PSA is looking forward to being able to deliver on this long term project in the Term 3 holidays.
Leon Senchenko, PSA Chair
Bunnings BBQ
We are looking for volunteers to work on the Saturday 7th June - cooking or selling split over several shifts
BBQ Shift 1 - 8:30am to 10:30am
BBQ Shift 2 - 10:30am to 12:30pm
BBQ Shift 3 - 12:30pm to 2:30pm
BBQ Shift 3 - 2:30pm to 4:30pm
Cake Stall Shift 1 - 8:30am to 10:30am
Cake Stall Shift 2 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
Bunnings BBQ Cake Stall
We are looking for people to cook cakes/muffins/slice etc to sell on Election day. Items can be dropped off at school on Friday 6th June or at Bunnings on the morning of Saturday 7th June.
Please complete the form to indicate how many cake boxes your require.
Cake boxes will be sent home early this week.
St Joseph’s Church Needs Your Help!
We are inviting parishioners to become more involved in our weekend Masses by participating in various ministries, including Lectors (Readers) and Special Ministers of the Eucharist.
Formation sessions will be provided to ensure you feel confident and well-prepared in your role.
If you are interested in serving, please contact the Parish Office 5562 2231.
Pizza Day: Tuesday 3rd June, 2025
Orders Close: 3pm Friday 30th May, 2025
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 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.