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Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, Students and the wider St. Joseph’s Primary School Community,
Prayer For The Children Preparing For Confirmation
May the spirit within us
Be a source of healing and peace.
May the spirit within us
Strengthen us when we feel weak,
Warm us when we are cold hearted,
Bend us when we are stubborn,
Move us when we are uncaring,
Guide us in the way of love.
May we allow the Spirit within
To empower all we do.
Road Safety
It has been reported by concerned memers of the public that parents are crossing Botanic Road near the bus stop rather than using the official school crossing. Parents are with their children and crossing the road between cars queing for the loop.
Please use the school crossing to ensure the safety of all.
Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Happy Birthday to children celebrating their birthday this week.
Jackson Crowe, Jimmy Edis, Ziggy Miller, Henry Saker, Ryder Stennett, Ivy Sobey and Cooper McDonald.
Enrolments for Foundation students for 2026 are now OPEN.
All applications are to be submitted by 4:00pm on Wednesday 11th June, 2025.
Enrolments
All of our enrolments are completed online, via the Enrolment/Online Enrolment Form page on the schools website.
You will need to make sure you have your child's documentation loaded onto your device, either by taking a photo or scanning and uploading.
- Birth certificate
- Immunisation Statement
- Baptism certificates
- any specialist reports
Discovery Tours and Information Sessions
Our Discovery Tours and Information session dates have also been set and can be booked via the Enrolment/Tour Registration page on the school website.
- 11:30am, Friday 23rd May
- 11:30am, Wednesday 28th May
Congratulations to the following children who recently challenged themselves to participate in the Kangourous sans Frontieres Maths Competition. Last week the children received their certificates. We had a record number of 120 students participate this year. Well done to everyone on giving it a go and doing your best.
Year 3
Summer Smedts, Jack Gladki, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Frankie Jones, Harry Newbury, Spencer Sarra, Layaara Gunasekara.
Year 4
Hank Gladman, Herbie Neagle, Noah Roberts, Lilian Visinoni, Ollie Gynes, Gus Kenna, Ezra Smith, Archie Edis, Leonard Rope, Henry Saker, Hadley Boyle, Ned Coughlan Daniel Jiang, Felicity Chang, Louis Kenna, Paddy Griffey, Elliot Smock, Max McCosh, Patrick Farrelly, Nellie Edis, Maddox McDermott.
Year 5
Nash Anderson, Patrick Dufty, Violet Greening, Turner McCaskill, Charlie Matthews, Siena Keramaris, Jed Lilley, Xander Perry, Eddie O’Donnell, Eddie Wearne, Rebecca Coghlan, Asia Suringa, Joel King, Liam Hose, Sophie Dubyna, Mary Fitzgerald, Jacky Deverall, Daisy Brown, Hudson Foster, Ayuni De Silva, Hugh Wright, Xavier Skevofylakas, Harry Leach Will McCarthy, Akarsan Paramanantham, Fred Goodall.
Year 6
Archie Stewart, Ada Cooper, Georgie Milroy, Jago Darcy, Leo Rees, Angus Smith, Abbie Wrightson, Milla Delaney, Mason Murrell, Sophia Furphy, Jack Schrama, Jackson Rogers, Dia Jagad, James Haberfield, Louis Welsh, Ella Down, Jaxson Byron, Max Cashmore, Jaxon Green, Nina O’Kane, Milla Rentsch, Chris Vu, Alfie Hoy, Harrison Farrelly, William Farley, Gretta Heggie, Elise Perry, Braxton Ciurleo, Chelsea Kao, Alfie Woonton, Sophie Parker, Cooper McDonald, Elijah Bishop, Elouise Flett, Harrison Williams, Theo Smith, Leo Van Ginneken, Sulli Maddern, Ted Ward, Finn Dwyer, Audrey Wolff, Zinzan McDermott.
The Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge is well underway. The Premiers’ Reading Challenge begins on the first Monday in March each year and ends on the first Friday in September.
The Challenge encourages children and students to read a set number of books over the year and record their efforts online. Since the Challenge first began in 2005, more than 4.5 million students have read over 63 million books.
Parents are able login into your child/children’s ‘dashboard’ to start entering the books they are reading or have finished reading with you at home. We have been entering some books that are read at school too. This is purely an optional activity for you to complete with your child at home.
What is National Reconciliation Week?
The dates for NRW remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey – the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.
Reconciliation must live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
We all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation, and in playing our part we collectively build relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures, and futures.
A brief history
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) started as the Week of Prayer for Reconciliation in 1993 (the International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples) and was supported by Australia’s major faith communities.
In 1996, the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation launched Australia’s first National Reconciliation Week.
In 2001, Reconciliation Australia was established to continue to provide national leadership on reconciliation.
In the same year, approximately 300,000 people walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of National Reconciliation Week-and subsequently across bridges in cities and towns-to show their support for reconciliation.
Today, National Reconciliation Week is celebrated in workplaces, schools and early learning services, community organisations and groups, and by individuals Australia-wide.
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.
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.
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.