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- PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
- GOLD BOX
- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED THIS FRIDAY
- HATS FROM 2 SEPTEMBER
- TEACHER AWARDS WEEK 7
- FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION
- SPORTS REPORT WEEK 7
- STATE FOOTY PHOTOS
- ARTS WEEK 2019
- SENIOR SCHOOL SPELLING COMPETITION
- FATHER'S DAY BREAKFAST
- MIDDLE SCHOOL SWIMMING
- MIDDLE SCHOOL ARTS EXPO
- COMMUNITY NEWS
Michael Gray, Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Students, Staff and our wider School Community
About this time every year we come together as school community to celebrate what male family members bring to our young people’s lives. As we know both Mother’s and Father’s Day celebrate unique and important life values; the greatest of these is love. Love encourages us all to do our best and be our best for each other. Father’s Day is celebrated worldwide to recognise the contribution that fathers and father figures make to family life. At St. Joseph’s we will also celebrate this special bond at our Annual Father’s Day Breakfast event this Friday. All are welcome, remembering if dad can’t make it a grandfather, family friend or older sibling is most welcome. At St. Joseph’s we celebrate family in all it’s wonderful diversity. Look out for some great free raffles that will be available at the event.
The values fathers bring to family also drive what we do and support at school. Our students enthusiastically engaged in the student leader day; “What Makes You Happy Day” and raised over $750. These funds will be combined with our staff contribution and be made as a donation to the Special Development School here in Warrnambool. The funds are specifically tagged to the new school playground. In building the new school, local support is needed to help have the outside play spaces ready for the schools opening. St. Joseph’s students were keen to support the school and your family support to this cause has been highly valued and appreciated by the Special Development school community.
Also last week our library staff team and student monitors organised a week of Book Week activity, fun quizzes and classroom competitions. Again engaging young people in authentic learning, helping to make school a fun place and encouraging student involvement in their learning, made the week exceptional. Thanks all.
A final reminder that fast approaching is our special Arts Week. We celebrate the Arts every second year and this year we will have some exceptional visitors, workshops, competitions and special events. Please look out for all the details. The Arts contribute significantly in their own right to student learning but they also encourage communication, expression, celebration, meaning making, diversity, language skills and creative values.
Regards
Michael Gray, Principal
Congratulations to all our Gold Box winners throughout Terms 1, 2 and 3.
Winners of our Gold Box get to go for a swim at the pool. After the Middle School swimming program finishes next week we will then begin to catchup previous Gold Box winners who have not as yet had their swim due to the pool closure.
Next term we will begin drawing names out of the Gold Box once again.
Please consider Volunteering
We rely on the assistance for volunteers for our Father's Day Breakfast.
Please complete the volunteer form if you are able to assist with setup on Thursday after school or on the Friday morning for cooking, serving or cleanup.
This year we are in need of a couple of extra cooks to assist with the BBQ.
From next Monday 2 September children are required to wear their hats at school whilst outside at recess, lunch and sport.
State Football Finals
It was an outstanding display of skill and sportsmanship by our football team (pictured below after their Regional Final win) who braved the windy and cold conditions in Greensborough last Wednesday.
After winning two preliminary games against St Mary’s Sale (5.2-32 - 0.2-2) and Guthrie St Shepparton (4.2-26 - 2.5-17). Their next match they played in a match to decide if they were going to make it through to the grand final. Unfortunately, they were defeated by two points (4.4-28 - 4.2-26) in a really hard fought game.
Congratulations to all involved on the day. Particularly those who made the long journey to support the team and to Mr McMillan for his wonderful coaching skills all throughout the tournaments played.
5/6 Hoop Time Basketball
All the best to our 5/6 Hoop Time Teams who will play off next Friday in the Hoop Time Tournament at the Arc Stadium. Both teams have been training hard in preparation for the tournament. Special thanks to Katie O’Keefe who has assisted with coaching the girls team over the last few weeks.
AFL 9’s Grade 3/4
Last Friday, Mr McMillan took the Grade 3/4 students for a footy skills coaching clinic. Soon the teams will be announced for the upcoming tournament on the 17th September. At this stage, it is unknown how many teams our school will be eligible to enter. Children and parents will be notified soon of the teams and arrangements for the day.
Sports Practice this week
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Monday |
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5/6 Boys Basketball |
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Tuesday |
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Girls Tee Ball at Lunchtime |
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Wednesday |
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5/6 Girls Basketball |
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Thursday |
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Girls Tee Ball at Lunchtime |
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Friday |
| 5/6 Hoop Time @ THE ARC |
Andrew McCombe, Physical Education and Sport Co-ordinator
Arts Week Raffle
Our Arts Week Raffle can be found in the school foyer, the prize is a Famiy Movie Fun Pack with movie passes, snacks and Sombrero Bowl Meals. Tickets are $2 for 1 ticket of $5 for 3 tickets.
Our senior school children will be participating in the oral spelling competion at school this week.
Good luck and spell well.
7:00am - 9:00am Friday 30 August
Orders Close 3pm, Monday 26 August via CDFPay, sorry no late orders.
Volunteers
We rely on the assistance for volunteers on this day. Please complete the volunteer form if you are able to assist with setup on Thursday after school or on the Friday morning for cooking, serving or cleanup.
Photos
The Harvey Norman Photographer will be at the Father's Day Breakfast. Fathers have the option of having photos taken with their children, if they wish, all photos can then be purchased via the Photo Centre at Harvey Norman.
Be Green
Dads are encouraged to bring their coffee keep cups (with lids) to reduce the use of disposal cups.
Please make use of the FOGO bins in the hall for any Food waste.
Middle School swimming continues this week with the following reminders:
- children not swimming stay at school and do their work in another classroom
- the school only does 1 reminder if a child has forgotten their swimming gear
- parents and guardians assisting at the pool must provide a copy of their Working With Children Check to the office.
Thank you to parents for your support of the swimming program, particulary during this intensive 2 week program of swimming for our middle school.
The Middle School will be holding an Arts Expo in the final week of this term. The event is designed to celebrate and put on display all the hard work the middle school students have put into their Arts Inquiry projects this term. The event will run from 12noon till 1:30 but there will be viewing until 4:30pm. There will be a combination of both visual arts displays, as well as performing arts acts commencing at 1:00pm. All family and friends are invited to come along and be part of the afternoon.
Where: St. Joseph’s School Hall
Date: Wednesday 18 September 2019
Time: Visual Arts Gallery Walk: 12 noon
Time: Performing Arts Acts: 1pm
If you are unable to attend during these times, the visual arts displays will remain set up for viewing after school on Wednesday 18 September from 3:30pm - 4:30pm and from 8:15am - 9:00am on Thursday 19 September.