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Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, Students and the wider St. Joseph’s Primary School Community,
Feast of Assumption of Mary, 15th August
Hail, Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Feast of the Assumption of Mary Mass
This Friday you are invited to join with our students and teachers in celebrating the life and inspiration of Mary at 10:00am mass in the St Joseph’s church.
School Disco
Thanks to all of our volunteers who have donated their time to making the disco a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone. Ensuring that over 500 children are safely looked after and picked up is paramount and your cooperation is required:
Sign in: Please be patient in signing your children in at the hall foyer.
Sign out: Children will be picked up from the main school building (not the hall) and must be signed out so that we can safely account for them. They will be collected from year groups in the main building.
Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Happy Birthday to children celebrating their birthday this week.
Zac Beaton, Harrison Baker, Tom Clifford, Grace Gladki, Jack Haynes, Frankie Jones and Senani Meme.
Last week, we celebrated Wear Green for Farmers. It was a timely reminder of how tough some in our community are doing it. It is also a great opportunity to have a conversation with your child about happiness and gratitude, and how important it is to have a positive growth mindset.
The School TV topic this week is Happiness and Gratitude.
Topic: Happiness & Gratitude
Happiness is a term that captures a huge variety of positive emotions such as humour, serenity, optimism, joy, pride, inspiration, love and hope. Happiness means different things to different people and is essential to your understanding of emotional literacy. Throughout history, philosophers, religious writers and poets have pondered on the meaning of happiness and how it might be achieved. In the last few decades, scientists and psychologists have researched this further by studying a field of science called positive psychology.
The result of this research suggests there is a strong correlation between gratitude and greater happiness. Practising gratitude helps you shift your focus to positive memories or experiences, noticing the good in your life. Over time, this will rewire your brain to create new neural pathways, increase your state of happiness and overall wellbeing.
In this edition of SchoolTV, parents and caregivers will learn how to achieve happiness and the benefits of practising gratitude.
We hope you take time to reflect on the information offered in this edition of SchoolTV, and we always welcome your feedback. If you have any concerns about your child, please contact the school's wellbeing team for further information or seek medical or professional help.
Here is the link to the Happiness & Gratitude edition of SchoolTV
The Action For Happiness website promotes taking action to be happier and kinder together. Each month, a calendar is produced with great ideas on actions to help promote happiness. Below is the calendar for August. Perhaps as a family you may like to action some of these ideas.
Our Theme this year is, 'Illuminate your creative heart and mind’ incorporating Art, Music and Dance to celebrate the Arts in a fun and engaging way.
Some events to look forward to are:
- Exciting arts workshops in unit areas daily Monday - Thursday 10:45am - 1:00pm
- Jon Madin Musician workshops with classes F-6 using his wacky instruments.
- Wednesday 3rd September night “ILLUMINATE” Lantern walk around the school 6:00pm -8:00pm with food vans and BBQ and entertainment.
- St. Joes got Talent performances daily with the winners performing at Assembly on Friday 5th September.
- Lunchtime busking performances by students.
- Painting at playtime for juniors.
- Art Exhibition of student art work in the Hall.
Poster by Audrey Wolff, Year 6 student
Kath McMeel, Arts co-ordinator
Back in May, 34 Grade 5 and 6 students challenged themselves in The Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) Maths competition. This competition gives students the opportunity to develop their problem-solving skills through algorithmic thinking.
The CAT contains unique problems designed each year by leading educators, academics and industry experts to challenge and extend our students’ problem-solving skills. Congratulations to all the children who challenged themselves to have a go at this.
Well done to: Elijah Bishop, Jaxson Byron, Ella Carlin, Max Cashmore, Braxton Ciurleo, Ada Cooper, Ella Down, Finnian Dwyer, William Farley, Harrison Farrelly, Elouise Flett, Jaxon Green, James Haberfield, Gretta Heggie, Alfie Hoy, Dia Jagad, Chelsea Kao, Zinzan McDonald, Georgie Milroy, Pia Morrissey, Mason Murrell, Nina O’Kane, Elise Perry, Jackson Rogers, Jack Schrama, Theodore Smith, Angus Smith, Leo Van Ginneken, Chris Vu, Louie Welsh, Harry Williams, Audrey Wolff, Alfie Woonton, Abbie Wrightson.
Lawn Bowls
A huge congratulations to both of our teams who competed last Friday in the Division Lawn Bowls competition. Big thanks to Jim Guinan and Casey McGillivray for assisting with training and on game day. Both teams bowled very well on the day, with St Joseph’s Blue, taking out second place and will now progress to the Regional Finals in Ballarat on Tuesday 2nd September. Well done, everyone - a fantastic effort and great sportsmanship all round!
Basketball
Thank you to all students who participated in the Year 4 basketball trials last week. We’re excited to announce that teams have now been selected – a Boys team, a Girls team, and a Mixed team.
To those who unfortunately missed out this time - bad luck, and please know that selection is always a difficult process. We simply can’t include everyone, but there will be many more opportunities in the coming years of your primary school journey. Keep working hard and enjoying your sport!
Year 6 basketball trials are continuing this week, with final team selections to be made by the end of the week.
Upcoming Competitions
Year 4 Basketball Competition - Tuesday 19th August at Emmanuel College
Year 6 Basketball Competition - Friday 22nd August at Emmanuel College
Matt McMillan - Sports Coordinator & PE teacher
Student Contribution
On Friday 8th August everyone dressed up in green clothes for all the FARMERS. We did this because they are struggling because they have not had much rain for the past three years. FARMERS bring us fruits, vegetables, meat, milk and more. At 12:40pm all the kids went off the oval and there were letters that spelled out FARMERS so all the year levels went in a ladder and Jeff took a photo on his drone. Some of the parents donated some money for the FARMERS.
The FARMERS are struggling a lot because they have had barely any rain. Some of the FARMERS don’t have any hay to feed their animals which is really bad because the animals could die. Victoria produces around 65% of Australia's milk supply which is crazy. FARMERS support a vast network of supply chains-transport, manufacturing, retail and export. This is why we wore green on Friday.
Layla Kane, Year 5 student
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Volunteers
Volunteers will be emailed directly with a letter from Matthew O'Brien, Principal, and the Roster.
7:00am - 9:00am
Friday 5th September, 2025
Our PSA is once again holding a Father's Day Breakfast for our school Dads (or special person).
Children arrive at school early with their dad and enjoy a breakfast of egg sandwiches, egg and bacon sandwiches or sausages in bread. The PSA will provide some fruit, juice and hot drinks, gluten free bread available. After the breakfast dads can walk their child/ren to the classroom for a visit.
Orders made via CDFPay
Orders Opening Soon. Orders close 3pm Tuesday 2nd September.
Sorry, no late orders accepted.
Volunteer
We rely on the assistance for volunteers on this day and the afternoon prior.
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.