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Michael Gray, Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Students, Staff and our wider School Community
It is close to impossible to describe our Third Term this year.
Students have been exceptional in their efforts to ensure they have achieved their best, to be their best self and to learn together. Staff have been present constantly. By this, I mean being able to be at each child to help guide, challenge, support, help, encourage, redirect and advise each and every time this has been needed. We are indeed a fortunate community where people value effort, right from wrong and are committed to learning. I also acknowledge the wonderful contribution parents and families have made to this productive and supportive school environment. Teams achieve; that's why our students are thriving; whether it is special events, the daily classroom or specific programs people come together for the reason of learning, faith and hope. Thank you everyone.
With our final week, I remind families about the free parent education opportunity provided by our parent association to hear Andrew Fuller. I encourage parents, guardians and those interested in the wellbeing of young people to come along to his parent session tonight at 7pm. As Andrew’s bio says; “Andrew puts the heart back into psychology”. As a clinical psychologist, Andrew Fuller works with many schools and communities in Australia and internationally, specialising in the wellbeing of young people and their families. This is a unique opportunity to hear Andrew’s thoughts and ideas about caring for young people. Our PSA sponsored the Resilience Project last year, Andrew will follow up on those themes this week with both staff and parents.
Finally, I wish all the students a great break. This is a time to relax, enjoy where we live, experience a more relaxed daily timetable. The last day of each Term will finish on Friday at 2:30 pm, this is also the same for all bus students.
Regards
Michael Gray, Principal
Congratulations to the children who celebrated the Sacrament of Eucharist on the weekend.
Thank you to the families involved for assisting to prepare your child for the Sacrament.
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Monday 16th September, 2019
St. Joseph's School Hall, Botanic Road, Warrnambool
This evening is for parents and we also welcome grandparents and extended family members. We currently have over 100 parents registered for this event.
To assist with venue planning please follow the link below to indicate how many from your family will attend.
State Tee Ball Finals
Last Wednesday, the Year 5/6 Girls Tee Ball Team made the long journey to Waverley to participate in the State Tee Ball Finals. Wonderful weather and an enthusiastic team competed admirably against three very skilled teams from Bass Valley, Woodville and Toorak. Whilst they fought hard all day, unfortunately they did not win any of their matches. We are grateful for the tremendous support from all of the parents on the team who made the long trip and encouraged our team.
Table Tennis
Our table tennis teams competed last Friday at the Warrnambool Table Tennis Stadium. We had four teams consisting of Grade 5 and 6 Boys and Girls. They competed in matches against schools from Warrnambool including; OLHC, Jamieson St Primary, East Warrnambool and St Pius X. They were very competitive and won quite a few games.
The boys and girls finished in 7th place overall after all the rounds were completed.
AFL 9’s
Good luck to our year four children will be involved in an AFL 9’s tournament to be held at St Joseph’s. Thank you for all who have completed electronic permission forms. The first matches commence at 11am and we would love to see parents and friends of St Joseph’s there to cheer on the team.
Sports Practice this week
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Monday |
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5/6 Regional Hooptime practice in the hall @ Lunchtime |
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Tuesday |
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3/4 Regional Hooptime practice in the hall @ Lunchtime Regional Athletics Practice on the oval @ Lunchtime |
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Wednesday |
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No Sports Practice Today - Middle School Arts Expo |
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Thursday |
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Regional Athletics Practice @ Lunchtime |
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Friday |
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No Sports Practice Today - Last Day of Term |
Andrew McCombe, Physical Education and Sport Co-ordinator
The middle school had their Spell Off for the upcoming District spelling bee in term 4 and these were our classroom representatives.
Congratulations to all students.
Classroom Representatives for Spelling Bee.
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Year 3 Girl |
Year 3 Boy |
Year 4 Girl |
Year 4 Boy |
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D1 |
Charlotte Wythe |
Gano Akoch |
Isla Dixon |
Alexei Khaidurov |
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D2 |
Pippa Van Zelst Isabelle Ward |
James Wearne |
Ruby McKinley |
Jimmy Stevens |
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D3 |
Sadie Main |
Sam Bushell |
Hilary Collins Rhea Sony |
Jordan Morrison Lachlan Gome |
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D4 |
Samantha Coghlan |
Lachie Cannon |
Bella Telford |
Toby Hellessey |
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D5 |
Pippa Ward |
Rhyleigh Thornton |
Grace McInerney |
Joshua Bishop |
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D6 |
Maya Furphy |
Blake Hughson Lachlan Cugley |
Eva Scarborough Kayla Loving |
Hamish James |
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D7 |
Meg Anderson |
Jameson Nelson |
Mikayli Hoffman |
Tyler Phillips |
Winners of the Year 3 Oral Spell Off
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Year 3 Girl |
Year 3 Boy |
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1st D1 Charlotte Wythe |
1st D3 Sam Bushell |
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2nd D5 Pippa Ward |
2nd D2 James Wearne |
Winners of the Year 4 Oral Spell Off
These children will be going to represent St Joseph's at the District Spelling Bee in term 4.
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Year 4 Girl |
Year 4 Boy |
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1st Ruby McKinley |
1st Toby Hellessey |
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2nd Hilary Collins |
2nd Lachlan Gome |
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.
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.
The PSA are conducting a Second Hand Uniform Sale for all school uniforms. If you have any good quality uniform that reflects current St. Joseph’s uniform policy and standards this day could be for you. You can either donate items to be sold to the school for sale OR price them accordingly and have a % of your sale go to the school’s PSA.
If you would like to participate you can do so by one of the following two options.-
OPTION 1- If you are donating any school uniform items for sale please bring these along to the school office. Volunteers will price all items accordingly and all sales will be donated to our schools PSA.
OPTION 2- If you have any good quality uniform that you are wanting to sell please name clearly with your family name, grade of the eldest child, size and price. All tags are to be pinned on the garment and removed when sold. It has been determined that 70% of the sale will go to the family and 30% to the PSA.
Second hand school bags are also able to be sold on the day providing that they are in appropriate working condition.
Bring donations and sale items after the holidays.
The sale will occur on Friday 18 October, 2019 from 2:00pm till 3:30pm (before and during School Assembly) in the School Hall foyer. This is a fantastic opportunity to purchase good quality second hand uniforms.
2019 Art Fundraiser
The PSA will be running their annual fundraiser to raise additional funds for the Art Department.
This year your child's artwork will be available as a Diary (2020), Notebook (lined) or Sketchpad (blank).
These high quality hard cover diaries display your child's unique artwork created at school.
- Dairies - View the week at a glance - each double page displays the full week Monday – Sunday and includes public holidays and school term dates along with a year planner.
- Wire bound book designed to lie flat and stay open.
- Convenient A5 size (150 x 210mm).
- The same artwork can be used for all our products.
- Samples available at the school office for viewing.
Orders are now open via CDFPay at a cost of $15 per diary and close at 3pm on Friday 11 October.
Orders will be delivered in plenty of time to use these items as Christmas presents.
Note: Our Art teachers will endevour to ensure your child has completed the necessary artwork. However, if your child has been absent for an extended period of time for holidays or sickness they may not have completed their artwork.
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.
Thank you to all our canteen volunteers.