Congratulations to our Gold Box winner, Ted Ward, for helping out a little friend after school.

Winners of our Gold Box get to go for a swim at the pool.

Wednesday 23rd October, 2019

School Team Photos will be taken on Wednesday 23rd October 2019 for all sports and academic teams.

All students who took part in a team will be included within the photo and must be wearing the full team uniform.

All sports team students will need to wear their sports uniform on this day and the relevant team top will be supplied to them (if you still have them you will need to bring them along).

Parents will have the opportunity to order a photo of a team sport or school activity that their child participated in throughout the year. Parents will be issued with a login code to use to order the photo’s online via MSP Photography.

Photos being taken will include:

• Lawn Bowls
• Tennis
• Swimming
• Athletics
• Golf
• Cross Country
• Soccer (Boys and Girls)
• Football (Boys and Girls)
• Netball
• T-Ball (Boys and Girls)
• Hockey (Boys and Girls)
• Debating
• Volleyball (Boys and Girls)
• Basketball (Middle Boys and Girls)
• Basketball (Senior Boys, Girls and Future Stars)
• Table Tennis (Boys and Girls)
• Cricket 
• Mathematics
• Spelling (Middle and Senior)
• Young Vinnies
• Choir
• Healthy Moves

October is Mission month.  This year, Catholic Mission is encouraging students across Australia to learn about how the Church in Ghana is taking a lead in providing life-saving care to children with disability and fostering their personal development for a brighter future.

The children have been learning about the plight of the children in Ghana and the challenges they face in regards to receiving quality education.

To help raise money for the children in Ghana the Young Vinnies are hosting a “Crazy Sock Day” on Friday 25th October.  On this day, for a gold coin donation the children may wear colourful, crazy or odd socks (with their school uniform). 

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.

Saturday 19th October

Once again the PSA are offering parents the opportunity for family photos through Vision Portraits. Bookings are still open.

Making the most of the Merri - Community Survey

Do you or your family live near or like visiting the Merri River? Would you like to see a riverside walking trail, or have better access to the river? Maybe somewhere to have a picnic?

Warrnambool City Council is currently running a community survey to inform a riverside precinct plan. The plan includes all public land between Manuka Drive Reserve and St James Park on the south side of the Merri River. The plan will help direct how this important riverside area develops into the future.

We would welcome your participation in the survey. The link to the survey can be found here:

The survey closes Friday 18th October. Any queries regarding the survey can be sent to Jenny at jemeny@warrnambool.vic.gov.au

Thank you to all our canteen volunteers.