St Joseph's Primary School Warrnambool
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70 Botanic Road
Warrnambool VIC 3280
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Email: office@sjwarrnambool.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 03 5561 1343

4 December 2018

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Principal’s Message

Michael Gray, Principal

Dear Parents, Carers, Staff and Students of our wider St. Joseph’s School Community,

With our students this last week we have been commemorating 100 years since the end of the First World War; this reflection challenges us as we move in to the Christian season of Advent. We reflect on…

Justice for a Peaceful World

During the season of Advent Christians spend time in prayer and action as we remember Jesus’ coming as a human child in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago. It is a time of waiting … Christians wait in joyful hope for Christmas Day when we remember Jesus’ birth but we also actively prepare to welcome the Spirit of Jesus more lovingly into our hearts and lives. That is why we make a special effort to remember the poor and those in need at this time.

Far from being exclusive, Jesus calls Christians to welcome all, especially those who are marginalised in our society. In our classrooms we have carried this spirit to the local community. We have focused on learning about, as well as supporting, the Warrnambool food share effort as well as encouraged our community to support various local charities and their Christmas appeals.

In a spirit of justice and action we invite all to share the following prayer to lighten our hearts with charity over the Advent time.

Prayer

Jesus, Prince of Peace,

Give us hearts to love you more and to open our lives to others in need. Help us to make our world a better place.

Amen

Regards Michael Gray
Principal

Teacher Awards

Week 7

Room

Student Name

Reason

C1

Daisy Amor

Great Work in C1.

C2

Niah Pinny

Great Work in C2.

C3

Alexis Harris

Great Work in C3.

B1

Nicholas Mugavin

For excellent progress in reading.

B2

Charlie Zanos

For great work habits in the classroom.

B3

Archie McGovern

For his great effort in the classroom.

B4

Jayden

For his excellent subtraction learning.

B5

Bellalie Martin

For being an amazing Year 2 student.

B6

Millie Austin

For being kind, caring and respectful in our classroom.

B7

Pippa Van Zelst

For outstanding work in the classroom.

D1

Isla Dixon

For taking very good notes when researching her Information Report.

D2

Noah Jye Parker

Excellent research work on his Information report on dingoes.

D2

Laura Van Zelst

Always treating everyone with kindness and helping others out.

D3

Jakaysia Kelly

For beautifully presented homework.

D4

Torin Kamath

For your extra effort with your Information Report.

D5

Rory Lawlor

Always looking out for his classmates.

D6

Jemima Steenhuis Young

A great slide-show presentation on lifecycles.

D7

Ella Hall

Working extra hard in reading and having a positive growth mindset.

E1

Anthony Morriss-Cowan

For contributing well to reading and maths groups.

E3

Jack Hope

Outstanding Study Ladder results.

E4

Rylee Parsons

For being able to ignore distractions and get his work done.

E5

Tori Hintum

Excellent work on BODMAS.

E6

Hugh Attrill

Continuing to put 100% effort into all learning tasks.

E7

Sam Marris

Making great improvements in class.

Japanese

Hannah McNamara

Great concentration.

Japanese

Isaac Wilson

Great enthusiasm in all activities.

Week 8

Room

Student Name

Reason

C1

Connor Greening

Great Work in C1.

C2

Ethan Thomas

Great Work in C2.

C3

Ayla Matthews

Great Work in C3.

B1

Rose Armistead

For improved concentration resulting in excellent work!

B2

Harry Gill

For growing in maturity.

B3

Theodore Uren

For a great innovation retell of the story “A Camping Spree with Mr Magee”.

B4

Rupert Jenkins

For his positive attitude towards reading and maths, setting an outstanding example for his peers.

B6

Bethany Moran

Improved reading - well done Bethany!

B7

Sienna Johnson

For making good use of her time in the classroom.

D1

Alexei Khaidurov

For a detailed and informative report on Giraffes and for achieving excellent Literacy Pro result.

D2

Grear Collins

Outstanding Literacy Pro results. Well Done!

D2

Ava Houlihan

Exceptional reading and comprehension results in Literacy Pro.

D3

Elijah Place

For being a kind and helpful class member.

D4

Daisy Shiells

For your willingness to offer assistance in the classroom.

D5

Jack Gavin

Awesome effort with his reading!

D5

Connor Ross

Awesome effort with his reading!

D6

Millicent Morley

100% effort in maths.

D7

Neave Black

For being a wonderful role model in D7.

E1

Harrison Hughes

For always completing and presenting his homework well, fantastic.

E2

Isabelle Jenkin

Great work in reading.

E3

Ava McKenzie

Excellent Literacy Pro results.

E4

All of E4

For working so well while Miss Boyd has been away.

E5

Kendra Wellens

Fantastic job with her homework .

E7

Xavier Gercovich

For being a good leader and always being a caring classmate.

Gold Box Winner

Congratulations to Gold Box winner Tarli Beveridge and Grace Schrama for always doing an amazing job at assembly.

Congratulations to Gold Box winner Matthew Gome for being a great buddy to C3 and to Emmy McKenzie and Tori Hintum for helping a teacher on yard duty.

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

Season of Advent

End of year Mass and Liturgy times for Foundation and Years 1 and 2 students and Christmas Eve and Christmas Mass times.

Click here to download the Season of Advent Flyer 183 KB - PDF

School Fees

With 2018 drawing to a close very quickly school fees should now have been finalised unless you have a regular payment plan in place. At this point in time all CSEF deductions have been processed.

If anyone needs support or has any questions regarding your school fees balance please contact Cathy Duynhoven via the school office or via email on cduyn@sjwarrnambool.catholic.edu.au

2019 School fees and information will be posted out to all families in early December. For all of those families that currently have payment plans set up they will automatically continue next year (amounts will be re-calculated to cover the 2019 school fees).

If you would like to set up a payment plan for next year, the relevant forms will be included within this mail out.

Sports News

St. Joseph’s Hardball Cricket Team.
Defeated OLHC in a one off game.

Boys T20 Blast Cricket Team,
Division and Regional winners,
came third at States on Friday.

Girls T20 Blast Cricket Team,
Division and Regional winners, came
third at States on Friday.

Golf team at Regional event.
Joseph Brown and Sam Marris
off to States.

Senior Boys Basketball
Regional runners up.

Girls 11yo Relay Team
at State Athletics,
Lakeside Stadium.

2019 Foundation Information

7:30pm, Wednesday 5 December

A reminder that the Information Evening for parents with children starting Foundation in 2019 is at 7:30pm on Wednesday 5 December in the school hall. Contact the office if you are unable to attend to arrange for information pickup after the evening.

Orientation Day

Tuesday 11 December, 2018

Students in Foundation – Year 5 will attend their 2019 classroom on Tuesday 11 December until lunchtime. The PSA is holding a free Orientation Day BBQ where students will get a sausage in bread and a Zooper Dooper. The sausages are gluten free and gluten free bread will be available.

Year 6 students will attend their Secondary School for the full day. Contact your child’s Secondary School with any queries.

Our Numeracy interviews will then open the following day, Wednesday 12 December, 2018 to enable you to book your child/ren in with their 2019 classroom teacher.

Grade 6 Farewell Evening

7:30pm - 9:30pm, Thursday 13 December 2018

Invitations to the Grade 6 Farewell Evening at the Flying Horse have been sent home with all Grade 6 students. Spare copies of the invitation are available from the school office.

Payment for this evening needs to be made through CDFPay (Online ordering) by this Friday 7 December 2018. All students must have one parent/guardian in attendance due to licensing regulations. Gluten Free food options will be available for parents and Grade 6 children.

Final Assembly

11:30am – 1:30pm, Monday 17 December, 2018

Our final assembly for the year will be held at 11:30am in our School Hall. Several awards will be presented to acknowledge achievements. Grade 6 students will be farewelled during the assembly. All welcome.

Parents and Volunteers Morning Tea, 10:30am

A reminder that our Parents and Volunteers morning tea will be held in the foyer of the school hall prior to assembly. All volunteers and helpers are welcome (Canteen, classroom helpers, committee members, etc). Let us congratulate and thank each other for another successful year. Please indicate if you will be attending.

2018 Volunteers Thank You Morning Tea

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School Concludes at 3:30pm

School concludes at 3:30pm on this day. If taking your child home early please exit via the school office to sign your child out.

Numeracy and Literacy Interviews

A reminder of Numeracy and Literacy Interviews as highlighted in our last newsletter.

Numeracy Interview Dates

  • Tuesday 18 December
  • Wednesday 19 December
  • Thursday 20 December

Literacy Interview Dates

  • Tuesday 29 January
  • Wednesday 30 January
  • Thursday 31 January

You need to book a time for Numeracy for one day in December and on one day in January for each of your children. Families with more than one child are encouraged to log on early to ensure you can select the same interview date and time for your children.

Bookings open on Wednesday 12 December at 9am. Contact the office if you need assistance.

Please mark on your calendar the dates for these interviews as they play an important part in your children’s education and please watch future newsletters for information about booking times online.

Please contact the office or your classroom teacher if your child will be unable to attend either of these interviews.

Art Fundraiser – Mugs

The Art Fundraiser mugs have now all been dispatched. They all looked great!

Thanks to Louise Hope from our PSA for the organisation of this fundraiser and to the Art Teachers, Mrs Barfus-McCoy, Mrs Chisholm, Mrs Brown and Mrs McMeel for their wonderful support with the creative side of the fantastic artwork for the mugs.

Sport and Representative Photos

Orders close Sunday 10 December, 2018

Sports Teams and School Representation Groups photos order forms were distributed to classrooms yesterday.

Thank you for your patience while waiting for these forms.

Orders close Sunday 10 December 2018. This only gives you one week to order photos to then allow time for delivery to the school prior to the end of the school year.

Makeup Photos – Athletics, Maths, Spelling and Volleyball

As a result of the catchup photo day these teams/groups will have the option of ordering either version of the photos.

The version taken on Thursday 25 October is labelled with:

Athletics – 2018
Maths – 2018
Spelling - 2018
Volleyball – 2018

The version taken on Thursday 8 November is labelled with:

Athletics 2018
Maths 2018
Spelling 2018
Volleyball 2018

Please be aware that neither version has all children in it as different children were absent from both versions of the photos.

You may like to check with your child which photo they would prefer. Large thumb prints available when ordering. Master photos are available at the office if you would like to view them before ordering.

Canteen News

Friday 14 December, 2018 – Last day for orders

Due to the end of the year stock levels in the canteen not all flavours of Zopper Doopers and Drinks may be available and children may get a different flavour.

A reminder that only one icypole/ice-cream per order is allowed.

Click here to download the Term 4 Canteen Roster 190 KB - PDF

Thanks to all our volunteers throughout the year. We are always looking for new volunteers.

Canteen Volunteers

The canteen has been established by our parents to provide a simple, regular, healthy lunch meal for families. No sweets are sold from the canteen. Each year the Canteen profits go towards our Parent School Association and at the end of each they nominate projects they would like the profits to be spent on. In the past few years the funds have gone towards purchasing new equipment for the canteen and refurbishment works.

To enable the canteen to run efficiently we rely on volunteer parents to help with the day to day heating and packing of food, supported by our Canteen Co-ordinator, Tanya Hughes.

Monday to Wednesday  - 11:00 am – 1:15 pm

Thursdays and Fridays - 10:30 am – 1:15 pm

The food is all supplied by Reeves bakery and is delivered cold for us to heat and then distribute to the classroom, sandwiches and rolls are delivered already made. The process is simple and effective.

Being a canteen volunteer is a great way to meet other parents and contribute to the school. Volunteers can choose which day of the week suits them and also how often each term they can assist.

All canteen volunteers must have a current Working With Children Check as they will be in contact with children.  

Note: If you work on a rostered basis then we can accomodate changes and swaps very easily.

If you would like to assist and add your name to our volunteer roster or update your availability then please complete this form.

Annual School Fair

Sunday 24 March 2019

Our Annual Fair is one of the highlights on our School Calendar.

Advance notice is given to please support the farmers market by starting to pot up some plants, plant vegetables and herbs and chat to other family members about how they can help.

Community Notice Board

Click here to download a copy of recent Community News 218 KB - PDF