Jim Guinan, Deputy Principal

Dear Parents, Guardians, Students, Staff and our Wider School Community.

Firstly, congratulations to our lawn bowlers team who became State Champions for Primary Schools last week.  The competition took place at Darebin Bowls Club, Thornbury. Team members were Imahni and Safiyyah Gainey, Will Main, Will Callaghan, Nick Main, Sam Niklaus, Sam Smith, Marco Mentha, Archie Everall, Max Collins, Jack Dunphy and Oliver Kenna. What is inspiring about this group of children is that they put their hands up for an unfamiliar sport to children, trained hard, gelled together as a group and then became a successful State level Primary School bowls team. Many thanks to Parky from Warrnambool Bowls Club and his team of volunteer coaches for their time and expertise.

Enrolments

Enrolments for Foundation students at St Joseph's in 2020 are opening on Monday 3rd June and close on Friday 21st June. A campaign through radio and newspaper is about to commence with information sessions and tours if this is relevant to you. Please share this information with friends and family.

A reminder that enrolments for Emmanuel College for 2020 have closed. Enrolments for Warrnambool College have also closed and Brauer College closes this week. 

Uniform

Last Friday the PSA held a very successful uniform sale as we transition into full winter uniform. Thank you to the PSA for providing this service. It is timely to remind all parents that the only coat for children to wear at school and representing the school is the St Joseph's uniform coat. Introduced this year is a system where parents receive an email if their child is consistently out of uniform. We are hoping to be consistently firmer across the uniform issue for 2019.

Assembly

An invitation is extended to all families to attend St Joseph's assembly on Fridays at 2:40pm. This is a great opportunity to celebrate, learn and be informed for all members of the St Joseph's Education community.