PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, Students and the wider St. Joseph’s Primary School Community,
God whose breath hovered over creation,
God whose breath brought wet clay to life:
Be in each grounding breath that we take, The rise of our belly,
The fall of our chest. Be in the kind word we extend,
the offer of help, the note of concern.
Be in the prayer that we whisper, and the laugh that we share,
so that even in a time of chaos, we might breathe into life a new creation.
Amen.
Smooth Start
Thank you again to everyone for their cooperation and great spirits in beginning the year. Particularly our senior students who have settled in very well and, being older, set the tone and culture of our school. One of the highlights has been the “Buddy Program” between the Foundation students and the Year 5 students. Each morning these children sit together outside to eat their snacks and have a chat. This program certainly seems to bring the best out of everyone and the Year 5s are to be congratulated for the kindness and care they show their new buddies.
Reminder for Foundation Literacy Interviews
Bookings are now open via PAM for the Foundation Literacy Interviews which begin this Wednesday and run for the three weeks.
Parent Teacher Interviews
Parent teacher interviews are scheduled for Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd of February between the times of 3:40pm - 6:00pm. These meetings are an opportunity to discuss your child with their teacher. Bookings for the interviews are now open on the Parent Access Module (PAM) found on the school website and the school app. If you need any help in managing this system please contact our friendly office staff.
In preparation for the meetings each teaching team has developed a set of questions for our consideration. These will be emailed to you early next week.
School Board Members
Our school board meets once per term with the first meeting to be held on Wednesday 2nd March, 7:30pm.
Our 2022 School Board members are:
- Mark Koch (Chairperson)
- Peter Furphy (Deputy Chairperson)
- Chris McGrath
- Donna Monaghan
- Melissa Happ
- Joel Saywell
Foundation, Staff and New Student Photos
Individual photos will be taken of all of our new students this Thursday 10th February. The class photos will be taken in May along with the individual photos for the rest of the school.
Tennis Court Loop
A reminder of the new system for pick up at the tennis court and thank you to all of the families for their understanding.
- Children will gather at the clubrooms end of the tennis courts and only enter cars from this end.
- The rest of the area will be roped off.
- Children enter into the left hand door of the car
- Children will not cross the loop to walk to the parking bays. If parents park they may collect their child from the pick up area and walk them to the car.
Introducing
Zoe, Layla and Kayne are our three trainees for 2022. They all completed Year 12 at Emmanuel College in 2021 and are working here at St Josephs during their gap year whilst undertaking a Certificate 3 in School Support. You will see them each day “manning the gates” to welcome and farewell the children.
I hope that they enjoy their time with us this year.