PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, Students and the wider St. Joseph’s Primary School Community,
God of the fire and God of the wind, God of the silent sound,
when you speak to us,
you do so in ways we may not expect but cannot ignore.
Allow us in this time of frantic noise and eerie stillness
to listen again to the wind and the earth,
to the gentle whisper of you calling our name.
And may we hear in your voice words of love and hope,
the good news of your presence with us still.
Amen.
It was wonderful to have parents back onsite supporting the children at the Year 3-6 sports last week. Congratulations to all of the children for their participation and enthusiasm. A big thanks goes to the parents that helped on the day, the Emmanuel students who helped out, our staff and Mr McMillan for the smooth organisation of the day.
Our Foundation families are meeting tonight, the Year 1s and Foundation students have all been on excursion this week as well as the lawn bowls team heading to Ararat and the swimming team to Horsham. Next week our Year 1s have their extended day and the Year 6 students will be celebrating Reconciliation. It is great to see the energy, enthusiasm and business of school life returning.
PSA Report
The PSA met last Tuesday and are pleased to be able to report the following:
We will again make a donation of $20,000 to support the following school programs:
|
ICT (incl share of iPad lease) |
$10,000 |
|
Literacy |
$2,000 |
|
Physical Education |
$2,000 |
|
The Arts |
$2,000 |
|
Student Garden |
$500 |
|
Parent Education Programs |
$1,000 |
|
Japanese Language (LOTE) |
$1,500 |
|
Wellbeing (Peer Mediation) |
$500 |
|
Pastoral Care |
$500 |
|
PSA admin expenses (photocopying) |
$100 |
|
Total |
$20,000 |
In addition to the above the PSA are supporting:
- an Art installation of an Arts project in the hall. This project will cost $14,000 and include art from every student and staff member in 2022.
- the commencement of the loose parts playground with $5,000.
In total the PSA is contributing $39,000 to continue to grow our school in 2022.
In lieu of a major fundraiser (Fair or Colour Run) the PSA will hold a Major Sponsors’ Raffle in Term 3. Each family will be asked to sell four tickets of $25 ($100 in total). The prize will be a voucher or vouchers to be spent at any of our sponsors’ businesses. We are hoping that the prize pool will be around $10,000.