PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Matthew O'Brien, Principal
Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, Students and the wider St. Joseph’s Primary School Community,
150 Years of Catholic Education
This week we are celebrating the arrival of a message stick.
In Aboriginal culture, Message Sticks were passed between different clans and language groups to share information. They were often used to invite neighbouring groups to corroborees, initiation ceremonies and other celebrations and gatherings.
This message stick is one of 5 message sticks that have been made to celebrate the 150 anniversary of the Diocese of Ballarat.
One stick is the Mother Stick which will remain at the Catholic Education Office in Ballarat.
The other four sticks will travel to every Catholic Primary School in the Diocese before returning to Ballarat and to the Mother Stick.
The Design
The Journey Track represents the 1000s of teachers and students and staff and their many great gifts shared along the journey.
Southern Cross guides you as you travel in the four directions.
Four U Sign represents the leaders in the regions gathering to share stories, ideas and to learn from each other.
The Two Circles represent the river and the ocean waters.
The message stick is on display in our foyer this week, our Year Six leaders have taken it to all of the classrooms to present it to the children. Everyone is invited to assembly this week where we will join together to celebrate a liturgy in acknowledgement of reception of the message stick.
Walk to School Day
