Dear Families, 

It has been a big week this week, with lots of learning, the Parent Information Night, Sports Trials, Sausage Sizzles, Beginning School Mass and Pie Day Friday.

We celebrated the beginning of our 2025 School year at our beautiful Opening School Mass today.  School Captains, Amelia Hume and Thomas Walsh and Vice Captains Mission Lotte Duignan and Thomas Bailey received their leadership badges and made a special pledge to live the Gospel values in the leadership of others.
The Sports Captains, Student Representative President and Council Members were also commissioned and received their leader badges. It was a wonderful Mass and a very proud congregation witnessed the leaders' commitment pledges and the receiving of their badges. 

We extend our warmest congratulations to the newly appointed student leaders! As they step into their roles, we wish them all the best in their journey of faith, growth and leadership. May they inspire their peers with dedication, empathy, and a vision for positive change. We look forward to seeing how they will contribute to our school community, bringing fresh ideas and a spirit of collaboration. Here's to an exciting and successful year ahead!

Our 2025 Student Representative Council:

2025 Sports Captains

PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT

Thank you to the parents who were able to attend the Parent Information Night this week. It was a great community night starting with the Sausage Sizzle get-together and ending with the individual class information presentations. Thank you to our teachers for their efforts and preparation for the night. 

A few of the important points that I mentioned in my meeting with parents at the commencement of the night were:

•   Our goals for school improvement in 2025  include:

  Enlivened Catholic Identity	We will empower students and teachers to maintain the tradition and culture of our school e.g. prayer, acknowledgement of Feast Days, school masses/liturgies, service to others, social justice initiatives, and discipleship.
  Thriving Learners	Strengthen our understanding that student well-being underpins every aspect of a student's schooling, including their learning, engagement, and social relationships. We will aim to improve student learning outcomes in literacy and numeracy.
  Engaged Communities	By 2027, we will enhance parent education and engagement opportunities across Mission, Learning and Teaching and Wellbeing.
  Sustainable Futures	All teachers will engage in observation, mentoring, and coaching

  
  
• The Student and Family support services available at St Joseph's
• The importance of staying connected and up to date - through the Newsletter, Compass, Seesaw and the Office. 
• Parent Involvement-Parent meetings, Masses, Liturgies, Assemblies, Canteen, Athletics/Swimming Carnivals, Parent Assembly, Parent Education Nights  
• Parent Forum Models for 2025

• School Uniform: Our full uniform is listed in the Parent section on the school website. It is an expectation that all students wear the correct uniform.

  A few reminders:

  Black lace-up shoes only, these may be leather joggers that can be worn each day, including sports days. Please note: Dunlop Volleys are not acceptable school shoes. Nor are joggers with brand names or boots. White fold-down socks for girls (and boys on sports days), no ankle socks. Grey fold-down socks for boys on non-sports uniform days.

  Jewellery- a watch, silver or gold studs (earrings), plain flat ring- no stones. Hair bands, clips and ribbons in the school colours- green and white.

  THANK YOU FOR ASSISTANCE IN THIS AREA