Week 2 Term 3 2023

Dear Families,

This week parents have had the opportunity to come along and talk to the teachers about their child’s progress so far this year. This process is one that I believe is valued and supported by both parents and teachers. At these interviews, all parties have the opportunity to celebrate successes and also to work through any recommendations and goals to improve learning outcomes for the remainder of the year.

 I want to thank you for taking the time to come along and talk with teachers about first-semester progress and encourage you to keep the conversation open with your child’s teacher to ensure that the remainder of the year is a productive and rewarding one for your children. 

Our next Parent Forum Meeting will be held Monday 31 July at 6 pm in the Library. 

We'd love to see you there. 

Thank you to the 9 parents,  plus staff who have nominated to be part of the Parent Consultation Group looking at the future of St Joseph's.

John Wilson (Regional Service Leader) Janita Thompson (Lead- Family Partnerships), Mrs Denison and I have met to formulate the process.   At this stage, we have a tentative date for our first meeting as Wednesday 23 August  2023 at 6 pm. We will be in contact to confirm. 

This year we will celebrate Book Week in Week 6 (21-25 August) with a few events. Further details will be provided in the coming week's newsletter.  As always, we will be having a dress-up book character parade.

The theme for Bookweek for 2023 is Read, Grow, Inspire. As part of Book Week this year, we are hoping to make an Inspirational Book Wall. Families will be asked via SeeSaw to send in photos of the family/or family members with their favourite book. 

Our Scholastic Book Fair will be held from 21- 24 August. 

ZONE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

I want to congratulate the children who represented St Joseph's at the Richmond Zone Athletics Carnival on Thursday. Our small team was huge on heart and ran, long jumped, shot put and cheered to their absolute best ability. We were so proud of them.

A big thank you to Mrs Barnes for her organisation and follow-up of the paperwork, phone calls, non-responses and late withdrawals. We truly appreciate her passion for sports and ensuring that our students always have the best possible opportunity to be involved. 

It was noted that there were a lot of withdrawals from our students from the Zone level.  The difficulty for some parents to be able to get their children to Lismore is acknowledged and we may have to look at ways to address that in the future. However, we did talk at assembly this morning about school spirit, sportsmanship, being there for your team and always having a go, as being important life skills to learn and take forward.  

We have had parent requests to do these International Competitions and Assessments for School again this year. I have contacted the Assessment Consultant and we are still able to be involved in these assessments. The CLOSING DATE TO REGISTER IS Friday 4 August 2023.

Parents wishing their children to participate should complete the form in the attachment below and return it with the entry fee by next Friday 4 August 2023.

Please see the attached information for all the details and the Permission slips. 

STAGE 2 CAMP

From all reports, the Stage 2 children have had an absolutely amazing time on their excursion at Camp Goodenough over the last few days. We look forward to them returning this afternoon and hearing all their stories about the fun, learning, and successes they have had. 

We are extremely grateful to the Sisters of Mercy from Grafton for their financial support of the excursion.

A big thank you to their teachers Mrs Cronan, Mr Sandral and Mrs  Sheree George for their amazing efforts in organising the camp, and for their all-day and night care of the children while they were away.

Next week, I will have the opportunity to spend some time with our Kindergarten students for 2024 and their parents during their interviews. It will be a joy to have one on one conversations with our pre-schoolers. I love their enthusiasm, excitement and initial understanding of all that big school holds. It will also provide a wonderful opportunity to talk to both our current and new parents. I am particularly interested to hear why people chose St Joseph's for their child. From their responses, we will get a snapshot of our school from the outside looking in. We get to know how some of the community feels about the teaching and learning; the inclusiveness; the values; the community and the Catholic ethos that permeates all. We continue to strive on a daily basis to make St Joseph's the best school it can be, and in that process, we always welcome and value your input.

This a reminder to our current families who would like to enrol siblings for next year, we are enrolling students now. You can enrol online on our School website or collect your enrolment pack from the office. Please let us know if you would like one sent home. The enrolment interviews will be held in Week 3 of Term 3. 

Please make sure that you spread the word to friends and relatives who are looking to start their child in Kindergarten in 2024

Junior Joeys- Kindergarten 2024 Transition Program (7 weeks) will begin on Wednesday 16 August 2023 9am-11am.

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TERM 3

             

                           

• Our Students who represented us at Zone Athletics
• Mrs Barnes and all that she does for us
• Stage 2 Camp
• Stage 2 students for being amazing St Joseph's ambassadors while on camp
• Our Stage 2 teachers- THANK YOU
• Our Award Winners for guiding us in Week 2
• Pie Day Friday.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Principal