Week 7 Term 2 2024
Dear Families,
This week we had the wonderful opportunity to meet with prospective parents and Kindergarten students for 2025. It was a true joy for us to be able to share with them all the amazing attributes that make our school so unique:
- Our committed and professional staff who strive to give our students the best possible learning and life experiences.
- We have amazing students who joyfully teach us, and each other daily about the most positive and best way to live and care for each other.
- We are well accompanied in the learning and teaching journey by a supportive family community.
- We strive to be Catholic in word, action and service.
- We offer opportunities such as after-school Lego Club and lunchtime creative activities.
- We promote student leadership skills through the positions of School Captains, Vice Captains-Mision, Sports House Captains, Student Representative Council Leaders and Kindergarten Buddy roles.
- We reach out, serve and help others through Mini Vinnies, the Student Representative Council and special appeals.
- We have 2 Youth Regional Ministry Officers who share amazing experiences and games with us fortnightly
- The social-emotional wellbeing of our students is vital. We have a terrific team of a Pastoral Care Coordinator, a Student Support Officer and counsellor, and an invested and dedicated staff to support our students.
- We are blessed to have wonderful learning spaces and playground facilities at our Evans Head site.
- We are 'going home' to our Woodburn School with beautiful refurbished facilities this year.
SHOUT OUT TO THE YEAR 6 HOUSE CAPTAINS
Last Tuesday we had our 400m and 800m races leading up to the St Joseph's Athletics Carnival that will be held next Friday. We were extremely proud of all of our students for their participation and incredibly determined effort in the races. Their school spirit and encouragement of all were outstanding!
A special shout out to the Year 6 Sports Captains who were terrific in leading their Sports Houses last Tuesday for the races and war cries but also for their work and effort over the last weeks to firstly create a health hustle and then teach and lead their House teams to learn and present them. We think you are AMAZING!
KINDERGARTEN 2025
We are enrolling now for Kindergarten 2025. We would appreciate your help spreading the word that our wonderful school's enrolment is now open. As we get closer to 'going home' to Woodburn, we want to grow our school and share the amazing new spaces. Please spread the word!
Thank you for your ongoing support.
PARENT FORUM MEETING
MONDAY 17 MAY 2024
Our next Parent Forum meeting will held on Monday 17 June 2024, at 6 pm in
the library. We would love to see some new faces and hear new ideas to
grow and support our school. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.
STAGE 1 MASS
BASED ON LOVE
Stage 1 led us in a beautiful Mass on Friday, that focussed on love. From the welcoming ushers to the readers, the leaders of dancing, and the video with Stage 1's insights on what love is, it was a wonderful celebration. Thank you Stage 1, Ms Nilon and Mrs Jett. Thank you to the many parents who joined us.
SCHOOL REVIEW
A reminder that we will undergo our School Review in Week 10 of this term. During that week for three days, a Lead Reviewer from ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) and two Principals from schools within our Diocese will visit and review our school around the following nine domains:
- Driving an explicit improvement agenda.
- Analysing and discussing data.
- Promoting a culture of learning.
- Targeting school resources.
- Building an expert teaching team.
- Leading systematic curriculum implementation.
- Differentiating teaching and learning.
- Implementing effective pedagogical practices.
- Building school-community partnerships.
On one of the three days, we will invite parents as a group to talk to the team. The dates for the Review are 2, 3 and 4 July. Please save the date if there is a possibility that you can join us and speak with the Review Team. We appreciate your feedback.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS- PUPIL FREE
The following days have been set down as Staff Development Days for St Joseph's for 2024. We thank you for supporting us in our Professional Development/Learning
opportunities.
Students do not attend school on these days
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TERM 2
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Friday 5th of July |
School Review- where to from here |
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TERM 3 |
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Monday 22nd of July |
New Curriculum |
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Friday 27th of September |
New Curriculum |
UPCOMING DATES TO NOTE
| Monday 17 June | Parent Forum Meeting |
| Friday 21 June | St Joseph's Athletics Carnival |
| Friday 28 June | Assembly Stage 2 |
| Monday 1 July | Reports sent home |
| Tuesday 2 July- Thursday 4 July | School Review |
| Thursday 4 July | Last day of Term 2 for the students |
| Friday 5 July | Staff Development Day - Pupil Free |
IN WEEK 7 OF TERM 2 WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR:
- All of our students for their participation, determination and effort in the 400 and 800m races.
- For the Sports Captains and all the students for their wonderful synchronised moves in the Health Hustles. Congratulations Gurruman for being the 2024 Health Hustle Champions
- The Stage 1 students, Ms Nilon and Mrs Jett for leading a beautiful Mass on Friday
- Our Student Award Winners for showing us the way!
- Mrs Barnes for organising the 800m and 400m races and running the process seamlessly.
- Mrs Stormon and staff for working with the Sports House Captains and students to help them with their Health Hustles.
Have a wonderful weekend
Regards
Jeanette Wilkins
Principal
SUNDAY GOSPEL REFLECTION -11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 4:26–34 The reign of God is like a mustard seed.
Jesus was sent by God the Father to establish God’s kingdom of love here on earth. Jesus began by teaching and preparing a small group of twelve disciples to help spread the Good News of the coming of the Kingdom of God.
The parables in the Gospel this week focus on seeds. Seeds are small; the mustard seed is especially tiny. Yet from these seeds a great crop of grain and a tree large enough to house birds in its branches can grow.
What do these two parables tell us about the Kingdom of God? Someone needs to sow the seeds; it has small beginnings; it takes time to grow; it welcomes all people just as the birds found a home in the tree. As members of the Church, Jesus counts on us to continue his work. We the living disciples of Jesus can sow the seeds by spreading his word by our actions and love.
St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal
Vinnies NSW supports tens of thousands of individuals and families each year who are experiencing financial and housing insecurity. Compared to previous years, Vinnies NSW has seen a concerning growth in the number of people seeking assistance through necessity.
This year, the Winter Appeal focuses on the Working Homeless, an emerging group of people who are experiencing housing hardship and disadvantage despite being in employment. Our SRC Fundraiser PYJAMA DAY - (Gold coin donation) Monday 1st July support of the 2024 Vinnies Winter Appeal will help rebuild lives and dismantle the communal constructs that lead to disadvantage in the first place.
St Joseph's SPIRIT OF JESUS AWARD
At St Joseph's we encourage our students to look for the goodness in others. Our school Vice Captains-Mission this year Aya Stahl and Cooper Bailey have been given the responsibility of helping to acknowledge students who demonstrate the attitudes and gospel values that show the Spirit of Jesus.
If we have the spirit of Jesus in our hearts, we are kind, compassionate, welcoming, cheerful, friendly, encouraging, giving, forgiving thankful, and respectful. This week the Spirit of Jesus Award was presented to Jackson Marsden and Nancy Butler at the school assembly.
Important Events
PYJAMA DAY - Monday 1st July -SRC Vinnies Winter Appeal Fundraiser - Gold Coin donation
Accendere Discipleship Retreat Year 4 - Tuesday 6th August 9:00 am
First Eucharist celebrating First Holy Communion - Year 4 - Saturday 14th September 2024 5 pm at the Anglican Church Wattle Street Evans Head
SATURDAY -St John’s Anglican Church Wattle Street Evans Head at 5:00 pm
SUNDAY- St Joseph’s Catholic Church Coraki - 9:15 am
ALL WELCOME
SPOTLIGHT ON STAGE THREE
attending the performance, this sparked our student's interest in the topic of
light through creative in-class activities. On the day the students viewed a wonderful immersive performance with live experiments, live music and magical scientific discoveries. Thank you to the Catholic Schools Office for funding this opportunity for our students.
LEGO CLUB
ST JOSEPH'S ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
FRIDAY 21 JUNE 2024
St Joseph’s Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 21st June at Riverview Park, South Lismore. Students will travel by bus to and from Lismore.
Children may wear blue, green and yellow coloured shirts appropriate to their Sports House and appropriate shorts. Sunscreen should be applied before leaving home and reapplied during the day. School hats must be worn.
It is an expectation that all children will travel with the school by bus to the carnival and stay until the completion of the day's activities. Age Champions and the winning colour house will be announced at the end of the day.
All students need to bring their fruit, morning tea and lunch. NO CANTEEN will be running at the carnival due to a tight schedule of events.
This event has been published in Compass and is waiting for your approval.
Important Sport Dates
21 June - Friday - St Joseph’s Athletics Carnival - South Lismore
1 August - Thursday - Richmond Zone Athletics - Woodlawn
13 August - Tuesday - Diocesan Athletics
30 August - Friday - Richmond Zone Gala Day - Soccer, Netball and Multi-sport
| Kindergarten | Gus Farrell |
| Year 1 | Emmy Walsh and Tarlo Jensen |
| Year 2 | Talen Prodanovic |
| Year 3 | Abaigeal Ashton |
| Year 4 | Isabella Salmi |
| Year 5 | Amelia Hume |
| Year 6 | Holly Barnes and Rose Quirk |
CONGRATULATIONS
| Kindergarten | Roy Bennett |
| Year 1 | Bonnie Jett and Lachlan Salmi |
| Year 2 | Harper Marsden |
| Year 3 | Archie Martin |
| Year 4 | Katie Hull |
| Year 5 | Caleb Doran |
| Year 6 | Philippa Swanson |
CONGRATULATIONS
| Large Pies | $3.50 |
| Mini Pies | $2.50 |
| Sausage Rolls | $2.50 |
| Spinach and Feta Rolls | $4.50 |
| Big M Chocolate Milk | $1.50 |
| Apple and Black Currant Popper | $1.50 |
All orders need to be on paper bags with the child's name, class and what they would like to order clearly written on them with the money enclosed.
