20th June, Week 8, Term 2

From Our Principal - Mr Brendan Moloney

Dear Families,

Acting Principal Term 3

The recent appointment for my replacement during Term 3 has been announced.

On behalf of the Director of Catholic Schools, Mr Adam Spencer, and Fr Max Gow, Administrator of Coraki Parish, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Sam Irvine as Acting Principal at St Joseph’s Primary School, Coraki for the first eight weeks of Term 3. Sam is currently the Assistant Principal – Mission at St Mary’s Primary School, Casino, and brings a wealth of experience to the position.

This week Sam visited the school to familiarise himeself with us and to have the opportunity to be inducted in preparation for his role. During week 10 Sam will return to continue this process and will have some more time to visit classrooms and meet students and teachers.

I am sure you will all make Sam feel very welcome, I encourage you to take the opportunity to introduce yourselves when you get the chance.

Parent/Teacher Conferences and School Reports

Teachers have been working to prepare the Semester 1 Reports for each student. This is a wonderful opportunity for parents to celebrate successes with their child and look at student goals moving forward. Reports will be available on COMPASS on Monday for families to view.

As part of our end of Semester processes we will also be holding Parent/Teacher Conferences during Week 10. All parents should take the opportunity to book a time to speak with their child’s teacher/s to gain feedback on their progress. Bookings are able to be made via COMPASS, if you are having difficulty making a booking please call the school office for assistance.

Lock Down Drill

This week we undertook a Lock Down Drill, this is part of our school processes to prepare for the unlikely event of needing to implement an actual Lock Down. A Lock Down may be implemented in a scenario where we have dangerous weather where students and staff will need to remain inside for safety, it may be that there is a an unknown person wondering outside, emergency authorities may request schools to go into lock down or a student may be trying to go into classrooms who is upset who we want to keep outside in order for them to calm. These events are unlikely but some do happen from time to time. The students and staff were excellent during our drill and did everything they were requested to do and are well prepared should we ever need to implement a lock down.

NAIDOC Events Tues 2^nd and Wed 3^rd

NAIDIC Week will take place during the upcoming school holidays. As part of our school acknowledment of this event we will be joining with Coraki Public School on Tuesday 2^nd and the Coraki CWA Preschool on Wednesday. It is fantastic that we are able to come together to acknowledge such events as a community. We will have more information regarding these events soon. I encourage families to come along and join.

School Athletics Carnival Friday 28^th

We will again join with St Joseph’s Alstonville for our Athletics Carnival, this will be held on Friday the 28^th of June. Information regarding the event and details for lunch orders have been communicated via COMPASS. We ask that you complete the permissions and return orders for this day as soon as possible. We will be travelling to this event by bus and invite parents to join us for what is always a wonderful day.

God Bless,

Brendan Moloney

At the end of Term 1 we held our Colour Explosion Run. $1184.88 was raised for Care for a Cause.

Choosing to support five amazing causes instead of pursuing incentive prizes reflects a deep commitment to purpose and community. It’s driven by a genuine desire to make a positive impact to communities and the environment throughout Australia. Growing on the success of our Go Green fundraisers, Australian Fundraising now offers an exclusive opportunity to support four remarkable organisations and create a lasting impact with our School Run 4 Fun fundraisers.

Congratulations to Chase for being the Highest Fundraising Student, followed by Airies, Ashar, Indie & Leo. Well done!

Student Awards - Week 7

Positive learning behaviour in classroom rewards.

Positive learning behaviour in the classroom is noted by students receiving an entry into a draw. Usually drawn at Monday assembly with the prize being a canteen voucher.   The prizes currently on offer have been some warm winter beanies, which have been hand made and kindly donated to the school.  Well done to Saoirse, Pip, Kayria, Airies & Flynn.

Mission News

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

As we continue in Ordinary Time, our reading today is taken from the Gospel of Mark, the primary Gospel reading in Lectionary Cycle B. Mark's Gospel presents a vivid portrait of Jesus, whose words and deeds show that he is the Son of God. Today's Gospel describes the end of a day of teaching in Jesus' ministry. Jesus taught the crowd in parables and then offered explanations of these parables to his disciples. Jesus then led his disciples away from the crowds and into the boats that they will use to cross the Sea of Galilee. The sea and its surrounding area are the settings for Jesus' teachings and miracles in this part of Mark's Gospel. Today's reading describes how Jesus calmed a storm at sea. It is the first of four miracles that are presented in sequence at this point in Mark's Gospel.

Week 7  Whole School Mass

Congratulations to Stage 2 on the way they prepared for our whole school Mass in Week 7.
There were some parish members in attendance to the Mass and they provided some very positive feedback about the engagement of all students at the Mass. 

Well done to all students for their engagement and reverence demonstrated at Mass, especially Stage 2 for their effort in preparing the Mass. 

Sacrament of First Eucharist 2024

Next Term we will begin to prepare for eligible students to receive the Sacrament of First Eucharist. This is the final Sacrament of initiation in the Catholic Church. Students who have completed the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Reconciliation are able to participate. Keep an eye out for information at the beginning of next Term!

Save the Date

Whole school Mass lead by Stage 3 Friday July 5 9:30

Sports News

Athletics Carnival - Friday 28th June

We are excited to once again be joining St Joey's Alstonville staff and students for our 2024 Athletics Carnival which will be held next Friday, 28th June at Geoff Watt Oval in Alstonville. 

Throughout the day our students will compete with St Joseph's Alstonville, however they won't be competing against the students from Alstonville. Places, ribbons and Age Championship points will be awarded to our students and we will select our squad for zone based on our own results. We will require students to nomiate to compete in competitive events (aiming for selection to participate at Zone level) ot non-competitive (competing for house points only) for the 800m, Long Jump and Shot Put events. All students will participate in the 100m and 200m sprints. Teachers will give students the chance to nominate in the next few weeks.

Students will need a hat, sunscreen, a water bottle, morning tea and lunch. A canteen will be available for lunch orders. Students are permitted to dress in their house colour.  Please keep in mind that students will be competing in athletics events and will require appropriate clothing and footwear.

Students will be transported from school to the venue. The bus will leave at 9:05am sharp. The bus will return to school before 3pm for children to make their way home as normal.

Permission and $10 Payment for this event can be done through the Compass App.

Parents are very welcome and encouraged to attend the event to support their children and our school.

Tennis

Next week will be the last week of our 5 week Tennis program, please ensure that your student has a hat.

Kinder News

As part of science, kinder students had to make an environment for a desert dwelling animal and had to explain how they keep themselves cool in a desert environment.

General Business

Happy Birthday to the following who have celebrated their birthday since our last newsletter: 

Chase Campbell, Ali James, Mr Maslen, Jess Cox,  Belinda McElligott

P&F & Canteen News