1st August, Week 2, Term 3

From Our Principal - Mr Sam Irvine

Dear families, 

Thank you so much to all of our parents, students and staff for warmly welcoming me into your beautiful school community. Whilst I have definitely slept well each night, I have enjoyed every minute of my time at St Joey’s so far and very much look forward to spending the majority of the term here. I am truly in awe of the amount of work and effort that the staff here put into each and every one of your children, they really do go above and beyond. It really is a beautiful, little community school! 

As I have mentioned earlier, please don’t ever hesitate to contact me if you would like a chat or have any queries or concerns (sam.irvine@lism.catholic.edu.au).

NAIDOC

Last week we celebrated NAIDOC with our friends from Coraki CWA Preschool and Coraki Public School. A big thank you to Aunty Binny and Will who helped to organise these events. The students participated in many activities such as indigenous games, cooking Johnny Cakes and painting just to name a few. The students definitely were well fed with sausage sizzles and cake across the two days!

Father’s Day Breakfast Date Change

We have moved the date of the Father’s Day Breaky to Friday 30th August from 7am. We will celebrate this special day with bacon and egg burgers and some fun games to kick start the day. The Father’s Day liturgy will kick off in the church from 9am.

Junior Joey’s

Our Junior Joey’s program will kick off on Friday 16th August from 9-11:15am. The early indication on 2025 enrolment numbers seems quite promising and we are very excited to welcome these children to our Junior Joey’s. If you know of any friends or family who have not completed the online enrolment form, please get them to contact Mrs Ianna in the office as soon as possible. We will help support any parents who need help to complete the enrolment - just give us a call or drop in.

COLA

We are slowly in the process of getting our new covered outdoor learning area (COLA). There have been a couple of logistical hurdles that have slowed things up. We are hoping that this will be completed pretty shortly.  

New Carpets

During the holidays we had the carpets replaced in the Stage 2 & 3 classrooms as well as the office. This was further repair work that was needed to be completed after previous insurance work. 

Student Wellbeing Officer

We were scheduled to have a Student Wellbeing Officer start during Term 3 and work 2 days a week. This has since fallen through. We are now on the hunt again for someone with the relevant experience and expertise to help support our students in this role at school.

Fun Celebration Day - VERO

Date for the Diary - Friday 20th September. This will be a fun celebration day for the students with inflatable slides, a sausage sizzle and hopefully a coffee van for our families. More info to come.

Zone Athletics

Congratulations to all of our students who represented our school at the Zone Athletics Carnival in Lismore yesterday; Kyden Bolt, Jakob Brammah, Chase Campbell, Chloe Carbery, Blake Charters, Maddison Eastwood, Paige Gollan, Braxton Gollan, Janaya Gomes, Danielle Gomes, Destiny Gomes, Macen Hickling, Ondreyah Hippi, Alliamah James, Casey Magee, Saoirse Magee, Philippa Maher, Noah Moran, Charlee O'Rourke, Jacob Powell, Cally Powell, Jack Powell and Tokobi Tucker.

NAPLAN

Students in Years 3 & 5 would have received their NAPLAN individual student reports in an envelope. If these haven’t made their way to you yet, please contact the school office.

Mini Olympics

During this week and next, we are holding our very own Mini Olympics to celebrate the Olympics that is currently taking place Paris. The goal of this is to build some fun and excitement around the world’s biggest sporting event and to allow our students to be involved in some healthy competition. The boys are representing the ‘Bahamas’ and the girls are representing ‘Germany’ for the Mini Olympics. They are competing against each other in a number of modified sporting events and have the opportunity to win Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. The winning country will receive a prize yet to be determined by the Stage 3 students.

Student Awards - Week 1

NAIDOC Celebrations

Mission News

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

After the feeding of the multitudes, the disciples leave in a boat and Jesus follows them. The disciples are said to be terrified by what they see. Jesus reassures them and rejoins them. In today’s Gospel, we learn that the crowd has noticed the departure of Jesus and his disciples and so seeks them out in Capernaum. In the dialogue that follows between Jesus and the crowds, Jesus unfolds for us the gift of himself that that he gives in the Eucharist.

https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/liturgical-year/sunday-connection/18thsundayinordinarytimebsundayconnectionhtm/

Prayer for Peace

Project Compassion

As always our schools support of Caritas Australia through Project Compassion is much appreciated! Well done St Joseph’s!

Sacrament of First Eucharist 2024

The Sacrament of First Eucharist 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. Enrolment forms and learning packs have been sent to those students who have so far completed their Sacraments in our Parish Church. If you are unsure of where your child is up to or would like more information regarding participation in the Sacraments please contact Mrs Campbell. 

Save the Date

15th August Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:30am

30th August Father’s Day Liturgy 9am

15th September Sacrament of First Eucharist 9:30 am

20th September End of Term Mass

Sports News

Congratulations to the above students on Age Champions for 2024 School Athletics Carnival.

Zone Athletics Carnival 

Today we are represented at Richmond Zone Athletics Carnival held at Woodlawn. We wish all students the best of luck and hope that you have a great day.

Zing Dance

As part of our Sporting Schools Program, we are participating in a Dance/Areobics sessions through Zing. These sessions are every Thursday morning for the whole of Term 3.  All students were very keen and enthusiastic to join in.  Keep an eye out for details for the end of Term preformance.

Library News

We are getting very excited for Book Week 2024

General Business

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

Maddy Eastwood, Kyden Bolt, Kayria James, 

Rayan Mabood,  Leo Verrall, Jack Powell

P&F & Canteen News

Term 3 Canteen Roster still has some unfilled spaces, we would love to see some new volunteers, if you are able to spare a few hours on either a Wednesday  morning please contact the office 66832248.

School Parking

Please be aware of the No Stopping Signs out the front of school as shown in blue.