29th August, Week 6, Term 3

From Our Principal - Mr Sam Irvine

Dear Parents & Carers,

Father's Day is a special time to celebrate and honor all the wonderful men who play important roles in our lives, whether they are dads, grandfathers, uncles, brothers, or family friends. This Sunday is about acknowledging and appreciating their love, guidance, and support. 

We know that families come in many different forms, and we recognise the amazing efforts of all caregivers in our community. If you are someone who plays a role of a father-like-figure in the lives of someone, don’t ever underestimate the importance of this. We also pray for those dads who are not with us anymore and are looking down on us from heaven.

Wishing everyone a happy and blessed Father’s Day filled with love and joy!

 Father’s Day Breaky

On Friday 30th August we will hold our Father’s Day Breaky from 7am. We will celebrate this special day with our Stage 3 students cooking bacon and egg burgers, serving tea and coffee and also making healthy salad and meat rolls. Whether you are a dad, a father-like figure, a mum, a nan or a carer - you are all very welcome and encouraged to come along and celebrate our breaky with us. We will hold a Father’s Day liturgy at 9am after breaky.

Book Week

Thank you very much to our school staff for the effort and enthusiasm that went into all things Book Week 2024. I was very impressed with how valued this is within the community; students, staff, parents and the wider community. A big thank you to Mrs Cherie Verrall for all of the hard work, blood, sweat and tears that went into setting the school up to create joy for the kids of St Joey’s!

Indigenous Cricket Day

Last Thursday we participated in the Indigenous Cricket Day at Windsor Park in Coraki which was run by  Cricket NSW. Our students thoroughly enjoyed mixing with the students from Coraki Public School and also getting to meet a couple of famous cricket players in Kurtis Patterson and Sammy-Jo Johnston. Thank you to Mr Maslen for organising us to attend this day.

School Party

On Friday of Week 4 we held a whole school party to celebrate Australia’s achievements at the Paris Olympics. This was promised to the students if Australia won more than 17 gold medals which was their previous record. It was a great way to build some national spirit and create some hype around this special event that is held only once every 4 years.

School Fees 2025

As of next year, there will be a slight increase in school fees at all schools within the Lismore Diocese.

At St Joseph’s, school fees will slightly increase by around $1.70 per week.

We fully understand the financial pressures that families may face and we offer flexible payment options to help support individual family situations. If you feel that you will have any concerns or struggles with school fees, please reach out and contact the school. As a truly authentic Catholic school community, we will make sure that we can help to support all families in one way shape or form.

Click here for the ‘Parent Information Booklet’ that has the full Schedule of Fees for 2025.

Student Awards - Week 5

Mission News

Gospel Reflection for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday’s gospel Jesus’ words challenge us as well. In our desire to show that we are holy, we might also give too much credence to externals, following rules without thinking about the intention behind them. Jesus reminds us that we do not make ourselves holy by our actions. Rather, we become holy when we allow God’s Spirit to transform us. Our actions should be an expression of the conversion of our heart to God and to God’s ways.

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

Happy Father’s Day to all of the Dads and Dad like people who are a part of our St Joseph’s Coraki family! We wish you a wonderful and blessed Sunday! 

Sacrament of First Eucharist 2024

Please keep Blake, Jack, Chase and Maxx in your prayers as they prepare for the Sacrament of First Eucharist.

Save the Date

30th August Father’s Day Liturgy 9am

15th September Sacrament of First Eucharist 930 am

20th September End of Term Mass

Library News

We so appreciate our school community for supporting Book Week, either through attending the Parade, helping with costumes, donating books or purchasing items through Book Fair. We have again been successful in raising enough to receive $500 worth of books for our library. 

We were also very lucky to have a ‘secret’ judge who had a difficult job choosing which costume. Kindergarten were our door winners and Mrs Flaherty won staff costume with her ‘Invisible Man’ with Rabbit (Mr Howard)

Sports News

On Friday, 30th August all of Stage 3 will be attending the Zone Gala Day at Hepburn Park, Goonellabah. The students will participate in a variety of non-competitive sporting activities such as:

• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• Hockey
• NRL
• AFL
• Rugby Union
• Soccer

The students will rotate around these sports throughout the day and will spend approximately 20 minutes at each activity. There will also be 8 other schools who will be participating on the day.

General Business

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

Noah Moran, William Gollan, Mr Irvine, Paige Gollan

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  a Wednesday  morning please contact the office 66832248.