Principal's Page

Dear Parents and Carers

We have had much to celebrate throughout Term 3 as students have improved in their learning and continued to grow in their faith. I congratulate every student for their learning achievements this term and encourage parents to look back over the Grade Newsletters for the term and engage with your child/ren about their learning as we draw the term to a close.

Term 3 Grade Newsletters:

Along with all the great teaching and learning this term, we have been able to resume all of our school events and activities. The list below provides a wonderful picture of the rich life of the school and our great joy in being able to fully welcome our whole school community to events.

Religious Education

• Feast of St Mary MacKillop
• Year 4 Religious Literacy Assessment
• Year 6 Mass with Bishop Brian
• Year 3 First Eucharist
• Grade Masses
• Feast of the Assumption Mass
• Sacrament of Reconciliation Year 3-6
• Parish Mass with Year 5 and Kinder Buddies
• St Vincent de Paul- Winter Appeal
• Christmas Story Art Exhibition and Competition entries – Year 5 and 6
• Catholic Mission Launch- School Captains

School Events

• Grandparents Day- Liturgy, classroom visits, and picnic lunch
• The Fathering Project- Pizza and Paper Planes afternoon
• Book Week – Parade, Competitions, and Story Quest incursion.
• Scholastic Bookfair
• Literacy and Numeracy Week- Spelling Bee and Open Classrooms
• Child Safe Parent Education Evening- National Child Protection Week

Excursions and Incursions

• Year 5 Canberra Excursion
• Kindergarten Incursion- Australian Wildlife Sanctuary
• Year 2 Excursion Nan Tien Temple

Other Education Programs

• SPLICED Workshops for high-achieving student
• Surf Sense Program
• ICAS University competitions
• Shoelace Tying Workshops K-2

Other School Activities

• Universe Story- Mosaic continued
• Public Speaking Year 5 and 6
• Lunch Time Activities
• National School Tree Day and Poetry Workshop- Year 5
• RUOK Day

Sport

• AFL Paul Kelly Cup
• South Coast Regional Athletics Carnival
• Wollongong Diocesan Primary Athletic Selection Trials
• MacKillop Golf

Parents and Friends Association

• P&F Meeting
• Family Portrait Photography
• Fathers Day Stall and Raffle
• Second Hand Uniform Shop
• Crazy Sock Sales
• Bookclub

Teacher Professional Learning

• Staff Spirituality Day- Mary MacKillop Place, North Sydney
• New K-2 Curriculum- Preparation for new English and Mathematics Syllabus implementation in 2023
• Improving student writing- analysis of student writing and planning for learning 
• Teacher Collaborative Inquiry into the improvement of student writing- grammar and punctuation
• Case Collaboration among teachers to support students of concern in writing
• Managing Aggressive and Potentially Aggressive Behaviour
• Positive Behaviours for Learning- review of the Classroom Correction Sequence

Thank you to our very dedicated staff and parents who so willingly organise and support school events and activities. 

For all things at St Joseph's, give thanks!

Jen Charadia - Principal

Principal Awards & End of Term Awards

The following students received their Principal Awards on Friday 23 September (Term 3 Week 10).

How does my child receive a Principal's Award?

Class teachers nominate students for Blue Merit Awards and are presented at the weekly assembly.  When five Blue Merit Awards have been received, students send them to the school office to be recorded and are then eligible for a Principal’s Award. When students attain their 4th Principal Award, they are awarded a Principal’s Medallion at an assembly. End of Term awards can be included as part of the 5 awards.

The following students will be presented their End of Term 3 Achievement Awards on Friday 23 September 2022 (Week 10).

Academic Achievement Awards

Habits of Mind Awards

Mary of the Cross Awards

Acknowledgement to Country

St Joseph's Bulli acknowledges and pays respect to the Dharawal people past and present, the traditional custodians of the land on which our school is built.