School News
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Handbook
PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)
Whole School Expectation - Weekly Focus for Students
Manage impulsivity!
This is when I think before I do:
Should I be talking?
Have I followed an instruction?
Am I raising my hand and waiting for my name to be called?
Am I on task?
The PB4L Team
Ready to Learn Ready to Play
St Joseph’s promotes healthy, safe and active lifestyles and encourages students to engage in fun and social playground activities. Running games are permitted where it is safe to do so, typically the park and grass areas. Chasing games like tip are not encouraged due to safety reasons.
We have a number of playground games for students to use during Break 1 and 2 along with popular lunchtime activities and passive play in the library. The variety of activities provides the opportunity for all students to engage in play based activities to develop and practise their social emotional skills learnt within the class environment.
On the basketball court students have the opportunity to practise basketball and netball skills or play handball.
On the concrete area students engage in skipping or playing handball. Jenga, Dominoes and Checkers are also provided.
On the western end of the grass area, students can use stilts, play passing games, bucket ball, hula hoop or skip. Students also have elastics and quoits. On the eastern end of the grass area students can play passing games, skip, hula hoop, use the stilts, climbing frames, tunnels as well as play quoits.
On the adventure playground, students have access to the climbing ropes, rope ladder, slides, sandpit and wooden obstacle course.
At the park, students engage in major games aligned to the PDHPE Syllabus such as soccer and cricket games. Students can also have the opportunity for skipping, playing elastics or kicking footballs.
We have also introduced Term 2 activities for students to engage in under the supervision of a teacher. Robotics, Chess and Origami are examples of popular lunch time activities.
Home Reading - K-6
Home reading has commenced for Kindergarten which is very exciting. It has also re-commenced for Year 1 through to Year 6. Thank you to all students and parents who have established positive routines to ensure home reading is being completed from Monday to Thursday with book titles being recorded each night in the Home Reading Logs or student diaries (Year 6). These are then returned to school on a Friday so teachers can monitor the reading and text selection.
Did you know that researchers discovered that reading for 20 minutes a day means a student will read about 1.8 million words a year? This highlights the importance of daily reading, so your support is greatly appreciated and will benefit your child.
Walk Safely to School Day
St Joseph's will be celebrating and acknowledging 'Walk Safely to School Day' on Friday 19 May. This is a community initiative that aims to raise awareness of the health, road safety, transport, and environmental benefits that regular walking (especially to and from school) can provide for the long term well-being of our children.
On Friday 19 May (Week 4) we encourage families to walk together to school or park the car and walk part of the way to school. Some St Joseph's staff members will be meeting on the grass area near Bulli Beach Cafe at 8:20 am. We invite students to meet the teachers here and walk safely to school together! Parents are encouraged to join us to walk safely to school with the staff and students.
National Simultaneous Storytime
On Wednesday 24 May St Joseph’s will be participating in the National Simultaneous Storytime. On this day many schools, libraries, childcare centres, bookshops, preschools and more participate by reading the same book at 11am. This year the book is The Speedy Sloth written by Rebecca Young and illustrated by Heath McKenzie.
We are excited to celebrate this day with a special reading and performance by the staff of St Joseph.
Library Class Times
Due to library visits being fortnightly students are able to borrow up to 4 books during their fortnightly library lessons.
Students library class visits for Term 2 will be as follows.
ODD WEEKS | |
|---|---|
| MONDAY | Year 6, 5J,1M & KM |
| TUESDAY | Year 3 & 2M |
| EVEN WEEKS | |
|---|---|
| MONDAY | 5M, 4M, 1J & KJ |
| TUESDAY | 4J & 2J |
Parent engagement and literacy event – Corey Tutt OAM
The Council of Catholic School Parents NSW/ACT is excited to be able to continue to provide our families across NSW and the ACT with opportunities to build their capacity to support their child’s learning.
We are delighted to present Corey Tutt OAM, a proud Kamilaroi man and the 2020 Young Australian of the Year for NSW to read a section of his book, The First Scientists to our children and young people.
Parents and carers are encouraged to register for this online event and, on the evening of 30 May, from the comfort of their home, they can connect with us online to hear Corey read to their children.
The first 100 families to register will receive a FREE copy of the book “The First Scientists” to read along at home.
All those who register, whether they receive a free book or not, will also receive helpful tips to support their child’s reading at home.
SJB Spring Fair Logo Competition Winners 2023
Congratulations to the following class winners for their Spring Fair Logo designs:
| KJ | Evelyn P | 3M | Grace M |
| KM | Elouise R | 4J | Arielle C |
| 1J | Emily I | 4M | Noah D |
| 1M | Maggie R | 5J | Jacob K |
| 2J | Scarlett C | 5M | Alice Z |
| 2M | Jamie L | 6J | Daphne W |
| 3J | Cristiano H | 6M | Piper S |
Each class winner will receive their blue merit award in at Assembly tomorrow, Friday 12 May. It was a very tough decision to choose an overall winner out of all of these amazing designs. Congratulations to Cristiano Helena from 3J for his winning Logo design. He has won an unlimited ride pass for the SJB Spring Fair!
Winter School Uniform
Students will begin wearing the winter uniform on Monday 15 May.
Parents may use their discretion in the 2 weeks following the change-over date.
Please note that the sports jacket should is typically worn with the sports uniform however if as the weather is getting cooler it may be worn over the sloppy-joe for aded warmth. Navy scarves and gloves are permitted throughout winter. Please ensure you label your child's clothing.
The expectations for the school uniform are outlined in the School Handbook. You may also visit Lowes Schools Online.
Mother's Day Celebration
This year the Fathering Project will be supporting the school to celebrate our Mothers and significant women of our school community.
They will also be hosting a Mother's Day Breakfast in the COLA tomorrow Friday 12 May between 8:00 am and 8:45 am. School age students will be supervised on the playground any toddlers are to remain under your care. This is a time for mums, grandmothers and special friends of the students to enjoy a cuppa, something to eat and quiet moment to yourself.
Book Club, 2023 Issue 3
Students received our Book Club 2023 Issue 3 on Monday. Issue 3 will close Sunday 14 May 2023.
Books will be delivered in the week beginning Monday 22 May 2023.
2024 KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS ARE NOW OPEN (Kindergarten 2024)
2024 Kindergarten are now open and enrolment packages are available from the school office.
Kindergarten 2024 Enrolments Interviews
Thank you to all that have submitted a Kindergarten Enrolment for 2024. Kindergarten interviews will take place on Saturday 20 May.
If you haven't already submitted your enrolment form, please contact the school office.
Enrolments are still open and are available from the school office or through our school website.
School Photo Day - Did you forget to order your child's school photos?
St Joseph's recently participated in our annual School Photo Day .
All students had an individual photo taken. If you forgot to order your child's school photos, it's not too late.
Orders can be placed, however a late payment fee of $15 will now be incurred.
See the attached flyer with all the details.
Online CODE: LY9 LKX N18
Please see the image below on how to order your 2023 School Photos
Packages can be purchased ONLINE using VISA, Mastercard, PayPal or LatitudePay.
Happy Birthday
Wishing all our students a very happy birthday who celebrated their special day over the last week.
6 May - Sadie J-Yr5
8 May - Gia S-Kinder, Finnick S-Kinder
9 May - Ashlyn G-Yr1, Ella C-Yr3, Aasha P-Yr4,
11 May - Darcy K-Yr1
Sports News
Congratulations to Flynn W in Yr 6 who has been selected in the MacKillop Rugby League Team. We wish him every success as he heads to Wagga Wagga to compete in the NSW PSSA Championships in June. Well done Flynn!
Congratulations to London C in Yr 6 who has been selected in the MacKillop Netball Team. London will head to Port Macquarie in July to compete in the NSW PSSA Championships. We wish her continued success!
Kylie Grose & Christine Smith
Sport Co-ordinators
Sports Uniform Days - Term 2
Students will be required to wear their PE uniform on the following days.
Year | Days required to wear sports uniform |
|---|---|
Kindergarten | Wednesday & Friday |
Year 1 | Monday & Wednesday |
Year 2 | Tuesday & Thursday |
Year 3 | Wednesday & Thursday |
Year 4 | Wednesday & Friday |
Year 5 | Monday & Wednesday |
Year 6 | Wednesday & Friday (Weeks 4-7 15 May-9 June) |
Tuesday & Friday (Weeks 8-10 12 June-30 June) |
Canteen
Open Monday to Friday for recess and lunch.
Cash purchases for snacks and drinks can be made at recess and lunchtime. Snacks and drinks can also be ordered via Quickcliq.
Lunch orders
Orders for lunch can only be made through QUICKCLIQ. Please note that orders close at 9.15am daily. Orders cannot be placed after this time.
Catholic Care
OOSH, Out of School Hours care at St Joseph's
Email: bullioosh@catholiccare.dow.org.au
Mobile: 0437 713 067
Service hours
Before School Care
7:00am – 8:30am
After School Care
2:45pm – 6:00pm
If you require the use of OOSH for your child/ren you need to be enrolled in the service prior to commencing.
Casual bookings
If your child already uses the service and you requireacasual booking please do this viathe Xplor app.
Before School Care: Bookings are to be made no later than 5:30 pm the night before
After School Care: Bookings are to be made no later than 9:00 am that morning
Casual booking must be made as per the times above to ensure enough staff. If notice is not provided within these time frames and the service does not have sufficient staff your child/ren will be sent to the office for collection. This is something that we all wish to avoid, so please keep in mind the time frames to help support the service.
If there is an emergency and care is needed please phone and leave a message and we will see what we can do.
If you do have any questions, need clarification, or have any feedback please feel free to contact the service mobile during operating hours on 0437 713 067 or Jacinta, Team Leader – 0407 759 720.