School News

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Handbook

2024 Bus Timetable (Premier Charters)

PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Ask your child about the weekly focus for students.

This week's focus:

Be Respectful - Respect Learning Time

Happy Birthday

We wish the following students a very happy birthday who celebrate their special day during the the past 2 weeks.

11 May - Darcy K Year 2

12 May - Logan R Year 4

14 May - Layne B Year 5

16 May - Fred L Kinder & Nina C Year 2

19 May - Hannah L Year 1 and Cristiano H Year 4

20 May - George W Year 4

21 May - Kyan S Kinder and Max T Kinder

23 May - Georgia H Year 3 and Elle A Year 5

Walk Safely to School Day 

St Joseph's participated in the 'Walk Safely to School Day' last Friday May 10. Staff, students and parents enjoyed a beautiful walk to school, without any rain, and definitely felt the benefits of an early morning walk. Thank you to all students who walked safely from home to school. What a great initiative to create healthy bodies and a healthy environment. Well done St Joseph’s on walking safely to school!

Did you order your child's School Photo - It's not too late!

Last week on Wednesday 15 May, all students had their photos taken for our 2024 School Photo Day.  

Should you have forgotten to order it's not too late.  Please see the attached information on how to order if you haven't already done so.

ONLINE ORDER CODE:  LY9 LKX N18 - https://www.advancedlife.com.au/

All orders need to be received by 25 May 2024.  Orders received after this date will incur a $15 late order fee.

Wollongong City Council - Feedback Open for Council’s draft Wollongong Integrated Transport Strategy

We have developed the draft Wollongong Integrated Transport Strategy (draft strategy) to lead transport planning and investment across the Wollongong Local Government Area over the next 10 years.

The draft strategy outlines Council’s vision, guiding principles, and goals to improve the way we move around our city into the future and the actions we’ll take to achieve them. Until now, we’ve considered transport planning and delivery in a site-specific or transport-specific way. This new draft strategy takes a more overarching view of the city and lays out what steps we, Transport for NSW, and our community can take to ensure sustainable, accessible, and affordable transport options are available for our growing and diverse community. We are now seeking feedback on the draft strategy to inform the final version. Please note the last day for feedback is Monday 27 May 2024.

Find out more and provide feedback:

Online: our.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/draft-wollongong-integrated-transport-strategy

Community Drop-in Info Sessions: Any time between 3 - 6pm at the following locations:

• Dapto on Tuesday 14 May 2024 - Scribbly Gum Room, Dapto Ribbonwood Centre, 93/109 Princes Hwy, Dapto.
• Wollongong on Thursday 16 May 2024 - Wollongong Library Theatrette, Ground Floor, 41 Burelli St, Wollongong.
• Thirroul on Thursday 23 May 2024 - Escarpment Room, Thirroul Community Centre, 352/358 Lawrence Hargrave Dr, Thirroul.

Parking - are you getting it right?

A huge thank you to our wonderful parents who follow road rules in relation to parking. You are keeping students safe and you are respectful of other road users and our neighbours. Great job!

A reminder that when collecting your children from school that there is a No Parking zone on Rowan Street. This means that you are not able to leave your vehicle and come into the school to collect your child. You must remain with your vehicle.

• Thank you for not parking in the park across the road from the school as it is a pedestrian area.
• Thank you for respecting our neighbours by not parking across driveways.
• Thank you for not doing u-turns in dangerous places such at the bottom of Rowan Street or by pulling into driveways in Rowan St to turn around.
• Thank you for not stopping or parking in the Bus Zone and No Standing areas at the front of the school and church on Park Road.

While at times we have some problems the majority of parents are respecting the road rules and other drivers. We all appreciate you.

Lost Property - Label, Label, Label everything

The school office has been receiving a lot of jumpers, jackets and hats with no names. 

Please ensure that your child's name is on ALL clothing so these can be returned to their rightful owners.  Any items that are not identified will be sent to the second-hand clothing pool.

We have also had a number of enquiries regarding missing items that have been labelled. Please check your child's clothing to ensure you have the correct items.

2025 Online Enrolments are Open

Our online applications are now open.

You will be required to use our new online enrolment platform, called Funnel, removing the use of all paper forms. Please take note, particularly for sibling applications. The online application form will be accessible from the home page of our school website

Library News

Kindergarten will borrow on Fridays and will be visiting the library on alternating Tuesdays.

Premier Reading Challenge

Our SJB Premier Reading Challenge has begun.

In 2024 St Joseph's will be running a school wide challenge. All students will participate. 

Kinder-Year 2 books will be lodged by Mrs Pirie.  Years 3-6 students will log books they have read, both class reading and home reading will be included, during library lessons

Sports News

Sports Uniform Days - Term 2

Students are required to wear sports uniform as outlined below.

Please be advised that students will be required to wear their sports uniform the following days.

SJB Athletics Carnival 

We are looking forward to our whole school Athletics Carnival in Week 9, 24 June 2024. Event information will be shared via Compass over the coming weeks. We will once again be seeking the support of our wonderful parent volunteers to assist with the successful running of the carnival. Please indicate in the questions tab on Compass if you are available when the event notification is sent out. 

Over the coming weeks, Years 2-6 will begin high jump preparation and practise in PE lessons. Age competitions will then begin at school. Due to time limitations, it is necessary for us to begin the competition at school. 

Gala Day Nomination Process - Yrs 3-6 

This year, we will trial a digital preferential Google Form for students to indicate the Gala Days they would be interested in attending or an opt-out option. We are encouraging student voice via a new system this year in an attempt to overcome the impact of high numbers of students declining these events in the final organisational stages prior to the Gala date.

We are really looking forward to providing students in Yr 3-6 with some wonderful sporting opportunities at gala days, during PE and at our Athletics Carnival later this term. 

The proposed Gala Days' dates are listed below for parents. If your child is nominated to attend a gala day, further details will be communicated to students at school and to parents via Compass. 

Gala Day Philosophy 

All gala days strictly operate under CEDoW’s Gala Day Philosophy 

The gala days are designed for students to enjoy the sport, try the sport out, have fun and exercise without the pressure of competition and winning. We are fortunate to have staff willing to organise these gala opportunities and prepare and train students in their break times, along with parents willing to act as team managers on the day. As always, St Joseph's Bulli is proud to see our students, teachers and parents maintaining a safe and respectful environment for all when attending our gala day events. We know 2024 will be no exception. 

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Mrs Grose, Mrs Smith or Miss O'Donoghue. 

Mrs Kylie Grose

Sports Co-ordinator

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 the new platform FlexiSchools.

Lunch orders

Orders for lunch can only be made through Flexischools.  Please note that orders close at 9.15am daily.  Orders cannot be placed after this time.

Flexischool Parent Support Line - 1300 361 769 (Hours: 7.00am-12.00 noon)

Catholic Care

July Vacation Care 2024 - St Michael's Thirroul

Both Thirroul OSHC and Bulli OSHC are looking at joining forces to provide a fun and engaging program for our upcoming July Vacation Care period at our St Michaels OSHC service. First, we need to gauge what our numbers will be to ensure we are viable to operate. Please take the time to complete the survey so we can best identify the needs for our wonderful community and families. 

To register, please click on the link below.

OOSH, Out of School Hours care at St Joseph's 

Email:   bullioosh@catholiccare.dow.org.au

Mobile:  0437 713 067

Booking Information

Enrolment Form

CatholicCare Website

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.

New Service Offerings

CatholicCare's Families and Communities Program has developed a new stream of service offerings to complement our current group work programs, with single sessions now available.

• Professional Development Sessions: These single sessions focus on a range of topics to support professionals working with individuals, families or within communities. 
• Parenting, Relationship, Wellbeing Sessions: These individual psycho-educational sessions focus on a range of topics related to strengthening relationships and supporting individuals and families. The sessions can be facilitated to a group of clients, within the community, or from other venues. 

The sessions can be adapted to suit different audiences and the needs of your clients and the community. CatholicCare welcomes any ideas for further sessions to suit your needs. 

Click below to find out more about the latest service offerings from CatholicCare. 

We currently have the ability to offer a limited number of the Individual Parenting, Relationship, Wellbeing sessions for free up until the end of June.

For more information or to register your interest, please complete the online enquiry form.

Community Notices

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