Principal's Report

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome to Week 3 of Term 4! It has been wonderful to experience the warmer spring weather across our beautiful region. As our local agricultural community gets ready for the upcoming harvest season, we keep all our farming families in our thoughts and prayers during this busy and important time of year.

Catholic Mission Month

Tomorrow morning, our school community will gather for a special Whole School Mass from 9:30am to 10:30am as we celebrate Catholic Mission Month. This is a meaningful opportunity for our students to reflect on how we can show Christ's love and support communities in need both locally and globally. In the afternoon, the school will participate in Socktober activities. Thank you for the odd socks that have already been sent in to use in our activities.

World Teachers' Day

We are also excited to celebrate World Teachers' Day tomorrow, a wonderful opportunity to honor the dedication and passion of our teaching staff. Teachers play a vital role in nurturing, guiding, and inspiring our children every single day. From creating engaging learning spaces to offering individual care and encouragement, their hard work makes a lasting difference in the lives of our students. We are truly blessed with the incredible teachers here at St Joseph's and the deep care they show for our entire school community. Tomorrow is a wonderful day to express our heartfelt gratitude for everything they do.

Welcome Jack McCarthy

Mr Jack McCarthy, a former student of our school is back with us until the end of Week 5 completing his practicum in Year 5 with Mr Pratt. We are blessed to have Mr McCarthy with us and the students are really enjoying having him teach them. We wish Mr Carthy all the very best for the remainder of his practicum with us.

Coffee Van at St Joseph's Tomorrow

Something different we haven't done before is have a coffee van onsite. Tomorrow morning from 8am - 9.30am we welcome local business ‘Cowgirl Coffee’ to our school. 

The van will be parked at the end of the walkway near the chook yard. Any parents wishing to purchase a coffee whilst dropping off their child/ren to school or Kinder Orientation you are welcome to purchase a hot drink. 

Kindergarten 2027 Teacher Annoucement & Orientation Day

We are delighted to announce that Mrs Salmon and Mrs Halliburton will team teach Kindergarten in 2027!

Information regarding the upcoming Orientation Days was sent to families yesterday. A reminder that tomorrow morning please drop your children at the hall where they will be greeted by Mrs Brady and Mrs Halliburton for their Orientation Day. Afterwards, we warmly invite parents to grab a hot drink from the coffee van and gather in the courtyard to mingle.

SJJU Social & Fundraising Committee Meeting

We welcome parents to our last SJJU Social and Fundraising committee meeting next Monday 2nd November starting at 5.30pm at the Junee Hotel. 

Congratulations Irie Brown

We are so proud of Irie Brown (Yr 5) who represented NSW Catholic Schools at the State Athletics Carnival in Sydney. Irie placed 9th in her shot put event which is an incredible achievement. Please see further on in the newsletter sport pages for more information.

Squishies & Toys at School

Just a reminder that children are not to bring in toys from home to play with. This includes Squishies. Squishies are very messy when they burst and cause a mess which could be hard to get the stain out of uniforms or off furniture and carpet in the classrooms. We appreciate you supporting us with this.

Enjoy the weekend and God Bless.

Angela Scott