School News
Upcoming Dates & Important News
Please access our school calendar using THIS link. Feel free to scroll ahead through the calendar to see what exciting events we have coming up. Did you know if you tap on a calendar entry, you can copy the entry to your personal google calendar!
Don't forget our Newsletter is published every second week.
Previous Newsletters are available on our Website.
21st March- School Fees (monthly instalment) were due for March!
1st April- Last day of Term 1 (2nd April is a pupil free day).
21st April- First day of Term 2 (20th April is a pupil free day).
27th April- Public Holiday for ANZAC day.
28th April- Cross Country
1st May- Assembly (Hosted by Kinder)
7th May- Volunteer Induction Meeting (2.30pm or 5.30pm) in the hall.
8th May- Mother's Day Morning Tea.
11th May- Last day for Yr 6 Fun Photo and Leader Photo orders.
15th May- Assembly (Hosted by Stage 3).
22nd May- Dio Cross Country Barraba
29th May- Assembly (Hosted by Year 2).
8th June- Public Holiday for Kings Birthday.
9th June- THS Yr 7 Transition Day.
12th June- Assembly (Hosted by Stage 2)
18th June- Athletics Carnival
19th June- Athletics Distance Events
26th June- Assembly (Hosted by Year 1).
3rd July- Last Day of Term 2 (Return 22nd July).
Grandparents Day- We hope to have this in Term 3. Date to be determined.
Transition to Winter Uniforms
There will be a two week transition to full winter uniforms when we return to school after our Easter holidays. This means children are allowed to wear either their summer or sports uniforms. They must be in full winter uniform from the 4th May. Students are still required to wear sports uniforms on M/W/F and formal uniforms on T/T. Uniform orders may be placed in Compass on your parent app's during the holidays, and the first day for collection will be Friday the 24th April.
We do have a special order placed for extra small sports pants to be made up (53cm). These are estimated to arrive in May so if we do not have a small enough size in sports pants for our Kinder students, please feel free to send your children in plain navy track pants in the interim.
Every year we have jumpers handed in with no names on them during the colder months. Can families please label their childrens uniforms. Even a simple biro will write on most of the labels.
Clothing Pool Reminder: Please don't forget that school uniforms can be donated at the front counter to our school clothing pool. These items are then sold for $5 each. Everyone is welcome to purchase from the clothing pool. Please call into the front office anytime to take a look at what donated uniforms we have for re-sale.
P & F Fundraiser
Final day for orders will be Friday the 10th April 2026.
Volunteer Induction Meeting 7th May
Any volunteers that we have in our school, whether they are parents, grandparents or friends of our families who do any type of volunteering for St Joseph's School are required to attend a short volunteer induction. This ranges from our canteen volunteers to any volunteers who help cook a BBQ or time sports races at any of our sporting events.
This induction meeting covers mandatory modules such as evacuation and lockdown procedures, child protection and general protocols for volunteering in our school.
We will have two sessions on the 7th May, to be held in the school hall (entry via Douglas St car park). These will start at either 2.30pm or 5.30pm, and will not go any longer than 30 minutes.
If you have attended an induction in previous years, it is requested that you attend this to refresh your understanding of our safety requirements. There is no need to RSVP, please just turn up.