Principal's Message
Liam Buckley
At the very heart of each Catholic school is a desire for the full flourishing of each student across religious, physical, cognitive, emotional and social domains.’
Horizons of Hope
Liturgy
Parents are invited to join their children for the class based liturgies over the next few weeks. The times are as follows :
Foundation | Tuesday 16th March 9am |
Year 1 | Friday 12th of March 9:00am |
Year 2 | Thursday 18th March 9am |
Year 3/4 | Thursday 18th March 3pm. |
Year 5/6 | Tuesday 23rd of March 9am |
Dear all
Today is Clean Up Australia Day and our students were out in force! Thanks to Miss Wood for organising.
Last Day of Term 1 :
Wednesday 31st March is the last day for students in Term 1.
(PD for staff on Thurs & Good Friday is the 2nd)
Parent Ambassadors
I am delighted to announce that we have 4 Parent Ambassadors who have volunteered to help and support our school as we move forward. Kate Johnson, Bridgette Conway, Suze Mannix & Kelly Laird.
We will be working together to reignite our parent engagement to support and grow our community.
Thank you to Paul Davys for organising Dads' Drinks last week and creating opportunities for people to meet socially.
Open Days
We will be holding a couple of Open Days where prospective parents are invited to come and have a tour of the school and an opportunity to meet staff and students.
16th and 22nd of March
between 12pm - 2pm.
Performing Arts
Exciting News .... This year we will be having a whole school production ! We have November 22nd booked in at Kilbreda College and we will reveal which production we are doing next term! We will employ a Performing Arts teacher for the production and we are also currently providing a Performing Arts lunchtime club every Wednesday in the hall.
Sport Leader / Sport Captains
This week Alfie, Will & Ocienne organised and ran sports and games for our junior students at lunchtime on Thursday. Congrats and thank you for you leadership! On Tuesday next week the team will be running a soccer game for the Year 3/4s.
Congrats to all our swimmers who represented St Joseph's at the Beachside level!
School Review
We are currently reviewing and updating all our policies for compliance purposes under VRQA.
All policies will be available via the website in Term 2 - Our policies (and all Catholic primary schools) will be aligned with centralised policies from Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS)
Thank you to all our families and friends who continue to support this wonderful school community.
Week 7 (8th - 12th) | |
Monday 8th | Public Holiday |
Wednesday 10th | PSGs |
Thursday 11th | PSGs |
Friday 12th | |
Week 8 (15th - 19th) | |
Tuesday 16th | Open Day 12 - 2pm |
Wednesday 17th | Colour Run 2.30pm (Milk shakes $3 & $5) Dolphin Ambassador Day |
Friday | St Joseph's Feast Day Mass 9.15am |
Wednesday 31st March | Term ends (3.30pm) Easter Raffle & Assembly 2.30pm |
School closure day
| April 1st (non-student day ) Staff PD |
Sacramental Dates
First Communion will be an evening service at St Joseph's and will be the 26th May at 6pm.
Reconciliation will be the 16th June at 10am in school
Reconciliation will take place in school time during Term 2 and we will clarify that date ASAP
School Camp Dates
5/6 Camp 7th – 10th Sept 2021
Ballarat & Maldon
3/4 Camp 6th - 8th Dec 2021
'Hi Ace' (Cape Shank)
Last Day of Term 4
Students finish Wednesday 15th Dec 1pm