School News

School Photos

School photos have arrived and will be distributed tomorrow (Thursday 11 September) to students.  Please advise if you wish to collect your photos from the school office.

Public Speaking - Years 5 and 6 Only

Public speaking preparation will be take place in classrooms over the next few weeks. The children will work on their speeches in class as part of the English Peaking and Listening syllabus. Speeches will be presented in class Week 8 and 9 of this term. Each class will then select three students to present their speech in the finals for Stage 3 Tuesday 24 September (Week 10, Term 4) in the hall. 

Year 5 students are required to speak for 3 to 4 minutes and Year 6 students for 4 to 5 minutes. (See newsfeed on COMPASS)

One student from each grade will be chosen to represent St Joseph’s at the South East Primary Cluster held at St Joseph’s Primary School, Bulli on Wednesday 23 October (Week 2  - Term 4)

Mrs Fabiola Walls

NRMA Science and Road Safety demonstrations

On Monday 23 September the NRMA Science and Road Safety Program will be visiting St Joseph’s to provide the students with valuable information around the What, Why and How of Road and Bike Safety.

Students are invited to bring their bike helmets to school on the day, to practise how to fit them correctly.

Parents are most welcome to attend the demonstration, please see the show schedule below:

ACER PAT Tests

Last year the Wollongong Catholic Education Office purchased the ACER PAT Assessment Package for all Primary Diocesan schools. This Package consists of a Reading Test, Mathematics Test and Grammar and Punctuation Test. 

The purpose for administering these tests to students in Yrs 1-6 annually, is to provide schools with another set of data in which to measure student learning growth and identify trend data.

Over the next 3 weeks students in Yrs 1-6 will sit these online tests.

Years 1 and 2: Reading and Mathematics

Year 3 to Year 6: Reading, Mathematics, Grammar and Punctuation

Student Absences

Thank you to all parents who are now using Compass to explain student absences. 

Please use COMPASS to advise of WHOLE DAY ABSENCES ONLY.

If your child is leaving school to attend an appointment  could you please advise us via email.  Please do not enter PARTIAL absences through COMPASS.

ICAS Makeup Days

Please note that if your child was away for the Digital or Science Tests and you had requested them to sit for this assessment, they will be doing the makeup test tomorrow (Thursday 12 September).

Book Covering Volunteering

We are fortunate enough to have hundreds of new classroom readers which need to be covered before they can get in the hands of our young excited readers. 

Come and pick up or sit and cover in the Library whenever you are available.   All help is greatly appreciated.

Author Visit - Harrison Craig

Harrison's book 'Harrison's Song' is still available from the school office if you would like to purchase a copy.  Payment can be made with Cash or EFTPOS.

Paperback - $17 or Hardback - $25

Coles Little Shop 2 Promotion

If any parents shop at Coles and do not collect the Little Shop 2 Collectables, kindergarten teachers would love to collect these shop items to use in a kindergarten play centre next year. If you receive these as part of your shopping at Coles and do not want them can you donate them to kindergarten. These can be sent to the office or to the kindergarten classroom. Many, many thanks!

Mrs Anne-Marie Clarkson

Happy Birthday

• 12 September:               Amelia R - Yr 5, Alexander V - Yr2
• 13 September:              Riley H - Yr4
• 15 September:              Sia R - Yr3
• 17 September:             Phoebe N-Yr6

SPB4L 

(School-Wide Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Weekly Classroom Focus

Be Respectful -  Respect learning time by using the toilet during recess and lunch breaks.

Weekly Non-Classroom Focus

Be Respectful - Sit still and listen respectfully during assemblies.