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Kindergarten Awards 

Academic Achievement: Millicent Lee

Christian Values:  Chantelle Cortis

Consistent Focus on Learning: Evelyn Chen

School Spirit: Luka Sharp

Year 1 Awards 

Most Improved Academic: Grace Coward

Christian Values: Molly Shaw

Consistent Focus on Learning: Arli Allan

School Spirit: Darcie Thompson

Year 2 Awards 

Most Improved Academic: Lottie Woods

Christian Values: Eden Kelly

Consistent Focus on Learning: Priscilla Chen

School Spirit: Zarabelle Bhardwaj

Year 3 Awards 

Academic Achievement: Douglas Pengilley

Christian Values: Cash Kelly

Consistent Focus on Learning: Ryder Hird

School Spirit: Mia Mulligan

Year 4 Awards 

Most Improved Academic: Lyla Cook 

Christian Values: Delia McNamee

Consistent Focus on Learning: Reuben Shaw

School Spirit: Kendall O’Rance

Year 5 Awards 

Academic Achievement: Billie Peach

Christian Values: Lily Brown

Consistent Focus on Learning: Logan Allan

School Spirit: Sienna Thompson

The Infants Reading Award for 2024 goes to: Aela Bowley

The Primary Reading Award for 2024 goes to: Andy Bartholomew

Year 6 Awards 

Quota Shield and Trophy for Academic Achievement:  Rosie Lee

ADIG Shield and Trophy for Christian Values: Bailey Garden

Catholic Women’s League Shield and Trophy for Consistent Focus on Learning: Jorja Jamieson

                                                                                      Lions Club Shield and Trophy for School                                                                                                 Spirit: Shivansh Madan

Dom Bowen Infants Award. This award was presented to a student for being a wonderful role model, with a positive attitude. She has shown exceptional kindness to others. Well Done!  Violet Mulligan

Dom Bowen Primary Award  This award was presented to Phoebe Farrant-Wills for being a wonderful leader of our school and cultural group. Her patience and kindness to other students is appreciated. Well done!

The next award is the Holz Award which is sponsored by a past family of our school. This award was presented to Addison Allan for achieving extraordinary individual learning growth. She had the largest growth in PAT Reading and Mathematics. Well done!

This year we farewell the following families from our school;

Alex Davis and family

Phoebe-Farrant Wills and family

Shivansh Madan and family 

To our leaving families: We will miss you all as you leave our school community. Thank you for making our school a better place to be. We appreciate your input and support over many years now and look forward to hearing wonderful updates in the future. 

Thank you to Captains 

Each week at our school assembly our Captains and Prefects discuss and present to the students ‘What Worked Well and Even Better If’ We would like to share their advice to our students for one last time. 

Phoebe: Work hard and be kind; then amazing things will happen.

Ricky: Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.

Jorja: Nothing is impossible when the word itself says “I’M Possible!”

Alex: Always give 100% to everything you do!

Thank you to our school captains and prefects for being wonderful role models this year. It has been a pleasure to work closely with you and we wish you every success in high school. 

Term 4

Graduation Dinner:  Year 6 Graduation Dinner orders are now available through the Compass app under Canteen/Shop/ 2024 Graduation Dinner/ 16.12.2024.  Orders must be made no later than the 8th of December for catering purposes. All details are in Compass when you go to order.  Students are able to bring 2 adults each however, if there are 4 parents/step parents we can accommodate those numbers. The night is about our graduates so we request that you find other arrangements for sibling for this event. 

Parent/Teacher Meetings will be available on Compass tomorrow, Wednesday 4th December.  

Please follow these instructions to book your interview time with your child's teacher:

• Open in Browser
• From the Compass homepage click the hamburger menu button at the top left (three horizontal bars) and then select 'Conferences'.  
• To start the booking process click on the 2024 Parent/Teacher Meeting option
• Once you've selected the cycle you will first be shown a popup which contains information from the school. Read the message and click 'Okay' at the bottom to continue.   
• Select your student to proceed with booking. 
• Select your child's teacher from the Right Hand Side of the screen. 
• To book in just click an available (white) timeslot.
• This will open a booking popup for you to confirm. 
• Confirm booking

Bookings are made more easily from a device other than a phone.  If you are having trouble making a booking, please call Kate in the front office and she will be able to help you. 

Week 8:  2nd - 6th December 

Wednesday - Swimming

Thursday - Parishioner Visits

                    - Infants Excursion    

Friday - Kinder Readiness (Full day)

              - School Fees Due

Week 9:  9th - 13th December

Monday - Parent/Teacher Meetings 

Tuesday - Parent/ Teacher Meetings 

Wednesday - Parent Teacher Meetings

                          - Swimming

Thursday - Parent/Teacher Meetings

                    - Year 3/4 Excursion

Friday - Graduation Mass 9:30am

              - Kinder Readiness (Final day)

              - St Joseph's Got Talent competition 2-3pm

Week 10:  16th - 19th December

Monday - Year 6 Graduation Dinner

Tuesday - Year 6 Big Day Out

Wednesday - Swimming

Thursday - Last day for Students and Staff

***Year 6 parents need to download all student reports before the 23rd of December as this is when portal access for parents  for leaving students will be cut off  ***