Principal’s News

Dear Families,

If you go down to the woods today you're sure of a big surprise!!! What fun we had on Wednesday welcoming our new Preps for 2025 to their first orientation session and teddy bears picnic. There were many expressions of wonder as I stood at the school gate in my teddy bear costume ready to welcome next year's Preps.

We had the most wonderful morning reading stories, doing a craft activity, building friendships, and sharing in a picnic of teddy bear biscuits and watermelon. Very few tears were evident from the children with even our parents being very brave as they dropped their children to school for the first time.

We have many new families joining our school community which just continues to make us the most amazing place to make friends, learn, and belong.

Father’s Day Breakfast

Thanks to our wonderful P&F secretary Ash and her band of helpers who put on a delicious breakfast for our fathers, grandfathers, and special male role models.

It was a wonderful community event that drew us together in the spirit of gratitude. We were able to say thank you to all the wonderful men in St Joseph’s community. You really are so loved and appreciated by your children!

Champions of our School

I was delighted to be greeted by Fabien on Thursday morning with some very exciting news. Fabien arrived with a beaming smile letting me know that he had something important to tell me.

He carefully reached into his bag to reveal a framed certificate of achievement. Fabien was awarded a My Brother Jack Award for his short story.

Well done Fabien your story is wonderful and very well written.

A link to Fabien's story is below.

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:230ae589-9e49-4108-8e72-8e6690aebcb9

Congratulations to Cooper who recently won the State Finals with his soccer team. Cooper is often seen kicking a soccer ball at school and it’s evident that all his hard work and training has paid off with this fantastic result. Cooper will compete with his team in the National Soccer Championships in Queensland. We wish you all the best Cooper as you take up this exciting challenge later in September.

Congratulations to our Year 4, 5, and 6 students who competed in the Dendy District Athletics in track and field events. Our children competed against other schools with a great spirit of competitiveness and cooperation.

We felt really proud on the day of the way the children encouraged each other and tried their very best.

Well done to the following children who won through to the Beachside Division on October 13th:

Alice A - Long Jump (after breaking the field record)

Callum W - 800m & 1500m

Amitie B - 200m

Maximillian - 200m

Good luck to Alice, Callum, Amite & Maximilian. We know you will try your very best.

Go team St Joseph’s!

End of Term Liturgy and Open Book

We look forward to welcoming parents and carers to our end of term liturgies and open book sessions. Come and join us for an end of term gathering to celebrate all that our students and teachers have achieved throughout the term.

The liturgies will begin at 2:45 pm on the following dates:

Monday, 16th September: Year 3 & 4

Tuesday, 17th September: Prep

Wednesday, 18th September: Year 1 & 2

Thursday, 19th September: Year 5 & 6

Save the Date

We will be hosting one of our favourite events of the year our Grandparents Morning on Friday 11 October from 9am-10am commencing in our school hall. All grandparents/special friends are welcome!

Key Enrolment Dates - Year 5 Students Starting Year 7 in 2027

The key enrolment dates for students in Year 5 in 2025 who will be starting Year 7 in 2027 at a Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Secondary school were agreed upon after approval from the principals on the Archdiocesan Enrolment Committee. The timeline of events and dates is as follows:

− applications for students starting Year 7 in 2027 will open on Tuesday 28 January 2025 and close on Friday 15 August 2025

− offers will be posted to prospective Year 7 applicants on Friday 17 October 2025

− parents/carers will be required to accept an offer from a school by Friday 7 November 2025.

Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Annual Report

Term 3 Assembly Schedule

Friday 13 September	General
Friday 20 September	Footy Colours Day

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