School News

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Handbook

2024 Bus Timetable (Premier Charters)

PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Ask your child about the weekly focus for students.

This week's focus:

Be Respectful - Listen respectfully to your teachers and peers.

Happy Birthday

We wish the following students a very happy birthday who celebrate their special day during the the past 2 weeks.

1 May - Jack H Year 1, Charlie H Year 1, Mia R Year 4, Isikeli V Year 4 & Elijah L Year 5

2 May - Noah H Year 6

3 May - Matthew C Year 3, Jude R Year 5 & Kira T Year 6

4 May - Hayley C Kinder

6 May - Sadie J Year 6

8 May - Finnick S Year 1, Gia S Year 1 & Henry A Year 6

9 May - Ashlyn G Year 2, Evie C Year 4 & Aasha P Year 5

Wollongong City Council - Feedback Open for Council’s draft Wollongong Integrated Transport Strategy

We have developed the draft Wollongong Integrated Transport Strategy (draft strategy) to lead transport planning and investment across the Wollongong Local Government Area over the next 10 years.

The draft strategy outlines Council’s vision, guiding principles, and goals to improve the way we move around our city into the future and the actions we’ll take to achieve them. Until now, we’ve considered transport planning and delivery in a site-specific or transport-specific way. This new draft strategy takes a more overarching view of the city and lays out what steps we, Transport for NSW, and our community can take to ensure sustainable, accessible, and affordable transport options are available for our growing and diverse community. We are now seeking feedback on the draft strategy to inform the final version. Please note the last day for feedback is Monday 27 May 2024.

Find out more and provide feedback:

Online: our.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/draft-wollongong-integrated-transport-strategy

Community Drop-in Info Sessions: Any time between 3 - 6pm at the following locations:

• Dapto on Tuesday 14 May 2024 - Scribbly Gum Room, Dapto Ribbonwood Centre, 93/109 Princes Hwy, Dapto.
• Wollongong on Thursday 16 May 2024 - Wollongong Library Theatrette, Ground Floor, 41 Burelli St, Wollongong.
• Thirroul on Thursday 23 May 2024 - Escarpment Room, Thirroul Community Centre, 352/358 Lawrence Hargrave Dr, Thirroul.

Mathematics

Kindergarten have been working on their counting using tens frames, they also tried out their counting using the  "rekenreks". Using lots of different concrete materials to count helps students gain a deeper understanding of number.

Yr 2 have been using games to work on ascending and descending numbers.

Yr 4 Have been working on equivalent fractions- Ashby and Cristiano demonstrated that they could even find equivalent fractions for sevenths! Their next challenge was ninths.

Walk Safely to School Day - TOMORROW

St Joseph's will be celebrating and acknowledging 'Walk Safely to School Day' on Friday, 10 May. This community initiative aims to raise awareness of the health, road safety, transport, and environmental benefits that regular walking (especially to and from school) can provide for the long-term well-being of our children. It coincides with National Road Safety Week. 

Tomorrow Friday May 10 (Week 2), we encourage families to walk together to school or park their car and walk part of the way to school. Some St Joseph's staff members will be meeting on the grass area near Bulli Beach Cafe at 8:20 a.m. We invite students to meet the teachers here and walk safely to school together! Parents are encouraged to join us to walk safely to school with the staff and students. 

School Photos - Wednesday 15 May 2024 

ALL ORDERS TO BE PLACED ONLINE

St Joseph's School Photo Day will be held on WEDNESDAY 15 May 2024. Please see the image below on how to order your 2024 School Photos.

Online CODE: LY9 LKX N18

SIBLING ORDERS CLOSE:         Tuesday 14 May 2024 at midnight

INDIVIDUAL ORDERS CLOSE:  Wednesday 15 May 2024 

Packages can be purchased ONLINE using VISA, Mastercard, PayPal or LatitudePay.  

Please note that all students are to wear their full winter uniform (not sports), which is as follows:

Girls Winter Uniform

• Tunic
• sky blue long sleeve shirt
• tab tie (not school tie)
• navy blue tights or white above ankle length school socks
• black polishable leather shoes

Optional Winter Uniform:

• long navy-blue trousers
• blue long-sleeved shirt
• school tie
• navy blue or white socks

Boys Winter Uniform

• Long grey pants
• sky-blue long-sleeved shirt
• school tie
• grey socks
• black - polishable leather shoes

Long hair is to be tied back or plaited, off the face for both boys and girls.  Navy blue headbands, ribbons and scrunchies are to be worn in the hair.

Head Lice

We have been advised of a number of cases of head lice.  Please check your child's hair  and treat accordingly.  

Please click on this link from NSW Health that you may find helpful.

Book Club Issue 3

Students received our Book Club Issue 3, 2024, last week.  Issue 3 will close Monday 20 May 2024.  

Books will be delivered in the week beginning Monday 27 May 2024.

ACTION REQUIRED - Online Forms & 2024 Parent Input Forms

Please ensure the forms below have been completed. These are compulsory form that all parents need to complete via the COMPASS Parent Portal through Insights.

• 2024 CEDoW Consent for the use of student’s image and/or work 
• 2024 CEDoW Acceptable Use of Technology 
• 2024 Local Excursion and Incursion Consent

Please read the attached Parent Guide on how to access this forms.

2025 Online Enrolments are Open

Our online applications are now open.

You will be required to use our new online enrolment platform, called Funnel, removing the use of all paper forms. Please take note, particularly for sibling applications. The online application form will be accessible from the home page of our school website

Library News

Kindergarten will borrow on Fridays and will be visiting the library on alternating Tuesdays.

Premier Reading Challenge

Our SJB Premier Reading Challenge has begun.

In 2024 St Joseph's will be running a school wide challenge. All students will participate. 

Kinder-Year 2 books will be lodged by Mrs Pirie.  Years 3-6 students will log books they have read, both class reading and home reading will be included, during library lessons

Sports News

Sports Uniform Days - Term 2

Students are required to wear sports uniform as outlined below.

Please be advised that students will be required to wear their sports uniform the following days.

NSWPSSA Swimming Championships

In the last week of Term 1, our SJB Senior Girls and Boys Relay teams and individual swimmers competed at the PSSA Swimming Championships in Homebush alongside many elite athletes. Well done to all the competitors who represented our Diocese so well. Congratulations to the senior boys relay team, who were finalists, and to Nash and Archer, both of whom made the finals in the 50m Breaststroke events. Both boys put in outstanding performances. 

Nash H finished 2nd in the 11 year old Breastroke event, gaining selection for the NSW PSSA team. This is a fantastic achievement, which is a credit to him and the hard work he puts in each week of training in the pool. Nash will now head to the Gold Coast in July to participate in the National Swimming Championship! 

SJB wishes him the very best of luck!

Diocesan Rugby Union Trials

Congratulations to Will G in Year 5 who was selected in the Diocesan Rugby Union Team last Friday. We wish him all the best as he competes in the MacKillop Rugby Union Trials in Forbes on Monday July 1. 

Well done Will!

Gala Day Nomination Process - Yrs 3-6 

This year, we will trial a digital preferential Google Form for students to indicate the Gala Days they would be interested in attending or an opt-out option. We are encouraging student voice via a new system this year in an attempt to overcome the impact of high numbers of students declining these events in the final organisational stages prior to the Gala date.

We are really looking forward to providing students in Yr 3-6 with some wonderful sporting opportunities at gala days, during PE and at our Athletics Carnival later this term. 

The proposed Gala Days' dates are listed below for parents. If your child is nominated to attend a gala day, further details will be communicated to students at school and to parents via Compass. 

Gala Day Philosophy 

All gala days strictly operate under CEDoW’s Gala Day Philosophy 

The gala days are designed for students to enjoy the sport, try the sport out, have fun and exercise without the pressure of competition and winning. We are fortunate to have staff willing to organise these gala opportunities and prepare and train students in their break times, along with parents willing to act as team managers on the day. As always, St Joseph's Bulli is proud to see our students, teachers and parents maintaining a safe and respectful environment for all when attending our gala day events. We know 2024 will be no exception. 

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Mrs Grose, Mrs Smith or Miss O'Donoghue. 

Mrs Kylie Grose

Sports Co-ordinator

Canteen

Open Monday to Friday for recess and lunch.

Cash purchases for snacks and drinks can be made at recess and lunchtime. Snacks and drinks can also be ordered via the new platform FlexiSchools.

Lunch orders

Orders for lunch can only be made through Flexischools.  Please note that orders close at 9.15am daily.  Orders cannot be placed after this time.

Flexischool Parent Support Line - 1300 361 769 (Hours: 7.00am-12.00 noon)

Catholic Care

OOSH, Out of School Hours care at St Joseph's 

Email:   bullioosh@catholiccare.dow.org.au

Mobile:  0437 713 067

Booking Information

Enrolment Form

CatholicCare Website

Service hours

Before School Care

7:00am – 8:30am

After School Care

2:45pm – 6:00pm

If you require the use of OOSH for your child/ren you need to be enrolled in the service prior to commencing. 

Casual bookings

If your child already uses the service and you requireacasual booking please do this viathe Xplor app. 

Before School Care: Bookings are to be made no later than 5:30 pm the night before

After School Care: Bookings are to be made no later than 9:00 am that morning

Casual booking must be made as per the times above to ensure enough staff. If notice is not provided within these time frames and the service does not have sufficient staff your child/ren will be sent to the office for collection. This is something that we all wish to avoid, so please keep in mind the time frames to help support the service.

If there is an emergency and care is needed please phone and leave a message and we will see what we can do.

If you do have any questions, need clarification, or have any feedback please feel free to contact the service mobile during operating hours on 0437 713 067 or Jacinta, Team Leader – 0407 759 720.

New Service Offerings

CatholicCare's Families and Communities Program has developed a new stream of service offerings to complement our current group work programs, with single sessions now available.

• Professional Development Sessions: These single sessions focus on a range of topics to support professionals working with individuals, families or within communities. 
• Parenting, Relationship, Wellbeing Sessions: These individual psycho-educational sessions focus on a range of topics related to strengthening relationships and supporting individuals and families. The sessions can be facilitated to a group of clients, within the community, or from other venues. 

The sessions can be adapted to suit different audiences and the needs of your clients and the community. CatholicCare welcomes any ideas for further sessions to suit your needs. 

Click below to find out more about the latest service offerings from CatholicCare. 

We currently have the ability to offer a limited number of the Individual Parenting, Relationship, Wellbeing sessions for free up until the end of June.

For more information or to register your interest, please complete the online enquiry form.

Community Notices

LOWES 20% OFF EVERYTHING - 15-17 MAY 2024