PRINCIPAL'S NEWS

Miss Jaclyn is always busy keeping abreast of our socials and sharing the terrific things happening at our school.

👶💙 Congratulations - A new arrival!

Huge congratulations to Ms Lauren (R.E. leader) and Nick on the arrival of their beautiful second child, Cooper Archie! 💙🍼

We wish Lauren, Nick and their growing family lots of love, happiness and precious moments together. 🥰✨

A Little Time Away ✈️🍀🏴

I’d like to let families know that I will be taking some long service leave from Wednesday 2 September, which is my last day at school for the term, through to the end of Week 1 of Term 4. My husband and I are taking the opportunity to travel through Ireland and Scotland – something we’re both very much looking forward to!

During my absence, Kate will step into the role of Acting Principal. I know the school community will be in very good hands with Kate leading the team. She knows our school, our students and our families well, and I have every confidence that everything will run smoothly in my absence.

In the meantime, I hope everyone enjoys the final weeks of term, has a wonderful and restful school holiday break, and enjoys some special time with family and friends. I’ll see you all when I return in Term 4! 💙

📚 Book Week📚

What a fabulous Book Week we had last week! It was wonderful to see our school community come together to celebrate the joy of reading, stories and literacy.

Our Book Week Dress-Up Parade was spectacular once again! 🎭 The creativity and enthusiasm shown by our students was fantastic, with so many wonderful characters from favourite books coming to life throughout the school.

A huge thank you to all our parents and families for the time, effort and creativity that went into organising costumes. We know some of those costumes take a great deal of preparation, and we truly appreciate your support in making Book Week such a special celebration for our children.

It was a wonderful reminder of the important place that books, stories and a love of reading have in our school community. 📚

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ District Athletics 🏅

Congratulations to the following children who represented St Joseph's at the District Athletics Carnival last week.

🏃‍♀️ Special congratulations to the following children who secured a place 🏃‍♀️

Chris Nicu 1st - 100m & 200m 

Kyrin Koloumendas  - 3rd for 1500m 

Biagio Minca - 2nd for 800m

Sophie Sturrock - 3rd for 1500m 

All of our competitors demonstrated wonderful sportsmanship throughout the day and represented our school with pride. We are incredibly proud of the way they conducted themselves and supported their fellow competitors. 🏃‍♀️🏅

Father's / Special Friends Day Celebration 

What a wonderful way to start the day! This morning we welcomed our dads, grandfathers, carers and special people to school for our Father’s Day Breakfast. 

It was fantastic to see so many families enjoying time together, sharing breakfast and catching up with one another. The atmosphere was full of smiles, laughter and lots of happy conversations!  Thank you also to our Dads who stayed to celebrate Mass.  Our junior children read beautifully and assisted with the preparation of a lovely liturgy.

A huge thank you to the staff who helped make the morning such a great success, and especially to our wonderful parents and families who joined us. Events like this are such a lovely opportunity to come together as a school community and celebrate the special people who play such an important role in the lives of our children.

Just a reminder that our Father’s Day Stall is on Thursday! 🎁  Students will have the opportunity to choose a special gift for their dad, grandad or special person.  Thank you to Parthena Cutrone for organising this year's stall, and her party of volunteers who will assist on the day.  We look forward to helping our students find something special to take home! 🎁😊

I would also like to thank the local businesses who supported our Father's Day Stall...

We hope all our dads and special people have a very happy Father’s Day this Sunday! 💙

⏰ A Reminder About Being On Time ⏰

A gentle reminder to families about the importance of getting children to school on time each morning. 

The beginning of the school day is valuable learning time.  Each morning, teachers share the structure and expectations for the day, and children have the opportunity to settle in, connect with their classmates and prepare for the learning ahead.

Arriving on time helps children start the day feeling calm, confident and ready to learn. We appreciate your support in ensuring children are at school and settled before the school day begins. 

🍿Friday Market

Get ready for our Friday Market on Friday, September 11! 

We're looking forward to hosting a fun afternoon for our school community. Come along, enjoy the atmosphere, support our students and grab a few goodies while you’re here!

We’d love to see lots of our families there!

Mad on Music Concert 🎵 🎶 🎼 🎤 🎸 🎹

Tonight our Music students will be performing at the annual Mad on Music concert.

We are wish the best for our talented St Joey’s performers who will take to the stage this evening.  We know how much time, practice and dedication has gone into preparing for the concert, and together with Ashley from Mad on Music, we are incredibly proud of each and every one of you.

We have no doubt you will smash it! 🌟👏

Best of luck to all our performers — go St Joey’s! 🎵🎤🎶

A Friendly Reminder...

A friendly reminder to families that the reserved parking space for Fr Shabin in the St Joseph’s car park on Westbourne Grove is to remain available for him throughout the week.

Fr Shabin celebrates morning Masses and regularly attends funerals and other parish commitments during the week, so he needs to be able to access this designated space when he arrives at school. We kindly ask families to please ensure this space remains clear. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. 🙏