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Seasons Spectacular - Concert 2024!

Research shows that children who engage in the performing arts not only show strong academic benefits but also enhanced cognitive, motor, and social development. But the benefits don’t end there. Getting up on stage can enrich your child’s life in all sorts of surprising ways.

Last week our students were part of our annual school concert. The concert was created with our students, as well as our teacher concert team. Congratulations to all of our students for their preparation and amazing dedication to making the night a success. I would like to thank all of our 5/6 students who had speaking parts, particularly Tom K, Harper M and Hunter G, as our plants and Louis M and Scarlett H as our bugs. 

Concert Video 2024!

Below is a copy of our concert video and we have also sent a link via Operoo. 

This is so you can watch it together with family and relive our "Seasons Spectacular". We hope you enjoy watching it together, however, we ask that you respect the privacy and dignity of all of our students and that you do not share this link with anyone else.  Screenshots or clips of the movie must not be uploaded to any social media platforms.

Swimming is part of our learning!!

It is our swimming week this week at St Joseph's. Swimming and water safety is included in the Health and Physical Education curriculum from Foundation to Year 6. This is not only a fun time of year for students, but also a time to learn important self-awareness and management skills that support them in building organisation and resilience skills. 

The Health and Physical Education curriculum includes four focus areas with specific reference to swimming and water safety which are highlighted throughout our swimming program:

• Fundamental movement skills (FMS) — Develop foundation movement and skills to enable students to participate in a range of physical activities. For example, floating and moving the body through water.
• Safety (S) — Practise behaviours and skills to keep themselves and others safe in and around water. For example, sun safety, use of protective equipment and first aid.
• Lifelong physical activities (LPA) — Understand that swimming can enhance lifelong health-related fitness and wellbeing.
• Challenge and adventure activities (CA) — Participate in challenging swimming activities in a range of contexts. For example, triathlon, diving, water polo.

During this week it is important that students are all encouraged to participate and that their belongings are all clearly labelled so they can stay organised. To ensure students stay focused during their lessons and to help them to build their independence we ask that parents do not attend their child's lesson. We look forward to a great swimming week and thank you all for your support.

Home Learning Portal!

If you have any questions about your child’s home learning please contact your child’s teacher. For more home learning ideas, please click on the picture below to visit your child’s Home Learning Page.