School News

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Handbook

School Handbook - Version - February 2024.pdf

2024 Bus Timetable (Premier Charters)

2024 Bus Timetable (taken from Premier Charters Website).pdf

PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Ask your child about the weekly focus for students.

This week's focus:

Be Respectful - Respect self and others!

Happy Birthday

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

23 March - Tiana B-Year 5 - Yr2

25 March - Jacob M - Kinder & Andy O-Yr 3

26 March - Miles E-Yr5 & Rosalind K-Yr6

28 March - Xavier H-Yr3

Parent Talk Newsletter

Parent Talk newsletter aims to provide parents and carers with relevant and timely information about parenting, education, wellbeing, upcoming Council of Catholic School Parents (CCSP) events and webinars for parents, and significant Catholic news and events.

The Council of Catholic School Parents NSW/ACT represents all parents and carers of students in our Catholic schools. We value and promote the critical role that parents play in the education of their children, and provide leadership, advocacy and support for parents and carers of children in almost 600 Catholic schools. Parents and carers are invited to subscribe to CCSP’s Parent Talk newsletter to receive future editions and keep up to date with how our Council supports Catholic school parents to support their children’s wellbeing, faith journey and academic outcomes. Click here to subscribe.

The Council of Catholic School Parents NSW/ACT is conducting a survey to gauge parental involvement in their child's school including their learning. They are looking to receive feedback on areas that are really important to parents. Participants have the option to receive a 2024 Faith Diary as a token of appreciation by providing their name, address, and mobile phone number at the end of the survey.

The survey link is provided: CCSP Survey.

Mathematics- Teachers Attending Maths Class

What happens when we need to share 9 pieces of cake with 4 people?

It means we have to delve into place value, fractions and decimals. Two important concepts in the primary years.

This week Mrs Grose, Mrs Fursey and myself attended the 3-6 curriculum professional learning day at the Catholic Education Office. Here we dived deep into the new Mathematics syllabus with expert Chirstine Mae, learning how to improve our teaching practice and pass on our knowledge to our peers and students. We were given practical examples with concrete materials to use in the classroom. Have a look at what 100 000 looks like with wooden/plastic blocks (MAB- multibase arithmetic blocks) .

We are all very excited about implementing the new Mathematics syllabus at St Joseph's!

Fabiola Walls

Mathematics

Year 4 Excursion to The Rocks

On the 18 March Year 4 went on their excursion to The Rocks in Sydney.

We all gathered at school for a quick check in and buddied up with friends to travel on the bus up to Sydney.

Year 4 met our knowledgeable guides and dressed as the Governor, a doctor, soldiers, free settlers and of course convicts that travelled on the First Fleet to Sydney Cove.

We learnt about our First Fleet characters through the storytelling of our guides and walked around The Rocks to learn about significant places.

Year 4 had a wonderful day of fun and learning.

School Photos - Wednesday 15 May 2024

St Joseph's School Photo Day will be held on WEDNESDAY 15 May 2024.

Book Club - 2024 Issue 2 - CLOSES 28 MARCH

Students received our Book Club 2024 Issue 2 this week. Issue 2 will close Thursday 28 March 2024.

Books will be delivered to students in the week commencing 8 April (it may be sooner than this, but with the Easter long weekend it is more likely in final week of term).

Book Club Ordering (LOOP).pdf

Click here to view Scholastic Book Club 2024 Issue 2

ACTION REQUIRED - Online Forms & 2024 Parent Input Forms

Please ensure the forms below have been completed by Monday 1 April. 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.

Compass Insights - Parent Guide.pdf

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

Online Enrolment Application

Additional School Tours

If you missed our open day, please feel free to join us at one of our additional open days being held until the end of Term 1. Please complete the google form below and we look forward to seeing you on your selected day.

Additional School Tours

Library News

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 1

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.

Year	Days required to wear sports uniform
Kindergarten	Wednesday & Friday
Year 1	Monday & Wednesday
Year 2	Tuesday & Thursday
Year 3	Tuesday & Friday
Year 4	Thursday & Friday
Year 5	Tuesday & Friday
Year 6	Tuesday & Friday

SJB Cross Country - Wednesday 27 March 2024

We look forward to our whole school Cross-Country carnival which will be held next Wednesday 27 March 2024.

Thank you to those who have completed the online COMPASS permission for your child/ren. If you have not given consent, please do so at your earliest convenience.

Course maps are located in the "Resource tab of this event".

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.

FRIENDLY REMINDER: PLEASE ENSURE YOU CHANGE YOUR CHILD/S CLASS TO REFLECT THEIR CLASS FOR 2024

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.

Fresh Start Canteen Menu January 2024.pdf

Fresh Start Canteens - FlexiSchools Information Toolkit.pdf

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.