Principal's Page
Dear Families,
Brrr! Winter has officially arrived, bringing brisk morning breezes, extra layers and a fresh burst of energy to St Joseph's. It has been wonderful watching our students embrace the cooler weather—whether they are staying active outside during lunch, tackling mid-year learning goals or showing fantastic resilience through the chilly weather. Winter is always a great reminder of how vibrant and lively our school remains, no matter what the thermometer says!
Fathering Project Evening
It was fantastic to see so many dad's and students connecting with each other at the Truemans Road Driving Range. Thank you to Jacqui Hayes for organising the night.
Whole School Athletics carnival
Congratulations to McAuley House for winning the School Athletics Carnival. Thank you to the parents who volunteered to assist on the day. Your help was greatly appreciated. A big thank you to Jenny Todd for preparing the students and organising the day. It was a wonderful day of competition and sportsmanship.
Final scores:
McAuley 1324
Mannix 1282
Bunurong 1057
Mazenod 1006
Ooshies
The Woolworths Ooshies are proving to be extremely popular with students. We discourage students from bringing anything of significance to school incase they are damaged or misplaced. This applies to Ooshies.
Collecting from the office
A quick reminder - could all parents needing to be onsite during the school day, please come through the office and sign in. This is not only for Child Safety reasons but also for emergency management. We need to have a record of who is onsite at all times.
Andrew Chinn Visit
Musician Andrew Chinn will be visiting the school on Thursday and running workshops with all students. There will be a concert in the church at 2:25pm. Parents, grandparents and special friends are most welcome to attend.
Cheese Toasties
Our Year Sixes are selling cheese toasties for $1 every Monday to raise money for their graduation evening. You do not need to pre order. Students just need to bring some money along on the day and purchase the number of toasties they would like.
NAPLAN
Congratulations to our Year Three and Five students on this year's NAPLAN results. We are above the state mean in all assessments in Year Three and in Reading, Writing and Mathematics in Year Five. Our mean (average) sits in the Strong Proficiency in all assessments. Our results in Writing were outstanding.
Eggs For Sale
Our chickens are enjoying St Joseph's and we are regularly laying six eggs each day. If you would like to purchase half a dozen eggs, they are $2. Please come to the office with your money. if we have run out of eggs on that particular day, Lucy will make a note and provide you with the next available half dozen. If you would like to look after the chickemns on the weekend, please let me know via an email. Duties include collecting eggs (you can keep them), checking food and water, letting the chickens out and locking them away at night.
Parent/Guardian Webinar: Balancing Life & Technology (Screen Time)
10 August 2026 7:30PM
This practical webinar helps parents understand what healthy screen use really looks like and provides realistic strategies to support children to develop safe and healthy screen time habits. All registered participants will receive 28 days of access to the webinar recording.
Topics covered include:
- Screen time
- Gaming battles
- Videos and scrolling
- Sleep and bedtime
- Tech conduct and
- Finding balance
Supporting our staff while planning for the future
Currently, all Catholic schools are working through planning and budgeting activities for 2027 to ensure we are well placed to support our staff, students and school communities in the coming year. This includes looking at how we can accommodate the changes likely to flow from a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) with school staff.
We recognise the significant financial pressures many households are facing, and we are making a conscious effort to ensure these costs are not passed on through significant fee increases.
We will continue to keep our parent community informed throughout this process. As always, our focus remains on maintaining strong school communities and continuing to deliver a high-quality Catholic education for every student.
Bullying No Way - Week of Action 17 -21/8
All students will participate in a range of activities during this week including the Kids Helpline Anti-Bullying Livestream Lesson on Monday. This year's theme, Small Acts Big Impact, reinforces the message that we all play a part in ensuring a safe, inclusive school community, free of bullying and exclusion.
2026 Archies Art Competition
Many of our students artwork has been entered into this years Archies Art Competition. The exhibition is open to the public on 14th, 15th, 20th and 21st before the Awards Evening on 22nd August.
MACS Care
Please note the parent/carer newsletter for Child Safety Standard Seven in the attachment below.
Please find our Complaints Handling Policy on the school's website. https://safesmartsolutions.com.au/portal/St%20Joseph's%20Primary%20School%20-%20Sorrento/5cf8d4c8e1/policy
School Closure Day
A reminder that there is a School Closure day on Monday 24th August. Staff will be attending Professional Learning on the MACS Vision for Instruction: Writing and Mathematics.
The next two weeks...
Mon 10 $1 Cheese Toasties
Wed 12 Year 6 Padua Placement Testing
Snow Camp Info Meeting 7:00pm
Thurs 13 Musician Andrew Chinn Incursion
Lions Quiz
Fri 14. Flow Friday Activities (5/6)
Mon 17 $1 Cheese Toasties
Assembly
Tues 18 Toni D'Alia - visiting author
Thurs 20 Year Six run canteen
Fri 21. Book Week Dress Up Day
Flow Friday Activities (5/6)
Please let me know if I can assist you in any way.
Many thanks,
Monica