School News

Happy Birthday

Wishing all our students a very happy birthday who celebrated their special day over the last fortnight.

8 June - Shae C Year 1, Sebastian G Year 1 and Sylvie C Year 1

9 June - Ziva B Year 2

11 June - Maggie R Year 3

14 June - Alexandra N Year 3

15 June - Neave E Year 1, Thomas G Year 1 and Alana Q Year 6

16 June - Lewis B Year 5 and Harrison N Year 5

17 June - Margot G Year 2

18 June - Eleanor H Year 4

19 June - Lukas C Year 6

English Books Coming Home For Sharing & Celebration!

Get ready to celebrate your child's learning journey in English!

Next Friday (Week 9), your child will bring home their English book, filled with fantastic work and progress. This is a wonderful opportunity for them to share their learning with you and for you to provide encouragement and celebrate their achievements.

Inside their book, you'll find a Parent Reflection and Celebration Slip. We invite you to take a moment to leave a comment, share your thoughts, and acknowledge your child's efforts. We look forward to continuing our partnership and working together to help your child thrive and grow in their faith, learning, and well-being so they can truly live life to the full.

Please ensure all English books are returned to school on Monday 30 June 2025 (Week 10).

Example of a Parent Reflection and Celebration Slip

SJB Adventure Playground

It’s all happening at the Adventure Playground!

It’s been a fun and busy term getting our imaginary play area up and running.

We now have a beautiful sensory garden filled with textured plants and water play, plus dinosaurs and trucks roaring around — making recess and lunch an exciting time to play and let imaginations run wild.

Our latest addition is the fairy garden! Year 5 and their Kindergarten buddies had a great time creating dolls for the play space and so did Year 1 and Year 6.

Stay tuned — there’s more fun to come!

ICAS Assessments

Years 3-6 students at St Joseph’s have the opportunity to participate in the University of New South Wales ICAS Assessments this year.

ICAS is designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and Digital Technologies and is not compulsory.

If your child is interested, parents must register and pay online by 28 July 2025 through the Parent Payment System, NO payment will be taken via the school office.

2025 ICAS Information for Parents.pdf

Access details for parents:

Your school access code is:

CHJ956

SUBJECT	SITTING WINDOWS	COST
Digital Technologies	Monday 4 August	$20.95
Writing	Tuesday 5 August	$24.95
English	Monday 11 August	$20.95
Science	Monday 18 August	$20.95
Spelling Bee	Tuesday 19 August	$20.95
Mathematics	Monday 25 August	$20.95

ICAS Parent Payment System

Book Club Issue 4 2025 - CLOSES TOMORROW

Students have now received the Book Club Issue 4, 2025.

Issue 4 will close for orders on Friday 20 June 2025 for delivery in the week commencing Monday 30 June 2025. Please note all orders need to placed ONLINE.

Every order over $19.50 receives a $5 promo code to spend on the next issue. Thank you for supporting our Book Club during 2025. Over the first three issues this year we have earned $508 in Rewards to be used on resources for our Library.

Book Club Issue 4 2025.pdf

2025 Premier Reading Challenge

Premier's Reading Challenge 2025 has begun. If your child would like to participate in the challenge this year, there are two options available for how you can log your children's reading.

Blank Reading Logs are available for pick up from the library any morning before school starts. You can fill these in at home as books are read and then drop back off at the library and Mrs Pirie or Mrs Parker will enter these books into your child's online reading log.

Alternatively, you can email the school to request your child's digital login details and enter their reading at your own convenience.

For any further questions please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Pirie.

Sport

SJB Athletics Carnival

Our school Athletics Carnival will be held on Wednesday 2 July, at the Kerryn McCann Athletics Track (Beaton Park), Gwynneville. All students will participate in events as part of a rotation grid.

The athletics carnival requires the support of our parents to run smoothly. Any parents who are able to assist with the carnival's running are asked to indicate this in the question tab. As always, your time and assistance on the day of the carnival will be very much appreciated, so thank you in advance if you are able to act as a carnival official.

Please see the COMPASS event on the Parent Portal.

2025 SJB School Athletics Carnival Information.pdf

Kylie Grose / Christine Smith

Sport Co-ordinators