St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Handbook

PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Whole School Expectation - Weekly Focus for Students

Manage impulsivity!

This is when I think before I do:

Should I be talking?

Have I followed an instruction?

Am I raising my hand and waiting for my name to be called

Am I using respectful body language?

The PB4L Team

K-2 Curriculum

This term K-2 teachers and Literacy Leaders have been working alongside each other to further their knowledge of the new K-2 Syllabus and its aims and rationale to ensure quality Literacy instruction. The professional learning day this week focused on high impact researched strategies to support students’ oral language and communication skills, which will benefit students in understanding and creating text. Staff are looking forward to planning to implement these strategies into teaching and learning experiences next term.

2023 Big Vegie Crunch

Congratulations to our Big Vegie Crunch Mascot winners from each grade. The following students received a blue merit award and a pack of vegetable seeds to plant at home during morning assembly this week.

The designs were also entered into the Big Vegie Crunch competition to go in the running to become the 2024 Big Vegie Crunch Official Mascot.

As a school community we had 317 students crunching on vegetables on Thursday morning at 10am. This broke our 2022 record by 23 students. Congratulations St Josephs!

Year 6 Health and Wellbeing Committee

Mother's Day Celebration

This year the Fathering Project will be supporting the school to celebrate our Mothers and significant women of our school community. The Fathering Project will hold a Mother's Day Stall on Thursday 11 May for students to purchase a gift. Details regarding this will be available early in Term 2.

They will also be hosting a Mother's Day Breakfast in the COLA on Friday 12 May between 8:00 am and 8:45 am. School age students will be supervised on the playground any toddlers are to remain under your care. This is a time for mums, grandmothers and special friends of the students to enjoy a cuppa, something to eat and quiet moment to yourself.

Please indicate on the form below any dietary requirements and if you will be attending.

2024 KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS ARE NOW OPEN (Kindergarten 2024)

2024 Kindergarten are now open and enrolment packages are available from the school office.

School Photos - Wednesday 26 April 2023

St Joseph's School Photo Day will be held on WEDNESDAY 26 April 2023.

Please see the image below on how to order your 2023 School Photos

Online CODE: LY9 LKX N18

SIBLING ORDERS CLOSE: Tuesday 25 April

INDIVIDUAL ORDERS CLOSE: Wednesday 26 April

Packages can be purchased ONLINE using VISA, Mastercard, PayPal or LatitudePay.

Please note that all students are to wear their full summer uniform (not sports), which is as follows:

Girls Summer Uniform

Blue school pattern tunic
white above ankle length school socks
black polishable leather shoes
Hair Ties - Navy

Optional Summer Uniform:

Peter Pan collared blue shirt with school logo
Navy Culotte

Boys Summer Uniform

Grey shorts (not cargo type)
blue short- sleeved shirt with school logo
grey socks
black-polishable leather shoes

Happy Birthday

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

2 April - Scarlett C Year 2

3 April - Charlotte K Year 3

4 April - Jacob M Year 5, Isabella L Year 4, Zanen B Year 3 and Sebastian R Kinder

6 April - Jacob K Year 5, Lucas W Year 4 and Cooper N Kinder

Sports News

Sports Uniform Days - Term 1

Students will be required to wear their PE uniform on the following days for the remainder of the term.

Due to the gymnastics program Kindergarten and Year 1 has changed their sports days. See below.

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

MacKillop Swimming Trials

Congratulations to all SJB students who attended the MacKillop Swimming Trials last week and did their best representing the Wollongong Diocese. Outstanding efforts in the pool were acknowledged at our assembly on Friday as a number of students finished in the top three of their event, to gain MacKillop selection. The combined effort from our relay teams resulted in podium results for the Senior Girls and Boys, along with our Junior Boys. What an amazing achievement from the one school!

Congratulations to the following students for their MacKillop Selection.

London C	1st in Freestyle 100m/ 50m, Backstroke 50m, Breaststroke 50m, Butterfly 50m, Backstroke 50.
Nash H	1st Breastroke
Alex V	3rd -100m Freestyle, 2nd -50m Backstroke & 3rd - 50m Butterfly
Kobi C	2nd - 50m Freestyle

(1st) Senior Girls Relay	Minivera B, Sadie J, Andie K, London C
(1st) Junior Boys Relay	Hamish B, Saul O, Nash and Chael B
(2nd) Senior Boys Relay	Alex V, Kobi C, Owen O, Flynn W

We wish all students the best of luck as they participate this week at the NSWPSSA Swimming Championships on Wednesday and Thursday.

NSWPSSA swimming results will be acknowledge and celebrated in Term 2.

Kylie Grose & Christine Smith

Sport Co-ordinators

Cross Country Training

The SJB Cross Country squad are invited to bring training gear on the following days:

Term 2 Week 1	Thursday and Friday

George W, Archer T, Tommy M, Arlo B, Indianna G, Lani B, Maisie C, Alana QH, Hartley B, Saul O, Will G, Lukas C, Lorelei G, Andie K, Molly P, Owen O, Harry S, Ned S, Natalia H, London C, Daphne W, Sebastian B, Hayes G and Ethan M.

Kylie Grose & Christine Smith

Sport Co-ordinators

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 Quickcliq.

Lunch orders

Orders for lunch can only be made through QUICKCLIQ. Please note that orders close at 9.15am daily. Orders cannot be placed after this time.

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 require a casual booking please do this via the 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.

Community Services

Positive Partnership - Autism Workshop

PCYC - Star Jump Challenge 2023

Holy Spirit College

PCYC - 2023 Easter School Holiday Activities

2023 SJB Spring Fair