School News

School Handbook - Updated March 2021.docx.pdf

PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Whole School Expectation

Be Responsible - Look after your belongings in the classroom and on the playground

St Joseph’s Da Vinci Decathlon

Congratulations to the St Joseph's teams for your outstanding effort in the da Vinci Decathlon held at the Illawarra Christian School on Monday.

Each team of eight students competed in ten disciplines:

Mathematics – problem solving, number patterns and logic puzzles
English – spelling, word origins, definitions, textual analysis and writing tasks
Science – engage with higher level scientific concepts and test your ability to apply them• Code Breaking – decipher complex, mysterious codes
Engineering Challenge – a design task that tests problem solving skills, creativity and ingenuity
Ideation – unleashing your skills of creativity, critical problem solving, collaboration and communication to solve real-world problems
Creative Producers – create and perform a 60sec drama or 30sec commercial to promote a product
Art and Poetry – develop an original poem and a connected art work on a given theme• Cartography – interpret spatial information, decipher and create imaginative maps• Legacy – a study of significant people (including Leonardo da Vinci), inventions and events around our theme

The Year 5 team was awarded:

3rd in Cartography,
2nd in English
1st in Code Breaking

The Yr6 team was awarded:

3rd in Creative producers
1st in English.

Well done students!

NAPLAN 2021

NAPLAN tests provide information on student progress in literacy and numeracy.

Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in the annual NAPLAN tests in reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation), and numeracy.

When are the NAPLAN Tests?

Year 3 and Year 5 students will sit NAPLAN on the following dates.

Tuesday 11 May- Writing Test

Thursday 13 May- Reading Test

Tuesday 18 May- Language Conventions Test

Wednesday 19 May- Numeracy Test

Further Information

Please download the Parent Information Sheet below for further information.

NAPLAN_Online_Information_for_parents_and_carers_flyer.pdf

2021 Premier's Reading Challenge

This year we invite all students from K-6 to participate in the 2021 Premier's Reading Challenge.

The challenge is not a competition but a way to foster a love of reading for pleasure for all our Kindergarten to Year 6 students.

The challenge starts NOW and closes on Friday 20 August. Parents of students who wish to take on the challenge should register by clicking the consent button in COMPASS. As soon as possible a username and password to access the PRC website will be provided by the school. This website will allow parents and students to find books and codes and to also self manage the online reading log.

For more information please visit the links below and/or contact Mr Aguilera via the school office for more information.

https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html

https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html#/

If you wish for your child/dren to participate please complete the online consent through the COMPASS Parent Portal by Wednesday 31 March 2021.

Thank you to all parents who have indicated their interest in participating in the challenge. Login details and a reading record document to help you and your child keep track of books read will be sent out next week.

No Way to Bullying

Please read the following thank you letter received from the organisers National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence

Thank you St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bulli!

Your staff, students and school community joined a record 6276 schools across Australia for the 2021 National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA) last Friday.

Thank you for your school's commitment to the Bullying. No Way! message. Over the last 11 years, we acknowledge the hard work of schools in driving positive action on the NDA, and all year round. Your role in supporting students to foster values of kindness and respect is integral to safe and supportive school environments. Millions of students, staff and school community members across the nation shared their bullying prevention strategies and raised awareness among their school communities.

These kind words were sent by Bullying. No Way!, on behalf of the national Safe and Supportive School Communities (SSSC) Working Group, a joint initiative of Australia's government, Catholic and independent education.

Throughout last week our students continued to raise awareness about bullying and its prevention. During our assembly students displayed their posters, chatterboxes, hands, bracelets and words about the importance of stamping out bullying not only in our school and community but across Australia.

Parent/Carer Survey

We are working with the Catholic Education Office to give every family the opportunity to provide feedback on your school experience and tell us how you think we can best support your child’s faith, learning and wellbeing, and the sense of community at our school.

By completing this short 10-15 minute survey, you’ll not only help shape the future of our school and Catholic schools across the diocese, you’ll also be in the running to win a pair of Apple AirPods Pro OR a $250 JB HI-FI voucher.

The survey will be open until Friday 9 April 2021. You will need to provide an email address to be eligible for the prize, but please be assured your responses will remain entirely anonymous.

Your feedback and ideas will help our school continue to improve, so your child and their peers have every opportunity to reach their potential in a safe, supportive and faith-filled environment.

Later in Term 2, there will be opportunities to participate in follow-up discussions in person and online with other parents and carers, where you can provide further input into the topics covered in the survey. If you would like to take part in one of these discussions, please be sure to indicate your interest at the end of the survey.

Please don’t let this opportunity to have your say pass you by. We are seeking your open and honest feedback, because the only way we can continue to make our school the best place to learn and grow is by listening to the voices of our school community.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

2021 School Fees

For families that have submitted a Request to Pay via Instalment Form or who previously had a Request to Pay via Instalments in 2020, your first instalment was due last week, 28 February 2021.

2021 Diocesan School Fee Information - St Joseph's BULLI.pdf

Diocesan Request to Pay School Fees by Instalment - St Joseph's Bulli.pdf

All student activity levies include all costs except the Swimming Carnival and Gala Days. These items will be billed separately through EVENTS on the COMPASS Parent Portal.