St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Handbook

PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Whole School Expectation - Weekly Focus for Students

Listen respectfully to your teachers and school friends.

The PB4L Team

Winter School Uniform

Students will begin wearing the winter uniform from Monday 15 May (after Mother's Day). Parents may use discretion in the 2 weeks prior or following the summer to winter change over date should the weather be too cold or too hot.

Please note that the sports jacket should only be worn with the sports uniform except for exceptionally cold days when it may be worn over the sloppy-joe.

The expectations for the school uniform are outlined in the School Handbook. You may also visit Lowes Schools Online.

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 Photo Day - Did you forget to order your child's school photos?

St Joseph's participated in our annual School Photo Day yesterday Wednesday 26 April.

All students had an individual photo taken. If you forgot to order your child's school photos, it's not too late.

Orders can be placed up until Friday 5 May to avoid any late fees. After this date a late payment fee of $15 will be incurred.

See the attached flyer with all the details.

Online CODE: LY9 LKX N18

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

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

Happy Birthday

Wishing all our students a very happy birthday who celebrated their special day over the school holidays and our first week back!

8 April - Hunter T Year 2

9 April - Lynkoln Q Year 2

10 April - Sophie P Year 5 and Celie S Year 5

12 April - Poppy S Year 4

14 April - Oliver K Year 2

15 April - Rachel C Year 6 and Grace M Year 3

19 April - Claire R Year 6

20 April - Ivy M Year 1

21 April - Zara M Year 2

22 April - Portia C Year 2

23 April - Juhan R Year 6

24 April - Milla K Year 6 and Amelie M Year 5

25 April - May F Year 2 and Ava O Kinder

26 April - Phoebe R Year 4

27 April - Eli R Year 4

Sports News

Sports Uniform Days - Term 2

Students will be required to wear their PE uniform on the following days starting from Week 2, Monday 1 May 2023.

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

NSWCCC Swimming & Diving Championships 2023

These championships see students from all over the state representing all Catholic Diocese and Associations in New South Wales competing for the opportunity to represent NSWCCC at the NSW All Schools Championships. I would like to congratulate all SJB students who represented MacKillop in an individual event and/or our relay teams. They all achieved outstanding results and were highly competitive in finals and preliminary finals.

Participation in this representative school sport pathway provided an opportunity for them to be challenged at an extremely high level of competition and to strive to do their personal best; to respect other competitors and officials; to celebrate sportsmanship and make lifelong friends.

Congratulations to London C who gained selection into NSW Swimming Team coming away with a silver in the 50m Breaststroke and bronze in the MacKillop All Age Relay. We wish London the best of luck when she represents NSWCCC at the NSW All Schools Championships.

Kylie Grose & Christine Smith

Sport Co-ordinators

Cross Country

Cross Country training will continue this week for the squad on today and Friday of this week ahead of the Diocesan Cross Country at Nowra next Tuesday.

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

LOWES - 3 day SALE - 20% off Everything

Positive Partnership - Autism Workshop

2023 SJB Spring Fair