We acknowledge that Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Melbourne are situated on the lands of the five language groups that make up the Kulin Nations, who have walked upon and cared for this land for thousands of years. We acknowledge their continued deep spiritual connection and relationship to Country.

We pay respects to their Elders past, present and future, and commit to the ongoing journey of reconciliation.

'So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead'

Our Lenten liturgies will take place on Thursday March 30th in the Year 5/6 room at 9.15am. All welcome.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation will take place on Wednesday at 10am after the parish mass. Parents and friends are obviously welcome to join us for this special day for our Year 3's and a couple of other students. Please note that we will not have a professional photographer at this sacrament.

Dear Families

Please note that we will be finishing school at 1.30pm on Thursday 6th April this term.

School closure day

Please note that school is closed for students on Monday 3rd April for staff professional learning (Berry St Day 3)

We had a wonderful week last week culminating in our St Patrick's Day fundraiser and also our P&F Car Wash on Saturday.

Thank you so much to everyone that supported us, either by helping with washing or by bringing your car for a wash. What a wonderful community we have. I noticed a few of you bringing in very clean and already shiny cars to be washed... (thank you ;-)!

We raised $1010.00 !!!!!!

Over a thousand dollars for a few hours of wax on and wax off! We will be doing it again I imagine in a few weeks.

I would like to thank everyone that was involved in the Naplan last week. The tests are quite formal and can be confronting especially for our Year 3 students. Thank you to the staff and the students for getting through the week. The results of the Naplan should arrive earlier in the year so the data remains useful.

We had several families coming through t6he school last week for tours for 2023. All of the families so far have been from Black Rock Pre School and I hope that our partnership starts to bear fruit for 2024.

St Joseph's Feast Day (Sunday 19th) is a special day for us at school.

We will be celebrating Mass together at 9.15am so please come along and join us. It's also our Colour Run Day (12pm - 1.30pm) so please come along and join us for a great big splash of fun!

Three of our Year 4 students have initiated a fundraiser and are also helping keep everyone safe! They have a 'guess the number of acorns' and are hoping to raise some money for some fun stuff!

Well done boys.

P&F Newsletter (thanks Kelly!)

It was great to see so many families at our Family Night on Saturday 4th March. Thank you to the Jones Family for organising, everyone who helped out and everyone who brought a plate to share. We had a magnificent spread of dishes that kept us going well into the night.

What an amazing day we had at the car wash on Saturday 18th March. Thank you to all who helped make the day run so smoothly and to those who brought their car to the best car wash in Black Rock. A special thank you to the Gusman family for planning such a fun event and to Mr Buckley and Mr Sandison for giving up their weekend to shine cars. Hands up if you are in for another car wash?!

*Upcoming Events*

Colour Run - 24th Friday March

See Operoo for details on how to order a snack pack

Easter Raffle - Thursday 6th April

Our most popular raffle of the year for families and staff! Look out for a letter coming home with all of the details.

*Coming Soon*

Local matters jar at Grill’d. We’ll let you know when St Joseph’s Jar is live. In the meantime, here is more information on how the program works:

For every burger ordered you get a token to put in a local community group jar. If our jar has the most tokens we will earn $300 for the school.

https://www.grilld.com.au/local-matters

Guess the number of Eggs !! Muliple Entries allowed until Thursday last day of term.

📆 Save the date:


Week 9	20th - 24th March	St. Joseph’s Feast Day Mass Fri 9.15am Colour Run Assembly Fri 3pm
Week 10	27th - 31st March	Reconciliation 10am (Church) Wed 29th March Mass Friday
Week 11	3rd - 6th April	Year 5/6 Camp Creswick (Mon - Thurs 3 nights) School closes at 1.30pm (Thursday) End of Term Good Friday 7th April

2023 Term Date

Term 2	24th April - 23rd June
Term 3	10th July - 15th September
Term 4	2nd October - 15th December

Staff Development Dates - School Closure

03/04/2023

Berry Street Education Model

9/06/2023

Berry Street Education Model

6/11/2023

Report Writing Day

(Melb Cup Monday)

Public Holidays

Labour Day	Monday 13th March Term 1
Good Friday	Friday 7th April Term 1
Easter Monday	Monday 9th April
ANZAC Day	Tuesday 25th April Term 2
King’s Birthday	Monday 12th June Term 2
Grand Final	TBC
Melbourne Cup	Tuesday 7th November Term 4

Sacrament Dates

Term 1 Week 10	Reconciliation 10am	Wed 29th March
Term 3 Week 9	First Holy Communion 6pm	Thurs 7th Sept

🤤 ONLINE LUNCH ORDERS ~ EVERY FRIDAY

Please click on this link to place a lunch order https://www.classroomcuisine.com.

St Joseph's Primary School Newsletter

St Joseph’s is a Child Safe School.We promote the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children.

Term 1, Week 9 2023 · 21 Mar 2023

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St Joseph’s is a Child Safe School.
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