Loving God,

We pray for the people of Ukraine, for all those suffering or afraid, that you will be close to them and protect them.

We pray for world leaders, for compassion, strength and wisdom to guide their choices.

We pray for the world that in this moment of crisis, we may reach out in solidarity to our brothers and sisters in need.

May we walk in your ways so that peace and justice become a reality for the people of Ukraine and for all the world.

Amen.

Dear Families

Thank you for a wonderful term and on behalf of all the staff at St Joseph's, may I wish you a wonderful, safe and blessed Easter holiday with your loved ones. On Thursday the children shared the Lenten story in school. We 'travel' with Jesus from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday awaiting the resurrection with each class hosting part of that story. Have a great holiday!

P&F

The next P&F meeting is Tuesday 26th April at 7 pm in the school hall. All welcome.

Please see all events for Term 2 on the P&F page!!

Student reports and parents teacher meetings:

Student reports will be sent home on Friday 17th June with Parent Teacher meetings happening across Wednesday and Thursday of 22nd and 23rd of June. We will be in touch with details near the time.

Year 5/6 Camp

Thank you Melinda and Ben and Kristina and Tess for giving up your own family time to make Year 5/6 camp happen.

The feedback from the students has been amazing and the staff were equally happy with the children. Thank you all!

Foundation & Buddies

Foundation have been busy learning all about push and pull in Inquiry. We have been investigating push and pull forces and how our favourite toys move. This week we had help from our big buddies to help us create our toy designs. Thank you to our school leaders for your help!!

Open Days

We will continue to host Open Days in Term 2 - please encourage anyone you know to visit if they are looking for a great school next year.

They will be on Thursday mornings 19th May - 9th June between 9am - 11am.

Junior Joeys

We are back!!

We are inviting parents and pre-schoolers to visit St Joseph's on Wednesday afternoons on the following dates between 2.30pm - 3.30pm:

Please let friends and neighbours know if they are looking for a school for 2023.

It's an informal and fun way to visit St Joseph's and meet some staff and children.

Junior Joeys Term 2
Wednesday 2.30pm - 3.30pm	11th May
Wednesday 2.30pm - 3.30pm	18th May
Wednesday 2.30pm - 3.30pm	25th May
Wednesday 2.30pm - 3.30pm	1st June
Wednesday 2.30pm - 3.30pm	8th June

Coding Club

An Operoo was sent out with details last week if you are interested in an after school STEM based club here at St Joseph's on Tuesdays in Term 2.

Save the date:

Term 2 start	April 26th (Tues)
School photos	April 27th
Aths Carnival	May 4th

Other dates:

School Closure dates (non student days) :

June 20th 2022 (Monday last week of Term 2)
October 28th (Friday before Melb Cup weekend)
Nov 1st (Melbourne Cup Day)

Sacraments
Reconciliation	Wednesday May 11th (10am after parish Mass)
First Communion	Wednesday 20th July 6pm
Confirmation	Friday August 19th 5.30pm

Karate

Check out the website for bookings if you are interested.

linkhttps://www.allstarsdefence.com.au/st-josephs-blackrock

Yoga / Dance

For Term 2 we will be having a change of activity on a Friday for our students. We have loved yoga and it will be back in Term 3, but for this term Sophie will be teaching elements of performing arts and specifically movement and dance. Sophie has an incredible performing arts background as well as being our yogi !

This will begin in Week 1 of Term 2 on Fridays and forms part of our health /PE and wellbeing programs.

ONLINE LUNCH ORDERS ~ EVERY FRIDAY

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

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