St Joseph's Newsletter

Principal's Message

Dear Parents,

Our thoughts, prayers, love and support are with Sheridan, Leo, Alina, Rex and all of the Leyonhjelm family on the tragic death of their much loved partner and Dad Jay.  Jay is a past student of St Joseph’s and Dad to Leo in Prep. He is also brother to Mikayla who was on our staff for the past four years. Our community is here for you all in this difficult time. 

 

Click here to go to the Go Fund Me page set up for his family

 

I would like to thank all of our community who attended the Maths afternoon last Wednesday. It was such a wonderful afternoon full of sharing learning and building a positive and highly regarded Maths culture in our school. A huge thank you to all staff especially Sue Jackson our Deputy head of learning and teaching.

 

Click above to view photos.

 

We are committed to ensuring every student reaches their full potential across all domains of learning and develops a strong understanding of their learning style. Maths has been a focus of our professional learning and we are working with parents to ensure we all have a consistent understanding of the key strategies and ways of learning. 

Below is a list of all STEM mad showcase awards for Catholic Education. We are so proud of our students.

 

MACS awards

Sponsor awards

  • Akorn Educational Services Awards: Vision Vest (Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School, South Melbourne) and Diabetes Insulin Flap (Kilbreda College, Mentone)
  • Caritas – Earthcare Award: Trash to Fash (St Paul the Apostle Catholic Primary School, Doreen)
  • CERES – eSTEM Sustainability Awards: Solar Shower (St Mark’s School, Dingley) and Freeway Wind Power (St Monica’s College, Epping)
  • Data4Good – Impactful Data Awards: House of STEM Aviation (St Joseph’s School, Hawthorn) and Reward Recycler (Kolbe Catholic College, Greenvale Lakes)
  • Future Is STEM Award: Freeway Wind Power (St Monica’s College, Epping)
  • MedTech Actuator – Innovation for Health Award: Epi Easy (St Oliver Plunkett’s School, Pascoe Vale)
  • Monash University – Social Entrepreneurship Award: TLE 400 (St John XXIII Primary School, Thomastown East)
  • National Gallery of Victoria – Artful Ingenuity Awards: Cleo the Whale (St Fidelis’ School, Moreland) and READ (Kilbreda College, Mentone)
  • Real Time Learning – Best Engineers Awards: Solar Shower (St Mark’s School, Dingley) and Trans Wheeler (Aquinas College, Ringwood)
  • Royal Botanic Gardens – Inspired by Nature Awards: Cane Toad Trap (St Andrew’s School, Werribee) and VIP Box (Aquinas College, Ringwood)
  • Scienceworks – Best Integration Awards: Solar Shower (St Mark’s School, Dingley) and Technospecs (St Columba’s College, Essendon)
  • SEAM – STEM for Sustainability Award: Cleo the Whale (St Fidelis’ School, Moreland)
  • STEM in Space Award: Smell the Future (Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg)
  • Zoos Victoria – Biodiversity Awards: Protecting Our Bees (St Joseph’s School, Crib Point) and The Basket Filler (Aquinas College, Ringwood)

 

We have our community Trivia night scheduled for Saturday 22nd October. Please save the date and get a group of friends to come along. There is a meeting this Wednesday at 9.00am in the multi purpose room for any parent interested in assisting with either getting items for the silent auction or with the organisation of the night. Please respond on Operoo if you can assist.

Finally, I invite all of our community to our Fathers Day celebrations on Friday. Please invite Dads, grandparents and any special men to join in the celebrations as outlined below. Also just a reminder that the Fathers Day stall will be running on Friday morning. Please see all notes regarding the Fathers Day events on Operoo.

 

 

Yours In Partnership,

Gab

 

 

Please follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see all of the amazing things that are happening in our school.

 

Yours in Partnership,

Gab