School News

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Handbook

PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Ask your child about the weekly focus for students.

This week's focus- Respond to the bell

Happy Birthday

Wishing all our students a very happy birthday who celebrated their special day over the school holiday period and the last week.

30 June - Jayden C Year 6, Kobe L Year 6 and Piper S Year 6

1 July - Ella R Year 5 and Mya T Kinder

3 July - Sophie G Year 3

4 July - Carter L Year 3

6 July - Elizabeth K Year 4

8 July - Lincoln H Year 4

9 July - Chloe C Year 5 and Lucas M Year 2

11 July - Torin D Kinder

12 July - Ella C Year 1

13 July - Arlo B Year 2

14 July - Charlotte B Year 6 and Zoe C Year 4

15 July - Saul O Year 4 and Caleb L Year 2

16 July - Oliver P Year 5, Cruz G Year 5 and Curtis V Year 4

17 July - Josie M Kinder and Eloise B Year 3

19 July - Alec C Year 3

20 July - Hudson B Year 1 and Fletcher B Kinder

Changes to Online Canteen 

Please see below under Canteen for more information.

What Should I Do If My Child Is Returning To School With A Significant Injury?

The care and safety of a student with a significant injury while at school is important. 

Parents of a student who has sustained an injury such as a broken or badly sprained arm,  leg or leg or foot injury requiring a boot or crutches, and cannot participate in normal school or sports activities, must present the school with a Medical Certificate signed off by a third party Medical Practitioner prior to returning to school.

The certificate must state that the student is medically fit to attend school, the activities he/she is able to participate in and the activities the child should not participate in.

Once the certificate is received the school will conduct a risk assessment for the student before the child can return to school. Until the risk assessment is completed, injured students as described above will not be able to attend class.

The Risk Management Plan will remain in place at school until a further medical certificate is provided clearing the student to resume normal school activities.

I ask that parents adhere to this process as school staff must adhere to Work, Health, and Safety requirements.

Take It Down Platform

"Take It Down" Platform - Preventing the Unwanted Spread of Intimate Child Images Online.

A powerful new tool has emerged to safeguard the online privacy of young people who have unwillingly or unknowingly shared intimate images or videos of themselves with malicious recipients.

The Take It Down platform empowers individuals under the age of 18, regardless of their location, to remove or prevent the online sharing of nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images or videos taken of them.

This service is provided anonymously and does not require the uploading of any images or videos to the platform's system.

Take It Down sends a unique fingerprint of the intimate content to their participating social media/content distribution platforms which use the fingerprint to block the content.

The participating platforms include Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pornhub, OnlyFans, Clips4Sale and Yubo.

Instances of image-based abuse can also be reported to eSafety or the police.

Book Club Issue 5

Students received our Book Club Issue 5, 2023 yesterday.  Issue 5 will close Sunday 6 August 2023.

Books will be delivered in the week beginning 14 August 2023. 

Catholic Schools Guide: Treasure Hunt Competition  

Catholic School Guide is offering one lucky family the chance to win $2,000 worth of school fees. Every student attending a Catholic school in Australia is invited to enter this competition which closes at 5.00pm on Friday 1 September 2023.

To enter the competition visit catholicschoolsguide.com.au/competition.   

ICAS Assessments

Years 3-6 students at St Joseph’s have the opportunity to participate in the University of New South Wales ICAS Assessments this year.

ICAS is designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and Digital Technologies and is not compulsory.

If your child is interested, parents must register and pay online by Monday 31 July 2023 through the Parent Payment System, NO payment will be taken via the school office.

Access details for parents:

Library News

Welcome back to Term 3. Mrs Pirie is excited to see you all in the library again over the next two weeks.

Book Week

In August we will be celebrating Book Week. Start dusting off your costumes and get your creative caps on. We will be hosting several competitions this year

• Years K-2 Colouring-in
• Years K-6 Dioramas
• Years 3-6 Create a new book cover 
• Years 5-6 Bookface photography

The colouring in competition sheets and all additional details about the other competitions will go home next week.

Our costume parade will be hosted on Friday 25 August. Following the parade parents are invited to view all the amazing submissions for our Book Week competitions and also all the work the students have been working on during Library lessons over the past term.

Premier Reading Challenge

Premier's Reading Challenge will finish on 18 August. We already have numerous students who have completed the challenge. If you are interested in completing the challenge there is still time!!

And don't forget there will be a prize for the most books read and recorded for the Premier's Reading Challenge.

Book Covering

Thank you to all the parents who have already kindly covered many of the new books we have in our library. We have recently received a large collection of amazing donations for the students and as such there are a number of bags of books to be covered. If you are interested in helping with covering please see the office staff about this. Many thanks.

Library Class Times

Due to library visits being fortnightly students are able to borrow up to 4 books during their fortnightly library lessons.

Students' library class visits for Term 3 will be as follows.

Library Borrowing - Kinder

Kindergarten students will continue to have a weekly borrowing session on Fridays. They will still visit the library fortnightly for library enrichment lessons, but will not borrow during this time.

 I can't wait to see all your amazing Book Week costumes in week 6!

Mrs Holly Pirie

Teacher Librarian

Sports News

Sports Uniform Days - Term 3

Students are required to wear sports uniform as outlined below.

Please be advised that students will be required to wear their sports uniform the following days.

SJB Athletics 2023

Congratulations to MacKillop blue house for being our 2023 War Cry and Champion house.

1500m Event

The 1500m event (in boys and girls Junior, 11 years and Senior divisions) is included in the MacKillop athletics program for this year, 2023. The event WILL NOT be added to the regional carnival at this time, however it will be added to the selection trial day to be held at Beaton Park on Tuesday 15 August (Date TBC)  The event should be for athletes who have run this event before and have proof of times. This is not a 'come and try' event, and athletes should meet the qualifying standards listed below before nominating. Please note that the 1500m and 800m events will be run on the same day at the selection trials.

Qualifying Times

Boys Junior (8 –10 years) – 5:30.00, Boys 11 years – 5:20.00, Boys Seniors (12 –13 years) – 5:15.00

Girls Junior (8 –10 years) – 5:45.00, Girls 11 years – 5:40.00, Girls Seniors (12 – 13 years) – 5:30.00

To nominate for the 1500m event please use this link.  All nominations will be collated in age divisions and our school will be advised of qualifying students. If numbers are low, some of the 1500m events may be combined at the selection trials. The top two (2) place getters in each division will represent Wollongong at the MacKillop trials in September. 

Nominations for the 1500m event close on Thursday 27 July, 2023.

NSWCPS Golf Tournament - Monday 7 August (See flyer below)

Date: Monday 7 August 2023     Eligibility Criteria: Year 3-6 students 

Students must have a golf link number and handicap to register. The NSWCPS Golf Tournament (MacKillop team to be selected from this tournament) is coming up early in Term 3. 

NSWCPS Girls 7s Rugby - Monday 2 August (See flyer below)

Date: Monday 2 August 2023    Eligibility Criteria: 11-12 years

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 the new platform FlexiSchools.

Lunch orders

Orders for lunch can only be made through Flexischools.  Please note that orders close at 9.15am daily.  Orders cannot be placed after this time.

Changes to Online Canteen Platform

Thank you to all families that took advantage of the $10 free credit by registering by Monday 17 July.  We had an overwhelming response.

Flexischools is now the online ordering canteen platform. 

What do I need to do?

• close your QUICK CLIQ account. 

• Download the Flexischools APP and follow the instructions on how to set up your account.

• Select the school name by entering “Bulli” - St Joseph’s Catholic Primary will pop up.

Flexischools have advised that the menu is now up and running. A reminder the cut off time for all orders is 9.15am.  Should you miss the cut off time, you will need to organise for your child's lunch to be dropped off at the school office.  We thank you for your understanding regarding this change.

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 requireacasual booking please do this viathe 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.