School News

PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Whole School Expectation - Weekly Focus for Students

Be Responsible - Use a strategy to respond respectfully when you are feeling upset, stressed, overwhelmed or angry.

The PB4L Team

Happy Birthday

Wishing all our students who celebrated their special day over the week.

9 September - Wes P Year 3

10 September - Charley M Year 1, Genevieve S Year 3

12 September - Harrison B Kinder & Alexander V Year 5

15 September - Ivy B Year 1 & Sia R Year 6

Fathering Project

WOW! 

What an overwhelming response to our first Fathering Project Event. We were so excited to see so many Dads come along to continue to be part of their child's learning! Thank you to all the Dads, or other men, who could make it and we look forward to seeing you at the next event.

Congratulations to the following students and dads who won the furthest paper aeroplane throw for their stage area.

SJB Stage 3 Public Speaking Final

On Monday 19 September, the SJB Stage 3 Public Speaking Final will be held in the hall. During Weeks 8 and 9, students in Years 5 and 6 presented their speeches in front of their teacher and class, with finalists being selected from each grade.

Three students have been selected from each Year 5 class and five students have been selected from each Year 6 class to compete in the final. The decision was made to have five finalists from Year 6 as they missed the opportunity to participate in the competition last year.

The competition will be held in the hall from 9:00am where two adjudicators from Toastmasters will join Mrs Charadia to judge the speeches. One finalist will be chosen from Year 5 and one from Year 6 to progress to the Regional Public Speaking Final at St John’s Dapto.

Congratulations to the following students:

FINALISTS

Miss Sally O'Donoghue

Wollongong Council Roadworks - Hutton Avenue (Friday 9 September - Friday 16 September)

Wollongong Council has advised that there will be a period of changed traffic flow including no parking on the school side of Hutton Avenue.

Please note traffic will flow in a one-way direction during morning drop off (8.15am-9.30am) and afternoon pickup (2.00pm-3.30pm).  Please see the diagram below for traffic flow.

UCI cycling event (Week 10, Term 3)

Wollongong will host an international professional cycling race - the 2022 UCI Road World Championships. 

The race will run from Sunday 18 - Sunday 25 September 2022 and is organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world governing body for cycling, in conjunction with Events NSW and Wollongong City Council and supported by a range of government and local community organisations.

You may be aware that a number of Catholic and public schools across Wollongong will be moving to remote learning during the event (Week 10, Term 3). 

Please note that the UCI cycling event will NOT impact access to our school and we will remain open as usual in the final week of term. 

While appreciating the economic and community benefits of such an event, we also acknowledge the significant disruption that will arise for local residents, business owners, local schools and parishes due to road closures, highly restricted location access and the flow-on impacts to transport services, routes and timetables.

Depending on where you live, it is possible you may be personally impacted by road closures. We encourage you to review the list of road closures and advice for affected local residents on the UCI website: wollongong2022.com.au/resident-information-road-closures/

If you believe that road closures or other impacts of the event will prevent your child from accessing school in Week 10, Term 3, please contact the school office as soon as possible to discuss this further.

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.

Lost Property

Our Lost Property items are growing - if any of these items belong to you please come and collect from the school office.  

If not collected, we will be donating them on 23 September 2022.

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

National Child Protection Week - CatholicCare Competition 

National Child Protection Week invites all Australians to play their part to promote the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. In 2022, National Child Protection Week will continue to embrace the overarching message:

Every child, in every community, needs a fair go.

To treat all of Australia’s children fairly, we need to make sure every family and community has what kids need to thrive and be healthy.

To celebrate and raise awareness of this important work, CatholicCare Wollongong is running a competition, 'What makes you feel safe?'. Participants can win a $200 gift voucher. 

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 5:30pm the night before

After School Care: Bookings are to be made no later than 9:00am that morning

Casual booking must be made as per the times above to ensure enough staff. If notice is not provided within these timeframes 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 timeframes 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.

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