School News

PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Whole School Expectation - Weekly Focus for Students

Be Respectful - Accept others’ personal boundaries and space.

The PB4L Team

Happy Birthday

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

19 August - Lachie G Year 5

24 August - Alba J Year 2 & Finn M Year 5

25 August - Hudson P Kinder

Summer Uniform Changeover - 5 September 2022

Students change from Winter to Summer uniforms on the Monday following Father’s Day - 5 September 2022. Should the weather be too cold or too hot, parents may use their discretion and choose for their child to wear either the summer or winter uniform in the 2 weeks prior to or following the change-over date.  

Athletes Foot - Tying Laces Program Kinder to Year 2

Students in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 yesterday participated in the Athletes Foot - Tying Shoelace Program.

2022 Grade Spelling Bee Competition

What is a Spelling Bee? 

A spelling bee is a contest in which participants are asked to spell words in a round-robin format where each person gets a turn to spell a word.

Students will receive a list of words to practise at home. Students will be tested on these words in a written test to source the top ten spellers per class. Each class will hold an oral competition with their top ten spellers to determine the 3 participants for the Junior/Senior Spelling Bee Competition.

The School Junior/Senior Spelling Bee Competition will be held on Friday in Week 7. An unseen word list will be used for the Junior/Senior School Spelling Bee Competition.

Say it, spell it, say it! 

In the Grade Spelling Bee competition, the teacher will pronounce the word and use it in a sentence. The competitor (participant) will then say the word, spell the word, and say the word again. For example, “Snowflakes… S-N-O-W-F-L-A-K-E-S….. Snowflakes.” A scribe will write the letters/word as the competitor says them. 

Rules

• A participant is eliminated from the grade oral spelling bee competition as soon as they incorrectly spell a word.
• Once the word is said at the end of a participant’s attempt, they cannot go back and self-correct. 
• Upper case letters are required  as in Wollongong – Capital W-o-l-l (double –l-)
• If a competitor spells a word incorrectly but “self-corrects” within 10/15 seconds or before saying the word the second time that participant remains in the game. 
• The count begins after the participant says the first letter of the word he/she is attempting. If a word is not spelled out within the 15 seconds (Senior) and 10 seconds (Juniors), that competitor no longer remains in the competition.
• It is required that a competitor says the word at the end to show they are finished spelling. For example: “fuel   f-u-e-l   fuel”
• The teacher’s decision is final.

Spelling Bee Timeline 

Week 6 - Written test and oral class spelling bee competitions will be held to select 3 participants for the school junior/senior spelling bee competition.

Week 7 -  Junior/Senior Spelling Bee Competition will take place using an unseen word list.

Week 8 - Junior/Senior Spelling Bee Champions will be listed in the newsletter.

SJB Book Fair

Our school is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair in our school Library from Monday 5 September – Wednesday 7 September.  

We are open ALL day from 8.30am – 3.30pm each day. 

Students will receive a hard copy of the Book Fair Wish List Order form on Monday next week.

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.

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

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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