School News

PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning)

Whole School Expectation- Weekly Focus for Students

If you are having trouble on the playground, make a cool choice!

The PB4L Team

Happy Birthday

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

19 July - Alec C Year 2

20 July - Hudson B Kinder

Book Club Issue 5 2022

Students received our Book Club Issue 5, 2022 today.  

Issue 5 will close Friday 29 August 2022.

Books will be delivered in the week beginning Monday 8 August 2022.

Head Lice

We have been advised of a number of cases of head lice.  

Please check your child's hair and treat accordingly.  Please click on this link from NSW Health that you may find helpful.

The Fathering Project

The Fathering Project school program is designed to engage fathers and father figures so children thrive academically, socially, physically, spiritually and emotionally. 

A dads group run by St Joseph's dads. 

Join in by filling out the Google form here. 

Data from Dads Groups Across Australia shows:

98% of dads reported feeling more connected to other dads

82% of dads had more awareness of their impact on their child

75% of dads became more engaged in conversation with their children

Not sure! Got some questions?

Contact Benn Lim (Parent) or Sam Matthews (Teacher) who coordinate The Fathering Project at St Joseph's.

Grandparents Day at St Joseph's - Tuesday 26 July

Grandparents day will be held on the Feast of St Anne and St Joachim, the grandparents of Jesus. We warmly welcome all grandparents or great people in the lives of our students to see classrooms, meet teachers and see the school.

Grandparents Day timetable:

11:30 am: Liturgy 

12:15 pm:  Classroom visits 

1:00 pm: Grandparents are invited to a picnic lunch. Bring along lunch and treats for lunch with the grandchildren. (You might like to bring a picnic chair as well)

Please note that parents are also welcome.

Term 3 Lunch Time Activities 

(Nominations extended until Wednesday 27 July)

At St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School we recognise the importance of play in children’s lives and as a school, we work hard to promote positive and quality play opportunities.

The school playground supports the engagement of all students during lunchtime by providing a number of different spaces that are used for different purposes.

During lunchtime, our students also have the opportunity to join one of many lunchtime clubs or activities on offer, that supports the students in socialising with different groups and learning and enjoying different skills.

Lunchtime activities and clubs offered to give students the opportunity to engage and participate in activities that they enjoy and are passionate about, socialise with groups of multi-age students, ‘take a break’ from the playground or try something new.

Our teachers have offered to run clubs for the students as places where they can feel connected and part of a group that shares similar interests. We are blessed at St Joseph’s to have such dedicated, enthusiastic and talented staff at our school willing to share their time, skills and expertise with our students.

There are a number of activities and clubs available for students to participate in during Term 3, including Origami, Lego Masters, Rubik’s Cube, Chess, Puzzles and Blocks, STEM, Minecraft, Wool Craft, Dance Club, Singing Club, Music Band Club, Kindness Club, Veggie Patch Club.

These activities will be run by classroom teachers and conducted across the week, some open for specific levels of children others for anyone who is interested.

If your child would like to take part in one or more of these lunchtime activities during Term 3, please complete the form attached by Wednesday 27th July. Please note that there is an expectation that your child will commit and attend their chosen activity, as these will be part of our lunchtime teacher supervision roster.  

If you have any questions please contact Mr Aguilera.

ICAS returns in 2022 - Years 3-6

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 please see the attached letter for further information and payment details. Parents must register and pay online by Monday 1 August 2022 through the Parent Payment System, NO payment will be taken via the school office.

All ICAS Assessments will only be accepted online using the Parent Payment System. Online payments will close on Monday 1 August 2022.    The Parent Access Code is SZG362

SPORTS NEWS

Athletics Carnival 2022 

Our 2022 athletics carnival for Years 2-6 was a great day! Despite the cold weather and sprinkling of rain, for the most part, the rain held off and we came together to support, participate and enjoy rotating through the athletics events.

Thank you to the students, parents and family members for your contribution to our 2022 carnival. Once again the competitors' behaviour, attitudes, skills, determination, and athleticism was to be commended. The way they supported each other and showed enjoyment was a real highlight for staff to witness as too I am sure parent spectators or officials. 

An enormous thank you is dedicated to our amazing volunteers who acted in an official capacity. Your support is very much appreciated. We know you worked all day tirelessly to help us overcome the time constraints of traveling to the Shellharbour venue. 

Unfortunately this year we were unable to have our secondary student assistants. Without the volunteers on Tuesday, our carnival would not have run so efficiently. Please pass on our gratitude to anyone who assisted in any way great or small, some for the last time in 16 years! We will miss all of our carnival volunteers who are leaving SJB and know you have done a fantastic job passing on your wisdom. 

We also wish to acknowledge our dedicated staff who worked tirelessly setting up, encouraging and supporting students while supervising all day without a break. What a great school community we have for everyone to go above and beyond so students get these opportunities!  

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!

Congratulations to the following Age Champions:

Medals will be awarded at the assembly on Friday.

Age Champion Point System

A computerised point scoring system is used to allocate points at our carnival. 

1st place = 10 points, 2nd place =8 points, 3rd place = 6 points, 4th place = 4 points, 5th place = 3 points, 6th place = 2 points and remaining places receive 1 participation point. 

School Records 

Congratulations to the following child who broke a school record on Tuesday. 

South Coast Athletics

Our Regional team will be finalised over the coming weeks and the eligible students will receive a permission note via Compass inviting them to compete at the South Coast Athletics Carnival on Tuesday 9 August. 

Those children who placed in the 800m races might be interested in the 1500m event information below. 

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, 2022.

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 16 August.  The event should be for athletes who have run this event before and have proof of time. 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.

To nominate for the 1500m event please use this link.   All nominations will be collated in age divisions and your school will be advised. 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 28 July 2022.

NSW Golf Tournament 

Please find attached a flyer advertising the CPS (MacKillop & Polding) golf trials coming up on August 1 (Term 3 Week 3) at Blackheath Golf Club. Please note this is for experienced golf students. Registrations are through the CSNSW sports site and close on Friday 22 July.

Netball and Soccer Gala Day Cancellations 

Catholic Education Office Wollongong's leadership team has made a decision that all gala days set for the near future are to be cancelled. The levels of staff and student absenteeism are at extreme levels so all non-pathway sport is suspended. Therefore, the soccer gala days set for Friday 29 July (including the backup on Friday 12 August) have been cancelled. This is unfortunate as the gala days, as you know, are so valued and enjoyed by our students in a time when exercise and activity are so important. It is, however, most important to consider the widespread nature of current illness and absenteeism and the predicted forecast that this pattern will continue over the next month or so. 

Athletics, being a pathway event, will continue as planned with regional carnivals and selection trials as advertised on the CEDoW Sports web. 

Mrs Kylie Grose / Mrs Christine Smith 

Sport Coordinator 

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 

This term the canteen will be open for Recess and Lunch on Monday to Friday.

Orders for RECESS and LUNCH can only be made through the ONLINE ORDERING SYSTEM - QUICKCLIQ.  Please note that orders close at 9.15am daily.  Orders cannot be placed after this time.

CATHOLIC CARE

CatholicCare OOSH Contact Details

Email:   bullioosh@catholiccare.dow.org.au

Mobile:  0437 713 067

Booking Information

CatholicCare OOSH, St Joseph Bulli before and after school care service

Welcome to term 3 at CatholicCare OOSH, St Joseph Bulli before and after school care service. A reminder that to use the service all children need to be enrolled in the service prior to commencing.

If you are interested in enrolling you child in the service we would encourage you to following the following link:

CatholicCare Website

Service hours

Before School Care

7:00am – 8:30am

After School Care

2:45pm – 6:00pm

Enrolment Form

If your child already uses the service and you require to add a casual bookings  please do this via the Xplor app. We will also be setting some timeframes for each session, which are as follows:

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

This is so there is enough notice to book in another staff member where required whilst we am still at the service. If notice is not provided within these timeframes and we do not have sufficient staff your children will sent to the office for collection or until we can get an extra staff member in. 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, phone, 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.

CatholicCare Services : Strengthening Relationships

Do you know someone who needs support to transform their life?  

They may find what they are looking for in our group sessions. These group sessions are available to adults who would like to strengthen relationships, support children's development and build resilience within a supportive environment, alongside others who share similar life experiences.

Limited space available.

For more information or to make a booking please contact our Intake Service on 4254 9395 or email IntakeService@catholiccare.dow.org.au

COMMUNITY NOTICES

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