Assistant Principal's Message
Dear Parents, Carers and the St Joseph’s Community,
Twice a week, we gather as a staff for prayer. Like the students, we break open our Christ Centred Community focus. Our Gospel for this year is Matthew 28:16-20, the Commissioning of the Disciples. On Monday, Esther Coghlan shared an address Neale Daniher recently gave to the Melbourne Football Club. Neale, a sufferer of motor neuron disease, speaks of the need for us to conduct ourselves in the right manner when life gets tough; to have courage, to take responsibility and to look for opportunity. To follow in discipleship, does not mean life will be easy, but it means that we are grounded in right decision making and strengthened by our faith to help us look for opportunity when faced with adversity. I encourage you to take 5 minutes to watch his video.
A link to Neale Daniher’s address
Last week, during Men’s Health Week, I came across some useful tips to help boys express their emotions. By modelling a healthy expression of emotions and feelings, we can help boys to understand that these are normal human behaviours. Expressing emotions can help boys to understand themselves so that they can then have empathy and understanding for others and develop healthy and respectful relationships with themselves. Click here to find out more
Trivia Night
Are you a trivia buff? Do you want a fun night out? Do you want to win some great prizes? Do you want to see how smart the teachers really are? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I have just one more question … Have you bought your tickets for the St Joseph’s Trivia Night on Friday 29 June? Tickets are available on Qkr!
Parent / Teacher Meetings
With reports currently being written and prepared to be sent home on Friday Week 9, an important part of the shared communication between school and home is the opportunity to meet with teachers. In Week 10 there will be formal Parent / Teacher Meetings to allow teachers to provide feedback to parents about the progress of their child and to set some goals for the second half of the year. There may be meetings held between now and the end of the term that serve to have these conversations, but it is hoped that by the end of the term that all parents will ensure they do meet with their child’s teacher. This year we are using the new Schoolzine platform to book and manage the organisation of the Parent / Teacher Meetings. Please follow the two links below to access the booking process:
Link to the booking platform:
https://sjo.act.edu.au/view-session/3
Link to a guide for the booking process:
https://sjpsoconnor.schoolzineplus.com/sk-booking-guide
Boundless - Untying Religion in Art
'Art, like Christain faith itself, is at home in the region of symbol - that relam in which meanings are not so much stated as they are evoked or illuminated, and in which events are not so much described as they are remembered and celebrated.'
Roger Hazelton, A Theological Approach to Art
Each year, Catholic Education Canberra and Goulburn hold the Annual Recognition Awards as a way to celebreate Catholic education. This year, as part of these celebrations, a Catholic Schools Cultural Festival is also being inlcuded. This festival opens opportunities for students to engage in a variety of cutlural experiences within schools, and to submit entries to various competitions which will be recognised at the Annual Recognition Awards in August.
One of these competitions is also open to all members of the Catholic Schools community, including parents. Boundless - Untying Religion in Art, is an art competition that all parents are welcome to enter. For full details, please see the information attached to this week's newsletter.
Yours in Christ,
Amy Doszpot
Assistant Principal