Principal's Message
Dear Parents, Carers and the St Joseph’s Community,
God our father, we give you thanks and praise for fathers young and old.
We pray for young fathers, newly embracing their vocation; may they find courage and perseverance to balance work, family and faith in joy and sacrifice.
We pray for our own fathers around the world whose children are lost or suffering; may they know that the god of compassion walks with them in their sorrow.
We pray for men who are not fathers but still mentor and guide us with fatherly love and advice.
We remember fathers, grandfather, and great grandfathers who are no longer with us but who live forever in our memory and nourish us with their love.
Father’s Day
This Sunday we celebrate Father’s Day and hope that all the dads, granddads, uncles, and the important men in our lives, have a wonderful day. Thank you for all that you do to support and care for us.
On Friday at 12 o’clock, we will host a Zoom Father’s Day Prayer Liturgy, that all parents are welcome to ‘attend’. The link below will give you access to the prayer. Each class will also be joining the Zoom prayer, from their classrooms, so it is asked that there is no recording of the Prayer Liturgy. All parents are also asked to have their camera and microphones off – as you can imagine it will be a little hard to manage 285 students all trying to wave to their parents! We look forward to having many of you join us on the day. https://cgcatholic.zoom.us/j/98220555259;
Also because we aren’t able to celebrate as a community like we would normally, a small gift will be coming home with the eldest in each family, to be given to dad, or granddad, or an uncle or other important male. Please keep an eye out for this… I assure you, there aren’t meant to be any empty wrappers as part of this gift!
Don't forget that on Friday, students are invited to come to school dressed up as their father or significant male in their lives.
Donation to the School
Last week, Zoe from the Athlete’s Foot visited the school and presented a cheque for $500. This donation is from our involvement in the School Rewards Program, where for every pair of school shoes one of our students purchases, we receive $5 back from them. Over the years they have donated almost $5000 back to the school. To continue this relationship and on going donation, make sure you mention you are from St Joseph’s Primary School if you and your family shop at The Athlete’s Foot.
Friendly Rivalry
Last Saturday the Starfish (red) and Barracudas (white) played a very tight, energetic and entertaining game as part of the U9 Soccer competition at Majura FC. It is great to see our students involved in weekend sport, particularly playing together with their friends from St Joseph’s.
Great Learning and Teaching
We want to showcase some wonderful examples of the learning that is taking place across our school. Well done to all the students on their efforts to ask great questions, take on feedback and to challenge themselves.
| Foundation Red – Indie M and Addison F shared their weather and seasons work, showing some spring trees that have flowers, rather than winter trees that have no leaves. |
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| Foundation White – Audrey B and Aria F have been writing recounts and retells, including some great drawings and fantastic handwriting. |
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| 1 Teal – Toby S and Annabelle F have been researching about Australian animals. They used a graphic organiser to take notes and to present their information. |
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| 4 Green - Antonija K and Yuetsho shared parts of their diary writings. They had to take on the persona of a pioneer and reflect both factual knowledge, as well as creative text structure. |
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Building Update
Today we had the chance to have another walk through the new building and start to plan what new breakout space furniture we need. It is exciting to think about what it will all look like!
Have a great end to your week.
Yours in Christ,
Cameron Tarrant
Principal