Dear Parents, Carers and the St Joseph’s Community,

God of all creation, as we journey together in this Great Southern Land, we pray for healing, forgiveness, and unity, creating a path of goodwill, with justice and compassion. Jesus, through the power of your love, You have given us the courage, wisdom, and strength to share our gifts and talents in humility. In peace and understanding, we reconcile with each other. Creator Spirit, we come together in prayer and thanksgiving for the many blessings we have received. Allow your Spirit to wash over us and give us strength to walk together as one.

In the lead up to NAIDOC Week which will be celebrated during the school holidays (4-11 July), this week, we have been fortunate enough to have Katrina Cambridge, the Aboriginal School and Community Officer from Catholic Education with us at school. Katrina has been working with each class to create artworks using eucalypts leaves. These impressive creations will be displayed in each classroom.

Our NAIDOC celebrations will continue on Thursday with a Prayer Celebration led by 1 Purple and 5 Blue at 9:15am. Students will then spend the rest of the day rotating through Aboriginal Storytelling, Yalunga Games and Bush tea and spices tasting activities.

Thank you to Mrs Alison Nesci for the amount of time, energy and enthusiasm she has put into ensuring NAIDOC week is recognised in such a special way at St Joseph’s.

Compass Parent Portal

By now, we anticipate that all households are signed up to the Compass Parent Portal. If you are having any issues logging in/accessing the Portal, please email me amy.doszpot@cg.catholic.edu.au. Next term, we will continue to expand the functions available through the Portal beginning with the inclusion of online permission notes for school excursions. Please note, from Term 3 no communication will be sent via SZapp, all alerts, including the School Newsletter will be via the Compass Parent Portal.  

Social and Emotional Learning

To finish off the school term, this fortnight students have been spending time reflecting through mindfulness colouring, on a particular area of Social and Emotional Learning that we have focused on this term. Students have been reflecting on how and why they may need to continue to work on this area as well as identifying successes they have experienced.

To help with future planning for SEL, I would be grateful if you would be able to take a couple of minutes to answer 4 quick questions in this short survey.

Carpenter Chronicle

Our budding journalists have once again been busy this term finding all the best scoops to share with you. Thank you again to Mrs Ryan McGee for providing the students with this wonderful experience. Click here to read the latest edition of the Carpenter Chronicle.

OZ Harvest by Year 5

During Term 2, Year 5 have enjoyed taking part in the OZ Harvest FEAST Program - Food Education and Sustainability Training. Along with Sue and Gemma from OZ Harvest, Mrs McGee lead us throughout the term, training us in how to be more sustainable with our food, teaching us tips and tricks to reduce food waste in our homes.

A big thank you to Mrs McGee, Sue, Gemma, Julie-anne Wilson, Miss Martens and Mrs Viney for their help and support during the program, we couldn't have done it without you all! Please click on this link to see our recipes and food photography.

I hope you enjoy the change of pace during the school holidays and if you are travelling, please stay safe!

Yours in Christ,

Amy Doszpot