What's Been Happening
Zone Athletics
Congratulations to all students who participated at Zone Athletics on Wednesday. Thank you to Mr Marshall, Mrs Hayward, Bec & Parents for your assistance at the carnival. As always, we’re so proud of our Joey’s community!
A special congratulations to the following students who will progress to the Dioscesan Carnival.
- Yasmin Cain - 2nd in Senior Girl Discus
- Maddy Elliot - 3rd in Junior Girl Discus
- Bonnie Vial - 2nd in Junior Girl 100m
- EJ Wilson - 3rd in Junior Girl 100m
- Gideon Fogg - 3rd in Senior Boy 1500m
- Edie Burgess, EJ Wilson, Summer Randal & Bonnie Vial - 2nd in Junior Girl Relay
- Maddy Barker - qualifies for Junior Girl High Jump
Competitions Galore!!!
Our students have been extremely busy this fortnight competing in a variety of extracurricular competitions.
On Monday 28th July, 22 Year 5 and 6 students completed the Newcastle Permanent Mathematics Competition, one of Australia's longest running mathematics competitions. The top performing students from each region are invited to attend a special awards presentation and further compete in the annual Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Team Challenge towards the end of the school year.
Our Stage 2 Maths Explorer and Stage 3 Maths Olympiad students sat their third round of the APSMO competitions on Thursday. Maths Explorer is a Stage 2 problem solving competition where students collaborate in small groups to solve 5 mathematical problems. Maths Olympiad is an individual competition where students solve challenging mathematical problems.
Coming up next week, students in Years 3-6 have been invited to participate in the Prime Minister's Spelling Bee. Classes are busy rehearsing words from the practice sheets and on the online practice portal. If you have yet to provide consent for the Spelling Bee, please follow the instructions on the Compass News Feed sent last week.
Next week, four of our Stage 3 STEM MAD teams will be entering the Lismore Diocese competition and will present their projects in a Shark Tank-style presentation during Week 4. We wish these teams best of luck as they compete to attend the STEM MAD National Competition in Adelaide in person or online.
Finally, our creative Year 6 students have entered a group artwork into the Jubilee Art Prize. This prize for the Jubilee Year of Hope, is an art exhibition showcasing all the entries from our diocese and will take place at the four pilgrimage churches in the Diocese of Lismore—places of hope where people are invited to worship, pray, and deepen their relationship with God. The artwork will be displayed one hour before and one hour after Saturday mass times at St Agnes, Port Macquarie on 30 August, 2025. Winners for the Jubilee Art Prize will be announced in November.
Well done to all of our students and best of luck!
Year 6 Jubilee Art Prize - Colours of Hope
In celebration of the Jubilee Year of Hope, the Year 6 students of St Joseph’s Laurieton have collaboratively created an artwork using the vibrant technique of marbling.
The students designed symbols of hope, including a lighthouse, dove, butterfly, cross, anchor, palm branch, the Easter lily, and a candle. The swirling colours, inspired by the rainbow, symbolise hope and God’s promise. These meaningful images were thoughtfully chosen to represent light, renewal, peace, transformation, faith, and strength. The marbling process allowed students to express their creativity while working together. This artwork stands as a powerful reflection of their unity, faith, and hopeful spirit as they complete their final year of primary school.
Year 1
Kindergarten Science
This term in Kinder, we are learning all about the weather! On Tuesday with Miss Lulham we made our very own binoculars to check the weather with!
Kindergart Art
It's not a stick it's a.....!!
Kindy have been putting their imaginations to good use again this week in Drama and Art. With the help of some year 5 and 6 students, we found some plain old sticks and turned them into masterpieces!
Reading in Kindergarten
Kindergarten Basketball Skills
Gardening Club
Assembly
Birthdays
Zone Athletics
Infants Awards
Primary Awards
