Term 1 Week 3 2025
Term 1Week 4 2025 |
School Events |
Monday 24th February |
Library Yr5/6 Guitar lessons Parent-to-teacher chats (refer to the Compass News feed for booking link) |
Tuesday 25th February |
Parent-to-teacher chats (refer to the Compass News feed for booking link) |
Wednesday 26th February |
Library Yr1/2 Parent-to-teacher chats (refer to the Compass News feed for booking link) |
Thursday 27th February |
Kindergarten Library |
Friday 28th February |
Year 3/4 Library 2.20 pm Assembly |
Saturday 1st March |
Family Commissioning Mass |
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Term 1 Week 5 Tuesday 4th March - Shrove Tuesday Dio Swimming Murwillumbah Wednesday 5th March - Ash Wednesday Friday 7th March - World Day Prayer Term 1 Week 6 Wednesday 12th March - Infants Theatre Excursion Wednesday 12th - Friday 14th March - NAPLAN |
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Zone Winter Sports Trials and Zone Swimming Carnival
This week began with the Zone Winter Sports Trials on Monday and the Zone Swimming Carnival on Tuesday. We are proud of all the students who participated and congratulate those chosen to represent the Hastings Zone at the next level. A special thank you goes to Mrs. Nat Hurrell for her exceptional coordination of these events. We also appreciate the efforts of all staff members who supported our students at these events, providing encouragement and guidance that greatly contributed to their success and positive experiences.
Parent Information Night Success and Parent-to-Teacher Chats
It was wonderful to catch up with parents and carers at our Parent Information Night on Wednesday. We thank our dedicated staff for organising and hosting these informative sessions, and we appreciate all parents and carers for their support by attending. We would love to receive your feedback on this event so we can review and improve our processes in the future. Please click on this LINK by Monday at 12 pm.
Parent-to-teacher chats continue next week, so please remember to book a time slot with your child’s class teacher. There are still available timeslots, so please go to Compass and click on the Conferences tab to book. The 'Parent to Teacher' meetings provide a valuable opportunity for you to discuss your child’s learning preferences, well-being, and other important matters directly with their class teacher. For more details, please refer to the Compass News feed sent to families on Tuesday, February 11th.
Opening School Mass
Our week concluded with the Opening School Mass on Friday, a day filled with community spirit. It was a day of significant milestones: our school leaders were honoured with their leadership badges, symbolising their commitment and responsibility for the year ahead. We warmly and officially welcomed our new kindergarten students and staff, embracing them into our school family. The Choir enhanced our music ministry, and we were immensely proud of all the students for their participation in the Mass.
We would like to extend a huge thank you to Mrs. Maria Wilson for coordinating the Mass. Her dedication and hard work ensured the Opening School Mass was successful and meaningful for our students, staff, and the broader school community.
School Community Group Meeting
We had a fantastic roll-up to our School Community Group (SCG) Meeting on Monday night. At this meeting, we reviewed the structure of the SCG, discussed the events, fundraising and friend-raising from 2024, and began planning for 2025.
The full minutes can be found below.
Over the next few weeks, we will finalise the Class Parents and advertise them to the community. If you haven't let your class teacher know you are interested, please do so by next week. Fiona Hayward will be the school liaison for this subgroup.
Some Fundraising/events groups have started, and these groups are looking for volunteers to support this work. We have a “lead” contact for these events that the group wanted to proceed with, but as we know, many hands make light work. If you are interested in knowing more or are ready to help, please complete this google form, and we will share your details with the "lead" parent for that event. Maria Wilson will be the school liaison for this sub-group.
Family Welcome Night
All families are warmly welcome to join us for our first social gathering of the year. On Saturday 1st March our school will join the parish in a beautiful Mass at 5pm, then wander over to the school where we will have a family picnic, silent disco and lawn games.
Families are encouraged to bring their own picnic dinner and a rug. The picnic will start after the Mass. The night will conclude at around 8pm.
Best wishes from the leadership team
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Mr Rick Galvin Principal |
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Mrs Maria Wilson Assistant Principal Mission |
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Mrs Jessica Koenig Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching |
Compass Events
Guitar Lessons
What a busy few weeks it has been!
Swimming Carnival
Our school’s annual Swimming Carnival, held last at Kendall, was a fantastic success! We were so pleased to see so many students participating in every event.
A big thank you to the staff, student helpers, and parent volunteers for their support in making the day memorable. It was a wonderful celebration of teamwork, sportsmanship, and community spirit!
Congratulations to this years age Champions & Runners Up
12 years Boys Champion - Willem De Vries
12 years Boys Runner Up - Gideon Fogg
12 years Girl Champion - Evie Eyles
12 years Girl Runner Up - Evie Slieker
11 years Boys Champion - Iggy Patrazala
11 years Boys Runner Up - Tom Hayward
11 years Girl Champion - Laura Eccelston
11 years Girl Runner Up - Evie Letchford
Jnr Boys Champion - Aidan Keonig
Jnr Boys Runner Up - Kosti Patrazala
Jnr Girl Dual Champions - Alyssa McNeice & Maddison Barker
Jnr Girl Dual Runner Ups - Emme Tool & Jasmine Barker
Winning House for 2025 - Grevillea
Zone Swimming - Hastings Team
On Tuesday 18th of February, 30 students attended the Zone Carnival at Macksville. As always there was some extremely fast competition, but our kids from St Joeys swam their hearts out. Thank you to Mrs Hayward, Mrs Keonig, Mrs Toole and parents for supporting these students at the carnival.
A huge congratulations to the following students who will now swim at Murwillumbah on Tuesday 4th March, representing the Hastings Squad -
Edie Burgess - 8yrs Girl - 50m Freestyle
Alyssa McNeice - 8yrs Girl - 50m Freestyle
Max Poll - 8yrs Boy - 50m Freestyle
Mason Hardy - 9yrs Boy 50m Freestyle, Jnr Boys 4x50m Relay
Charlee Roberts - Jrn Girl 50m Backstroke
Madison Barker - Jrn Girl 50m Breaststroke
Aidan Koenig - Jnr Boy 50m Breaststroke, Jnr Boy 50m Butterfly, Jnr Boys 4x50m Relay
Chase Hansen - Jnr Boys 4x50m Relay
Courtney Date - Jrn Girls MutliDis Freestyle
Ethan Mollica - Jnr Boys 4x50m Relay
Iggy Patrzala - 11yrs Boys 50m Freestyle
Evie Slieker - Snr Girls 50m Butterfly
Evie Eyles - 100m Open Girls Freestyle, Snr Girls 50m Freestyle, Snr Girls 50m Backstroke & Snr Girls 50m Breaststroke
Winter Sports Trials
On Monday 17th of February, Stage 3 students were invited to trial for the Hastings Zone Winter teams in Rugby League, Soccer, Netball & Hockey. A big congratulations to all our students who took part in yesterday's Trials. Mrs. Peck, Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. Hayward shared how exceptionally our students represented the school and gave their best efforts in the competition. As always, the high level of talent and the number of students trialling make for a challenging selection process.
A special congratulations to the following students who have been selected for the 2025 Hastings Zone Teams. These Students will now represent the Hastings area at Grafton where they will trial for the Diocesan Team.
Shay Lobston - Rugby League
Jez Thompson & Gideon Fogg - Soccer
Jack Elliot - Hockey
Living Things Hunt
This week during Science & Technology, Stage 1 went on a hunt around the school for animals. We practised sitting silently and observing our surroundings, drawing and counting all of the animals we saw in our playground. We counted a lot of different birds and insects. Imagine our surprise when we sat quietly under a tree and looked up! We saw a koala! Next week, we will make a digital representation of our findings.
Happy Birthday
Infants Awards
Primary Awards
Ministry Awards
Swimming Champions
Zone Swimming
Hastings Zone Representatives - Winter Sport Trials
