Term 1 Week 6 2025
Term 1Week 7 2025 |
School Events |
Monday 17th March |
Library Yr 5/6 Guitar lessons |
Tuesday 18th March |
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Wednesday 19th March |
Library Yr1/2 |
Thursday 20th March |
Kindergarten Library St Joseph's Feast Day  |
Friday 21st March |
Inclusion Day - Wear Odd Socks Year 3/4 Library 2.20 pm Assembly  |
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Term 1 Week 8 Monday 24th March - School Photos Thursday 27th March - Cross Country Term 1 Week 9 Wednesday 2nd April - NSWCPS/NSWCCC Swimming Thursday 3rd April - Incitare Yr 6 |
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Welcome Back
It was wonderful to see sunshine after the rainy start to the week! Thank you to all parents and carers for their incredible patience and understanding after Cyclone Alfred forced us to close the school at the end of last week. We know it wasn't easy, and we particularly appreciate your flexibility in adapting to the sudden changes. Most importantly, thank you for recognising our main priority: keeping every member of our school community safe.
This week, we focused on ensuring a smooth transition back to our regular routines, and we're committed to making the rest of the term a positive and productive experience for everyone. Our hearts go out to all our diocesan schools and communities up north that were more significantly affected by Cyclone Alfred, and we hold them close in our thoughts and prayers.
NAPLAN
Fortunately, we could proceed with our NAPLAN assessments this week for students in years 3 and 5. We started with Writing on Wednesday, followed by Reading, Conventions of Language (spelling and grammar) and finished with Mathematics on Friday. We are very proud of how our students applied themselves with a positive mindset, focus and diligence throughout each assessment. Our gratitude extends to our Class Teachers Mrs Steep and Mrs Peck who prepared our students well on what to expect and encouraged them throughout the assessments. We know our students are all ‘smart cookies’ with ‘sharp minds’ who have lots of ‘learning energy’. Well done!
Family Welcome Night
Last Saturday, the 1st of March, we celebrated our new format Family Welcome Night. It was a wonderful occasion for our community. Our parishioners praised the children at mass, especially the choir and Fr Michael was very impressed with our readers too. After Mass we all headed to school for a family picnic, games and silent disco thanks to Blue Sky Disco. By all accounts, families found this new format a very relaxing and fun way to come together as a community.
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
Cross Country Carnival - Whole school
Soccer Gala Day - Primary
Easter Raffle
School Photo Bookings NOW OPEN
Premier's Reading Challenge
Project Compassion
Year 6 Mission Leaders have launched Project Compassion for 2025. Project Compassion is an initiative of Caritas Australia that supports vulnerable people around the world. Students can donate their loose change to Project Compassion boxes at the canteen or in their classrooms. The major fundraiser is later this term. The year 6 students are busy working on this.
St Joseph's Day
World Down Syndrome Day and Harmony Day
Dio Swimming
Congratulations to our talented swimmers who competed at the Dio Swimming Championship! Your dedication and hard work were truly evident as you represented our Zone with great sportsmanship and determination. We are incredibly proud of each one of you for giving your best in the pool. Well done on your fantastic achievements!
Good luck to Max & Evie E who will now compete at Polding in Sydney.
Results
Max - 1st 50m Freestyle (pb by 6sec)
Courtney - 4th 50m Freestyle
Evie S - 6th 50m butterfly (1st in her heat & PB)
Edie - 9th in 50m freestyle (2nd in her heat & PB)
Alyssa - 7th in 50m freestyle (1st in her heat & PB)
Aidan - 5th Breaststroke, 6th 50m Butterfly
Madi - 11th 50m breaststroke
Charlee - 10th 50m backstroke
Iggy - 10th 50m freestyle
Mason - 10th 50m freestyle
Evie E - 11th 100m freestyle, 7th 50m Freestyle, 8th 50m backstroke, 3rd 50m breaststroke
Jnr boys Relay : Aidan, Iggy, Max & Kosti - 7th place
Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday
Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Tuesday, is typically marked by Christians as a day of feasting before the start of Lent — which comes with 40 days of fasting. Today our Year 6 Mission leaders prepared pancakes for all the classes!
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. For the next 40 days Christians around the world focus on prayer, fasting and almsgiving as they prepare for Easter. Everyone is marked with an ash cross made from burning the Palm Sunday plans from last year.
Theatre Excursion
On Wednesday, we took all of our very enthusiastic Infants students up to the Glasshouse in Port Macquarie to view the stage production of Eric Carle’s stories titled “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. The children watched with much delight as the popular children’s stories came to life on stage through superb puppetry, stage effects, movement, music and acting. This experience supports our learning in Creative Arts; appreciation as well as visual arts and literacy. We look forward to taking our Stage 2 students to another theatre production in May (details to come) and we are working on organising a special theatre experience for Stage 3 soon after.
AFL Skills
Happy Birthday
Infants Awards
Primary Awards
Class of the Week - Year 3
Kilometer Club - Congratulations on 50km Luca
Congratulations on the Hockey Trials, Jack
Congratulations to our junior girl's relay team
Week |
Class |
Date |
Location |
Contact Person |
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Y1 |
22/3/2025 | Moo and Bean Mum’s catch-up | Taliska and Irene |
| 8 |
Y1 |
30/3/2025 | Family day at Pilot Beach 11am (meet at playground first) | Taliska and Irene |
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| 10 |
Yr 4 and 5 |
6/4/2025 | Kendall Pool Day | Lou and Aaron |
2025 CLASS PARENTS
Kindergarten: Justine Reedy, Bel Davis, Katie Oberg
Year 1: Taliska Arentsen, Irene Santi, Katie Barker
Year 2: Tony Maher, Tam McLaren
Year 3: Emily Fogg, Lyndelle Lee
Year 4: Louise Roberts
Year 5: Hayley Guffog, Erin Richards, Lyndelle Lee
Year 6: Emily Fogg
