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Dear Parents & Carers,
Welcome back to the final term of the year. Its hard to believe we are already in Term 4, planning our end of year events and looking ahead to 2023. Our Term 4 calendar is looking rather busy with many things starting to fill up. We welcome our Early Birds on Monday 31st October for the first of their transition visits. An information session will also be presented to parents for the first session, commencing at 9am in the Library. We look forward to welcoming our Early Birds.
Our Year 6 students look fabulous in their new school blazers. Thank you to Mrs Moore who organised these.
This term we welcome Mrs Lyndell Radford, who will be working in the 2/3/4 class in on Monday mornings while Mrs White is in the office. We hope Mrs Radford enjoys her time at St. Joseph's and thank you for her work with students and the school.
Well done to 2/3/4 who presented some of their wonderful class work on vocabularly which they have been learning about. Students were able to explain their work on vocabularly, how they use these words in their classwork and how it assists in their comprehension. Congratulations to students from each class who received awards at Assembly on Friday.
Congratulations to the following students who received awards from the Newcastle Permanent Maths Competition;
Toby Croker | Participation |
Rory Ashby | Participation |
Molly Paynter | Participation |
Ewan Sheely | Merit |
Mia Barnes | Participation |
Xanthe Fenning | Participation |
Peta Pettge | Participation |
Nick Maslen | Merit |
Our next assembly will be on Wednesday2nd November at 9:30am (Week 4) and K1 will be presenting some class work/an item.
School & Regional Public Speaking
As part of the Diocesean Public Speaking Competition, all students at St. Joseph's participated in Public Speaking in their classrooms. Depending on their age students spoke on a range of topics in impromptu and prepared speeches and were given a certain amount time to prepare speeches. Finalists from each stage went on to represent St. Joseph's in the Manning Region Public Speaking Finals at St. Joseph's Bulahdelah; Kirra Muddle (Early Stage 1), Remi Ashby (Stage 1), Georiga Morton (Stage 2), Nick Maslen (Stage 3). Students did a fantastic job representing our school. Well done.
For Term Four, the students at St Joseph's will be attending swimming lessons at Gloucester Swimming Pool Complex. This is a wonderful opportunity for the children to develop and strengthen their swimmings skills. Swimming lessons will be on Wednesday each week and will run until Week 10.
In preparation for swimming, please ensure your child has the following:
- Suitable swimwear that they can wear under their sports uniform to the pool
- Underwear to change into after their lesson to avoid wet clothes etc for the remainder of the afternoon
- Towel
- Goggles if your child requires them
- Sunscreen
- School Hat
- Small bag to carry their belongings to and from the pool
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school.
Tuesday 31st January 2023 Year 1-6 return to school
Thursday 2nd February 2023 Kindergarten students begin
Week 3 | |
Monday 24th October | Shared Table - Hamburgers |
Whizzy Water Visit | |
Wednesday 26th October | Sport - Swimming |
Thursday 27th October | Library |
Friday 28th October | Gloucester Show Excursion - 11:45 - 2:45pm |
Canteen | |
Week 4 | |
Monday 31st October | Shared Table - Chicken Fried Rice |
Early Birds 9am-12pm - Parent Session in Lib | |
Wednesday 1st November | K1 Assembly 9:30am Hall |
Sport - Swimming | |
Year 6 GHS Transition - 1:30-3:15pm | |
Thursday 2nd November | Library |
Friday 3rd November | Canteen |
Week 5 | |
Monday 7th November | Shared Table - Hamburgers |
Early Birds 9am-12pm | |
Wednesday 9th November | Sport - Swimming |
Thursday 10th November | Library |
Friday 11th November | Canteen |
Week 6 | |
Monday 14th November | Shared Table - Chicken Burgers |
Early Birds - 9am -12pm | |
Year 6 GHS Transition - 1:30-3:15pm | |
Wednesday 16th November | Sport - Swimming |
Thursday 17th November | Library |
Friday 18th November | Canteen |
Week 7 | |
Monday 21st November | Shared Table - Chicken Burgers |
Early Birds 9-12pm | |
Week 8 | |
Monday 28th November | Shared Table - Hot Dogs |
Wednesday 30th November | Year 6 Transition - 1:30-3:15pm |
Thursday 1st December | Year 6 Graduation 6pm |
Week 9 | |
Monday 5th December | Shared Table - Chicken Wraps |
Friday 9th December | Year 6 Disco |
Week 10 | |
Monday 12th December | Shared Table - Nachos |
Wednesday 14th December | Beach Day Excursion |
Friday 16th December | Final Day Students 2022 |
Week 11 | |
Monday 19th | Pupil Free Day |
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