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TERM 3 WEEK 6— 31 AUGUST 2016
News St Joseph’s From the Leadership Team
Dear Parents and Carers, Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day certainly highlighted the strong sense of community spirit that exists at St Joseph’s. This day also reminds me of the importance of family, the importance of friendship and how important it is to work together for the common good. Many of you would often hear me say, that it takes a village to raise a child!
I extend my thanks and appreciation to all our visitors who were able to be with us and to the staff, parents and students for making our visitors welcome.
Thank you to all parents who assisted school staff in setting up and cleaning up the morning tea.
Loretta Bosco Nicole Maxwell Jag Riddle
Angela Gligora Melina Melino Tiffany Riddle
Sam Gligora Jo O’Connor Tess Ryan
A special mention to our Year 6/7 student leaders who acted as school guides and served morning tea to our guests. I am so proud of them as I’m sure you are as their parents. Well done and thankyou!
It is events such as these that fill me with great pride. It also reminds me of the great privilege I have of being part of such a vibrant and warm community. The staff and I are VERY committed to building a welcoming community where every member feels valued and included. The main purpose of a Catholic School is to build on the mission of the Church. The Mission of the Church, its entire work, is evangelisation – that is, to proclaim and live the Reign of God. This is shaped through Word, Sacrament, Witness and Service.
Our actions, interactions with each other and our WORDS are key to giving witness to our Fatih.
2017 Preparations are underway for 2017. Thank you to all of you who have completed the ‘return to school’
information. This information will be used to determine class structures. As soon as class structures are finalised we
will begin organising students into classes which is a very complex task that requires much planning and thought. Class
teachers have a good knowledge of each student’s academic development and social and emotional needs. Teachers
will take all this knowledge into consideration, together with discussions and parent teacher discussions conducted
throughout the year.
If there are educational or social emotional issues that you feel need to be considered, please inform me in writing,
before the end of this term. This does NOT include teacher requests. Class teachers will have the responsibility of
arranging students into respective classes; however, I will meet regularly with teachers throughout the whole
process. Please note: Any late requests or teacher requests will not be considered.
CONTACT DETAILS
Maria D’Aloia: PRINCIPAL
Kathy Horan: DEPUTY/APRIM
Camp
This week the 6/7 classes will be going to camp at Mylor Baptist Camp. Students will be provided with
many opportunities for leadership, confidence building and social development. Kathy and I look forward
to being with the students.
Catholic Charities Month
September is Catholic Charities month in the Adelaide Archdiocese, and
during this month we are asked to support the works of the Archdiocese
on behalf of the most needy in our local parishes and schools. This is an
opportunity for us to put our faith into action with good works and a
greater awareness of the needs around us. With this newsletter each
family will receive a brochure outlining some of the works supported by
this Catholic Charities appeal. We have not received enough envelopes so
if your child does not bring one home today please look out for an
envelope soon.
Our Archbishop, Philip Wilson, has a message in the brochure that acknowledges the very important role
our students have in supporting these necessary works within our local Church. It is in this area that
students of all ages can make a huge difference and we look to them with confidence and hope to show us
a way.
The theme of this year’s campaign is ‘me4u’ and there is a website you can access to find out more
information about how we can together support the appeal (me4u.org.au). The brochure also describes
some of the people and places that benefit from our contributions: all of these are local and are deserving
of our support. Some of you will already be familiar with:
Hutt Street, which we support each year,
our local Our Lady of La Vang special school at Flinders Park, (within our parish)
Centacare
The Aboriginal ministry,
The Mercy Hour of welcome, to name a few.
Family Mass
Many thanks to all who were able to attend our Family Mass last Sunday; once again, it was a great
community celebration.
God Bless
Maria D’Aloia, Kathy Horan and Rita Garreffa LEADERSHIP TEAM
REMINDER
PUPIL FREE DAY: FRIDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER DUE TO STAFF INSERVICE
Book Week commenced on Monday 22nd August and is the longest running Children’s festival in Australia. Each year, many schools and public
libraries from all over Australia
spend a week celebrating books
and Australian authors and
illustrators. This week the children were invited to bring a favourite book from home
and we read many of them together. Parents and grandparents were
invited to read to the children and Ms OD’s Yr 3 class read the books they
have made to us.
We have introduced purple and blue fruit and vegetables to our Eat a
Rainbow table and cooked a blueberry and yoghurt cake.
Chelsea and a group of her
friends made bird puppets
and acted out the story of
How the Birds got
their Colours.
“As young children discover the wonders of nature through direct hands-on experiences, they develop a reverence for life that cannot be fostered as profoundly in any other way. Reading about insects in books or watching nature videos is never as compelling as seeing a real butterfly emerge from its chrysalis or tasting the first tomato to ripen on a plant you’ve watered yourself.” Nancy Rosenow : Connecting with the
Outside Classroom.
Ladybugs, bees, caterpillars, birds
butterflies, flowers and vegetables in
our environment have all been a part
of our learning discoveries this week.
Highlights of the Week from Preschool
Term 3 Week 5 2016
Attention Soccer Players!
Boys and Girls born 2004, 2005, 2006 are invited to attend trials in their respective age groups for the North West
Junior Soccer Association State Representative Teams which will be competing at the South Australian Junior Soccer
Association State Championships in WHYALLA over the June long weekend 2017.
Players registered and playing for their primary school in the North West Junior Soccer Association competition in 2016
and will be registered and playing for primary school in the North West Junior Soccer Association competition in 2017
are eligible to attend the trials. For further details please visit the website http://www.nwjsa.org.au/?page_id=777
Hot Shots Tennis Tshirts All students from R-7 should now have received their free Hot Shots Tennis T-Shirt. Our school is supported by Hot Shots to run Tennis Programs during school time which is due to take place in Term 4.
Rugby Clinics and Touch Footy Yr 4-7 Students completed their Rugby Clinics last week. Well done to all students who participated enthusiastically. Thanks to NRL SA and Sporting Schools, all students have been provided with a Rugby Ball which is theirs to keep. Yr 5-7 students and selected Yr 4 students are invited to attend the Touch Footy Carnival next Wednesday 7th September. Please ensure your note has been returned as they were due back yesterday! NETBALL
U9 Gold 4 vs Nazareth 3 It wasn't a great start from the Gold team as the girls couldn't find their rhythm, missing passes and getting out played by Nazareth. At the three quarter mark we were down 0-3. But in a very exciting turn of events, we switched up the positions and scored 3 very quick goals in the final minutes of the last quarter. Zoi showed great composure to shoot the winning goal of the game under pressure with just seconds to spare! Let's keep working on our skills at practise this Friday. Tonight's game begins at 5:10pm we play North Adelaide.
PS Don't forget TONIGHT 7:30pm Netball Quad Series Match - Aussie Diamonds v's England Roses at Entertainment Centre - please meet out the front 6:45-7pm Coach -Jo
U9 Blue 9 vs North Adelaide 6 The girls played tremendously well together as a team, playing continuously in a more fluent motion. Great passes and intercepting the oppositions passes. Our defence was held strong throughout the game as the oppositions attack were quick and accurate in their shooting. Well played by both teams working up a sweat and awesome goals shot by Mya (4), Lily (3), Amelia (1) & Carla (1) See you all at training this Friday. Next game is at 4:30pm playing against OLQP Shaggies. PS Don't forget 7:30pm Netball Quad Series Match - Aussie Diamonds v's England Roses at Entertainment Centre - please meet out the front 6:45-7pm Coach-Pat
SOCCER U7 Yellow 0 vs Nazareth Yellow 1 What a tough and competitively close game. By far the best game played on both teams, Nazareth def St Jo 1-0. Well done to all who played and giving their best for the team. This Saturday clinic starts at 8.30am playing St Francis at 9am. Coach—Pat
Breakfast Club
Held on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays in the hall during the school
term.
Confidence
Oliver Brendan N
Tia Luca
Johan Irene Poppy
Persistence
Hudson
Xavier
Stella
Resilience
Jackson
Daniel
Getting Along
Harry Miaah
Organisation
Rocco
Lily
Thomas
Congratulations to the following children who were presented
at Assembly last term with a
Building on to the Keys of Success Award.
Breakfast Club
Held on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays in the hall during the school
term.
SAPSASA Netball Carnival Emma and Chantel were selected in the Western Districts teams who partici-pated in the SAPSASA Netball Carnival at Priceline Stadium on 15 to 29 August 2016.
The girls were lucky enough to play in great weather whilst playing 2 games every day. Western Districts had teams in division 2 and division 6 and at the end of the week finished 8th and 4th respectively.
Well done!!
YEAR 6/7 UNIT FUNDRAISER FOR CAMP
A very big Thank You to those in the school
community who have donated cans and bottles to the 6/7 unit for our camp fundraising! The recycling, along with our Friday fundraising activities, have raised $435.40 so far!
We will continue to collect cans and bottles for the duration of the term, so if you have any at home, please bring them in to the 6/7 unit!
Kate Connelly and Dave Cottrell
Year 6/7 Unit Class Teachers
SCHOOL CALENDAR 2016
SEPTEMBER Friday 2nd PUPIL FREE DAY—STAFF INSERVICE Thursday 22nd Cultural Day Friday 23rd Cultural Night Dinner Tuesday 27th Catholic Schools Music Festival
NOV Wednesday 9th Art Show
Save the Date
CULTURAL DAY
Thursday 22nd September
Dress Up Parade and
Special Order Lunch.
More information to come.
Come along to our Breakfast Club
held in the Hall each Monday,
Wednesday and Friday morning
before school.
TUCKSHOP NEWS:
From Term 4:
Weekly Specials will be as following:
MONDAYS: Hot Dogs whole $3.00
Half $2.00
TUESDAYS: Beef Burgers $3.00
(plus salad) $1.00
WEDNESDAYS: Pizza whole $3.80
half $2.20
(ham & pineapple,supreme,veg.)
THURSDAYS: Sushi $3.50
(tuna, teriyaki chicken,veg.)
FRIDAYS: Term Special
(to be announced)
Please note the changes and order appropriately.
Reminders:
Sushi orders must be in by 9.30am Thursday mornings.
Do not send any food that needs to be heated.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Helena
TUCKSHOP ROSTER 2016 TERM 3 —WEEK 6 MONDAY
5 SEPT
TUESDAY
6 SEPT
WEDNESDAY
7 SEPT
THURSDAY
8 SEPT
FRIDAY
9 SEPT
HELP
NEEDED
HELP
NEEDED PUPIL
Carmel
Edwards
HELP
NEEDED
HELP
NEEDED
HELP
NEEDED
FREE
DAY Carmel
Edwards
HELP
NEEDED
ROALD DAHL DICTIONARY
COMPETITION
WOW!!! We have 64 entries
into the competition posted
this last weekend. Hope there
is a winner or winners amongst
them.
Kay Carmody
Library Administrator
MAYORAL MAKE-A-BOOK Literacy Challenge 2016
Congratulations to all students who entered the ‘Mayoral Make-a-Book’ competition for the
City of Charles Sturt.
We have 144 books entered in the competition. Good luck to you all.
Kay Carmody—Library Administrator
VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR RESEARCH
We invite parents of daughters to participate in a study investigating
balance, physical skills and activity.
To be involved, children and their parents would need to attend the
University of South Australia on Frome Road for a 2 hour visit. Children and
parents will also be asked to fill in some questionnaires. Children will wear a
movement sensor for eight days.
An Honorarium of $100 will be paid if your daughter is eligible to participate.
If you and your child are interested in taking part, phone: 8302 1365 or
email [email protected]
and ask about the ‘Balance in Girls’ study.
This study has been approved by the UniSA Human Research Ethics Committee.
Inviting parents of 8-10 year old girls
