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ZUMBATOMIC classes are on Tuesday
nights at the Waroona Rec. Centre. More
information in the glass cabinet located
adjacent to the canteen.
Sport News
We have had a busy Term 2! The older children have been practising many different team games
for Aussie Sports including Gaelic Football, Soccer, Volleyball and Tee-Ball. We hosted St
Anne’s primary school from Harvey in week 5 and an enjoyable day was had by all the year 5 – 7
children. There was lots of team spirit and skill displayed from the students involved. The second
session of Aussie sports was due to take place in week 8 however this was cancelled due to the
rain. We hope to reschedule this for some time in Term 3.
In week 6 the boys and girls from years 4 – 7 participated in the annual derby matches against
Waroona District School. Well done to all who took part and to all the parents who came to
support us.
We have already begun preparing
for our Athletics Carnival which
will be held on Thursday, 29th
August. The children from each
class have been busy practising for
the jumps, team games,
running races and relay races.
Mission Statement
To provide an affordable, quality Catholic education.
Vision Statement St Joseph’s School, as an integral part of the Waroona Catholic Community,
is inspired by Christ’s teachings. We endeavour to nurture all children to grow as confident, independent, life-long learners, enabling them to contribute to society with dignity,
respect and a spirit of service.
St Joseph’s
School
NEWSLETTER
PO Box 129
Millar Street
WAROONA WA 6215
Telephone: 08 9782 6500
Facsimile: 08 9782 6590
Email:
Web Site:
www.stjoeswaroona.wa.edu.au
4th July 2013 Newsletter No: 10
Dates to Remember
TERM 2
Friday, 5th July
Pupil Free Day
TERM 3
Monday, 22nd July
Pupil Free Day
Staff Professional
Development Day
Tuesday, 23rd July
First Day for students
Board Meeting 5pm
P & F Meeting 7pm
Friday 26th July
Year 2/3 Mass
Sunday, 28th July
Confirmation
Commitment
Thursday, 1st August
Confirmation parent and
candidate meeting
Thursday, 8th August
Year 3/4 Liturgy
Monday, 19th August
Pupil Free Day
Catholic Day
Saturday,
7th September, 6pm
Confirmation,
(PLEASE NOTE
CHANGE IN DAY)
Dear Parents, Friends, Students and Staff of St Joseph’s School,
Holy Communicants: This Sacrament was celebrated on June
23rd at 10am. Congratulations to Mrs Lisa Gallin for all her
hard work and preparation towards ensuring the day was the
success it was. Thank you to Father Jay for leading the
Sacrament and for gifting it to the Holy Communicants. Thank
you to our Parish Community who facilitated the Sacramental
preparation programme, coordinating the information meetings,
as well as organising the lovely celebratory morning tea and the
cutting of the cake after Mass. Thank you to the staff for
attending and supporting this special liturgical event. Thank
you to the Prayer Friends who were able to attend the Mass.
Thank you to the family and friends who gave witness on the day. Together we build upon our
community spirit and help our 1st Communicants to understand the Sacrament of Communion
is solidly based and celebrated within community.
Congratulations and best wishes: During these holidays Miss Yvonne Fitzsimons will be
getting married to Mr Tadgh Langan. On behalf of the school community, I wish Yvonne and
Tadgh many blessings and every happiness as they begin their married life together. Miss
Fitzsimons will return to school in Week 3 of Term 3 as Mrs Langan.
Bon Voyage: We farewell Mrs Hodgson, as she prepares to frolic through Europe. Mrs
Hodgson is taking 6 months long service and will be back next year, bright eyed and bushy
tailed. Safe travels Mrs Hodgson, we look forward to hearing about your holiday.
Term Two Flew by: There is a saying, ‘Time flies, when you’re having fun’. This term we
were entertained by assemblies from each class from Pre-primary to Year 6/7, we had liturgies
for ANZAC Day and Mothers’ Day as well as start and end of term Masses, we prepared for
1st Communion and celebrated it, Peter Mitchell (Mitch) came to visit us to talk about MJR,
some classes have gone on excursions and the whole school participated in incursions, we’ve
had Bluearth classes and the middle to upper classes have participated in sports with other
schools. In amongst the above, a lot of learning across the curriculum has occurred. We must
have had a lot of fun because the term flew by very quickly.
Reflection by Peter Mitchell (Mitch) - MJR: Build A Bridge And Get Over It.
When a problem comes our way, very often we can “drop our bundle” and give up, or get our
parents or another adult to solve it. Sometimes you hear the expression “accept a challenge.”
You feel a lot better about yourself if you can build a bridge and get over a problem.
Obviously if there are really big problems you need help from parents and teachers. For the
small things that can upset us, such as not having your joggers, hat or a book and you have to
miss an activity, try to manage them yourself—build a bridge and get over the small problem.
This is clearly linked with being resilient.
Holiday wishes: To all students, families and staff have a wonderful two weeks holiday.
Enjoy time with your family and friends, look after each other and yourselves. I look forward
to seeing you all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed next term.
God Bless,
Karmela Messineo - Principal
From the Principal
“Remember, God is
merciful and wants you
to trust in His mercy.”
St Mary Of The Cross
St Mary MacKillop
FIRST COMMUNICANTS 2013
Caprice Franco Jazmine Fry Maddie Hull Jye Martelli
Brayden Napoli Emily Rowland Ryleigh Scott Danny Stokes
SCHOOL NEWS
Kindy Enrolments 2014: Please complete an enrolment application form and drop it into the
school office if you have a child due to start Kindy in 2014. Eligible children would be born
01/07/2009—30/06/2010. Families with students already in the school still need to enrol
children for 4 year old Kindy.
St Vincent DePaul Request for Warm Blankets—One week drive: Thank you for your
donations of warm blankets and clothing. The local St Vincent DePaul Society are very
grateful.
News from Mrs Landwehr: Year 3/4 We have read "Gulliver's Travels" and completed work
in English, Science and Mathematics. We made salt dough models of Gulliver tied up to a cart
by the Lilliputians, play dough symmetrical food from Laputa Island where the scientists are
obsessed by Mathematics, made 3D story bags and written Wonder Clouds and Menus from our
own Fast Food Laputan Restaurant. To recount our activities, we completed Procedure and
Recount Plans.
Year 5 In Science, we studied the planets, asteroids and meteors, also making a lolly UFO, an
alien from red icing and biscuits and our own Intergalactic Passport to travel into space.
We also researched animals, their foods, habitats and characteristics. This information was
presented on our iPads and written out on paper, as well as making a 3D triorama model of our
animal in its habitat.
CatholicCare Appeal – Thank you!: Bishop Holohan has expressed his sincere appreciation
to all those who contributed to CatholicCare this year, particularly through the annual
Christmas Appeal and the school children participating in the Gold Coin Days.
Bishop Holohan was very pleased to be able to distribute a total of $23,000 to 15
St Vincent De Paul Society Conferences across the Diocese. These funds will assist in the
wonderful work provided by ‘Vinnies’ to those in need throughout our Diocese.
Catholic Care is the charitable arm of the Bunbury Diocese and its motto is “People Helping
People”. It was established in 2003 and provides funding for people willing to assist those in
need across the general community throughout the Bunbury Diocese, irrespective of their
religious affiliation or non-affiliation.
Waroona Shire Banner: The Shire asked us to design and paint
a banner to go on display in the city with banners from other
Shires. Mrs Fuller, Miss Vidulich and the Year 6/7 class took on
this challenge and created a ‘fantabulous’ banner illustrating the
Waroona Shire ‘from sea to scarp.’ Next time you’re in the city,
keep an eye out for it.
Corrections: The last newsletter had incorrectly stated a Holy
Communicant’s name. Apologies and special mention to Emily
Rowland.
Within the last newsletter were a list of names of students who
had participated in the recent Dance Eisteddfod in Bunbury,
however one name was inadvertently missed. Apologies and special mention to Braidy Rossell
who participated in this event.
Milk Cartons For Italian: Mrs Polinelli, our fab Italian teacher, has requested washed empty
milk/choc. milk/whipping cream cartons (not plastic bottles) of any size and empty cereal
boxes. Please drop them off at the letterbox of 58 Hesse Street (across the road from the school)
over the July school holidays.
Parish News
Weekly Gospel reflection and discussion on Fridays between 1 – 2:15pm at the Presbytery. All are most
welcome.
Parish Family Mass
Children from Kindy to Year 5 are invited to join in the Children’s Liturgy in the school
library each second Sunday of the month. The children will start the Mass in the Church with their parents and
then go to the library for their lesson, returning for the Offertory Procession.
Altar Servers
7th July : Xavier Deleo, Ella Deleo, Jared Martelli
14th July : Maddy Jardine, Taylor Martelli, Jye Martelli, Angela Stampone
21st July : Montana Look, Remy Deleo, Emily Rowland
St Patrick’s Church Cleaning Roster
12th July : Clare Jones 19th July : Loretta & Ashleigh Polinelli
26th July : Maria Ferraro & Family
Congratulations to Mitchell Snell,
Jake Wall and Jakob Wilson for
graduating from Reading Recovery.
Did you know?...
A total of 28 house points were awarded as a
result of the last newsletter ‘test’.
Claude received 8 points. Elizabeth received 9
points and Leah received 11 points.
A big Thank You to Riley-Jane N (Y6/7) for
handing in Mrs Shirley Jackson’s reading
glasses after finding them in the Senior
Citizens car park.
Joel C’s (Y5) new school only has 15 students
in the whole school!
Owen G (6/7) has good skills as a footy
instructor. He was spotted teaching a group of
Year 1s how to kick the footy correctly.
Morgan D (Y2/3) has a Morfar. He is her
grandfather on her mother’s side and the term
is Danish in origin.
Our visitors from the Aboriginal incursion
yesterday were very impressed with the
students’ manners and participation for the day.
Well done everyone!
National Gallery of Art.
Get creative and make
works of art with your
computer. Choose from
a large variety of
images and combine
them to create you
own picture.
www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
SINGING LESSONS
Learn to sing and perform in a fun and creative
atmosphere. Build confidence and life long social
and communication skills. For more information,
please contact Lisa Murphy on 0409 927 262 or
Sacrament Dates for Term 3
Confirmation Commitment Mass—
Sunday 28th July, 8:30am
Confirmation Parent and Candidate
Meeting—Thursday 1st August,
6pm
Confirmation—Saturday 7th
September, 6pm -NOTE CHANGE
Reconciliation Commitment
Mass—Sunday 22nd September,
8:30am
Reconciliation Parent and Candidate
Meeting— Thursday 26th
September, 6pm
Sadly we farewell Joel Coghlan (Yr 5)
and his family who are relocating to
Victoria. Thank you for your support
and friendship and don’t forget to keep
in touch via Skype and email.
