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Kitchener Street, PO Box 165, Junee NSW 2663 Telephone 02 6924 1717 Email: sjju-info@ww.catholic.edu.au Website: http://www.sjjww.org

13th March 2018 Term 1 Week 7 PARISH OF ST JOSEPHS JUNEE Kitchener Street, PO Box 77, Junee 2663 PP Father Sinisa Michael Mikulek

Telephone: (02) 5912 6650 or 0417 435 286 MASS TIMES Sat Vigil 6.00 pm Sunday 9.30 am

Principal’s Report Dear Parents,

I hope everyone had a great weekend celebrating the Junee Rhythm and Rail last weekend.

Catholic School’s Week We had a beautiful Catholic School’s Week Paraliturgy on Friday that Mr. Masterson organised. I have shared here with you the reflections from our students on being at this school. They are thoughtful and offer a great insight into what it means to come to St Joseph’s Junee.

CSW 2018 Student Voices

Kinder: Kindergarten have really enjoyed their time at St Joseph’s. We asked the students what they liked about our school.

Michael: We like being in our new classroom. We are excited to see what the new school will be like. Eliza: We like going to church and learning new prayers. We like colouring in and painting. Zayne: We like learning numbers and letters. We like playing on the playground and in the sandpit. We are super excited to play in the new sandpit Mr. Addison built for us. Year One Paige: In Year One, we are grateful to be a part of a Catholic School community because we are learning about Jesus and we have wonderful teachers. We care about our family and the people in our community. We all play together and help people in need. Year Two Millie Drum: In Year Two, we really like being in a Catholic School because we learn about Jesus who is God and all about the Bible. We love going to Mass and singing songs too. Bryson: We are learning that doing things for others gives them love and joy and helps us to be better people each new day. This helps us to be happy too. Year Three Matilda: In Year 3, we love working together with Mr. Pratt to learn about interesting things. Amalie: We love to play with our friends and we look forward to moving into our new school. Year Four

In Year Four, we are grateful for belonging to our Catholic School. We worked together to create this Acrostic Poem. (Read by Matika and Kane) Caring teachers in our school. Activities altogether. Teamwork is our goal. Happy are the children. Open to new things. Learning about God. Inclusiveness in everything we do. Catholic Faith is our belief.

St Joey’s Junee is the best. Community where we belong Historical memories of times gone by On task in class is our motto. Opportunities to learn everyday Love One Another - the greatest commandment.

Year Five Tarah: In Year Five, we are grateful for all the opportunities that are provided in our Catholic school. We enjoy the independence of using our own chromebook to learn about new things. We see the advantages of working together with Year Six to improve and challenge our learning. We love the opportunities to experience different sporting activities and the chance to express ourselves through the various arts. We continue to try to be like Jesus - caring, kind and loving! Year Six Anabelle: St Joseph’s school is a place where people support you no matter what and you always feel safe here. A lot of learning opportunities are provided for all students, including new ways of understanding Mathematics, the enjoyment of English, History and Geography and the chance to take part in a range of Creative Art activities as well as a school that provides great sport for all students. At our school, all students are encouraged to follow the way of Jesus, through our actions and words. Older students take care of younger children and work hard to set the example for them. Our teachers set standards and we respect and embrace them.

St Joseph’s Primary School

Newsletter

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We have a wide range of technology practices and these are being developed constantly. Our new school, that is under construction, will provide bigger, better and exciting learning opportunities for us all. One of the students in our class recently summed up our school, St Joseph’s… “It is a better place for me because the students are welcoming and I feel safe and a part of this outstanding school.” Sign on the Front Gate:

You will notice a “No Entry” sign at the front of the school, on the Church fence. Thank you for abiding by the directions on the

sign, which prohibits entry between 8.00 and 4.00, unless you are a delivery, emergency or disabled vehicle. Sympathy: We extend our sympathy to Nikki and her family and the Bradley family on the loss of their Mum and Nanna. Janice was a much loved member of our school community and we will miss her presence when we take our students to the hospital to sing. Our prayers and thoughts are with the family and extended family of Janice. Joey’s Family Catch Up – Friday 16th March Due to a previous commitment I am unavailable. I hope everyone has a great night. Annual Report: Each year I do an Annual Report. Part of the report is a school satisfaction survey. I would be really appreciative if you could fill in the survey and return it ASAP please? If I don’t have any replies, I will assume that everyone is 100% happy and my report will reflect this. Please mark each box with the number of people answering the survey. Thank you for your feedback. Your responses are anonymous.

Parent Satisfaction. We are

Highly Satisfied Satisfied Dissatisfied

Student Satisfaction. We are

Highly Satisfied Satisfied Dissatisfied

Jane Addison Principal

Diocesan Swimming Carnival Last Wednesday Poppy Corbett & Jorja Vergano represented our school and Deanery at the Diocesan Swimming Carnival. Both girls swam incredibly well. Congratulations girls, we are so proud of you! Diocesan Trials for Representative Rugby League & Girl's Soccer Tomorrow we wish the following children all the best as they trial for Representative Teams: Grace Holaj, Chelsea Crowder, Sophie Walker, Lexi Lamb, Sam Bradley, Bailey Harris, Charlie Harris, Nate McCarthy, Lane Crozier & Josh Hackett. Rugby League Come & Try Day On Thursday the Years 3-6 Children will be heading to Loftus Oval to learn skills and to play Rugby League. Students are reminded to wear their Sports Uniform on Thursday. A canteen will be available on the day. Coles Sports for Schools Vouchers Keep those vouchers coming in! The box in the office is filling up, and a little spy tells me that our box in the Sturt Mall Coles has heaps inside as well! Athletics Carnival The children are currently enjoying practicing the many skills of athletics during sports sessions each week in the lead up to our carnival on Tuesday March 20th. Our P&F will be running the canteen on the day. If you are able to assist at some stage during the day, please contact office to let us know. Mrs Kellie Salmon & Mr Tim Pratt Sports Coordinators

Athletics Carnival Canteen - Volunteers We are looking for volunteers to man the canteen on the day of the Athletics Carnival. If you are able to lend a hand, could you please contact the school office. We are also looking for donations of cakes and slices to sell. Donations can be dropped at the canteen on the day. We thank you in advance for your support.

Library News Don’t forget to return your library books tomorrow – Wednesday. Mrs Chisholm has heaps of books to keep you curious & excited!! Happy reading.

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Bank Details School Fees BSB: 066789 Acc: 6510382 Please use sjju and student surname as your reference. Eg: sjjuduck. If you know of a family that shares your surname please include an initial or first name. Eg: sjjuBDuck

Tuckshop Roster March

Monday 12th HELP NEEDED Friday 16th Nicole Holaj Monday 19th Lisa Summerell Friday 23rd Jane Harbrow Monday 26th Cristy Vergano Friday 30th Good Friday

April

Monday 2nd Easter Monday Friday 6th HELP NEEDED Monday 9th Cristy Vergano Friday 13th Des Sweeney

May

Friday 4th Jane Harbrow Monday 7th Cristy Vergano Friday 11th Haley McAlister Monday 14th Alison Brandon Friday 18th Suzanne Brunckhorst Monday 21st Lisa Summerell Friday 25th Des Sweeney Monday 28th Sue Smith

June

Friday 1st Jane Harbrow Monday 4th Amanda Galvin Friday 8th Simone Riley Monday 11th Public Holiday Friday 11th Hayley McAlister Monday 18th Cristy Vergano Friday 22nd Sam Bampton Monday 25th Sue Smith Friday 29th Simone Riley

*** If you need to swap a day please contact the school office. Thankyou

Uniform payments must be made to the following bank account:

BSB: 062557 Acc: 00800346

Magnets Needed

If you have any magnets at home that you no longer require, Kinder would love to make use of them. Send them in with your child and give to Ms. Moran or Mrs Makeham.

P&F meeting at the Commercial Hotel Tuesday 20/3 at 6:30pm

Dates to Remember Term 1 March Thursday 15th – Rugby League/League tag Come and Try Day at Loftus Oval – Yrs 3-6 Friday 16th – Joey’s Family Catch-Up Tuesday 20th – Athletics Carnival Tuesday 20th – P&F Meeting 6:30pm Commercial Hotel Thursday 29th - Easter Liturgy @ 10am Friday 30th – Good Friday April Sunday 1st – Easter Monday 2nd – Easter Monday

Tuesday 3rd – Parent/Teacher Interview Wednesday 4th – Parent/Teacher Interview Thursday 5th – Parent/Teacher Interview Friday 6th – Cross Country @ Burns Park (soccer fields) Friday 13th – Last Day of Term 1 Wednesday 25th – ANZAC Day Monday 30th – Pupil Free Day May Tuesday 1st - First Day of Term 2 Thursday 3rd – School Photos

Please note change of date for Rugby League / League Tag Come and Try Day. Now 15th March

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Maths Update Term 1 Last week staff at St Josephs worked on analysing an assessment called the MAI (Maths Assessment Interview). The data that was collected across the whole school showed Place Value as an area of concern in Mathematics. Place Value is about reading, writing, ordering and interpreting numbers. Staff agreed to use their Math Maintenance time over the next two weeks to focus on this area and target each class and students needs. Ask your children what activities they have been doing in class to support their learning. Some include bead string challenges and human number lines, largest number sort, 10 more/10 less and partitioning numbers. A few pictures above show the different ways this was out into practice.

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The Premiere's Reading Challenge 2018 opened yesterday. This will be our second year participating in the Challenge. The Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, and to read more widely. Students in K-2 will log all the books read in their classroom with their teachers. Students in 3-6 can read at home or at school and will have a reading log to keep track of their reading. Mrs Chisholm will help us in the library by putting books into reading challenge groups. K-2, 3-4, 5-6. Classes will also have books from the reading challenge list in their classrooms. I am happy to log reading onto the system for students if books are logged with Title and Author onto either their PRC reading log or home reading log. Please bring logs/reading diaries to me when you have read at least 5 books. If you would like to log your reading in yourself your log on from last year will remain the same. Please let me know if you need this information again. Premiere's Reading Challenge https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html

Happy Reading, Bianca Brady