From the Principal
4 June 2014
From the Principal June Monday 9 Queen’s Birthday Holiday Thursday 12 School Fee Accounts due Friday 13 St Joseph’s Athletics Carnival Tuesday 17 – Thursday 19 Year 5 Camp Tuesday 24 – Friday 27 Year 7 Camp Friday 27 Last day of Term 2
July Monday 14 First day of Term 3
Our school is currently participating in the Catholic Identity Project which is a process of assessing how we as a school operate in accordance with the vision of Catholic Education. The project is supported by the Townsville Catholic Education Office and will hopefully provide our school with goals for enhancing our Catholic Identity over the coming years. Catholic Schools should not be seen as private schools but rather places where students from all backgrounds can grow and develop spiritually as well as academically. Parents are invited to answer a few short questionnaires which should take approximately 30 minutes. The website can be accessed by clicking HERE or going to http://www.schoolidentity.net/ . The password is Ghj654. There are a couple of difficult sections in the survey and I am happy to provide parents with a computer and support next Wednesday at 8.45am or that afternoon at 2pm. Your support for the project is greatly appreciated. The photo below is not of a picnic hamper but rather lunch items taken from one of our rubbish bins last Friday. As you can see a lot of good food is wasted each day with children bringing over-packed lunchboxes or not liking what has been packed. While teachers do their best to ensure food has been eaten before playing, parents should take a few minutes every now and then to speak to their children about how much and what foods they like to eat. Children often prefer to have a bigger morning tea and then a snack at lunch. A quick check of the lunchbox after school will also give you some idea of your child’s eating preferences.
Finally, there have been a number of reports of what can only be described as “bizarre” behaviours in our car park over the past week: cars entering the exit driveway to the right of the Church and cars parked in the drive-through in front of the Church. Once again I ask families to consider all users of the car park rather than just themselves.
News from the APRE
MASS TIMES Holy Trinity Church Monday - 5.30pm Wednesday - 6.30am Friday - 6.30am Saturday Vigil - 6.00pm Sunday - 8.00am Villa Vincent Chapel Monday to Saturday - 9.00am Sunday - 9.30am
RECONCILIATION Holy Trinity Church Monday – 6.00pm – 6.30pm Saturday – 11.00am – 12 noon Villa Vincent Chapel Saturday – 9.30am – 10.30am
Lord Jesus, give us the courage to go out into the world and share your your love with everyone we meet. Amen.
Please join us on Friday for our whole school meditation meditation – we are being joined by the kindy class at Mary MacKillop as well. We start at 8.40.
Did you know? The Ascension: On Sunday we celebrated Jesus’ last bodily appearance on earth before he was taken up to heaven. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke as well as the Acts of the Apostles recount the event which occurred on the Mount of Olives near Bethany outside the walls
UNIFORM SHOP The shop will be open on every Tuesday from 8.30am – 9.00am in the Covered Area Any inquiries please call MJ Ryan Bennett on 0403 024 346
of Jerusalem. Traditionally celebrated on the fortieth day after Easter, the feast is commemorated on the following Sunday in Australia.
Congratulations to Tamelia White and Cooper and Kobie Chislett on making their Baptism on the weekend at our Parish church.
TUCKSHOP ROSTER Term 2 – Week 8
Monday – Public Holiday Tuesday – V. Oh Wednesday – Help Needed Thursday – S. Gough Friday – K. Esling - Extra Help Needed All inquiries please contact Gyan - 0423 788 015
Our formal sacramental preparation for Eucharist and Confirmation is now finished. The children and parents are now required to complete the activities in the book and come along to Mass. Our prayer and preparation night is on Thursday 12th June at 6pm. This is a compulsory meeting – so that you and the children will know what is expected for the big day. Please keep these children and families in your prayers. Blessings for the week Alanna
Meditation week
It’s not too late for you to participate!! participate!! Tomorrow (Thursday) at 10.10am we are opening up our classrooms for you to all experience our practice of Christian Meditation. We would encourage many of you to visit your child’s classes (bring the Grandparents!) to join them in this prayer. So many of you love to come for reading, performances and expos – please make the time to show your child that you value their religious and spiritual journey as well. At St Joseph’s Catholic School we are proud to promote Catholic values, traditions and practices. Our Diocese of Townsville is receiving worldwide renown for our Christian Meditation program – come and find out why!
We have our whole school meditation this Friday at 8.40 This will be the last time that Mrs Plant, as our Leading Teacher of Meditation, will be able to organise our whole school meditation. Your support would be appreciated!! P&F NEWS • • • •
Entertainment Books: Thank you to the many families who purchased an Entertainment Book. The final due date is 4 June 2014 (today). Please return book orders and unsold books to the Office by Friday. Father’s Day Stall: anyone interested in convening the Father’s Day Stall is asked to contact the Office. We have a number of experienced parents willing to support a small group of parents who are prepared to take on the stall. Joey’s Father’s Day Golf Classic: Sunday 31 August at the Townsville Golf Club. Nomination forms are available from the Office. Individual and group nominations are welcome. If you are able to provide sponsorship for the event please contact Mark on 0466 734 147 or Tony on 0488 089 506. Winter Pie Drive: Order forms for our Pie Drive will go in the first week of Term 3. Further information to follow.
Athletic’s Carnival Please note changes to the timetable of events for our Athletics Carnival on Friday 13 June: 9.45 – 10.15 10.15 – 11.15 11.25 – 12.00 12.00 – 12 .30 12.30 – 1.00 1.00 – 1.45 1.45 – 2.15 2.15 – 2.30
800m (10 – 13 yr olds) Sprints (all ages beginning with Prep) Ball Games: Prep – Yr 7 200m (10 – 13 yr olds) Lunch Shuttle Relay (Prep – Yr 4) Circular Relay (Yrs 5 – 7) Presentations followed by return to school
Please contact the office if you can spare a couple of hours and help out during the Athletic’s Carnival.
HELP REQUIRED – ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Help is required for our Athletics Carnival on Friday 13th June. If you could help in any way, could you please drop in OR phone the office and put your name down.
Sporting News Congratulations to Isabella Carvey on being selected to represent the North Queensland Girls Soccer team in Mt Isa in July. Well Done Isabella.
WANTED:
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A donation of hard-covered books for a children’s art workshop. Books with at
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least 200 pages, in any condition would be kindly accepted. Please contact MJ on 0403 024 346 or [email protected]. Donations can also be left at the office. a variety of pot plant pots – please drop into the school office.
Special Mentions Prep E: Our Star Student is Jaime Malabanan for working well during whole class and small group learning tasks. Great work! Special mention to Broly Bond for always keeping his Prep friends safe - letting the teacher know when he finds something unsafe. Special mention to Joshua Thomas, Nina Martini and Molly Lyons for great work in our reading activities. Prep G: Star Student this week is Brooke Morrish for being an enthusiastic stude3nt and making good progress with learning. Special Mentions to Kayla Rose, Oliver Dickhart, Isabel Collins, Elke Spiller, Allanah Standen and Fergus Daly for using a big clear voice when speaking to the class. Year 1H: Our Star Student for this week is Ethan Vaughan for a big improvement with listening and following directions. Great work Ethan!! Special mention to Jackson Booth and Dorian Locke for great work with sentence writing. Also to Rominy Kostalanji, Ashton Deer and Declan Esling for knowing their 200 M100W Words!!! Year 1O: Star Student this week is Mila Kerlen for her greatly improved story writing. Special Mention goes to Georgia A, Caius, Sarah, Lucy, Charlotte H, Olivia, Angus, Reiv, Joshua, Oriana and Dionysios for good resullts in the weekly spelling tests. Congratulations to Wiki for the huge effort he has made to improve his spelling results. Well done everyone. Year 2L: Our star student Tahlia Harris for always trying her hardest and always being kind and courteous. Special Mentions Isabella and Rose and any walkers/runners from Sunday's Run Townsville, working for the good of the community as Jesus asked. Year 2S: Congratulations to our Star Students, Jazy Parkes and Nadia Millington de Oliveira for on-task work and using their clever thinking skills. Special Mentions to Jasmine Leyshan & Misty Matthews- Rhiley for always being on-task. Also to Joe Martini for composing an amazing Praise Prayer and to Delaney Brooks who is our Maths Test champion. Mrs Lane's Award goes to Joe Martini & Connor Kenyon for a fantastic effort with their written History task. Year 3B: Congratulations to Sam Cozzitorto for always being a super keen learner. Fantastic attitude! Year 3D: Year 3D star students are Beau Heery for trying to stay focussed in class and Isabelle Hayes for a creative island design in geography. Special mentions are Angus Bamford for trying hard with his maths Oliver Standen for his enthusiasm and participation Nikya Aldridge and Olivia Poljakow for always being enthusiastic in helping others including the teacher. Year 4G: 4G's Star of the week is Flynn Mintern for being a most dedicated student throughout the semester; Flynn loves learning and is a most attentive and thoughtful student. Special mention to those mathematicians who did so well in our statistics and probability test: Tara Woods, Nicholas Winn, Sophie Spencer, Anna Prasad, Jordy Parkes, Mackenzie Munro, Brady Horan, Catie Griffin and Clara Deer; well done! Year 4O: Our star students this week are Tamelia White and Lleyton Ward for working very hard and for trying their best ! Year 5M: The star student for this past week is presented to Jacob Pang for always being a polite and helpful student in class and for creating a superb advertisement during reading groups last week. Well done Jacob! Year 5P: Well done to Ivy Rose Paxton for an excellent effort during the Science lessons and to Casey Dufficey for some very good work in Probability. Special mention to Cooper Chislett who was Baptised on Sunday. Best wishes for many happy days Cooper Year 6A: Star Student in 6A is Jessica Parkes. She has been working extremely hard on all assessment pieces and has used all feedback to improve her work. Keep up the hard work, Jess! Year 6T: Star Students for 6A Zoe Paterson - for being a polite and respectful student who is showing fantastic leadership values and Kiara Walsh for always being on task and completing all set class work Special mention to the whole of 6T for working so efficiently with all their assignments. A great effort! Year 7F: Well done to 7F's Star Student Lauren Franzmann, for her very good analysis of aboriginal archaeological sites in our History work. Special mention to Bryce Kenyon for his great Maths work with angles, and to Josh Pether for his cheery greeting each day and his offer to be of any help. Year 7G: 7G's Star Student is Patrick Clarke for always ensuring his bookwork is neatly presented. Top work Champ. Also, Special Mention to Joseph Dowd for putting in the hard yards last week to get his work completed.
Congratulations Over the weekend Sherriff Dury swam in the MS Swimathon to raise money to support people living with MS. A big thankyou (from the Dury family) to all the wonderful people who donated money for this little guy to swim, you will all be happy to know that they raised $3,200, Sherriff swam 84 laps, their team received the highest fundraiser prize and and best of all Sherriff received the young encouragement award for person showing the most enthusiasm!!! Congratulations Sherriff
Community Notices NUDGEE COLLEGE OLD BOYS – 60 YEAR REUNION Members and spouses of 1950 Scholarship to 1954 Senior classes PROGRAMME: Mass at 9 am in the Chapel (celebrated by Archbishop Bathersby and several old boy priests), morning tea, bus tours of the new college buildings and lunch. Would interested parties contact : Terry Carey (07) 32651400 or at [email protected] Tom McDonnell (07) 32684994 or at: [email protected] Luanne Wishart (07) 38650405 or at: [email protected]
St Margaret Mary’s open morning for Years 7 and 8 Special assembly this Friday 6th June for ALL NEW and PROSPECTIVE 2015 Year 7 and Year 8 enrolled students and their families to experience our college as an 'Open Morning at SMMC'. Please RSVP on 4726
4900 at your earliest convenience. After School Art Program – Term 3 2014 Join the After School Art craze with a broad variety of workshops that enhance and develop skills and increase knowledge and understanding of the visual arts Bookings essential – spaces are limited.Ages: Primary Date: Every Tuesday afternoon throughout Term 3 Time: 3.30 – 5.30pm Venue: Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Cost : $20 per session $150 all ten weeks Spaces are strictly limited – call Perc Tucker
From the Principal June Monday 9 Queen’s Birthday Holiday Thursday 12 School Fee Accounts due Friday 13 St Joseph’s Athletics Carnival Tuesday 17 – Thursday 19 Year 5 Camp Tuesday 24 – Friday 27 Year 7 Camp Friday 27 Last day of Term 2
July Monday 14 First day of Term 3
Our school is currently participating in the Catholic Identity Project which is a process of assessing how we as a school operate in accordance with the vision of Catholic Education. The project is supported by the Townsville Catholic Education Office and will hopefully provide our school with goals for enhancing our Catholic Identity over the coming years. Catholic Schools should not be seen as private schools but rather places where students from all backgrounds can grow and develop spiritually as well as academically. Parents are invited to answer a few short questionnaires which should take approximately 30 minutes. The website can be accessed by clicking HERE or going to http://www.schoolidentity.net/ . The password is Ghj654. There are a couple of difficult sections in the survey and I am happy to provide parents with a computer and support next Wednesday at 8.45am or that afternoon at 2pm. Your support for the project is greatly appreciated. The photo below is not of a picnic hamper but rather lunch items taken from one of our rubbish bins last Friday. As you can see a lot of good food is wasted each day with children bringing over-packed lunchboxes or not liking what has been packed. While teachers do their best to ensure food has been eaten before playing, parents should take a few minutes every now and then to speak to their children about how much and what foods they like to eat. Children often prefer to have a bigger morning tea and then a snack at lunch. A quick check of the lunchbox after school will also give you some idea of your child’s eating preferences.
Finally, there have been a number of reports of what can only be described as “bizarre” behaviours in our car park over the past week: cars entering the exit driveway to the right of the Church and cars parked in the drive-through in front of the Church. Once again I ask families to consider all users of the car park rather than just themselves.
News from the APRE
MASS TIMES Holy Trinity Church Monday - 5.30pm Wednesday - 6.30am Friday - 6.30am Saturday Vigil - 6.00pm Sunday - 8.00am Villa Vincent Chapel Monday to Saturday - 9.00am Sunday - 9.30am
RECONCILIATION Holy Trinity Church Monday – 6.00pm – 6.30pm Saturday – 11.00am – 12 noon Villa Vincent Chapel Saturday – 9.30am – 10.30am
Lord Jesus, give us the courage to go out into the world and share your your love with everyone we meet. Amen.
Please join us on Friday for our whole school meditation meditation – we are being joined by the kindy class at Mary MacKillop as well. We start at 8.40.
Did you know? The Ascension: On Sunday we celebrated Jesus’ last bodily appearance on earth before he was taken up to heaven. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke as well as the Acts of the Apostles recount the event which occurred on the Mount of Olives near Bethany outside the walls
UNIFORM SHOP The shop will be open on every Tuesday from 8.30am – 9.00am in the Covered Area Any inquiries please call MJ Ryan Bennett on 0403 024 346
of Jerusalem. Traditionally celebrated on the fortieth day after Easter, the feast is commemorated on the following Sunday in Australia.
Congratulations to Tamelia White and Cooper and Kobie Chislett on making their Baptism on the weekend at our Parish church.
TUCKSHOP ROSTER Term 2 – Week 8
Monday – Public Holiday Tuesday – V. Oh Wednesday – Help Needed Thursday – S. Gough Friday – K. Esling - Extra Help Needed All inquiries please contact Gyan - 0423 788 015
Our formal sacramental preparation for Eucharist and Confirmation is now finished. The children and parents are now required to complete the activities in the book and come along to Mass. Our prayer and preparation night is on Thursday 12th June at 6pm. This is a compulsory meeting – so that you and the children will know what is expected for the big day. Please keep these children and families in your prayers. Blessings for the week Alanna
Meditation week
It’s not too late for you to participate!! participate!! Tomorrow (Thursday) at 10.10am we are opening up our classrooms for you to all experience our practice of Christian Meditation. We would encourage many of you to visit your child’s classes (bring the Grandparents!) to join them in this prayer. So many of you love to come for reading, performances and expos – please make the time to show your child that you value their religious and spiritual journey as well. At St Joseph’s Catholic School we are proud to promote Catholic values, traditions and practices. Our Diocese of Townsville is receiving worldwide renown for our Christian Meditation program – come and find out why!
We have our whole school meditation this Friday at 8.40 This will be the last time that Mrs Plant, as our Leading Teacher of Meditation, will be able to organise our whole school meditation. Your support would be appreciated!! P&F NEWS • • • •
Entertainment Books: Thank you to the many families who purchased an Entertainment Book. The final due date is 4 June 2014 (today). Please return book orders and unsold books to the Office by Friday. Father’s Day Stall: anyone interested in convening the Father’s Day Stall is asked to contact the Office. We have a number of experienced parents willing to support a small group of parents who are prepared to take on the stall. Joey’s Father’s Day Golf Classic: Sunday 31 August at the Townsville Golf Club. Nomination forms are available from the Office. Individual and group nominations are welcome. If you are able to provide sponsorship for the event please contact Mark on 0466 734 147 or Tony on 0488 089 506. Winter Pie Drive: Order forms for our Pie Drive will go in the first week of Term 3. Further information to follow.
Athletic’s Carnival Please note changes to the timetable of events for our Athletics Carnival on Friday 13 June: 9.45 – 10.15 10.15 – 11.15 11.25 – 12.00 12.00 – 12 .30 12.30 – 1.00 1.00 – 1.45 1.45 – 2.15 2.15 – 2.30
800m (10 – 13 yr olds) Sprints (all ages beginning with Prep) Ball Games: Prep – Yr 7 200m (10 – 13 yr olds) Lunch Shuttle Relay (Prep – Yr 4) Circular Relay (Yrs 5 – 7) Presentations followed by return to school
Please contact the office if you can spare a couple of hours and help out during the Athletic’s Carnival.
HELP REQUIRED – ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Help is required for our Athletics Carnival on Friday 13th June. If you could help in any way, could you please drop in OR phone the office and put your name down.
Sporting News Congratulations to Isabella Carvey on being selected to represent the North Queensland Girls Soccer team in Mt Isa in July. Well Done Isabella.
WANTED:
***
A donation of hard-covered books for a children’s art workshop. Books with at
***
least 200 pages, in any condition would be kindly accepted. Please contact MJ on 0403 024 346 or [email protected]. Donations can also be left at the office. a variety of pot plant pots – please drop into the school office.
Special Mentions Prep E: Our Star Student is Jaime Malabanan for working well during whole class and small group learning tasks. Great work! Special mention to Broly Bond for always keeping his Prep friends safe - letting the teacher know when he finds something unsafe. Special mention to Joshua Thomas, Nina Martini and Molly Lyons for great work in our reading activities. Prep G: Star Student this week is Brooke Morrish for being an enthusiastic stude3nt and making good progress with learning. Special Mentions to Kayla Rose, Oliver Dickhart, Isabel Collins, Elke Spiller, Allanah Standen and Fergus Daly for using a big clear voice when speaking to the class. Year 1H: Our Star Student for this week is Ethan Vaughan for a big improvement with listening and following directions. Great work Ethan!! Special mention to Jackson Booth and Dorian Locke for great work with sentence writing. Also to Rominy Kostalanji, Ashton Deer and Declan Esling for knowing their 200 M100W Words!!! Year 1O: Star Student this week is Mila Kerlen for her greatly improved story writing. Special Mention goes to Georgia A, Caius, Sarah, Lucy, Charlotte H, Olivia, Angus, Reiv, Joshua, Oriana and Dionysios for good resullts in the weekly spelling tests. Congratulations to Wiki for the huge effort he has made to improve his spelling results. Well done everyone. Year 2L: Our star student Tahlia Harris for always trying her hardest and always being kind and courteous. Special Mentions Isabella and Rose and any walkers/runners from Sunday's Run Townsville, working for the good of the community as Jesus asked. Year 2S: Congratulations to our Star Students, Jazy Parkes and Nadia Millington de Oliveira for on-task work and using their clever thinking skills. Special Mentions to Jasmine Leyshan & Misty Matthews- Rhiley for always being on-task. Also to Joe Martini for composing an amazing Praise Prayer and to Delaney Brooks who is our Maths Test champion. Mrs Lane's Award goes to Joe Martini & Connor Kenyon for a fantastic effort with their written History task. Year 3B: Congratulations to Sam Cozzitorto for always being a super keen learner. Fantastic attitude! Year 3D: Year 3D star students are Beau Heery for trying to stay focussed in class and Isabelle Hayes for a creative island design in geography. Special mentions are Angus Bamford for trying hard with his maths Oliver Standen for his enthusiasm and participation Nikya Aldridge and Olivia Poljakow for always being enthusiastic in helping others including the teacher. Year 4G: 4G's Star of the week is Flynn Mintern for being a most dedicated student throughout the semester; Flynn loves learning and is a most attentive and thoughtful student. Special mention to those mathematicians who did so well in our statistics and probability test: Tara Woods, Nicholas Winn, Sophie Spencer, Anna Prasad, Jordy Parkes, Mackenzie Munro, Brady Horan, Catie Griffin and Clara Deer; well done! Year 4O: Our star students this week are Tamelia White and Lleyton Ward for working very hard and for trying their best ! Year 5M: The star student for this past week is presented to Jacob Pang for always being a polite and helpful student in class and for creating a superb advertisement during reading groups last week. Well done Jacob! Year 5P: Well done to Ivy Rose Paxton for an excellent effort during the Science lessons and to Casey Dufficey for some very good work in Probability. Special mention to Cooper Chislett who was Baptised on Sunday. Best wishes for many happy days Cooper Year 6A: Star Student in 6A is Jessica Parkes. She has been working extremely hard on all assessment pieces and has used all feedback to improve her work. Keep up the hard work, Jess! Year 6T: Star Students for 6A Zoe Paterson - for being a polite and respectful student who is showing fantastic leadership values and Kiara Walsh for always being on task and completing all set class work Special mention to the whole of 6T for working so efficiently with all their assignments. A great effort! Year 7F: Well done to 7F's Star Student Lauren Franzmann, for her very good analysis of aboriginal archaeological sites in our History work. Special mention to Bryce Kenyon for his great Maths work with angles, and to Josh Pether for his cheery greeting each day and his offer to be of any help. Year 7G: 7G's Star Student is Patrick Clarke for always ensuring his bookwork is neatly presented. Top work Champ. Also, Special Mention to Joseph Dowd for putting in the hard yards last week to get his work completed.
Congratulations Over the weekend Sherriff Dury swam in the MS Swimathon to raise money to support people living with MS. A big thankyou (from the Dury family) to all the wonderful people who donated money for this little guy to swim, you will all be happy to know that they raised $3,200, Sherriff swam 84 laps, their team received the highest fundraiser prize and and best of all Sherriff received the young encouragement award for person showing the most enthusiasm!!! Congratulations Sherriff
Community Notices NUDGEE COLLEGE OLD BOYS – 60 YEAR REUNION Members and spouses of 1950 Scholarship to 1954 Senior classes PROGRAMME: Mass at 9 am in the Chapel (celebrated by Archbishop Bathersby and several old boy priests), morning tea, bus tours of the new college buildings and lunch. Would interested parties contact : Terry Carey (07) 32651400 or at [email protected] Tom McDonnell (07) 32684994 or at: [email protected] Luanne Wishart (07) 38650405 or at: [email protected]
St Margaret Mary’s open morning for Years 7 and 8 Special assembly this Friday 6th June for ALL NEW and PROSPECTIVE 2015 Year 7 and Year 8 enrolled students and their families to experience our college as an 'Open Morning at SMMC'. Please RSVP on 4726
4900 at your earliest convenience. After School Art Program – Term 3 2014 Join the After School Art craze with a broad variety of workshops that enhance and develop skills and increase knowledge and understanding of the visual arts Bookings essential – spaces are limited.Ages: Primary Date: Every Tuesday afternoon throughout Term 3 Time: 3.30 – 5.30pm Venue: Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Cost : $20 per session $150 all ten weeks Spaces are strictly limited – call Perc Tucker
