St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Wandal Newsletter

26 April 2023

Bernadette Brennan Principal

Week 2

About eighty students and staff proudly represented St Joseph’s at the Rockhampton ANZAC Day March yesterday. Student representatives also attended the Dawn Services at the Botanical Gardens and Alton Downs. Thank you for the great support in allowing the students to experience this important day and recognise and show respect for the ANZACs. Mrs Wadsworth put on an ANZAC morning tea for family members near the tuckshop. Thanks to those who supported this Legacy fundraiser and enjoyed the home baked biscuits.

 

Online enrolment for Prep 2024 is currently open. If you have a child eligible for Prep or know a family interested in attending our school next year, the online enrolment must be submitted by Wednesday, 21 June. The Prep Parent Information Night and associated interview bookings will be held on Tuesday, 18 July, at 5:30 pm. ENROL HERE.

 

Upcoming events include the Rockhampton Eisteddfod (Week 4), Mother’s Day Breakfast and Gift Stall (Friday, 12 May) and a new season of sport (Friday, 19 May.) More information regarding these events will be coming soon. This term, we will also have visits from Assistant Director Schools – Mike Kelso (Tuesday, 16 May) and the Director of Catholic Education Diocese of Rockhampton, Miss Leesa Jeffcoat (Friday, 19 May.) 

 

Have a great week.

 

Bernadette

ANZAC Day

Janette McLennan APC

Eisteddfod

 A letter providing additional details about our Verse Speaking and Novelty Choirs will be emailed to parents today.

Years 5 & 6 Maths Team Challenge

Twenty students from Years 5 and 6 will be taking part in the annual Maths Teams Challenge.  This will occur on 4 May at Glenmore State High School.  A physical letter was handed out to the relevant students today.

Learner Dispositions

We continue to explore the disposition of resilience.   The posters showing resilience when in the learning pit as well as the poster about being a resilient learner are both in our classrooms this term.  It would be great if you could have a discussion with your child talking about how they look for learning challenges.

Rheanna Starr - Assistant to Principal Religious Education (APRE)

St Joseph – Feast Day

May 1 is the Feast day of Saint Joseph the Worker, reflecting his status as a carpenter and patron of workers. While Saint Joseph has his principal feast day on March 19, the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker was introduced by Pope Pius XII in 1955 as an ecclesiastical counterpart to International Workers Day, also held on May 1. Saint Joseph was the foster father of Jesus and is held up by the Church as a model of the holiness of human labour. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus is referred to as “the carpenter’s son”.

Father James Martin, a Jesuit priest, writes, “Jesus, Mary and Joseph honoured the Sabbath, and they paused for prayer but, like the poor today struggling to make ends meet, they worked – and worked hard. Joseph shows us never to doubt the value of work or the value of hidden acts of love.”

© image from Jane Maisey rsj

A Visit to Benevolent Living with Year 6 Student Council Representatives.

On Monday, we made ANZAC Day biscuits to take to Benevolent Living to share with residents.  We also made mini-ANZAC day wreaths for residents.  The morning was quite enjoyable, the residents were curious about what we wanted to do when we grew up, and they asked about our families and interests.  We also heard stories about what residents did when they were younger.  Although we were only there for half an hour, we really enjoyed the conversations, craft making and time spent with residents.

Written by McKenzie, Will, Lucas and Cohen. 

Year 1 White Prayer Assembly

COME Please Join Year 1 in the Hall on Tuesday, 2 May, as they celebrate a special prayer for St Joseph the worker.

Prayer Assembly Term 2

Year LevelPrayer FocusDate
Year 1 WhiteSt Joseph the Worker Tuesday 2 May
Prep WhiteMother's DayFriday 12 May
Year 3 GoldPrayer ReflectionFriday  19 May
Prep GoldPentecost SundayFriday 26 May
Year 4 GoldNational Reconciliation WeekFriday 2 June
Staff AssemblyPrayer Reflection Friday 9 June
Year 5 GoldPrayer ReflectionFriday 16 June
Year 1 Gold Prayer ReflectionFriday 23 June

SCHOOL EVENTS

SPORTS NEWS

Friday Sport - Grand Final

Good luck to Yr 5 Boys Soccer, Year 5 Teeball Teams 3 & 4 who are playing  Grand Finals this Friday.  All the other AFL and Teeball teams are playing this Friday and Soccer teams are going to RGS to support the Year 5 boys.

PARENT INFORMATION

Subway Day 10 May

HOMEWORK CLUB

Engaging Families in Learning and Wellbeing Event

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Positive Parenting

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Executive functioning webinar - Be part of an interactive 60 minutes where you get the opportunity to listen, share and learn with parents/carers, teachers and others who support individuals on the autism spectrum.

Executive functions are a set of cognitive skills that enable us to regulate, control and manage our thoughts and actions. These skills are strongly connected to learning and development.

During this webinar we will:

  • explore executive functioning skills and the implications for home and school for young people on the autism spectrum
  • consider practical strategies to support the development of executive functioning skills


Please register by clicking the link