Dear Parents and Guardians,    

 Welcome to Week 5 and what an amazing fortnight it has been it has been. There have been many exciting events already this term - Catholic Education Week and the School Dance and still to come Book Week and Father’s Day celebrations. 

Visitors  

This week we had the pleasure of Lorraine Carroll - Speech Language Pathologist from Cairns Catholic Education visiting for a few days and supporting teachers and students.  

In Week 7 we welcome back Ms Heather Alison - our School Counsellor who is visiting us again in Weipa. Heather will be providing her service to St. Joseph's School from Monday 21st August to Friday the 25th of August, 2023. 

Later during the Term, Lillian Miller - Consultant First Nations Education from Cairns Catholic Education to our School. Lillian will continue to provide her service to St. Joseph's School during Term 3. 

 SEL Wellbeing Survey   

The children at St, Joesph’s Parish School Weipa have been invited to take part in a survey about student wellbeing and mental health from the between 31/07/2023 and Friday 18/08/2023. 

The survey will be completed online during school hours and contains between 25-57 questions (depending on the age of your child) and will take 10- 15 minutes to complete.  

 This annual survey is being issued to all students in the Diocese of Cairns by the Student Wellbeing and Diversity directorate of Catholic Education Services. The survey aims to gather student opinions about aspects of the school that relate to supporting student wellbeing and mental health.   

 What is the purpose of the survey? The survey will provide schools with student opinions on what the school is doing well and what they can improve to better promote and support student wellbeing and mental health. Long term this survey may be used to track student wellbeing and mental health over a period of time.  

Kind regards, 

Melanie Turner.