It’s hard to believe that we have nearly hit the halfway mark of the term!

This week I attended the first Principal's Leadership Conference for 2019. These events are compulsory for all Principals and occur each term.  The theme of our Forum this term was ‘Many Voices: One Spirit. It was an action-packed agenda setting ‘System Efficacy’ as the collective focus for all our schools.  We discussed how the various aspects of the School Strategic Plan will be achieved and what actions will result from the plan’s implementation. Over the coming weeks I will share St Joseph’s Strategic Plan with the School Community.

Thank you to those who joined us last Friday afternoon for our 2019 Meet and Greet. It was wonderful to see so many families come in to meet the staff and enjoy the opportunity to meet other families. Thank you to Katie Bowe, our Tuckshop Convenor, for providing such a delicious selection of food.

The evening was a great opportunity to introduce our new Parents and Friends Office Bearers for 2019. I would also like to thank all those who supported the Parents and Friends fundraising throughout 2018 and look forward to the exciting events to be held in 2019. The school’s P&F Association is a positive way to be involved with the school and I would strongly encourage you to come along to a meeting to see the work that they do to support the education of St Joseph’s students. The meetings usually only run for an hour and are light-hearted, enjoyable gatherings.

I have been most impressed by the number of children turning up to our Cross-Country training sessions each Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  Our annual carnival will be on Thursday and Friday of week 9. The students are encouraged to wear their team colours for the day. Further information will be given closer to the Carnival.

God Bless.

Megan

Before School Play Area                                                                                                                                                  

 To ensure there is enough room for play, we have extended the area that children can play in, to include the shaded area at the side of the basketball court.

Soccer at St Joseph’s                                                                                                                                                  

Some of our Soccer games in the older grades have become too rough and competitive without the support of an Adult referee. Rather than ban the game our kids enjoy so much, we will trial alternative days and times for years 4/5/6. The roster is displayed in each classroom and on the notice board near the Tuckshop. We will also be ensuring there is a shared understanding of the rules, bibs for players and a soccer space will be mapped out on the oval.

Attendance                                                                                                                                                   

Congratulations again on our high levels of attendance over the past few weeks. I am very proud to announce that our school has the second highest attendance of all Catholic Schools in this Diocese so far this term. It’s great that we are second from the top and not second from the bottom as we were last year. Keep up the good effort everyone!

Did you guess what our reward for the class with the highest attendance was?                                                 

Prep has the pleasure of looking after our reward fish “Adam Attendance”.  He is currently enjoying his time in Prep and I hope he is learning lots about phonological awareness.