Dear Families and Friends of St Joseph’s,

Next week, I will have the privilege of reading in excess of 148 student reports.  This is something I thoroughly enjoy doing. I am always proud of student achievement, big or small and take particular delight in being able to talk to them about what I have read in those incidental conversations whilst in classrooms or the playground.

I really appreciate the opportunity to learn so much about so many students through the comments of their teachers, who do a superb job in capturing student progress. I hope you as parents share the pride I have in your children when you read their reports. In week 10, you will receive a Semester One Report Card, released electronically via the Parent Portal along with a hard copy which will be sent home.

2024 Prep Enrolments Due– Enrolment Interviews Start of Term 3

2024 seems a long way away, but for the school we are already putting processes in place for next year’s Prep class, including identifying how many applicants we have and finalising our Prep cut-off numbers. If you are wanting to have two smaller Prep classes, we will need to have over 30 students enrolled so please encourage friends and families in the community to choose St Joseph’s. If have a child you wish to enrol for next year or know of a family who are wanting to enrol their child for next year, now is the time to ensure you have gone on to our website and done so via our electronic enrolment link.

Although we do preference siblings when identifying Prep enrolments, their online enrolment must still be lodged. The school will begin enrolment interviews early in Term 3. We look forward to seeing our new families soon and meeting our future Preps. 

School Officer Day - Wednesday 14th June

On Wednesday we celebrate our School Officers. These dedicated individuals work tirelessly to ensure our schools are safe, welcoming, and supportive places for all students.

One of the most important roles of school officers is to promote a positive school culture. They work with teachers, administrators, and students to create an environment where everyone feels valued and respected. They are there to listen, offer guidance and support, and collaborate with our teaching staff to ensure that students are equipped with the resources they need to succeed. Our school officers play a crucial role in helping students reach their full potential.

So the next time you see one of our many outstanding school officers, please take a moment to thank them for their hard work and dedication. May God bless them always.

Wishing you all a great weekend at the fishing competition. Hope to see you there.

God Bless,

We respectfully acknowledge the past and present traditional owners of this land on which we are meeting – the Algnith people. We also acknowledge the contributions of First Nations peoples to the education of all children and people in our country Australia, in which we all live and share together.

PLEASE NOTE: School resumes on Tuesday 13th June as Monday the 12th is a Public Holiday.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR CHILDREN FOR HEAD LICE. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF CASES BEEN REPORTED IN CLASSES.

The focus for MTSSE this week was around using technology safely at school. We spoke about what it looks, feels and sounds like to use our devices correctly. It is important to use our iPads, laptops, Chromebooks and headphones properly so we can continue to use them throughout the year. Teachers gave out extra Joey’s tokens to those students who were safe while using their device, and those students who follow instructions when online.  

Welcome to week 8! Can you believe we only have two weeks left of Term Two? 

We have been busy little learning superstars completing lots of our summative assessments to show our learning from the term. We have still found time to fit in some fun hands-on learning and this week we enjoyed a range of different activities for Reading Groups. This included playdough, writing, making CVC words and more! We always enjoy being able to participate in learning through hands on activities and are proud of the sounds and tricky words we’ve learnt so far. In Maths, we have been finishing up learning about duration and sequencing events and enjoyed carrying out some whole class activities that allowed us to practise these skills.  

We have been busy practising our upcoming dance for our concert in week three of next term and are loving bopping and grooving using some of our new moves from our Dance unit this term. We have been focusing on weather and the random rain showers, windy days and sunny with a tiny glimpse of coolness in the mornings has made for exciting observing and discussion opportunities during Morning Routine. We are looking forward to making our water transport on Friday for Technologies and can’t wait to show you all our finished products. 

We are super excited that our sports carnival is coming up on Thursday of week 10 and Mrs Backhouse and Miss Rachael have also planned an exciting slip and slide and water play afternoon for when we return.  

Thank you to our wonderful families for another term of positive and supportive partnerships. We value working and communicating with you to help us in providing the best for your children and as always, our door is always open if ever you need to pop in.  

Many thanks,  

Mrs Backhouse and Miss Rachael. 

Dear Parents and Guardians, 

Welcome to Week 8 and what a busy Term in Year 1 it has been. The students have all been working extremely hard on assessments and celebrating Reconciliation Week. We still have many events coming up for the Term including NAIDOC Week with our First Nations Consultant from CES -  Lillian Miller will be in Weipa working with Staff and students and helping us celebrate NAIDOC Week and Athletics Carnival.  

Technology  

This week in Technologies we have been designing a fishing shirt for the 2024 Weipa Fishing Classic. We discussed the features on past shirts before designing our own. The students had so many great ideas from sunsets, to crocodiles, fish and jellyfish.  

HASS 

In HASS this Term we have been looking at the different features of places and how places and features have changed in Weipa. We have also been identifying  natural, managed and constructed features of places in Weipa. The students are working hard during their Assessment time and producing interesting answers. 

 Maths 

In Mathematics this week we have continued to look at ways of representing data. We conducted two surerys this week one on how many people are in our family and one on our favourite pets. We have been using the data gathers and presenting in a range of ways including picture graphs. The students have been able to compare the data and find similarities and difference  

Just a gentle reminder that Homework is sent out each Wednesday and collected and marked the following Tuesday. If you have any questions about the tasks, please reach out. Homework will be collected on Tuesday and returned on Wednesdays.   

If you have any questions please feel free to make contact with us at  a convenient time that suits 

Our email addresses are:  

Michelle Gear mgear@cns.catholic.edu.au  

Melanie Turner mturner@cns.catholic.edu.au  

Kind Regards, 

Michelle Gear and Melanie Turner. 

Welcome to the end of Week 8 Families! 

Almost halfway through the school year already! Year 2 have been busy completing assessments and consolidating their learning from over the term. 

On Friday, Year 2 presented the story of The Unforgiving Servant at assembly using Liquid Pictures as we have been learning about this parable in our Religion lessons. We also sang the Seven Continents Song as we have been learning about the world and oceans in HASS. 

This term in Science and Technology, students were required to design, create and reflect upon a toy that can either push or pull. Students were very creative in their designs. We had cars, yoyo’s, caterpillars, dolls and paper airplanes. 

In Literacy, students have been innovating different texts such as The Gruffalo and The Very Lazy Ladybird. They have really let their creativity shine when coming up with their own versions of the story whilst following the writing success criteria to be successful authors. After completing their drafts, students then used their Chromebooks to type their stories onto a word document. Once printed they were then able to illustrate their story. We loved using the ChromeBooks! 

Just a few gentle reminders: 

-2A Library and Homework day is WEDNESDAY 

-2B Library and Homework day is THURSDAY 

-Please ensure readers and library books are returned on these days. 

Kind Regards, 

Year 2 Team, 

Mrs Tiffany Barber and Mrs Tash Tapper 

Across the past 2 weeks in Year 3, the students have been busy finishing off their assessment and consolidating their learning. In English the students finalised their narrative story writing. They had to make sure there was a title, orientation, complication and resolution within their story. The students first wrote their draft into their books, and finally typed up their final copy on their laptops. 

In maths we are finishing off the term with fractions. Students are looking at how we can divide shapes and collections into ½, 1/3, ¼, 1/5, 1/10. We also finishing our unit on angles, and identifying angles that are smaller or bigger than a right angle.  

In science the students conducted an experiment to test the transfer of heat across different materials, including metal, plastic and wood. We found that metal was the better conductor of heat over the plastic and timber.  

Our athletics carnival is coming up and the students will be practicing their ball games in preparation for this. Thank you to all the parents who have already volunteered their time to help out at the event, it is appreciated by everyone.  

I hope you all have a lovely long weekend!  

Emily 

Year 4 have been busy working on assessments for end of unit work. We are producing some excellent work samples with so many things to be proud of. Our level of understanding texts and our comprehension levels have improved so much since the beginning of the year. The stand out is our knowledge of a variety of vocabulary that is relevant to certain texts plus how language features are used in texts. Students are understanding that language features really do make the text we read more enjoyable if it is done right. Roald Dahl definitely knows how to do this right, and we are finding his stories engaging.  

We have conducted many surveys and have recorded our data using a variety graphs. Some of us have gathered data on the classes favourite colours, fruit, video games, fish, sport and so much more.  

Religion lessons have been all about the sacrament of healing with students learning what the role of the priest is when anointing the sick and penance. We will be doing a visit to the church next week to see the many symbols and items within the church that are linked to the sacraments.  

Next Friday we have our Cricket Gala Day with WCC and Aurukun over at WCC senior oval. If you haven’t already signed the parent slip, please do so. It is a great day of outdoor fun.  

Hi Families, 

It has been a big couple of weeks in the senior learning hub. We’ve been busy finishing off our learning about who has influenced our world where we explored famous and influential scientists. We’ve been deepening our knowledge on light and electricity.  

We were lucky enough to meet Dr Karl on Thursday and had an awesome 45-minute zoom session with him where we asked our developed science questions! Some students sat up close to the laptop, introduced themselves and asked their question. Dr Karl answered the best he could, and the students were all exhausted mentally by the end of it! As teachers we were so proud of the learners in the hub and they represented our school in such a respectful manner.  

Ove the past Term four students from our class were selected to participate in the Readers Cup! It has been a great challenge and a development of persistence and resilience when studying the books during their own time. The team performed amazingly on Thursday via zoom with those 200 other teams.