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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.
PRAYER
Saint Theresa’s Prayer
May today there will be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use the gifts that you have received,
And pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be confident knowing that you are a child of God.
Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul
the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.
Amen
Dear Parent/Carers/Staff and Students,
I always like the prayer of Saint Theresa and her wisdom of doing small things with great love. If each of us had the faith to live our lives as per the above prayer, then I’m sure the world would be a better place.
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
I wish to commend St. Joseph’s for their intentional focus on Social and Emotional Learning. Social Emotional Learning teaches young people how to take responsibility for their thinking, actions, learning and lives. Research verifies that when a school works to facilitate positive school-based relationships and teach social and emotional competencies, bullying is less likely to thrive, student wellbeing is enhanced and engagement in learning is heightened.
Weipa visit by the Queensland Governor
Today, Her Excellency The Honourable, Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM hosted a Community Morning Tea in support of the community of Weipa. Year 6 students were invited to write to me to outline why they should be the boy or girl school representative at this function. Congratulations to Faith Chandler and Jayden Machaya who accompanied me to the morning tea after presenting very impressive arguments why they should be selected. I was very impressed with all student writing for this task.
Casual School Officer Position
To keep staff up-to-date with professional development, in-services and leave, there are many times when we need casual relief School Officers (we have some upcoming days between now and the end of term that we already know of). Our relief pool for School Officers is very light-on at present and we aim to increase that number. The role may suit current parent’s or they might know of someone else that it may suit and can draw their attention to it. We are able to work around shifts and usually know in advance when we need people. The link below will take you to the advertisement.
FEEDBACK SURVEYS
A reminder to complete the survey by August 4. it is good to see that there are already some completed surveys but don’t miss the opportunity to have your say.
P & F MEETING
The next P & F meeting will be held on Tuesday, 25th of July at 7pm. All are welcomed to attend.
This week the MTSSE focus for St Joesph’s was ‘Speaking Respectfully’. This involves using, calm, kind language when communicating with our peers and teachers. We are looking for students who communicate their problems with clear, assertive words in a calm tone. Extra joey’s tokens will be going to those students who use manners when asking for something, and who use respectful language with their teachers.
Welcome to Term 3!
What a great start to the term we’ve had diving straight back into our learning. We’ve kicked off Term 3 with a bang and enjoyed two very special events including celebrating 100 days of school and our visit from the Northern Pride football team.
Our curriculum note will be due to come out at the end of the week with updated information about all the exciting things we will be learning this term. A friendly reminder that our library and homework folder day will remain on Friday and sports uniform has now changed to Friday as well. Please also ensure that your child brings a water bottle and their hat each day and they will need their hats for morning play too.
We look forward to another exciting term of learning and fun and can’t wait to share some snapshots with you along the way.
Many thanks,
Prep.
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Welcome back to Term 3 Week and what a busy start to the Term it has been. There are many exciting events this Term - Catholic Education Week, School Dance, Book Week and Father’s Day.
Last week we had Northern Pride visit the students of St. Joseph’s Weipa and talk about the importance of the St. Joseph’s 4 R’s - Being Respectful, Being Responsible, Being Resilient and Being Ready for Learning. We also as a school went onto the Oval and competed some Drills and Skills with the players. Thank you Carl, Terrance and Lovey for the posters and prizes and great morning.
On Thursday, we had an elite Australian Athlete visit us for a sprinting workshop. The students enjoyed meeting Jack Hale and hearing his story to success. Year 1 played games and asked great questions. It was wonderful to have Rio Tinto’s Atheletics from the Outback visit us.
Religion
This week in Religion we have been focussing on ways to pray. We have been looking at the sign of the cross as a way of preparing for prayer and ensuring we are using the correct hand and order. We have also been looking at different scripture passages which talk about they ways that Jesus prayed. So far we know that he prayed with his disciples and on his own, he prayed to God and sometimes he knelt when he prayed. Year 1 have been improving in their reverence and respect shown during prayer time.
Health
This week in Health we have been learning about Emotions: The students have been identifying different Emotions and how they make us feel and how these feelings can be shown in our body language. We have also made connections between sensory information and emotions and role-played responses to different emotions.
Maths
In Mathematics this week we have continued to learn about groups and sharing. The children have been working very hard on solving problems using concrete materials and recording their answers.
The Term 3 - Year 1 Curriculum note will also be sent out in the next few days.
Just a gentle reminder that:
- Library - Wednesday
- P.E. wear sports uniform - Friday
- Assembly - Friday Morning
- Mrs Gear teaching - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (am)
- Mrs Turner teaching - Wednesday (pm), Thursday, Friday
- Homework is sent out each Wednesday and collected and marked the following Tuesday.
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.
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Welcome back to another term in year 2. We are excited to already be halfway through the year and have began the term with enthusiasm for our learning areas. We have been practising and preparing for our Dance in Week 3 and we are very excited to showcase our dance!
Week 1 we had a special visit from players and staff from Northern Pride Rugby. The players spoke to us about mental fitness then we got to go to the oval and play some games with them. Each student also brought home a Norther Pride poster.
This term in English our reading groups have continued. Strategies we have been learning so far this year include: predicting, inferring, connecting, asking questions, visualising and this term – finding the main idea. Students are also enjoying using dictionaries to help build their vocabulary. In Writing, students are learning about informative texts and their structure. This week we have looked at crocodiles and giraffes.
This term in Science we are learning about Living Things in our biological unit. Year 2 students have all planted some grass seeds to (hopefully!) grow into grass heads. We have been looking after our plants by providing our plants with soil, water, air and sunlight. Some students have also been talking to their plants as we discovered during our lessons how this can help them grow!
Students are continuing to build their place value and fact family knowledge in Maths this term. We have learnt many ways to work out word problems including the CUBES strategy we have learnt this term – ask your child what CUBES means! We have also been using our mini whiteboards to assist us in our learning. This term students have learnt different ways to represent numbers using multiplication and division such as arrays and repeated addition.
Gentle reminders for Year 2 this term:
Library and Homework Days – Wednesday 2A, Thursday 2B
P.E. sports uniform to be worn – Fridays
Whole School Dance Performance – Thursday 27th July
Kind Regards,
Year 2 Team,
Mrs Tiffany Barber and Mrs Tash Tapper
Hello families and friends of Year 3,
We have had a positive start back to school, with students diving head first into learning. In English we have been looking at procedural texts. This involves writing a title, equipment lists, ingredients and a method/steps to ensure what we are aiming to complete is done properly.
During maths students have enjoyed using play money to add different amounts together. We have looked at the shape and colour of different notes and coins, and how we can make different combinations of amounts.
A homework note went home to parents last week, if there are any questions, please let me know. A gentle reminder that every day counts, and we are looking to have Barry the fish back with us as we try and achieve high attendance.
Across our science learning area, students have been busy looking at the globe and Earth’s rotation that causes some parts of the world to have day time and others night time. We will continue to look at the sun, moon and Earth in the coming weeks.
What a great start we have had to Term 3. Students have been busy engaging in new learnings with all learning subjects.
In our Religion lessons we have started to have a look at the history of First Century Jerusalem with students exploring maps and scripture that are directly linked to that area of the world. We will be moving into learning about The Decalogue (10 Commandments) and why these laws have been created.
In Maths students completed some work around symmetry and grid references and are now looking at angles. We will be learning how to use a protractor correctly and the different types of angles in our familiar environments.
In English we have started to have a look at persuasive text writing with us looking at modality words and the purpose of us writing persuasive texts. Students will move into the structure and will start to create their own text in the coming weeks.
Our Geography lessons started us off with finding out that we are going to be travel consultants and explore Africa and South America. Living things and life cycles are what our main focus is going to be during our Science lessons with us exploring different animals and plants growth.
Important dates to remember:
PE, Homework and Library Day is Fridays this term.
School Dance- Thursday 27th July
Year 4 Sleepover- Friday 25th August
Student Free Day- Friday 1st September
Hi Families!
Welcome back to another term in the Senior Learning Hub. This term we will be starting a new unit of work on how we can survive our ever-changing world. This disaster-based science unit will have students investigating the question of “How can we survive our world?”
It’s an exciting topic to explore and students are looking forward to demonstrating their wealth of knowledge through a ‘Shark Tank’ like presentation.
In Science Year 5 have started their exploration of Space and how the solar system was formed. We began an experiment using water, vinegar, dishing liquid and some glitter too. Ask your child about what they observed throughout the experiment!
Year 6 have started their discovery of natural disasters, beginning with Earth and its features. They used some playdough looking at the layers of the earth and some cookies were used too.
In English, we have been reviewing comprehension skills and during our inferencing practice students developed a quick sketch of the Arc, a place in the future where humans reside. This place exists in the book we will be studying this term titled ‘The List’. Students listened to a paragraph description of the Arc read aloud and used this to guide them, adding their own interpretations to it as well. We have very differing results, but we definitely have some very creative illustrators in The Senior Learning hub. After this students shared their sketches with their peers.
From the Senior Learning Hub Teachers.
Congratulations to this weeks award winners!!
Well done to the 2023 Atheletics Age Champions!!
On Thursday the students in Prep- Year 6 participated in Rio Tinto’s Athletics for the Outback Program. This is our second year participating in the program and it was wonderful to have elite athletes and coaches come to Weipa and visit the students. Australian sprinter Jack Hale joined the school with his coach Kate who were full of energy and great advice about sprinting. The students enjoyed asking Jack questions and playing games including the ‘Jack Hale Dash’ where they tried to beat Jack’s record of 30m in 3 seconds. Thank you to Rio Tinto for organising this initiative and providing the students with a great sporting opportunity.
Weipa Running Festival
Good luck to everyone that is participating this weekend!
Weipa Fight Night!
Good Luck to Jed Hall and Jackson Reynolds for when they enter the ring to spar eachother Saturday Night!
Our Kids Count!
The Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages has been running an important project for Queensland families, called ‘Our Kids Count’ – a campaign to tackle the under-registration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander births across Queensland.
Dear Parents,
Unfortunately, we are no longer able to cater food and drinks for the dance event on Thursday 27th July. The arrival time will now be 6:00pm for a 6:15pm start. The event will run for approximately 1 hour. You may like to provide food for your child/ren before or after the event, however, you are welcome to bring snacks and nibbles. Please ensure your child has a water bottle on the evening.
We hope you are able to make the Let’s Dance event.