Prayer- Self Care Prayer

STOP

Take some time to make a list of seven activities, places or people that refresh you.

Remember a story of someone who showed you how to care for yourself when you were exhausted.

Breathe deeply, wait, exhale.

PRAY

Lord, lift me up for Your blessings today. I pray that you will anoint me with strength and self-care today, tomorrow and always. I pray that you will grace me with patience and wisdom. I pray that You will encourage me throughout the day to take the correct steps to walk proudly, and with care. I pray all of these things in Your name Amen.

REFLECT

How might you make contact and reconnect with the one who showed you how to care for yourself?

Imagine the Spirit breathing self-esteem. Breathe deeply, wait, exhale.

Imagine the Spirit breathing self-love and self-care into you.

Imagine the Spirit breathing self-image into you.

Imagine the Spirit breathing self-confidence into you.

 Amen

Indigenous Literacy Day

The students have continued to complete activities to support Indigenous Literacy Day. The day is a celebration of language and stories of the First Nations people. Some classes have been working through the interactive resources which taught them words in Kriol, sang songs and took them on a virtual tour of a waterholes on the Tiwi Islands.

You may like to spend some time exploring the website which has a wide range of videos cased on dreaming stories, language, graphic novels, and community life.

https://www.ild.org.au/categories

Sacraments – You’re Invited

The students have been preparing for their sacraments and have been learning about the Sacrament of Penance- a way to restore relationships and Holy Communion by preparing for receiving Eucharist for the first time. Over the coming weeks, the children will also prepare for Confirmation and will select a saint that inspires them to take on their name.

You are invited to attend Mass on Sunday 17^th October at 8:30am to witness the St Joseph’s students make their sacraments and celebrate with them.

Assembly

The final assembly for Term 3 will be held on next Friday 17^th September. Please join us. 

We have many waterbottles and shoes left here from our Father's Day Colour Run. Please collect as they will be taken to Community Care before the holidays begin. 

Please ensure you have notified the office if you have any changes to your contact details (including new work numbers).

It is vital to have this information updated in case of an emergency.

Hello Prep Families, 

The Preps have had an outstanding 2 weeks learning whilst participating in multiple exciting experiences and celebrating lots of special occasions at St Joseph’s.

In Maths this term, students have been showing their knowledge and understanding of statistics and measurement. Students have been learning about length, capacity and mass. We have been playing several games and engaging with learning experiences in rotation time.  

In English we have been learning about and have started out assessment on Wombat Stew. Students will be making their own edible wombat stew and writing about it. These will come home on Friday afternoon. Our upcoming focus for InitiaLit is Phonics Set 9: wh and th and Tricky Words: what, where, want, some, come. A new tricky words booklet will come home next week with homework that has all the tricky words in it for the year. Writing is important so encouraging your student to not only read but write gives them a great advantage at school.

In Science, the preps were learning about different materials and what they are made of. They got to test a number of different materials to see if they changed when they got wet. Students really enjoyed this and later got to design an object they could make that would be waterproof, does not change when it is wet.

The Prep’s were extremely excited to have been celebrating Father’s Day last week with a wonderful liturgy and the colour run! What a fantastic way to celebrate all our outstanding fathers.

On Monday we had the NRL guys come and talk to us. They taught us to play some games and ran some drills. Prep loved having a run around the getting to learn some new footy skills, thanks guys!

Students have started swimming and are braving through the cold mornings to do some fantastic swimming and learning. Remember to pack a towel and spare clothes.

This Thursday is R U OK day, the students will do some learning about this in class in reference to talking about feelings and how to ask others if they are ok.

We have welcomed a new student into our class. All students have been very welcoming of Lola and made her feel very happy and at excited to be at St Joseph’s.

Kindest Regards, 

Anneka and Summer

Year one has had a great week so far and we can’t wait for the rest of the week. We played Rugby League and also started our swimming.

Hello families of Year 2, 

Thank you for a wonderful term 3. We have been busy with assessments and swimming to end off the term. There have been lots of smiles and consolidation of concepts. We completed an interview on 10 of our peers about how we use water to complete our Science unit on Earth’s Resources. 

For English the students have been creating their information reports on an Australian animal. Their posters are looking fabulous and will be ready to take home at the beginning of next term.  

Swimming has been fantastic! All the students were superstars and well behaved as we travelled to and from the pool. They braved the chilly water and were eager to learn new skills!  

St Joey’s was lucky enough to participate in some NRL lessons with some visitors from Cairns. The students learnt some reflex skills and played some games of modified tag. It gave us the ability to build some resilience skills and sportsman ship.  

There will be a new curriculum letter for next term outlining what we will be engaging with in each subject area. As it is an 8 week term, we will dive straight into new and exciting topics! 

I hope you all have a safe holiday break.  

Warm Regards, 

Emily 

Year 3 

Linking in with our Term 3 Science theme of the Sun, the Moon and the Earth, Year 3 recently engaged in a book called “Earth Yay!” Written and illustrated by Jonathan Sundy, Earth Yay! explores Earth by celebrating what makes every planet unique. With playful themes of friendship, self-expression, and celebrating differences, Earth Yay! is a loving ode to the planet we all call home. It is an online storybook and really captured the interests of our Year 3 class. 

In Science, we have been creating an iMovie to display our knowledge about day and night, the seasons and how shadows are formed. I have been impressed with the students’ focus in creating unique and entertaining videos. Our skills in using the Apple iMovie App has improved out of sight. 

In Writing, we have been completing a procedure on ‘How to Create an iMovie’ for assessment. Students have really showcased their skills in using time words and adverbs to create a well-sequenced and descriptive procedure.  

In Mathematics, we have been practising different addition and subtraction strategies. We have continued practising our 2, 5, and 10 multiplication and division facts. 

Best Regards, 

Trudy Sinnamon 

As we near the end of a busy Term our attention in Year 4 turns towards Geography and Drama! The students have been perfecting their mapping skills and comparing the continents of Africa, South America and Australia to study the weather, natural features and statistics such as rainfall and climate. As well as this, next week the students will put on a small performance to demonstrate their acting skills. I’m hoping to film these performances and make them available for your viewing pleasure. Stay tuned! 

The Year 5’s have been busy little bees these past two weeks. With so much happening in our school, we definitely have a lot to celebrate. Everyone had a blast at the Father’s Day Colour Run last Wednesday with so many of us going home covered in muddy, colourful fun clothes. If you know your child is missing a pair of runners, please let me know or ask them to check the lost property pile as we have at least half a dozen shoes that need to go back home.

We have been starting to put together our final feature article about the Gold Rush this past week in writing. The Year 5’s have to write about a major event of the Gold Rush with most choosing the Eureka Stockade. Using our emotive language we are then making the article as one sided as possible to persuade the reader that the event was terrible for a chosen group of people from this era. This will get completed in the coming days so keep an ear out for some insightful articles.

Maths has been all about division. The students are working on short division of a number up to 12 to divide by numbers up to 5 digits. Sometimes we have remainders and other times we don’t. What has helped the students is the hard work of remembering our Multiplication Facts by completing daily rapid recall activities. It has certainly made life easier when we try and work out our division algorithms.

Next week we will be presenting our dramas skits and our Minecraft Gold Rush worlds. The students have been working hard on both and are keen to show the class what they have achieved.

There will be no official homework this week but if students can continue reading and finish off their Minecraft Gold Rush worlds by Monday that would be appreciated.

Yr 6 News

What a whirlwind kind of 2 weeks!

The students last week delivered their persuasive speeches in class and then to another class. They did a dummy run first, getting feedback from their peers and myself which was really valuable so each student could work on some specific areas.  (E.g volume, more emphasis on words, slow down, eye contact, more enthusiasm). This Speaking task was so good for confidence building in front of an audience and reflecting on what makes an engaging speech.  Although many were nervous delivering their speech to another class, I congratulate each student for going in prepared and giving it their best shot!  I know each one of you learnt something about yourself and the feedback that you received will help you in your next task.

Yr 6 also presented their Science task of an electrical circuit model to each other and other classes.  Some photos are attached.  This taught many students about time management and having ready in their head how to explain a procedure. Great job everyone on your models.

In Religion we have been learning about Prophets and the important messages they receive. We have also been looking at the history of the Israelites and their need for a King to direct them. We were lucky to have Father Dariusz visit Year 6 classroom this week to talk about Saul and King David. We also extended an invitation to Father Dariusz to join us for a meal on school camp.

With the Colour Run, Swimming, NRL days and preparing for camp, we have been flat out!

Still work to do before the end of term, working on a geography task, research task of choice and continuing with Maths learning about Money and financial matters.