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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
Today I had the privilege of accompanying the Foundation and Years 1 & 2 classes on their excursion to Myuna Farm in Doveton. It was a delightful day. Thankyou to our parent helpers and staff who helped the day go so smoothly. The children were excited to see the animals up close, and to hand feed them, not to mention milking the goats! There will be some tired little (and big) people tonight.
Congratulations to our students who participated in the athletics last week and this week. There were some great results but even more pleasing was the behaviour and sportsmanship of our students. Well done everyone.
Mother’s Day is coming up so I hope that all of our mums have accepted the invitation to come for a special morning tea next Friday. It is one of the highlights of the year. The children love being able to celebrate their mothers.
Please remember it is time for winter uniform. There are still some items of summer uniform being worn and the changeover time has passed. Winter uniform for the next two terms please.
From May 26th until June 14th I will be away participating in an intensive course at Catholic University Belgium. This is sponsored by DOSCEL who are sending two principals, one primary and one secondary. Mr Redi will be leading the school in my absence.
Best wishes,
Roslyn Joyner
Principal
TERM 2
Thursday 11 May - St Joseph’s Cross Country, Geoff Watt Memorial Track
Friday 12 May - Mother’s Day Cabaret 9:30am - 11:00am
- P&F Mother’s Day Stall
Monday 29 May - Senior Winter Sport Round Robin
Friday 9 June - No school buses running
Monday 12 June - Monarch’s Official Birthday Public Holiday
Tuesday 13 June - Pupil Free Day
Friday 23 June - Last day of Term 2 – school finish time is 2:20pm
TERM 3
Monday 10 July - First day of Term 3
Friday 21 July - Grandparent’s Day
Friday 4 August - Italian Day
Friday 18 August - Pupil Free Day
Friday 8 September - Sacrament of Confirmation
Friday 15 September - Last day of Term 3 – school finish time is 2:20pm
TERM 4
Monday 2 October - First day of Term 4
Tuesday 10 October - Gippsland Regional Athletics at Joe Carmody Athletics Track, Newborough
Saturday 2 December - First Holy Communion Mass at 7pm
Sunday 3 December - First Holy Communion Mass at 9am
Friday 15 December - Last day of Term 4
*Please note that dates are subject to change in accordance with DOSCEL recommendations
The theme for this year’s celebrations is based on Colossians 4:6:
The ‘Speaking with Grace’ theme invites us to consider the power of our words and the impact our words may have on others. Words have the power to inspire, uplift, and transform lives but they can also be hurtful or discouraging. This year’s theme aims to encourage students and those in our school community to use their words to build up others, to speak out against injustice, and to spread love and hope in the world.
Catholic Education Week is an opportunity for all Catholic schools to celebrate our distinctive mission and share features that are special about our schools. Members of our staff will be attending a Leadership Mass and Dinner in Traralgon to celebrate and recognise outstanding service and excellence of staff and students in Catholic education in our Diocese.
Grade 3/4F will lead our school community in prayer to celebrate Catholic Education Week at our assembly on Friday May 26th.
A message from Deacon Mark
We Know the Way
Much of the world ignores God until things go badly and then we hear wonder and despair at human cruelty and the “unfairness” of life in general. Why do bad things happen to good people? Why is there cancer? Why do God’s children suffer in Ukraine or Myanmar or Sudan? Christians understand that each and every human is uniquely precious to our Creator, so how do horrific things happen?
If indeed we imagine God as a puppeteer, pulling the strings and orchestrating our lives; occasionally throwing in lightning bolts or other random hurdles for us to jump; a God we expect to respond to our (Christian) prayers by giving us exactly what we think we want then we can see the problem.
But our Creator is not like that! He/she is, indeed, all-powerful, all loving, all wise; giving us stewardship of the natural world in which to co-exist and, crucially, investing us with free will. That is the great adventure of life, working in the world as we find it to make it better!
Without sharing God’s omnipotent knowledge of the world, we do have it in our power to banish warfare, injustice, poverty, inequality and much of the pain of the world; to focus our energies on curing disease and enhancing the well-being of all. Yes, we should be doing better! Hardly seems fair to blame God for our failures!
Christians believe in Jesus’ death and resurrection; his message of infinite love for all. When we let go of worldly plans and expectations and rely entirely on God’s love we realise that, for all our failures, setbacks and inconsistencies, we really do know the way to a full and happy life. John’s gospel this week (Jn 14:1-12) reassures us that following Jesus will bring us to the fullness of life and truth.
Deacon Mark Kelly
Caritas Australia's Project Compassion Appeal
Your generosity is the pebble that allows Caritas Australia to create the ripples that will improve the livelihoods of vulnerable communities, supporting them to flourish and creating opportunities for future generations to live to their full potential.
Thank you!
Please return all Project Compassion boxes and envelopes to the school office by Friday 26th May or donate online via the Caritas Australia website at www.caritas.org.au/project-compassion
Sacrament Dates for 2023
Our St Joseph's Mums or a significant person are warmly welcome to our 2023 Mother's Day Cabaret on Friday May 12th from 9:30 to 11am.
Please join us for a morning of entertainment, socialising and delicious scones.
For catering purposes, please reply via the attached Trybooking link by Monday May 8th.
Have your personal contact details changed?
- Do you hold a current Centrelink Concession Card?
- Do you no longer have a current concession card?
- Has there been a name change?
- Have you moved address?
- Have you changed your mobile phone number?
- Is your landline still valid?
- Have you changed your workplace, therefore your business phone number has changed?
- Have emergency contacts changed? Maybe they have moved away?
If you have answered "YES" to any of the above dot points, please email the office info@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au with your updated information.
PAM
- Have you verified your PAM email login?
- Please ensure student medical and contact details (including email address) are up to date.
As part of our ongoing commitment to providing a safe environment for all of our students, please find our Child Safety and Wellbeing policy below. This policy outlines our strategies and arrangements to keep children safe, where their participation is valued, their views respected and the voices are heard. It summarises the actions we will take across all 11 Child Safe Standards to ensure a child safe culture is championed and modelled across the school. We ask that parents and carers familiarise themselves with our Child Safety and Wellbeing policy to ensure that families and communities are informed and involved in promoting child safety and wellbeing, and that our whole St Joseph's school community work together to keep children safe.
Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
If you have any concerns or suggestions about Child Safety, please speak with our school Child Safe Champions - Ros Joyner, Camillo Redi or Katie Balfour.
UPCOMING SPORTS DATES:
Athletics
Thursday May 11th. St. Joseph’s Cross Country, Geoff Watt Memorial Track
Monday May 29th. Senior Winter Sport Round Robin
Tuesday, October 10th. Gippsland Regional Athletics. Joe Carmody Athletics Track, Newborough
St Joseph's Cross Country
Our Cross country is to be held next Thursday. It is a non-compulsory event for our students. Permission forms will be released this week, it is essential that you accept or decline your child’s participation for staffing purposes.
The event is conducted at the Geoff Watt Track 1.00pm- 2.30pm
Volunteers are welcome, please email me mspencer@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au
Division Athletics
This week our athletes headed to Joe Carmody Athletics Track for the West Gippsland Program. It was a very successful day for St. Josephs, competing, cheering on their teammates and catching up with friends from other local schools.
Thank you to Bernie Rigano and the parents and families who came to support their children. Congratulations to the students who finished in the top three, they have qualified for the Gippsland Regional Athletics scheduled for October 10th.
S.S.V. Gippsland Region Tennis
Congratulations to Mason White who competed in the Gippsland Region Tennis tournament on Wednesday 26/4. Mason played excellent tennis narrowly missing out of the quarter finals. Thank you to Tamryn, Mason’s mum who accompanied him to the competition.
Sports Uniform Reminder
It was great to see so many students prepared for Sport this week with the correct sports uniform. Just a reminder that the sports uniform is to be worn only on the students' Sports Day. This includes appropriate footwear for vigorous activity.
TUESDAY: Grade 3/4 Classes
WEDNESDAY: Foundation and Grade 1/2 Classes
THURSDAY: Grade 5/6 Classes
NB. Grade 6 can also wear their sports uniform on a Monday.
All orders for Issue 3 of Book Club are due by Monday 8 May.
In the Classroom
We need your help. The W.S.A.P.B.S. team have selected the best examples that promote the agreed expectations that inform our behaviour at St. Joseph’s. The shortlist will be promoted on Class Dojo with a poll so you can vote for your favourite poster.
Reflection Forms
Some of you may have received a Reflection Form that your child has completed. Thank you for returning them.
The forms allow students to consider their choices, how they felt and how they can make improved choices in the future.
More importantly, they inform us and assist us to gain a better understanding of our students' behaviour and how we can support them.
The Forms will be completed by a teacher with the student. The teacher and student will sign the form. The form will then be sent home for the parent/guardian to read, sign and return to school.
Contact will be made with parents/guardians prior to the form coming home.
Copy of Reflection Sheets Form 1
Copy of Reflection Sheets Form 2
We are a School Community, who
Take Responsibility,
Act Safely
and are always Respectful
Further to this our Staff have developed a matrix which highlights the behaviours we expect of all the members of our community.
In these first weeks, the Staff are reintroducing their classes to the expectations we have at St. Joseph’s that make our students S.T.A.R.s
Have a conversation with your child about being a STAR at St. Joseph’s.
Marist-Sion College, Warragul
Warrragul Regional College
2023 TERM DATES
Term 2 Wednesday 26 April – Friday 23 June
Term 3 Monday 10 July – Friday 15 September
Term 4 Monday 2 October – Friday 15 December
SCHOOL BUSES NOT RUNNING
Friday 9 June
2023 STUDENT FREE DAYS
Tuesday 13 June
Friday 18 August
2023 SCHOOL CLOSED
Monday 6 November
Absences & Holidays
In Victoria, it is compulsory for children and young people aged 6–17 years to attend school.
Parents are legally required to ensure their child attends school every day and to provide an explanation for their child's absence from school unless an exemption from attendance has been granted or an exception to their attendance applies.
Absences
If your child is away sick or away due to a planned absence or appointment, please ensure you advise the school office. Student absence text messages are sent out if your child is marked as absent without a reason. In some cases, if you email your child's classroom teacher, they may be away and may not be able to check their emails to forward to the office. It is imperative that you notify the office through one of the following methods:
1. Log into PAM (Parent Access Module) and register your child's absence;
2. Email absence@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au
3. Phone the office on 5623 2943
When sending an email, you may wish to "cc" your child's classroom teacher so they are aware of the absence too.
Holidays
If you are planning an extended holiday (a week or more) during the school term, please email info@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au addressing your intentions to our Principal, Mrs Roslyn Joyner.
P & F Dates for your Diary
Term 2
Friday 5 May - P&F Meeting, 2pm
Friday 12 May - P&F Mother's Day stall
Friday 2 June - P&F Meeting, 2pm
Friday 16 June - P&F Kids disco (after hours)
Mother's Day Stall
The annual Parents and Friends Mother’s Day stall will be running on Friday 12 May.
It's time to start gathering up coins so the children can enjoy their shopping experience!
Please send along some small change with your child on the day.
Each class will have the opportunity to shop at the stall, with each child able to purchase one small gift for their mum/special person. Gifts will range from $1 - $10.
We will need a small group of helpers on the day to help with setting up, selling gifts and packing up.
If you are available and would like to help out with the stall (11am-2.30pm), please add your name to the volunteer sign-up sheet via the following link https://volunteersignup.org/XHBL4
Your help is greatly appreciated!
We would like to wish all our mums, step-mums, grandmas and other special people a very happy and restful Mother’s Day.
Kids Glow Disco
Please save the date, Friday 16 June, for the 2023 Glow Disco:
- Prep to Grade 2: 5pm- 6pm
- Grade 3 to Grade 6: 6.30pm-8pm
This will be a fun evening for all St Joseph’s kids, with a DJ and lots of fun and games, music and dancing. There will also be a quiet area for those who want to glow with a little less noise.
Tickets and more details will be available soon.
Cookie Dough is Coming...
Did you hear the news?
Billy G’s Gourmet Cookie Dough fundraiser is coming to St Joseph’s. ? Over the next few weeks, we will be selling dough-licious cookie dough as a fundraiser.
Please keep an eye out for an order form that will be sent home soon.
Second Hand Uniforms
We have lots of second-hand school uniforms from size 4-16 available, all for a gold coin donation. Thanks to Warragul Drycleaners who have donated their services to professionally clean our second-hand school unforms.
View these at assemblies or contact the P&F Committee on stjosephswarragulpandf@gmail.com or the school office.
P&F Meetings
The next P&F meeting is scheduled for Friday 5 May, 2.00pm at the school.
If you would like to be involved, we would love to have you. Please reach out to us via email stjosephswarragulpandf@gmail.com, send us a message through our Facebook page ‘Parents and Friends of St Joseph’s Primary School Warragul’ or just turn up.
Parents and carers can play a crucial role in their children's mental health. As a result, staying informed on the current state of youth mental health is vital, as it not only affects individuals, but also families and communities. According to recent research, the frequency of mental health disorders among young people is increasing, with anxiety, depression, and self-harm being among the most common challenges.
One of the reasons being attributed to this rise is the heightened stress and anxiety that many young people face in today's society. Academic success, social media, and family issues are all influencing factors. Many young people are still suffering the long-term consequences of the pandemic, such as social isolation, uncertainty, and loss.
Parents can play an important role in their children's mental health. Creating a safe and open environment for your children to talk about their emotions, thoughts, and feelings is vital. Encouraging healthy habits like regular exercise, a balanced diet, and proper sleep can help reduce their stress levels and boost your child's overall mental health. There are also many resources and services available to children, adolescents, and their families, such as school counsellors, various mental health organisations, support lines, and of course, mental health professionals. It is important to remember that seeking help is a show of strength, not weakness, and that early intervention is critical in addressing young people's mental health difficulties.
This edition of SchoolTV, discusses some of the major mental health issues affecting young people and how to support a child experiencing them. We hope you take time to reflect on the information offered in this month’s edition, and we always welcome your feedback.
If you do have any concerns about the wellbeing of your child, please contact the school for further information or seek medical or professional help.
Here is the link to this month's edition https://stjwarragul.catholic.
Girls Football
Looking for under 12 girls players to join:
Gippsland United Football Club's Metro teams play across South East and East Melbourne. We train twice a week (Tuesday & Thursday) on the new synthetic surface at Baxter Park in Warragul. A unify who is keen can email juniors@gippslandunitedfc.com
Miniroo's Program
We also run a miniroo's program at Baxter Park in Warragul, this is for all kids age 6-10 and every week on the synthetic surface at Baxter Park. This is a great place for players with any amount of experience to try the game and progress into the future. It’s a fun, relaxed environment and all of our coaches for the 2023 season will be qualified to ensure the kids get the best opportunities moving forward. For more information or a link to register, please email miniroos@gippslandunitedfc.com
Baseball
Warragul Blues Junior Football Club
