Dear parents and carers,

Week 9 has been a busy period for us.  Each class is moving towards the end of various units and preparations are underway for assessment tasks.

The 5/6 children are continuing with their sustainability focus and rehearsing their CAPA presentations.  It has been very interesting watching their knowledge of music across the decades develop along with their enjoyment of “newfound” music from “really old” bands such as Dire Straits, Queen, The Four Tops and so on…

Yr. 2/3/4 have been looking into our sports shed and designing new games and these are shaping up as both fun and challenging for all!  They have also been observing change

Our K/1’s have been busy looking at how our personal histories develop over time, they rare in the process of collating their individual histories. 

On Monday of this week, we took delivery of tanks that will be used in our recycled water system.  Thank you to the Jacks for their efforts to spread the sand base in preparation for the delivery.  Thank you to Rob McLelland for helping with the unloading of these tanks.

It is exciting to see another part of this project being completed!

This morning our Yr. 5/6 children have travelled to Young to meet with our Archbishop Christopher Prowse.  The Archbishop has been visiting regional areas over recent days. 

Next Thursday we will be hosting a team from the Weddin Shire.  They will be filming around our school to gather footage for use in upcoming promotional work that the shire is undertaking.  A separate letter was sent home about this yesterday.  Please return the consent forms by Tuesday.

Please be aware that the raised dust and windy weather may lead to extra sniffles or asthma like symptoms this week – please take precautions as appropriate most especially in relation to those who suffer from asthma.  Now is a good time to review your child’s asthma plan and provide an updated copy to us at school.

Thank you to those families who have ensured that all clothing is labelled, this has been even more helpful as the weather warms up – it makes everything much easier when returning lost property to the right person.

Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding regarding the updated health guidelines as provided by Health NSW.  These protocols will remain in place at least until the end of this term. 

End of Year Celebrations - We are hopeful that Term 4 will see a reduction to regulation levels and that our usual end of year events can go ahead as planned.

As such please set aside Thursday December 10 – Speech night and Tuesday December 15 for our graduation/end of year celebration Mass.

We will confirm these dates for you.

P & F – thank you to those who were able to join the Zoom meeting on Tuesday.  The committee is working on several projects and more information will be coming out soon.

Thank you to Mrs Baker for ensuring that our Canteen lunch orders were filled smoothly yesterday.  An order form is attached, all orders must be returned to school by Tuesday.  We ask that you include correct money amounts where possible.

Changes to routine - Thank you to those families who are keeping us informed when children are absent from school, or there are changes to the regular routine. 

 Please make it your custom to check in at the office if your children are running late to school – we appreciate your efforts to do this. 

Thank you to Miss Anderson for spending time with us this term.  It has been a fabulous opportunity for us to work with an early career teacher – we hope that you have enjoyed your time with us at St Joseph’s.

We are now in the final stages of Term 3 – it is my hope that everyone enjoys the final few days of class for this term! 

Take care and stay safe,