St Joseph’s Primary School - Grenfell
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24 Weddin Street
Grenfell NSW 2810
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Email: office.stjosephsgrenfell@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 6343 1514
Fax: 02 6343 2453

Principal's Report

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

Catholic Leader’s Day and Principal’s Retreat

I attended the Principal's Conference last week and appreciated the opportunity to meet with colleagues after beginning the year with only online meetings. We worked on developing our new system wide strategic plan in workshops on faith formation, technology, pedagogy, human resources and school-based planning.  

I was also formally commissioned by the Archbishop as a new principal and presented with a beautiful St Christopher candle that I have on display in my office. 

Mandarin Lessons

5/6 started Mandarin lessons this week. They were very excited to discover that their teacher joins them live from China for their lesson. This week they focused on getting to know her and learning some of her culture.

5/6 are trialling the program this year and we will look to expand into other classes next year if it is successful.

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Asthma and Allergy Plans

 Please make sure you provide the school with an Asthma or Allergy plan from your GP if necessary for your child. Remember these need to be updated every year.

Music

I received strong feedback from parents regarding music tutoring. I am currently working with the Young Regional Conservatorium to plan for next term which will include having a tutor teach piano, guitar and drums. We also hope to have a specialised Music teacher that comes to teach classroom lessons aligned to the NSW Syllabus. More information to come. 

Cross Country Training

 During whole school sport we have begun training for the upcoming Cross Country on Thursday 31st March at the Golf Course. The distances are:

 Junior Category (8, 9, 10 years) 2km

Intermediate (11 years )  3km

Senior (12 years)  3km

 We hope to field a strong St Joseph’s team to represent at the Western Region level to be held in Gundagai on Friday 29th April. We have many very capable runners who may like to train for this competition and I encourage parents to support a fitness routine if their child wants to build stamina and endurance.

 Have a lovely weekend.

 Kind thoughts,

 

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Melissa Hotham

Principal