From the Principal
Congratulations to all the St Joseph’s speakers who represented our school with great enthusiasm and expertise on Friday at the Speak Offs with St Mary’s Young. Thank you to the teachers and to Mrs Green who has been coaching the children. Thanks also to parents for their support in providing the children with guidance during their practises at home too.
Special thanks to our adjudicators Deidre Carroll and Mary Moffitt for their time and much-valued contributions.
Year 2/3/4 Visit MPS
Mr Martens and the Yr2/3/4 children visited MPS on last Monday and brought with them sunny smiles and hearty voices for some community singing with the residents. We are very much enjoying the MPS monthly visits and look forward to the children building relationships with the residents as the year progresses.
Transition to The Henry Lawson Hight School
This week we welcomed Jennifer Bell from The Henry Lawson High School to begin the transition program for the students who will move to The Henry Lawson High School for Year 7.
The transition from St Joseph’s to Henry Lawson High School is a well-trodden route with many children having successfully transitioned in past years. We value the opportunity to support the St Joseph’s Year 6 children through the Transition to Henry Lawson High School Program.
Father’s Day Celebration
Calling all St Joseph’s fathers, grandfathers and father figures! Please join us on Tuesday, 29th August for a celebration of fatherhood. Details below:
The Grenfell Show is just around the corner on the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of September. St Joseph’s will be well represented with a display The school will have a display set up in the Simpson Pavilion on Friday and Saturday of student work, artworks etc. featuring the children’s work and the opportunities they enjoy to learn and grow at our school.
Our school has been given the honour of opening this year’s show with a singing performance at 1.45 on Saturday 2nd September. We hope the whole St Joseph’s community will be there to represent us. All students will practise the songs that they will be performing at the show over the next few weeks.
We would love parent and student support to represent St Joseph's at this fantastic community event. On the Saturday we would like to have people 'manning' the display to hand out gift bags to any prospective families/students and chat generally with show-goers about our wonderful school. It would be fantastic to have a mixture of students, parents and staff. Please add your name to the roster below if you're able to do 30 minutes on the display.
https://forms.gle/tsPUV2NRMWM49htA6
Grand Parents Day
We would appreciate it if the following invitation could please be shared with the children’s grandparents. It means so much to the children to share their lives at school with their loved ones and we look forward to welcoming these special people in the children’s lives on Monday 11th September.
Parents are asked to please contribute a plate for the morning tea for the children and their grandparents. Thanks!
In Conclusion…
This week is Science Week and the children and teachers have been enjoying challenging STEM activities and the chance to be immersed in science. Further science facilitated by Sally Russell (Lake Cowal Conservation Centre) next Thursday.
As mentioned in the Newsletter last week, I will be absent for the next few weeks and Mrs Katrina McGrath will the Acting Principal during this period. I will be looking forward very much to returning to St Joseph’s and seeing you all at the events planned this term.
With best wishes,
Louise Grant
Acting Principal