Dear parents and carers,

It was great to have so many St Joseph’s families represented at the inaugural School Community Council on Tuesday evening. Thank you for your help and support! 

As previously announced, all parents and carers are now members of the School Community Council and welcome to attend any of the future meetings. We also hope each of you will be able to find the time to be involved in at least some of the school events this year. We do know that this is not always easy! The School Community Council now represents the parent and community body in the place of the School Board and P & F.

We were pleased to welcome Sarah Rose, Family Engagement Officer from Catholic Education to the meeting and she shared the vision for an active, inclusive and welcoming SCC. The vision for the SCC is to provide the connection between the Principal and members of the school community, promote the school in the local community and lead community engagement and fundraising efforts.

We will be forming a SCC Executive Committee and Expressions of Interest are now open to any parent or carer who might be interested in being part of this group. The time commitment is not huge with 6 meetings planned throughout the year. No previous experience is necessary! The roles we are looking to fill are:

• Chair
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Executive Members

Whether you were able to make the meeting on Tuesday or not, if you feel you would like to be part of creating an active, engaging and welcoming community, please do click on the link below, for more information and I will look forward to hearing from you. 

Expression of Interest to join the Executive of the School, Community Council

Should we receive more EOIs than the number required for the Executive committee, a voting process will occur.

Please do pop by for a chat if you would like to learn more about the SCC.

Finally, some important thank yous…firstly to Mrs Green and Mrs King for looking after the children so that their parents and carers could attend the meeting – thank you! Sally Metcalfe and Sheridan worked their usual magic with refreshments for everyone – thank you so much for your helpfulness!

Celebrating St Joseph’s Day – 19th March

Thank you to Mrs Harveyson for arranging a Liturgy for us to celebrate our special day, St Joseph’s feast day on Tuesday. The children learnt about the great qualities of our patron and how we can aspire to develop the same qualities of love, loyalty, hard work and compassion. Thank you to Yr 5 and 6 for the lilies presented to all the attendees to remind us of these special qualities. Thank you to the members of the community who were able to join us for this celebration.

After the Liturgy, the children enjoyed games back at school experiencing joyfulness, another quality of St Joseph.

Thank you  Dental Care NSW!

Well done parents and carers for making the most of the visiting dental service. We kept the team busy for a full day and the following morning! We trust families found this service to be helpful and worthwhile.

ANZAC Day

We would like to give families lots of notice that ANZAC day falls within the school holidays on Thursday 25th April. We hope to see as many families as possible join us for the events, and especially for the march past and Main Service. Please see details below:

ANZAC Day Dawn Service:

Thursday 25th April 2024,

         Time:                       0545Hrs (5:45 am)

         Location:                 Grenfell Memorial Park

 ANZAC Day March Pass:

         Time:                       1030Hrs (10:30 am)

         Form up location:    Western end of Main St Grenfell.

ANZAC Day Main Service:

              Time:                       1100Hrs (11:00 am)

              Location:                  Grenfell Memorial Park.

Given the recent change in the weather, the students are asked to wear their full school Winter uniform.

Uniform

We currently have quite a number of orders for the school jumper and we are expecting delivery any day now. The Winter trousers and skirts have arrived and long sleeved shirts, jumpers and jackets are expected any day now. We will alert parents when the delivery has been received.

In the meantime, please ensure the children have a jumper/jacket from home. Thanks!

Winter uniform is work from the commencement of term 2 and items can be purchased from the office or obtained from the clothing pool.

Easter Hat Parade

Definitely one of our favourite events of the year, the Easter Hat Parade is scheduled for next Thursday 28th March. Please do join us and experience the wonderful creativiy of the students. We are delighted that the pre-school Star class will be participating in the parade with St Joseph's this year.

Please insert Hat parade flyer

Interested in Dance?

We are delighted to be exploring the possibility of offering Dance in Grenfell here at St Joseph's as an after-school activity. Please see the flyer below with details of a ‘trial’ event to gauge interest. We hope to be able to offer this experience to St Joseph's children and children from the wider community.

St Joseph’s Cross Country 

Please do note the change of date for the event to Tuesday 2nd April due to the Brumbies Rugby Gala Day on 9th April. Please come along and support our runners!

In Conclusion…

Next week is Holy Week and the children have been preparing for this most sacred time of the liturgical calendar by creating beautiful pictorial images of the Stations of the Cross. The Year 5 and 6 children will be presenting the Stations to the children on Wednesday.

We are all looking forward to Mufti Day on Friday (Tomorrow) with the theme of St Joseph’s Boot Bash in aid of the Country Education Foundation . Families are invited to contribute a gold coin. Children are invited to wear clothes of their choice and…..BOOTS!

With best wishes,

Louise Grant

Acting Principal