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

From the Principal

Welcome

We extend a warm welcome to Rylee (and his family) who joined our school community last week. We are sure that you will enjoy your time at St Joseph’s and are pleased to have you with us.

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Remembrance Day

Well done to Saskia and Lorelei who proudly represented St Joseph’s by reading poems at Monday's Grenfell Remembrance Day Service. Thanks also to the Grenfell RSL Sub Branch, and Glen Ivins, for their generous donation of books to the school. Students that attended were reverent and respectful of proceedings. 

Captain Nominations and Elections

Today Mrs McFarlane and I met with the Captain nominees for an informal interview regarding their application for school captain in 2025. This gave them an opportunity to discuss why they would like to be captain and helped to prepare them for their speeches, which will be delivered on Monday. Captains will be announced at our Graduation Mass. 

Kirra Pendergast‘ Safe on Social Media’

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At St Joseph’s we are committed to keeping our children safe and ensuring the child safety standards that were delivered from the Royal Commission into Child Abuse are embedded into our school policies practices. Navigating our children through the online world is tricky and fraught with problems. We are often dealing with issues at school that come from the online activities of children outside of school. The standards expect that St Joseph’s supports: 

  • Families and communities to be informed and involved 
  • Physical and online and environments that minimise the opportunity for abuse to occur 
  • Staff to be equipped with the knowledge, skills and awareness to keep children safe through continual education and training 
  • Child safety is embedded in our schools culture 

All parents can pay for tickets now on COMPASS. It is a very reassuring $10 for the SECURITY and KNOWLEDGE that Kirra empowers us with, both children, parents and staff. ● Thursday 5th December (Week 8) 

  • 10am - 11am Stage 2 students at $10 each 
  • 12pm - 1pm Stage 3 students at $10 each 
  • 5.30pm - 6.30pm Parent session $10 for parents/carers (per family members who come) via MS Team link that will be emailed to participating parents.

Staffing and Class Structures

Staffing has now been finalised for 2025. Offers have been made and once contracts are finalised, teachers and class structures will be announced. This should hopefully be in the next newsletter.

Year 2-6 Sport and Recreation Camp

Next week, students in Years 2 to 6 will be attending the Sport and Recreation Camp in Berry. Ms Washbrook, Mrs Hunter and myself will be the attending staff at Camp (Mr Martens is unfortunately unable to attend). The camp list and itinerary have been sent home this week for students to pack and prepare. Thank you to Ms Washbrook for her organisation of the event, it should be a memorable experience for all involved.

Important Dates:

Wk 6: Wednesday 20th to Friday 22nd - Yr 2-6 Camp

Wk 8: Thursday 5th December - Yr 2-6 ‘Safe on Social Media’

Wk 9: Thursday 12th December - Presentation Evening 7pm

           Friday 13th December - Reports published on Compass

Wk 10: Tuesday 17th December - Yr 6 Graduation Mass 6pm

            Wednesday 18th December - Last day for students

Kind thoughts,

Melissa Hotham

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Principal