Dear Parents and Carers,

Presentation Night

On Thursday we celebrated our annual Presentation Night. It was a beautiful evening shared with students, families and staff. Congratulations to all of the students for their achievements this year and in particular the major award recipients.

A big shout out to the staff, for all of the behind the scenes work in preparing and running the evening!

Thank you to the following sponsors for their generous donations:

Bromar Engineering

CWA Grenfell Evening Branch

Farm and Fable

Grenfell Bowling Club

Grenfell P.A.H & I Association

Gunyah Craft Shop

Lee (Holland) Family

Lions Club

Weddin Shire Council

Hennessy Catholic College

Please see further in the newsletter for photos and remember you can find even more photos on our Facebook page.

Carols in the Park

Last night, students from St Joseph’s participated in the Carols in the Park community event. I am very proud of their beautiful singing. Well done!

St Joseph’s Eugowra Flood Mufti Day

I am pleased to say that our ‘last Friday of the month’ mufti day raised $293.95!! An amazing effort for our small school. Thank you very much for your generous donations. We will ensure this is passed on to St Joseph’s in Eugowra.

Grenfell Food Hall

Thank you to Gina and the Grenfell Food Hall for the generous donation of two brand new toasters. This was make the running of breakfast Club much quicker next year! We have been so fortunate for their ongoing support this year.

Christmas Family Fun Day

We look forward to the Christmas Family Fun Day this Friday. Students are invited to come to school dressed in a Christmas outfit/ colours/hat etc.

Families are invited to join us for the Talent Quest at 11:45am, followed by a sausage sizzle lunch. We need volunteers to assist cooking the BBQ, so please let the office know if you can help.

Students will do Secret Santa sharing this day in their classes also. This is an opportunity for students to participate in the festive season by thinking of others. Students are invited to bring a gift to the value of $5-$10 (no more please) for someone of the same gender in their class. Students will draw a name from a hat to give their gift to. 

Chicken Call Out

Are there any families that might be able to care for the school chickens in the upcoming holidays? If possible, can someone care for them at home? If not are you able to go on a roster to come to school and feed them etc? Please let the office know.

Playgroup

Next year we will be running a community playgroup at St Joseph’s for children aged 0-4 years and their parents. We are looking for donations of good quality, second hand toys to suit children aged 0-4 years (e.g blocks/duplo, cars/trucks, train sets, dolls, imaginative play etc). Please drop into the office anything you might be able to donate.

Library Books

Please remember to return any Library books from home this week.

Upcoming events:

Friday 9 th December - Christmas Family Fun Day & Talent Quest

Tuesday 13th December - Breakfast Club Pancake Breakfast

Thanks to the generous donation of pancake mix from the Grenfell Food Hall, we will be holding a pancake breakfast. Donations of fresh berries and syrup would be appreciated please. We need volunteers to assist cooking the pancakes, so please let the office know if you can help.

Wednesday 14th December - Graduation Mass 6pm

Year 6 students and their families are required to attend. All other students are invited to support and celebrate the Year 6 students. Captains and House Captains will be announced at the Mass for 2023.

Thursday 15th December - Pool Fun Day

Whole school reward day. Please provide consent on Compass.

Friday 16th December - Last day of 2022 for students and staff

The first day of school for students in 2023 will be Wednesday 1st February.

Please contact the office if you have any questions about upcoming events.

Kind thoughts,

Melissa Hotham

​Principal

Year 2/3/4 Mass

From the opening song, “Choices”, the 2/3/4 mass was designed to make us think about the choices that we make each day and how they affect the people around us. More importantly, the mass helped us to remember that God forgives us when we make choices that aren’t so good. Thank-you to Mrs Best, Father Jiss and the Year 2/3/4 students for such a memorable and inspiring last whole school mass for 2022. The dramatization of the Gospel reading was especially well done. Great work, Mrs Best and Year 2/3/4!

Advent

As we enter the second week of the Advent season, we continue to wait in joyful hope for Christmas.

Advent Family Prayer

God of Love,
Your son, Jesus, is your greatest gift to us.
He is a sign of your love.
Help us walk in that love during the weeks of Advent,
As we wait and prepare for his coming.
We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior.

- Author Unknown

Grenfell Food Hall Christmas Hampers

This Friday the 9th December we will take all our donations to the Grenfell Food Hall, I am pleased to tell you that we have already collected 10 boxes of cereal. Keep up the great work and remember, donations can still be made at any time this week.

Here is the list of the items that we will be collecting by week, but feel free to donate items at any time. Please provide items with expiry dates well into 2023.

 - cereal (a high level of need indicated by Grenfell Food Hall)

 – tinned food and pasta (including 2 Minute noodles etc)

 – sweet and savory biscuits

 – Christmas treats (lollies, chips, chocolate, long-life custard etc)

All of the collected items will be delivered to the Grenfell Food Hall on the morning of the 9^th of December by a group of students from the school. These students will also have the opportunity to visit the Food Hall and learn about how it operates and why it is important to our town. I thank you in advance for your donations. I am always amazed at how generous we are for this project!

Peace and Blessings,