St Joseph's Catholic School The Strand eNewsletter

Monday 10th May - Mother's Day Liturgy

Tuesday 11th May - Year 3/5 Writing NAPLAN Test

Wednesday 12th May - Year 3/5 Reading NAPLAN Test

Friday 14th May - Year 3/5 Conventions of Language NAPLAN Test

Tuesday 18th May - Year 3/5 Numeracy NAPLAN Test

Wednesday 26th May - National Sorry Day Whole School Prayer

Thursday 17th June - Instrumental Music Concert in Hall, 6pm for 6.30pm start

Saturday 19 June - St Joseph's Luncheon

Friday 25th June - Beachathon (Last Day Term 2)

Blessing for Mothers

Mary is the mother of our Catholic church and to her we pray to intercede for us:

Holy Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus,
Hear my prayer for my own dear mother.
Take her hand as I hold her in my heart and mind.

Let the strength you have known as a mother
Fill her body. Let the devotion you feel for our Lord
Fill her heart. Let the grace that surrounds you
Fill her spirit. Holy Mary, may your divine presence
In my mother’s life, today and every day, bring her joy
And peace forever. Amen.

"From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s will in all things.
From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone.
From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God.”
ST POPE JOHN PAUL II

200 Years of Catholic Education

This year, Catholic Education is celebrating 200 years in Australia, marking the bicentenary of the first Catholic school established in Parramatta in October 1820. Over 200 years, Catholic schools have grown to become the largest provider of schooling in Australia (outside government) with one in five school-age students attending a Catholic school. This represents 777,000 students in 1,755 schools across the country and employing over 100,000 teachers and staff. Nearly 40 percent of Catholic schools are located outside of metropolitan cities in regional, rural and remote communities. The formal celebrations were due to be held from October 2020 to October 2021. However, due to pandemic restrictions, the celebrations are now being held during the 2021 school year. A National Mass is being celebrated in states and dioceses on the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians on 24 May 2021.

Townsville Catholic Education Mass, Monday 24th May at 10am.

Watch the live stream or on TCE Facebook

Happy Mother's Day!

Hope all Joey's Mums have a wonderful day with their family.

Hope all have a wonderful week,

Trina

Altar Serving Training

St Joseph's Parish Church is offering altar service training. If your child has completed their sacraments- 2020 or 2021 and would like to help Fr Siby at weekend Mass, please contact the parish office to register their interest.

Email:

stjoeys@tsv.catholic.org.au

Australian Early Development Census

Prep parents received an email earlier in the week regarding the Australian Early Development Census. Information regarding this data collection can be found below.

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This week, we recognised students who espouse the Mercy Values of Love, Community and Excellence.

Congratulations to all!

Love Award

If the love of God really reigns in your heart, it will show itself on the exterior.

Catherine McAuley

Hannah Campbell

Whilst at playtime, Hannah could see that a student in prep was hurt. She selflessly gave up the game she was playing with her friends and volunteered to take the Prep student to the sickbay for help.

Well done Hannah for showing love in our school.

Daniel O'Brien

Daniel O’Brien is giving of his time and cares for others. He has recently been helping one of his classmates who has an injury. He regularly shares his skills with anyone in need and always offers to assist peers and staff when he sees a way he can help. He never expects anything in return and does it with a smile.

Congratulations Daniel!

Hannah Mosch

Hannah constantly thinks of others before herself and always looks for ways to help other classmates. Her compassionate, thoughtful and patient nature benefits many people in her grade.

Congratulations Hannah on living out the Mercy Value of Love.

Adam Ponti

Adam is full of love in the purest way. It is so clear he loves being in 4A and all his classmates love having him there too. Love isn't always shown in what you say or do, it can just beam out of you like sunshine, like the way it does out of our Adam. He smiles a big bright smile or takes your hand to show he loves you.

Congratulations Adam!

Community Award

No matter how small the gift, God gives the increase.

Catherine McAuley

Sam Parsons

Sam is the first to offer help to anyone in need. He encourages his classmates every day with their work and on the playground. He tries to cheer others up when they are sad. Sam is thoughtful, respectful and kind. He gives up what he has so others are happy.

Well done for helping to build a peaceful, caring community Sam!

Elli Torrisi

Elli Torrisi has started a storytelling club which has become very popular. Students are invited to come to the library and discover more about each other by talking about different topics either personal or of general interest. They are listening to each other’s opinions and presenting their own. This is a very successful community-building activity and Elli had the vision and drives it really well.

Congratulations Elli!

Charlie Ashfield

During a lunch break, Charlie saw a large food spill from a younger student. Without prompting, he began to clean up the spill. Well done, Charlie for taking care of our school environment.

Congratulations Charlie!

Excellence Award

We can never say 'it is enough'.

Catherine McAuley

Marco Carini

Marco works hard in all tasks each day with accuracy and precision. He displays excellence not only in the classroom but also in many different settings.

Well done Marco!

Riley Webb

Riley attempts all learning tasks with rigor and determination. He has worked extremely hard to improve his Maths grade and recently moved up two grades in his last assessment. He always provides thorough and detailed answers in every subject and participates enthusiastically in discussions.

Congratulations Riley on showing your excellence.

Dear Parents and Carers

Our instrumental music students are busily preparing for the end-of-term concert on Thursday the 17th of June in Putney Hall. It is shaping up to a wonderful evening of entertainment.

As the music team needs to prepare the order of performances and finale, we ask that parents RSVP their child/ren's attendance by the 27th of May using this form. We also ask that parents include the approximate number of family members attending to watch the concert on the form as well.

Students will need to arrive at the hall at 6pm ready for a 6.30 pm sharp start to the concert. We need to ensure the teachers have time to talk with their students, allay any last minute nerves and have them ready for their time on stage.

I look forward to an entertaining evening of young musicians being given the opportunity to perform for the families and friends in a caring and supportive environment.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns about the concert or the instrumental music program in general, you can email me at jbennett3@sjnwtsv.catholic.edu.au

Thanks again for your continued support.

Jason Bennett

Instrumental Music Coordinator

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Junior Librarians: Our students were in the spotlight this week. Together they created a video to promote what they do at lunchtime to cater to students visiting the library.

I still believe that their most valuable role is helping their peers during class borrowing times. They are trained to recommend and help students find books that they will enjoy reading. When you know your friends well you often know what interests them and this is an important key to get students hooked on reading. Today many of our junior librarians received their badges to acknowledge their work done in the library. Congratulations to Grace Montgomerie, Amelia Sloan, Louie Lando, Daniel O'Brien, Elli Torrisi, Abagail Le, Harper Ryan, Lillian Rasmussen, Hannah Mosch, Violet Seri, Estella Dobbins, Lynette Njau, Caitlyn Wiltshire, and Phoebe Morris. (Outlined in year level order.)

Want a certain title in our Library Collection: We try to keep our library current and thriving and have as many titles available as possible. I will always welcome students to recommend books that we ought to buy for our collection. There is a growing list of recommendations that I buy at the end of each term.

Happy reading

Belinda Walker

Teacher Librarian

Putney Cross Country Team

We wish our St. Joey’s Putney Cross Country Team all the best when they represent our school at the Townsville Schools Cross Country Carnival at Bicentennial Park, on Tuesday 25th May.

Putney Cross Country Team:

Girls:

Girls

10 Years

Grace Montgomerie

Harlow Kelly

Elizabeth Griffiths

Girls

11 Years

Lucy Whelan

Madison Schell

Harper Ryan

Girls

12 Years

Kareena Wiltshire

Hannah Mosch

Lauren Barry

Boys:

Boys

10 Years

Quaid Smith

Marco Carini

Carter Goldsack

Boys

11 Years

Patrick Fanning

Zach Thomson

Finn Hallaux

Boys

12 Years

Jonah Allan

Will Finucane

Atticus Rahmel

Townsville to Cairns Challenge

Congratulations to our Year 5's on being the first year level to reach our destination of Cairns in our annual Townsville to Cairns Challenge. All classes are to be commended on their efforts. The challenge gave all of our students a chance to gain extra fitness for our Cross Country Carnival and Fun Run.

Obe Geia Challenge

The Obe Geia Challenge is a Rugby League carnival that is held each year on Palm Island. St. Joey's has been privileged to be an inaugural school. The carnival will be held this year on Friday 4th June. A school based criteria is used to select the team and our 2021 team will be announced soon.

Each year, our school community is asked to send in any 'preloved' football boots that can be used by students from St. Michaels and Bwgcoleman State School on Palm Island. If you have any old boots that you wish to donate, please send into school for Mr. Meekin to distribute.