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St Joseph’s Primary School
Gayndah
Newsletter Date Wednesday
15 February 2017
Principal’s Letter to Parents
2017 Term One
Week Four
Hi everyone
Often one of the questions that parents ask me at this time of the year is ‘How best can I support my child?’ Whilst
every child is unique in themselves and their learning abilities, there are two key ways that you can make a big
difference in the education of your child, a strong relationship with their teacher and an active role in our community.
A relationship with your child’s teacher
A positive relationship with your child’s teacher begins with you. Often our focus in the first term is to
ensure children have settled into their new year level and feel at home in their new classroom. Granted
this is important, however of even greater importance is to take the opportunity to ask early in the
piece, what is one thing that I can do at home to support my child and how would you suggest I do
that? I know first hand from speaking with parents that often the blocker to asking this question can be, he thought that
‘perhaps I’m not doing it right’ or ‘if I help, I might be more of a hindrance’. None of these statements are true, and the
classroom teachers will reinforce this no end. There is no such thing as the ‘old way’ because every method has value
and it is through variety that your child will have the best possible opportunity for success. If you learnt it a particular
way in school, then share it, because chances are your child just might learn best that way also.
However, if you don’t feel confident to support your child’s learning then rest assured that our
classroom teachers have an abundance of resources available to them that will make working
through particular tasks far easier than it seemed initially. Our staff cater to the needs of every
student as best they can on a daily basis but nothing can sit in place of the support a parent or
guardian may offer in a one on one situation.
Active in our community
I am often in awe of members of our community who manage to juggle so many balls relating to school, local sport,
work and family commitments. Without the support of our volunteers our school community would be lacking greatly.
My suggestion for each term would be to nominate to help in just one way or attend one of our community gatherings.
Potentially with close to 60 families in our community the spread of contribution becomes more balanced and
equitable. Attached to this week’s newsletter is a small nomination sheet, the purpose is to allow parents (including
mum and/or dad), grandparents and carers to pop their hand up to help with one of the upcoming events in our school
community without necessarily feeling the obligation of committing to every event. I’m not demanding that every
student returns this slip, rather I request the support so that all that has been created for the betterment of your child,
can continue long into the future. I know I have said previously that many hands make light work, however this
request is better suited to the methodology of ‘a little bit here and there, makes a big difference’.
Thank you in advance for your support
Cheers
Ben
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The weeks are already beginning to fly by, as we are now well into the swing of Term 1. If you are
wanting to get ahead and see the key dates for the year ahead, make sure you check the Parent Portal
or the school website, both of which have calendars that are regularly updated with the major events
happening around school. Hard copies of our school calendar will also be coming home shortly.
On Thursday morning at 9am, Year 3 will have the first class mass of the year. Parents and family
members are most welcome to join us for this occasion, to be held in the Church. Year 4 will lead us
in prayer at assembly on Friday, where they will be singing one of their new favourite religious songs
for us. Hope to see you there!
This week, we celebrated Valentine’s Day. While there is always a lot of
commercial hype around this event, it actually originates as a celebration of St
Valentine, an Italian man who is the patron saint of love and happy marriages.
Little is known about Valentine, but stories say that he converted people to
Christianity and was imprisoned and later martyred for this, and also secretly
married couples so that husbands would not have to go to war.
I am very excited that our laptops for Years 3-6 are nearly ready to be rolled out.
Some classes have begun using theirs already and others are just having the
finishing touches put on. Each class will be involved in some work around safe
and acceptable use of the laptop, and practising basic IT skills that will help
them in their daily use of this wonderful tool. We look forward to seeing what
the students are able to create and engage with on these machines.
Curriculum News—Religious Education Each class has begun the year by investigating our 12 school values that guide all that we do. These can be
found outside our gate, and were gifted to us by the Good Samaritan Sisters. The twelve values are:
Prayer
Word of God
Peace
Partnership
Humility
Healing
Balance
Hospitality
Compassion
Stewardship
Community
Listening
Our students have spent time using these values in prayer, creating posters about them and examining how they
would look, feel and sound in action around our school. It has been great to revisit these values to start off our
year, as they remind us of what we hold important here at St Joseph’s
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School Photo Day is Tuesday 28th February. Please return
envelopes before this date.
Bus - To ensure a timely and smooth running of the bus line,
please let the office or teacher on duty know if you are picking up
your child so their name can be removed from the bus roll.
Tuckshop - Tuckshop rosters will be sent home today. If you
can help, please contact the office. Thank you to last week’s helpers Laura Parr, Sarah Webster,
Rebecca Holden and Sam Rowles.
2017 Catholic School Guide is now available. Please contact the office if you would like a copy.
SPORTS NEWS: The new updated project consent form for participating students needs to be returned
even if the first one was completed. *Please note the date change for Softball and AFL North Burnett
Trials is now 20th February.
UNIFORMS: New sports uniforms have been sent home with students. Please contact the office if
sizes need to be exchanged. New stock will be ordered to enable extra sets to be purchased.
Included with today’s newsletter:
Tuckshop order forms
Tuckshop volunteer roster
Community support nomination list
Week 3
Year 5/6 Tristen Bayntun & Josh Ung, Year 4 Jeadin
O’Rourke, Year 3 Daelen Maddern, Year 1/2 Jimmy
Baker, Prep Sahara Hitchcock
Week 2
Year 3 Sienna Slattery, Year 1/2 Oliver Sturgess, Year 4
Indianna Hitchcock, Prep Elyjah Terry, Year 5/6 Jayda Maddern and
Trader Ahern
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St Joseph’s Primary School
38 Meson Street
PO Box 119 Gayndah
Queensland
Phone: 07 4161 1889
Fax: 07 4161 2655 Email:
Website: www.stjosephsgayndah.qld.edu.au
“In All Things
Glorify God”
ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL
TERM
DATES 2017
Term One
Tues 24 Jan—
Fri 31 March
Term Two
Wed 19 April—
Fri 23 June
Term Three
Tues 11 July—
Fri 15 Sept
Term Four
Tues 3 Oct—
Fri 1 Dec
Public Holiday—ANZAC Day
25 April
Public Holiday—Labour Day
1st May
ORANGE FESTIVAL QUEEN ENTRANT Anna Ulcoq (sponsored by St. Joseph’s Primary
School) is running a Golden Draw raffle. 1st Prize—$500, 2nd prize $200 & 3rd prize - $100.
There are also weekly draws to win your money back. Limit of 100 tickets at $20 each.
Contact the school office or Anna Ulcoq 0428 611 560 for details.
JUNIOR NRL SIGN ON: SIGN ON DAY is Tuesday 7th March at 4.30pm at the Gayndah
Sports Ground.
Mitchell Sargent - NRL Development Officer for this region is coming and will be running
"Come n Try" sessions for everyone to have fun and learn some new games.
Registrations are online through the website "playnrl.com.au"
All players, coaches, FAO and Leaguesafe persons need to register prior to Sign On Day due
to insurance.
TENNIS: Gayndah Tennis Club together with Bundaberg Tennis Academy's Coach, Kevin
Banner, are aiming to commence the ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Learning sessions on Friday 24th
February 2017 at Gayndah Tennis Club, Barrow Street. Please register with Kevin: 0409 520
753 by 23rd February to secure your place.
YENDA BUS MEETING: Tuesday 21st February 6pm, Contact Stacey Smith 0417079904
WOODMILLAR BUS MEETING: Monday 27th February 4:30pm at St. Joseph’s Primary
School. Contact Ros O’Brien 0428260146
EQUESTRIAN INTERSCHOOL QLD
Interschool aims to promote equitation, education and equestrian sport in school programs
within Queensland and to encourage the development of discipline, character, sportsmanship,
teamwork and a sense of achievement in Interschool riders in Queensland. http://www.qld.equestrian.org.au/interschool Any families interested in starting a school equestrian team for Interschool please contact
Megan MacDonald 0428 146 740.
LIFELINE FAMILY FRIENDLY PARENTING WORKSHOP
A FREE workshop helping to recognise the key elements of understanding and
communicating with your children, giving practical tips & skills on engaging, responding and
offering support.
Date: Thursday 16th February
Times: 9.00am-1:00pm
Venue: To be confirmed (light refreshments provided)
RSVP: To register, email [email protected] or call 07 3624 2428