Welcome to our first online newsletter.  Thank you for your patience as we go through the process of changing to the new schoolzine newsletter.  We will trial for term one fortnightly newsletters.

The first three weeks of term have been extremely busy and all of the children have settled into 2019 beautifully.

It was wonderful to celebrate our Opening school mass on Tuesday where we presented our school leaders with their badges and also officially welcomed our new Kindergarten students.  We welcome the Bamblett (Braxton), Brown (Mitchell), Corbett (Ollie) and Pearce (Ted) families to St Joseph’s in 2019.  We know that you will embrace our school community and we are so pleased that you are with us.

The theme this year for St Joseph’s is based around the concept of challenge and a lovely piece of scripture re-enforces what our focus is

“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”

Philippians 4:13

As an LNAP (Literacy and Numeracy Action Plan) school St Joseph’s will have the privilege of working with Challenging Learning over the next two years, which is an international consultancy team who work with schools and systems to significantly strengthen student learning.  Challenging both staff and students to step outside their comfort zone leads to significant growth and development.  We are excited to be involved with the Challenging learning team.

Communication between home and school is of the upmost importance in order for things to run smoothly.  There are many legal requirements placed on schools that we must ensure are in place.  Absentee notes, permission notes, medical records all need to be correct and school must keep a copy of these.  A gentle reminder that you have seven school days to notify the school of any absence your child has had.  This can be done via email, phone or written note.  Medical records need to be updated every 12 months and school needs to have a copy of any medical conditions that your child may have.

I look forward to another great year and working with our great school community.

Kind Regards

Kirsty Beavan