Students need to be dropped off in Gundagai Street and walked to the gate where they can then walk up to the weather shed.  In the afternoon students catching buses will walk across the grass area to the bus stop by a teacher and students on pick up will be walked to the front gate by a teacher.  Parents need to wait at the gate to collect their child/ren.

If it is raining at morning drop off or afternoon pick up, we ask that parents use the wet weather routine and drive into school grounds via Wyndham St, stopping at the weather shed to drop children off/pick up and leave the grounds via the front entrance.  Buses will use this same routine (please ensure you give way to buses and allow them to enter before the pick up line, this is to ensure they can make it in time for other school pick ups).

Daily routine:  The first bell rings at 8:55am, the afternoon bell rings at 3:10pm.

The school grounds are open to students from 8:40am each morning and remains open until 3:30pm each afternoon. 

Therefore, no supervision is provided between these hours and the school accepts no responsibility for the activities of pupils outside these hours.

Please be aware that students arriving at school before this time are instructed to sit in the weather shed until a teacher asks them to move onto the playground in the morning. Teachers supervise all play times and after school dismissal.

We will be using the COMPASS Parent Portal for all absences, events, email notifications once again in 2022.  Please ensure you have the Parent Portal available to you so you can log your child/ren's absences on the day they are absent.  We will also use Compass for excursions and events the children will need to attend eg; swimming, carnivals etc.  Our emails will also come through Compass.

If you need assistance or have any questions, please don't hesitate contacting the office.

St Joseph’s is an Allergy Aware School.  There are quite a number of allergens in food that students can be allergic to.  In the extreme, this allergic reaction can lead to an Anaphylactic reaction in students. 

St Joseph’s at all times reduces the exposure of its students to ALL TREE NUTS and RAW EGG.  As a result, parents need to assist the school by not sending food with tree nuts and raw egg listed in the ingredients and to check the allergen information on all food products coming to school to help reduce the risk of exposer to these allergens of allergic students.   

We strongly encourage students not to pack raw nuts and bring nut products to school such as peanut butter, Nutella etc.  Eggs cooked within cakes, biscuits, quiches are fine but an egg sandwich or an egg in a salad not encouraged.

Food from home:

*  Students lunch boxes and water bottles are clearly labelled with the student's name.

*  Educate students and the school community about food allergy so they understand why they should only eat their food and why they should not share or offer food to students with food allergies.

*  All students should be encouraged to wash hands before eating (especially children with food allergies).

*  All students should be encouraged to wash their hands after eating, especially if they have eaten something that another student in their class is allergic to.

Congratulations to our swimmers from last Friday, it was a fantastic day.

Age Champions and Runners Up were as follows:

The upcoming Community Council meeting will appoint a new executive for the next 2 years.

Being part of the Community Council is a great way to be involved with the school community, and to support the school and our children’s learning. Everyone is welcome to nominate for an executive position on the Community Council

If you would like to nominate, please email nominations to stacey.braun@cg.catholic.edu.au by 3pm, Wednesday February 16^th.

You are able to nominate yourself or someone else. If you nominate someone, this person would need to accept the nomination.

All those who nominate are asked to attend the executive meeting at 6pm, a General meeting will follow at 6.30pm where everyone is welcome to attend. It would be wonderful to see as many come along to the meetings.

Community Council Meeting

Wednesday February 16^th

Executive 6.00pm

General 6.30pm

Adelong Royal Hotel

Following is a copy of the roster from January - June 2022

Piano/ Keyboard Lessons:  Individual 30min lessons available at the school during school hours on Mondays .

Year One students and up. Creative kids vouchers can be used towards fees.

If interested please contact Vanessa Hall for more info. Ph 0448609479