Dear parents and carers,

I hope that parents took up the opportunity last night to join The Resilience Project’s parent and community presentation.  I am really excited that St Joseph’s is participating in this wonderful project that aims to improve the mental health and well-being of young people by promoting the values of empathy, gratitude, and mindfulness.

As part of the program, students will participate in a series of activities and exercises designed to help them develop skills and strategies to cope with challenges and build resilience. These activities will include mindfulness practices, gratitude exercises, and opportunities to develop empathy through community service and other projects.

Research has shown that the skills and values promoted by The Resilience Project can have a positive impact on mental health and well-being, as well as academic performance and relationships. We believe that by participating in this program, our students will be better equipped to face the challenges of today's world and build a brighter future for themselves and their communities.

We encourage parents to support their children's participation in The Resilience Project by engaging in conversations about empathy, gratitude, and mindfulness at home. You will also see information in the newsletter to support parents in this process.

Staff are looking forward to working with our students and families to promote resilience and well-being in our school community.

Adelong show

A huge thank you to all our wonderful parents who helped organise and run our food stall at the Adelong Show.  Your help is always appreciated, and it is great to support a community event such as the Adelong Show.

Compass and Tech 1 training

Mrs Crampton and I have spent the last two days in Young training in Compass and Tech 1.  You would be aware that the new finance system is vastly different from the previous system and its roll over has been a process that has required a lot of training and support from Catholic Education staff.

There have been many changes for parents with the roll out and implementation of both of these systems, one of which is the way that absences are declared and how school events and excursions are approved and paid.  We encourage all parents to use the parent portal to notify absences and approve permission for your child/ren to attend events.  We are no longer required to accept paper copies and we are moving towards a paperless system.  BPay is our preferred method for school fee payments – please keep in mind that using Compass pay means high transaction fees are passed onto the school.

Have a lovely week

Kirsty Beavan

Principal

St Joseph’s Day

We look forward to celebrating the Feast Day of our school patron St Joseph with a Liturgy on Monday 20 March at 12:30pm.

After the Liturgy, we invite parents to stay for a picnic lunch on the oval (please bring your own lunch).

St Joseph’s Feast Day is on Sunday 19 March. St Joseph was a working man, a carpenter, but he used his hands to also do God’s work in his life.

This week in Religion, Year 4/5/6 created posters for the Feast Day of St Joseph. Students have done a great job!

Have a lovely week,

Stacey Braun

Religious Education Coordinator

The Community Council would like to thank all of the people that volunteered their time on Saturday at the Adelong Show food stall and to those that also helped with all of the preparation.  

The Community Council is incredibly grateful to everyone who has donated their time and effort and we wouldn’t have been able to do it without all of your help and support.  This has been a great fundraiser for our children and their school.

The next Community Council meeting has been postponed to Wednesday 29th March. The agenda will be in next week’s newsletter.

St Joseph's will be holding the anuual Cross Country on Tuesday 21st March at the Adelong Golf Course.

Students will come to school and be transported to the Golf Course via Goode's Coaches.  

The cost for the bus is $4.00 per student. Please send the money with your child's name to the office. 

If the students could continue to wear their joggers each day as we will be practising at the start of the day.

Book Club catalogues have been sent home.

Orders need to be placed by Week 8 - 20th March so that they arrive before school holidays.

Please place your order and pay via the LOOP app (no cash or cheques)

REMINDER:
Term 1 - Week 8 - Thursday 23rd March. 

Students need to wear full summer school uniform.

Order form envelopes have been sent out with students. Please ensure each student's envelope is returned to school by Monday 20th March 2023

Sporting trial registrations coming up are Boys and Girls Soccer (rego closes 27th March).

Please follow this link to register

https://www.sport.cg.catholic.edu.au/nominations

Adelong Liturgy Roster - January - June - 2023

Keep up to date with events happening at St Joseph's via our electronic school calendar (please note dates can be subject to change).

Adelong Aquatic Centre has extended the season to the 26th March.

Opening hours:  Weekdays:  2:30pm - 6:30pm,

Weekends:  10:00am - 6:30pm.