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Our last newsletter for Term 3! A heartfelt thank you to all the staff and students for their hard work, dedication and all of the learning that has taken place over the last ten weeks. I hope that over the holiday period everyone takes the opportunity for some rest and relaxation, recharging the batteries ready for Term 4.
We are so proud of our smalls school relay team – Billy, Lily, Alice and Sam who ran yesterday at MacKillop athletics. It was so great to watch the event live with all your peers cheering you on here at school, and you represented St Joseph’s and the Archdiocese so well. A fantastic achievement.
Working bee
There was a fabulous crew that consisted of both parents and students last Friday for our working bee. Many hands make light work and it was so great to fill in the pot holes, pressure wash dirty footpaths and steps, paint the mailbox and gate, prune, weed, fill the sand pit and clean the basketball court. The new bbq was built and it was great to finish off a really productive afternoon with a sausage! Thank you so much to all of the wonderful families that came along and leant a hand, our grounds and school are looking fabulous.
We continue to keep Mrs Parker in our prayers. She is currently unwell in St Vincents hospital, Sydney and we are praying for her recovery.
Kirsty Beavan
Principal
School Mass
Thank you to the children and families who attended our School Mass on Sunday. Congratulations to Henry for altar serving for the first time! Also, thank you Lochie for guiding Henry. It was a lovely service and the children read and sang so beautifully - especially with the technical difficulties of the PA system! There are certainly special memories being created, we are truly very blessed.
Today we celebrated our last Mass for Term 3. Well done 4/5/6 students on presenting a wonderful Mass. We look forward to our next School Mass held Tuesday 17th October (Week 2) at 12.15pm. This will be presented by 2/3. All families and friends are most welcome to attend.
Save the Date!
St Joseph’s End of Year Mass and Awards will be held on Tuesday 5th December at 9:30am. Please note the location will be advised closer to the time.
Many thanks,
Stacey Braun
Religious Education Coordinator
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| Week 10 - 18th September - 22nd September | |
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| Fri 22nd: | Last day of Term |
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| Week 1 - 9th October - 13th October | |
| Mon 9th: | Pupil Free Day (Staff PD Day) |
| Tues 10th: | Students return |
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| Week 2 - 16th October - 20th October | |
| Mon 16th: | Lunch orders (No Pizza) |
| Tues 17th: | Kindergarten Orientation |
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Grounds Maintenance Roster
Families please keep an eye on the grounds and when you mow, let the school know you have mowed and the office will contact the next person on the list.
| Section A | Section B |
| Andrew Reynolds Family | Pearce Family |
| Adams Family | William Reynolds Family |
| Roots Family | Rieger-Moss Family |
We would like if families could check if some of the areas in your allocated section need whipper snipping eg; around trees, rock/rockeries etc.
Please ensure you have re-filled the fuel tanks on the mower or whipper snipper after you finish and advise the school if we require more fuel.
| 24th: | Jean Roche | M Reynolds | Chris Harrison |
| 1st: | Cate Bye | Jan Kendall | Jim Roche | |
| 8th: | T Roche | D Hughes | L Murray | |
| 15th: | Fred Roche | Jean Roche | ||
| 22nd: | M Reynolds | Lucy Roche | C Salmon | |
| 29th: | Doreen Hughes | S Roche | Lucy Roche |
Adelong Liturgy Roster - July - December - 2023
Mass times for Adelong: 8:30am - 1st & 3rd Sunday.
Keep up to date with events happening at St Joseph's via our electronic school calendar (please note dates can be subject to change).
Please find attached a copy of the minutes from our recent Community Council held on Wednesday 6th September 2023.
September - General Meeting Agenda/Minutes 6th September 2023
Term 3 finishes this Friday 22nd September.
We hope everyone has a lovely, fun, safe holiday period, and we look forward to seeing everyone again for Term 4.
Staff have a professional development day on Monday 9th October so students will return Tuesday 10th October 2023.
Our next Kindergarten orientation dates are as follows:
Tuesday 17th October (week 2) 9.30am - 11.30am
Tuesday 31st October (week 4) 9.30am - 11.30am
The session times are slightly longer for our last two orientations so if children could please bring some recess along with their fruit break, hat and drink bottle so that they get to experience recess and play time with our students.
In Term 4 students are required to wear full Summer uniform including black school shoes, (Joggers are permitted for sports days only) and a school hat. (School hats are a navy blue bucket hat or navy blue cricket hat with yellow St Joseph’s logo). Hats are compulsory and must be worn at all times. If students do not have a hat they must follow the NO HAT, SHADE PLAY rule.
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| Student of the Week Award: Cody Roche, Jack Purcell & Henry Roche (absent) |
Principals Award: Anna Adams, Kruz Annetts & James Rieger-Moss |
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| Oliver Malone & Reuben Matthews |
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| Student of the Week Award: Panav Singh, Sebastian Williams & Sam Robson |
Principals Award: Cohen Cobden, Braxton Bamblett & Edward MacDougall |
Save the dates!
Tuesday 5th December 2023 - End of Year Mass and Awards
Wednesday 13th December - School Performance
Friday 15th December - End of year rewards day (Junee)
More information and times will be advised closer to the date.
In Writing, 2/3 have been working on creating a comic strip about a super hero. They have enjoyed learning about the structure of comics and how to convey the storyline through drawings and dialogue.
This week in Maths, we are revising the concepts learnt this term through a range of games and activities. 2/3 love playing card and board games in small groups that practise the skills learnt throughout the term.
On Tuesday 12th of September, 2/3 and some of 4/5/6 students went to West Wyalong to compete in the Mary Quinane Western Region Choir Festival. The songs that we sang were 'Tell the Good News' and 'My Country'. It was a tough competition, but we did our best and won. The next day we got a treat of hot chips for luch for winning. The schools that we competed against were Trinity Catholic Primary School - Murrumburrah, St Mary’s Primary School - Young and St Mary’s War Memorial School - West Wyalong.
Winning the Mary Quinane Western Region Choir Festival means that we will get to host the event here in Adelong next year!
A big thank you to Mrs Parker for all her efforts and to Miss Soulsby for coming to West Wyalong with us!
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SWAP IT is a free evidence-based healthy lunchbox program. The program supports parents and carers to SWAP what is packed in their child’s lunchbox from sometimes foods to everyday foods.
Reminder:
Please find the lunch order menu for Mondays from the Gold Rush Cafe.
Please note: Unfortunately there are no pizzas available until further notice due to faults with the pizza oven.
If your child wishes to order please place your child’s name, class, order and correct money in an envelope on Monday mornings.
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