The end of Term one brings some very weary students and staff who have had a wonderful start to 2019!  The term has been very busy with lots of learning, sport and activities that have made St Joseph’s a great place to be.

We look forward to commemorating Anzac Day this Friday with the students from Adelong Public School at the Cenotaph.  We will then have morning tea in the park and share our Easter good will with the community who might be walking up the main street at that time (might be a good place to be from 11.30 am!)

Thank you for your continued support of St Joseph’s especially with being an integral part of your child’s education.  Fortnightly assemblies, open classrooms, school masses, carnivals, canteen,  Community Council meetings and the list goes on.

Next term will be a busy term again with many things happening in the first couple of weeks.  I will be on leave in Week 2 and Mrs Liz Murray will be Acting Principal for the week.  Liz will still have her usual teaching duties as well as being in charge!

The Primary students presented the Stations of the Cross yesterday.  It was wonderful to see all the effort they had put into researching their station and presenting to the rest of the school.  The children did a fabulous job and now everyone has a much deeper understanding of the Stations.  The Primary students chose how to present their information – as a video, newspaper article, poster or a combination of different ways.

I wish all of our St Joseph’s families a blessed, peaceful and Happy Easter! May you have a wonderful break full of happiness and a well deserved rest!

Kirsty Beavan

Permission Notes

Thank you to everyone for their assistance with returning the myriad of permission notes and bus money the last couple of weeks, certainly lots happening. 

Please check if you have returned the following permission note:

• Western Region Cross Country (3rd May)
• Athletics Carnival & Lunch orders (now 8th May)
• Possum Magic (2nd May - Infants only)
• Official ANZAC Day March participation
• Gymnastics 

School Fees Due

Term 1 Fees are now due for those not on a direct debit.  Please see Mrs Beavan if you would like to discuss your account.

Piano Lessons

Piano lessons have been changed to a Wednesday for the remainder of the year.

Term 2 Monday 29^th April is a pupil free day. Students will return on Tuesday 30th April.

Monday Lunch Canteen

We would like to thank all the parents who have volunteered for the canteen so far this year. If anyone else is able to spare a Monday once a term, it would be great to have more names on the list. Alternatively, If anyone would like to help with the canteen, but is not able to do a Monday shift, it would be great to have a stock monitor and orderer. With the changes to the canteen menu, most of the items are purchased fresh each week from the Adelong Supermarket. So there is not much to order, but ideally, someone that regularly attends drop off or pick up, if they were able to pop into the canteen once a fortnight and check stock levels, it would be an easy way to contribute. 

Current Canteen Menu

Winter Uniform will need to be worn for both terms two and three.  Please ensure jumpers are labelled in the holidays ready for the return to school.

During Weeks 2 through to 6, sports uniform will need to worn on both Monday and Friday.

School Photos are on Friday 7th June and full winter school uniform will need to be worn on this day instead of sports.

This term K-1-2 have been learning about different environments and have made some fabulous dioramas of animal habitats.

Primary Class have been learning about Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. In class they placed these numbers on a number line which was a great visual for us all to see where they go.

During Week 2 we will be celebrating Catholic Schools Week with a Mass and Morning Tea on Tuesday 7th May at 10:15am.  We would love to see our families come along and join us to celebrate.

First Communion will be celebrated at St James Church on Sunday 30th June 2019.

Preparation lessons will be held on Wednesday afternoons after school on 

15th May 2019, 29th May 2019, 12th June 2019

The lessons will run from 3:30 to 4.15pm and afternoon tea will provided for the children so that they can stay after school.

 Please call or email me if you have any questions.

Thanks

Liz Murray

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Thank you to McAuley for hosting us recently for the Cross Country, we have quite a number of students who will be travelling to Harden next term to compete at Western Region level.  Well done to all the students for their fantastic participation in Tumut and we wish our representatives all the best for Harden.

Students have been busily preparing their Easter Parade hats and baskets for the Easter walk to the street tomorrow.  They have all done a fantastic job!

Athletics Carnival - Wednesday 8th May

We are looking forward to our Athletics next term.  Details for our Athletics Carnival will be as per the original note sent out a couple of weeks ago.  Kirsty has sent out an email with change of date and needs parents to send a read receipt in reply to the email to ensure all parents are aware of the changes.  We thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Gymnastics

St Joseph's will participate in Gymnastic lessons next term starting in week 2 through to week 6.  A permission note will go out this week with details. 

Western Region Cross Country - Friday 3rd May

The WR Cross Country is on the first week back next term.  We still have a few notes that need to be returned by Friday 12th April as nominations need to be placed.  If your note is not returned by tomorrow the school will assume that you do not wish for your child to participate.  In order to get all children to the carnival, could you please email Mrs Beavan if you are not able to transport your child/ren to Harden.

AFL Clinic

Many thanks to Ben from Auskick and his helpers who came along to school last week and held clinics for the students.  They had a great afternoon and learnt lots of new skills.  An after school clinic is available for students starting Wednesday 10th April til the 15th May 3:30-4:30pm.

Term One Spotlight with Media Leader Zoe Richardson

Working Bee

We still have the following list of jobs that need to be done around the school.  Throughout the holidays if you can volunteer to do them at a time that would suit, that would be fantastic.  Please let Kirsty know which jobs you may be able to help with.

• Garden out the front of school – weed, mulch and trim
• Remove Spider webs
• Put back drain guards – clean out leaves, spray weeds
• Gutters – clean out, get balls and rrisbees out of gutters
• Prune roses
• Weeds on tennis court – spray

We thank you for your help to keep our lovely school looking great.

Easter Egg Raffle

Thank you for the kind donations from families to our Easter raffle.  Please make sure your tickets have been returned by tomorrow Friday 12th April by 10am.  Raffle will be drawn before the end of school.

Community Council Meeting

Our next meeting will be Wednesday 15th May with Executive meeting at 6pm and General at 6:30pm.  

Parish Roster

Easter Mass Times

Adelong
	Holy Thursday:  7pm
	Good Friday: 3pm
	Easter Vigil Mass: 6pm
	(There will be no Mass on Easter Sunday at 10am)
Batlow
	Easter Sunday:  10am

Individual lessons available at St Joseph's during school hours, ages 6 and up.  For enquiries please phone Vanessa Hall on 0448609479.

Opportunities for Women to Connect and Reflect

The Archdiocesan Marriage Family Relationships team sees great value in providing opportunities for women, be they teachers, parents or local parishioners, to relax and connect with each other. 

There are several opportunities currently on offer in the local Archdiocese for women to connect & reflect.

Billeting can be arranged for women from regional areas

For more information see http://bit.ly/EatConnectPray or contact lara.kirk@cg.org.au