Winter Appeal: On Thursday 24^th June, St Joseph’s will be holding a Winter Appeal to support the St Vincent De Paul Society. The Vinnies Winter Appeal provides emergency relief to people at risk and experiencing homelessness. Your donation and support will help ensure that families at risk of homelessness get the financial and emotional support they need to keep themselves and their children safe.

Particularly in these colder months Vinnies would appreciate donations of:

• Blankets
• Jackets
• Jumpers
• Warm Gloves and Socks
• Canned goods

These donations then go directly to people in need in our community or sold at the Vinnies Centre to generate funds for other forms of assistance like case management and assistance with utility bills.

Students are invited to wear a warm winter beanie or scarf (still wear their school uniform) on Thursday 24^th and bring along a donation to support the Winter Appeal.

Dear God,

In the midst of Winter, when the days are cold and wind can pierce,

remind us of the warmth of your love.

In the midst of Winter, when days are short, dawn comes late, and dusk arrives early,

remind us that in the darkness your light still shines.

In the midst of Winter, when the flowers of spring still lie hidden in the earth, when leaves are off the trees, and the world can seem bleak,

remind us that Spring is but a short time away.

And when in our lives we feel as if we are experiencing a season of Winter, reach out to us with the power of your resurrection so that we may feel the warmth of your love and see your light that alone can take away the darkness of our soul.

If you wish to discuss your fees please contact Mrs Beavan

Students from our Yr 4/5/6 class wrote recounts in class after the Athletics Carnival in Tumut, we thought we would share some of them: 

It was a frosty, sunny morning and we were pulling up in the bus at the Bull Paddock for our Athletics Carnival. We had all the track events and there were lots of impressive results from all the events. 

Lochie Roots scored the best discus throw in the school with a distance of 14.14m and in second place in the school was Charlie MacDougall getting a distance of 13.55. With the boys 800m Toby Roots won followed by Nate Annetts, and third place to Fred Roche. The girls 800m Alice MacDougall took first place followed by Lily Pearce and then Culley Reynolds.

In the Long Jump Toby Roots got the best jump in the school. The senior boys got some outstanding results with the 100m, Harry got first followed by Nate and then Charlie.  In the intermediate 100m boys Arthur was first then Toby and then Preston. Then we had  the junior boys 100m race, and Fred won then Sam and followed by Henry.

Our Athletics Carnival was a great success and lots of fun. We all enjoyed track and field events. The next level, Western Region, will be held at the Bull Paddock in Tumut on friday next week.  Thank you for all your support and thank you to the McAuley kids for helping us measure and time.

- Charlie MacDougall

Three days ago on Monday, the whole school travelled to Tumut to the Bull Paddock for the Athletics Carnival.  We all competed in many events including the track events, shot put, discus and long jump.  K/1 played many games such as the egg and spoon race, sack race and they competed in a 70m race boys and girls and it was great!  The highlights of the day was the 100m in which the seniors Harry Pearce and Nate Annetts were very close, as well as the 100m intermediate boys Arthur Roche and Toby Roots but Arthur just won it was very close, but in the juniors Sam and Fred had a very close race. But the main event of the day was the discus for Lochie Roots who threw a massive 14.14m. We thank the parents and grandparents who cheered our little champions on as they competed throughout the day. And we thank teachers, parents and some McAuley kids for timing and helping us get through the day. We all had a great day and it was a blast! 

- Arthur Roche

As the excited children hopped off the bus, thrilled chatter echoed around the students of St Josephs. The teachers set up the shade sails and the kids had their fruit break, then the track events commenced. All of the students had lots of fun competing and pushing themselves to the limits. The races kicked off with the Open Boys 800m. Even though all the boys were puffed at the end, they had lots of fun. Then the girls had their 800m, and they were also very puffed. The girls collapsed over the finish line with Alice MacDougall coming first, followed by Lily Pearce and Culley Reynolds.  Kruz Annetts came first in the 70m 6-7 year old boys.  Bonnie Reynolds came first in the 6-7 year old girls winning a glorious victory over Eva Corbett, Sidonie Leake and Isabella Bowden. Harry Pearce had an outstanding effort towards the sprints winning first place over Nate Annetts and Charlie MacDougall.

Then the field events started. All the kids joined in with Discus, Shot Put and Long Jump. The children had a whole lot of fun and they all had a good competition. They all loved doing all the field events. To end the day, we had a fun relay and everyone had a great time and I’m sure that they will all want to do it next year. We need to say a huge thank you to the McAuley children who gladly gave up their time to help us with timing our races and measuring field events. We also have to say thank you to the teachers and parents who cheered us on from the sidelines and organised the whole day.

- Culley Reynolds