Term 3 Week 8 Newsletter, 2022

Acknowledgement of Country

We respectfully acknowledge the past and present traditional owners of this land on which we stand, the Wulgurukaba and neighbouring Bindal people who are the custodians. We pray that we can walk together to a better future.

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Carers, Staff and Students

Welcome to Week 8. How quickly the weeks are flying by. We have had staff, students and parents/carers involved in a number of competitions and special events over the past two weeks. These include Book Week and the fabulous Book Week Parade, the Sacramental Retreat, Year Level Masses, the Vinnies Sleep Out, the Opti Minds Challenge, the Interschool Robotics Competition held on site at St Joseph’s and the Bebras Competition held this morning in our Computer Lab. 

We are also lucky at St Joseph’s to have our annual Father’s Day Stall open in the Library today and tomorrow for students to purchase a Father’s Day gift for their father or father figure. I would like to extend a huge thank you to Mrs Harper and Mrs Lyons, as well as their trusted band of P & F helpers for organising this year’s Father’s Day Stall. Thank you also to those parents/carers who have volunteered their time to help out. Mrs Harper was pleased with the response to this ‘call out’ for helpers, particularly with how busy all our lives are. These events cannot happen without people willing to facilitate and assist

I have to say that I feel extremely blessed to be part of this very special school community. We have staff and parents/carers willing to give of themselves and their time so that our students can extend their learning and skills through participation in a variety of extra curricular activities. Over the weekend, we had staff give up their Friday evening and Saturday morning so our Mini Vinnies students could participate in a Vinnies Sleep Out. The Opti Minds Challenge was on Saturday, and we had staff present supervising students at this event, not to mention our staff who prepared the students. The Sacramental Retreat was a wonderful experience for students involved in this year’s Sacramental Program. It was well organised by Mrs Taylor and, again, we had a number of staff willing to remain at school until after 6 pm to assist with activities. Likewise the Inter School Robotics Competition which took place on Monday afternoon after school. St Joseph’s Mundingburra hosted this event, with a number of Catholic and state schools bringing along teams. Mrs Cantoni put a lot of effort into setting up for the event and organising a variety of challenges which tech-minded students would enjoy. If you attended our recent Book Week Parade, you would have seen the planning and effort which went into providing this entertaining show. Thank you to our Book Week Duo, Mrs Harrington and Mrs Luton. 

Unbelievably, there are still more events to come with Festival of Sport tomorrow, Sacramental celebrations over the weekend, the Father’s Day Breakfast, Eisteddfod, Showcases, Pirate Day, Quest for Knowledge and Eco Warriors Day. Please also remember that this Friday is a Pupil Free Day.

This weekend we celebrate Father’s Day. A wonderful tradition that most families will celebrate by doing something special with the father figure in their life. It is a day we say thank you to our Dads for all they do to support us in our lives. The role of Father has changed some in these modern times. There is still the traditional role of father but there are other male role models like step-fathers, grandfathers, brothers, godfathers, and special friends that are honoured on this day. It really doesn’t matter how they step in to show guidance, love and help we take the time today to say thank you. 

I wish all of our St Joey’s fathers and father figures a wonderful Father’s Day on Sunday. Below is a verse from Pope Francis for fathers and father figures on Father’s Day. 

St Joseph is the model of the educator and the dad, the father.
I, therefore, entrust to his protection those who are fathers.
Best wishes to you on your day!
I ask for you the grace to be ever closer to your children, allow them to grow, but be close, close!
They need you, your presence, your closeness, your love.
May you be for them as St Joseph was: guardians of their growth in age, wisdom and grace.
May you guard them on their journey: be educators and walk with them.
Thank you for all you do for your children: thank you.
May St Joseph bless you and accompany you.
Pope Francis

Enjoy the rest of your week.
 God bless
Tracy

APRE News

Open Your Heart

Be a Gift of Love and Compassion for One Another Mary MacKillop

Vinnies Sleepout

On Friday night a small group of our Year 6 students combined with students from Marian and St Joseph's, North Ward to participate in the Homeless Sleepout. Throughout the night the student participated in a range of activities to develop their understanding of homelessness. Members from St Vincent De Paul also came and spoke to the students. Thank you to Mrs Jones from Marian for organising such a meaningful night for the students.  Thank you also to Mrs Plant and Miss DiBella for giving their time to help out with the event.

Assembly
Assemblies take place in the Shelter Shed on Monday mornings at 8:40am.  Next week’s Father's Day Liturgy will be hosted by 5B.   4B will host our assembly in Week 10.

Christian Meditation will take place on Thursday mornings at 8:00am in the Library.  There will be no Meditation on Thursday 1 September.  Meditation is a form of sacred and silent prayer, known as prayer of the heart. It is  a lovely way to start the day! Parents are welcome to attend.

May God’s blessing be with you all.    Peta

The Joey's Way

Pupil Free Day

Diary Dates

From the Office

Term 3 school fees have been issued.  These were sent via email.  Please check your spam/junk folders and if you have not received your statement, please contact the office.  Due date for payment is        Friday 2 September.  Please attend to any overdue accounts.

Is your child absent from school?  Please notify the office via

• emailing absent@sjmbtsv.catholic.edu.au
• calling the office and leaving a message at the absent option
• parent/guardian can note the absence through Compass
  

A text message will go out at 9.30am to any parents whose child is marked absent without an explanation.  Please reply to this text using one of the above methods.  If your child arrives after 8.30am, they must pass through the office for a late pass so that if the role has been marked at the classroom, office staff can make the ammendment for the arrival.  We thank parents for assisting with this. Roles are marked promptly at 8.30am on Mondays due to assembly - students are required to collect a late pass before moving to assembly if they are late.

Our pre-loved uniform shop will be open on Tuesday 6th September from 8.15am - 8.45am for all of your uniform needs.

For further information please contact Kim Hogan on

M: 0413 220 868

Eisteddfod 2022

Permission notes have been sent home for Eisteddfod.  Eisteddfod commences on Tuesday 6 September. Could you please ensure notes are returned to your childs classroom teacher before this date.  Thank you.

Term 3 Showcases 2022

Father's Day Breakfast

Star Students

Bimbi Wadja

Last week the Bimbi Wadja's had a little birthday party  for Miss Cindy, with popcorn, cupcakes and chocolates. We watched episodes of Little J and Big Cuz, an Indigenous cartoon series. We also did some activities,bark and rock  painting, bead threading to make jewelry, Aboriginal print puzzles and  sand prints.

Library News

Book Week Parade 2022

Last week the whole school celebrated Book Week with the announcement of the Best Book of the Year Awards for the CBCA Book Week (https://cbca.org.au/winners-2022), the highlight on our literacy library calendar!  The winners were announced at last Monday’s Assembly, with promotion of the books and our upcoming Book Week Parade :

Brilliant authors and illustrators Shirley Marr, Claire Saxby, Andrea Rowe, Safdar Ahmed and Michelle Pereira were spotlighted this year as winners!

Of course, the highlight was the exciting Book Week Parade, and congratulations go to all the students, staff and parents for their fantastic efforts in costuming and dressing up in their favourite book character for the Book Parade! Boris and Mr Wolf kept the crowd entertained during the Parade bringing joy to the audience, not forgetting the last-minute Grinch arrival!  

The theme this year, ‘Dreaming With Eyes Open’, encompassed all the genres and the imagination of the St Joseph’s students!  The atmosphere was amazing last Tuesday, it was truly a fabulous celebration of books, music and drama and for all the children, showing the joy and excitement of books and reading!! This year we welcomed the St. Mary MacKillop Kindy again, as well as the Miniversity kids joining our St Joseph’s celebration!

Throughout the Book Week at lunchtime, Guest Readers spotlighted our Book Week authors in the library! A big thank you to Mr Feaver, Ms McMahon, Mrs Plant, Mrs Connell and our own Principal, Mrs Nuttall!
Art and craft activities were held every day with emphasis on a particular Shortlisted Book with lots of sparkles and whales!
Mrs Luton’s Dream Catchers display by students for Book Week was a hit!  Also, some students reading up a storm for the ‘4 Week Reading Challenge’ in the library for the last month.  (Please drop in your Challenge Sheet to the library to Mrs H., for a prize!)  

A terrific week with the Book Week celebrations, we also had the first ever Australian School Library Day on the 24th August 2022 announced!
The library was open with our ‘iceberg reading area’ with whale song and morning bird music in our ‘bush setting reading area’ (a favourite with students, reading during the school week or at lunchtime), was open to parents!

Book Week and the Book Week Parade are a fantastic way of celebrating and honoring books and Australian authors who won, but the goal is the promotion of a love of reading for every child!!!!

Happy reading everyone!!! Never be without a book!!! 

BOOK CLUB ISSUE 6  CLOSED ON THE 29 AUGUST 2022.

EBOOK Hub will be open this Wednesday lunchtime instead of the normal Thursday, due to Mrs H. being away Thursday!

Prep Vision Screening

The Primary School Nurse Health Readiness Program will be screening at our school commencing on Tuesday 1^st November 2022. We are a Queensland Government service that offers Free Vision Screening to all children enrolled in Prep.  If your child is in Prep and you would like their vision screened, you will need to complete a consent form.  The consent form link closes on Sunday 9th October 2022.

The following video explains the benefits of having your Prep child’s vision screened-  

Optiminds Challenge

St Joseph's Mundingburra had three teams who participated in the OPTIMINDS Challenge at JCU on Saturday. Staff, parents and students had a great day, with the students doing an amazing job in each of their categories. Our Group 2 students, Eamon, Zavier, Grace and Harper received an Honours in the Social Sciences category. Congratulations! Thank you to Mrs Lane and Miss Kellie for preparing the students. Thank you to Mrs Connell and Miss D who supervised the students on the day and thank you Mrs Plant  for taking on a judging role. We are very proud of all who participated.

Interschool Robotics Competition

On Monday our school hosted the Inter-school Robotics Competition.St Joseph's had two teams of students participating. Teams were required to program their robots to complete three tasks which involved following set courses using a variety of moves, coding the colour and ultrasonic sensors to detect obstacles along the way and a final challenge which involved building grippers and programming the motor to collect as many flags as possible. The students made our school proud with their dedication, problem-solving and team work skills. Congratulations to Chase, Eamon and Anthony as their team scored the highest points and won the competition. Well done to all of our students participating and also to Townsville Grammar and Annandale Christian College who took out second and third place. Special mentions to our senior girls Sophie, Harpa and Violet for assisting with the organisation of each task throughout the event.

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CSPA 2022 Parent Survey

Today is the final day to participate in The Catholic School Parents Australia 2022 Parent Survey on Student Wellbeing and Learning. The survey is now live and may can be accessed via the CSPA Engage website or by clicking on the link below:

Have your say on what matters regarding the wellbeing and learning of your child.  For example, has COVID or your partnership with the school affected your child’s wellbeing and learning?

If you are a parent or carer with a child in a Catholic school, CSPA would love to hear from you.

Click on the survey link above and share your feedback to assist CSPA in reporting to the Federal Government and Catholic education.

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