Roslyn Joyner

Principal

TERM 2

Wednesday 26 April                       - First day of Term 2

Wednesday 26 April                       - ANZAC Day – Whole school reflection

Wednesday 26 April                       - Warragul District Athletics – Geoff Watt Memorial Track

Friday 28 April                                  - State Swimming Championships at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic                                                             Centre

Tuesday 2 May                                 - West Gippsland Division Athletics at Joe Carmody Athletics Track,

                                                                  Newborough (back up date 4/5 or 9/5)

Thursday 11 May                             - St Joseph’s Cross Country, Geoff Watt Memorial Track

Monday 29 May                               ­- Senior Winter Sport Round Robin

Friday 9 June                                     - No school buses running

Monday 12 June                              - Monarch’s Official Birthday Public Holiday

Tuesday 13 June                              - Pupil Free Day

Friday 23 June                                   - Last day of Term 2 – school finish time is 2:20pm

TERM 3

Monday 10 July                                - First day of Term 3

Friday 21 July                                    - Grandparent’s Day

Friday 4 August                                - Italian Day

Friday 18 August                              - Pupil Free Day

Friday 8 September                        - Sacrament of Confirmation

Friday 15 September                     - Last day of Term 3 – school finish time is 2:20pm

As part of our ongoing commitment to providing a safe environment for all of our students, please find our Child Safety and Wellbeing policy below. This policy outlines our strategies and arrangements to keep children safe, where their participation is valued, their views respected and the voices are heard. It summarises the actions we will take across all 11 Child Safe Standards to ensure a child safe culture is championed and modelled across the school. We ask that parents and carers familiarise themselves with our Child Safety and Wellbeing policy to ensure that families and communities are informed and involved in promoting child safety and wellbeing, and that our whole St Joseph's school community work together to keep children safe. 

Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy

If you have any concerns or suggestions about Child Safety, please speak with our school Child Safe Champions - Ros Joyner, Camillo Redi or Katie Balfour.

We are very proud of our students who made a commitment to prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation this term and after weeks of preparation celebrated the Sacrament last week. 

Thank you to all involved in helping to prepare these children. 

As we enter Holy Week, we continue to reflect on the lives of people vulnerable to extreme poverty and injustice and how we can respond by supporting Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion appeal. 

Your generosity is the pebble that allows Caritas Australia to create the ripples that will improve the livelihoods of vulnerable communities, supporting them to flourish and creating opportunities for future generations to live to their full potential. 

Thank you!

Please return all Project Compassion boxes and envelopes to the school office by Friday 26th May or donate online via the Caritas Australia website at www.caritas.org.au/project-compassion

A message from Deacon Mark

Old Testament Promises

Easter Week is the most profoundly moving and intense season of the Church year. If we immerse ourselves in Holy Week, if we have been swept up in the timeless beauty and relevance of scripture and liturgy, symbol and sacrifice, then we can re-live those events of 2000 years ago. That is why the Church in her wisdom has long made this a rich celebration above all others.

Beginning with Palm Sunday, replete with symbolism of the palm branches, the blessing of the holy oils at Chrism Mass on Tuesday, washing of feet and stripping of the tabernacle and altar on Holy Thursday, recounting the Passion story and reverencing of the Cross in the stark church on Good Friday and finally and wonderfully the eruption of light and joy in the Easter Vigil Mass on Easter eve. Full participation enables full engagement of the senses in the sacred experience.

The relevant gospels (Matt 27:11-54; John 18:1-19) have been at the centre of our celebration of the Word, but hopefully we have reflected too on the many Old Testament readings, particularly from Isaiah, which point towards our Easter joy.

Following Christ through the darkness of Good Friday, we reflect on Isaiah Chapter 52 and 53, thinking, “I recognise this! The suffering servant of God who takes all the sins of humanity upon his shoulders, who comes for the salvation of the Israelites (and of us).” Is this foretelling, many centuries before, the Good News of Jesus, the Son of God who does just that? And Chapters 54 and 55 of Isaiah gives us glimpses of light at the end of the tunnel, of promise, cause for confidence and rejoicing. These lead seamlessly to the pinnacle of the Easter story. In glorious fulfilment of the ancient promises, Jesus is victorious over death itself!! (Matt 28:1-10) Alleluia, alleluia!

Happy Easter indeed!

Deacon Mark Kelly

RCIA Becoming Catholic

Congratulations and welcome to Phillip Johnston and Anthony Jones who will be baptised next Saturday at the Easter Vigil, 7:30pm 8^th April at St. Joseph’s Church, along with Nicole McCormack, Geoff Rankins our candidates who will be welcomed into the Church and our baptised Catholic Belinda Thompson who will complete her Sacraments of Initiation. All parishioners are welcome and invited to come into the Marian Room after Mass to celebrate with them. Could you please bring a plate of supper to share.

If you are interested and would like more information about the Catholic faith, you can contact Joan Robertson or Fr. Confidence at the Parish Office: 5623 1642 or Deacon Mark Kelly: 0427 748 646.

Holy Week Timetable 2023

Sacrament Dates for 2023

Xanthe has had a wonderful start to the year. She displays the values of Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness and willingly helps those around her, showing compassion and kindness towards others. Xanthe demonstrates leadership both in and out of the classroom. She embodies our school values each day by being respectful, acting safely and being a responsible learner. Well done on your contribution to our school community Xanthe and for being the Aussie of the Month for February.

Congratulations Piper on such a positive beginning to 2023. Your ability to show genuine kindness and compassion to others in your class is appreciated by all. You demonstrate a keen interest and willingness to embrace our learning about Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness in The Resilience Project. You willingly lead by example, promoting the School Wide Expectations of being respectful, acting safely and being a responsible learner. Congratulations for being such a positive role model in our school community Piper and for being the Aussie of the Month for March.

In the Classroom

As the term comes to a close your class teachers should have shared their class expectations in a slide show. These class expectations reflect the behaviours that are important to each individual class as agreed by the students of that class.

Also, our students have been creating posters to promote the agreed expectations that inform our behaviour at St. Joseph’s. Next term a team will select the best examples that promote what it means to be a S.T.A.R. and these will be displayed around the school.

Reflection Forms

Some of you may have received a Reflection Form that your child has completed. Thank you for returning them. 

The forms allow students to consider their choices, how they felt and how they can make improved choices in the future. 

More importantly, they inform us and assist us to gain a better understanding of our students' behaviour and how we can support them.

The Forms will be completed by a teacher with the student. The teacher and student will sign the form. The form will then be sent home for the parent/guardian to read, sign and return to school. 

Contact will be made with parents/guardians prior to the form coming home.

Copy of Reflection Sheets Form 1

Copy of Reflection Sheets Form 2

            We are a School Community, who

                           Take Responsibility, 

                           Act Safely 

   and are always Respectful

Further to this our Staff have developed a matrix which highlights the behaviours we expect of all the members of our community.

Expectations Chart 2023

In these first weeks, the Staff are reintroducing their classes to the expectations we have at St. Joseph’s that make our students S.T.A.R.s 

Have a conversation with your child about being a STAR at St. Joseph’s.

UPCOMING SPORTS DATES:

Athletics

Wednesday April 26th. Warragul District Athletics Geoff Watt Memorial Track, Warragul

Tuesday, May 2nd. West Gippsland Division Athletics. Joe Carmody Athletics Track, Newborough (Back up 4/5 or 9/5)

Thursday May 11th. St. Joseph’s Cross Country, Geoff Watt Memorial Track.

Monday May 29th. Senior Winter Sport Round Robin 

Tuesday, October 10th. Gippsland Regional Athletics. Joe Carmody Athletics Track, Newborough

District Athletics

Please note the date change,  Wednesday, April 26th (Weather permitting of course). This is our first day back after the holidays. There will be reminders on PAM and Dojo as the holidays conclude.

All results of field events that have been completed will stand. Sprints/Hurdles etc will be rerun.

AFL Victoria

All grades were very lucky to have AFL Victoria come and visit to run clinics the last two weeks. 

S.S.V. West Gippsland Division Tennis

Well done to William Smith and Mason White who competed in the tennis tournament on Monday. It was perfect conditions for some great tennis from the boys. Congratulations to Mason who finished 3rd on the day and has progressed to the Regional competition in April.

AFL-X

Three teams headed to Moe Racecourse for AFL-X to finish off our term. 

What a great group of students. They performed very well but what was most impressive is the manner in which they conducted themselves on the field. How lucky we are to have such great children in  our midst.

The Grade 5 boys won 2 or the 4 games in their pool and I’m excited already for them for next year. The Grade 6 Boys  and Girls team both played off in the Grand Final with the girls victorious. 

Thank you Bernie Rigano and the parents that attended and supported our students. Thank you to Bec Murnane who stepped in to coach the Grade 5’s.

BIG 4 Sports Trials

https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/pages/parents.aspx

The School Sport Victoria (SSV) Team Vic representative program provides a development platform for Victoria’s emerging athletes to participate in the annual School Sport Australia (SSA) Championships. SSV coordinates the selection process for Team Vic teams in partnership with relevant state sporting organisations.

Please read the Team Vic Information Sheet before registering. This document contains important information on the SSV Team Vic Program, in relation to eligibility, registration, multiclass, selection, participation costs, and financial assistance.

View up-to-date information regarding 2023 Sport & Registration Dates.

Please see the new Team Vic Principal Endorsement Sheet process for the following teams in 2023:

• Australian Football 12 Years & Under Boys
• Basketball 12 Years & Under Girls
• Basketball 12 Years & Under Boys
• Cricket 12 Years & Under Boys
• Football (Soccer) 12 Years & Under Boys
• Netball 12 Years & Under Girls

Sports Uniform Reminder

It has been great to see so many students prepared for Sport this term with the correct sports uniform.  Just a reminder that the sports uniform is to be worn only on the students' Sports Day. This includes appropriate footwear for vigorous activity.

TUESDAY: Grade 3/4 Classes

WEDNESDAY: Foundation and Grade 1/2 Classes

THURSDAY: Grade 5/6 Classes

Grade 6 can also wear their sports uniform on a Monday.

Have your personal contact details changed?

• Do you hold a current Centrelink Concession Card?
• Do you no longer have a current concession card?
• Has there been a name change?
• Have you moved address?
• Have you changed your mobile phone number?
• Is your landline still valid?
• Have you changed your workplace, therefore your business phone number has changed?
• Have emergency contacts changed? Maybe they have moved away?

If you have answered "YES" to any of the above dot points, please email the office info@stjwarragul.catholic.edu.au with your updated information.

PAM

• Have you verified your PAM email login?
• Please ensure student medical and contact details (including email address) are up to date.

This term the staff have been and will be involved in professional learning experiences to improve student outcomes. The first professional learning experience took place at the start of the year where staff furthered their understanding in delivering Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI) - an impactful and evidence based teaching model that ensures students are taught exactly what they need to know. Our training was conducted via zoom with the lead author of Explicit Direct Instruction - The Power of a Well-Crafted, Well-Taught Lesson, John Hollingsworth. Our EDI journey has now begun and throughout this term, staff have become familiar with following the process and delivering explicit direct lessons.

The second professional learning experience was centred around a mathematics focus of Place Value. Staff worked with Dr Ange Rogers, lecturer at RMIT University around Place Value, the whole basis of our number system. The Place Value system is an important component of our mathematics program in all year levels throughout the year. Dr Ange provided a deeper understanding of place value and practical application in the classroom for staff to help students along with developing their Place Value understanding.

This Thursday the staff will end the term with another professional learning experience to improve student outcomes, this time in the Science of Reading. The Science of Reading is a body of research that describes the most effective ways to teach students how to read, spell and write. Our presenter is Greg Clement, Education Consultant and author of a new book Transform - Achieving Educational Excellence Through the Science of Reading. 

P & F Dates for your Diary

Term 2

Friday 5 May - P&F Meeting, 2pm

Friday 12 May - P&F Mother's Day stall

Friday 2 June - P&F Meeting, 2pm

Friday 16 June - P&F Kids disco (after hours)

Easter Raffle

Thank you to our school community for selling raffle tickets and your generous donations for the Easter Raffle.

We would also like to thank Penny Worth O’ Lollies for their support. Next time you are in Yarragon, be sure to check them out and stock up!

We were able to offer 25 beautiful prizes, which were drawn on Friday 31 March and raised $2,194, which will go towards our contribution for the new school counsellor this year.

Congratulations to the winners:

• Morgan Knolls,
• Schmidt family (C/- Flynn & Darcy Schmidt),
• Senoli,
• Nathan and Hailey Drinkwater,
• McCullough family (C/- Cobie & Hamish McCullough),
• Josh Robertson,
• Hamish Johnson,
• Jayce Barrow,
• Jaz Terrill,
• Charlotte Craig (C/- Layla Craig),
• Lillian Noone,
• Jonah Good,
• Ezra Green,
• Grace Zekic,
• Marissa Demicoli,
• Linda Vogelsang (C/- Leah Vogelsang),
• Leigh Sheehan (C/- Tadhg Sheehan),
• Phoebe Chiotelis,
• Brinleigh Mason,
• Niamh Jensen,
• Ivy Huggins,
• Kylee Mumford (C/- Bailey Mumford),
• Talan Britt,
• Linda Doward (C/- Grace Dingley)
• Charlie Thek

Second Hand Uniforms

We have lots of second-hand school uniforms from size 4-16 available, all for a gold coin donation. Thanks to Warragul Drycleaners who have donated their services to professionally clean our second-hand school unforms.

View these at assemblies or contact the P&F Committee on stjosephswarragulpandf@gmail.com or the school office.

P&F Meetings

The next P&F meeting is scheduled for Friday 5 May, 2.00pm at the school.   

If you would like to be involved, we would love to have you, please reach out to us via email stjosephswarragulpandf@gmail.com, send us a message through our Facebook page ‘Parents and Friends of St Joseph’s Primary School Warragul’ or just turn up.

Your local Beleza store will be operating on reduced hours for part of the coming school holidays. Further details have been provided in the attached letter.

We hope you all have a wonderful time over the break!

2023.04.03_Term_1_2_Reduced_Trading.pdf

Girls Football

Looking for under 12 girls players to join:

Gippsland United Football Club's Metro teams play across South East and East Melbourne. We train twice a week (Tuesday & Thursday) on the new synthetic surface at Baxter Park in Warragul. A unify who is keen can email juniors@gippslandunitedfc.com  

Miniroo's Program

We also run a miniroo's program at Baxter Park in Warragul, this is for all kids age 6-10 and every week on the synthetic surface at Baxter Park. This is a great place for players with any amount of experience to try the game and progress into the future. It’s a fun, relaxed environment and all of our coaches for the 2023 season will be qualified to ensure the kids get the best opportunities moving forward. For more information or a link to register, please email miniroos@gippslandunitedfc.com 

Baseball

Volunteers

West Gippsland Health Care Group

Warragul Blues Junior Football Club

Judo