2018 Edition No 9 – Wednesday 27th June

Dear Parents, Carers and Students,

The Lord listened and had pity. The Lord came to my help.

For me you have changed my mourning into dancing, O Lord my God, I will thank you forever.

In next weekend’s Gospel, we hear the story of Jesus restoring health and wholeness to the ‘untouchable’ woman who was shunned by society. The woman is remarkable for both her courage and for her unswerving faith that, by simply touching his clothes, Jesus would be able to heal her. The story raises two questions for us: Do we consider some in our community to be ‘untouchable’? and How strong is our faith? END OF TERM A reminder that our term is drawing rapidly to a close, with Friday, June 29 being the last day of school for Term 2. Both our students and staff have certainly earned time to recuperate and rejuvenate after such a busy term. Students return to work on Wednesday, July 18th. I wish all members of our community a safe and fun filled break. I will be taking a few extra weeks of leave at the start of Term 3. I would like to thank Ms Sally O’Dea who is sitting in the Principal's chair until my return on August 6.  REPORTS

Reports can be picked up from the Office on the afternoon of Thursday, June 28th or Friday, 29th June. Any remaining reports will be sent home on Friday with the eldest child in the family. If you wish to discuss your child’s report with the teacher, please ring the office and make an appointment time for

next term. This allows the teacher time to focus solely on your child and your questions. SCHOOL FACEBOOK PAGES A reminder to parents and carers that the school has a private Facebook Group, and also a public page for updating the community on the good work going on at St Joseph’s. It is a good way to keep up to date with what it going on in the school in-between newsletters so keep an eye on it for information and don’t forget that with Facebook algorithms you will need to like some of our posts so they will appear in your news feed.

Upcoming Dates

June 2018 Fri June 29

Dandaragan Cross Country

Last day of term

July 2018 Wed July 18

First day of Term 3 Sun July 22

Family Mass – Senior Room

August 2018 Fri Aug 3

Eneabba Cross Country Wed Aug 8

School Mass – Feast of Mary Mackillop

Wed Aug 15

School Mass – Feast of The Assumption

Book Swap Mon Aug 20

Pupil Free Day Fri Aug 24

Book Week Dress Up Sun Aug 26

Sacrament of First Communion

Fri Aug 31

School Faction Athletics Carnival

September 2018 Wed Sep 12

Learning Journeys (K-6)

St John the Baptist Parish Moora

Weekend Masses:

1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th Saturday 6.30pm

4th Sunday 10.30am

Mass this weekend – Saturday 6.30pm

Weekday Masses: Wednesday - 5.30pm

Friday - 8am

SCHOOL FEES As advised in the Newsletter each fortnight and in text messages sent recently, by this time of the year, everyone is expected to have at least made a start at paying off their fees. If you have not and you are experiencing problems meeting your commitments, you must make an appointment with our Bursar Natasha Butcher to discuss a payment plan. All fees are payable by Term 3 and may be paid off in one lump sum or in installments agreed upon with you and the School. If you have a Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card (PPS) you may be entitled to a discount off your fees. To claim the discount, you must bring your current card to the Office to be copied and fill in a claim form before the end of term. KINDY 2019 If you or other family members or friends have a child ready for Kindy next year and would like them to attend St Joseph’s, please call the School Office or drop in and place their name in our Kindy 2019 list. Interviews for Kindy 2019 will be held early next term so it is important to put your child’s name down early. Children born between July 1st, 2014 and June 30th, 2015 are eligible to attend Kindy in 2019. SCHOOL ENTRANCES

For safety reasons, we would ask families not to walk their children across the corner block of Kintore and Clinch Sts, as this is now our bus driveway. We would also ask that parents and children come though the main gate on Kintore Street when entering and exiting the school grounds, or the gate at the back of the school next to the carpark. For duty of care purposes we would ask that the gate at the front of the Convent is not used for entry/exit in the mornings and afternoons as it is not supervised.

God bless,

Therese Bandy

Principal

FACTION CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL On Thursday 14th June, St Joseph’s held their annual Cross Country Carnival. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, and was great to see so many parents come to support their children. The students did themselves proud and ran their little hearts out, many crossing the finish line with nothing left in the tank! The focus for the day was doing your best, regardless of whether you are a runner or not. I believe this was evident throughout every race. The sportsmanship shown on the day was fantastic; many students either choosing to help their peers finish the race or to cheer them on from the sidelines. Congratulations to the following champions and runner-up champions on the day:

Year 1: Heath Moltoni, Tom Adams, Georgie McPherson and Keely Beard. Year 2: Oliver Lefroy, Thomas Monaghan, Libby Crombie, Sarah Tonkin. Year 3: Byron Prior, Ethan Greay, Holly Bezuidenhout, Kayla Wall. Year 4: Eddie Dodd, Gary Bezuidenhout, Molly Lewis, Bekah Upton. Year 5: Lachlan Crombie, Ashton Prior, Milla Carter, Hannah Douglas. Year 6: Darcy Cocking, Adrian Murphy, Isla Harris, Holly Butcher.

I would like to thank Mrs Bandy for her help in coordinating the fitness training this term, it has definitely paid off and the students have enjoyed the challenge. Training will continue until the end of term. I would also like to thank the parent helpers and spectators who attended, for the support and encouragement they provided to the students. Finally, we would like to wish the Interschool Cross Country Team the best of luck in Dandaragan on the 29th June. You guys will be awesome!!

Mrs Katie Monaghan

Waste Free Wednesday The Environment Ministers, Jasmine Plunkett and Murray Pienaar, have come up with a great idea on how to promote sustainability at our school. They have named it ‘Waste Free Wednesdays’ and this will start in the first week of Term 3 and continue on every Wednesday for the rest of the year. Students are encouraged to pack their recess and lunches in reusable containers and bring reusable utensils to reduce the amount of waste that is discarded. Hopefully, this initiative will encourage students to bring less waste on other days as well, not just Wednesdays.

International Mud Day Friday June 29th, the last day of term 2, is International Mud Day and the Kindergarten and Pre-Primary students (and staff) are looking forward to getting involved in some mud-based activities. International Mud Day aims to promote kids getting outdoors and connecting with nature. We will definitely be posting photos on SeeSaw and Facebook to show you how much fun we had!

Holiday Reading Challenge The Holiday Reading Challenge will take place in the July school holidays to encourage students to develop strong reading habits and read for enjoyment. The students have helped me with some more ideas about how we can make reading fun and there is also some free spaces for the children’s own ideas. Look out for the note that will go home this week. If you have left for holidays early, this will also be available on the school Facebook pages or at Front Reception. Year 6 Resilience and Well Being Expo On Monday 23rd July (Week2, Term 3), the Year 6 students will be attending a Resilience and Well Being Expo at the MPAC. Notes with more information about this will be going home early next term so look out for these. This forum will focus on issues such as: * Improving young people’s knowledge of the harm that drugs and alcohol can cause to self and others. * Improving knowledge about how behaviours can affect others. * Developing an understanding of the law and the consequences of criminal behaviour. * Increasing awareness of the available support networks for students in the Moora community. * Increasing awareness of wellbeing strategies. * Improving students understanding of good decision making and goal setting processes. Jae Dornan Assistant Principal

ICT NEWS

This term, St Joseph’s students have been learning about digital systems, in particular computer systems. They

have explored peripheral devices, data types and the difference between hardware and software, and inputs

and outputs.

The senior students are investigating the binary number system and have discovered that this is how computers

transfer data. They wrote their own names in binary, decoded a secret message and created images using pixels

and represented them in a digital format (binary numbers). Try decoding the following message written in

binary:

Secret Message!!

01001000 01000001 01010110 01000101

00100000 01000001 00100000 01000111

01010010 01000101 01000001 01010100

00100000 01001000 01001111 01001100

01001001 01000100 01000001 01011001

00100001

The juniors have begun looking at algorithms and coding and are having a

lot of fun with the online Code.org program – why not give it a go at home

(see login details below).

Cut student login details off below to display near your computer!

Student login details:

Website: home.cewa.edu.au

Username: Student’s email firstinitialsurname@cewa.edu.au (eg. ksmith@cewa.edu.au)

Password: They should know it! (If not, contact your class teacher).

P & F News

Community News

WAAPA Winter School 2018

WAAPA at ECU is offering an exciting performing arts program for children and young people these

July school holidays. For the first time, we are including courses for students from Years 1 to 12. The

Winter School includes classes in drama, acting, screen acting, dance, musical theatre and RAP. For

information about the many courses on offer please visit http://www.waapa.ecu.edu.au/corporate-

training-and-short-courses/explore-short-courses or contact Gabrielle Metcalf

at g.metcalf@ecu.edu.au or 9370 6775.

Joey’s SOCCER

St Joseph’s Soccer for Pre-Primary, Yr 1, Yr 2 and Yr 3 St Joseph’s students will be commencing on the school oval on Tuesday 24th July at 3.15pm- 4.00pm, running for 6 weeks. The cost is $35. A take home participation pack is included with registration. Online Registration for St Joseph’s students is open and numbers are limited. https://membership.sportstg.com/regoform.cgi?formID=65688&programID=41992 Packs take two weeks to be delivered so please enroll early so your child has their gear to start the season. Enquires please contact Naomi Douglas 0427 081 956 or Katie Monaghan 0408 952 684 Parents are required to stay at the venue and assist the volunteer parents where possible!