Dear Parents and Carers,

Archdiocesan Athletics

On Tuesday Alice, Nate and Kruz travelled to Canberra to participate in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Athletics Carnival. All three performed extremely well in their events, with both Nate and Kruz making it away to Sydney for the Mackillop carnival. Further to these outstanding results, we will also have Toby, Nate, Laura and Sam participating in the small school relay team. Congratulations!

Father’s Day Barbeque

With Father’s Day just around the corner, we would like to invite all Dads, Grandads and men that play a special role in the lives of students at St Joseph’s for breakfast next Friday 2nd September. We will be offering bacon and egg rolls near the tennis courts, from 7.30am onwards. If you are interested in coming in and sharing brekky with the kids, you are most welcome. This can simply be a pick-up and go or hang around for a chat and a shot of the basketball leading into the start of lessons. 

Book Week Parade

It was wonderful to have our preschoolers and families on site as part of our Book Week Parade on Wednesday. Our students thoroughly enjoyed the experience of showing off their outfits and sharing their learning space with the preschoolers. There was clearly a lot of time and effort that went into costumes and this, along with a vocal audience helped make the parade an enjoyable one! If anyone would still like to purchase a book from our Bookstall in the office, tomorrow morning before school will be your final opportunity.

Public Speaking Competition

Congratulations to all of our Year 2 - 6 students who participated in our public speaking competition last week. There was a lot of time and effort that went into preparing for these speeches and this was reflected in their delivery in front of the classes. Well done to Toby, Arthur, Fred, Culley, Taylor, Laura, Alice and Braxton who have been selected to travel to Batlow for the next phase of this competition on Tuesday.

Nurturing your Child through Transition

​As 2023 enrollment is underway, we are drawn to think about transitions for our students. Transitions can be hard for our students and for parents, as they navigate the anxiety that can sometimes happen with change. A fantastic resource to support families with this is the CSPA "Gearing up for Parent Engagement in Student Learning.” This resource provides a parent module on Nurturing your child through transition – Primary and Nurturing your child through transition - Secondary , providing some concrete and practical advice for families and the school community.

Nurturing your Child through Transition - Primary

Nurturing your Child through Transition - Secondary

Tumut Takes Two Tickets

Both Andrew Reynolds and the Community Council have Friday night Tumut Takes Two tickets available to be purchased at $25 (adult) & $10 (school aged children) from the front office. If you would like to purchase a ticket, feel free to contact the school or come in to get your ticket.

Enjoy the remainder of the week,

Ryan Forsyth

Acting Principal

It was lovely to welcome the 2023 Kindergarten Parents to our Information Session on Tuesday night. It is an exciting time as the learning that takes place in Kindergarten provides the basis for learning throughout the rest of the school journey. We are looking forward to welcoming our 2023 Kindergarten Students on Tuesday 13th September for our Orientation.

Sacrament Holy Communion - St James Church Adelong

The sacrament of Holy Communion will be offered on the Sunday 6th November to students in Year 3. Please let me know your child would like to make this sacrament.

Stacey Braun

Religious Education Coordinator

Yesterday afternoon, K/1 participated in webinar hosted by the State Library and run by illustrator Rosie Handley. The students used copies of images from the State Library to make a guided collage. It was a fabulous opportunity to have a nationally regarded artist guide our students to create wonderful images,  as well as be exposed to some historical items in the collection from the State Library.

The students really enjoyed the experience and created some very interesting artworks.

Reminder:  

Second installment for the excursion is due in week 7 - Friday 2nd September.

If depositing to the school bank account please ensure you use Canberra excursion as a reference and your family name.

Winter Bites Batlow

St Joseph's will be catering with a food stall at Winter Bites Batlow, August 27th - 12 noon to 6pm. 

Thank you to all of the families who have already offered to help on the weekend's Winter Bites Festival in Batlow. 

There are only a couple of spots left to fill so if anyone has the opportunity to lend a hand on the day your help will be greatly appreciated.  All volunteers will receive free entry to the festival.

Please click on the link below to let Community Council know if you are able to assist them with this event:

WINTER BITES FOOD STALL ROSTER

Adelong Liturgy Roster - July-December 2022

Keep up to date with events happening at St Joseph's via our electronic school calendar (please note dates can be subject to change).