Dear Parents and Carers,

Carols by Candlelight

Next Saturday 10th December the Adelong Preschool will be hosting our Carols by Candlelight night. St Joseph’s students have been invited to attend and sing on the night. Students attending are to meet staff at 7pm at the front/side of the stage, where they will sing some carols they have been practising throughout the term at 7.10pm. While I understand that this is an extremely busy time for everyone, we would love for a decent turnout for our school. Please fill out the Google Form below to indicate whether your child is able to attend.  Carols Attendance (click this link)

School Captains Speeches

While I have acknowledged these five students in several forums, I wanted to reiterate how impressed I have been with the commitment and effort our 2023 school leaders with their school captains' posters and speeches. They spoke so confidently and were very supportive of one another all the way through the process. Congratulations Nicko, Culley, Sam, Fred and Lochie. The school is in great hands!

End of Year Mass

On Tuesday 13th December,  we will be celebrating our End of Year Mass and Presentation Day at the Adelong Showground. Mass will start at 9.30am and be followed by a short interlude and then our presentations. Following these presentations, students will stay at the Showgrounds for recess and the Community Council would also like to host all families for tea/coffee and a bite to eat as a way of thanking our community for the enormous contributions that they have made to some of our fundraising events this year.

IT Information for Parents

I understand the technology information posted each week may not be of interest to all families but over the next two newsletters, I will post some advice and assistance for parents in regard to ‘setting up your home for online safety’ and ‘responding to online challenges’. Please see the first link here: Responding to Online Challenges (click this link).

Swimming (Week 9)

Due to the fact that we won’t be swimming this Friday 2nd December, we will be swimming on Monday, Tuesday and Friday next week.

Looking forward to seeing parents and carers at Parent Teacher Interviews next week.

Enjoy the remainder of your week,

Ryan Forsyth

Acting Principal

Advent

Each class has set up an Advent wreath on their prayer table and the students are learning about the signs and symbols associated with Advent. The candle on the Advent wreath this week represents hope.

Christmas Appeal

Families are invited to support the Christmas Appeal by donating non perishable items such as tea, coffee, milo, long life milk, long life juice, jelly, pancake mix, etc. Baskets are set up in the foyer for donated items. Hampers are then delivered to those in need in our community.

The children are welcome to bring in goods and place them in the hamper located in the school foyer. This is a wonderful way for the children to experience the gift of giving to those families who may find themselves experiencing difficulty at this time of year.

Your support with this appeal is greatly appreciated and thank you to our families who have generously donated.

End of Year Mass and Awards Day.

Stacey Braun

Religious Education Coordinator

Term 4 fees are due for those not on a Direct Debit.  Please see Mr Forsyth if you need to discuss payment of fees.

School reports will be available via Compass.  You will logon to Compass to access your child's school report, a paper copy can be printed at home if you wish. 

Parent Teacher Interviews for Semester Two are scheduled with class teachers next week beginning Monday - Thursday.  Bookings are now open and available to book via Compass.  Please contact the office if you are having any trouble with booking.

St Joseph's will hold their Pool Reward Day on Thursday 15th December.

We will go down to the pool in the morning once the students have arrived.  Students will have a sausage sizzle lunch before returning to school.

A Compass event with further details will go up in the next week.

Recently on our Canberra excursion with Yr 4/5/6, students undertook an education tour of the National Capital. Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy.

The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the National Capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government contributed funding of $30 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate will be paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion.

We would like to thank the Australian Government for this contribution to assist with the cost of the excursion. 

Nominations for Canberra Goulburn Sporting events for 2023 are now open for various sports to be held early in the year. 

Please check the website  https://www.sport.cg.catholic.edu.au/nominations for dates on nomination closing dates to ensure you have registered.

Adelong Liturgy Roster - July-December 2022

Mass times for Adelong: 8:30am - 1st & 3rd Sunday.

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